On the walls of the ancient castle.
The young wizards of the You Zui Hunter Team crowded between the battlements, craning their necks and staring downward without moving, as though they had been struck by a mass Petrification Spell. More than a dozen "moons" hung high in the sky alongside the sun Professor Emma had transformed into. Their multicolored rays intertwined, yet turned grayish white upon reaching the ground, leaving every wizard and demon on the battlefield standing in a patch of dim, distorted light and shadow.
The air was thick with gunpowder smoke and lingering magical fluctuations. The stench of blood mingled with the scent of scorched earth, suffocating everyone.
Bang!
Another gunshot rang out.
A slender beam streaked through the void. From far away, a crimson glow enveloped a giant serpent with eight heads. Its true form resembled a small mountain, and an Innate Magic mark was branded on each of its foreheads. The instant it realized it had been targeted by that gun, it raised its heads and let out a terrifying hiss. Its upright body nearly reached the height of the inner castle walls, while its eight heads spread forward like an unfolded fan. At the same time, they unleashed eight powerful spells: golden blades, green vines, pale blue ice, scarlet flames, dark green acid, foul-smelling mud swamp, pitch-black Poisonous Fog, and swarms of howling Evil Spirits leaping from the void. The eight spells alternated with one another, like eight evil dragons lunging forward.
But the next instant—
That crimson point landed on it.
The monster's eight heads froze in midair, then exploded one after another like firecrackers. Foul green blood instantly drenched a vast stretch of the battlefield. The starving prisoners of Black Prison disregarded the restraints imposed by the high-ranking demons and monsters, pouncing