Before she finished speaking, flames suddenly surged around Huo Jinshang. Her long black hair shone like burning crimson silk in the firelight, and the Divine Sword in her hand hummed, patterns like scorching lava flowing across its blade.
She tapped the ground with her toes, turning into a streak of crimson light as she circled behind the Abyssal Demon General's flank. While its attention was drawn by the Heavenly Star Divine Son's threads of Laws, her Divine Sword slashed fiercely toward the relatively weak junction of its neck, carrying the might to burn mountains and boil seas.
Clang! A deafening crash rang out, sending sparks flying.
Though the Divine Sword failed to sever that obsidian-like carapace, it still hurt the Abyssal Demon General. It let out an enraged roar and swept its enormous claw backward.
Huo Jinshang had been prepared. Using the force to retreat swiftly, she avoided the furious strike while flicking several tiny flaming arrows from her fingertips, aiming precisely at the demon general's single eye.
In pain, the Abyssal Demon General narrowed its single eye slightly, the vicious gleam within growing fiercer. It seemed to realize that the two insignificant humans before it were no easy opponents. Its massive body shuddered, and black demonic qi spread outward like a tide. Wherever it passed, the vegetation on the ground instantly withered, and a nauseating, corrosive stench filled the air.
"Watch out for its demonic qi! Even your divine soul will be broken down if it touches you!"
The Heavenly Star Divine Son looked grave. Forming seals with both hands, he wove countless golden threads of Laws into a vast net, seemingly trying to stop the demonic qi from spreading.
Yet the demonic qi was like liquid that could seep through any opening, continuously eating away at the net