"Keep your distance!"
"Victor's defenses are extremely high... so don't let that monster get close!"
"Thomas, check on Victor!"
As the captain of the teaching assistants' hunting team, Zhang Yu was the first to react. While gradually ending the Thunder Spell and Heaven's Punishment Spell, he raised another spellbook, aimed it in the direction the Mi-Go Imperial Worm Hybrid was charging from, and shouted:
"Whether severed or shifted, only cleaving is devout!"
"Min Tian Ji Wei, let the net of sin descend from heaven!"
A pale green Magic Halo spread out. Within several hundred meters, every thick willow branch seemed to be gripped by invisible hands, chopped off at the roots, stripped of bark and trimmed into blades, spears, swords, and halberds. Dozens of clay puppets also crawled from the ground and seized those weapons.
An enormous net of light fell from the sky, its nodes landing upon the clay puppets as though dressing them in gleaming armor. The wooden blades and polearms were sharpened as well, giving off chilling flashes of cold light.
In the blink of an eye, a Magic Circle brimming with killing intent had been laid in the Mi-Go Imperial Worm Hybrid's path. Unlike a battle formation, a Magic Circle did not require a wizard to preside over it. As long as it had an abundant supply of magic, it could unleash sufficient power.
The wrinkled tumor on the Mi-Go Imperial Worm Hybrid's forehead flickered rapidly, its spots of light brightening and dimming as though it were thinking—or mocking the wizards' response.
The next second, the monster plunged headlong into the newly deployed battle formation.
Zheng Qing clearly heard Hilda, standing before him, let out a heavy sigh of relief. Even the short fur bristling along the black cat's neck beneath him drooped back down.
Seizing