Under the Soul-Destroying Finger's assault, the cracks in the bizarre creature's body deepened. It tried to counterattack several times, but could not break free of the technique's suppression.
Finally, it collapsed unwillingly to the ground.
Its corpse immediately vanished, leaving behind only a green eyeball and several pieces of skin resembling old tree bark.
Chen Lin had long since ceased to find such things strange.
He first cleared the abnormal energy from his body, then took precautions and stepped forward to investigate.
After confirming that nothing was wrong, he picked up the remains.
The "tree bark" looked hard, but was actually soft and extremely tough. It was simply rather thick, unlike normal skin.
It was also covered in cracks, so it probably had little use left. At the very least, it could not be used to refine a precious tool.
The eyeball, meanwhile, had crystallized.
It was very smooth.
It looked like an oversized green pearl.
He tried activating it with internal energy, without success. When he switched to soul energy, it reacted slightly.
But the reaction was still faint.
Unable to determine its purpose for now, Chen Lin put it away and continued toward the Top Hat Building.
He remained on high alert the entire way.
However, he encountered no further attacks and reached the building without incident.
"Who goes there!"
As soon as he approached, a low voice rang out, carrying a faint trace of killing intent.
Chen Lin immediately stopped.
After a moment's thought, he said, "I'm a guest elder of the Yan Lineage. I've just arrived from elsewhere and don't know what happened here. Is Yan Li here?"
"How can you prove that?"
The voice questioned him again.
Chen Lin took out the token Yan Li had given him last time.
He tossed it straight over.