Lu Feng and Jiang Ruoyun sensed the same anomaly. At that moment, the spiritual energy within their bodies became extraordinarily sluggish and heavy, as though it were about to freeze.
To be precise, it was the Earth Element Qi within them!
Swept by that inexplicable warmth, it felt like flour meeting water—muddy and sticky.
Lu Feng instinctively circulated the Wood Element Qi in his body to resist the sluggishness, and only then did it ease somewhat.
Seeing Tang Yuan standing there in stunned disbelief, he swiftly grabbed him and pulled him behind himself, then shielded Jiang Ruoyun and Ruo Shui as they retreated.
At the instant they withdrew, they could clearly feel the eyes of those bizarre snakes and pythons turn several shades redder, while the sluggishness surged sharply.
Ordinary Wood Element Qi likely could not have withstood this stagnation rooted in Earth Element Qi. Fortunately, Lu Feng's Wood Element Qi had been enhanced by the Eastern Soul Wood, its grade far surpassing the ordinary kind, allowing him to hold back this stagnant force.
Only after everyone had retreated more than twenty or thirty meters did their bodies gradually begin to lighten.
The pain on Ruo Shui's face slowly subsided as well, but her aura grew ever weaker, leaving her barely clinging to life.
"What's going on?" Zhu Yizhong asked, somewhat dull and confused.
Tang Yuan looked at him in surprise. "How are you completely unaffected?"
Zhu Yizhong blankly replied, "It's not that I'm completely unaffected. I just feel like my body has gotten much heavier."
Lu Feng had already figured it out by then. "He has no Earth Element Qi in his body, so this bizarre stagnation affects him far less. Moreover, the Fire Essence Qi granted by his Five Elements Pure Fire Body is of considerable quality. To