Though the monster had been sealed for countless years and had less than a tenth of its strength left, its three-headed, twelve-armed form was bizarre to begin with. Each head could launch attacks independently, and every strike of its twelve claws was lethal, carrying corrosive power that could dissolve flesh and strength. Even Lin Duo dared not meet its frenzied assault head-on.
Lin Duo sidestepped the claw sweeping toward her from the left head, twisted at the waist, and drove a vicious knee into the soft flesh of the monster's abdomen. She followed with several punches, battering its right head until it hung crookedly to one side, brain matter mixed with black blood trickling down through the gaps in its scales.
But the pain only made the monster attack more frantically. Its middle head, whose eye had been punched through, actually grew a new eyeball at a visible rate. Its shattered breastbone also slowly knit together amid surging blackish-purple demonic qi.
Yun Che narrowed his eyes and warned, "It can heal rapidly using corrosive power. We can't wear it down. We have to strike its core."
No sooner had he spoken than the monster violently shook Lin Duo off and brought all twelve claws down toward Jiang Renhua. The foul wind they stirred made the luminous stones in the passage flicker.
Rather than retreating, Jiang Renhua advanced. With a sharp pivot, Jiang Renhua swung the thick Buddhist Staff sideways, striking the neck of the monster's left head squarely. A sharp crack of breaking bone rang out, and the head flopped against its shoulder, black blood spraying all over the floor.
But before anyone could press the advantage, masses of purplish-black demonic qi surged from the break in the monster's neck. Within a few breaths, the broken neck took shape again,