The sudden turn caught everyone watching, openly or from the shadows, off guard.
They had expected an evenly matched back-and-forth, but in the end, one Blood Fiend had actually swallowed the other!
Did that make any sense?
And that wasn't even the most terrifying part.
The most terrifying part was that the Corpse Devourer seemed to have gained the Profound Pass Corpse Lord's abilities after swallowing him!
Although he had only inherited the black mist ability, it pointed to one thing.
If they didn't deal with this Blood Fiend and let him keep devouring others, he might truly grow toward the realm beyond Blood Fiend: Calamity.
Under the current circumstances, the appearance of a Calamity would all but guarantee that Cangzhou Prefecture would become a Ghost Domain.
With an Incense-Burning Heir present, they might have been able to suppress a Calamity.
But as things stood, an Incense-Burning Heir was scarcely different from an ordinary person. Besides, the members of the Incense-Burning Chen Family had already secretly left the Cangzhou Prefecture City area.
As for the Blood Incense Path?
If they were willing to deal with a Calamity, they would never have released the Corpse Devourer.
Once he realized this, Yan Nangui, who had remained hidden all this time, could no longer stand idly by.
He stamped both feet against the ground and settled into a horse stance.
With a sharp clap, he pressed his palms together, and eerie black markings began appearing on his body.
These markings were called Spirit Medium Marks.
Yan Nangui was a Spirit Medium. After joining the Demon-Suppressing Bureau, he had chosen only Ghost Body Manifestations that strengthened his physical body.
He hadn't done so to pursue Body Refinement, but because he needed a powerful body to imprison the ghost within him.
Ever since obtaining his