The Lord of Huayin froze.

It was impossible to unleash the Dark Dazzle attack multiple times in a row. There was supposed to be a cooldown of forty-five minutes between each attack. But the increasingly dense Yin energy about the mouth of the Mechanical Beast sent a cold chill running straight down his spine. Within moments, he turned around from Hua Jieyu and dashed straight towards the Mechanical Beast instead.

I’ve got to stop them!

I can’t let them fire another shot of the Dark Dazzle again. The consequences would be unthinkable!

But as soon as he began to take off into the distance, a long flaming blade instantly cleaved down straight for his back.

“You’re courting death!!” The Lord of Huayin shrieked with rage, and his arms instantly swelled manifold, bursting right through the sleeves of his garments and revealing the pale, white skin below that was now covered in cracks. He didn’t have any nails at all. Instead, his fingertips had completely transformed into a terrifyingly sharp edge. He swung his hand back with great ferocity in an instant.

Ungh! A loud, muffled grunt came from behind, but he didn’t even turn to look at the damage his callous attack had caused. Instead, he dashed straight for the Mechanical Beast as quickly as his feet would take him.

Mythic Palace of Reflections… That’s the foundation of the entire Shanhai Pass. If we lose it, we’d be no different from drifting flotsam in the waters once more!

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