Boom! The two claw-shadows were shattered one after the other. Yang Shen and the Spider Demon with a Human Face both felt their hearts sink.
They were illusions again. But their opponent wouldn't have gone to all this trouble for nothing. Since neither of them had been attacked, the other, Kui Yang, was likely in for a rough time.
The two Demonic Beasts came to their senses and immediately looked toward Kui Yang.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh! The icy light from earlier formed a thick barrier, separating Kui Yang from the two of them. At the same time, the White Fox's claw-shadow came crashing down over Kui Yang's head.
Kui Yang was naturally unwilling to go down without a fight. He reached out, and a crimson-black demonic blade appeared in his hand. He swung it at the incoming claw-shadows.
Amid a flurry of fierce clashes, the walls of icy light began to rotate slowly, forming an extraordinarily intricate Nine Palaces Formation.
Kui Yang's demonic blade flashed in a blinding storm of attacks. Yang Shen and the Spider Demon with a Human Face also struggled to break through the obstruction before them, but they remained trapped outside.
No matter how many claw-shadows Kui Yang shattered, the next wave of attacks came right on its heels.
Kui Yang was weaker than Yu Ya to begin with. Now, on top of fending off Yu Ya's attacks, he had to keep deciphering the transformations of the formation before him. It was clearly beyond his ability.
Whoosh! After a brief, frenzied exchange, a claw-shadow slipped through the blade's defenses and struck Kui Yang squarely in the chest.
With a splat, a gaping hole opened in his chest. Kui Yang hurriedly retreated, but the Fox Shadow pressed its advantage and closed in on him.
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