Seeing the troll's face head-on, Li Mu and Hermione both jumped in fright.
That once-simple, foolish-looking face was now carved with deep grooves and pitted scars, as though someone had splashed it with strong sulfuric acid. Hogwarts naturally had no chemical solutions like sulfuric acid, but there were quite a few corrosive potions. The Scabies Potion they had brewed in their very first Potions class was highly corrosive.
But a troll's skin was as hard as stone. Any potion capable of penetrating it and corroding it had to be several tiers stronger than Scabies Potion. Now, the troll stared wide-eyed at Hermione. One of its eyes was clouded gray, clearly blinded by the potion, while the other burned with pain and fury.
Then, without the slightest hesitation, the troll strode toward Hermione and raised its massive club to smash it down. Its movement was surprisingly nimble.
It had clearly been wounded and enraged by someone else, yet it seemed to be venting all its anger on Hermione. Queen Hermione, did you come with a built-in taunt ability?...
Seeing Hermione still standing there, plainly scared senseless, Li Mu did not have time to finish his incantation. On instinct, he stepped forward and shielded the girl.
And so, Li Mu watched helplessly as the enormous club came crashing down. Its tip was like a meteor falling from the sky, growing larger and larger in his vision. The club howled through the air, and Li Mu's heart sank. Though he had cultivated in the wilderness for eight years, he had practiced Taoist energy cultivation, not the Buddhist Vajra Body.
Using a mortal body to block such a powerful blow from that club, he could already foresee the outcome: a flattened lump of flesh.
"Clang!..."
At the critical moment, Li Mu reflexively raised both