Shadow swiveled and cleaved through the portal, but it was Molly that he struck. She blocked his sword with a shield, but still lost the shield as well as the arm that held the shield.

Shadow was startled to see Molly when he was expecting Amaal. In that fraction of a second when he was piecing things together, Amaal shapeshifted back into his original form and attacked from behind and bit on Shadow’s neck.

He didn’t drink Shadow’s blood because he had no idea what would happen to him if he were to drink when Shadow was releasing black lightning. Nevertheless, the deadly bite proved highly poisonous.

Like a rat that would convulse at a king cobra’s bite, Shadow also lost the ability to control his motory functions and collapsed on the ground and began to convulse.

“My venom is stronger enough to neutralize even dragons,” Amaal proudly said. “Your neurons are slowly going to rot from the poison. The parasites in the position will slowly take over your brain. Once you’re weakened both p