"I was careless."
Lu Li frowned deeply, staring fixedly ahead.
After the Demon Cocoon burst open, a mass of blackish-red matter remained inside.
It kept writhing, as though searching for something.
A Parasite Demon!
Relevant information surfaced in Lu Li's mind.
Being contaminated by Demon Qi did not merely inflict Players with the negative effect "Demon Qi Erosion."
Once the "erosion" reached a certain level, contaminated targets would transform into Demon Cocoons and hatch into all manner of demons.
The Parasite Demon was one of them.
But what Lu Li could not understand was that the Sakura woman had clearly already been killed. Why had she still transformed into a Demon Cocoon?
"She seemed to have said she used an item earlier. Could it have been Corrupted Essence?"
At that thought, Lu Li's vigilance rose several more levels.
If this Parasite Demon had truly been catalyzed by Corrupted Essence, it would be far more troublesome than ordinary demons.
It was not because its combat strength was particularly formidable.
Rather, it was because this type of demon came with a powerful Pollution Aura.
It was like a toad crawling onto your foot—not enough to bite you, but disgusting enough to make your skin crawl!
Without the support of a Holy talent, engaging it rashly could very easily lead to "Deep Erosion," irreversibly turning one into a Demon Cocoon.
And it would not only affect Lu Li himself.
Even those Soul Soldiers would be affected!
Once their "Demon Qi Erosion" reached a certain degree, they would break free of control and become independent existences similar to shadow monsters.
Lu Li had suffered from this in his previous life and lost a hundred high-level Soul Soldiers because of it.
He had only managed to build up this small foundation after being reborn. He