Lei Xiaosan fell silent.
He remembered the two rat-tooth concealed weapons steeped in deadly poison, and the terrifying sight of Gray Erniang sending the Cat Rope hurtling toward him, stretched thirty feet long and shrouded in black vapor.
He tightened his grip on his sword. After a long silence, he finally said, "Mr. Cui, I won't beg for mercy."
His tone was firm, with a touch of stubbornness.
Cui Jiuyang did not look at him. His gaze remained fixed on Gray Erniang, who was struggling desperately inside the formation in the distance.
He gently raised one hand, then abruptly clenched all five fingers!
"Squelch-"
Inside the Illusion Formation, every branch growing out of Gray Erniang's body shuddered violently at once!
Then, as though receiving some command, they sprouted branches in an instant, bursting with countless sharp wooden spikes!
These withered branches pierced straight through Gray Erniang's body from within and tore her apart, impaling her alive into a withered, thorn-covered shrub standing in the woods!
Every branch rooted itself deep in her demon core, draining the last of her demonic power and vitality.
After this final killing move, Cui Jiuyang withdrew the formation.
The illusions of the Withered Wood Cage Formation vanished instantly.
Gray Erniang collapsed limply to the ground. To her horror, she discovered that none of those terrifying branches or spikes were on her body.
Yet she could clearly feel that the demonic power and vitality inside her had truly run dry, leaving her like an emptied vessel.
The rat demon lay on the cold ground, her eyes filled with resentment and venomous hatred. She struggled to lift her head and look at the young sorcerer standing nearby like a god of death.
She suddenly realized that, from this angle, the young sorcerer really did look very much