When Han Shuo and Old Monster Stassom reached the space above the altar, they reached for the twelve spheres held aloft by the fleshy tentacles almost without hesitation.
Old Monster Stassom naturally went first for the sphere gleaming with the light of battle aura. Han Shuo had long since set his sights on the sphere emanating pure death element, and his body happened to descend into that area. He stretched out his large hand, and the meter-long nails formed by his Heavenly Demon blades strangely retracted, vanishing miraculously.
Just as Han Shuo's hand was about to land on that sphere, something suddenly changed. The twelve tentacles protruding from the altar, which had remained motionless all this time, abruptly began writhing wildly. Han Shuo's outstretched hand actually missed.
"Huh!" Stassom exclaimed. His body suddenly began spinning at high speed as he fixed his gaze on the battle aura sphere, his hands leaving overlapping afterimages as he kept his eyes locked on it.
The twelve sinew-like tentacles writhed like monsters. Thick green mist suddenly poured from the center of the altar, instantly spreading in every direction across the island. Han Shuo shuddered, suddenly struck by a feeling that something was terribly wrong!
At the same time, the green skin of the four five-horned aliens frozen by Tiana's cold energy crackled beneath the green mist. Their rigid bodies began trembling with creaking sounds. Along with those sounds, their sluggish movements grew faster and faster. Cold light shot from the green eyes of the two alien leaders atop the altar as they fixed their gazes on Han Shuo and Stassom respectively.
"Hurry, they've broken the seal!" Tiana suddenly cried from afar, her voice filled with urgency.
Han Shuo froze for a moment, then circulated his demonic essence faster than he ever had in his