Faced with the greatsword swinging down at it, the demon let out an enraged roar. A ring of fire erupted from its body and blasted toward the Mecha before it. Li Wei could even feel the searing flames rushing at him, as though they meant to turn him into a roast duck.
Fortunately, he had a countermeasure.
As the demon's flames reached the Mecha, it saw a cloud of icy mist suddenly rise from the machine. The mist churned and swirled, swallowing its flames and shrouding everything nearby in an endless fog.
The demon could feel the cold within the mist suppressing its flames. With a furious roar, it lashed its blazing whip toward the Mecha, but struck only empty air. The whip stirred the mist, making it ripple like water, yet nothing was visible. "Whoosh!"
To its surprise, however, the whip swept straight through the space ahead without catching anything. The demon was baffled. It could not understand why the greatsword was right in front of it, yet there was no one behind it.
That instant of confusion proved to be a mistake. The force behind the greatsword suddenly intensified, accompanied by a low whine that dispersed the surrounding mist. Only then did the astonished demon see that the Mecha was hovering almost upside down before it. Rather than dropping, the machine had remained suspended in midair!
At the same time, it gripped the greatsword with both hands, powerful jets of air blasting from its back!
Clang!
The scimitar in the demon's single-handed grip could no longer withstand the mounting force and was shoved aside. But the demon was a veteran of countless battles. Almost instantly, it twisted sideways, evading a blow that would have cleaved it in two. Even so, the greatsword left a long gash across its