It was not just William.
The others had also noticed that something was wrong with the battlefield.
Marquis Enwei, who had promised not to interfere, widened his eyes as much as possible. He even raised the blood vessels beneath his head, using them as signal receivers to enhance his perception.
"Hmm? The aura of this human called Zede is growing fainter and fainter. There were even several milliseconds when he had no aura at all.
"The entire battlefield is also changing toward the color of this fellow's corpse. What a strange feeling. How did he do this? Is it the effect of some illness I've never seen before?"
Without affecting the duel between the two, Marquis Enwei extended a blood vessel into the ground and slowly pushed it as close as possible to the area where the two were fighting.
Suddenly, his eyes widened. Since the blood vessel had been approaching from the ground at the edge of the battlefield, it could clearly sense changes in the geological structure. Around ten meters from Zede, the geological structure was visibly beginning to transform into the structure of a corpse.
A slightly faded patch of gray soil was brought back by the blood vessel and placed before Marquis Enwei for careful examination. To his astonishment, he discovered muscle fibers within the soil.
Cold sweat slid down the corner of Marquis Enwei's brow.
"There are no signs of any pathogenic factors. No parasites, bacteria, or viruses either... This is the overall effect brought about by the development of the flesh to a certain extreme. It has even changed the surrounding environment.
"And this extreme form of flesh is different from every fleshly powerhouse I have ever seen. It is a corpse-like body that approaches nothingness—a very unique direction of bodily development.
"The reason