Inside the town.
Jiang Qiao had only taken a few steps when he stopped again.
Several wild dogs had somehow appeared by the roadside.
They crouched ahead, blocking the way.
Their blood-red eyes stared at Jiang Qiao.
"Dogs?"
"These dogs have such heavy Ominous Qi. They're Painted Skin too. They wear dog hides on the outside, but inside are those infants."
"Heh."
Jiang Qiao saw through the dogs' true nature at a glance.
The dog hide was merely an outer shell.
Their bellies were stuffed with shattered Monster Infants, and they seemed to feed on them.
But that wasn't important.
Because he knew the dogs were merely a medium.
Someone wanted to use them to perform some kind of technique.
"Interesting."
He did not stop them.
Nor did he attack.
He wanted to see whether the Evolvers of the Nether Era could use Supernatural Means different from those of later generations.
"Could those be Corpse-Guarding Dogs?"
Zhao Qian controlled the Puppet Person from far away, observing the movements around Jiang Qiao.
When the wild dogs emerged,
his expression immediately changed.
Corpse-Guarding Dogs!
His hushed exclamation caught the attention of the young man beside him. The young man had not been controlling the Puppet Person, so he naturally could not see what was happening outside. But the words "Corpse-Guarding Dogs" sounded vaguely familiar, as if he had heard them somewhere before.
He promptly asked, "Father, what are Corpse-Guarding Dogs?"
"Corpse-Guarding Dogs..."
Zhao Qian glanced at his son and said quietly, "Corpse-Guarding Dogs are evil spirits of the wilderness. They haven't appeared for many years. It is said that they feed on consciousness."
"They don't care whether it belongs to a human, an animal, or an evil spirit."
"As long as it has consciousness,"
"they will target it."
"They block the