Just then, Tang Wulin suddenly felt a faint warmth in his body.
That warmth first came from deep within his spine.
It was very faint.
It felt like a thread of warm current slowly spreading from the deepest part of his back.
At first, Tang Wulin barely paid it any attention.
After all, he had just endured one fierce battle after another in the Spirit Ascension Platform. The suffocation brought on by crystallization and the weakness from overusing his Golden Dragon Claw had yet to fully fade. A little strangeness in his body hardly seemed unusual.
But as they walked toward the Academy, the warmth grew increasingly distinct.
It spread from his spine to his shoulders and back, then radiated from his chest through every limb and bone.
It was nothing like the pain of breaking through the Golden Dragon King's First Seal.
Nor was it like the emptiness after his Golden Dragon Claw exhausted his soul power.
This warmth was gentle and soothing, as though his whole body were soaking in warm water. Yet at the same time, waves of intense drowsiness surged over him.
Gu Yue, who was walking beside Tang Wulin, was the first to notice something wrong.
Tang Wulin swayed slightly.
She hurriedly reached out to steady him.
"Wulin, what's wrong?"
"I don't know either..."
Tang Wulin's eyes were unfocused.
"I'm so sleepy."
With Gu Yue supporting him, he seemed to finally lose the strength to hold on. His body went limp, and he collapsed.
Gu Yue quickly caught him, letting him fall into her arms.
Wu Changkong stopped walking.
The others also noticed what was happening.
A white shadow flashed, and Wu Changkong was already before Tang Wulin, reaching out to take his wrist.
Tang Wulin had already slipped into a state of near slumber.