The annihilating force instantly destroyed half of Maguire's body. He roared, and his remaining flesh bubbled with scalding steam, rapidly swelling into a blazing fireball. Its dazzling radiance was like the sun plunging into the earth before it abruptly exploded.
The five enormous weapons descending upon him shattered into thousands of fragments under the blast, scattering in every direction. Before they could hit the ground, they dissolved back into countless particles.
Even more violent flames and magma gathered together, churning into a monstrous beast with bared fangs and claws that slammed into the wooden giant's already battered body.
Crack!
A thunderous roar erupted. The wooden giant's mountain-sized limbs and torso were torn apart, rapidly disintegrating as well.
At the same time, terrifying radiance blazed amid peals of thunder. The five Weavers' String Sorcery struck Hong Yuan atop the wooden giant's head, their dreadful power crashing down like a raging flood.
"No!"
Augustus's expression changed.
Even though Hong Yuan had killed Noah and Maguire before their very eyes, showing signs of slipping free of their control, Augustus still did not want to kill him.
Especially after his visit to the Ninth Research Laboratory, where that weaver fruit had received the approval of Solomon, the true power at the helm of the Lorne family.
Until they unraveled the mysteries of the tree of myriad phenomena, this man absolutely could not die.
But to force Hong Yuan back onto the defensive, Augustus and the others had used almost their full strength. Several immensely powerful spells had fused together; no single Weaver could withdraw them at will.
None of those present had imagined that Hong Yuan would abandon his defenses just to kill Maguire, fighting as though he intended to take them down with him.
Just what blood feud could possibly warrant this?
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