The battle had quickly turned one-sided.
Shuan's breath came out heavy and ragged as he staggered backward.
The two 2nd Order Sentient Bloodfiends stood a few meters away, their glowing green eyes fixed coldly on him. Their rugged bodies gleamed faintly, covered in both Spirit and Qi-based Essence Equations that pulsed like veins.
Unlike the lower-ranked Fiends, these two had been made for true combat — their movements sharp, fluid, and almost human. They both had subroutine Neural Link Fabric embedded in their flawed and fragmented souls, which made them even more lethal and cunning.
Shuan swung his hand and summoned a blade of compressed wind, sending it slicing toward them. But one of the Bloodfiends simply raised its arm, coating it with red Spirit essence before blocking the attack head-on. The wind blade shattered with a loud crack, leaving only a gust of air behind.
