The Myriad Demon King was, after all, a plant-type Soul Beast, and plant-type Soul Beasts rarely had no fear of fire unless they were fire-attribute cabbages like the Infernal Delicate Apricot. Even the Myriad Demon King was no exception.
Although ordinary flames could not truly harm him, they could certainly burn along the vines he had extended, making them crackle and pop.
The Incendiary Bombs Shrek was throwing out had all been carefully formulated. Their effects resembled napalm: not only were they extremely adhesive, but they were also almost impossible to extinguish with water. They were practically made specifically to counter the Myriad Demon King's vine-based siege tactics.
Just as Shi Xing watched one of the Myriad Demon King's thinnest vines burn through, sending swathes of Soul Beasts that had been charging toward Shrek City's battlements along it plummeting from the sky, cool droplets of water splashed onto his face.
"Huh? Is it raining?"
Shi Xing spoke instinctively and raised his head, only to see dark clouds so dense that barely a sliver of light could penetrate them.
Whoooosh-
Within just a few breaths, the sparse drizzle turned into a torrential downpour, and amid those dense dark clouds, the figure of the Hell Demon Dragon King, Zi JI, flickered in and out of sight.
"Brr-it's so cold!"
An auxiliary soldier of the Shrek City Guards who was only an ordinary person shuddered, his whole body trembling with cold. Although their physical constitutions kept Shrek's Soul Master City Guards from reacting as violently as the auxiliaries, they too felt a chill.
"This is bad! Everyone, activate your Soul Tool Shields! All auxiliary soldiers, get inside whichever shield is closest to you!"
Shi Xing shouted. He had realized what the Hell Demon Dragon King, Zi JI, was doing. Turning clouds and overturning