The Red Hood Ghost struggled to stand. Her entire body emitted a rhythmic creak-creak sound, sounding like a set of broken gears.
“Your brother… won’t come to save you…”
Xiaoxi’s expression darkened as she threw another punch.
The Red Hood Ghost was naturally no match for her, but no matter how many fatal wounds Xiaoxi inflicted, the creature’s injuries healed instantly, allowing it to stand back up.
‘Is the person who wrote this story crazy? How could they create such an unreasonable, trashy monster!’
Xiaoxi found herself in a difficult position.
If this Red Hood Ghost, born from Xiao Keke’s fear, truly followed the settings she had written back then… ‘Damn it, I wrote that this thing was immortal!’
Xiaoxi’s gaze swept across the surrounding woods, and a sudden realization struck her.
Since the monsters manifested by Jingtong perfectly replicated all abilities, wouldn’t they also replicate their weaknesses?
She finally understood why the woods had been manifested along with the monster!
Nearby, Little Red Riding Hood also realized something and shouted to Xiaoxi, “Wolf! Lead her deep into the forest! You can’t kill her like this!”
Xiaoxi understood immediately. She disengaged from the fight, baiting the Red Hood Ghost into a chase through the trees.
Soon, she spotted a large magic circle in a clearing.
The magic circle glowed with a shimmering light; it didn’t look like real-world magic, but rather something straight out of a fairy tale.
‘Found it! This is the one!’
The Red Hood Ghost, who had been relentlessly pursuing her, hesitated.
It seemed afraid of the magic circle radiating holy light, but Xiaoxi wasn’t about to give it a chance to escape.
‘Hmph, trying to run?’
Xiaoxi grabbed the Red Hood Ghost and slammed it into the very center of the magic circle.
The moment the ghost’s body touched the holy light, it emitted a sizzle as it began to burn.
“Keke, now!”
Xiaoxi pinned the Red Hood Ghost firmly against the magic circle while grabbing its right wrist.
Little Red Riding Hood leaped agilely from a nearby tree, her hunting rifle aimed straight at the ghost’s heart while she was still in midair.
As the two launched their attack simultaneously, the Red Hood Ghost’s right palm and heart were pierced at the same time.
It let out a shrill scream as its entire body began to melt like liquid.
“Little Red Riding Hood… I’m going to… eat you…”
Little Red Riding Hood watched the scene with a complicated expression.
In her ears, she seemed to hear the youthful voice of her sister telling her the fairy tale years ago.
‘With the help of the Great Sage, Little Red Riding Hood and her companions finally discovered the immortal ghost’s weakness. It turned out she had two hearts: one in her palm and one in her chest. Only by piercing both hearts simultaneously within the magic treasury prepared by the Great Sage could she truly be killed.’
‘So, they prepared a trap in the forest, using Little Red Riding Hood as bait to lure the ghost. They succeeded! The Big Grey Wolf pinned the ghost down, while the hunter and Little Red Riding Hood pierced the two hearts.’
‘After saying her final line—”Little Red Riding Hood, I’m going to eat you!”—the wicked old witch was finally killed for good…’
The sound of shattering glass echoed through the forest as the scene and the ghost’s body broke apart.
She never expected that one day she would actually achieve this in the role of Little Red Riding Hood.
“Impressive,” a solitary clapping sound echoed from the air.
“It seems you’ve been hiding your strength. The Saintess’s sweetheart certainly couldn’t be just a simple C-rank Magical Girl.”
Xiaoxi looked up coldly at the Third Divine Envoy, instinctively pulling Little Red Riding Hood behind her.
“I’ve changed my mind—both of you can die here. If her beloved girlfriend is killed, the Lady Saintess will likely lose control even faster, right?”
A mirror reappeared beside Jingtong, and a dark shadow writhed within it.
“You really shouldn’t have come to save her. You’ve only brought her a much more troublesome enemy. Hehe, Jingtong’s ability has improved quite a bit after all the accumulation recently.”
For the first time, an expression of extreme pain appeared on Jingtong’s expressionless face.
The monster about to be manifested had already exceeded her limits, but the Third Divine Envoy had no intention of stopping. She truly intended to kill them both here.
“You felt it earlier, didn’t you? The objects Jingtong copies now are no longer empty shells. They perfectly inherit all the abilities and strength of the original. In other words…”
The figure stepping out of the mirror held a blood-red scythe in one hand, while the other had transformed into a giant claw.
Several tentacles drifted behind it, creating a suffocating pressure.
“Crap.”
Xiaoxi stared blankly at the Blood Moon Witch stepping out of the mirror and cursed under her breath.
Jingtong had manifested the Blood Moon Witch before, but she could tell this time was different.
This manifestation… was the real deal!
If she could truly replicate everything about the target of fear perfectly, then that meant…
“Run as soon as I count to three,” Xiaoxi whispered. “I’ll hold things down here. Find a way to get the Silverflame Dragon Princess to help!”
“No need to whisper. I won’t give you the chance to discuss tactics!”
Accompanied by the Third Divine Envoy’s childlike laughter, a mirror suddenly appeared between Xiaoxi and Little Red Riding Hood, separating them into different mirrored dimensions.
“Both of you will die here today!”
The blood-colored blade of the scythe swung through the air, bringing a storm of gore that narrowly grazed Xiaoxi’s scalp.
Seeing Little Red Riding Hood disappear into another mirror, Xiaoxi actually felt a sense of relief.
‘This is fine. At least Keke won’t have to face this one-hundred-percent-replicated Blood Moon Witch. As for me…’
Xiaoxi didn’t dare hide her strength any longer. However, after several exchanges, she still found herself at a disadvantage.
Although her [Sirius] form possessed S-Class strength, she had never used it in a battle of this caliber.
Moreover, she had previously relied on switching between multiple forms just to maintain a stalemate against the Blood Moon Witch!
Xiaoxi didn’t want to reveal the critical information that she was [Eternal Star] to the Divine Summon Order, but would the [Sirius] form be enough to last until reinforcements arrived?
This feeling was so nostalgic—the feeling of fighting for her life against the Blood Moon Witch at full power. The version Jingtong summoned was a cold, heartless combat machine!
The Third Divine Envoy raised an eyebrow in surprise.
She had assumed that even if Xiaoxi were hiding her strength, she would be a B-Rank or B-plus rank Magical Girl at most.
She hadn’t expected her to last this long against a full-power replica of the Blood Moon Witch.
‘It seems this Sirius is at least A-rank… no, even higher isn’t impossible. Is this person a trump card hidden by the Association?’
Thinking of this, perhaps Ye Xinglan falling in love with a Magical Girl was something the Association had arranged on purpose.
Were they trying to use this method to bring the Blood Moon Witch under their control?