"Brat, you ruined my plans! I'll kill you!"
Luo Mian emerged from the black mist, his eyes burning with hatred and murderous intent. With a savage roar, he drew the surrounding mist into his palm and formed an enormous, razor-sharp axe!
He swung his arm, sending the black axe chopping toward Mo Xie's head with a rush of cold wind.
The wind whipped Mo Xie's hair and clothes. He raised his head slightly, revealing a wild grin and eyes filled with darkness, their gaze gleaming with menace.
When Luo Mian met those eyes, panic rose in his chest. He froze for an instant.
"Evil Fiend!"
The air seemed to solidify. A faint trace of darkness spread from Mo Xie's shadow.
The shadow behind him twisted. Three slits opened in it, becoming eyes and a mouth. Scarlet light glimmered in its hollow gaze, while its mouth curled into a deeply unsettling grin!
At the same time, a gleaming Warrior Level Spirit Essence vanished from the space inside the Qilin Pendant as though it had never existed.
Distracted by that gaze, Luo Mian failed to notice what was happening behind him. Had he turned around, he would have seen his own shadow writhing.
The shadow of an old man slowly peeled away from the ground behind him. Free of its owner's movements, it stood upright.
An eerie smile spread across its face. Its hollow eyes fixed on Luo Mian with a murderous intent he could not sense.
Two arms settled on his shoulders. One transformed into a glinting blade and stabbed straight for his neck.
But Luo Mian was a Super Level mage of the Shadow Element. His senses were keen enough to detect the darkness behind him, and he shifted his body aside.
The blade sliced down. An arm fell to