The Corpse Reanimated

Just as Dong Xuanji was muttering to himself, a sudden commotion erupted.

"The corpse has changed!"

Accompanied by that shrill cry, every gaze turned toward Xia Zimo's corpse, lying beneath the ground inside the shroud of light.

Fine, ornate patterns had appeared on Xia Zimo's snow-satin neck, and a tuft of colorful, downy feathers had grown from her back.

"A monster! It's a monster!"

"Impossible! She was clearly human. How could she be a monster? If she is one, then she must be a great monster at the very least, in the Illusionary Form Stage!"

"No, it's that Mysterious Monster—the one from the Monster-Seizing Battle that went missing!"

"My heavens, it really is that monster! It took on human form while only in the Sapience Stage. A Mysterious Monster like this is beyond rare!"

"..."

The whole scene erupted into an uproar.

Xu Yi was stunned, too. He had never expected such a turn of events. A tremor stirred in his heart, along with a sliver of hope. Any change was better than none.

"Hahaha... The heavens have eyes! Heaven has not forsaken my Great Yue. It has bestowed upon us such a rare treasure!"

Wang Xuanji threw back his head and howled. The cool, aloof look vanished from his face as he shot toward Xia Zimo like a streak of lightning.

Xu Yi's expression turned cold. He steeled himself and clenched his teeth.

Wang Xuanji rushed up in an instant and pressed his palm into the air. A gray orb the size of a man's embrace formed in his hand and shot toward the light barrier like a meteor trailing fire.

With a thunderous boom, waves of force surged everywhere, but the light barrier showed almost no damage.

"Interesting. You even managed to trick them out of this array