Chapter 5833

Sheldon and the other sect members had long since scurried to the far edges of the battlefield. They watched, trembling, twin fires of dread and-yes-rising hope flickering in wide eyes.

Their lord appeared, unbelievably, to hold the upper hand.

Minute by minute, the weight on Jared’s shoulders grew heavier, his breaths shorter, his swings a shade slower than the instant before.

Soul Devourer’s cultivation ran deep as night. His demonic essence seemed bottomless, and his veteran cunning allowed him to spear through the tiniest gap whenever Jared shifted style.

Worse, every black-green ripple of the demonic technique carried a whispering soul attack that kept scratching at Jared’s mind, dulling focus, bleeding will.

The very quality of that essence was poison-part devourer, part decay-chewing at Jared’s chaotic celestial energy so that his losses dwarfed the enemy’s.

The Chaotic True Flame burned hot and proud, but heat alone could not erase the cliff that lay between a peak Human Immortal and a peak Heavenly Immortal.