The "Scorching Hot Rain" finally let up, and night fell. Together, they made for a remarkably peaceful scene in the Rainforest Swamp.
Yet the battle raging in the darkness was so fierce that it felt as if a violent storm were still sweeping through the place.
The "Roaring Giant Beast" dug its claws into the "Black Snake's" tail and dragged it toward the exposed rib cage in its belly, as if the "Black Snake" were a prisoner escaping from its abdomen.
Gelman's "Nen Cannon," fired from the "Sacred Moonlight Greatsword," shattered the "Killing Intent Shockwave" launched by the "Black Snake."
Working together, one leading and the other supporting, they had already driven the "Black Snake" into a dead end.
Ssh—
Seizing the chance, the "Roaring Giant Beast" hooked one claw and punctured one of the two transparent "Malice Cysts," spilling its contents everywhere.
When it tried to do the same to the other one, the "Black Snake" reacted in time.
The "Black Snake" had no choice but to empty one full "Malice Cyst" to activate its ability.
"Darkness Warp"!
Humm—
The "Black Snake" escaped the "Roaring Giant Beast's" grasp once more, teleporting several hundred meters away.
But the price was that it could now use the power of only two "Malice Cysts." To use more, it would have to wait for "Malice Absorption" to refill them.
As Gelman and the "Roaring Giant Beast" were about to give chase, a streak of red light came whistling down from above, looking astonishingly powerful!
The man and beast both stopped, wanting to see what it was.
The red light struck the "Black Snake's" scales like an arrow, precise and forceful.
Stranger still, the "Black Snake" had plenty of time to dodge, but didn't move at all, as if it were deliberately waiting for