The Undying God King tried to put some distance between them.
His enormous body began to retreat. His twelve tails wove together before him into an impenetrable defensive net, as though to ward off Fang Chen's attacks—and prepare for his escape.
Fang Chen saw through his intentions.
A cold smile touched his lips. He burst forward like a streak of gray lightning, slipped through a gap in the net, and appeared at the Undying God King's flank.
The Floating Immortal Sword swept sideways. Its Sword Light traced a gray crescent and sliced precisely into the joint of the Undying God King's left foreleg.
Hiss!
With a faint cutting sound, a narrow wound opened in the Scale Armor over the joint.
This time, Fang Chen did not let the Floating Immortal Sword devour energy. As its edge cut through, he sent a prepared Universe Curse Seal into the Undying God King's body through the wound.
The Universe Curse Seal had no shape or substance. Like a wisp of fine smoke, it slipped silently past the flesh at the wound's edge and crept deeper along the Undying God King's meridians.
It avoided the broad energy channels and chose gaps as fine as capillaries, moving like a master assassin through the dark without raising an alarm.
The Undying God King stiffened slightly.
He sensed something entering his body and seeping through his meridians toward his core.
The sensation was so faint it felt like the prick of an impossibly fine needle. The pain vanished almost at once, so quickly that he nearly dismissed it as his imagination.
He tried to track the strange sensation with his Divine Sense, but the force slipped away like an eel, darting through his meridians like a fugitive evading capture.
Wariness and unease flashed through his dark-gold eyes.