Before the other side could answer, the Lava Hounds interrupted their conversation.
The three sides clashed again. As he fought, Su Wuming quickly moved closer to Qin Ming and Lin Pangpang, quietly warning them, "Stay alert. There's something off about these people."
As an Animal Type Spirit Martial Practitioner, Qin Ming's senses were sharper than those of ordinary Spirit Martial Practitioners. He added,
"Wuming is right. I remember the receptionist and manager being ordinary people when we checked in, but now they've suddenly become Spirit Martial Practitioners. Something's definitely wrong."
"Watch out!" Lin Pangpang suddenly shouted. He shoved Qin Ming aside, his fists coated in Armament Haki as he punched at empty air before him.
With a bang, his fist struck something. The next moment, a dark red figure was sent flying from the seemingly empty sky.
Calling it a human figure was inaccurate—it merely had a humanoid shape. Its revealed true form was dark red and illusory, with a vicious face. It had no legs below the waist, only flames that formed something like a skirt.
"It's a Little Flame Demon. I nearly forgot about these things. Qin Ming, use your scrolls. This thing has an elemental body."
Lin Pangpang had detected it thanks to his heightened perception of the surroundings while his vital energy was unleashed.
Little Flame Demons were the low-level form of Flame Demon Giants, possessing Bronze Tier strength.
They only appeared when attacking. While invisible, they used a special innate talent to conceal the heat around their bodies. Yet this was precisely why Lin Pangpang had sensed a slight abnormality in the surrounding temperature and pushed away the completely unguarded Qin Ming.
Just then, as the first Little Flame Demon was forced to reveal itself, all the Little Flame Demons that had been lying in