For a moment, Yang Yi had the upper hand. The scales of victory seemed to be quietly tipping in his favor.
But looking back over the entire battle, apart from the few cracks blasted into him by the Limb Explosion Spell, the Giant Knight had suffered no substantial damage from beginning to end.
Only now did he look a little worse for wear.
Yang Yi, on the other hand... had few cards left to play. In truth, he was the one who had been driven into a corner.
"Turn up the heat! Smash him!"
Yang Yi roared, also directing the Maw of Gluttony as he charged toward the fallen Giant Knight.
Numerous nimble, flame-wreathed tongues shot out, picking up weapons by the roadside and shoving them all into his body as fuel for the burning heart.
The flames immediately surged. Even the Penitent Armor Yang Yi wore showed signs of melting. If the temperature rose any further, the armor would probably be completely ruined.
His body was also close to its limit under such intense heat. Even his Exceptional-quality tactical belt caught fire, and all the little bottles hanging from it shattered, bursting into powders of different colors.
Yang Yi charged through the cloud of powder. The Broken Iron Greatsword in his right hand was already wreathed in flames, becoming a heavy, solid greatsword of fire as he brought it crashing down toward the Giant Knight's chest.
Boom!
The force of the heavy blow cracked and collapsed the surrounding ground.
At the critical moment, the Giant Knight recovered from his pain and caught the blow head-on with his arms of blood.
"Mine! It's all mine!"
The Maw of Gluttony eagerly pressed closer, extending numerous tongues whose tips resembled straws, and began sucking up vast quantities of blood squeezed out by