The Miasma of the Devouring Magician

"Th-thank you!"

Once they realized the danger had passed, Lin Qihui and Zhou Donghao slumped to the ground. The terrified expressions had not yet left their faces; they were clearly still shaken by how close they had come to dying at the hands of the Rock Golem.

Tao Jing managed to steady herself and said to Lingling and Dongfang Chen, "Little sister, Senior Dongfang, thank you so much for helping us just now."

"You're welcome. Since I ran into juniors from my academy out here, of course I'll look after you as a senior and fellow alumnus," Dongfang Chen said.

He casually took out a healing pill and handed it to Tao Jing.

"It's for your injuries. It works quickly."

"Thank you."

Tao Jing took the pill from Dongfang Chen and swallowed it.

Soon, the countless tiny wounds covering her body began healing at a visible rate.

"Dongfang Chen, come take a look! There's something strange about this Rock Golem's corpse."

Lingling called out from the other side.

She had shattered the Rock Golem with her Eight Extremes Burst, leaving its massive body in pieces across the ground.

But when Lingling turned over the rubble, she uncovered a thin, middle-aged woman.

"There was actually a living person inside this Rock Golem. That's strange."

Lingling glanced at the thin woman and saw that she had only fainted.

"Was she swallowed by the Rock Golem?" Tao Jing asked as she came over, her injuries healed.

"Doesn't seem like it," Lingling analyzed. "If she'd been swallowed, my attack just now would probably have injured her too. But she hasn't suffered any serious external injuries. She looks more like she was wrapped in rock."

"She's lost a lot of her life force. The Rock Golem probably didn't look like this originally. It must have