"Boom!"
A deafening blast, like a heavy drum of calamity being struck, erupted, and flesh and shattered bone sprayed everywhere like a storm. Lin Ming drew back his fist, dark-purple flames slowly flowing over its surface, instantly vaporizing the filthy blood that stained it.
In front of him, five paces away, a huge corpse resembling a giant bear, yet born with three sharp fangs, collapsed with a crash. Half its head had already vanished, leaving only a charred, hideous wound whose edges were still burning.
When the corpse fell, it did not even have time to let out a complete wail. Only a half-choked "ghk" scraped from its throat before its breath died away completely.
Almost at the same instant Lin Ming withdrew his fist, he did not turn around, but his left palm had already slapped backward like a demon. A dense, needle-like dark-purple pillar of fire shot from his palm, accurately piercing a shadowy figure that had pounced toward Xiao Chan's left side.
That shadowy figure was flat and thin, as if it could merge into the darkness at any moment. It was so fast that it left only a faint afterimage on the retina.
But Lin Ming's fire pillar was faster.
"Hiss—"
The shadow was struck head-on by the fire pillar and gave a shrill scream. Its body flipped through the air and was flung backward. The shadows around it were quickly dispersed by the flames, revealing an ugly, twisted, alien body.
It hit the ground heavily wounded, yet still struggled and tried to crawl up.
"Leave it to me."
A clear voice rang out. A golden beam of light, like the spear of a heavenly judge, tore through the air and precisely pierced the shadow's brow. The annihilating energy contained in the light beam instantly wiped