Although Herod responded promptly, the foxfire in front of Tamamo was no joke.
In just a few seconds, Herod's wings were burned to the ground, and the hail and freezing air that fell did not help, but only temporarily stopped the enemy's pursuit of victory.
According to Mimir, Hilud is the weakest among the nine members of the Valkyrie Council. Lu Xiao judged it through the fluctuations of her divine power and came to the same conclusion as Mimir.
Lu Xiao had played against Gendal and Rota before, neither of whom were easy to deal with. Each of them had their own characteristics.
Hilud's fighting style is similar to that of Gendal, taking the path of a magic warrior, and is very skilled in ice spells.
However, there are obvious flaws in her close combat skills, and there is still a certain gap compared to Gendal, who has a perfect combination of spells and close combat.
In Yongzhen's three-person team, Yongzhen, as the shikigami master, is also responsible for boosting shikigami and side output.
Onmyoji's shikigami can be roughly divided into two types: front ghosts and back ghosts.
The front ghost is responsible for attracting the enemy's attention and taking damage, while the rear ghost is responsible for output and assistance.
Fenrir fulfills the duties of the former ghost, using his huge body and tough fur to absorb damage, and using his fangs and claws to pose a certain degree of threat to the enemy.
Gouki Tamamozamae is an all-purpose snake oil, integrating support, control, treatment and output capabilities. She can be safely filled wherever there is a shortage of people.
Onmyoji's specialty lies in controlling and amplifying shikigami, as well as superb barrier spells. Their direct attack power is not very strong.
Yongzhen is an outlier among Onmyoji.
She only started to learn Onmyoji when she became a monk halfway, and her research on enchantment is very unfamiliar.
Before becoming an Onmyoji, Yongzhen was a female warrior known as the Roujian, who had excellent fighting ability.
After Shilud's hail attack temporarily stopped, Fenrir was the first to rush forward, his huge wolf body almost completely blocking Shilud's sight.
If she still had wings, Hilud could use high-speed maneuvers to bypass Fenrir's defense area and directly attack Tamamo Mae and Nagama who were behind.
However, her wings were deliberately burned by Tamamo Mae at the beginning of the war, and now only a bare skeleton is left. The mobility of the Valkyrie, which cannot fly, is greatly reduced.
"Whoosh whoosh!"
The ice pick shot from Shilud's hand hit Fenrir squarely in the face.
After being strengthened by Yongzhen's former ghost technique, Fenrir's already high defense has been greatly improved again. Hitting it with Hilud's ice pick containing divine power felt like it was tickling.
"Ouch!"
Fenrir's wolf roared out sound waves, shaking Herod who was facing him staggering.
Yong Zhen took this opportunity to jump out from behind Fenrir, and the Uru Tai Sword was unsheathed like lightning.
"Secret Sword·Feiyan Flash!"
Dozens of small sword energy struck Hilud almost at the same time.
At the same time, Tamamo Mae completed the spell casting with the help of dance, and several fireballs as big as basins surrounded Hilud.
Based on the three Valkyries that Lu Xiao had seen, he speculated that their wings were all wearing metal armor, which should have been specially customized by the Asgardian blacksmith for the special fighting organization of the Valkyries.
Herod's wings have been singed, but the skeleton and armor are still there.
Facing the enemy's joint attack, Hilud stabilized his body in the sound waves and began to accelerate in circles.
"Clang clang clang!"
Under the high-speed rotation, Hilud's bone wings slowly opened. The wing armor made of Asgard steel deflected all Yongzhen's sword energy. The fireball in front of Tamamo was also scattered by Hilud's human tornado.
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Shiroud, who was spinning rapidly like a top, was like a hedgehog with thorns all over its body. Nagama and Tamamo Mae, who were not known for their strength, were unable to break through her defense for a while.
Yongzhen changed her mind quickly. She recovered the spiritual power of the back ghost used to bless Tamamo Mae, and transformed the spell to strengthen Fenrir, the former ghost.
This time, instead of strengthening the defense, Fenrir's attack ability was maximized.
"Fenrir, enter!"
"Ouch!"
Fenrir, who had been strengthened by his master, grinned, raised his right paw, charged up, and swiped at Hilud, who was still spinning in defense.
"Bang!"
Fenrir's claws made a loud noise when they came into contact with the top. Herod, who was still on the defensive, was slapped into the mountain wall next to him by the strengthened Fenrir.
Fenrir's power was so great that Herod was stuck in the rocks and could not escape for a while.
Before Herod could use his divine power to break free, Yongzhen shrank and teleported to the mountain wall, and the retracted sword was unsheathed in a flash of lightning.
"Qiang!"
The two wings that were left with only the skeleton were cut off at the same time by the sharp Urutachi sword, and Hilud's struggle ended.
There were some twists and turns during the battle, but Yongzhen's team, who cooperated tacitly, finally defeated Hilud without any danger.
"Nice job."
Lu Xiao activated the spatial coordinates solidified on Yongzhen's body and teleported to the mountain wall with Mimir's head in hand.
Hilud's soul separated from the decayed body. Compared to Gendal and Lotta who could still speak a few words, Hilud's soul was more chaotic. It only emerged for less than a second and then retracted into the helmet.
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Yongzhen consciously took off Hilud's helmet and put it into the demon refining pot. Lu Xiao activated the teleportation spell at the right time to send everyone back to the outside of the Evaldi workshop.
During the battle between Yongzhen's team and Hilud, Brock had smelted the Valkyrie's armor into molten iron.
"Oh! You came back just in time."
Brock threw some golden powder of unknown composition into the furnace: "The materials are smelted, do you plan to build equipment now?"
Lu Xiao turned to look at Yongzhen and motioned for her to make up her mind.
Yongzhen already has some ideas about the use of these Asgardian steels: "No, let's smelt them into ingots for now, and then build them after collecting all the Valkyrie's armors."
Brock shrugged nonchalantly: "No problem, the guests' opinions take precedence. Anyway, my purpose of following your expedition this time has been achieved."
The Echo Mist and the cursed Niflheim alloy are both brand new materials that Brock has never touched before.
By building the armors of Nagamae and Tamamoae, he gained some new insights.
"When you're done, go back to Midgard. I'm tired of this hellish place."
After packing up the tools and materials in the camp, Brock suddenly disappeared from the eyes of Lu Xiao and others. He must have returned to the atrium world one step ahead of schedule.
When Lu Xiao activated the teleportation technique to pull everyone back to Midgard, the clear sound of Brock's hammering could already be heard in the blacksmith shop.
A bald and strong man stood in front of the blacksmith shop, waiting for Brock to complete the maintenance of his weapons.
"Hey!"
Atreus noticed the return of Lu Xiao and others, and waved to them enthusiastically.
"What a coincidence, I meet you again."
Lu Xiao smiled and nodded to Atreus and said hello: "Hello, little warrior, it seems that you have just experienced a big battle."
"Of course! We just defeated the Dark Elf King..."
"child!"
Kratos spoke up to stop Atreus from showing off. After taking back the maintained ax from Brock, he nodded lightly to Lu Xiao.
"Follow up, don't forget we still have business to do."
Atreus spread his hands in disappointment: "Okay, father."
Watching the father and son open the temple gate and head towards the distant mountain peak, a smile suddenly appeared on Lu Xiao's face.
"Brother, I heard that you are looking for the highest mountain in the Nine Realms."
"With all due respect, the high mountain in Midgard is not your goal."
Kratos suddenly stopped walking out and turned around to look at Lu Xiao silently.
Lu Xiao extended an invitation in good faith: "Are you free? We are both travelers, how about we sit down and exchange information?"