Chapter 462: Fierce Battle in the Garden

Chapter 462: Fierce Battle in the Garden

Xie Lin and Furong stepped into the depths of the dense forest. The light around them was blocked by the dense leaves. The whole environment was dark and cold, and there was a strange magical fluctuation in the air. The surroundings were strangely silent, as if even the birdsong and the murmur of insects were swallowed up.

"If I'm not mistaken, this area should be the favorite habitat of red caps. It's dark and humid, and full of their favorite poisonous fungi," Xie Lin frowned slightly and said slowly, "Red caps like to attack humans, but we haven't encountered any. This is very unusual."

"What do you mean..." Fleur asked.

"The red hats are ferocious. The monster that can make them hide without a trace must be more vicious than them," said Xie Ling.

Just as they carefully walked through a clump of twisted and tangled trees, the scene before them made them stop involuntarily -

Seferis, Mara, and Alison were hung upside down on a tall branch, dangling unconsciously. Their wands were lost, and there were traces of being whipped by vines on their bodies. It was obvious that they had fallen into a coma after being violently attacked.

Rafaela was trapped in a narrow tree trunk cage, hanging high on the tree. It was a cylindrical cage, somewhat similar to the medieval prisoner cage, but the cage itself was made of primitive black branches intertwined. Several thick branches were tightly entangled with each other, twisting and growing like vines, forming an indestructible wooden prison.

The surface of the wooden prison was covered with a layer of strange moss, and there was a faint smell of dampness and decay, which made people wonder whether these wooden stripes possessed some kind of ominous vitality.

The four corners of the cage had sharp wooden spikes growing out of them, like barbs to prevent her from escaping. They were even trembling slightly, as if they were reacting to the approach of outsiders. Whenever Rafaela struggled a little, the branches would tighten as if they were alive, as if they wanted to tighten around her, forcing her to stay still.

She was trapped in the center, with almost no space to move. She could only curl up her limbs and put her knees against her chest. Her tattoos were still glowing with a faint green light, and every line seemed to come alive, flowing with ancient runes, temporarily protecting her from more severe oppression.

The tattoos on her body were obviously some kind of secret protective magic. The faint blue light flowed along her arms, preventing her from being knocked unconscious, hung upside down, or even physically harmed by trees like other people.

When she saw Xie Lin and Furong, she suddenly opened her eyes wide and shouted urgently: "Run! This is not something you can handle! Go find the referees and professors for support!"

Her voice was particularly harsh in the silent forest, revealing urgency and fear.

Xie Lin frowned and quickly scanned the surroundings, trying to find the source of the abnormality here. He could feel a strong wave of black magic in the air, as if the whole forest was controlled by some strange power. This was definitely not an ordinary trap, but some kind of carefully planned arrangement.

"Who did it?" he asked in a deep voice, his eyes as sharp as a knife.

"Morozov..." Rafaela gasped, with unbelievable fear in her eyes, "It's the evil tree that's rampant!... This is no longer a normal forest... It's alive..."

Deep in the dense forest, the air seemed to freeze, and the rustling of leaves and grass came from the shadows, as if something was about to move.

Xie Lin clenched his wand tightly, and Rafaela's anxious shouts from high in the sky were still echoing in his ears. She seemed to be getting more hysterical - "Run! Why are you standing here stupidly - go find support! Quick!"

However, he had no intention of escaping. He just took a deep breath, his eyes sharp as a knife, turned back and winked at Furong, and said in a deep voice: "Since it is the notorious demon tree that is rampant, the two of us can't escape together - I will stop him, Furong, you run first - find a way to get back to the entrance and seek support there!"

Furong was startled and was about to retort, but Xie Ling had already taken a step forward, wand raised high, like a lone duelist, ready to fight. His thin figure was isolated in the dense forest, like a lone wolf about to face a storm.

In the darkness, after a moment of silence, a low laugh suddenly came.

"Sharin Malfoy... you have some backbone."

Morozov's figure was still hidden in the darkness, but the entire forest had quietly awakened.

The surrounding trees began to mutate. The trunks twisted violently, the roots sprouted from the soil like living things, the vines grew wildly like snakes, and a strange green light appeared faintly among the branches and leaves.

"Let's see how long you can hold on?" Morozov's voice disappeared in the echo of the dense forest. Then, countless sharp thorn vines attacked violently from all directions, with a tragic whistling sound that tore the air apart, as if they were going to tear Xie Ling into pieces!
"All curses end!"

Sherin swung his wand quickly and then slammed it into the ground!
boom--!
Powerful magical fluctuations spread out from under his feet, the soil trembled, the air surged, and the first wave of vines that attacked were instantly shaken and scattered!

But then, the evil tree began to grow wildly again, with denser and more ferocious thorns and vines surging in like a tide, and the green light flickered faintly between the branches and leaves, as if the dense forest itself had turned into a giant beast with bared fangs, ready to devour Xie Ling completely!

"Fleur - go! I can't hold you back for long!"

Xie Ling roared loudly and waved his magic wand, releasing flames, wind blades and shock waves one after another, briefly opening up a path of survival in the dense forest!
Fleur stood there in that moment, her teeth clenched, her blue eyes filled with mixed emotions.

She knew that Xie Ling deliberately attracted fire so that she could escape successfully, but her feet seemed to be nailed to the ground and she could not take a step.

"...Xie Lin." She murmured softly, tears glistening in the corners of her eyes.

Her nails dug deeply into her palms. Finally, she took a deep breath, forced her head to turn around, and ran desperately out of the dense forest!
"You must hold on! Wait for me to come back with support!"

She said this and quickly disappeared into the depths of the forest without looking back.

Xie Ling looked at her disappearing back, a barely perceptible smile flashing in his eyes.

Good, she's gone.

So……

He can finally give it his all.

He took a deep, deep breath—

"Purple fire spreads across the prairie!" A purple flame erupted from the end of Xie Ling's magic wand, making a crackling sound as it burned the air, and turned into a swirling purple flame that blasted forward like a long snake!

"This is..." Morozov's incredulous voice came faintly from the woods.

"It's the unique skill of Halfan Monte, the second-generation headmaster of Durmstrang!" Rafaela was immediately refreshed and spoke loudly to help Morozov finish his words. In her opinion, the famous Sherin was their only hope to escape. Although Furong's strength was not bad, it was impossible for her to be stronger than the people hanging on the tree combined -

You know, among the defeated ones hung on the tree, only Seferis was defeated alone, while the other three were defeated by Morozov in a three-on-one situation. This does not mean that Morozov is stronger than them individually, but in the demon tree formation, Morozov has the advantage of time and place, while they only have a magic wand and cannot compete with him at all. If Rafaela did not have the family secret "Forest Guardian" tattoo, which has the ability to prevent the forest from harming her, I am afraid that she would have been hung in the air like prey like the others.

"This is not over yet, look at this move - the Dance of Scarlet Flame!" An orange-red flame erupted from the end of the magic wand again, making a mysterious sound that was like a song, shaking the sky, and even made the soul vibrate.

"Oh my God - it's the famous secret magic skill of Beauxbatons School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, the holy fire that can burn and purify all evil!" Raphaela's exclamation sounded at the right time. While trying to boost morale, she also tried to undermine Morozov's confidence with words.

"The last move - Fierce Fire Burning the Sky - Ultimate - Change!" The blue Fierce Fire exuded an astonishing momentum of burning everything. It leaped high into the air, and the moment it left the magic wand, it transformed into the final form of the black Fierce Fire.

"This is - Fiery Flame, my god, the devil's flame that destroys everything - hey, that's not right, why is Fiery Flame black?" Rafaela shouted excitedly, but there was a hint of confusion in her tone.

The three flames crisscrossed and impacted each other in different directions, and the intersections between the flames merged and devoured each other, giving birth to a new, unprecedented alien flame!