NOVEL NEXT Chapter 71 - WuYue killed YouYu?
“Huff! Huff…”
Ignoring the injuries on her body, Bai Yu sprinted, panting heavily as she rushed to the location YouYu had said.
What greeted her eyes was a scene of utter devastation—
The ground was cracked and broken, and the trees around were snapped and splintered.
Near YouYu, who lay sprawled on the ground, was a patch of scorched earth.
Turning her gaze further, she saw WuYue slumped unconscious against a tree trunk.
And then… there was ‘that cake’. The one YouYu had so carefully ordered for WuYue, the one he had promised to give her.
But now, that cake was splattered across the ground, nothing but crumbs—or rather, not even crumbs, as the aftermath of the battle had long since obliterated it.
And the culprit behind all this destruction was none other than—
“Well, well, Magic Girl Blue Night.”
The monochrome figure sneered at her, a mocking smile playing on their lips.
“Your timing is… how should I put it? A little late, don’t you think?”
“…”
“Ouja. Is all of this your doing?”
Bai Yu’s voice was low, her tone measured.
Surprisingly, even in the face of this carnage, Bai Yu did not erupt in fury. Instead, she displayed an eerily calm demeanor—calmer than anyone could have expected.
She was calm. Terrifyingly calm.
Because she was already calculating—planning how, in the moments to come, she could make Ouja die in the most excruciatingly painful way possible.
She didn’t even stop to consider whether she could win.
Her clenched fists, trembling with tension, spoke volumes.
“Me? Heh… Forget about that for now. Why not focus on yourself instead?”
Meeting Bai Yu’s murderous gaze, Ouja showed no fear. If anything, his tone grew even more taunting.
“Ah, that look—you want to carve me into pieces, don’t you? What’s wrong? Want to kill me? Let me tell you, this has nothing to do with me.
“After all, those monsters you encountered on your way here—you know better than anyone else who created them, don’t you?
“Or perhaps… you’ve decided to ignore that little detail and dump all your hatred on me instead?”
“…”
Bai Yu didn’t answer. Instead, she responded with action.
In an instant, she utilized her liquefaction ability, slipping through the cracks in the ground and appearing right before Ouja.
Her right hand formed a blade-like shape, glowing with intense blue light, as she slashed horizontally at his neck.
“…Hmph.”
Ouja made no attempt to dodge. He stood his ground, taking her attack head-on.
“Boom!”
“?!”
When her blade struck his neck, Bai Yu was shocked to find that her mana-infused, high-pressure water attack didn’t cut through him like mud. Instead, it rebounded!
Realizing the situation, Bai Yu prepared to liquefy herself to retreat, but before she could act, she saw Ouja had already raised his rapier, now enveloped in dark purple flames.
“Boom!”
With a casual swing of his rapier, the high-temperature flames erupted in a crescent shape, hurtling straight at her.
“!!!”
Seeing the flames racing toward her, Bai Yu, relying on the combat training she’d undergone with WuYue in recent times, swiftly ceased her liquefied state. She stomped her right foot on the ground, summoning an ice wall that rose before her, exuding a chilling aura.
The flames struck the ice wall, shattering it instantly and kicking up a cloud of smoke.
The next moment, a black figure—Ouja—charged out of the smoke and appeared right in front of her.
“What the—! Ugh!”
Before Bai Yu could even react, she felt a sharp impact on her abdomen. The force sent her flying backward, tumbling across the ground before coming to a halt.
Her transformation dissipated.
“Tsk, tsk… Look at you—just as pathetic as the other magical girl.”
Ouja shook his head in mock disappointment, sighing theatrically as he spoke.
“I didn’t think the obstacles along the way would drain you this much, Blue Night. You knew full well you weren’t in any condition to fight me, yet you still recklessly charged in. What’s this, a death wish?”
“I even thought you might bring me some fun… but it seems I’ve been waiting in vain.”
“You…!”
Bai Yu couldn’t hold back any longer. She snapped, her voice filled with seething anger.
“You bastard! What exactly have you done?!”
“You killed WuYue. You killed YouYu. You killed them ‘both’!”
“Now—”
Her fist slammed into the ground, her body trembling as she pushed herself back to her feet. Clutching the dimmed sapphire in her right hand, she glared at him and roared:
“And now you have the audacity to stand here and talk about ‘fun’?!”
“…”
“Looks like you’ve let your anger cloud your judgment, Lan Ye.”
“Ah—?!”
With a sigh, Ouja grabbed Bai Yu’s arm and, in a burst of speed, dragged her to WuYue’s side. He flung her forward, sending her colliding with the tree WuYue was slumped against.
Shaken, Bai Yu quickly checked WuYue’s condition. Realizing she wasn’t injured, she scrambled to move toward YouYu.
But before she could, Ouja stepped in her way.
With a tone of feigned regret, he spoke:
“What a pity, Blue Night. You didn’t make it here in time to witness the grand finale.”
“Otherwise, I wouldn’t need to waste my breath explaining it to you. Or better yet, you might have shown me an even more delightful expression.”
As he spoke, Ouja pointed at WuYue’s clenched fist—the same one she had used to strike “YouYu.”
“Take a good look at that red stuff on her hand.”
“…”
Bai Yu didn’t immediately react to his words. She kept her guard up, eyeing him warily.
But eventually, she turned to look at WuYue’s hand.
There, she saw it—traces of dried red liquid.
Blood.
“You’re curious about what happened earlier, weren’t you?” Ouja said with a sly grin as he watched her confused expression.
“She’s unharmed, and negative beasts don’t bleed.”
“So… let me tell you what really happened.”
“When I arrived here, this magical girl personally killed that man.”
“The reason? Simple. He had been turned into a negative beast. And for that, she mercilessly ended his life.”
…
At first, Bai Yu couldn’t believe Ouja’s words.
But… when she turned and looked closely at YouYu’s body—
For some reason, the air around her seemed to grow colder.
“Why… Why does YouYu have the aura of a negative beast on him?”
She murmured to herself, her voice tinged with fear.
Could it be that… before she arrived—
YouYu ‘really’ had been turned into a negative beast?
And… had been killed by WuYue?