Before he could react.
A black shadow flashed past.
Splat!
Blood sprayed, accompanied by the sound of flesh tearing.
Xie Fei froze where he stood.
His face showed both shock and disbelief.
Slowly, he lowered his head.
At his chest, a black, elongated object had pierced through his body and emerged from the other side.
At the same time, the black shadow's form became clear.
It was a slender black tail wrapped in pitch-black scales.
Under the moonlight, it gleamed faintly, like a jet-black whip.
And the owner of that tail was none other than Chen Fan, who had been kneeling on the ground.
Black mist curled around him, while the wounds on his body healed rapidly at a rate visible to the naked eye.
Meanwhile, Xie Fei's once full, healthy skin shriveled visibly, as though all moisture had been drained from it.
"Quick, quick... kill him. He's about to transform..."
Pain filled Xie Fei's face as he looked toward Hu Qi, his eyes carrying regret and deep unwillingness.
He seemed to regret not finishing Chen Fan off earlier, regret letting mercy take hold.
Unfortunately, there was no medicine for regret in this world.
After struggling to force out those words, his body turned into a skin-wrapped skeleton and collapsed to the ground.
Everything had happened with extreme speed, in barely two or three seconds.
With how close the two had been, even if Hu Qi had wanted to save him, it had been far too late.
"So this is what eating a living person feels like. It's truly wonderful. I was wrong—I should have listened to A Ling and done this sooner."
Chen Fan spoke slowly.
His once twisted arms had completely recovered. Not only that, a thin layer of black mist surged around him, making his entire person