Because this attack happened directly inside a residential building, and it took place around seven o’clock, quite a few people suffered calamity and needed immediate rescue.
There was even a constant risk of explosion.
Zhizhi was inside checking for explosion hazards when she suddenly looked toward the corridor outside.
“Why is there smoke outside?”
“Probably a fire,” Luo You said nonchalantly, then pointed to an apartment, “Zhizhi, come here! This person is about to die.”
“You save him first! I’ll go check outside.”
“I can’t use healing magic, so if I try, he’ll still die. Are you sure you want that?”
“Hurry up and learn it for me next time!”
With no other choice, Zhizhi swapped places with her.
This was exactly what Luo You wanted—it was a classic case of the thief acting as the guard!
She strolled outside, and on the way, even dealt with a leaking gas canister.
Looking down, amidst the thick smoke, it seemed like there were dark shadows moving swiftly.
Once she saw that most witnesses had been eliminated, Luo You made a show of shouting, “Vile creature! Where do you think you’re going!”
Startled!
The shadow moving in the smoke shrank back at once, disappearing without a trace.
Luo You hooked her right index finger upwards, and instantly all the smoke dissipated.
The fused warriors who’d just been barely clinging to life were now nothing but scattered shards of ice—there wasn’t even a fragment of a corpse left.
【Nice! Xue, that was brilliant! I see you in a whole new light!】
Not only had the witness been silenced, Xue had even destroyed the bodies completely—now, even if a certain famous detective came, he’d be searching the void for clues!
In high spirits, Luo You decided to reward Xue with ten batches of 648 to spend on gacha in games.
But then she remembered that all this trouble started because Xue exposed herself, so she took back those ten batches of 648.
“What happened!?”
Zhizhi came out when she heard the commotion, but saw only Luo You standing there with a gloomy expression.
“They’re all gone,” Luo You said coldly.
“…It’s just bad luck, don’t mind it. Let’s focus on disaster relief for now.”
Most things in life don’t go as planned.
After being a magical girl for so long, Zhizhi had seen plenty, so she didn’t care too much.
Zhizhi turned to go back to rescue more people, but the tragic scene on the ground flashed through her mind again.
In a flash, faster than lightning, she teleported to the ground floor.
“This is… a Black Candle Giant?!”
Zhizhi picked up a shard of ice with a trace of dread.
The bone-chilling cold hissed when it touched the magic in her palm.
No Ten Seats who’d participated in the Black Candle Subjugation War would ever forget that existence.
She hadn’t become one of the Ten Seats back then, nor was she present at the subjugation.
At the time, she was in the neighboring city of the Nine Abyss Sea, fighting dimensional beasts.
But even from so far away, she could feel the terrifying change happening at the Nine Abyss Sea, like a world-ending eruption out of legends.
Luo You landed behind her and said, “Is it the Dusky Witch?”
“Let’s hope so,” Zhizhi said gravely.
“If someone besides the Dusky Witch has control of the Black Candle Giant’s power, that would be too disastrous for us.”
“Let’s get back to disaster relief, Zhizhi!”
Luo You instinctively raised her Golden Shield to the sky, Threefold Pure Land attaching itself to the shield, protecting Zhizhi.
Earlier, even with Luo You and the fused warriors fighting fiercely, they hadn’t caused catastrophic damage to the building.
But now, after an aerial strike, the nearly sixty-meter-high building shattered and exploded like a pile of blocks in a dazzling flash.
The impact from above lasted less than half a second, but even dust couldn’t rise under that pressure—it could only crawl outward to a distant place.
The devastation and cruelty at the epicenter were laid bare for all to see.
Ravenous Giant!
Luo You’s eyes flashed like lightning, radiating intense hostility.
It wasn’t her first encounter with this creature.
This time, the opponent was clearly holding back, not as ferocious as when it ambushed her in the northwest; otherwise, Luo You would have to reveal some real power.
【Why? Afraid of hurting Xue too?】
Fortunately, Luo You had already told Xue to get far away, or she would’ve ended up as a snow pancake.
But in the next second, Luo You sensed the Ravenous Giant’s gaze locking onto her from the sky.
【No! It’s coming for me…】
Luo You was on high alert—the Ravenous Giant was definitely allied with the fused warriors. Otherwise, it couldn’t be such a coincidence.
Why was the Ravenous Giant targeting her?
“Youyou!”
Zhizhi immediately adopted a combat stance, standing in front of Luo You to shield her from the Ravenous Giant’s gaze.
She said, “Didn’t expect you’d be so tough, Youyou! Come assist me!”
That last attack had the destructive power of a dragon-class dimensional beast.
The fact that Luo You blocked it proved she could be relied on as a fighting force!
“Eh… Is this really okay? Shouldn’t we just run? That thing looks like the Ravenous Giant.”
Luo You had absolutely no intention of fighting.
She couldn’t go all out in front of Zhizhi; forget about repelling the Ravenous Giant, she’d have a hard time even protecting herself.
“What!? It’s the Ravenous Giant? Run, run!”
The moment Zhizhi heard this, her fighting spirit vanished.
She grabbed Luo You and dashed toward an area with fewer people.
Luo You had to admit, she admired Zhizhi for being so wise and knowing when to act.
That’s what sets a Ten Seats magical girl apart—they know how to adapt!
Unlike those naive magical girls in anime, who either fight to the death against overwhelming foes or stubbornly refuse to run even when escape is possible.
Moreover, Luo You noticed that Zhizhi was escaping at a speed that deliberately lured the Ravenous Giant after them, to keep it from wreaking havoc in the city center and causing mass casualties.
At the same time, high above, the Ravenous Giant was surprised to see its targets still able to move.
“Your Excellency Ravenous, how’s it going?”
“Not dead, still running.”
“We just got word—Xing Yue is already preparing teleportation magic to return. We don’t have much time.”
The Ravenous Giant impatiently took off its headset, its pupils slowly turning blood-red.
“Ten seconds. Finish her in ten seconds.”
Such was the confidence a high-dimensional being had in crushing those of lower dimensions. If anything, it was still overestimating the Dusky Witch.
It stretched out its right hand, and the howling wind formed an invisible giant claw, swooping down at Luo You and Zhizhi.
“Zhizhi!”
Luo You transformed into the Demon of the Shield, defending from all directions.
To hide her true abilities, she also used high-level defensive magic.
***
In an instant, their vision seemed to explode with blinding light, leaving everyone around them momentarily blind.
Then, a hurricane-force blast swept up cars, accompanied by rolling thunder that deafened the ears and clouded the senses…
“Keep moving!”
Luo You shouted.
As long as the Ravenous Giant didn’t use its true light-devouring power, it was impossible to break the Threefold Pure Land.
Let it attack all it wanted.
Time to show this sheltered Ravenous Giant the terror of the Demon of the Shield!
The Ravenous Giant was enraged.
Thunder rumbled behind it as its body accelerated, roaring forth with the power of storm and thunder!
“It’s going all out!” Luo You shouted to warn Zhizhi.
In truth, it was still only at peak dragon-class—nowhere near light-devouring level.
It didn’t mean much to Luo You, but for Zhizhi, it was absolutely a huge challenge.
Among magical girls who could handle a peak dragon-class threat, Luo You only knew of Xing Yue and Manjusaka.
The latter, Xing Yu, struggled even with a regular dragon-class foe.
“Hmph, Youyou, just watch and see the power of the Fourth Seat!”