As he spoke, the spear He Ao had just knocked away suddenly flew out. The instant the yellow radiant threads tugged at He Ao's flesh, it stabbed toward him.
He Ao immediately raised the Blood Blade in his hand and slashed at the spear.
With a soft bang--, the spear was struck aside and its shaft paused. Yet in that instant, the winding, snake-shaped spearhead detached from the shaft and shot forward like a slender flying knife.
As it flew, diffuse radiance appeared behind the spearhead, like a thin yellow thread trailing after it.
The snake-shaped spearhead reached He Ao in an instant and thrust toward his heart.
It was too late for He Ao to block again, so he could only twist aside.
In the end, the spearhead tore through his clothes and sliced open the flesh beneath his arm before flying past him.
The slender radiance was like thread pulled by a needle, wrenching at He Ao's flesh and bringing agonizing pain, as though a long rope covered in barbs had scraped across him.
Blood splashed through the air. He Ao endured the pain without hesitation, stepped forward, and charged at the officer before him.
This officer could control the spear from afar. To deal with a ranged opponent, he had to close the distance directly.
But just as he rose, he felt some force pulling at his body.
He lowered his head and saw yellow threads of light clinging to him. Ahead of those threads was the direction in which the spearhead had flown.
The slender spearhead had already pierced the Demon Wolf's thick armor, pulling the radiant threads into the armor.
It was those yellow threads that had just restrained He Ao.
"Do you like it?"
The officer looked at the pulled-back He Ao, raised his