Forbidden Power

The terrifying supernatural phenomenon continued.

The procession passed by Jiang Qiao one after another, neither looking at him nor making any unnecessary movements.

They ignored him, yet continued exerting an influence on him.

It made him struggle to control himself, desperately wanting to follow behind the procession and travel with it to some unknown destination.

At the same time.

Jiang Qiao's physical body was also aging at an accelerated rate.

Wrinkles, nasolabial folds, and marionette lines visibly appeared on his cheeks. Age spots became increasingly distinct, while his hair receded like the tide, turning gray and white.

This was the consequence of having his lifespan taken away.

He now looked like a sixty- or seventy-year-old man.

It was extremely bizarre.

Moreover, even if he fled immediately, after having his lifespan stripped away, he would most likely only be able to live with an old man's body from then on.

Perhaps supernatural power could keep him from dying.

Just like those Awakened whose physical bodies were almost completely rotten, yet who could still leap around full of life.

Or perhaps.

Some miraculous power could restore his youthful appearance. For example, that woman called Yang Xue was over a hundred years old, yet possessed the body of a sixteen-year-old girl.

However.

One's vital energy could not lie.

No matter how Yang Xue concealed it, that faint vital energy of extreme old age could never be changed.

This was something difficult to reverse.

A person's lifespan was limited.

Just because supernatural power made one look younger did not mean one could live forever.

Supernatural power itself was also a slow-acting poison.

While preserving one's life and youth, it would also erode one's body and consciousness. Once one had to rely completely on the supernatural to maintain one's life, one's life would begin its