The transparent, illusory ring was not a physical object at all, but a nonexistent phantom.
After extending from the two of them, it swelled at the sight of wind and joined together in an instant.
Winged Demon Felt and Power Demon Ruler inspected their bodies. There were no foreign objects inside them, no bleeding wounds outside them—apart from the enormous ring piercing through them, there was nothing else.
It was like a trick to fool the eye.
"Heart Demon Ring, what trick are you playing?"
"We all fought our way out of Demon Weapon Village. There's no point in these illusions. Why not hurry up and die?"
The two Demon Weapon Overlords were crafty by nature. Though nothing seemed amiss on the surface, they knew there might be some hidden follow-up move waiting beneath it.
Their immediate priority was to swiftly eliminate Heart Demon Ring and purge the abnormality from their bodies.
A gigantic fingertip stabbed into the flesh of his chest, clearly aiming to crush Heart Demon Ring's internal organs, while Power Demon Ruler charged in to blow Zhou You's head apart on the spot.
Yet just as the deadly power was unleashed, the ensuing development took a wrong turn.
The gigantic fingertip formed of flesh, blood, and feathers suddenly withdrew inch by inch from Heart Demon Ring's body, instead pointing toward Power Demon Ruler overhead.
Power Demon Ruler also veered away from above Zhou You's head, slanting down toward the gigantic fingertip.
"Well now, you dare betray me?"
"Winged Demon Felt, I always thought you were acting strangely. So you joined forces with him to plot against me?"
Power Demon Ruler and Winged Demon Felt were both shocked and enraged. The moment they saw the other turn a killing move toward them, countless outlines of conspiracies sprang up