Above the sea of mist, two figures in the Martial Corrosion Realm stood suspended in the air. Inferno Black Flame surged like a tide, boiling the surrounding sea.
Howl's withered hand clenched the extinguished soul-tracking jade incense. Fire flickered in his hollow eye sockets as he watched Tes burn to ash beneath him in a mass of black-purple flames. A terrified howl rasped from his throat like a cracked gong.
"You... what kind of monster are you! How could a Peak Master possibly kill someone in the Martial Corrosion Realm!"
Lin Sheng stood atop a wave, his robes snapping in the sea breeze. Black-purple light flowed through his slit pupils, and Ashfire rose and fell around him like breaths. He could not be bothered to waste words. With a light tap of his foot, a thousand-foot wave exploded from the sea. His figure blurred, and he appeared before Howl in an instant.
"Impossible! How can you be so fast!" Terrified beyond measure, Howl hurriedly drove the Divine Astral Force within him toward Lin Sheng. The savage, explosive Inferno Astral Force seemed capable of burning everything to nothing. Even Marshall or Lu Ku would likely have struggled to withstand this strike.
After that attack, Howl withdrew without a moment's hesitation. Just moments earlier, Tes, whose strength had been on par with his own, had died before he could even react.
Even as a vicious, brutal Inferno apostle, he felt a profound chill. He had no intention of prolonging the fight.
Unfortunately, Lin Sheng had no intention of giving him a chance. With his Purgatory Affinity talent fully unleashed, the raging Divine Astral Force was swallowed by Ashfire the moment it came within three feet of him, without stirring so much as a ripple.
He reached out, curling his fingers into claws.