Smoke billowed and coiled, carrying a terrifying aura that spread across the withered body.??
That aura was terrifying, seeming to possess the dreadful power to devour souls.
Blue light flickered in Qin Fengming's eyes, and a trace of astonishment surfaced in his gaze. The terrifying, rampaging smoke clearly did not originate from this withered body.
This withered human form was small and thin, seemingly consisting of nothing but skin and bones. His face was also nothing but skin stretched over bone. Had it not been wrapped in a layer of shriveled flesh, only a skull would have remained.
Although this person who had appeared looked like a corpse, a terrifying pressure of energy circulated through his emaciated body. It was the powerful pressure of a late Spirit Severing stage cultivator.
"Boom!~" A muffled explosion rang out. An even more majestic aura of corpse Baleful Intent suddenly erupted from the withered body. A mass of azure mist swept out, rolling up all the smoke surrounding his body.
With a flicker, the azure mist reversed its flow and was drawn back into the withered man's body.
The terrifying smoke containing that aura, which had just been coiling around his body, was also drawn back inside.
"That's the smoke released by the Soul Devouring Talisman."
As Qin Fengming watched the smoke being absorbed into the withered humanoid figure, deep contemplation filled his eyes. Yet in only an instant, the name of a talisman suddenly flashed through his mind.
The moment that name appeared, his entire body trembled involuntarily. He spun around and hurriedly looked toward the palm of Du Gongwan, who had by then returned to Du Shuniang's embrace.
He saw that she was currently holding a black talisman in her jade-like hand.
The talisman was pitch-black all over, as though it had