[Seal Progress: 10%...20%...]
But it was too slow. At this rate, it would take a hundred breaths to complete the seal. In a hundred breaths, it could kill him a hundred times.
The thing's other hand came slamming down, its five fingers like five pillars.
Lu Chen drew his sword to block. The blade stopped three fingers, while the other two swept past his side, tearing away a large chunk of flesh from his left ribs.
Blood sprayed from the wound, pale gold in color.
Gritting his teeth, he sealed the wound with silvery-white patterns and leaped down from the thing's body.
When he landed, his legs gave out, and he dropped to one knee.
Root Severer braced against the ground, the light on its blade dimmed by more than half.
The twelve-zhang-tall thing moved.
It had been standing in the back without moving, as though waiting for an order.
Now it stepped forward. Every step was slow, but heavy. When it reached Lu Chen, it lowered its head to look at him.
There were no eyes on its face, only a mouth.
The mouth opened, revealing a vortex of black deathly energy within. The vortex spun faster and faster, generating a powerful suction force.
Broken stones on the ground were sucked up and flew into its mouth, where they were ground to pieces by the deathly energy.
Lu Chen drove Root Severer into the ground to steady himself.
But the suction grew stronger and stronger. His body began sliding forward, Root Severer carving a trench across the ground.
[Warning: Target is using a Devour skill. Being sucked in will result in immediate death.]
Lu Chen took out the second Spirit-Locking Nail from his storage ring, coated it with Dragon Blood Ointment, and hurled it with