Chapter 89: Giant Shark

The magical girl 【Shā Chòng】 had also applied through official channels to come here for a vacation.

She was indeed a veteran magical girl, having been one for many years.

Though her experience wasn’t as concrete as the “first generation” or “second generation,” she was still among the earliest batches of magical girls.

The information Jiang Yao had found before coming here was accurate.

It was precisely because she knew there was such a magical girl here that when Jiang Lingwei was choosing a travel destination and settled on this place, she didn’t raise any objections.

After all, with her here, and it being a small city, what could possibly go wrong?

At this moment, Jiang Yao looked over again and instantly felt full confidence in that magical girl.

Oh~ that determined figure looked trustworthy, exuding an aura far superior to any magical girl senior she had seen except for Aurora, and only Mingxin had left a similarly shocking impression.

(Quishi: (Eleven Plates One))

Is this the senior? I imagine anything that comes out of the sea probably isn’t even worth her notice.

“Whuaaaah!!!”

At that moment, the sea monster roared loudly as it emerged from the water!

“Roar!!!”

The strange roar terrified the ordinary people nearby so much that they wished their parents had given them two more legs to run faster.

And Shā Chòng? She still stood firm in place, unmoving, as if the bloody storm couldn’t affect her in the slightest.

“Whoosh#”

From the ocean, a shark’s head suddenly burst forth!

Beneath that huge shark mouth was a seven-meter-tall, muscular humanoid body, dragging a shark tail and giant fins growing from its back.

It was as if someone had forcibly welded a shark’s head onto a human body, creating this terrifying creature.

The shark monster’s body was covered in scale-like garments, and now fully risen from the sea, it first took a heavy breath audible to everyone, then clenched its fists and spread its arms sideways—

“Roar!!!!!”

After that triumphant roar, the eyes on either side of the shark monster’s head finally lowered, fixing on Shā Chòng, the only one standing on the beach.

“Oh? Such a bold magical girl?”

Whether by some strange mechanism or organ, the shark monster’s huge mouth surprisingly spoke deep, resonant human words.

“Meeting me, the Great Shark King, and still not running away? Interesting.”

Standing ten meters away, Shā Chòng pressed her hand on the handle of the gun at her right waist, silent.

“Hmph.”

Seeing her like this, the Great Shark King raised its arm: “Land-dwellers really are rude! Kneel before me!”

A water-arrow formed from flowing currents shot from the sea, heading straight at Shā Chòng!

“Whoosh!”

The water arrow grazed past Shā Chòng’s ear, and just the airflow stirred her hair, slightly lifting her cowboy hat, while her beautiful cheek was scratched with a streak of blood.

Seeing the result of its attack, the expression on the shark’s head—what could be called a face—immediately darkened.

This wasn’t anger, but a sign that it was getting serious.

It turned out that from its journey through the ocean, deliberately waiting for the insignificant ordinary person to scream before swallowing them whole, to its wild roar upon reaching land—

These were all the Great Shark King’s ways to boost its aura.

This trick had served it well in battles across the sea.

When it wasn’t strong enough, it relied on this first move to defeat even enemies stronger than itself.

Even that deliberately mis-aimed water arrow was part of this strategy.

When an opponent was pressured into submission by its aura, battle was no longer necessary. Even if the opponent stubbornly insisted on fighting the Great Shark King, the result was obvious defeat.

Yet, the magical girl standing before it didn’t waver in the slightest?!

Her eyes were hidden beneath the brim of her cowboy hat, and the towering shark couldn’t see them, but it understood this magical girl must be an unprecedentedly strong foe!

Whether its move driven by dark magic, 【Predator’s Killing Intent】, or the 【Ocean’s Arrow】, not the slightest effect was felt by the other side.

How could the Great Shark not take this seriously?

Looking back at Shā Chòng—

Her hand on the gun no longer trembled, and the legs hidden beneath her spirit armor were steady as well.

But this wasn’t because she had absolute confidence.

Rather—

(So, so fast!)

Her eyes widened beneath the hat brim, almost brought to tears by fear.

(What was that just now?!)

(No, no, I’m going to die, this time I really will!)

(Aaahhh…)

Her hands not shaking and legs not moving weren’t because she was confident of victory, but because she had been scared stiff.

Her greatest relief was that her spirit armor came with a hood.

At least it blocked her line of sight, allowing her to play the role of a turtle hiding in its shell; otherwise, if she met that monster’s gaze—

She would definitely have fallen to her knees by now.

The Great Shark King opposite her didn’t know any of this; it was already on full alert.

(Scary.)

The Great Shark King thought.

Contrasting its rough exterior was its wisdom navigating the seas.

Some even said that even the 【Wise Fish】 of the ocean couldn’t compare to its intelligence.

It wasn’t just a pawn of darkness but a master of darkness.

This was one of the rare dark entities in this world not controlled by the dark fairies.

Even today, it had come here only to find magical girls on land and prove its strength.

Afterward, it planned to lead its tribe to conquer humanity!

With such ambitions, how could the Great Shark King be stopped by this little magical girl? Its right arm muscles tensed, dark magic coiling around them.

“Since you’re so disrespectful…”

The Great Shark King’s eyes locked onto the unmoving magical girl:

“Then take my strongest blow!”

“Ya ya ya! 【Shark Tyrant Fist】!”

“Boom!”

Before the punch was even thrown, the air burst with a loud noise, and the Great Shark King, who had been ten meters away, instantly teleported right in front of Shā Chòng!

“Die! Hǎnhǎi City belongs to me!”

Opening its bloody giant mouth, the Great Shark King grinned savagely and swung its fist.

—Although it claimed this was its “strongest blow,” it was no fool; the foolish-looking grin was still a trick to confuse the enemy. The punch only used eighty percent of its strength, reserving twenty percent for a quick retreat.

Without knowing the opponent’s magical power or strength, the Great Shark King wouldn’t go all out.

“Bang!”

“Ah! Pfft—”

Struck by the punch, Shā Chòng screamed painfully, spat blood, and was sent flying, only stopping after crashing through three coconut trees.

“Gah?”

A clear bewilderment flashed in the Great Shark King’s tiny eyes.

(Instant kill?)

It looked doubtfully at its fist, then at the fallen magical girl, muttering in disbelief:

“R-really an instant kill?”

It took three steps toward Shā Chòng.

Then suddenly—

“Stomp!”

The Great Shark King stomped the ground, kicking up a cloud of sand, then leapt back to regain distance, mocking:

“You were trying to sneak attack me? Haha, I won’t let you succeed so easily!”

“Rustle rustle…”

The sea breeze blew, but the fallen Shā Chòng showed no movement at all.

The Great Shark King had never fought such a strange opponent.

(Doesn’t make sense. Even if they can’t beat me, these stubborn magical girls should at least fight back.)

“Fine, since you insist on playing dead.”

The Great Shark King growled viciously, its aura surging wildly, wildly increasing, violently increasing!

This time, it summoned ninety percent of its strength and leapt into the air!

“Die for me, really die!”

“Whoosh—”

In midair, the Great Shark King suddenly released a burst of dark magic, using the recoil to stop itself abruptly and land where it had just stepped.

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Clutching its chest, the Great Shark King glared forward, even it, so powerful, was a bit hurt by this pressure.

Yes, Shā Chòng’s fingers moved!

What was she going to do?

“Help.”

Tears streamed down Shā Chòng’s face as she weakly begged:

“Help me… ah…”

If she could, Shā Chòng would have told the Great Shark King that this was Cānghǎi City, and it had the wrong damn city, not Hǎnhǎi City!!!

But she was too weak now, and pleading was already useless.

The Great Shark King had been completely enraged by her voice; as a dark creature prone to emotional sway, it suddenly understood what was happening and how furious it was.

It roared wildly:

“Waaaaah!”

Opening its huge mouth, the Great Shark King charged straight forward, not using fists or magic—it was determined to swallow this mocking Shā Chòng whole!

“Whoosh!

“Bang!”

In the end, the Great Shark King only swallowed a mouthful of sand.

“Damn!”

Standing up fiercely and spitting out the sand, the Great Shark King looked toward the nearby girl who had caught Shā Chòng in her arms, clad in armor and wearing a long sword at her waist, having rescued her just before it could bite down.

“Who the hell are you?!”

After using light magic to tend to Shā Chòng’s initial wounds and laying her down, the armored girl drew her sword and turned around:

“Magical Girl.”

“【Shuǐjīng】.”