Amid a string of agonized screams, the Star Gu swiftly broke through every expert's spiritual energy shield and burrowed into their bodies. In an instant, the battle stopped, and all the Yang Family experts fell to the ground.
"Bastard, what exactly did you do to us?" a burly man roared from the ground. The others stared at Huo Hai with eyes full of resentment, grief, and fury. By now, Huo Hai had stopped and stood with his sword sheathed.
"What did I do? Don't you already know? You should be grateful I didn't kill you." The Star Gu that had burrowed into their bodies had not taken their lives, but Huo Hai would not let these fellows off lightly either. Following a special sense, the Star Gu had reached the nodes of their spirit veins, then viciously bitten through those veins one by one.
Their spirit sources remained intact, but with their spirit veins destroyed, they dared not use their spiritual energy for the time being. Given the severity of the damage, even if they received treatment after returning, they would never regain their current strength for the rest of their lives.
Even keeping their combat strength from dropping an entire level would be extremely difficult. Moreover, this had cut off any possibility of further cultivation. The Star Gu's spiritual energy was exceptionally pure, and once it clung to their spirit veins, not just anyone could dispel it.
If these people wanted to return to normal, they would have to invite a Spirit King Realm expert to personally spend time and effort clearing the foreign spiritual energy from their bodies. Only then would they have a chance of recovering their combat strength. But where would the Yang Family find a Spirit King? Other Spirit King Realm experts would not casually