“Holy hell, it’s on fire!”
“Help! We’re going to burn to death!”
“Boss, you’re not human! You’re becoming more and more like a beast, just like the master!”
The paper people screamed, frantically swatting at the flames on their bodies, but the more they swatted, the fiercer the fire burned.
The next second, they all burned to ashes.
The ashes drifted down, piling up thickly on the ground.
But before the giant tail could react, tiny heads suddenly popped out from within the ashes.
“Phew—I was suffocating!”
“Good thing I’ve trained for this!”
“Quick, quick, come out!”
New paper people emerged from the ashes, shook off the dust, and, full of vigor, stuck themselves onto the giant tail again.
“Charge!”
“For the faith of the Corpse Soul Sect!”
“For the glory of the City of the Wrongfully Dead!”
“For… for what again? No, you guys said all the good lines, what am I supposed to say?”
“Who cares, just charge!”
The paper people clung to the giant tail, some hugging, some biting, some even riding on its tip, hammering away.
“That’s for burning me!”
“That’s for scalding me!”
“Watch me crush you!”
The giant tail was enraged, and its flames surged.
Boom—
The paper people burned to ashes once more, but from the ashes, new paper people emerged again.
“Hahaha, didn’t expect that, did you?”
“I’m back!”
“Again, again!”
Batch after batch, Jian Huaishuang had lost count of how many paper people had burned.
He only saw that the piles of paper people ashes were growing higher and higher, almost forming a small mountain.
Meanwhile, the giant tail’s burn marks were continuously increasing.
Because every time a paper person burned, the Lie Sword Domain reflected a portion of the damage back.
The giant tail seemed to feel its strength draining away.
It began to attack frantically, wildly flinging flames, trying to burn all those damned paper people to cinders.
Jian Huaishuang remained hidden in the shadows, motionless, waiting for an opportunity.
On his sword blade, death qi was rapidly condensing; it was his Hidden Sword, accumulated for a long time.
Once the sword struck, blood would surely be drawn.
The giant tail grew more and more agitated, its wounds multiplying, its flames weakening.
But it still couldn’t find Jian Huaishuang’s location.
It could only frantically attack everything around it, trying to force him out.
Clusters of flames flew in all directions, igniting buildings.
Boom, boom, boom—
Flames shot skyward, and the dilapidated buildings collapsed in the fire, sending shattered stone and rubble flying everywhere.
One cluster of flames directly struck a small stone hut not far away, where several little demons who had just run past were hiding.
“Ah—!”
Screams erupted as little demons, covered in fire, rushed out, rolling on the ground; the little gecko and the little rabbit were among them.
The giant tail also suddenly changed direction, having discovered Jian Huaishuang’s position, not far behind that group of little demons.
With a flick of its tail, a towering sea of flames swept directly towards them.
Jian Huaishuang’s expression changed.
There was no time.
He had to act.
A flash of sword light.
The long-prepared Hidden Sword finally struck out.
The sword light, like a rainbow, sliced through the sea of fire, directly cutting into the giant tail.
Hiss—
A massive gash, almost severing the giant tail in two, appeared, and translucent blood spewed from the wound, hissing as it splattered on the ground.
The giant tail thrashed wildly in pain.
It no longer cared about Jian Huaishuang or the paper people, only thrashing about madly.
Clusters of flames flew in all directions, igniting everything that could burn.
One cluster of flames headed straight for the group of little demons.
The little gecko looked up and saw the flames drawing closer.
He was very close to Chen Zhou and Jian Huaishuang, only a dozen zhang away.
Seeing the raging flames approach, the high temperature instinctively filled him with fear, but the little gecko steeled himself and stood his ground, not daring to dodge.
He was afraid that if he dodged, the flames would scorch the two adults.
Though he was just a little demon, he knew that the adults fighting the giant tail were the only hope for their underground city demon race.
Even if he knew the adults were incredibly powerful, having subdued him the moment they met, and with their skills, they could surely dodge.
But what if? What if the flames brushed against them in the instant he dodged?
If the adults were injured and lost, everyone would die.
He dared not gamble.
He pushed away the little demons beside him and rushed towards the flames himself.
“Run!”
The little gecko shouted, closing his eyes.
The surrounding little demons were pushed sprawling, rolling several zhang away.
Yang Dingding saw this scene, his heart jolting with alarm and a mix of anger and urgency. Was the little kid scared senseless? Why wasn't he running!
Without a second thought, he grabbed the dried mushrooms bag from the ground and, with all his might, hurled it towards the little gecko.
The cloth bag whistled through the air, striking the little gecko’s head just before the flames.
Bang—
The little gecko was hit so hard he saw stars, sent flying sideways, rolling several zhang away.
The flames pierced through the cloth bag, instantly igniting the glowing dried mushrooms.
Firelight shot to the sky, and the dried mushrooms burned fiercely in the flames, emitting dazzling light.
The temperature of the flames was extremely high; within a ten-zhang radius, stones melted, soil melted, and the moss instantly evaporated.
Although the little gecko was sent flying, the flames still reached him.
His clothes, which barely covered him, turned to ash, and his skin charred, blistered, and burst open in the flames, revealing the bloody red flesh beneath.
But he didn't utter a sound.
He just lay there, motionless.
Gritting his teeth, enduring it.
Chen Zhou frowned; he noticed something else.
The green giant tail had suddenly stopped moving.
It just hung there in mid-air, as if staring at the burning dried mushrooms.
Staring at the dried mushrooms whose light grew dimmer and dimmer, until they completely turned to ashes.
From beginning to end, it hadn't moved.
Chen Zhou narrowed his eyes.
This thing reacts to dried mushrooms?
He didn’t have time to think further and immediately activated Withering Venom.
Venom Burst!
The countless layers of lethal poison accumulated within the green giant tail instantly detonated.
Boom, boom, boom, boom—
The giant tail violently shook, its emerald green light flickering wildly, and the eerie blue light within its body patterns visibly dimmed.
It began to struggle, thrashing wildly.
Chen Zhou simultaneously controlled a skeleton, sending it to rush over, pick up the little gecko, and run.
The other skeletons continued their full-force assault.
Bone blades rained down, lethal poison surged like a tide, and the green giant tail’s aura grew weaker and weaker.
But it still didn't move.
It just hung there in mid-air, staring at the dried mushrooms that had already turned to ashes.
Only when the dried mushrooms had burned out and the last glimmer of light vanished did it finally resume movement.
But it was already too late.
Chen Zhou unleashed another Venom Burst.
Boom—
The giant tail finally couldn’t bear it, its translucent body trembled violently, then exploded with a roar.
Countless emerald green fluorescent lights scattered, then quickly dissipated, sinking into the crack.
Chen Zhou had no time to deal with it and immediately looked to the other side.
The deep red giant tail was still raging; it was covered in wounds, but still fierce, incinerating everything in its path with sweeping flames.
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