Favor Owed to the Corpse Sect

Time flew like an arrow; the sun and moon raced by like a shuttle.

In the blink of an eye, thirteen days had passed.

Over those thirteen days, enormous changes had taken place in the Star Spirit Witch Realm.

The originally pleasant climate, which should have remained like autumn year-round—the Star Spirit Witch Realm had no four seasons—gradually underwent unusual changes as Spirit Medium Energy slowly yet steadily drained away.

The Mingshan Witch Tribe closest to the Eye of the Abyss saw the most obvious changes.

A layer of floating ice had formed atop the Witch River beneath Mingshan Witch Tribe's Witch Mountain, with shards of ice crisscrossing its surface.

The once lively river seemed to have lost its vigor.

The Witch Energy that should have been exceedingly abundant in the water had become much scarcer over the past thirteen days, as though it had evaporated. This caused large numbers of aquatic creatures that breathed Witch Energy to survive to die and float to the surface.

Many members of the Mingshan Witch Tribe lay prostrate along the riverbank. Quite a few spread their enormous wings and prayed toward Witch God Mountain above them, their hearts filled with unease and terror.

As early as seven days ago, the Mingshan Witch Tribe members had discovered that they felt exceptionally exhausted after each day's work.

Even the rabbits in the mountains would foolishly crash into trees on their own, then lie sprawled on their backs and let people pick them up. Fish in the water would also float up one after another, dying before long.

As time passed, by the eighth and ninth days, more and more witch tribe members could sense that something was missing from the air.

And it was not only the Mingshan Witch Tribe members near the Eye of