[A thought flashed through your mind like lightning!]
[This is bad!]
[The Devil Lord of All Living's voice rang out abruptly: "...Get away, now!"]
[Lord Purple Mountain frowned and soared into the air. The lightning around him instantly formed a pair of dazzling wings, carrying him to your side as swiftly as wind and lightning.]
[Jade light flowed through your eyes. You saw the dried corpse's withered hands clamp firmly around True Person Nine Yang's and Ao Ming's arms.]
[Those hands were as shriveled as sun-dried sheepskin, without a trace of life.]
[In a flash of lightning!]
[Ao Ming instantly assumed his hundred-zhang dragon form. Golden liquid surged through True Person Nine Yang's bones and sinews like molten lava, and their strength skyrocketed!]
[Yet the dried corpse let out a vicious shriek that shook heaven and earth. Its soundless wave made everyone's Divine Soul falter!]
[You saw a black vortex rapidly expanding beneath the dried corpse's feet, like an abyss opening its vast maw.]
[Dragging True Person Nine Yang and Ao Ming with it, the dried corpse twisted and dissolved like ink spilled across water, merging with the black vortex!]
[Lord Purple Mountain's pupils contracted. "The Heavenly Emperor can use divine abilities while completely insubstantial? That... how is that possible?"]
[True Person Nine Yang's and Ao Ming's expressions changed drastically, but the spreading black vortex had already engulfed them.]
[Danling, the Heavenly One, and the Devil Lord of All Living were also caught in the vortex. As though trapped in a mire, they felt a tremendous spatial force sweep over them.]
[In an instant, all five were swallowed and vanished!]
[The black vortex disappeared. The dried corpse's sacklike, twisted body turned solid again and reappeared.]
[Then another vortex opened, and a figure was thrown out—]
[The woman wore an amethyst