At that moment, the array patterns on the altar lit up one after another. In an instant, they shot out streams of blood-colored light, forming a blood-red lotus in the air.
The blood-red lotus spun round and round, then a ray of light fell upon Yan Chihuo.
The moment the abnormality first arose, Yan Chihuo had known something was wrong. He spread his wings to fly, only to find a tremendous suction force coming from behind him. He could not advance even a single step and was left frozen in midair.
When the light released by the blood-red lotus landed on him, Yan Chihuo's vision blurred. In the blink of an eye, he was on the altar.
The blood-red lotus descended from the air and wrapped Yan Chihuo within it before sinking into his body. Blood-red lotus patterns immediately covered his body.
Yan Chihuo felt his entire body held tightly in place; he could not move even a finger. Then an exceedingly strange force invaded his body.
Wherever this force passed within him, he felt as though that part of his body no longer belonged to him, beyond his control. Yan Chihuo was shaken to the core. So this is how those puppets were made! Who set up this formation? It's actually this formidable!
But the more formidable the formation was, the more dangerous Yan Chihuo's circumstances became. He circulated his magic power to resist it, only to discover that this strange force could convert his magic power, making itself even stronger instead. Terrified, he hurriedly stopped resisting with magic power.
Fortunately, Yan Chihuo possessed an Undying Body. The strange force turned him into a puppet, while his Undying Body restored his flesh. Yet his Undying Body consumed magic power, whereas that strange force was ceaseless and inexhaustible.
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