Eight multicolored runes emitted strange light as they floated up from above their foreheads. An extremely terrifying power also erupted from their bodies, their auras dozens of times stronger than before. Under the pressure of their presence, the air seemed to have frozen solid—an utterly shocking sight.
Their eyes were now blood-red. No one knew what they had experienced; they were filled with nothing but hatred and killing intent, as though they bore an irreconcilable, life-and-death grudge against Zhao Fu.
Zhao Fu did not understand what was happening either. "I only insulted them a few times before. There's no need to hate me down to their bones, is there?"
"And now that they've all awakened the power of the Earth Realm Mark, does that mean I've completed the mission?" Zhao Fu checked the prompt, but there was no response at all. He immediately felt that the situation was not looking good.
"I'm going to kill you!"
Hanano Mai was the first to attack. She screamed sharply, her voice filled with pain and hatred, then grabbed at empty air. Countless streams of demonic qi poured from her body and condensed into a demonic halberd in her hand. She swung it forward with all her strength, tearing through the air as a savage pillar of demonic qi crashed toward Zhao Fu.
Zhao Fu's pupils contracted as he sensed the terror of this attack. He stretched out one hand, and a multicolored barrier emerged to envelop his body. The pillar of demonic qi slammed heavily into the barrier with a dull boom. The force was immense, and even the solid multicolored barrier trembled.
The demonic qi then spread out, covering an area of a hundred meters and obscuring the surrounding vision.
"You scum!"
A roar suddenly sounded beside Zhao Fu. Babilon gripped a