The Eternal Life Society again

The old woman's explosion had not been a self-detonation.

In fact, immortal cultivators who had not reached at least the Nascent Soul Stage could not self-detonate at all.

Yet that muffled pop had come from inside the old woman's body.

Could she have swallowed a bomb? But if so, why had her expression been so relaxed and peaceful, her face still looking so kind?

Zhang Hongxing had no time to think it through.

The third old woman had already entered. The scene was about to repeat itself, and this explosion could very well be ten times more powerful than the last.

Zhang Hongxing charged straight at her, unleashing half the Immortal Essence Power in his body.

The Immortal Essence Power instantly formed a barrier, enclosing the old woman completely.

A barrier formed solely from Immortal Essence Power could not compare in strength to a shield reinforced with an inscribed array formation.

But with half his Immortal Essence Power poured into it, it was still enough to withstand an explosion ten times stronger.

Pop.

That familiar sound came again. This time, Zhang Hongxing was not the only one who heard it. The nearby police officers immediately threw themselves backward and hit the ground.

Yet the explosion never came.

Instead, a dense cloud of dark green gas filled the spot where the old woman had stood.

This one was actually a poison-gas bomb.

Had he known, Zhang Hongxing would never have wasted half his Immortal Essence Power.

But now was not the time to worry about that.

Under Zhang Hongxing's control, the Immortal Essence Power swiftly gathered all the poisonous gas inside the old woman into a ball and stripped it from her body.

He acted so quickly that the old woman was not quite dead yet.

To keep her alive for