What Snape had originally wanted to say was that they needed to take away or clean up these pig allies before their identities were exposed.
Yet, before he could even finish speaking, he didn't know which two brilliant masterminds under Voldemort had pulled such a move right under their noses.
Were they terrified that they weren't dying fast enough?
Snape had no idea that the reason these brilliant masterminds launched an attack without even grasping the camp's situation was to hold a grand enough ceremony for their revered Lord Voldemort to announce the Dark Lord's return.
Spur of the moment, no plan, no reinforcements...
Simply put, there was no retreat for them in this operation.
Even if an anti-Apparition barrier hadn't been set up over this battlefield, it would be impossible for them to escape under such circumstances.
No matter what kind of spatial teleportation method was used, it would leave faint traces behind in space, and Apparition was no exception.
Ordinary wizards might not be able to track the traces left by Apparition, but for a wizard of Kyle's caliber, it was absolutely impossible for him to lack such a capability.
Therefore, rather than scattering to flee and getting hunted down one by one, it was better to fight to the death with all their strength and see if they could trade themselves to take down this powerful enemy.
It could also be considered clearing an obstacle on the path to their Dark Lord's unification of the wizarding world.
Unfortunately, while the idea was grand, reality was cruel.
Several hundred Death Eaters had outputted their full power for so long with complete disregard for their comrades' casualties, yet that rose of the battlefield was still dancing completely unharmed among the crowd.
Even when two mysterious wizards later reached out to lend them a hand, they only nearly chipped off a sliver of Kyle's health.
That's right, nearly.
In the midst of the battlefield, the dance king of Hogwarts was still swinging the sharp longsword in his hand.
Every single dance posture represented the fading of a life.
Now, the only drive sustaining the Death Eaters to keep fighting was their fanatical loyalty to Voldemort.
Before dying, even if they couldn't take a single strand of hair from Kyle, they had to use a special method to declare the Dark Lord's majesty to the world!
Only then did that Dark Mark rise into the sky.
Death Eaters: For the Dark Lord! I am willing to turn the world into my enemy!
Voldemort: Meow meow meow?
If Voldemort were here, he would definitely transform into a mad rage-monster, grabbing Bellatrix by the throat while unleashing a furious tirade: I fking thank you so much for directly provoking two old ones and one young one—a whole trio of big Demon Lords for me!
Snape also desperately wanted to tear Bellatrix into shreds and toss her into Azkaban to feed the Dementors.
Given the current situation, however, killing Bellatrix wouldn't help matters.
Right now, he could only pray that those two big Demon Lords trusted their son enough that they would only watch the show silently from the sidelines instead of leaping out.
Raising his arm, a arc of parabolic electric light sliced through the air, dropping right beside the feet of the rampaging Susanoo in the center of the camp.
Instantly, the ground beneath Susanoo's feet split open into a bottomless fissure.
The ground on both sides of the fissure seemed to be squeezed by an invisible, massive force, stacking up high layer by layer and continuously spreading toward the distance like rolling waves.
A few seconds later, a huge surge formed of soil surged in from afar, whipping up massive earth waves that instantly encircled Susanoo, clapping toward Susanoo like a pair of giant palms.
Due to the fissure beneath its feet, Susanoo was still in a midair state and had nowhere to leverage force.
Furthermore, extending the second-stage Susanoo into the fourth stage possessing wings would take too much time.
Kyle abandoned this Susanoo without a single regret.
A slight popping sound echoed inside Susanoo, and Kyle's figure vanished instantly from within it. By the time he reappeared, he had returned to that stone pillar where he had originally stood.
Gazing at the thunderclouds in the sky, a grin curled up the corner of Kyle's mouth.
After the Thunderbird Arashi had worked tirelessly to manipulate the weather for so long, the thunderclouds in the sky had accumulated to a truly terrifying degree.
A layer of clouds several thousand meters thick enveloped a radius of dozens of kilometers, spreading across the sky like a continuous mountain range resting atop everyone's heads.
Because the cloud layer was excessively thick and dense, the brilliant light emitted by the countless wild, pale-blue lightning strikes within could not even penetrate its obstruction to radiate outward.
Viewed from afar, the sky looked as though it were covered by an extraordinarily heavy curtain.
Standing on the stone pillar, Kyle condensed Susanoo once more. As Kyle moved, the double-sided giant burning with dark-blue flames formed a ninjutsu hand seal with each of its two pairs of hands.
High above in the sky, amidst the cloud layers, a roar that shook the heavens echoed across a hundred-mile radius.
A pale-blue radiance broke through the clouds, descending like the light of creation itself to illuminate the earth for dozens of kilometers around.
A fearsome, gigantic beast claw slowly extended from within the cloud layer.
Super Lightning Release: Kirin!
The width of the claw alone was a full two hundred meters across; through this single claw, it was hardly difficult to infer the size of the entire lightning beast.
Gazing at the massive light-shadow nearly three kilometers long within the dark clouds, the Death Eaters' eyes filled with sheer terror.
"How is this possible..."
Clack.
A Death Eater limply loosened his grip, letting the wand in his hand slip to the ground with a soft click.
"This is..." Another Death Eater swallowed hard.
The terrifying grandeur brought by the lightning beast choked the words he wanted to say next right in his throat, leaving him capable of emitting only a series of meaningless groans.
A drop of cold sweat trickled slowly down Lucius's forehead. "His power is simply on a completely different dimension."
"Is this the power of an Obscurial?" Snape muttered in a low voice.
The Death Eaters in the camp frantically tried to cast Apparition to flee, yet unexpectedly, a familiar sensation crept over their hearts—an Anti-Apparition Barrier!
Outside the Grindelwald family's tent, two old Demon Lords—one black and one white—lay in recliners, watching the distant battlefield with keen interest.
Although both were happily eating popcorn while watching the show on the sidelines, that didn't mean they hadn't done anything at all.
At this moment, Kyle's battle had reached its most brilliant phase, and Grindelwald certainly wasn't going to let these people escape.
Thus, seeing Kyle charge up a massive ultimate move, these two wicked old men immediately activated the Anti-Apparition wards that had already been set up by the Saints dispatched earlier.
The Apparition charm had been usable previously only because the Saints under Grindelwald needed to carry those injured by the Death Eaters away from the clash zone between Kyle and the Death Eaters.
With Apparition rendered useless, all the Death Eaters scattered in a panic.
Yet with those short legs of theirs, it was utterly impossible to run out of the spell's attack range before the lightning beast Kirin struck down.
Fortunately, there were still people among the Death Eaters who remained clear-headed. Gazing at this group of pig allies acting like stray dogs, Bellatrix glared with wide eyes: "Anyone who doesn't want to die, cast Shield Charms!"
Instantly, a chorus of incantations echoed throughout the camp.
"Protego Maxima!"
"Fianto Duri!"
"Repello Inimicotum!"
Points of glowing light flared up across the campsite as beam after beam of light shot straight into the sky, shattering in midair and transforming into shimmering barriers that spread outward in all directions.
The numerous defense barriers in the air gradually linked together, slowly forming a hemispherical protective dome.
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