"How dare you!"
Just as the blue light was about to strike his forehead, Mayike finally regained a shred of reason. With an explosive roar, his entire body swelled to several times its size, as though some energy had been poured into him.
Black mist wreathed his body, giving rise to countless fine runic inscriptions that suppressed his lust.
At the same time.
A circular disc pattern appeared between his brows, spinning wildly like a windmill. Countless pitch-black runic inscriptions erupted from it to block the blue light.
Mayike breathed a sigh of relief.
He had obtained this divine ability from the Divine Temple. It could withstand even attacks from those in the late Cage Realm, so blocking this strike would be no problem.
He would have to torment this man thoroughly afterward and show him what he was capable of. Otherwise, he would lose all face and never be able to hold his head high in Yuming City again.
Just as he was inwardly seething.
The blue light met the pitch-black runic inscriptions. In an instant, every inscription collapsed, doing no more than briefly slowing the light.
Only then did Mayike finally see clearly.
The blue light was actually a dagger!
Alarm jolted through him, and he immediately used his movement technique to dodge.
But that momentary distraction exposed him to the dagger's beguiling influence again, slowing his movements by half a beat.
The dagger pierced his forehead.
His consciousness sank into darkness.
The exchange had been perilous, but it had all unfolded in the flash of lightning and flint. Only after Mayike was killed did Attendant Zhou behind him react.
Without another word, he turned and fled.
"Too late!"
Chen Lin flicked his fingers repeatedly, unleashing Soul-Destroying Finger strikes in every direction.
The dim light blended into the