The instant this blaze came into contact with Laevateinn's flames, it fused into them. The dark flames coating the Stone Giant changed only slightly in color, with little else altered—but that tiny shift in color brought a violent reaction from the Stone Giant!
The Stone Giant, which had always been sluggish in reacting to outside damage, suddenly began to struggle violently. Even its humanoid form twisted and changed shape, like a melting candle, before being completely incinerated.
Clearly, its true body had already moved out of that shell. The only place it could have gone was underground, where it was now very close to Tree Loli's true body. Though Tree Loli found it difficult to harm it due to the Stone Giant's innate nature, with little difference in their strength, she could still force it out of the ground!
The Stone Giant that had been forced out reconstructed a new body. This time, it did not blindly keep rushing toward Tree Loli. Jiu Ming's earlier attack had made it feel intense pain in its consciousness. If it did not deal with him, it probably would not even be able to cross this short distance.
And that attack had genuinely hurt it!
In other words, if Jiu Ming kept this up and Tree Loli cooperated, there was a very good chance they could burn it to death with those transparent flames.
"Heh, burning myself feels rather awful, but burning someone else feels pretty good too." A flicker of transparent flame burned on Jiu Ming's fingertip. He lightly waved his finger, and the flame drifted with it. It was an effective attack, but using this method to burn the Stone Giant to death... would take far too long.
The other party could shed its shell like a cicada at any moment to