The moment the seven-meter-tall Lava Demon Body appeared, the temperature inside the museum soared. Thin streams of magma welled up through cracks in the floor, and the scorched air twisted and churned.
Fire Fiend's withered face vanished, replaced by a hideous demonic visage covered in dark red light patterns. The blood-colored cane in his hand became a bone spear burning with black flames, and the inferno power surrounding him grew so dense it almost became tangible.
"A mere outer guard dares act insolently before me!"
Fire Fiend's voice became deep and savage, without a trace of his earlier hypocritical gentleness.
"Then I'll slaughter you first and take that little girl away afterward!"
Before his words faded, the Blackflame Bone Spear whistled through the air, wreathed in magma and black flames, and stabbed straight at Lin Sheng's scarlet-scaled chest.
Fire Fiend poured his full strength into this strike. The pressure of his third limit break blanketed the area, making everyone fighting nearby shudder involuntarily.
A cold gleam surged in Lin Sheng's golden slit pupils. Countless scarlet scales flowed onto his arms as he raised them in a crossed guard, golden patterns rippling across them.
Clang-!
The instant the bone spear struck his scaled armor, a piercing clash rang throughout the museum. Black flames and scarlet-gold divine astral force exploded, and the shock wave hurled the surrounding display stands aside, sending shattered alloy fragments flying like stray bullets.
Lin Sheng felt a savage force surge through his arms. The alloy floor beneath him collapsed with a crash, and his entire body sank half a meter. The scarlet scales on his arms shattered, exposing droplets of scarlet-gold blood, but before they could flow out, his arms had already returned to their original state.
"What?" Fire Fiend's pupils contracted sharply, surprise filling his face.