Huo Hai blocked Li Er's attack once again, but this time, he had no intention of remaining on the defensive. With a flick of his will, the Star Gu waiting nearby turned into streaks of light.
Sensing danger, Li Er abandoned everything else and hurriedly raised a spiritual power shield around himself. A moment later, ripples spread across it. Flickering lights slammed viciously into his shield from all around.
Li Er jumped in fright. Fortunately, he had defended himself quickly enough. He had never expected the insects raised by Huo Hai, a mere Spirit Practitioner Realm cultivator, to possess such powerful attacks. They were probably approaching the offensive power of the Spirit General Realm. In truth, Li Er was not as strong as Huo Hai had imagined. Otherwise, he would not have stayed in the rear.
Li Er had been sent to deal with Huo Hai precisely because his Innate Battle Spirit Art was unusual. This Battle Spirit Art could lock down someone weaker than its user. In other words, the move was completely useless against an opponent of the same level.
Against someone with lower cultivation, however, it was an entirely different matter. Even though Huo Hai's strength far surpassed that of an ordinary Spirit Practitioner Realm expert, this move would still suppress him as long as his cultivation remained below Li Er's.
"Heh, so a Demon Spirit Master's spiritual defenses are this weak. How about this, then?" Huo Hai smiled faintly. He could tell that Li Er's spiritual power shield was much weaker than that of an ordinary Spirit General Realm cultivator. Understanding dawned on him. No wonder people said that Spirit Masters who underwent Demonicization were weaker than normal Spirit Masters. Their cultivation did indeed rise extremely quickly.
But because demonic energy had been mixed into it,