Hao Ren felt he absolutely had to learn a lesson from this: never poke the most sensitive sensory organ of a canine—especially when you were standing right on the bridge of her nose. The spear tip had made Lily's nose itch, and one sneeze sent Hao Ren flying. The burly demon who had just been knocked to the ground happened to be dazed and trying to get up, so the two of them crashed straight into each other...
Hao Ren felt as though he had slammed into a steel plate. At last, he experienced firsthand just how hard a demon's muscles could be. The demon reacted instantly as well, reaching for Hao Ren's neck in an attempt to turn the tables. Unfortunately, he had grabbed someone even harder than himself.
The Rigid Shield around Hao Ren's body sparked and crackled as it blocked the demon's iron-clamp-like hand. Lily seized the opportunity to pounce, knocking them both to the ground. She opened her jaws and bit down, while Hao Ren rolled away in perfect coordination. Lily's fangs came to rest firmly against the demon commander's neck.
"Don't move!" Hao Ren shouted in the demon language, then bounded back onto Lily's back and stood beside Vivian. "My vicious hound has been eating demons since she was little—where's the one in charge?"
The moment Hao Ren finished speaking, Vivian smacked him. "Are you stupid? She's already holding him down."
Hao Ren awkwardly scratched his hair. Only after confirming that the surrounding demons and Black Dwarves would not act rashly did he signal Lily to move her jaws away slightly. He saw that the demon commander below was still struggling desperately to escape from beneath Lily's claws, but even Izax would not dare claim he could easily handle her brute strength, much less a