They actually felt fear!
"How is this possible?"
"Fear has actually wrapped itself around my heart! I don't even have emotional senses!"
The demons all roared, utterly unable to understand what kind of power could plunge them into fear.
Yet the souls within their shells trembled uncontrollably, as if they might burst free from their bodies at any moment.
"My fear is resisting me! It is betraying my soul!" Fear Demon Shadow felt it more intensely than any of the other demons.
It had always wielded the power of fear itself.
But at this very moment, fear had betrayed it. It was rejecting it. Its organs and flesh writhed without restraint, seeking to fall apart in a fierce rejection.
To it, this was simply absurd. It had toyed with the fears of countless beings, yet never had it imagined that one day fear itself would turn against it.
"No, no, impossible! This is absolutely impossible! Hiss, my head, my body—it hurts, it hurts so much! Don't leave me! Get back here! You are not allowed to leave my body! I am your master!"
"This is betrayal! My body has betrayed my soul! Aaah—!"
Amid Fear Demon Shadow's shrieks, its body suddenly exploded with a pop, turning into countless black fragments that sprayed in every direction.
The fragments fell to the ground and swiftly decayed into black slime, then rose as vapor and vanished.
Meanwhile, the large mass of invisible fear left behind flowed into Wu Heng's body.
"Mmm, it tastes somewhat like a frozen pear—sweet beneath the rot." Wu Heng smacked his lips as he savored the fear, describing it with lingering relish.
The other eight demons were completely stunned by what they saw.
"Can someone tell me what happened?" their hearts roared madly.
Fear Demon Shadow, one of the