As Qiao Qing watched Chen Chong drain the Rift Essence in one gulp, her delicate, ethereal oval face turned deathly pale.
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Zhou Xi, who was hiding behind the others in the distance, also paled slightly. She instinctively stepped toward Chen Chong, seemingly ready to rush over.
But she immediately stopped, fixing her gaze on Chen Chong with a thoughtful look.
What strange thing haven't I eaten?
Chen Chong had intended to say that, but once the Rift Essence slid down his throat, his thought immediately changed to, I really haven't eaten this before.
The seemingly transparent liquid in the Purple Bowl turned into gas in an instant. Rather than drinking the essence, Chen Chong felt as though he were inhaling mist, drawing the Rift Essence into his stomach.
But the mist changed again as it entered his stomach, seemingly losing even its form and substance. Chen Chong suddenly lost all sense of its mass and could feel only the energy within it.
In an instant, the stuff had become pure energy.
This was Chen Chong's first encounter with pure energy. Previously, he had absorbed energy through various high-energy potions, medicines, and the like, which involved digesting a physical medium. Yet the Rift Essence existed in an extraordinarily unusual form that could convert directly into energy.
But that did not mean it was easy to absorb.
Quite the opposite: the Rift Essence that converted directly into energy was intensely fierce, even violent. The impact after it entered Chen Chong's body
was no weaker than a powerful enemy's all-out strike, passing through the surface of his body straight into his internal organs, and even deeper within them.
Chen Chong's face instantly flushed a purplish red. He now understood why Qiao Qing had shouted "Don't!" with such alarm.
This was effectively drawing