As soon as they clashed, the Heart-Eating Worm suffered a setback. Fan Lang's attack heavily wounded it, burning its flesh until it split open.
Having tasted the pain and recognized Fan Lang's strength, the Heart-Eating Worm no longer dared to be careless. It unleashed a defensive technique, exploding the bristles all over its body and spraying countless icy beams of light that blasted away the burning bamboo leaves around it.
It switched from offense to defense, flashing backward in a hurried retreat as it tried to widen the distance between them.
How could Fan Lang let this giant bug get its wish? He used the Lapis Lazuli Illuminating Heaven Skill and appeared above the Heart-Eating Worm in a flash, swinging his sword down.
A vast number of bamboo leaves fluttered down. Every leaf burned with fire, carrying both the sharpness of sword qi and the searing heat of flames.
Unable to dodge in time, the Heart-Eating Worm used its innate ability again, firing every bristle on its body outward. They transformed into layers of light screens that fought against Fan Lang's attack.
The two sides collided head-on. In the end, the burning bamboo leaves proved superior, suppressing the Heart-Eating Worm's attack before enveloping it completely.
"Aah!"
The Heart-Eating Worm was wounded again and let out a miserable scream. Sword qi and flames intertwined, inflicting double damage upon it.
Before Fan Lang's eyes, one pleasing damage number after another appeared. Every red number represented the enemy's life draining away.
-1202334! -1300477! -1330495! Critical Hit Damage! -2000688!
Each strike dealt over a million damage. If a critical hit triggered, the damage became even more terrifying.
The Heart-Eating Worm had become the one being brutalized. It had never expected the enemy it encountered this time to be so powerful. It had