Just as Kokomi was considering how to deal with the remaining Abyss Mages, Zhong Baiye suddenly went flying past her.
He had not flown down of his own accord. He hurtled straight toward the ground, backside first. Anyone could tell he had been knocked flying.
Kokomi noticed something was wrong with Zhong Baiye's posture and immediately realized something might have happened up in the sky.
But before Kokomi could turn around, Greed was already behind her, his fist aimed squarely at her heart.
In the instant before Greed's fist struck, Kokomi seemed to sense something. She twisted her body, moving her heart out of the path of his attack.
Although her heart escaped the blow, her waist could not. Reacting and dodging at all had already pushed Kokomi to her limits.
Greed's punch was nothing more than a casual strike. Even so, it sent Kokomi flying backward just as it had Zhong Baiye.
More importantly, some of Greed's power lingered in Kokomi's body, suppressing her Demon God power and leaving her with only the strength of an ordinary person.
Zhong Baiye, meanwhile, had been distracted by the act the Mist Demon God and Kokomi were putting on, allowing Greed to catch him off guard with a surprise attack.
But he was in much better shape than Kokomi. Greed's strength was not much different from his own; the only gaps lay in speed and defense.
Zhong Baiye was no pushover, either. Although his defenses fell short of Greed's ability to withstand attacks from the Heavenly Principles head-on, it was exceedingly difficult for anyone other than the Heavenly Principles to hurt him.
The instant Greed's surprise attack sent Kokomi flying, Zhong Baiye had already recovered his senses and secretly gathered his power.
Just as Greed saw that Kokomi could no longer fight,