Now that Xu Taiping no longer had to worry about his identity being exposed, he could unleash every means at his disposal without restraint.
"A mere prison formed from ghost power dares to stop me? Dream on!"
By then, the Stone Demon had recovered some of his strength. He rose, clenched his fist, wrapped it in the power of Return to Dust, and smashed it hard against the blood-red cage.
Witch Su Xue did not stop him. She merely watched in silence from the side while keeping her guard up against Xu Taiping and the others.
"Bang!"
But with that thunderous crash, not only did the Stone Demon's fist fail to break the bars, the recoil sent his body lurching backward, and his arm kept splitting with a series of cracks.
Disbelief filled the Stone Demon's face at the sight.
For the first time, a trace of fear appeared in his eyes.
Beside him, Witch Su Xue gently patted his arm, then turned to look in Xu Taiping's direction with a frown.
"This cage is like our origin demon seed power. Until we find a way to counter it, we cannot break it."
As she spoke, her gaze settled on Xu Taiping.
By then, Xu Taiping had sheathed Water-Cutting and stood perfectly straight beside Red Lion.
As though sensing Witch Su Xue's gaze, Red Lion, who hung upside down, turned his face toward her. Folding his arms across his chest, he raised both corners of his mouth and said to her with a smile:
"Little girl, you have a good eye. You know this cage of mine can't be broken by brute force alone."
Witch Su Xue ignored the Red Lion Ghost King. Instead, she stared steadily at Xu Taiping, curiosity filling her face as she said:
"You remind me