"...Alright, I understand!"
The warmth and sense of security from her back was heart-stirring, but Hermione knew this wasn't the time for random thoughts. She forced herself to calm down, accepted the magical power Glenn transmitted to her, and channeled it into her Fiendfyre Curse.
The understanding between them had reached its peak through years of companionship. They were already accustomed to multitasking through alchemy puppets, playing dual roles as one person. With Glenn and Hermione's coordination, having two people play one role was an even easier task.
Two powerful wills combined with magical power poured into the Fiendfyre. The Fiendfyre lion that had been swatted away suddenly blazed with searing flames in its eyes, spun once in the air, and immediately charged toward the blood giant with far more swift and fierce momentum than before.
The Fiendfyre lion, which had originally moved with the drive to burn everything and devour all things, now seemed to have truly come alive.
Shaking its head, its form nimbly swaying, it ducked and dodged a spray of blood rain, then swung its golden-red claws to slice away a large chunk of the giant's "flesh," its speed increasing by almost double.
With someone helping share the pressure, Hermione's operation became much easier. The girl even felt playful.
Thanks to their frequent play with Crookshanks and their shared love of cats, Glenn and Hermione understood feline movements very well. Under their coordinated control, the situation was completely reversed.
After learning the fact that the blood giant had no soul, Glenn and Hermione decided not to engage in direct confrontation with this monster that only followed destructive desires. After learning from Lin Yu that this monster would gradually weaken, they became even more determined in this approach.
Glenn and Hermione's method was good and indeed effective, but Lin Yu beside them felt helpless. Though he'd long known about the relationship between these two, and understood they had no such intentions now, standing nearby and suddenly getting a face full of their unconsciously produced affection wasn't pleasant either.
So Lin Yu decisively chose to quickly move beside the blood giant to continue depleting its fighting strength.
The situation was now basically stable—they just needed to wait for time to slowly pass.
Of course, that would be the case if nothing unexpected happened. The fear was that something unexpected would occur.
Lin Yu thought this, and then the unexpected truly came.
In the distance, a tremendous crash, a cloud of dust, and a swift figure emanating black energy shot toward this area like a cannonball, charging straight at the two blood giants.
"This aura is... damn, the most troublesome guy has arrived."
Lin Yu's mouth twitched slightly before he disappeared into lightning.
Following closely was an earth-shaking roar.
"Finally found worthy opponents! Take my halberd!"
An enormous black ethereal halberd gradually materialized in the air, its size even larger than the original blood giants. Then came an unremarkable slash it swung out.
"Slash!"
The sound of cutting wind echoed across heaven and earth. The two blood giants entangled with the Fiendfyre were instantly decapitated.
After cutting through the blood giants' bodies, the black wind showed no sign of dissipating, continuing to sweep toward the forest behind. Fortunately, its range was above the average height of the trees, preventing the already overburdened secret realm environment from becoming even worse.
"Feng Lian, calm down! We already have the situation under control here—don't get involved."
Lin Yu's figure appeared directly behind Feng Lian, grabbing the latter's hand as he prepared for another attack, only to be roughly shaken off.
"Calm down? How do you expect me to calm down?!"
Feng Lian waved the heavy halberd in his hand at Lin Yu with dissatisfaction. He was covered in blood, with wisps of black energy continuously surging from various parts of his body, looking somewhat excited.
"I was having a blast killing a whole bunch of enemies, but what happened? Those guys suddenly exploded for some reason. I was just getting into the groove—who could stand that?"
Feng Lian indeed looked very angry. His aura began to become chaotic, and his eyes gradually turned completely black.
Glenn, who was constantly monitoring the battlefield, noticed Feng Lian's changes. His eyebrows rose slightly as he muttered to himself.
"An Obscurus? No, similar but not the same thing. How strange..."
The changes occurring in Feng Lian gave Glenn a sense of familiarity, somewhat like the Obscurus within his own body, yet seeming somewhat foreign.
"This world really is amazing."
After a light sigh, Glenn stopped thinking about the changes happening to Feng Lian.
At least not now.
"Lin Yu, you'd better get out of the way while I'm still conscious."
Feng Lian and Lin Yu were still facing off in the air, giving Lin Yu quite a headache.
If there were no other people around, Lin Yu might not have stopped this battle maniac. Feng Lian's stamina and strength were indeed sufficient to drag down the two blood giants, but this guy's fighting style was too reckless. Once he got worked up, his attacks became indiscriminate between friend and foe. Moreover, they already had more efficient methods that could solve the problem faster—why take a roundabout approach?
Lin Yu wore a bitter expression, his face full of exhaustion. He was starting to want to throw in the towel.
The supervising teacher was a drunkard who wouldn't manage anything. Of the two with decent strength, one was a one-time tactical weapon, the other was a highly flammable, explosive, and easily uncontrollable tactical weapon. There was also one who only wanted to slack off in positions where nothing happened...
Throughout this journey, basically all matters had been handled by Lin Yu. He was now completely exhausted both physically and mentally.
He was already considering giving up thinking and just making Feng Lian lie down.
"So troublesome... might as well just knock this guy out and put him with Yaolin?"
"Hmm?"
The troubled Lin Yu suddenly became serious. He extended one hand to form hand seals, causing Feng Lian, who was about to enter a berserk state, to be instantly bound by invisible force, unable to move or speak.
"Quiet."
Lin Yu said this to Feng Lian only after taking action, then frowned and carefully sensed all the movements around them.
Since childhood, his premonitions had been very accurate, especially his perception of crises. Under suddenly attacking dangers, he could even sense that brain-piercing crisis feeling one step ahead of Pei Heng, who specialized in divination.
This ability to perceive approaching danger was something Glenn on the ground also possessed.
Unlike the former, Glenn had cultivated such keen perception through his own acquired training.
"Something's not right."
Glenn and Lin Yu muttered the same words silently.
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