Mystic Scale trembled violently, his knees cracking the bluestone floor into a spiderweb of fissures. The gill slits on his throat flared uncontrollably, spewing a foul, bloody foam.
"Penglai Pavilion's Sea Guardian Envoy, Mystic Scale?"
Xu Yunfan stepped forward slowly. With every stride, unrefined Exotic True Qi seeped from his pores.
A wisp of crimson Dragon Tiger Gang Qi had just escaped from a gap between the shifting leaves of his Dragon Scale Armor when he snatched it with a backhanded grab, crushing it back into his body as if it were a living thing.
Mystic Scale watched in horror as the forcibly contained True Qi transformed into slithering serpents of light beneath Xu Yunfan's skin, only to be completely digested in an instant.
Xu Yunfan's gaze was electric as he sized up the prostrated Mystic Scale with great interest.
The merman's ten-foot-tall frame was trembling, and his battle-form, clad in Deep Sea Xuan Iron Scale Armor, emitted a series of faint clicks.
