Huai Shi's face flickered once again. In the end, it turned into the pale side profile of Red Gloves.
From beneath the iron fork's penetration, Red Gloves lifted his hand expressionlessly, showing Guo Nu his dark gold bracer on the wrist, and on his chest... densely packed metal bombs.
Oh no... Guo Nu's eyes widened instinctively.
He had already prepared for everything, even anticipating Huai Shi's sudden counterattack. But he had not expected that Huai Shi would attach this dark gold equipment onto the bombs...
The next instant, Wrath of Ramses erupted! A blaze soared into the sky.
Following the roar of the explosion, from the ashes of the dense forest, a dark Source Substance emerged, like a venomous Snake lurking in the thorns. Mountain Ghost opened its eyes, shooting towards the enemy like lightning!
This was Yu Step, employing all remaining Source Substance, moving as fast as lightning.
Amidst the thunderous Space Break, Huai Shi stepped forward, trampling the cracked earth, raising clouds of ash and dust as he whisked past the astonished Sublimators.
The next moment, the slice mark of the Sacrificial Knife appeared on the Sublimator's neck. Blood spurted out, swirling into the gale and creating a discontinuous crimson trail.
In an instant, he was within arm's reach.
Instinctively, Zhen Sui stepped forward, shielding Lin Yu at the moment of attack, perfectly fulfilling his duty. Then, he pulled the trigger, hoping to delay the attacker even for an instant.
But Huai Shi's speed didn't slow in the slightest. He didn't dodge or evade, just advanced, letting a piercing wound gape open in his chest as he swung the Axe of Anger down fiercely.
A spray of blood soared, falling into the cauldron. Countless blood smokes and fog Snakes crazily rushed towards Huai Shi. Then, they were dragged into the fissure in his chest by the burning Mountain Ghost fire, consumed by the surging flames, and turned to ash in the furnace.
In Huai Shi's eyes, the eerie green ghost fire suddenly intensified, growing more ferocious.
Ignoring the Curse released by Lin Yu's waving hand, the Spear of Compassion condensed in his hand and thrust forward, stabbing into the crack left by Yuan Zhao amidst a thunderous noise.
It pierced instantly, ruthlessly shattering the cauldron that had been used for brewing the Magic Potion.
But it was already too late. The thick darkness exploded into a vortex, and a silver, Mercury-like sinister shadow flowed out, clearly reflecting everything around, casting a dazzling light.
Even a Sublimator rushing to protect Lin Yu was lost in the light, losing consciousness in an instant, his body decaying into dust.
With the Cursed Magic Potion as bait, a creature from Deep Hell appeared out of nowhere, greedily squirming, its smooth shell undulating like ripples, lunging at Huai Shi standing in front of Lin Yu.
Huai Shi struggled to throw the Axe of Anger, but then felt darkness engulfing his vision amid Lin Yu's sharp laughter.
The connection to the Axe of Anger vanished.
The Axe Blade was swallowed up by the squirming silver light, disappearing as if it had fallen into the Abyss. The silver light rippled under the chop of the axe, then quickly healed, becoming calm, and gradually it reflected Huai Shi's own visage.
The clearer the reflection in the silver light became, the more terrifying the allure from the mirror of silver light grew.
As if it wanted to suck in his Soul as well.
Anything caught in its light would be taken by it! Imprisoned forever.
Huai Shi tossed the Sacrificial Knife with his backhand, using his last ounce of strength, but then, as the suction slightly decreased, the Sacrificial Knife was also swallowed up.
Drinking poison to quench thirst... He only had time for one last action.
He took the flyer Little Cat had given him from his pocket.
He unfolded it.
The gradually clarifying silver light suddenly paused, the squirming Mercury vibrated violently, and in front of that flyer, the once smooth mirror surface began to tremble rapidly, yet it couldn't reflect even the simplest contour in front of the chibi avatar.
CRACK! With a sharp sound, as if a mirror had shattered, the silver light screamed. Numerous fractures appeared on it as it trembled violently. The Source Substance it had swallowed poured out, returning to Huai Shi's hands.
The squirming silver light gave a shrieking cry, abruptly contracted, and burrowed into the still lingering tiny vortex, fleeing without looking back in front of that flyer.
In the brief silence that followed, Huai Shi turned back, looked at Lin Yu's stupefied face, and cracked a smile.
"Almost forgot…" he said, "I'm a Prince, too."