Sumeru Heaven approached them slowly with light, graceful steps. Stopping before one of the bandits, she elegantly raised her right hand, her five fingers fluttering like orchid petals, and slowly brushed them down onto his crown. A horrifying sight unfolded. The bandit trembled violently, and within moments, his black hair turned gray, then white as snow. His youthful face passed from youth through middle age into old age in the blink of an eye. His body became like a magnet, drawing his companions behind him tightly against him, one after another. Eighteen bandits pressed together like a human centipede, their internal power flowing along the channel formed by their bodies and ultimately into Sumeru Heaven.
A faint blush gradually appeared on Sumeru Heaven's snow-white face. As more of the stolen internal power flowed into her, her complexion grew as radiant as a blossom.
The sight sent a chill through Hu Xiaotian's heart. Holy shit! Was this woman the White Bone Demon reincarnated? She was actually sucking the internal power out of living people! Was this the legendary Whale-Swallowing Art? That was seriously badass. At this rate, couldn't Sumeru Heaven become the strongest under heaven without even trying?
Eighteen desiccated corpses slowly toppled to the ground. Witnessing this, the surviving members of the Turbid Water Gang thought they had encountered a man-eating monster and were frightened out of their wits. Unfortunately, though they desperately wanted to flee, they lacked the strength. All they could do was grovel for mercy, shrieking and wailing.
Sumeru Heaven closed her eyes and drew a deep breath. When she opened them again, a faint, eerie blue light shone within them. "Anyone who makes another sound will meet the same fate," she said coldly. Her threat worked. The men hastily shut their mouths, and a deathly silence