Gravely Wounded

The golden ring of fire exploded at once, and the Clear Talisman Sword detonated with a roar. Its immense force surged forward face-to-face like a wall of flames, crashing into the Red-Clothed Woman.

A layer of crimson light first surfaced over her body, dim to the extreme. When the red light met the golden flames, it instantly collapsed, and both vanished together.

The golden flames' remaining force slammed viciously into the woman.

Pfft!

The Red-Clothed Woman spat out a mouthful of blood, but her sharp five-fingered claws also raked fiercely across Lin Xin's chest, sinking in by a short section with a hiss.

Hiss!

The blast of flames threw them apart. Lin Xin collapsed to the ground and rolled aside, a huge chunk of flesh on his chest torn straight off.

The woman staggered back several meters before stopping, her claws dripping with blood.

"Damn it!!" The Red-Clothed Woman had never expected that casually grabbing a disciple to drain his essence would lead her to such a bizarre counterattack.

The sword had actually exploded!?

"Damn little bastard! I'll swallow you whole!!" Her injuries had worsened, and rage burned even hotter within her. The body she had only just replenished by seizing a few Qi Refiner disciples now began to ache faintly in her chest again. Hatred surged in her heart. Her bright red little mouth rapidly split apart, stretching and swelling, deforming until it expanded to the size of a water bucket.

Whoosh... Her pitch-black gaping mouth bit down at Lin Xin.

With a thunderous boom, another wave of red flames swept over. She suddenly saw that the brat had another longsword in his hand. Alarmed, she dodged to the right.

Under ordinary circumstances, even if she stood still and let such a trick explode against her, it would not