Because an unknown force had landed directly upon his body.
Then his entire body turned into a cloud of blood mist.
Silence!
Everyone in the Leader's Residence fell into an eerie silence.
Some sneaked off toward other places, trying to escape.
Others looked as though their parents had died, dropping to their knees and crying out for the Leader.
Gu Yuan concealed himself as he walked through the area.
Then his gaze fell upon a "formation" surrounded by countless walls.
There was someone inside.
A person with only a trace of flesh and a skeleton left. Law power emanated from him, and his life force had yet to dissipate.
A Heaven's Chosen Trial participant.
Gu Yuan recognized the man's identity at a glance, and he could not help feeling somewhat surprised by his plight.
What surprised him even more was that, even in this state, the man had not yet drawn his last breath.
He was still alive.
His flesh was even growing back, and his internal organs were regenerating as well.
At an eerie rate of growth, the man was restoring himself to his original appearance.
"This is the first time I've seen something like this."
Gu Yuan looked at the area and could not help sighing.
His figure vanished, and in the next moment, he appeared before the man.
At this moment, the Heaven's Chosen Trial participant hovered above the ground, bound by special chains. His head had already recovered somewhat, and he was vaguely presentable, except that far too much flesh remained exposed.
Suddenly, his previously closed eyes flew open. An eerie light shone from the Heaven's Chosen Trial participant's gaze, making him look exceptionally strange.
That gaze seemed devoid of life, yet it also seemed somewhat mechanical.
It did not look like a human's gaze.
Gu