BOOM!!!
In the split-second clash, Ji Jue lunged forward. The female assassin controlling the illusion pursued relentlessly. Though more than ten meters separated them, the moment he hit the ground, a dagger would be plunged into his back, killing him on the spot.
But at that moment, the grenade hanging from the woman's waist suddenly exploded.
More precisely, it was two grenades—300 grams of Fuel Element Explosive and an Electric Net Restraint Launcher...
In that instant, the world-spinning illusion abruptly came to an end.
In its place rose a terrifying blaze like a torch soaring upwards. She did not even have time to scream before the flying shrapnel, the horrific blast of the Fuel Element Explosive, and the furnace-like heat tore her apart in an instant.
Only half of her scorched body was flung up by the blast wave before falling and crashing down beside the giant monster.
Whether it was a final flash of life or something else, the carbonized lips on that shattered, scorched and rotten face opened and closed soundlessly, as though pleading for something.
"Little Su!!!"
The sudden change caught the giant monster almost completely off guard. Seeing the companion it had spent day and night with instantly become a dying, charred corpse, it couldn't help but scream.
It even forgot to keep attacking An Ran.
It turned and lunged toward its dying companion. A faint glow of Spiritual Substance emerged in its hand as it raced to save her.
Unfortunately, it was too late.
Before she could finish her last words, a shard of iron had already wedged into the left side of her skull and burst out through the right.
Pitch-Pot Ritual—By Ear!
The instant it sensed its companion's death, the giant monster let out a soul-shaking roar. Its body swelled once more as