"Whoosh..."
A blast of black flame that scorched spirit bodies grazed past him.
Klein had only just dodged the flames when a sky full of ice crystals came hurtling toward him like a rain of arrows.
The downpour actually strengthened the demoness's abilities. What had been ordinary rain instantly froze into ice spikes under Tracy's control. The rain fell without end, and the assault of ice crystals left no gaps.
Although ordinary physical attacks had no effect on Klein in his "Black Emperor" state, Tracy, as a demigod, had no shortage of ways to inflict direct damage on a spirit body. Both her black flames and her frost could deal him real injuries.
On top of that, he had already been in poor condition. Creating the downpour with the Sea God's Scepter had consumed far too much of his spirituality, and now he was nearing his limit.
Suddenly, as Klein dodged, he felt his movements growing sluggish.
His body was like a rusty gear, creaking with every movement. His mind grew hazy as well, and an inexplicable dullness settled over him.
What's going on? A disease?! Klein was startled.
In my current state, ordinary diseases and poisons shouldn't have any effect on me! Even if my body hidden at the stern was affected, that shouldn't feed directly back to my spirit body.
Could a demigod-level "plague" have become powerful enough to infect spirit bodies too?!
Damn it, this woman is insane. She's actually poisoning her own ship just to catch someone!
If even I can't withstand this disease, those ordinary pirates certainly can't...
He could sense that Tracy had no intention of killing him immediately. Instead, she seemed inclined to toy with him like a cat with a mouse-or perhaps she was using their fight as an opportunity to observe