A beam of ghostly blue light, as thick as a bucket, flickered with electric arcs as it shot straight into the depths of the dense forest.
The immense power it carried destroyed everything in its path, adding a brand-new scar to the Forbidden Forest already tormented by flames.
And Link, who barely dodged by relying on Blood of Boreas, was now seriously watching the beam that had just brushed past him.
The power of this strike from Riddle far exceeded his expectations.
Link even thought of a classic move from a previous anime, Railgun.
The Riddle standing in front of him now was merely a sliver of Voldemort's soul from his youth. Logically, at best, he should only possess the strength of Voldemort in his seventh year.
Which means… Voldemort, back in his school days, could already cast spells of this level?
'This is simply a monster!' Link couldn't help but think this, but his hands didn't stop moving.
Whoosh!
The sound of wind rose. Two more Sectumsempra spells in pure energy form shot out.
Yet this time, the result was completely different from before.
Riddle casually raised the hand holding the wand, and the two invisible Sectumsempra spells in midair instantly turned into two silvery-white fireworks.
Not only that, Riddle's wand shot out another ghostly blue beam, its endpoint precisely aimed at the running Link.
"Tch!" Link smacked his lips in frustration.
At this moment, Riddle in soul form clearly had some kind of perception ability similar to the Super Sensory Charm. This meant Link's Polyjuice Potion and Sectumsempra would both be ineffective.
Thankfully, the speed and mobility granted by Blood of Boreas. were still intact.
Thump!
Link stomped down. The already half-crystallized ground, scorched by fire, instantly collapsed. At the same time, Link used the recoil to sidestep out of the ghostly blue beam's trajectory.
But just then, he noticed the smile on Riddle's face became even more twisted.
This made him feel that something was wrong.
Sure enough, the very next moment, the beam that Link had just dodged suddenly exploded mid-air, turning into a sky full of blue-white energy balls that continued to rain down on Link.
"Holy sh—!"
Link instinctively cursed aloud, but still managed to raise a transparent shield at the last second to cover himself.
BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
"Link!"
A series of explosions completely swallowed Link in fire and dust. In the distance, Emily, who was still bound by the basilisk Arkam, couldn't help but scream. But her voice was completely drowned in the deafening blasts.
Riddle burst into wild, manic laughter, seemingly mocking Emily's useless struggle, or perhaps mocking Link's overestimation of himself.
But very soon, he couldn't laugh anymore.
Because a scarlet beam had already pierced through the smoke and dust and was flying straight toward him.
"Futile resistance!" Riddle shrieked as he swung his wand.
A strange, formless energy appeared again, grabbing toward the airborne Disarming Charm.
But just before the two made contact, that Disarming Charm exploded early, just like the ghostly blue beam before it, turning into a shower of red energy blasts.
"Oh? You learned that so quickly? But so what!"
BOOM!
A massive burst of black mist exploded from Riddle's body, directly engulfing all the incoming light blasts.
Under the interception of that eerie energy, all those blasts were instantly deflected away.
After doing this, Riddle seemed even more excited and began launching spells in rapid succession.
Link, who had been swallowed by the earlier smoke, also rushed out, dodging and counterattacking nonstop.
The battle continued. Countless dazzling spells clashed between them, exploding again and again.
Thanks to them, the originally spacious clearing had already expanded several times over.
The spider silk that once covered the forest floor had been replaced by scorched, cratered earth, displaying the intensity of this battle.
But as the fight dragged on, Link's heart sank deeper and deeper. Because he knew, Riddle was just far, far too powerful.
This kind of power wasn't just about the quality or quantity of magic power.
The opponent's magic, his spellcasting skill, and his combat awareness were all vastly superior to Link's, to the point that it formed nearly absolute suppression.
Under Riddle's many bizarre and overwhelming spells, Link had almost lost all ability to fight back, he could only dodge and block passively.
And even that… was only possible thanks to the occasional help of Yoyo that blocked a few spells for him.
If this had been a proper 1v1 duel, Link would have likely been torn to pieces by now.
'What do I do? What do I do? What do I do?!'
Link screamed this in his heart, but no matter how hard he thought, the ultimate solution to defeat his opponent just wouldn't come.
At that moment, two more orange-yellow spells erupted from Riddle's wand.
In midair, they twisted and intertwined, flying toward Link in a bizarre, unpredictable trajectory.
Seeing this, Link's expression grew even darker. He had seen this attack before, with its strange movement pattern, it was absolutely impossible to block or dodge midway.
The only solution was to take it head-on.
"Protego Totalum!"
A semi-transparent shield formed instantly, and in the next moment, the two snake-like spells silently arrived.
BOOM!
The orange-yellow light suddenly exploded. The shield in front of Link was shattered.
The two beams then fused into one, and under Link's shocked gaze, they seemed to truly become a serpent of light, its mouth wide open, lunging at Link.
"Gyaa!"
Yoyo once again flew out from Link's collar, blocking in front of him.
But how could such a small, frail body withstand an attack that had just destroyed a full-body protection charm?
BOOM!
A deeper, heavier explosion rang out.
Link and Yoyo were blasted away, rolling several times across the ground before finally coming to a stop.
"Huff~ Huff~"
Link lay on his back, panting heavily.
His ears were filled with deafening ringing, and his vision had become incredibly blurry.
As for pain—
To be honest, Link didn't feel much of it. Right now, what he felt most was numbness and warmth spreading through his body.
But that was not a good thing.
Link knew well that these sensations were just the body's temporary protective responses.
In truth, he had just taken a spell blast head-on. He should be lying there with torn flesh, scorched skin, and a pitiful state.
Would there be blood?
Probably just a small amount.
After all, those who died from explosives or lightning strikes usually didn't bleed much either.
Wait… lightning?
Lost in random thoughts, Link's once-dilated pupils suddenly regained their focus.
He struggled to raise his head, looking toward Yoyo he held in his arms.
"Gaa…" Yoyo let out a weak cry.
Its once dark-blue carapace had now been completely scorched, but fortunately, its delicate wings had not been harmed.
"Yoyo… can you still fly?"
"Gyaa!" The cry became firmer.
At the same time, its two tiny claws pressed against Link's chest, slowly helping itself stand up.
Seeing this, a smile bloomed across Link's charred face.
"Then, next, it's time to fight back!"
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