Chapter 762 - 282: Amber_4

Cannot be caught by that claw.

Her subconscious was frantically warning her of this.

Although she didn't know what kind of ability the opponent's magic armor would transform into after merging with Claw Mark, from the original ability of Grasp Today, being caught meant certain defeat.

So in that instant, Emerald Sparrow's eyes lit up like a bonfire, her nails, hair tips, and parts of her Magic Clothing all emitted a brilliant blue glow.

The originally full Magic Power Output limit suddenly shot up a large margin, and the threads, which had been powerless to maneuver, instantly received new magical support, pulling Cornflower swiftly backwards.

This is an ability that Magical Girls only acquire upon reaching Flower Level: Bloom.

Not every Flower Level Magical Girl can master the technique of Great Prosperity Bloom; under the official definition of the Magic Kingdom, Bloom is considered an "unfinished Great Prosperity Bloom."

As long as one reaches Flower Level, they can grasp it, with no thresholds, allowing unconditional use of Magic enhancements. In Bloom state, whether intrinsic strength, total Magic Power, or Magic Power Output, everything is greatly enhanced. The highest recorded enhancement magnitude of Bloom throughout the Magic Kingdom can reach twice the original capability of a Magical Girl.

Of course, it is ultimately just a numerical enhancement because it is "unfinished."

Only by further awakening from Bloom to the advanced forms and capabilities of Magic Armor is the hard threshold for being a "Strong Flower Level": Great Prosperity Bloom.

This is not the first time Emerald Sparrow has used Bloom since returning, coincidentally, the first time she used Bloom upon returning, her opponent was also a Magical Girl from Claw Mark, Sparrow.

Compared to that time, without the burden of injuries, the Bloom intensity of Emerald Sparrow is naturally incomparable. Added to her already above average Magic Power total at the same level, her current Magic Power and output have reached quite an exaggerated level.

Yet, even so, Black Cat's attacks remain relentlessly pursuing.

No matter how much Emerald Sparrow drives the threads with full force, Black Cat's figure follows like a ghost throughout, and that claw slowly closes in this process. With the opponent's movements, Emerald Sparrow notices her own slowing down. More precisely, the flow of time is decelerating.

The opponent's Magic Armor ability is about to take effect.

Upon realizing this, Emerald Sparrow immediately unleashed her Magic Power with full force, countering it with vast Magic Power. Because according to her understanding of the opponent's abilities, the greater the Magic Power, the harder it is for Grasp Today to control.

Thanks to her early judgment, she earned herself extremely precious time, captured a split-second gap, and narrowly escaped outside the range of Black Cat's ability's influence.

Almost in the next moment, the air emitted a sharp tearing sound as if fabric were split by a sharp blade. A twisted and terrifying pitch-black Claw Mark extended forward instantly from Black Cat's claw tip, piercing through where Emerald Sparrow had originally been and extending to such a distant place that not even a Magical Girl's vision could see.

In that Claw Mark, everything from the wind, cloud flow, to Magic was frozen. It hung in the air, like a narrow, long pitch-black amber.

This sight truly induced terror—had Emerald Sparrow not dodged earlier, she might have now been sealed within.

"I won't harm the Captain."

Black Cat released her claw, and the pitch-black Claw Mark dissipated: "But if I catch the Captain, I'll seal them and then go kill the monster you want to protect."

"So please fight me with full force, even holding the resolve to kill me is fine."

She said this, covering her left chest with the Prosthetic Limb: "Or else, you'll regret it."

Amber-colored Magic Power seeped from her palm, mixed with black speckles, appearing like a kind of dirt, instantly tainting the space around Black Cat.

It was an extremely ominous, incredibly frightening Magic Power, just like a dusty, mottled and dirty lump of resin, sealing Black Cat herself within.

"Beast Heart Liberation—"

A resentful voice floated, shattering the resin lump with several cracks:

—"[Hate Today Hard to Grasp]."

As if something was severed.

The final "o" sound of the speech elongated into a chant-like continuous intonation.

The ominous Magic Power enveloping Black Cat halted its pulsations, along with the cracks stopping their spread, everything in Emerald Sparrow's vision froze.

A larger range of time stop? Sealing ability? Or a freeze at the Magic level?

Many thoughts flashed through Emerald Sparrow's mind, but she didn't have time to slowly confirm them. Because in the same instant, a hand wrapped in black fingerless gloves had already reached out from her side.

Visible neither to the hand's owner nor sensing the prelude to the attack, like a ghost emerging from the void. The hand opened its five fingers, quietly grasping towards Emerald Sparrow's location—

"Hmm?"

Just before it touched, Emerald Sparrow suddenly became alert, uncertain whether it was intuition or a subconscious sense of crisis that made her swiftly dodge forward, narrowly avoiding the suddenly appearing hand.

Before she could lock onto the attack's origin, the hand had already vanished from its original position.

But it clearly wasn't the intention to cease, because the next attack had already begun.