Transform into a magical girl after getting off work-Chapter 650 - 208: Discord

Lin Xiaolu felt a lot of pressure.

It's not simply because of the exam content that the pressure is high, but rather, if we're just talking about her process of tackling the maze nodes, it's actually quite smooth.

In fact, it's too smooth.

She believes she has the strength to sense the entire field, and Bai Jingxuan is somewhat comparable to her. Although the Remnant Beast at this node is indeed very large, and besides this "big guy" there are countless low-level Remnant Beast hordes... But she believes that even without the help of others, she and Bai Jingxuan alone can conquer this node.

It might take a bit more time, perhaps.

However, when the magical girl with the codename "Arrowroot" took the lead and charged into the battlefield, the speed of the situation's evolution far exceeded her expectations.

Unlike Lin Xiaolu's usual habits, the way magical girls and Remnant Beasts fight is completely different. Arrowroot does not rely on Magic Power to cause external injuries to the Remnant Beasts and destroy their bodies. What she does is transform into countless bats and black mist, infiltrate the body of the Remnant Beast, and then the Remnant Beast inexplicably begins to weaken.

Those low-level Remnant Beasts simply couldn't withstand this move. After just a while, they shriveled up rapidly like deflated balloons and then disappeared.

As for that big guy, it's not resolved so quickly. But after a brief weakness, it fell into a frenzy.

"Roar——"

Its roar echoed through the entire node cave, rampaging like mad, indiscriminately attacking everything it could sense.

Not only Lin Xiaolu and the others but even those low-level Remnant Beasts that leapt off the walls might get squashed. And it obviously didn't feel anything about it, it just focused on Lin Xiaolu's group of "culprits," believing that its pain must come from these unwelcome guests, so it used all its means to chase them.

Lin Xiaolu truly felt what "earth-shaking" meant.

When this beast, over thirty meters long, started running wildly in the hollow, she even felt the ground beneath her feet was about to become a trampoline.

"Don't just focus on running, lend a hand, don't let those small Remnant Beasts get near it!" Arrowroot's voice sounded beside Lin Xiaolu's ear.

"Huh? Who's speaking?" Busy dodging the giant beast's attacks, Lin Xiaolu was so startled that she nearly got hit by a claw.

"It's me, I'm inside its body!" Arrowroot continued: "It's now just not aware of the cause of its discomfort, when it realizes, it'll definitely swallow those small Remnant Beasts to find me inside its body! If that happens, I'll have to deal with those small fry first, which will become very troublesome, so help me keep them under control."

"Don't you know this big guy has gone mad?"

Lin Xiaolu shouted: "Shouldn't we subdue this thing first?"

"I can handle it quickly! You guys hang on for two minutes!" Arrowroot vowed confidently. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

"There's not much difficulty in holding on for a bit..." Lin Xiaolu glanced at the distant Remnant Beast's moves, evaluated its potential destructive power, then made her judgment: "But is it really only two minutes?"

"Three minutes at most!"

"Okay." Lin Xiaolu immediately extracted her Magic Armor, turning back and using her long spear to fend off the beast's claw: "You said it, if you can't handle it, don't expect me to be so easygoing!"

"Heh."

Arrowroot merely chuckled and said no more.

Then, three minutes later, when Lin Xiaolu and the others were still trying to dodge attacks while stopping those low-level Remnant Beasts, the giant beast's movements suddenly halted. Then, as though its entire strength was drained, it collapsed onto the ground.

The timing was precise, exactly as Arrowroot had said.

Before its body dissipated into Resonance, Lin Xiaolu saw the giant beast's form — like those low-level Remnant Beasts that Arrowroot incidentally killed, its body was emaciated and shriveled.

This reminded Lin Xiaolu of an entity only found in fantasy stories: Vampires.

According to legends, these monsters feed on the blood of living creatures, fear sunlight, walk in the dark, and have an inseparable connection with the image of "bats." Not only that, it's said that when they attack their prey, they can drain all the prey's blood, leading to death by blood loss.

Arrowroot was like a "Vampire" feeding on Remnant Beasts. Although there was no concept of blood inside the Remnant Beasts, whatever she absorbed, she indeed took something out from the Remnant Beast's body. More than a battle, her actions should be called "feeding."

A magical girl who eats Remnant Beasts? Or maybe, what she can consume is not limited to Remnant Beasts?

Watching Arrowroot flying out from the beast's body, recomposing into a human form, and covering her mouth with a burp, Lin Xiaolu was startled by her sudden thought.

But regardless of everything, the other party truly displayed astonishing strength. While in Lin Xiaolu's view, this level might not reach what Mint referred to as "another dimension" — she was confident that she could single-handedly face this Remnant Beast — but to say, having Arrowroot's participation indeed made the process of tackling this node much smoother.

After the giant beast was defeated, those hordes of low-level Remnant Beasts were naturally no match for Lin Xiaolu and the others. They swept through like clearing a venue, turning these Remnant Beasts into echoes scattered all over the ground.

As previously mentioned, the process of conquering the node was smooth.

However, afterward, Lin Xiaolu found herself trapped in a scenario that made her feel immense pressure.

——because Mint and Arrowroot were starting to argue again.

And all the cause was nothing more than Mint's sarcastic remark, "Quite the appetite, watch out for gaining weight again at night."

"Speaking of which, before the exam, didn't you publish a ranking online? The unexpected response was quite good, though you only ranked me second, which really annoyed me."

Mint's words clearly annoyed Arrowroot. She stood closely beside Mint, though shorter by a few centimeters, her smile was proud and assertive: "You actually ranked that magical girl named Mu Mian above me? What ability does she have that makes you recognize her more than me? Or is this one of your purposes? Ranking me second is just one of your usual disgusting little tricks?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the temperature in the hollow seemed to drop a few degrees, the atmosphere which barely maintained stability due to victory quickly plummeted to freezing point.

"I'm really sorry, but how the ranking is done is my business."

The other party no longer feigned a smile, Mint also withdrew hers: "Maybe she really is stronger than you? Why don't you go and compete with her?"

Arrowroot said nothing more, Mint also showed coldness, the two confronted each other like this.

And if it were only these two people's conflict erupting, it might be okay, but obviously, among the present members, there was another teammate who had a very poor impression of Arrowroot.

That was Bai Jingxuan.

She said nothing, just bestowed her Magic Armor, silently moved to Mint's side, assumed a posture of "come on if you want a fight," and glared at Arrowroot with dissatisfaction.

"Oh, you want to fight too?"

Arrowroot certainly would not ignore Bai Jingxuan's presence; rather, her attention to Bai Jingxuan had always been very apparent. Seeing Bai Jingxuan's posture, her smile became even more joyful: "That might be more interesting than imagined."

At this point, the conflict among the few people in the scene was already on the verge of erupting.

Honestly speaking, if it were the usual Lin Xiaolu, she should have already rushed out to stand up and prepared to fight Arrowroot to protect Bai Jingxuan.

But now, still during the exam, Lin Xiaolu realized one thing: if they fought here, it would likely become a very difficult situation to end, regardless of winning or losing. It surely wouldn't benefit the exam scores.

Thus, if she was the only one at the scene who could still remain rational, then the work of "mediation" could only be done by her.

Should I do it? Do such a thing?

Never has it been like this moment that Lin Xiaolu wished Emerald Sparrow were present.

She never had the experience of doing such things, rather, she's usually the one responsible for losing her temper, while Emerald Sparrow is the one smoothing things over. And standing in Emerald Sparrow's perspective, is it actually such a feeling?

Lin Xiaolu wanted to think more about it, but she was well aware the time left for her to think was not ample.

What should she do? She strived to drive her nearly-stalled brain.

——If it were Emerald Sparrow, what would she do?