It took only an instant.
Under Mirror and Salgon's anxious gazes, their master's body was cleaved cleanly in two at the waist.
"Master!!"
They immediately moved to rush forward and help.
But the next moment, they saw Lin En's upper body wave a hand from the ground. Then his lower body dropped down, aligned itself with his severed waist, and reattached to his upper half with a wet gurgle.
They froze where they stood.
Even Lilith, crouched on the ground and wreathed in bloody light, showed a trace of frenzied unease.
"What?"
Lin En stood up, pulled off the Yellow Robe that had been cut in half, and dusted himself off with a (;￣д￣) expression.
"My clothes are ruined again."
With that,
Lin En turned his head. With dead-fish eyes, he simply faced the blood-shrouded Lilith in the distance stark naked, spreading his legs and clenching his fists in a fighting stance.
Without a doubt, given the strength of his current Vessel, he stood no chance against Lilith even if he pushed his Flesh power to its limit.
His body was simply too weak.
The slightest use of power beyond its normal limits would immediately tear it apart.
"Salgon, if I went all out, how long do you think it'd take us to drop to the next layer?"
Salgon's hair instantly stood on end.
"Ten seconds! No! Five seconds! In five seconds at most, we'd definitely fall to the Third Layer!"
Lin En stared with dead-fish eyes.
"Fine, five seconds it is."
Lilith's blood-red hair drifted like smoke as she snarled:
"What?!"
Lin En narrowed his eyes and smiled at her.
"Nothing. I just wanted to say, if you really love playing with a guy like me who has slimy tentacles, I'll grant your wish. I just don't know... whether