On Taowu's hideous face appeared a look of utter terror. It had never imagined this divine ability would be so dreadful. Left with no choice, it could only mobilize all the magical power in its body. In an instant, a fierce radiance blazed from that foreclaw as it bitterly resisted the power of the Phantom Spirit Heaven Fire.
A vicious beast of the upper realm was indeed no ordinary thing. The freezing, the deadly poison, and the devouring of life force all halted for the moment. Near where its claw approached its body, a subtle balance formed, two powers interweaving and battling fiercely...
Seeing this, Lin Xuan merely gave a cold laugh. The sharp claw after his Demon Transformation tilted slightly, and blood sprayed. A great chunk of flesh was instantly torn from Taowu's chest, the wound terrifyingly deep, so deep the bone could be seen.
Taowu trembled all over from the pain.
Yet the nightmare had not ended.
This was exactly the effect Lin Xuan wanted. Did he need to show sympathy to the monster before him?
He cast out a spell seal, and the Azure Fire Sword flashed with spiritual light, slashing viciously toward its head.
Despair flashed across Taowu's face, but then it seemed to remember something. It opened its mouth and spat out a bead the size of a fist, pitch-black in color, which with a whoosh blocked the Azure Fire.
Lin Xuan narrowed his eyes slightly. He saw it clearly. This was no treasure, but a Demon Core.
For the Demon Race, its importance went without saying. But at this moment, how could Taowu still care about all that? Preserving its little life was the most important thing.
Then its figure flashed, and it had already appeared more than twenty zhang away.
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