"Your arm!" Diona's eyes widened as she looked in alarm at Roda's rapidly blackening arm.
The arm had only been bitten once by an insect, with barely any bleeding. That alone showed just how venomous the thing was!
Roda glanced indifferently at his arm, then swiftly drew his blade and cut off the blackened portion.
Diona caught her breath.
What a ruthless man!
"It's fine. I have regenerative abilities, though they're a little slow..." Roda said reassuringly, beads of sweat appearing on his forehead.
"Everyone, be careful. Chief Shanhai was right—we can't let them touch us."
"These creatures carry more than just corrosive properties. They seem to have curses as well..."
As he spoke, Roda found it increasingly difficult to talk, while more and more sweat gathered on his forehead.
It seemed to be the power of the curse he had mentioned.
Seeing this, Sea hurried forward and controlled a mass of seawater to envelop Roda.
Sea possessed considerable healing abilities and had also studied curses to some extent.
Under the seawater's cover, Roda's condition eased and gradually improved.
"We really need to be careful. This curse is extremely strange!" Sweat appeared on Sea's forehead as well.
He had not sweated after fighting the opposing Second Sequence for so long, yet now sweat was dripping from his forehead just from lifting Roda's curse.
Seeing this, the group raised their assessment of the dark creatures' threat level by a great deal.
"Sea, fall back to the rear. If anyone gets cursed, you'll be responsible for removing it!"
"The rest of you, stand behind me and attack with powerful long-range abilities and weapons!" Li Xieqian swiftly laid out a battle plan.
Then, with one hand, he raised an energy shield in front of everyone!
By then, Dark and Shorty had fought their