The Ghost King had achieved its goal.
Whether or not the seven missiles had caused any real damage to Xingtian, they had successfully slowed its advance—even if only for one second.
Whoosh!
A massive black axe burst from the billowing smoke. It broke through the sound barrier with unstoppable force and hurtled straight toward the Ghost King's reactor!
In that instant, all eight of the Ghost King's spider legs stiffened and stabbed into the ground. Knowing it had no time to leap clear of the attack, it chose to dodge sideways to minimize the damage!
In the end, the axe only grazed the Ghost King's shoulder armor, cutting off two of its spider legs!
The axe was moving too fast for Yu Xiao to use the chain sword wrapped around its haft to change its course midair. Besides, even if he could forcibly alter its trajectory, it would take at least a second.
And the Ghost King would fully recover in just two seconds.
The eight purple eyes on the Ghost King's chest watched as Xingtian missed its best chance to attack.
"Human... foolish..."
A text message was transmitted to Xingtian's communications system.
Just as the axe's long haft was about to pass completely beyond the Ghost King, the silver chain sword suddenly released it, letting the axe fly away like a meteor!
Then the metal-glinting chain sword slashed toward the eyes on the Ghost King's chest!
Slash!
The Ghost King had only just dodged, and hadn't even managed to pull its spider legs from the rock when four of its eyes burst apart!
"Eeeek!!!"
The Ghost King let out another shrill screech, like leather rubbing against leather!
But the chain sword, drenched in green beast blood, didn't stop. It wrapped tightly around the purple blade in the Ghost King's