"What exactly was this Fire Crow's origin?" The Ice-Devil Bat Queen was already beginning to feel that something was wrong. The Little Fire Crow opened its beak and sucked in. The thunderous, bone-chilling demonic flames poured into its mouth like a river bursting its banks.
"Shadow Devil, stop that vile beast! Demon Cicada, Green-Robed Old Monster, help me!" The Ice-Devil Bat Queen first stared in disbelief, then shrieked. She urged the white-and-blue bottle to draw back the Demonic Ice-Thunder Flames with all her might. But she could not reclaim them nearly as fast as the Little Fire Crow gulped them down. Panic-stricken, she could only pin her hopes on the Shadow Devil and her two other companions.
"Bat Queen, don't panic. I'll help you." The green-robed, white-bearded elder and the Man-Eating Demon Cicada were held up by Ye Ziyu and the strange beast with seven fused souls and an ape's head, leaving them no chance to lend aid elsewhere. The elder slapped the little pouch at his waist. Demonic energy surged from within, and a sickly green skeleton came tumbling out with a shriek. Two green flames flickered in its empty eye sockets, and a small silver circlet sat atop its skull. Though summoned by the green-robed elder, it was hardly under his control.
The green-robed elder bit the tip of his tongue and spat out a drop of blood essence. At the sight of it, the sickly green skeleton perked up. It opened its mouth and sucked the blood essence in. Green energy immediately roiled around its body, and its aura grew much more solid than before. Its gaze toward the elder turned even more sinister.
"Wretched beast, hurry and kill that silver-haired cultivator!" The green-robed elder chanted under his breath, and the silver circlet on the skeleton's head