Ye Fan and Tang Yuan charged at the front in fury, looking ready to flay the Bi Gu Bird alive.
Leaving aside how it had killed Fourth Uncle, they would never forgive it for the harm it had caused Ruo Shui.
Yet when everyone crossed the sand dune, they froze in horror at the scene before them.
The Bi Gu Bird was indeed not far ahead, but it had already lost all signs of life.
And its death was horrifically miserable.
It seemed to have encountered something terrifying. Its entire body had shriveled up, with not a trace of blood or moisture left within it.
At a glance, it looked like dried salted fish or cured meat.
The sight was unspeakably bizarre and chilling.
"How did this happen?"
Miao Qiuyun's face went pale from fright. Smelling the waves of rancid stench drifting from the dried-up Bi Gu Bird corpse, she felt her stomach churn with nausea.
Tang Yuan secretly sensed it out, then said in alarm, "There's a dense beast-type Fire Essence Qi lingering on its corpse."
Ye Fan continued, "Could it have run into some powerful fire-element soul beast?"
"It's more than just Fire Essence Qi!" Lu Feng frowned in thought and said solemnly, "Ordinary beast-type Fire Essence Qi could never reach this level."
After calming down, Tang Yuan said in astonishment, "It really is. This aura is actually purer and more overbearing than the Fire Essence Qi I gained after refining the Crimson Flame Python's beast core. Before it, my Fire Essence Qi seems completely insignificant."
Lu Feng nodded in agreement. Not just Tang Yuan—even the Fire Essence Qi within him, refined from Southern God Fire, felt somewhat suppressed upon sensing this aura. That alone showed how extraordinary it was.
As Heaven and Earth Profound Qi, Southern God