Although the Demon Beast was rather slow, finding opportunities to strike its horn a dozen or more times was clearly no easy task.
Especially now that the Demon Beast was on guard, everything would become even harder.
But with the second Demon Beast about to break free of its pedestal, this was clearly no time to agonize over that.
Su Jiu and Chu Luohen exchanged a glance, and both applied Lightness Talismans, pushing their movement speed to the limit. Since they could not overpower it head-on, they could only attack through cunning.
Yet even though they moved so fast they left afterimages, the second Demon Beast broke free of its pedestal sooner than they had expected and charged straight at them.
Chu Luohen immediately left Su Jiu's side and lured the newly arrived Demon Beast elsewhere.
The pressure on Su Jiu also began to increase noticeably. Fortunately, although the Demon Beast was enraged, most of its horn had been cut away, leaving it gravely wounded.
Its severe injuries slowed its movements. Just as Su Jiu was preparing to press her advantage and kill it outright, unexpected changes erupted. The thin line around the Demon Beast's neck suddenly thickened, and its head gradually tilted backward until it revealed a gaping, blood-red maw.
Four rows of sharp teeth lined the Demon Beast's mouth. Anything that entered would likely be ground to pieces. It had three black tongues that writhed freely inside its mouth like long snakes, a sight both chilling and nauseating.
The Demon Beast changed how it attacked Su Jiu. Instead of relying solely on its limbs, it used its tongues, which were extraordinarily flexible and could lengthen or shorten at will.
When they were not attacking, these tongues looked soft and limp, hardly capable of causing any harm.
But when