Mo Monster Is a Tough Foe; the Five Decays of Heavenly Humans! "Szzzz—"
The grating sound of corrosion echoed through the valley, like a dull knife scraping against bone. It made everyone's scalp crawl.
The protective True Essence of the Grandmaster was being eroded layer by layer by the ink. Its glow dimmed at a visible rate.
His face turned ashen as he desperately urged his True Essence to replenish his defenses, but the ink clung to the True Essence barrier like a bone-deep parasite, steadily eating away at it.
Of the three people beside Xu Guangzong, two desperately protected the jade box containing the Heavenly Mountain Snow Lotus, while the third swung his saber at the Ink Monster.
The blade flashed fiercely, cleaving the Ink Monster in two in an instant—but the next moment, everyone's expression changed.
The blade passed through the Ink Monster's body as if cutting into water, leaving not even the slightest ripple.
The Ink Monster was unharmed. Instead, the moment it was cut apart, it split into two smaller Ink Monsters, which lunged even more frenziedly at the swordsman.
"This thing can't be killed!" the man cried in alarm, hastily retreating.
But the Ink Monsters gave him no chance to catch his breath.
The two newly split monsters lunged at him from either side, like sharks that had caught the scent of blood.
He swung his saber again. The Ink Monsters split again. The more he cut, the more there were; the more he killed, the thicker their numbers grew!
The entire valley fell into chaos.
The Ink Monsters that had been surrounding the Brocade Guard seemed to have caught the scent of fresher life. Like a surging tide, they poured toward Xu Guangzong and his group.
Everyone was entangled by several Ink Monsters and