The latter immediately raised his sword to block, only to find that his opponent's strength had increased by far more than just a little—the Black Stone Rune Greatsword even had several chunks of its blade smashed off.
"As expected of a spirit even Shen has to handle carefully... Not bad."
"It'll be even better once you become food!" Seeing that it had the upper hand, Azakana's attacks grew even sharper, as if it intended to press the advantage and finish its opponent off in one go.
But it had still underestimated Chen Ce too much.
Or rather... it had underestimated someone who had returned from the underworld too much.
"Food? You're not worthy."
Chen Ce took a deep breath, and a powerful force within him rapidly began to circulate.
The power of the lord of the underworld, Mordekaiser.
This was the very aura Azakana had misjudged.
A despairing aura of death spread rapidly, overwhelming the surrounding Spirit Realm energy in the blink of an eye, with waves of strange thick fog even seeping out.
And Chen Ce, the wielder of that power, instantly received an enormous boost.
To be honest, this was his first time truly using Mordekaiser's power in any real sense.
It felt... very good.
Strength, speed, magic, reaction speed... an extreme all-around enhancement.
Now he could clearly see Azakana's movement trajectory—swiping its claws, charging, dodging sideways... every single motion was laid bare before his eyes.
Dealing with it was naturally quite easy as well.
"Jumping around like that is getting a little annoying..."
Crack—! Chen Ce reached out and caught Azakana with perfect accuracy while it was moving at high speed.
Then he squeezed, and that scrawny neck immediately let out a series of brittle cracks, its muscles and bones nearly crushed into a lump.
Purple blood