"You ungrateful thing, you forced me to do this!"
Hearing those icy words brimming with endless killing intent, Swordfish King knew that Xia Ping's resolve to kill him was as unyielding as steel. No matter what, Xia Ping would not let him go.
Continuing to negotiate would be a waste of breath. Now, only by fighting—by killing this human—could he escape with his life.
"Blood Demon Sword, sacrifice half the flesh-and-blood energy in my body. Grant me invincible power and slaughter this mongrel of the human race!" Swordfish King roared, his voice steeped in madness.
The moment the words left his mouth, Swordfish King immediately circulated the demon power throughout his body. The vast amount of blood flowing from him was devoured by the Blood Demon Sword, which at once radiated waves of crimson light.
Faintly, it seemed as though a demon god were roaring in the void, deafening and soul-shaking.
Splash!
In an instant, Swordfish King's injuries recovered completely, every wound mended. Terrifying black demonic qi coiled around his entire body, spreading across dozens of kilometers.
This black demonic qi condensed into substance and seemed to possess traits such as poison and corrosion. Any marine creature touched by it was poisoned to death, its body corroded into a pile of white bones.
At the same time, the black demonic qi seemed to form a suit of black armor that covered his entire body, even encasing his head, leaving only a pair of eyes exposed.
But even those eyes were extraordinary, an eerie blood-red like fresh blood.
He seemed to have lost all reason, leaving behind only madness, slaughter, evil, and other such emotions. He was like an utterly mindless monster of carnage.
Whoosh!
In a split second, Swordfish King lunged in for the kill, slashing at Xia Ping with