Though that "Freeze" had sounded soft and lovely, it was a terrible Death Talisman. At that moment, the Horse Demon felt everything from his body to his Primordial Spirit stiffen in an instant. Even his eyeballs could not move; only his consciousness sank into boundless terror.
What terrified the Horse Demon was not being unable to move halfway through a battle with three martial artists, but the fear that an unfathomably powerful master was actually within this Human-Animal Kingdom—and was absolutely one of the righteous path.
The Horse Demon was still a great demon, often boasting before Old Ox that he was deeply valued by the Patterned Eye Demon King. Yet after a single word—"Freeze"—even the Demonic Energy throughout his body no longer obeyed him.
Where? Among this group of mortals...?
But the Horse Demon soon had no chance to think about whether there was a master or not. He had been struck by an Immobilization Technique, but Zuo Wuji, Yan Fei, and Lu Chengfeng had not. The three of them did not know the Horse Demon was in trouble, and even if they did, why would they speak of martial virtue to a demon that wanted to eat them?
Zuo Wuji advanced with his staff, judging where the demon would land as it charged down. Though the demonic aura made it difficult to see clearly, at the instant before contact, he shifted beneath his feet and crushed half a blue stone slab. His body slid sideways three steps in an instant, actually evading the demon's charge.
He dodged it? An opportunity!
"Ha—"
Amid an angry shout, Zuo Wuji's Gang Qi blazed like a rainbow. He swung the flat staff fiercely, smashing it into the demon's left cheek and ear. At that same instant, Yan Fei's wooden sword arrived from