Taking Possession

She knew what Xu Wuyi was doing.

Although she did not know how Xu Wuyi had managed it, she could sense the energy fluctuations around the young man rapidly intensifying.

That increase was not a breakthrough in realm, but a pure accumulation of energy—a swift strengthening of the flesh under the nourishment of vast amounts of energy.

As long as they could hold the Beast King back until Xu Wuyi absorbed enough energy, and until Lin Jianyi and Shen Jin arrived, they could win this battle.

The Beast King was growing increasingly agitated.

It sensed the surrounding energy flowing toward that human at an ever-faster rate.

That human's efficiency in absorbing energy was getting higher and higher. What had begun as clumsy unfamiliarity had become increasingly practiced; now, the speed at which he absorbed energy alone was nearly catching up to its own.

But Yang Shuyan had it firmly entangled, leaving it no chance to break away and interrupt him.

Yang Shuyan's fighting style had changed.

She no longer sought to injure the Beast King, focusing instead on defense and entanglement. Whenever the Beast King tried to rush toward Xu Wuyi, she stood in its path.

Whenever the Beast King tried to condense spheres of light to attack Xu Wuyi, she shattered them with her palm force. Whenever it tried to circle around her, her movement technique was more agile than its own, and she always got there a step ahead to block its way.

The Beast King's attacks grew more and more frenzied, while Yang Shuyan's wounds multiplied. Its claws had torn a bone-deep gash across her left arm, while a light sphere had grazed her right leg, scorching away a large patch of flesh.

But she knew that if she held on just a little longer, reinforcements would