"One minute!"
Su Xueying bit her lip lightly, beads of crystalline sweat appearing on her forehead above her beautiful eyes.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
A great deal of dark brown aura suddenly bubbled up from the skeleton's blood-red ribs like bubbles in molten lava!
"Fierce Corpse Qi?" the Golden Dragon King cried out in alarm.
"It seems the owner of these ruins cultivated a rather peculiar technique. Something must have changed after his death. Little Yan, be careful! Although this aura isn't the evil aura of the Outer Realm Evil Clan, you still must not absorb it!" the Golden Dragon King hurriedly warned.
Terrifying Fierce Corpse Qi billowed from the skeleton's ribs in massive clouds.
Although his ancestor, the Golden Dragon King, had warned him in time, Xiao Yan had not expected the Fierce Corpse Qi to move so astonishingly fast. He inadvertently absorbed some of it.
The moment the terrifying Fierce Corpse Qi entered Xiao Yan's body, it was fiercely blocked by the Heavenly Flames. The Heavenly Flames tried to stop the corpse qi from invading further, and the two forces entered a standoff. The Fierce Corpse Qi soon sensed something was wrong and suddenly erupted within Xiao Yan's body. In almost an instant, Xiao Yan's eyes turned bloodshot, while a frenzied urge to slaughter surged from the depths of his heart, threatening to scatter his reason.
However, Xiao Yan's will was resolute. Even in such a terrifying situation, he retained a trace of clarity. He hastily circulated the Flame Mantra, relying on the fighting qi it produced and the power of the Heavenly Flames to resist the Fierce Corpse Qi invading his body. He knew that if his will were seized by the Fierce Corpse Qi now, he would likely become a humanoid puppet that knew only slaughter.
"Damn