"That move again..."
A trickle of crimson blood spilled from the corner of Xue Qingcheng's mouth. "That was the very move that wounded me before and drove me into a desperate corner..." she said fearfully.
Lin Mo's expression grew grave as well. He struggled to rise and took a closer look.
At that moment, Li Yuan's chest stood wide open, as though a door had swung apart.
Waves of dense black mist gushed from his chest, gathering behind him to form an enormous creature.
The shape condensed from the black mist resembled an indescribable beast, radiating an intensely ominous aura.
Even Xue Qingcheng's face filled with despair. "Wh-what is that?" she asked in terror.
"That terrifying pressure... it's practically at the level of a Nether Venerable..."
Once the black mist took shape, two blood-red points of light flickered where its head should have been.
The next moment, the beast's hazy body of black mist began to solidify.
Crimson scales were covered in twisted, bizarre markings.
Its sharp fangs gleamed with an icy light, like spears.
Moments later, a terrifying wave of ferocious might surged outward, scattering the dense black mist.
The enormous beast that had emerged from Li Yuan's body finally revealed its true appearance.
The beast was blood-red from head to toe, with a head like a red fox's, a body clad in scales, and two horns. Iron-hard muscles covered its four limbs, and a pair of ink-black wings sprouted from its back.
Although this beast was also at the spirit transformation pinnacle, the terrifying aura it radiated was utterly beyond comparison with the three Baleful Stars from earlier.
"Hahahaha! Do you see, mortals? This is the true power of the Netherworld!"
Li Yuan threw back his head and laughed wildly, as though he had gone mad. "Outsiders like