Esper X Family – Chapter 441 – Sublimation Magic, Glittering Morning Star (17/40)

Mo Qiuli’s intrusion shocked nearly everyone.

No one expected someone who appeared to be a mere child to charge into a deadly battlefield.

Everyone knew that even the three S-rank Espers from the Countermeasures Bureau had been left in an unknown state of life or death after just a few moves from the monster.

What use was it for a delicate little girl to barge in?

Many people were aware of the symbolic significance of Magical Girl Mercury. She was merely a figurehead used by the nation to set an example for underage children.

In reality, she wasn’t that powerful, and she was certainly no match for an S-rank Esper.

Normally, when this little girl said things like “I’ll protect everyone”, the adults would just smile and let it pass, never taking it seriously.

This country had not yet fallen to the point where it needed children to protect grown adults.

The Countermeasures Bureau would never allow such a situation to occur. At most, they would publicize her good deeds.

But now, things were different.

Facing an alien enemy powerful enough to crush S-rank Espers, Mo Qiuli had stepped forward despite her seemingly weak appearance!

This undoubtedly jolted everyone’s spirit!

What was this if not sheer recklessness?

The higher-ups of the Countermeasures Bureau felt a chill run down their spines.

What was Mo Qiuli’s identity?

She was Ye Yao’s friend!

They were practically inseparable, glued together every day, sometimes even sharing a bed. Their closeness was beyond question.

If something happened to her, how would Ye Yao react?

Wouldn’t she go berserk?

“Quick! Anyone will do! Go get her out of there! Don’t let her come to harm!”

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The perspective returned to the scene.

Mo Qiuli felt an unprecedented pressure, her hand gripping her magic wand with intense force.

She could sense that the “villain’s” aura was incredibly powerful, far beyond what she could currently handle.

Reason told her to act within her limits, to not be reckless, and above all, not to put herself in danger.

Because Ye Yao was waiting for her to come back. If anything happened to her, Ye Yao would definitely be heartbroken.

Mo Qiuli didn’t want to make Ye Yao sad.

But…

Seeing the enemy senselessly destroy the homes everyone relied on for survival…

Seeing it beat the adults who were protecting the people to the brink of death…

Mo Qiuli could no longer suppress the anger and sense of responsibility burning within her.

At least in this form, she was no longer a child, but a magical girl protecting everyone!

She had to make the “villain” pay a painful price for hurting people!

At that moment, Li Tang had just recovered from the mental backlash caused by his animal friend being devoured.

Seeing the Mimic King clearly shift its target onto Mo Qiuli, he began burning his life force without the slightest hesitation.

“Your opponent is me!”

After being promoted to S-rank Esper, Li Tang had only learned two form skills.

One was Selfless Form, which abandoned other stats to enhance mental power, significantly increasing his animal friends’ lethality.

With his animal friend present, he didn’t need to worry about his own body’s defense.

Li Tang had already used this move at the start of the battle.

Unfortunately, the stat increase wasn’t enough to cause a qualitative change in his animal friends’ strength. In the eyes of the Mimic King, they were still crunchy and easily broken.

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The remaining one was “Future Form”.

After the Prophet issued a crisis warning, almost all newly promoted S-rank Espers had urgently learned how to use “Future Form”.

The goal was to unleash their maximum combat power at a critical moment to turn danger into safety.

The enemy wouldn’t give them time to develop.

They could only overdraw their future to gamble for a sliver of hope.

Li Tang knew very well that even activating Future Form wouldn’t be enough to defeat the enemy before him.

But in order to draw its attention and buy time for Mo Qiuli to escape, he had to risk everything!

“Future Form!”

Li Tang’s mental power surged instantly.

As his mental power reached eight thousand, a certain creature he had tamed tore through the sky.

It was a long-horned giant python, its scales angular and distinct, seemingly evolving toward the mythical dragon.

Originally, the giant python had no potential in this direction and was completely unrelated to dragons.

But then again, who said a certain someone couldn’t rewrite the “code”?

As Li Tang’s full mental power synchronized into the giant python’s body, it shed its snake skin and sublimated into a dragon in almost a single second!

“ROAR—”

Just as the dragon charged toward the Mimic King, the blob of gray mud instantly transformed into a golden lion. It grabbed the incoming dragon with one paw and casually shoved it into its mouth, chewing it like a particularly chewy spicy strip ¹ Chinese snack. .

Li Tang’s expression twisted from the backlash, but he wasn’t the least bit surprised.

After his three animal friends were instantly killed earlier, he had already anticipated this.

The enemy was far stronger than imagined!

He hadn’t expected to achieve any real effect from the start.

He just wanted to use this last bit of strength to buy time for Mo Qiuli to escape.

And incidentally, to provide the comrades who would follow with combat data exposed by the enemy.

His sacrifice was entirely meaningful!

Just as the Mimic King finished its “spicy strip” and once again regarded Li Tang as its target, a beam of light cannon struck it again.

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The blue-haired girl still floated in the air.

“I won’t let you hurt anyone right under my nose.”

Li Tang’s eyes widened.

Why haven’t you run away yet?

Silly child, run!

This isn’t a game! You can’t beat it!

Mo Qiuli didn’t want to run.

If she ran away now, she would never l be qualified to be a magical girl again.

Nor could she ever claim to be the best partner of “Tong Yao”.

Mo Qiuli’s emotions were blazing hot. She couldn’t bear to see someone sacrifice themselves for her sake.

Even less could she bear to watch a “villain” run amok right before her eyes.

She wanted to defeat the enemy! To save everyone, including that uncle!

Ye Yao had said that a believing heart is her magic.

If she proved the intensity of this feeling, could she exchange it for the true power of a magical girl?

Hope and courage, Mo Qiuli had always believed in these things.

If she was truly blessed by something, then please, lend her the power!

Of course, Ye Yao wouldn’t just sit back and do nothing without reason.

She had already created a fission body in the dorm, performing two tasks at once.

The fission body had undergone spiritual synchronization with An Qi, entering the fate space, and upon locating the target, held the Mimic King’s fate line loosely in her grip.

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The moment it showed signs of attacking, it would experience what it felt like to be shattered on the level of fate itself!

Fortunately, Mo Qiuli did not disappoint.

Her ability seemed to answer her call.

Just as the Mimic King prepared to devour Li Tang in one bite and then casually deal with the intruder.

It suddenly felt an unprecedented pressure bearing down on its body.

BOOM!

Immense weight embedded it into the earth, its physical form crushed into soft mud, and dense cracks rapidly spread outward in all directions.

The girl suspended in the air glowed with a soft blue light, carrying the profoundness and mystery of the cosmos.

And her outfit had already transformed, shifting from slightly ornate to exceedingly magnificent, with a colossal phantom image of Mercury appearing behind her.

This was the magical girl’s power of belief.

The ability “Mercury’s Gift” manifested to its fullest extent in this moment.

Isn’t it just mental power?

Since you asked for it, just take it!

A voice filled with unwavering determination came from the blue-haired girl’s mouth.

“Sublimation Magic – Glittering Morning Star.”

“Morning Star ² 辰星chénxīng, the archaic term for Mercury. The word 辰chen is the 5th earthly branch and represents the time of 7-9 am, so calling it Morning Star isn’t wrong. ” was the ancient term used to describe the planet Mercury.

And the “Sublimation Magic” Mo Qiuli spoke of, to put it in more modern terms, was:

Exclusive Form Skill – Morning Star Form!

Author Note

A soldier shouldn’t desert in the face of battle! There are only 23 chapters left, which can be finished within a month. The advantage is in my hands!