Sands of Time magic still lacked high-burst output methods in early-middle stages, but force overcame technique—insufficient mechanisms compensated by numbers. When Temporal Cross-Section extended to 4-square-kilometer levels, flesh jellyfish plus considerable low-level Disaster Beasts died together.
After sighing relief, Hibiscus slowly descended to sea surface, gazing toward South Pacific directions where cloud traces remained.
Originally she planned covering all Disaster Beasts at once, but unfortunately some remained.
"Roar—"
Though flesh jellyfish became remnants, it still floated on sea surfaces. Including but not limited to destruction, mental, and other attribute magical powers frantically scattered, trying to drive away Magical Girls uselessly as its own vitality reactions continuously dropped, dying. Stored tumor energy was unusable—now purely relying on big head magical power to persist. But with great enemies present, Disaster Beasts had no chances.
Hibiscus slowly crossed waves to overhead, looking down coldly from above: "New mutants are indeed tenacious. I'm curious how long you can last?"
Seeing this, flesh jellyfish desperately tried moving to counterattack, but unfortunately its pink body rapidly dimmed with blood mixed with energy surging from cross-sections uncontrollably, finally stripping the last strand of life.
She guarded the corpse momentarily before satisfaction.
Future new mutant Disaster Beast psychological expectations were set—regeneration was indeed exaggerated, but just don't give them replenishment opportunities.
So time magic abilities that severed all connections were quite effective—mechanisms still led by far.
Time Slash!
Fine threads covered flesh jellyfish, segmenting into fragments without single intact parts. Attacks continued spreading, naming and killing surrounding surviving Disaster Beasts one by one—before exquisite perception, they couldn't even hide.
Facing such tenacious targets, Hibiscus wasn't comfortable without finishing blows.
Rumble!
Accompanying aerial sonic booms, Holy Relic auras gradually intensified—actually riding fighter jets racing over should be Gallop's style. Moreover, this was originally Eagle Company territory, now military and mercenaries were barely distinguishable and should cooperate more closely.
The silver-haired girl's figure disappeared in place, making officers try to approach empty-handed. Never mind, discuss later, but one point was certain: Church grew stronger again.
"Report commander, we checked records—doesn't match any known Magical Girl characteristics."
"But I always feel these Disaster Beast death states seem familiarly inexplicable..."
"Clean up stragglers first."
Hibiscus hid in the shadows, hearing this and marveling more at Universal Eraser's convenience. No wonder Angela could hide under Eagle Company's noses with classmates for so long. But theoretically, summoning magic had weaknesses of summons being destructible—non-living tool types required more attention, somewhat restricting such abilities from major frontline combat. Rather regrettable.
She needed methods to both maintain concealment while greatly increasing activity frequency, making the Church appear large-scale. When drowsy, pillows came.
But things weren't finished. According to netizens: "best explore Pacific Fallen Zone depths" while mysteriously not explaining reasons, proving this matter's importance.
Important means difficult. Even Magical Girl Hyacinth should prepare thoroughly—necessary magic was naturally indispensable, requiring Zoe and Helen's help.
Thinking this, she quickly headed toward the Los Angeles outskirts.
Rocky Mountains.
Mudslides poured down from mountaintops, destroying trees and even rocks—rolling torrents heading straight toward Elsa, Jin Ruochu, and Angela.
They immediately maintained flight postures, but leaving ground revealed abnormally cold air with gradually frosting skin. Breathing produced ice crystals as temperatures changed rapidly. Before teams could react, it quickly heated with high-energy air masses forming hurricanes nearly throwing people out.
"What unreasonable principles!" Jin Ruochu's voice distorted from eating wind.
"Helen's elemental magic Tropical Cold Current. Coincidentally, she professionally studies meteorology. As you see, can also use hot-cold rapid alternation creating storms—"
"I think I learned this but returned it to teachers."
"Here it comes."
Elsa raised magical power shields helping everyone face direct storm hits. Speeds often exceeding 100 kilometers per hour carried stones like bullets, mixed with massive amounts of sand penetrating everywhere, causing respiratory tract to lung blockage sensations.
Elemental magic power lay in linking natural phenomena to overwhelm enemies through scale—even runaway control users instinctively employed it.
"We three have terrible compatibility with them." Elsa smiled bitterly seeing natural disaster momentum.
"Wrong. When elemental magic fires fully reaching natural phenomena, everyone feels small, feels themselves unsuitable. Don't be so hesitant calculating power comparisons, don't let ordinary thinking dull miracles, don't waste more time!" Jin Ruochu's spirited voice couldn't be drowned by storms.
Whoosh!
She embraced two companions and dove into storm clouds. Instantly surroundings filled with thunder, debris, frost or ash—each dangerous and deadly.
But all this couldn't stop Jin Ruochu's charging advance. Crises automatically avoided them, opening passages. Moments later, cloud layers parted creating gaps. One Magical Girl was wrapped in rock layers, self-enclosed like a statue—another should be Helen, master of storms, but unfortunately emanating black magical power beyond communication.
Angela looked pleased: "I knew with Zoe's personality, sensing control loss danger, she'd seal herself first."
"No, I feel she used too much force and might have trouble breaking free." Elsa hit the nail on the head.
"...Indeed fits her personality too. Anyway, Senior Manjusaka, just put us down."
Almost the instant Jin Ruochu released them, suddenly the ground sprouted long, sharp rock spikes piercing through—lightning-fast viciously stabbing her.
Actually auto-triggered traps!
Elemental magic charged strikes sent the pink-haired girl flying with one hit, smashing into hills causing tremors. Just as two companions worried, they discovered a reindeer nearby exploding into blood mist, staining trees and grass red.
Then they saw Jin Ruochu, embedded in hillside rock walls, standing unharmed, shrugging and stretching—momentum like a rainbow.
"Don't worry, there are many animal friends here. They'll protect me."
Elsa's mouth twitched. Honestly, this was her first time witnessing Fortune and Misfortune magic used this way. How did everyone around her—old father, senior predecessors—all like tormenting wild animals? Very strange.
Angela loudly reminded: "I got one!"
In the time they weren't paying attention, Magical Girl Narcissus had knocked out Helen, who lay unconscious on the ground.
"Actually, we've had mutual experience handling each other's magical power rampage control loss. Like me sneaking attacks to knock out targets. Anyway, the secret is definitely fast, accurate, ruthless—full concealment power for decisive strikes. Having people provide cover is even better, like you two helping attract attention..."
Angela gestured several times but found seniors' eyes increasingly wrong.
Experienced Jin Ruochu spread her hands helplessly:
"Your theory is right, but the premise is consuming magical power so they can't struggle. Moreover, triple awakening to seedling stage breakthrough control loss isn't simple."
Before finishing, Elsa flashed to embrace Angela and ran. Following immediately were compressed water bullets capable of cutting gold and breaking jade, but Jin Ruochu's timely blocking deflected trajectories.
Currently Helen's eyes showed clarity with guilty expressions—having bottomed out magically, she partially recovered consciousness.
"Since you need releasing magical power, then completely vent before me. Don't worry, I can withstand it."
Boom!
Jin Ruochu grabbed Helen's sportswear collar, violently throwing the girl into ravines with collapsing earth and stones plus scalding geothermal springs. Strikes came continuously.
She lightly stepped, appearing kilometers away, punching targets with each attack accompanied by multiple disaster chain reactions. Seemingly simple melee combat involved hundreds of attack routes. Magical Girl Manjusaka's approach was making opponents use all magical power defensively while carefully experiencing higher-level force—no mercy, must quick-battle to avoid attracting official Holy Relics.
With their magical power sensitivity, they'd quickly identify familiar faces, let alone this defense zone belonging to Eagle Company.
So Jin Ruochu needed quick solutions while hiding information as much as possible. Unfortunately, Helen wasn't an opponent ordinary methods could subdue—elemental magic's wide-range, strong influence, fierce power characteristics showed vividly in her.
"...Leave quickly..."
Hoarse voices came from the Magical Girl's mouth.
The pink-haired girl opened her arms smiling: "I once lost control and was saved. Come on, my turn to help others. Bring out your magical power."
Before finishing, cold currents invaded, freezing her into ice sculptures at speeds that even surprised nearby Elsa. Temperatures plummeted with heavy snow and freezing rain washing Rocky Mountain foothills.
Next moment, ice layers shattered revealing unharmed Jin Ruochu, who shrugged off snowflakes.
"Miss Angela, what's your friend's Regalia name?"
"Magical Girl Hollow Bubble." When this answer appeared, black magical power around Helen dissipated somewhat, but unfortunately couldn't reverse situations.
"Still need fists."
Jin Ruochu gathered tremendous energy around herself. Next moment she'd appeared behind Helen, grabbing targets and slamming them to the ground. Ice layers and rocks simultaneously collapsed, showing terrifying force. When trying to get up, she found the surrounding ice and snow too slippery to exert force—shooting herself in the foot, losing leverage points instead.
Misfortune firmly trapped opponents. Under increasingly exquisite causality magic control, Helen couldn't escape. Even current flying intentions were detected.
Magical Girl Hollow Bubble Regalia suddenly surged with magical power but was dispersed by the pink-haired girl's sudden grip.
Actions seemed simple, but in Elsa's eyes, this origin power was quite strong, even showing blade-like shapes cutting fluid energy. She couldn't help recalling Hibiscus mentioning "origin's next stage is shaping"—probably with Senior Manjusaka's talent, she'd vaguely touched it.
What about me?
Violent runaway magical power surged, stirring Magical Girl Chrysanthemum's emotions as some shackles seemed about to break...
Clearly having feelings during father conversations days ago but not grasping them—indeed her talent was slightly inferior to seniors.
Just as Elsa pondered, Angela suddenly pushed her aside. Almost as they dodged, bullet-like stone fragments splattered everywhere in comprehensive coverage.
The self-sealed rock giant began releasing stone rain.
"Strange, with Zoe's contingency plans, she should use magic to lock herself up. According to her, not dragging everyone down." Angela spoke while noticing rock cracks from the strongest origin attacks present.
Stone rain was for protection—the real target was the pink-haired girl currently restraining Helen in grappling positions. This round of attacks completely missed her, scattering away.
Noticing their gazes, Jin Ruochu scratched her head with embarrassed smiles: "Sorry, I'm a bit unlucky—"
"Ah!"
One careless moment, lucky dodging temporarily lifted as several stone blocks hit her face squarely. With her physical strength, even rocket bombs were fine, but people instinctively cried out in pain. Subconsciously covering her forehead allowed the restrained Helen beneath to break free and immediately flip over. Then volcano-eruption-level heat streams became crimson light sweeping past, scorching flames wrapping her figure seemingly distorted.
"Senior Manjusaka!" Before Elsa could react, another frost freeze followed.
Tropical Cold Current magic excelled at destructive effects from rapid temperature differences—intense state changes sufficient to destroy seemingly solid objects.
Angela murmured: "Caused trouble."
However, next moment the ice shattered again, revealing unharmed Jin Ruochu who flicked Helen's forehead angrily: "Hot and cold easily causes colds."
They underestimated Growth Stage Magical Girls' unfathomable origin protection. Too great level differences meant difficulty being effective.
Seeing this, Helen used danger instincts to raise magical barriers trying to isolate both sides, but Jin Ruochu, having experienced elemental magic threats repeatedly, no longer held back. Terrifying oppressive aura poured out.
Facing seriously concerned Growth Stage powerhouses, runaway Helen had no resistance—barely maintaining shields that quickly shattered.
"Good, just desperately defend like this."
Jin Ruochu mounted her opponent, swinging pink fists like pile drivers. Earth cracked, mountains collapsed—aftershocks rivaled Mountain Building Movement magic earthquakes. Before this, no one believed causality magic output could be so strong.
Correspondingly, storms, water flows, and severe temperature differences automatically avoided her, creating perfect output environments where even enemies opened embraces.
After reaching the Growth Stage, Jin Ruochu could shift disasters more toward material phenomenon levels—like fist contact producing static paralysis, sharp rock piercings, wind-sand vision obscuring... countless possibilities. Every strike inevitably accompanied earth-shaking secondary destruction without thinking, full assault.
Thud!
New movements came from Zoe's direction—a 6-meter-tall rock giant stood before them.
"...You all... stop..." Low voices accompanied oppressive aura.
"Please don't be impulsive, Zoe. Though you know my experiences because I've always been antisocial and like chatting, seeming talkative, I must say something today. Try cooperating with Salvation Church people—they're most professional with Magical Girls. Speaking of which, as California locals affected by Eagle Company battles, your vigilance is understandable, but now even Washington passed bills signing treaties, so everyone should trust each other..."
"I just want you to shut up!"
The rock giant stomped hard, splitting ground into ravines filled with sharp rocks. Unprepared Angela immediately fell.
Elsa reacted quickly, catching her mid-air for rescue, but unexpectedly seemingly quiet fixed rock spikes suddenly stabbed through, even breaking magical barrier defenses, actually scratching her cheek and drawing blood—nearly tearing half her face.
If Miyuki hadn't been protecting Xiang Yunyao and others' evacuation but was here, she'd probably be furious.
Next moment wounds regenerated, healing perfectly.
This exchange made Elsa understand absolute home advantage dangers, plus opponent magic showing new changes: "Rock tops seem to have mineral traces?"
"Initially Zoe could only knead clay, later soil and rocks, now she probably can manipulate minerals."
"No wonder Senior Hyacinth remembered this. Wouldn't that easily make her a mining magnate, richer than Rockefeller?"
But now they faced future mining magnate bombardments. Before finishing, hundreds of spikes with mineral reinforcement rushed out—each terrifying.
But Elsa strolled leisurely, avoiding each one. Uncalibrated mindless attacks were meaningless. Instead, she caught one flaw in rock forests:
Artillery technique!
White-hot streams penetrated layers upon layers, directly hitting rock giants causing thunderous explosions.
Shockwaves swept away sandstorms, lifting soil layers, forcibly throwing mountain sides skyward. For moments, skies blocked the sun. Seemingly casual strikes carried enormous might. Most importantly, true damage ignored rock armor, making internal Magical Girls dizzy.
She deliberately held back—otherwise this move would be more deadly.
Salvation Church military training provided too much improvement for Magical Girls from ordinary civilian families. Magic application, force techniques, stamina preservation, and human weakness knowledge were precious. Though opponents theoretically reached seedling stage and would successfully advance when calm, practical combat gaps were huge. This made Elsa understand why Senior Dandelion previously crushed Five-Leaf Clover teams alone.
Differences existed among Magical Girls. Like now, clearly not seriously injured, Zoe cried out in pain, even stopping offensives—still green, needed more practice.
Mountain Building Movement magic power rapidly weakened. Seeing this, Elsa put down Angela to catch her breath.
According to Protea instructor: "After training, we can dull pain sensations—even dragging half-bodies, we can fight." So terrifying. Currently Zoe's pain-fearing performance would probably be scolded.
She also realized why Senior Hyacinth sent her.
Elemental magic, benefiting from large-scale influence, often hid or protected cores well—making true damage increasingly important.
"Come on then."
Magical Girl Chrysanthemum slightly beckoned. Zoe involuntarily walked out from rock piles while facing another round of flashing bombardment.
Fortunately, rock walls constructed fortresses delaying magical power—otherwise another hit might lose combat ability. But losing rationality meant no conservative fighting options. Recalling pain, the girl roared as ground layers bloomed like lotus flowers.
Layer upon layer of wave surges, falling trees, suspended foothills—giant sounds spread everywhere.
Before this, no one dared believe impressively thick, seemingly indestructible ground could be as turbulent as oceans, completely lacking footholds.
"Ah!" Angela cried out, sinking from feet into ground layers, nearly swallowed. Swamp-like surfaces, once submerged, might cause suffocation. Air wasn't crucial for Magical Girls, but considering Mountain Building Movement magic's material changes, being crushed and ground was possible.
"Stop it—"
Elsa's stern warning made Zoe's actions pause, even temporarily interrupting magic. She was stunned herself, originally planning to make opponents approach actively.
She didn't think much, slapping ground surfaces to interfere, forcibly grabbing magical flows and yanking to break Angela's imprisonment automatically.
Thanks to special Regalia talent teachings from Miyuki, she'd actually activated ornament and glove Regalia parts—one of three elements reaching Growth Stage. Otherwise, constantly suppressing rampaging seedling stage Magical Girls would be difficult.
"Ugh!"
Distant muffled sounds came. Looking toward them revealed Helen rolling her eyes, tilting her head unconsciously as dark magical power dissipated and finally stopped. Conversely, life energy reactions reached new levels—successfully crossing watersheds.
Jin Ruochu stood up, stretching while carrying the dizzy girl on her shoulder without even disrupted breathing throughout.
Her causality magic advanced further with deeper, more profound origins—difficult to estimate.
"Finished here. I need stable environments helping Miss Zoe guide and sort magical power through dangerous periods. So you must hurry. Come on."
Before finishing, she clearly witnessed Elsa's uncontrolled magical power spreading, startling nearby Angela.
"You wouldn't be..."
"Please rest assured. Control loss is no longer my concern—thanks to Church everyone helping me accept my causality magic." Magical Girl Chrysanthemum's bright yellow Regalia shone brilliantly. "I've sensed love and hate's next stage—love applications. Previously I could only trigger others' attachment feelings for attraction. Now it has new methods."
She opened her arms, showing provocative expressions toward Zoe, who wasn't polite either, stomping hard and splashing stone fragments that suddenly shattered.
What happened? Even rampaging Magical Girl Hollow Bubble couldn't help tilting her head.
Clear to bystanders though confused to parties involved—in Jin Ruochu and Angela's eyes, this was undoubtedly attackers voluntarily canceling magic, as if momentarily feeling reluctance and holding back—brief and slight, even affected parties hadn't noticed.
"Unfortunately still unstable, so I won't use this trick suppressing you but will use Growth Stage magical power volumes deciding victory."