"Soul-Seizing Domain!"
Powerful mental energy erupted, sweeping out like a vast ocean and engulfing the entire area.
Caught within it, Candle Soul felt ghostly shadows crowding around him, as though his soul were being sucked dry. Needle-sharp pain stabbed through his brain.
He hurriedly rallied the energy throughout his body, resisting with all his might.
Yet the Soul Demon seemed to have a natural advantage over mental type Zombie Kings, steadily dissolving his energy.
Candle Soul felt his mental power draining rapidly. He could not hold out much longer. If this continued, his situation would only grow more dangerous.
"Iron Demon Horn, help me!"
"All right!"
Iron Demon Horn bent his knees and kicked off with explosive force, launching himself straight at the Two-Headed Soul Demon like a cannonball.
The tremendous recoil cracked the ground beneath his feet.
But the North Sea Azure Dragon beneath the Soul Demon rolled its enormous eyes, fixing them on the mosquito-sized figure in the air.
Then it raised a massive claw and swatted at him.
Iron Demon Horn felt as though an enormous mountain had appeared before him and was hurtling toward him.
Rumble!
The surrounding space shuddered as terrifying shock waves spread outward.
With that single strike, the Azure Dragon sent Iron Demon Horn flying back like a bug swatted by a human. He slammed heavily into the ground.
"Iron Demon Horn..."
Candle Soul looked back and found his entire body embedded in the earth, inside an enormous crater surrounded by cracks.
Taking advantage of the brief chaos, he resisted the Soul Demon's domain and retreated at top speed, reaching Iron Demon Horn's side.
"How are you? Can you still fight?"
"I can..."
Iron Demon Horn lay in the dirt, but something was very strange. His body kept trembling, as though he were