The villainous magical girl's daily mission is to find fault.

Chapter 625 I suspect this is an octagon, not a prop competition.

In the eyes of the contestants, Sakuya always remained in everyone's blind spot by taking advantage of the building's cover, yet he dropped far from the top rankings.

The three senior members in red in the audience naturally noticed the owl girl's tactics and huddled together to discuss them in hushed tones:

"Look, it seems that Iris Flower has figured out Sakuya's tactical intentions," Akashi said.

"She was only discovered on the second lap? Sakuya's concealment skills are probably much better than we thought," Red Rose commented.

"But don't forget the one in the back row, how many items has Nightingale collected so far?"

Akashiki continued, and Inari quickly picked up where she left off:

"There are twenty-one... oh, twenty-two now. She's taken almost all the item blocks that were missed by the front row," Inari said.

Upon hearing this outrageous number, even Red Rose couldn't help but raise her eyebrows and let out a cheerful laugh.

"Hahahaha... This is too exaggerated. To be able to maintain a mid-range ranking while collecting so many items, it seems that Nightingale is the one who understands this item race tonight the most."

"I don't know what's in all these items, but judging from her temporarily lagging ranking when she picked them up, she probably has the most rare and powerful items in the entire arena."

Chi Xue also sighed in agreement.

With Hyacinth standing firm against the barrage of attacks from two magical girls, Nightingale secretly collecting items to unleash a super move, and Sakuya lurking on the edge of the track, using buildings to conceal her presence, the favorites to win seem to be locked onto these few.

But Iris didn't show much mercy to Sakuya—she didn't go easy on her just because she was a newcomer to the team. Instead, she lowered her magic cannon and aimed it at every possible position where Sakuya might rush out of the building, firing several predictable suppressive shots.

"Oh! It seems that Iris-san has finally noticed Sakuya, who has been lingering on the edge of the arena, and has launched a magical cannon attack on him during her Mystic Code release!"

"These magic cannon shots were aimed at almost every angle from which Sakuya left cover... but she dodged them all!!"

The host's voice echoed throughout the arena.

Iris looked at the scene that surprised her greatly—a net of fire woven from magic cannon beams covered the edge of the building's bunker. She had already thought of at least four routes that Sakuya would take to accelerate from the bunker to the next one, which should have been enough to block all of her advance.

But Shuoye fearlessly charged out of the barrage of fire, retracting her enormous wingspan of three meters the instant she left the cover. The bird transformed into a dark shadow that suddenly accelerated, bursting out of the encirclement through the narrow gaps in the barrage.

Iris wanted to add firepower, but the time limit for her Mystic Code Release item had expired, forcing her to switch to a defensive stance to deal with the other contestants whose fighting spirit had been ignited by her barrage of attacks.

"Take this! Behold my Heart Moon Fox Water Flower, with a radius of fifty meters!"

"Too slow! Too slow! My super rocket is the strongest item!"

"Your nitro boost is the most useless thing!"

All sorts of fancy props were unleashed at once, from the huge rocket launcher to the invincible star that could launch everyone around it into the air, and the squid storm that blocked the view ahead. The track was instantly filled with all sorts of light effects.

Under the concentrated bombardment of so many props, even if Hyacinth and the others in the front row were incredibly resilient, they couldn't withstand the saturation of firepower. Their flight speed instantly slowed down, and the middle and front rows were thrown into chaos. For a moment, even the host couldn't tell who was in the lead.

Even Sakuya's vision was obscured by the indiscriminate squid storm, forcing him to slow down and temporarily escape from the dangerous buildings.

Under such a terrifying onslaught of items, even the last member of the team, Marigold, couldn't help but throw out the item she had collected, [Greedy Wolf Lightning Strike], and together with Meng Donghua, who threw out [Big Hammer Assault], they stared blankly at the two figures that suddenly appeared in the sky above the track:

"Hahahaha! Was it you who summoned me, Marigold!"

Fenrir burst forth with dazzling white light, his pupils seemingly holding lightning that could tear the heavens apart—the same Thor's Hammer pose he had taken when he received the magical power from the Wolf Star in the port city.

The contestants, who were having a great time exchanging items and laughing and making noise, suddenly looked up at the sky and stared in horror at the lightning strike gathered in the gray wolf girl's hand.

"What the hell?!" "Are you serious?!" "Don't shock me!!"

The girls screamed in terror, but Fenrir did not stop attacking because of their cries. He slammed the attack he had gathered in his hand down on everyone!

"Crack!!!!"

"Wow! Wow!"

A unified, horrified scream.

Marigold looked in alarm at the hand that had thrown the prop, and muttered to herself:

"Wow... this thing is pretty powerful!"

Xin Yuehu's competition item, 【Greedy Wolf Lightning Strike】, can only be obtained by players who are in the bottom three or less. Its effect is simple and brutal: it strikes everyone ranked ahead of you with lightning, forcibly interrupting all flight actions and reducing their speed by half.

The prop that Meng Donghua threw out only appeared after the lightning strike ended:

Fenrir delivered a stunning blow and departed gracefully. A scorching aura emanated from her spot, and the air seemed to echo with the maniacal laughter of the March Hare in springtime from the rabbit hole. The enormous rabbit hammer appeared from the empty void and slammed down on Hyacinth, who was flying at the front of the group!

"Bang!!"

"Awooo!!"

The hammer slammed into Hyacinth's face. She instinctively raised her hand to block, but the blow still made her see stars and slowed her down drastically.

Just as everyone was secretly pleased that they hadn't become the target of the prop, March Hare, who had almost smashed Hyacinth into the track with a hammer, suddenly turned his gaze to the few contestants who were trying to take the lead and rush forward to replace Hyacinth.

The crescent-shaped smile that appeared at the corner of her mouth and her figure that disappeared in an instant made everyone secretly cry out in alarm. Just as they were about to retreat and dodge, the rabbit hammer that kept attacking was already within reach.

"Ouch!" "Ouch!" "My butt!"

The blood-red March Hare repeatedly teleported and swung its giant hammer among the contestants, its howls and cries blending together. Even Sakuya was lightly tapped by the rabbit's giant hammer—it didn't hurt, but the sudden blow was enough to frighten her into shrinking into a bird's crouch and dodging in terror.

The game item [Hammer Assault] summons a rabbit hammer to launch a continuous attack on a designated target for 15 seconds. If the target's ranking drops, it will switch to attacking other players within its field of vision.

Even Meng Donghua, who used it, did not expect the prop to be so powerful. Judging from Cheshire Rabbit's hearty and healthy laughter, she herself was enjoying playing the role of this NPC.

"A very exciting, but also very chaotic, situation of mutual harm!"

"The competitors threw out their powerful items, giving it their all in the early stages of the final lap, determined to use their acquired items to gain every possible advantage!"

"Seeing everyone embodying the competitive spirit of 'higher, faster, stronger'... Oh! Hyacinth has finally used her first item she obtained in this race—nitro boost!"

As soon as the host finished speaking, Hyacinth's powerful flight magic, supported by the speed boost, propelled her to the top of the rankings. Cheshire Rabbit's hammer attack time also ended just in time, and she left the track with a loud laugh, watching the magical girls rush into the distance.

"You seem to be having a lot of fun playing."

Fenrir flew to the rabbit girl's side and spoke.

The blood-red March Hare wiped the sweat from its temples and chuckled.

"Sure, speaking of which, who do you think will win this match? I feel that winged rookie has a lot of potential."

"This...?"

Fenrir remained silent, glancing quietly at Nightingale, who had already dropped to the very bottom of the rankings.

I didn't count them carefully, but while waiting in the air, I noticed that Nightingale was deliberately collecting those item blocks. In this final sprint, she had accumulated at least twenty-five items... and they were all powerful and rare items that could only be obtained in lower ranks.

"Just wait and see, it'll be quite interesting." Fenrir grinned, revealing a pleased smile.

This scene did not last long.

After finishing the second corner of the final lap and being bombarded with power-ups again, Nightingale finally pulled out her first power-up cube from her magic space during the race.

The host, Xin Yuehu, deliberately omitted reading out Nightingale's motive, pretending to focus all her commentary on the chaotic group in the front row, while actually directing most of her attention to Nightingale.

Look, as expected of my personally trained moderator, you immediately understood my ultimate intention in designing this prop competition—to have a grand and fun-filled event using these amazing props!

"Fly, nightingale," Su Tianqing murmured to herself with a smile.

The Nightingale is currently ranked last.

Her actions of avoiding team clusters and even deliberately giving up her ranking advantage earned her a total of twenty-five item blocks. During the first two laps, she also figured out the best route for the final sprint, and she will unleash her accumulated strength to showcase the core rules of this item race:

The first item activated – [Greedy Wolf Lightning Strike].

Fenrir's lightning struck again from the sky.

The girls complained bitterly. Mai Sui, who was squeezed to the back row, even planned to turn around to see who had drawn such a powerful item, but what she saw was a barrage of rockets rushing straight towards her!

Item activated: [Super Rocket Barrage].

The heatwave from the explosion swept around, but the girls were unharmed thanks to the magic. However, the power of their flying magic was forcibly reduced, and they could only watch helplessly as the pale yellow figure disappeared into the distance.

It even left behind "slippery fog" and "speed bumps".

Nightingale's barrage of items nearly reduced the entire team's speed to zero. As Marigold and Winterflower flew past the laughing Cheshire Rabbit and Fenrir, they were still yelling at the magical girls, "I'll hit this side! You block that side!" "Okay!"—those terrifying lines.

Just as the two were congratulating themselves on their narrow escape, Hellcat's voice rang out behind them:

"Hmm...why are you two my targets?"

"Ughhhh!?"

Marigold turned around in alarm, her flying magic almost slipping and flying out of control.

Hellcat quickly grabbed the almost out-of-control Marigold and pressed her back onto the track.

"Since it's just the two of you... you choose, slow down or I'll beat you both up?"

"Slow down! I'll slow down right now!"

The two newcomers obediently slowed down under the kind gaze of Hellcat.

Meanwhile, at the front of the line, the real final battle was unfolding fiercely—

In the final long straightaway sprint, Nightingale activated her last item, [Invincible Star], entering a powerful invincible state that granted her immunity to all items, and unleashed her full power to accelerate her flight magic.

But right beside her, the jet-black eagle-owl girl was running alongside her, also unleashing her hidden, invincible star, accelerating towards the finish line with all her might.

"Charge! Nightingale!" "Don't give up, Sakuya!"

Akashi and Inari looked toward the finish line, stood up, and cheered loudly.

Red Rose silently watched the younger generation's passionate performance, took a sip of tea from her thermos, and smiled contentedly.

"These kids are so energetic..."