The giant skeleton froze in place. A small figure burst out from the flames in its eye sockets, wielding a cane-blade.
The Boundary Severing Thread contracted, and Su Xiao had already lunged to the giant skeleton's eye socket. The sudden appearance of the small figure caught him off guard. Using the flames in the giant skeleton's eye sockets, the other party had completely concealed his presence.
Su Xiao was no more than two meters from the small figure. A stabbing pain in his perception came from his throat. If this continued, the enemy's cane-blade would pierce his throat, while he could also pierce the enemy's skull.
No blood appeared. The two simply passed each other, and Su Xiao emerged from his spatial-penetration state. By then, he was already standing on the white bones at the giant skeleton's eye socket.
The small figure landed on the ground, surrounded by high walls. He was only about one and a half meters tall, with various golden ornaments hanging from his waist.
"Church lackey."
The small figure flicked the cane-blade in his hand. His eyes were not clouded; they held nothing but fury.
"..."
Su Xiao said nothing. Seeing the short man and hearing the words "church lackey" solved many of the doubts in his mind. He even had the feeling that so this is what Doom Town is really about.
There was no need to continue fighting. Su Xiao had a way to deal with the giant skeleton and the short man below. He could even talk the other party into becoming a temporary ally.
The giant skeleton had not been transformed by Shorty. The short man below was Zisselman. As for the half-skeleton Su Xiao had seen on the high wall, Zisselman had deliberately arranged it there to make people believe that