A furious shout came from nearby. Hao Ren immediately knew that something had gone wrong again.
He was not particularly surprised. People always got used to many things.
Hao Ren turned toward the voice. A tall, powerfully built man stood at the corner at the end of the warehouse. It was Casa Eben, whom he had met once before. Unlike last time, however, Casa now appeared before him as a terrifying, furious demon.
One look at his condition was enough to tell that a great battle was about to erupt. No matter what anyone said now, he would not listen.
Vivian had remained ready for battle from the very beginning, never letting her guard down. Although she was slightly surprised that her Blood Mist clone had failed to hold him back, she reacted the instant Casa Eben appeared. Her enormous bat wings suddenly spread open, and a cold, bloody aura filled the air. Vivian shot upward, then launched an attack at her enemy with a single flap of her wings. Hao Ren only saw a blur before countless blood-red phantoms swept in from both sides of his vision and pounced on the enemy dozens of meters away. Wherever those scarlet phantoms passed, the devastation was shocking: the concrete ground and the warehouse's metal-plated exterior walls hissed with green smoke as they rapidly corroded into scraps, while layers of solid ice spread swiftly behind them. The power Vivian unleashed swept through everything within range like a storm that smashed through all obstacles.
Although the attack of a high-ranking Bloodkin was formidable, Casa Eben was no pushover. The instant he realized that Vivian's strength exceeded his expectations, he decisively transformed. He then withstood head-on the blood-red impact that could dissolve bone and eat away flesh.
Everything was completed in the blink of