Shifting the perspective back to the battlefield, the Giant Infant—no, it shouldn't be called an infant anymore, but rather a three- or four-year-old child. For humans, a child at this stage already possesses a certain level of self-care ability, can eat independently, use the toilet, get dressed and undressed, and clearly express their needs with words.
A child of this age could even be sent straight to kindergarten.
Therefore, the mobility of this dozen-meter-tall 'child' in front of everyone was growing stronger and stronger. The situation gradually reversed, and it slowly began to suppress Douglas.
Or perhaps, it couldn't exactly be called suppressing. Rather, when Douglas's fists landed on this child, the opponent neither dodged nor defended, but instead took Douglas's attacks head-on with its face and threw punches in return.
And Douglas was exactly the same. Facing the opponent's attacks, he also neither dodged nor defended; while taking hits, he would simply throw a punch right back!
Anyway, Douglas was incredibly tough right now, and the more he was hit, the higher his combat power would rise. So, naturally, there was no need for any flashy maneuvers—just engaging in a straightforward, manly brawl with the opponent was enough!
As the battle gradually reached a white-hot state, a red energy began to emerge around Douglas. This visible 'aura' began to further increase his combat power.
"Boom, boom, boom~!!!"
A burly man and a child attacked each other. The sound of flesh meeting flesh was like claps of thunder. The shockwaves from each punch caused the surrounding ground to crack and the earth to tremble, while the air currents generated by their fists uprooted the nearby trees one by one.
Even the Warlocks on the outermost periphery were affected to some extent. They all gritted their teeth; such an intense battle would obviously cause the duration of the Reversal Magic Circle to become shorter.
The Pixie couldn't help but say nervously, "Come on, everyone hold on!"
Aria also gripped her longsword tightly at this moment, and wisps of ice began to appear around her. Since Divine Smite was no longer effective, she had thought long and hard about it, and it seemed her only other remaining means of attack right now was this power of ice.
However, Cipher ran back to Aria's side and said, "Hold off on this move for now. Wait until I lock onto the opponent's weakness before using it. Otherwise, if you keep attacking now, once the opponent adapts and evolves, the effectiveness of the attack will be greatly reduced."
Aria nodded at these words, "Understood!"
As she spoke, the power of ice gradually dissipated. She bent down slightly and darted forward, clearly preparing to join Douglas in close-quarters combat.
Facing an enemy over ten meters tall, Aria, who was only a little over 1.6 meters, was undoubtedly a tiny speck. However, in this level of combat, size didn't mean everything. Aria was like a Golden meteor flying upward, fiercely smashing into the eye socket of the 'Giant Child'.
Subsequently, Golden light erupted in all directions from Aria's sword blade.
"Ahhhhhh!"
This strike was clearly not easy to endure. The Giant Child immediately screamed miserably, covering its eye socket and retreating several steps. At the same time, it even vaguely muttered some words, "Damn it! Damn it!"
This guy could actually speak?
Cipher was slightly stunned, but her movements were not slow at all. She turned into a flash of lightning, catching Aria, who had just jumped out of the enemy's eye socket, in a princess carry, and then placed her steadily on the ground.
During this time, Douglas surged forward, pressing the advantage! Aria, meanwhile, continued to relentlessly seek opportunities to strike its vitals. This left the Giant Child with absolutely no room to fight back, forcing it to squat down and clutch its head in defense.
Covering its eyes, it cursed loudly, "It's all a meaningless struggle! Foolish lower creatures, do you really think you can defeat me like this?"
Despite taking a beating, the wounds on this guy's body were healing at a visible rate. It continued to boast, "The current me is perfect! I have no flaws! I will only grow stronger, while you will only grow weaker as your Strength and Magic Power are depleted!"
"The outcome of this battle was decided from the very start! As for the weakness that Little Catgirl mentioned just now—haha, what a joke! How could I possibly have such a thing!?"
Obviously, it had overheard Cipher and Aria's conversation just now. Moreover, it appeared that the one currently dominating this body was still that Glasses Man Druid. Had he really not been directly overwhelmed and possessed by the Outer God?
Just as Douglas and Aria continued to suppress it with relentless attacks, the Giant Child had already grown to the size of a five- or six-year-old. Wisps of golden lightning suddenly surfaced around it. In the next second, like teleportation, it practically vanished into thin air from in front of Douglas, reappearing behind him and directly reaching out to strangle his neck.
"Is this... Divine Speed?" Cipher was slightly taken aback. This was undoubtedly her ability, although the Divine Speed displayed by this guy wasn't actually that fast—probably only about a fifth of Cipher's own speed? But it was still astonishing.
"When did it steal that?" While pondering, Cipher glanced elsewhere at the underlings she had killed. "Is it because of these guys?"
Because they died to her Divine Speed, it evolved greater speed? And this evolution was then reflected onto the True Body.
It had to be said, this guy was truly absurd. If it was allowed to continue growing limitlessly like this, heaven knows what it would turn into.
However, because of Cipher's Authority, that so-called False Weakness had already been born. Thus, she said, "Aria, start charging up and prepare to unleash your strongest strike. You don't need to worry about anything else, just attack forward and leave the rest to me!"
Even at one-fifth of the Divine Speed, it was not something the current Douglas and Aria could keep up with. Therefore, Cipher prepared to carry Aria herself and guide this strike!
"Okay!" Aria immediately agreed. She then decisively closed her eyes, and a power of Extreme Cold emerged around her, wrapping around the blade in her hand.
Seeing this scene, the Giant Child's first reaction was naturally to interrupt. Although it was confident that its current self was invincible, it wouldn't just sit back and watch the enemy charge up without doing anything.
A Golden flash of lightning flickered as it stomped on the spot where Aria had just been. But, of course, it stepped on nothing. Cipher had long since carried Aria away to another location. Staring at the enemy in front of her, she focused on the faintly visible weakness on its chest that only she could see, and asked, "How much longer do you need?"
Aria replied, "Just wait a little longer, it's almost ready!"