Scorpion Lady watched the Heavenly Blade slash toward her, fear flashing across her alluring face. She drew the Soul-Locking Hook from her waist.
With a rattling series of whip cracks, she swung the Soul-Locking Hook at the descending Heavenly Blade.
The moment its hooked tip touched the Heavenly Blade, a stabbing pain shot through She Li's mind. The hook nearly tore apart the will he had imbued in the blade.
Like a living creature, the Soul-Locking Hook snapped She Li's Heavenly Blade, then coiled around Scorpion Lady.
"Don't go looking for trouble, boy. I don't have time to play with you."
In the Land of Sin, there was no such thing as companions, so Scorpion Lady did not think She Li and Liphia were together.
She turned to Liphia and ran her tongue over her seductive purple lips.
"What a sweet, innocent child. You must be from the Present World. Come to me, and I'll teach you how to survive here."
"And you, boy. This child is on my turf, so you can get lost."
The killing intent radiating from She Li left Scorpion Lady in no doubt that he belonged in the City of Sin. Liphia's hostility, mingled with vulnerability, told her at once that Liphia was not a native and had only recently arrived in this world.
Liphia had not adapted to its laws of survival at all.
To Scorpion Lady, she was a fat sheep with no protection. Devouring her would let Scorpion Lady advance another step.
As for She Li, Scorpion Lady mistook him for someone like herself: someone who wanted to deceive Liphia, exploit her kindness, then devour her to grow stronger.
Liphia did not answer. Once her spell was ready, she opened with a grand Forbidden Spell.
"Dragonflame Roar!"
A vast spell spanning over