When I saw my hands turn into two pitch-black octopus tentacles, a sudden buzz exploded in my head.
Stunned, I raised both hands.
Although my hands no longer had fingers, the two tentacles were just as nimble as my hands had been.
They bent however I wanted, writhed however I wanted...
"Holy shit, did I really get fucking infected?"
I stared wide-eyed at my mutated hands and blurted out in shock.
Now I could be absolutely certain: the red Great Fiend had contaminated me in the Intent Realm space beneath the Li Si Stele.
And this infection clearly originated in the spiritual world, the mental domain, rather than my physical body.
It seemed the strange dreams I'd had over the past two days were closely connected to the contamination of my hands.
As shock gripped my heart,
Xie Jinghong, standing opposite me, also regained his composure.
"Good, good, good. To think I'd stumble upon your true nature, you evil monster.
"Since you've fallen into my hands, I'll carry out heaven's justice today and slay you in this spirit realm..."
With that, he lunged at me.
"Die, you evil monster!"
He raised his hand to strike.
"Spirit Realm Palm!"
As he spoke, his palm came slashing toward me. The strike carried an extraordinarily intense wave of pressure, whipping up gusts of fierce energy within this mental domain.
But he wasn't very fast. It seemed even he couldn't move freely inside his own spell.
Compared with his speed and strength outside, in the real world, he was on an entirely different level.
I, however, was completely unaffected.
Seeing his palm slash toward me, I raised my hand and lashed out with a tentacle.
In an instant, black mist churned, and the tentacle cracked through the air like an enormous whip. It was