"You overestimated yourself!"
Li Chen delivered his verdict coldly.
Even so, he finally understood why the previous Demon-Hunting Group had returned with its feathers clipped.
This Great Monster possessed the Fox Demon Clan's innate beguiling divine ability, which could stir people into fighting and slaughtering one another.
Its actual combat prowess was far from weak, either. Even after Li Chen had used Xia Ziyi's body and magic power to hammer it relentlessly, it had not collapsed and was still trying to employ a secret art.
Had Xia Ziyi come alone today and fought it with his true strength as a pseudo-Core Formation cultivator, he might well have fallen outright. Even fleeing from its clutches would have been difficult.
And that was with the Demon Fox already wounded in the earlier battle and hiding away to recover. Xia Ziyi, a rookie who had only just entered Core Formation, could never have handled it alone. As it had said, he would have been seeking his own death.
But reality had no room for so many ifs. Li Chen had said long ago that every powerhouse across the heavens used cheats, and he, the "old grandpa," was Xia Ziyi's cheat.
With his primordial spirit possessing Xia Ziyi and unleashing a furious assault, the opponent's fate had long since been sealed.
"Spare me, venerable one! This lowly demon had eyes but failed to recognize a true person and offended you. Please spare my life!"
The Demon Fox finally knew fear. It lay on the ground, sobbing and begging for mercy.
Severed nerves were no serious injury to it; if it wished, it could reconnect them in moments. What truly inspired dread was the uncanny, unfathomable method itself. It could penetrate its skin, break through its gang essence force, and even disregard its beguiling divine