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Boom!
The spinning fireball exploded among the abnormal demons, the flames that shot up to the sky submerged the Evil Ghost Stone's spawn and a large swath of monsters.
But when the flames fell, what was seen was not ashes but countless tentacles clinging together.
Like squid, the abyssal demons interlinked with each other, blocking this attack, their bud-like bodies attached to a giant web, wriggling toward a certain point in the center.
In Rod's vision, their souls were tending to merge, the core being that of the spawn of the Evil Ghost Stone, its soul's dark ripples gradually spreading to all the monsters, even extending outward.
"Not good! The abnormal demons are fusing! The spawn of the Evil Ghost Stone has sensed a fatal threat and initiated the blind ritual!"
All expressions on Soron's face knitted together.
"Why is this happening? The time is far from right, we're still in an invisible state, without having struck yet..."