“Watch closely, this is the strength of the Fourth Seat!”
Zhizhi suddenly turned her head, tossing out a colorful candy wrapper that spread out like a canopy, completely covering the enraged Gluttonous Titan behind her, wrapping it up tight.
Whoa———?!
Sugoi! Luo You was genuinely impressed by Zhizhi’s performance.
However, the Gluttonous Titan, now holding nothing back and unleashing the full power of its peak Dragon-rank might, was like a demon incarnate.
With a piercing shriek, the candy wrapper was instantly torn into countless shreds, and something ominous, in the millions—no, tens of millions—ripped through the air toward them.
“Eh, crap, this opponent’s pretty tough!”
Zhizhi cried out, but not a hint of panic showed on her face.
She obediently used a standard defensive spell.
But regular defensive spells were nearly useless under the overwhelming force of a peak Dragon-rank opponent—unless her mana output was enough.
Zhizhi managed to hold on for just a few moments before her spell was shredded apart.
“So this is the strength of the Fourth Seat?”
Luo You quipped, summoning her Golden Shield to block and absorb the residual invisible sound blades.
“Nonsense! How could a mere Youyou possibly understand the operations of Lady Zhizhi? I’m luring it in! Watch carefully!”
Before she’d even finished speaking, the Gluttonous Titan suddenly closed the distance with a violent rush, its raised arm launching into a barrage of powerful strikes!
When it had been farther away, its strength hadn’t been fully revealed, but once it got close, its assault was relentless—wave after wave.
Zhizhi gave it her all, casting first-rank magic three times in quick succession, filling the screen with candy effects, but she was still forced steadily backward, coming close to injury several times.
“That was close!”
With another hair’s-breadth dodge, Zhizhi let out a low gasp.
***
Fighting against a monster of the Gluttonous Titan’s caliber meant that a single injury was game over—not even one mistake was allowed.
Zhizhi’s skills as a magical girl were truly impressive.
Luo You could plainly feel she was stronger than Broken-winged Butterfly—no wonder she ranked Fourth Seat.
Moreover, Luo You noticed that even now, Zhizhi wasn’t fighting at full strength.
At the very least, Luo You hadn’t seen any sign of the ‘progress in magic’ that Xingyu had boasted about to her; it was purely relying on the Shield Demon at her back that allowed her to keep up with the Gluttonous Titan so far.
But if they kept defending unconditionally like this, it was starting to look a bit forced.
When Zhizhi seized a chance to open some distance, Luo You seized the opportunity and shouted, “Zhizhi! I’m running low on mana!”
“Eh?! Youyou, hang in there! The Gluttonous is running out of steam—you can’t start slacking off now!” “Shut up! You need to give it your all too!”
“Oy~~~!”
The two seemed to banter lightly, but in reality, all they could do was flee in exhaustion as the Gluttonous Titan chased them down.
A peak Dragon-rank dimensional beast was truly terrifying.
Wherever it passed, billowing clouds of smoke and flame crossed half of Huahai City, the fire and thick smoke creating vast amounts of toxic material.
Everywhere, fire trucks and police cars wailed in alarm.
Zhizhi only focused on escaping and didn’t go all out, which was part of her plan.
But the Gluttonous Titan, having reached this point, still hadn’t unleashed its Light-reaping-level combat strength, which truly puzzled Luo You.
Its target was clearly herself—clearly important enough for the Gluttonous Titan to act personally.
If the Gluttonous Titan used its Light-reaping combat strength, not to mention Zhizhi—even if several more of the Ten Seats showed up, none could last a single round, and it could easily capture them.
Even if there were some restrictions on using its Light-reaping power, by now it should’ve done so, right!?
[Heh! Unless the restriction is truly unacceptable…] Luo You thought darkly.
The Gluttonous Titan was a special individual with Light-reaping-level strength, suppressed down to peak Dragon-rank by demotion, retaining its intellect; but in critical moments, it could unleash Light-reaping combat power—last time, it used this to escape when hunted by Xingyue.
Yet now, faced with another crucial moment, it still held back?
[Once it uses Light-reaping power, will it lose its intellect and wisdom as a result?]
That seemed to be the answer, and Luo You grew even more confident.
By now, the Gluttonous Titan was becoming increasingly agitated.
Barely half a minute had passed since it launched its assault, but that was already far beyond the ten seconds it had promised.
What’s with this annoying brat who suddenly appeared!?
If Zhizhi weren’t here, it would’ve already captured the Dim Witch!
And the reason it wouldn’t use Light-reaping power was exactly as Luo You guessed—but it also worried about killing the Dim Witch with a single blow.
No more hesitating!
Even if she dies, it doesn’t matter now!
If it’s just for a moment…
The Gluttonous Titan’s eyes suddenly shifted from blood-red to a supremely imposing gold—
Luo You sharply turned her head and shouted, “It’s coming for real!”
Behind her, the monstrous presence—comparable to a Cthulhu—surged wildly, making Zhizhi’s scalp tingle with fear.
No longer hesitating, she triggered her prepared short-range teleportation magic, shifting a few hundred meters away to the suburbs.
Whoosh!
The very next instant after they left, the spot where they’d just been collapsed on a massive scale, smoke surging straight up tens of thousands of meters in defiance of physics!
The sky howled!
The earth trembled!
Even from several hundred meters away, Zhizhi and Luo You were sent flying by the overwhelming shockwave.
“Ahhhhhhh—ahhhhhh—that was terrifying!!!”
Zhizhi clutched her chest, trembling, tears squeezing from her eyes.
Light-reaping-level monsters were truly beyond human capability!
Who knew how many people had just died…
“Ah, it ran away,” Luo You suddenly remarked.
Seeing that this strike had yielded no results, the Gluttonous Titan simply turned tail and left.
Heaven had given it several chances already, and it still hadn’t succeeded—clearly, its luck had run out this time.
If it didn’t flee now, that troublesome woman would arrive soon.
And indeed, its choice was correct.
Barely ten seconds after it left, the temporary one-way teleportation spell Xingyue had set up long ago in Huahai City lit up with dazzling light.
***
“Golden Scale! Zhizhi! Are you two alright?”
Xingyue arrived immediately.
Without waiting for a reply, she checked visually that both were safe, then flew into the sky, unleashing her vast, boundless mana, conjuring a vision of the starry cosmos.
She frowned in dissatisfaction.
Obviously, the Gluttonous Titan had already fled without a trace.
Now that she was free, Luo You immediately called Xue.
“Hello?”
“Youyou!”
“Where are you? Did you find somewhere safe?”
“I’m in the sewers!”
“Good, stay there. Don’t go to my place!”
“Youyou, that ↑….. application….”
“We’ll talk later!!!”
Luo You angrily hung up.
How could she still be thinking about the computer at a time like this!
This attack left her furious—she knew she’d been exposed.
But to what extent?
Luo You didn’t believe the Gluttonous Titan would come challenge her alone if it knew she was Aurora Witch Herrera.
That meant its target wasn’t the Aurora Witch.
So, the Gluttonous Titan’s goal must be…
“The Dim Witch?”
Luo You quickly realized where the flaw was.
[From my rescue of Xue during the terrorist incident last time, did they deduce that I—the magical girl Golden Scale—am actually the Dim Witch?]
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