"Watch out!" Pablo cried in terror.
The evil spirit before them was simply too horrifying, too revolting. Though they still did not know exactly what made it so terrifying, the festering pus and maggot-like flesh buds writhing across its body were already enough to make it clear to everyone.
Even a single touch from it would likely bring no good outcome.
Kelly's cry of "Ash!" seemed to be playing at half speed, becoming unbearably slow.
Ash, who stood directly in its path, had pupils that had turned completely black. The power belonging to the demon Eligos flowed endlessly into his body through the bone-marrow shoulder straps.
The Black Bone beneath his flesh trembled incessantly.
Ash's black face, legs, and body rapidly turned white.
Under such immense pressure, he had finally gained complete control over the Black Bone.
Move! I have to move!
Ash roared inwardly again and again, yet his feet moved only slowly. What looked like a running motion was somehow even slower than walking.
The disgusting great evil spirit resembled an enormous wall of flesh as it charged at Ash like a howling gale.
"It's that slime—the black slime. It's giving off something. It's poisonous. Our souls are being controlled, and our thoughts have been slowed down." With his extensive exorcism experience, Hank pinpointed the source of the problem.
"Hold your breath! Watch out for the slime!"
"It affects more than just the body—it affects the soul too!" he shouted in warning.
All of this happened at almost the same instant.
With great effort, Ash raised both hands to the straps of his Demon Backpack and lifted the section connecting the demon's claws to its spine.
Crack!
The straps loosened slightly, giving the demon spine a little more room to move.
Eligos on his back instantly grew a