At Lucien's words, the flames in the room instantly subsided.
Liuguang moved to Lucien's side, his eyes fixed warily on Fluffy, the Three-Headed Dog.
However, the creature being guarded against was in a miserable state.
The Three-Headed Dog's already dark fur had been burned even blacker.
Some of the Qilin's Purifying Fire still clung to its body, each flickering flame continuing to burn. The pain made the Three-Headed Dog tremble nonstop.
Lucien patted Liuguang's neck, signaling him to put out the flames first.
Once the flames were extinguished, the wounds became even clearer.
The Purifying Fire had been far too hot. In places where the Three-Headed Dog had less flesh, it had nearly burned straight through, exposing stark white bone.
That was why, in just two or three seconds, the naturally fierce and violent Three-Headed Dog had been defeated, able only to whimper and beg for mercy.
Fluffy laboriously rolled onto his back, ignoring the pain in his body as he exposed his comparatively soft and vulnerable belly.
Seeing this, Lucien understood that the Three-Headed Dog had yielded.
His injuries needed treatment. Even with the sturdy physique of a Magical Creature, wounds this severe would probably be hard to heal naturally.
After all, this was Hagrid's pet. It was enough to make sure he would not attack again; Lucien was not really going to burn him to death.
After a brief moment of thought, Lucien motioned for Liuguang to give Fluffy some simple treatment.
Having received his master's instruction, Liuguang walked up to the Three-Headed Dog.
When Fluffy saw Liuguang approach, his body could not help trembling. Yet he did not dare move away, and could only stick out his tongue and offer a fawning grin.
The little Qilin looked down imperiously at the Three-Headed Dog.
"Ptui!"
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