"Damn it!"
The instant the eye on the Thousand-Eyed Rat's back opened, Northern Dipper's heart lurched. He immediately halted, intending to slip back into the darkness and leave.
But he simply did not have enough time. The black light shot out the moment the eye opened, and Northern Dipper was far too close to the Thousand-Eyed Rat to have enough time to evade the attack.
Realizing this, Northern Dipper's expression turned incomparably grim. Yet he did not give up. Dark spiritual power immediately surged into Ghost Hand, causing the dagger to emit a dark-red, bloody glow as it slashed toward the black light.
At that moment, the Ghost Hand dagger seemed to come alive, radiating scorching heat. Before Northern Dipper's eyes appeared a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood. Bloody light shone from the arms of every corpse, converging into a killing intent that soared into the heavens.
Boom!
That killing intent erupted, merging into Northern Dipper's attack and crashing fiercely into the black light fired from the Thousand-Eyed Rat's eye. Violent ripples instantly erupted through the surrounding space, transparent waves spreading as though space itself had been torn apart. At the same time, the terrifying killing intent startled everyone present.
"Northern Dipper!!!" By the time Lin Chuan looked over, it was already too late. A direct confrontation between the Integration Stage and the Void Refinement Stage—although Northern Dipper was powerful, as an assassin, he was not particularly strong in a head-on clash. Moreover, he had been struck at close range by the Thousand-Eyed Rat's ultimate move. Even if he survived, he would lose a layer of skin.
Lin Chuan was extremely anxious, but the overwhelming killing intent spreading from the center of the battlefield made even him feel tremendous pressure. This was definitely not something Northern Dipper