Night had fallen, and the moonlight was at its fullest.
The wind was thick with the fragrance of sea flowers.
"Owwww—"
A strange deer cry threaded through the wind. Its eerie, cacophonous sound was enough to make an ordinary witch clutch her head and scream. A giant deer draped in the corpses of various creatures burst from the murky mist, its entire body covered in revolting plant vines.
Aside from the corpses, sparks of fire flickered across its body.
Dozens of twisted, nauseating tentacles suddenly erupted from the ground, sweeping up fragments of sea-flower petals. The immense blast of air sent the petals swirling everywhere. Beneath the moonlight, the sight was gorgeous, disgusting, bizarre, and beautiful all at once.
Thump! Boom!
The massive tentacles tightly bound the giant deer.
The bizarre, terrifying creature let out a mournful cry as flames began spreading across its body.
Crack!
Before it could resist, the tentacles constricted with brutal force, twisting it into the shape of a braided rope. Corrosive, burning blood sprayed everywhere, igniting the sea flowers still drifting in the air like a thousand flaming moths scattering in every direction.
The moonlight was at its fullest. Along with the fragrance of sea flowers, the wind now carried a faint, intoxicating scent.
"It seemed to have some kind of fire resistance. As you saw, my Flame Burst Spell didn't effectively stop it from... charging? Or attacking my magic shield."
Jiang Han stepped out of the shadows and glanced at the translucent cyan shield beside her. It was already covered in cracks.
At her side, clusters of invisibility cloaks were pulled aside, revealing Qin Shunying and Lin Qiang together.
"Phew. Honestly, your Flame Burst doesn't look like a Flame Burst." Qin Shunying let out a quick breath, patted the waist of her witch robe,