At the center of Water-Drawing City's Port District.
The moment Li Wei threw back his head and roared that villainous line, "You all have to die," two enormous, savage horns suddenly burst out from behind his shoulder blades, and a tail like that of a Red Dragon emerged as well.
At the same time, the bones of his forehead extended upward and outward, while his entire body abruptly swelled to three times its original size. In the blink of an eye, he had become a scarlet monster, skinless, with a chest like a blazing furnace!
"Demon!?"
This sudden transformation left the factions secretly observing the battle utterly dumbfounded.
They found the situation increasingly impossible to understand. At first, it had merely been the Harpers conducting a massive purge of Water-Drawing City's dark forces. How had this Weaving Moonstar Ten Knights member, after being possessed by the leader of the Shadow Thieves guild, turned into a demon from the Bottomless Abyss in the blink of an eye?
Could it be that the Shadow Emperor's true identity was actually a demon from the Abyss?
But in truth, this was not entirely Li Wei's own doing.
After Aili had finished faking her death earlier, she had simply used a transformation spell to attach herself to Li Wei as well, assisting his transformation with her own.
To some extent, this state amounted to Li Wei assuming an incomplete Red Dragon form, while Aili used an incomplete transformation based on her demon bloodline to add the demonic touches to Li Wei's appearance and maintain the [Evil Aura].
As for poor Beholder Kike, how could it possibly dare steal the spotlight from such a big shot? The shadow-particle effect drifting above that enormous demonic body was its handiwork.
The Beholder thought, "As long as it looks