"You've transformed, you can continue now,"
Seeming to catch Xia Liang's moment of hesitation, Mimosa didn't make any further moves after her transformation. She merely held her Magic Wand behind her back, calmly declaring to Xia Liang.
Xia Liang didn't speak either, but waved her Magic Wand, tentatively firing a few Magic Power Beams towards the front.
As the most basic offensive tactic for a Magical Girl, the Magic Power Beam is not only powerful but also doesn't occupy much of the mind, making it the best choice for probing.
She hadn't resorted to using Spell Techniques or magic gear from the start — doing so could indeed reveal the opponent's strength more quickly, but it wasn't conducive for both parties to display their capabilities.
After all, the nature of this battle was a contest, extreme measures weren't necessary. Victory mattered, but leaving space for both to showcase their skills was more in line with the essence of "a contest."
How then, would the opponent counter something as simple as a Magic Power Beam? After firing the Magic Power Beams, Xia Liang, with this thought in mind, turned her gaze towards Mimosa.
According to her expectations, facing such a straightforward attack, most would either dodge with their reflexes, shield themselves, or if they were quite skilled might counter with their own Magic Power Beam. No matter what the response, Xia Liang was ready with a countermeasure, prepared to employ the tactics she had thought out as soon as the opponent made a move...
Unfortunately, when Mimosa unveiled her method of handling it, Xia Liang understood that those plans were likely unusable.
She witnessed a scene that was quite unforgettable.
How could she describe to others what she saw at that instant? Even figuring out how to convey it seemed to be a challenge.
Because within her field of view, she could very clearly see her Magic Power Beams seemingly being "crushed" by some utterly unperceivable force.
Firstly, it's important to clarify that a Magic Power Beam, as one of the basic offensive techniques of a Magical Girl, is an extension of one of the four elemental abilities a Magical Girl possesses from the novice rank, "Magical Power Release."
Flying, enhancing, Magical Power Release, and Magical Power Perception. These four abilities are foundational training for every Magical Girl.
No matter their stage of development, these novice rank abilities are the most frequently used, and from them stems a series of skill applications.
However, these skills are not Spell Techniques.
If we compare them to human physical activities, Spell Techniques are systematized fighting techniques — such as how to attack, how to exert force, how to strike sensitive areas. Then the use of these basic abilities is like "how to walk."
For humans, walking is a skill most learn in childhood and place a high priority on mastering. It eventually becomes a natural instinct, not requiring any thought before starting to walk.
The four fundamental abilities of a Magical Girl are similar, becoming as simple as breathing after initial learning and mastery, with no need for conscious thought before use.
Ordinary people don't consider how they extend their legs, tense their muscles, make full contact with the ground with their soles, or transition between the swing phase and the stance phase when they walk. Most of the time, as long as walking serves their needs, people don't dwell on how they actually achieve it.
So, is there a relatively more optimal way for the human body to walk?
Pigeon-toed, duck-footed, in-toeing, joint eversion... a wide array of incorrect gaits highlights that many people actually don't know how to walk correctly.
Yet, whether the gait is correct or incorrect, its impact on the human body isn't too severe. After all, the human form is relatively fixed.
With a fixed form, the movements made using this form naturally can't deviate too much. For ordinary people, gait issues might only make their walking posture unattractive, and over the long term might affect muscle and joint shape.
But mistakes in Magic Power skills are far more serious for Magical Girls.
Compared to the human body, a Magical Girl's true form has greater plasticity, which means Magical Girls using Magic Power don't follow a rigid process most of the time.
During the human walking process, the collaborating muscles and joints are fixed; walking is ultimately the result of these body parts working together. No matter how exaggerated the posture, most people are using their legs to walk.
However, when a Magical Girl uses Magic Power, it's not so straightforward.
The process of Magic Power generated from the source, passing through the true form, reaching the exterior, and finally acting in reality, doesn't have many fixed steps.
This leads to Magical Girls having far greater variety in their use of Magic Power than the differences in human gait.
Asking a person to walk upside down with two fingers, walk while sitting using their buttocks, walk while half-lying down using their elbows, or even open their stomachs letting inner organs walk... such bizarre scenarios are impossible in the human body.