The fleshball Void Demon charged straight at Song Wen.
It seemed to know how sharp the shortsword in Song Wen's hand was. It even wove its tentacles into a shield before itself to protect its main body from harm.
Seeing this, Song Wen neither dodged nor evaded, swinging his sword down in a slash.
But—
That strike missed.
Just as the sword radiance was about to strike the tentacles, the Void Demon's entire body, tentacles included, instantly turned incorporeal and became a phantom.
Song Wen's full-force strike missed, leaving his move spent. The immense spiritual power amassed within him had nowhere to vent, throwing his internal spiritual power into disorder and sending his blood and qi surging in reverse.
His body also lurched uncontrollably forward.
At that moment, the fleshball Void Demon solidified again, blocking Song Wen's path.
Song Wen slammed headlong into it.
He felt as though he had struck a wall of bronze and iron, but with the Five Decays Yellow Springs Qi protecting his entire body, he suffered no serious harm.
Yet the Void Demon's nine tentacles moved at once, winding around Song Wen's sword-bearing right hand and the Nine Calamities Measuring-Heaven Sword.
Meanwhile, the strips of flesh covering the fleshball's surface all stretched and lengthened, crawling over Song Wen's body.
"You want to trap me to death? Wishful thinking!"
With Song Wen's low shout, countless silver-white lightning serpents abruptly surged up around him.
The lightning serpents roared forth, instantly swallowing the Void Demon within.
"Screee—"
A shrill scream rang out.
This time, it was not a divine-sense attack emitted by the tentacles, but a cry from the fleshball itself.
It howled miserably.
Wracked by agonizing pain, the fleshball Void Demon seemed to have gone mad. No longer caring about the Nine Calamities Measuring-Heaven Sword in Song