Mental Breakdown

Inside the great hall, ice and fire intertwined, darkness spread, dragon roars echoed, and sword energy crisscrossed.

Xiao Yin's "silky combo," which fused multiple Spirit Bone skills, coupled with the continuous corrosion of the Jade Phosphorous Poison Dragon's venom, left the Blood-Red Nine-Headed Bat King so frustrated he nearly coughed up blood.

He possessed Tang Chen's formidable Level 99 Limit Douluo body and vast Soul Power, yet he was constrained by his inability to use a Martial Soul or soul skills. More importantly, he had to devote over half his focus and strength to suppressing the increasingly restless consciousness of the "original owner" within his body.

Under Xiao Yin's successive soul attacks, Tang Chen's consciousness, which had originally been suppressed, was awakening!

"Damn it! Tang Chen! Stay put! This body is mine now!"

The Bat King roared madly in his heart, desperately driving his spiritual power to form countless blood-red chains, trying to drag that awakening will back into the Abyss.

Yet internal troubles often invited external threats.

The moment he divided his attention to suppress the turmoil within, obvious flaws and impatience appeared in his attacks.

Though his assault became even more ferocious, with the Asura Demon Sword sweeping up blood-red light and reducing the hall to a complete mess, it had lost its previous precision. He was more like an enraged beast lunging and biting wildly.

Xiao Yin fully exploited his advantage in speed and refused to clash with him head-on.

He knew very well that time was on his side.

The enemy was beset by troubles both within and without. The longer this dragged on, the greater the chance that Tang Chen's consciousness would awaken, and the more favorable the situation would become for him.

But Xiao Yin was also slightly anxious—this battle was causing far too