As if it had sensed some familiar environment, the Ruby Scepter emitted an eerie radiance.
Surging power, almost solid enough to take form, erupted outward from the ruby at its core like a howling storm sweeping through the space.
Sia's strands of hair were instantly blown up as she stood nearby, and her gaze was involuntarily drawn over.
Crimson light filled her pupils.
Chaotic thoughts exploded in her heart like ignited fireworks, instantly flooding her mind.
Compared to this violent force of contamination, Weiken's little "tricks" just now had been childish as a child's play.
Sia stared blankly at the cane gleaming with red light and the dazzling ruby embedded atop it.
The surging radiance set her eyes ablaze.
Among the few traces of self-awareness she possessed, only one thought remained at that moment.
Was this the contamination Sot usually faced?
The cane was normally tucked at his waist, as plain and unremarkable as an ordinary wooden stick.
Most of the time, Sia had not even noticed it.
She had seen Sot use this cane when dealing with the demon wolf and the officer riding it, so she knew it might be a Transcendent Item.
But she had never expected the cane to be this powerful.
The raging storm of contamination whipped up her clothes and hair, rapidly eroding her sense of self as well.
But just as the storm was about to completely swallow her consciousness, the howling gale seemed to be seized by an invisible giant hand and swiftly collapsed toward its center.
Sia felt as though the giant stone weighing on her had been shattered in an instant, and her whole body immediately relaxed.
Her consciousness returned to her body, accompanied by heavy, ragged breaths.
He Ao glanced at Sia beside him. After confirming that she was