Chapter 285: A killing frenzy
Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing were Second-Level Gods, after all. When Huo Yuhao's throwing knives struck, they immediately unleashed their Divine Souls to defend themselves.
Dai Mubai fared somewhat better. Once he manifested his Divine Soul True Body, his enormous Evil-Eyed White Tiger could hold out for a little while. But Zhu Zhuqing was an agility-type fighter, and her Hell Spirit Cat had extremely weak defenses. Under the cutting assault of throwing knives bearing such terrifying force, her golden Hell Spirit Cat began to fade bit by bit, threads of shredded, worn-away divine power filling the air.
Zhu Zhuqing instinctively moved toward Dai Mubai. After all, when a woman was hurt, the first person she sought was her husband, the person closest to her.
But when Dai Mubai saw Zhu Zhuqing coming, he flew farther away instead, dodging her as though she were a fly!
They were each dealing with six of Huo Yuhao's throwing knives, and he was already struggling. If Zhu Zhuqing came over now, wouldn't she be getting him killed?
Husband and wife were birds of the same forest, but when catastrophe struck, each flew their own way!
Dai Mubai had never claimed to be an upright gentleman. He and the pure-as-ice-and-jade Tang San were the ringleaders of the Shrek Seven Devils.
The brothel-going Evil Fire fatty, the sausage uncle, the pure-as-ice-and-jade Tang San-not one of the men among the Shrek Seven Devils was normal.
After getting together with Zhu Zhuqing, he had given up the twins. Although he later made them consorts after becoming emperor, he had long since lost that original pleasure.
His feelings for Zhu Zhuqing were not particularly deep, either. After playing with her for so many years, he had long since grown bored.
Now Zhu Zhuqing was