Line Between Life and Death

"Liya, Liya! Be careful, the one lured away was only Demon Throat's clone. Its true body is still at the Miasma Spring!"

A message came through the Team Channel from Leien.

However, by the time Liya saw it, she had no time to reply.

She was running for her life!

Yet strangely, even as Liya sprinted with all her strength, her body was slowly being pulled backward.

Behind her lay the dense blood mist of the Miasma Spring.

Within the blood mist, she could vaguely see a gigantic centipede demon dozens of meters long. Its entire body had been parasitized by strange plants, with layers of red leaves clinging to its surface and forming a thick humus shell.

This was the main body of Demon Throat, the demonic general guarding the Miasma Spring.

Its lower body was still submerged in the Miasma Spring. Merely by opening its serrated maw and releasing its terrifying suction, it had made escape impossible for Liya.

You have been locked onto by Demon Throat's domain-like talent skill: Demon Abyss Maw. You cannot use any movement or acceleration skills below Priority 10!

Demon Abyss Maw has locked onto you alone, triggering the Isolation effect. The dragging speed you suffer is doubled, increasing to (180) points...

With her ability to escape completely sealed and her body continually dragged toward Demon Throat's enormous mouth, Liya was filled with panic.

She spun around, raised her hand, flipped the Star Chart Scroll to its second-to-last page, and fired a streak of starlight at Demon Throat.

The starlight seemed unremarkable at first, but the moment it entered Demon Throat's mouth, it suddenly exploded.

This was Liya's Profound Truth Skill, with an extremely domineering name—Linked Starburst! Unfortunately, the name of a Profound Truth Skill was not always directly related to