Not giving Pei Yan a chance to regroup and counterattack, the fifth teor burning with fierce flas had already streaked across the sky and roared toward them. Flal was confident that with as few as three or at most five teors, Pei Yan would be eradicated at the very seed.
This is the best result achievable at the lowest cost!
Reality once again shattered his hopeful fantasy. Just as the teor was about to touch the ground, a figure suddenly charged from the side, rushing directly at the teor. The seemingly weak body t the massive teor head-on, appearing to be a futile effort. However, the result surprised everyone, as the deafening crash turned the teor into fragnts, pierced and shattered mid-air by the newcor.
Flal's eyebrows furrowed as he focused his gaze, his anger flaring as he turned to the other side of the battlefield and shouted angrily, "What are you all doing? You can't even hold her back for this long!"
Faced with Flal's arrogant accusations, a trace of displeased resentnt flashed across Moira's face, which she then deeply concealed in her heart, replacing it with a bitter smile full of apology, saying, "Sorry, I underestimated her abilities, allowing her to escape my blockade."
Hearing this explanation at this critical mont, Flal couldn't afford to reprimand further. He turned his gaze to the figure in the air; it was none other than Pei Jin, the other Child of Origin who had previously used her powers to toy with him.
As Flal was tying up Pei Yan with a rope, Pei Jin was already trying to rescue her brother from his predicant, battling with Moira and attempting to break through her blockade. Just as she made her breakthrough, a tall figure suddenly appeared on her path, blocking her way.
Seeing this suddenly appearing monster made Pei Jin's scalp tingle. The monster was over three ters tall and, apart from resembling a human form, shared no other similarities with humans. The monster had a round, ball-like head with no mouth, nose, or ears—just eyes! Not only was its head covered with eyes, but its entire body was densely packed with varying sizes of eyes. This appearance could drive those with trypophobia crazy, and the eerie glow emitted as the eyes opened and closed made Pei Jin feel disgusted as she stopped in her tracks.
This creature must have been summoned by Flal after he used the first Magic Scroll. Rembering the puddle of sli summoned when battling Pei Yan earlier, Pei Jin quickly understood where this monster ca from!
"Damn it!" A mont of distraction had already plunged Pei Yan into even greater danger. Seeing her brother unwittingly trapped in the enemy's ambush and sealed within an ice pillar, Pei Jin could no longer worry about how disgusting this monster was. She imdiately swung her arm, delivering a powerful punch.
Thud! Mud splattered all over Pei Jin's body. Besides the nauseating sll of the sticky sli, Pei Jin was shocked by the monster's strength. Despite its aggressive appearance, it turned out to be weak and vulnerable.
But this thought only lasted a few seconds before it was broken; the monster she shattered with a punch almost instantaneously reassembled. Facing the lively and arrogant monster again, Pei Jin began to grow impatient.
"This monster is called the Hundred-eyed Giant."
"Hundred-eyed Giant?" Pei Jin heard the voice suddenly in her mind while dodging the attacks from both the monster and Moira, searching for the voice's owner. She quickly discovered Lin Daozi, watching from afar in the high sky, waving at her.
Lin Daozi once again provided tily intelligence to the Investigation Hall. He was always willing to gain favor through re words, and the reason he hadn't personally joined the battle yet was due to the otherworldly combat power displayed by Ye Ruozai and Xia Yu at crucial monts, which reversed the situation; he wanted to see to what extent this group of people could contend with the Magic Realm.
"That's right, the Hundred-eyed Giant is a unique creature from the Magic Realm, and this is the highest level of its kind. However, even at its highest level, the Hundred-eyed Giant is nothing but a brute with re strength. Its only characteristic is endurance!" Lin Daozi said disdainfully as he shifted his gaze away from the Hundred-eyed Giant, teasingly adding, "Did you see the myriad eyes on that monster?"
"What's peculiar about it!" While battling fiercely, Pei Jin was quite annoyed by Lin Daozi's tone but suppressed her anger and asked further.
"Only one of those eyes is its lifeline; hitting it imdiately kills the monster. Any other damage to its body can be repaired almost instantly. Don't imagine that the lifeline eye is fixed; the highest level Hundred-eyed Giant can move its lifeline eye among all its eyes at will. Unless you destroy all the eyes simultaneously, or have incredibly good luck to hit the jackpot directly, you'll have to continuously suffer its unending harassnt," Lin Daozi explained.
"This certainly makes for the best puppet to obstruct enemies. Flal has really invested heavily in this match. Oh! By the way, I should remind you that the lifeline eye of this Hundred-eyed Giant can emit a petrifying ray in monts of crisis, paralyzing enemies in place. Ordinary people would be dood, while for adepts, the duration of petrification depends on their level. Take care to stay safe!"
At the end, Lin Daozi hesitated a bit before smiling and asking, "If you need help, just say the word. Pei Yan is your brother, right? His situation doesn't seem to be very good!"
"No need! We can handle our family's matters ourselves!" Pei Jin outright rejected Lin Daozi's offer. She understood that in such a battlefield, not intervening was normal, while intervening was a favor, and favors here often required risking one's life in return.
Looking up at the beautiful scenery created when the first teor collided with the iceberg, Pei Jin couldn't help but let out a long sigh. She and her brother were different; Pei Yan loved the powers within him more than he resisted them, pursuing strength tirelessly and enjoying the feeling of harnessing power.
Whereas she accepted Lin Junzhao's conditions initially passively with the intention of protecting her brother, later, during their interactions, she was controlled and brainwashed, flowing along the current, believing she could protect her family in the upcoming chaos, even if it ant allowing body possession—she didn't think it was a bad idea.
Until this thought was shattered by her brother, Pei Yan, who rescued her from the shadow of death, shifting her from the protector role to the protected, also granting her the freedom to choose her future life. Unlike others who yearned for the abilities, Pei Jin, who had lived her life anxiously under pressure from a young age, just wanted to lead a normal life.
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