Lin Feng's eyes snapped open.
Inside his body, the golden halo had completely solidified. The quality of his Slaughter Origin had increased severalfold compared to before his breakthrough.
Sovereign Second Order.
He raised his right hand. The dark-red patterns still coiled across his palm like a venomous snake gnawing on flesh.
Only, the snake no longer dared crawl forward.
Lin Feng mobilized his second-order Origin.
A golden torrent surged through his meridians into his right arm, rushing straight toward his palm.
The Devouring Mark let out a shriek.
The power entrenched deep within his flesh sensed danger and frantically retreated toward the web between his thumb and forefinger.
But Lin Feng's Origin had already sealed off its escape route.
The golden torrent pressed in from every direction, crushing the dark-red patterns one by one.
Ten breaths later.
The final trace of dark red peeled away from his palm, turning into a blood mist that evaporated.
Lin Feng clenched his fist, and feeling returned to his right hand.
Even the flesh that had previously been bitten away regrew under the nourishment of his Origin.
It had not merely recovered.
The flesh eroded by the Devouring Law had instead become tougher than before.
[Devouring Mark has been removed.]
[Residual Devouring Law fragments detected.]
[Absorb?]
"Yes."
Lin Feng forced every fragment deep into his Sea of Consciousness.
The Devouring Law was wrapped in Slaughter Origin and thoroughly refined.
The Origin within his body grew by another measure.
The instant the mark vanished, a new coordinate suddenly lit up on the system map.
[Source of Devouring Law detected.]
[Target location: northeastern region of Meteor Abyss, distance: 3,700 kilometers.]
[Target is moving.]
[Coordinates locked.]
Lin Feng stared at that point of light.
Tu Qianjue.
That madman had swallowed his flesh and left a mark inside