East of the "Simao Great Forest," Moonstone Town.
The golden-red solar flames burned, and the town that had once stood there had been reduced to scorched earth. Ash drifted through the air in the heat rising from the ground.
"Pant, pant..."
Dorothy knelt on one knee. Every breath of scorching air made her feel as though her lungs were about to explode.
Behind Dorothy, the "Dark Demon Blood Shadow" had become indistinct, as if it might dissipate at any moment.
Across from her, Xin Yugo stood amid the flames with an unchanged expression. Defeating Dorothy while she was in her Blood Shadow phase was no difficult task for him.
Without making any apparent move, Xin Yugo caused a spark to appear before Dorothy. The spark suddenly brightened, then exploded. There was no chance to dodge.
Boom!
Dorothy's head rang, and the blast sent her flying backward. Her vision turned white.
In her daze, she felt the enemy walk up beside her and nudge her head with his toe.
"So you're already on the verge of death? In that case, I'll take Boiling Red... Once it fuses with Dark Sun, it'll become the perfect form."
Dorothy could feel the enemy's hand approaching her head, about to seize the Boiling Red inside her, but she could do nothing. She could not even move a finger.
There was something she was very curious about. Why could Boiling Red fuse with Dark Sun? And how could it become a "perfect form"?
At that moment, the sound of something cutting through the air reached Dorothy's ears, followed immediately by an explosion.
Bang!
Xin Yugo, who had been standing beside Dorothy, was sent flying in an almost perfectly straight line. The blood droplets lingering in the air were rapidly evaporated by the energy.
Three kilometers away,