Yin-Eroding Demonic Art

At first, Qiu Hai was unaccustomed to Bai Xiaowen and Qiao Rui's fighting style. Two Frost Shards and a Destructive Sound Scale stripped away over a hundred points of Life Value. Slowed and trapped in Butcher's poisonous gas, he found himself under Suppression.

But Qiu Hai had survived countless battles. He quickly realized that Butcher was only a shield, too tough to kill. Bai Xiaowen and Qiao Rui were the real threats behind him. Both Frostfinger Force and Qiao Rui's musical martial arts were hard to dodge.

With a long cry, Qiu Hai's robes swelled. A faint, rippling aura gathered around him. When Butcher swung his scepter, Qiu Hai did not dodge. He stepped forward and slipped past.

Bang!

Butcher's Giant Serpent Scepter struck Qiu Hai squarely in the back. Yet Bai Xiaowen, who controlled him, felt an extraordinarily pliant force, as though the blow had landed on a heap of cotton and lost all its power.

A Spirit Realm Rules notification appeared. This was Qiu Hai's final skill, Yin Aura Shield. It greatly reduced the damage of the next melee attack he received and turned the force of that attack to his own use.

The Giant Serpent Scepter was heavy. Even with Yin Aura Shield reducing the damage, pain lanced through Qiu Hai's back and his chest tightened. But the blow sent him surging forward. He flashed toward Qiao Rui like a ghost and struck with Bone-Melting Cotton Palm.

Bai Xiaowen was ready. He stepped across Qiao Rui's path and took the palm strike with his own body.

There was a soft pop. Bai Xiaowen felt a strange, yielding force burrow into him. He took over a hundred points of damage, all his attributes fell by 10%, and the blow left him briefly stunned.

Qiu Hai sneered. "I didn't