The spectacle Mo Qiuli projected left everyone dumbfounded.
A massive sphere floated behind the blue-haired loli's petite figure, forming a contrast that was both utterly absurd and incredibly shocking.
The sunlight was blocked by it, casting a massive shadow that enveloped the broken battlefield and the terrified crowds below.
"My... oh my God! What... what is that?!"
The people on the ground, who had just been cheering for Mo Qiuli's outburst, were now left with nothing but boundless fear and awe.
Even more people had their minds go blank, able only to look up at the behemoth that blotted out the sky.
"Mer... Mercury?! She pulled... Mercury over here?!"
The King of Mimicry, who had been squashed into a pancake shape, felt the moment the Mercury Projection appeared; a madness born of its devouring instinct overwhelmed its fear of impending death.
It clearly perceived that the Projection contained unimaginable energy!
This was "food" countless times more advanced than any life or matter it had ever devoured!
If it could devour this superficial Projection, it could not only recover instantly but might even evolve to an unprecedented level!
It had never eaten a planet, nor had it ever turned into a planet.
This was undoubtedly a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity!
Eat, eat, eat!
Having the chance to simulate a more noble existence was the King of Mimicry's instinct!
Just as Mo Qiuli panted slightly from maintaining the massive Projection,
The "Heavy Pressure" magic applied to the King of Mimicry showed a slight loosening.
The King of Mimicry moved!
The gray "pancake" suddenly contracted and condensed, turning into a streak of gray light that moved fast enough to tear the air.
It wasn't fleeing, but moving with greed and desperate madness.
Such a pure entity of Spiritual Power—if missed, it would be a lifelong regret!
It wanted to devour this planet! Then become this planet! Even if it was just a Projection!
Mo Qiuli's expression did not flicker.
There wasn't a hint of human emotion in her eyes.
After projecting the Mercury made of Spiritual Power, she seemed to be possessed by some kind of will.
Mercury Form, Mercury Proxy!
The King of Mimicry got its wish and "crashed" into the Mercury Projection.
However, the expected devouring did not happen.
The moment it made contact, the King of Mimicry felt as if it hadn't crashed into an energy body, but had been sucked in instead.
It wanted to activate its racial ability, wanting to open its massive maw to cover this not-too-large sphere.
Even if it only added a gray "coat" to this Mercury Projection, that would be enough to gain some benefit.
But it had still overestimated its own abilities.
Or rather, it had underestimated the power of the human before it.
It couldn't move! It couldn't move at all!
This wasn't a construct made of pure Spiritual Power at all!
Under the watch of countless terrified eyes, the King of Mimicry was like a piece of plasticine kneaded by an invisible giant hand, forced from a puddle of irregular sludge into a compressed shape.
One second... two seconds...
In just a few breaths of time,
The King of Mimicry, who had just suppressed three S-rank powerhouses, was compressed on the surface of the Mercury Projection into a sphere flickering with an eerie metallic gray light!
This gray sphere was the remains of the King of Mimicry after being extremely compressed.
Even more, it was the final proof that it had ever existed.
"It's over."
There was no hint of pity in Mo Qiuli's deep blue eyes, only the determination of a mission accomplished.
The Planetary Scepter in her hand tapped lightly forward, pointing at the compressed gray sphere.
"Vanish."
As her cold voice fell,
The massive, suffocating Mercury Projection, along with the gray sphere embedded on its surface, suddenly erupted with a blinding aqua-blue light.
The light flashed and vanished in an instant.
The sky instantly returned to clarity.
The massive shadow blocking the sun disappeared.
The suffocating sense of pressure also receded like a tide.
Countless dull, bewildered, and survivor-stricken faces on the ground all proved that the world-shaking scene just now was no illusion.
The battlefield was deathly silent.
The wind swept through the ruins, kicking up fine dust.
Sunlight spilled down again, illuminating the blue-haired loli floating in the air, panting slightly.
The radiance of the "Mercury Magic" on her body slowly faded, and the image unique to the Mercury Form completely receded.
But the majesty belonging to an S-rank powerhouse and the spokesperson of Mercury did not dissipate.
She looked down at the crowd below, whose expressions shifted from despair to shock and then to bewilderment, and then looked up at the light screen reflecting her own face.
There were definitely many people watching her right now.
Mo Qiuli took a deep breath, trying to calm the power surging within her.
A smile full of hope and determination, belonging to a Magical Girl, bloomed once more on her small face.
Though it carried a hint of exhaustion, it was incredibly dazzling.
She raised her magic wand, her voice crisp and loud, echoing across the silent battlefield:
"Look! Evil will eventually be defeated by justice! This is the power of a Magical Girl!"
"To recast the glory of Magical Girls—it is our bounden duty!"
"I am the best partner of Magical Girl Tong Yao—Magical Girl Mercury!"
At this moment, no one questioned her identity as a "Magical Girl" anymore.
So it really wasn't just for show.
Who would dare question her stats?
Forget a Magical Girl; with stats like these, people would believe her if she said she was a Giant of Light!
The fear brought by the King of Mimicry was diluted by the "miracle" that had saved the city.
In its place was a complex emotion mixed with awe, worship, and the euphoria of surviving a disaster.
"My God! Lord Mercury!"
"Mother Mercury! Let me join the Magical Girl Alliance!"
"You bastard! Why would a grown man like you want to be a Magical Girl?"
"Don't be so rigid with the rules! Are gender and age really such inconvenient things?"
"By the way, is Magical Girl Tong Yao really that 'Nursery Rhyme'?"
"Nonsense! If this Mercury Loli is already this strong, which other 'Nursery Rhyme' could the one ranked alongside her be?"
"The sky is falling! How did my Great Emperor Nursery Rhyme become a Magical Girl? I won't accept this!"
"If you become a Magical Girl, you can be that strong too."
"Holy crap! Then I want to become a Magical Girl!"
Cheers erupted like a long-suppressed volcano, soaring into the clouds.
Watching this scene, Mo Qiuli's parents were even more dumbfounded.
"Is this... our daughter?"
"I-I think so."
"Why is she so powerful?"
"I don't know, maybe she really is a Magical Girl?"
Mo Qiuli floated in the air, bathed in sunlight and cheers.
Her tiny figure became the most dazzling and incredible symbol of a hero on this desperate battlefield.
She did it!
Ye Yao, did you see that?
【Mo Qiuli has achieved great feats in the name of Magical Girl Mercury. The reputation of the Magical Girl Alliance has greatly increased. Reward: 10 Attribute Points.】
【Unassigned Attribute Points: 120】
Ye Yao couldn't help but cover her eyes with both hands, somewhat unable to face the situation.
Well, this is great.
Now that Mo Qiuli's declaration was out, Nursery Rhyme's dignity was completely shattered on the floor.
"...Forget it, as long as Little Mo is happy."
