Just as Jiang Liu had expected, the black corrosive gas that entered his body this time felt much weaker than before.
This was because his body had already undergone further strengthening.
Even so, Jiang Liu still did not dare relax in the slightest.
The greatest danger lay in the organs farther inside, especially the heart, the most vital of them all.
If his heart was corroded and could not recover, he might well be left with injuries that would be impossible to heal for the rest of his life.
Forget advancing to the Third-Tier Divine Realm—whether he could even preserve his life remained an unknown.
After entering his meridians, the black corrosive gas did not corrode them until they were riddled with holes as it had before.
Instead, it flowed smoothly through the meridians before scattering directly into his various organs.
The organs that had already been corroded earlier held out for only a brief moment before immediately falling.
Clearly, even after being strengthened once, his organs still could not fully withstand the corrosion of the black corrosive gas.
Soon, the black corrosive gas coming through the various meridians began converging toward his heart.
At that moment, the Saintly Sky Art primal qi, which had always waited until after the black corrosive gas had corroded him before reacting, suddenly sprang into action and formed a ring around his heart.
Sensing this, Jiang Liu realized that it was not that the Saintly Sky Art primal qi would not protect him. It was simply that it had not sensed the presence of a threat before.
Only when the black corrosive gas began corroding his heart did it trigger the protection of the Saintly Sky Art primal qi.
Knowing the danger he faced, Jiang Liu also intensified the circulation of the Saintly Sky