When a spirit body shattered into fragments, it was not necessarily a death sentence. But if it wanted to reverse the damage, it could no longer spare attention for anything else. It had to rapidly absorb power from every possible channel. Yet all the shattered spirit body could use at present was this shell, which had already been basically drained dry.
In an instant, Long Bei's shell continued to shrivel rapidly, its bones and muscles contracting as his entire body shrank by two sizes and curled into a ball, dead beyond doubt. Then countless twitching root systems rapidly emerged from the withered corpse, followed by shoot after tender shoot. Soon, pale green twigs and leaves covered the entire body.
But that lush green did not last long. It quickly withered and fell away, leaving only a faint trace of green that barely poked out through Long Bei's twisted, open mouth—and even that was turning yellow and dry.
Even Ang Tun, widely experienced as he was, felt his scalp tingle at the sight. "So it really is a blade of grass that became a spirit?"
Mei Zhu said softly, "It looks much weaker now. It may no longer be capable of leaving its body and possessing another, but to be safe, it should still be isolated and sealed."
As he spoke, he and Ang Tun both looked at Tang Li again, their expressions complicated.
Tang Li gave an "Mm." By then, the High-Energy Center Enforcement Squad that had rushed over in support came rumbling in wearing Exoskeleton Armor, but they were only here to clean up. The most critical part had already been completed. Strictly speaking, none of the people present had done it. They had borrowed the power of the "Blood Moon Hook" three blocks away.
"Tsk, the 'Blood Moon