Dazzling blade light exploded through the narrow, dark passage!
Half of it was scorching flames that burned all things to ash; the other half was chilling ice that froze everything.
The blade qi, where ice and fire intertwined, was like a tsunami bursting through a broken dam. In an instant, it filled the entire passage and surged wildly toward the pursuing Blood-colored Figure.
"Roar!"
The blood shadow let out a roar that sounded nothing like a human voice. Facing the terrifying blade qi head-on, it neither dodged nor evaded, crossing its arms before its body.
The blade qi struck it solidly.
The violent energy blast made the entire mine tunnel tremble fiercely, and countless stones rained down with rustling sounds.
The scorching flames sizzled as they burned its body, sending up waves of black smoke.
The freezing frost condensed over its surface, attempting to freeze its blood and Demonic Essence.
Yet what made Shen Che's heart sink was that his strike, powerful enough to split mountains and shatter boulders, had only forced the blood shadow back a dozen paces and left two bone-deep wounds on its arms.
Black blood flowed from the wounds, but bizarrely, they wriggled and healed at a speed visible to the naked eye!
What a powerful body! What monstrous regenerative ability!
Shen Che was secretly alarmed.
Only then did he clearly see what the ambusher looked like.
It was a humanoid monster over two zhang tall, its entire body dark red. It had no skin; exposed beneath were muscles and blood vessels twisted together like gnarled tree roots. Its head had no facial features, only a massive mouthpart that continuously opened and closed, filled with sharp teeth.
Four blood-colored bony spikes like spider legs protruded from its back, gleaming with a metallic luster.
This thing felt