A layer of writhing muscle fibers instantly covered the blood-red skeleton.
Blood-red sinews threaded through them. Then a gaping, bloody maw filled with sharp teeth appeared out of thin air.
Amid a series of low growls, an ornate suit of half-body armor locked into place over the skeleton encased in flesh and blood.
Intricate blood-red patterns were engraved across the armor, and several sharp bone spikes extended from its back, exuding an eerie, murderous aura.
Half-body Susanoo-Crow Tengu Form!
"Yasaka Magatama!"
Su Yu gave a low shout, and the half-body Susanoo abruptly brought its armored palms together.
Three blood-red tomoe took shape in its palms, their edges sharp as blades, spinning at astonishing speed.
The next instant, Susanoo flicked its enormous hand, sending the three tomoe streaking toward Niu Gao nearby as trails of blood-red light.
Wherever they passed, their force plowed furrows through the Training Ground's hard surface.
Niu Gao's pupils abruptly widened. He could sense the terrifying power within those tomoe and dared not let his guard down in the slightest.
The phantom Armored Giant Rhino behind him abruptly solidified and released a deafening, rumbling roar.
The ground before him exploded, and an ink-black energy barrier rose from the earth, a dark sheen flowing across its surface.
"Sixth Soul Skill: Defense Barrier!"
The Armored Giant Rhino behind him gave a low roar, and a pitch-black barrier appeared before him.
Almost the instant the barrier formed, the three blood-red tomoe came whistling in and slammed into it.
Crack!
A crisp shattering sound suddenly burst through the air, and Niu Gao's proud sixth soul skill shattered with it.
The pitch-black barrier broke apart like glass, dissolving into specks of light that filled the air.
The remaining blood-red tomoe continued forward without slowing, already mere inches away.
Niu Gao's heart tightened.