I dug up the magical girl's corpse.

Chapter 83 Victory Without Fighting

The next day, at the Phoenix Pavilion.

Semi-finals.

Lin Yongxi glanced at the lot she had drawn.

It wasn't Duan Zhiyao, but a magical girl with an unfamiliar name.

Should I be happy or disappointed?

She wasn't sure what to do. She felt relieved that she wouldn't have to face a strong opponent right away and would have more time to prepare, but she couldn't help feeling uneasy, since it meant the two of them would meet in the finals. In short, her feelings were complicated. She turned her head and glanced at Duan Zhiyao, who smiled and waved to her before heading towards the contestants' waiting area.

"I'm really looking forward to the last game!"

She was a short-haired girl with a wolf tail mullet hairstyle, tall and thin, wearing a denim jacket and trousers, with a somewhat androgynous style.

"Let's talk about the finals later, let's win this one first."

Lin Yongxi shook his head, clearing his mind of distractions. After all, there was still a semi-final match to go, and he couldn't afford to lose here.

If you prepare for your opponent in the finals in advance, but end up being eliminated here, wouldn't that be a joke?

With that thought in mind, she rallied her spirits and stepped onto the ring. She was the first player in the beginner group for the day.

"Xiaoxi, I'm here to support you!"

"Keep it up!"

"Use that move, 'Instant Light,' to instantly kill the opponent!"

The number of people watching the game today has obviously increased again, perhaps because of the announcement Chen Mu made yesterday. They have gradually turned from spectators who were just there for the excitement into fans.

However, these voices barely reached Lin Yongxi's ears. She simply calmed down, slowly walked onto the stage, and focused on the upcoming match.

"I used [Instant Light] yesterday; the opponent must know that and be on guard."

"Although this kind of attack is generally undefendable by ordinary level-two magic, we still need to be careful to avoid any unexpected incidents."

"After taking this into account, observe carefully before deciding when to release [Instantaneous Strike]."

Lin Yongxi pondered carefully.

Chen Mu had told her that the battles of magical girls were battles of "intelligence" and "information." How much information you knew about your opponent, what [Heart Flower] was, what kind of [magic] it had, what special abilities it possessed, whether it was good at melee or ranged combat—these would all be the key to victory, and vice versa.

Today's opponent is a semi-finalist, someone who has won two matches. Anyone who can stand here is no ordinary person.

However, Lin Yongxi didn't recognize the name she drew. It seemed to be just an unremarkable magical girl. In the two battles she had won before, she hadn't shown any special magic or tactics. Everything she did was very conventional. This made Lin Yongxi wary and suspect that the other party had some hidden trump card.

"Anyway, let's just take it one step at a time."

Lin Yongxi finished thinking and stepped onto the last step.

The arena that was damaged yesterday has been repaired today, and there is no trace of damage whatsoever. The efficiency of the Demon Academy is as high as ever.

To her surprise, unlike the previous two matches, she didn't go on stage first, and her opponent didn't arrive until much later.

This time, Lin Yongxi saw that his opponent was already waiting on the ring.

"Thank you for your guidance."

She was also a young and beautiful magical girl. From Lin Yongxi's perspective, she looked very young, probably around middle or high school age.

"Lin Yongxi, let's begin." Sensing that the other party was quite friendly, Lin Yongxi introduced himself and then got into a fighting stance, ready to respond.

Seeing that both players were ready, the referee announced the order:

"The match begins!"

Last night, their tournament organizers specially invited the Dean of the Magic Academy, Bixi, to reinforce the protective barrier on the arena, to prevent a repeat of yesterday's incident where the barrier broke and the contestants were thrown out. After all, the beginner-level competition here is quite different; it's very popular right now, and there are still many spectators gathered in the front rows.

If the audience gets hurt, it will be a huge problem. Now that it has been reinforced to the [Lei] level, no matter what, that little girl can't break through it, right?

Everyone was still in awe of Lin Yongxi's power; if you looked down at the audience, you could even see that some of them had brought sunglasses.

This is to prevent your eyes from being hurt by that momentary burst of bright light.

However, it wasn't just those off the field who were wary of this power.

"Don't move."

The starting signal for the match had just been given when the magical girl named Xie Ran actually stretched out her hand and said something like this.

"Huh?" Lin Yongxi was indeed stunned. Although she remained vigilant, she couldn't understand what the other party wanted to do at all.

Could this be part of a scheme? A way to trick me into lowering my guard? But this is so clumsy; will it really work?

She even suspected that this might be some kind of magical "chanting," but she could sense that the other party did not have any steps to invoke magic.

In other words, it was just a simple "Don't move."

"What do you want to do?"

Lin Yongxi was very puzzled and asked in a calm voice.

The audience members watching the match below the stage also started to discuss among themselves, wondering what was happening inside the barrier. After all, the match had already started, but instead of fighting, they were talking about it.

To everyone's surprise, Xie Ran laughed on stage and said:

"I was afraid you'd pounce on me before I could explain, so I made you wait a bit, see—"

She turned and left as soon as she uttered that word!

"What?"

Under Lin Yongxi's astonished gaze, her opponent Xie Ran leaped off the edge of the ring and walked out of the competition area!

"What?" "Did I see that right? She walked down by herself?" "Could it be another effect of Lin Yongxi's magic?"

The audience erupted in uproar, no one understanding what Xie Ran was doing.

She didn't even use a single spell, nor did she touch the body, and the match ended just like that.

"I give up."

"Uh, are you sure?"

Even the two referees were completely bewildered until Xie Ran personally spoke to them, at which point they incredulously raised their hands and announced, "The match is over, the winner is Lin Yongxi!"

The match ended abruptly and abruptly, leaving people bewildered. The stadium was immediately filled with cries of "Refund! Refund!"

After all, the audience paid for their tickets to watch the game, and some even bought tickets from scalpers at high prices, so they are bound to be very dissatisfied.

But Xie Ran seemed not to hear, resting his hands on the back of his head and leisurely walking out.

It seems that she did not concede defeat on a whim, but deliberately waited for Lin Yongxi to come on stage before jumping off the platform, because not coming on stage meant withdrawing from the competition, and what she wanted was a loss.

Why?

Lin Yongxi could no longer hold back. This victory had come so inexplicably. He was all ready for battle, and now it felt like a bucket of cold water had been poured over him.

Why deliberately admit defeat?

Xie Ran, who had been ignoring the noise, turned around and smiled slightly after hearing Lin Yongxi's question.

"Isn't this a good thing? I really don't have the ability to deal with your magic, so this way you retain your magic power and I avoid getting hurt. It's a perfect win-win situation."