"Wh... what was going on?"
Li Chen hesitated for a moment, but his body instinctively flew backward, retreating to a safe distance to watch.
What was happening before him lay entirely beyond his understanding.
Li Chen soon discovered a strange barrier around the corpse that transcended time and space. When he tentatively struck it with his Thunder Whip, the attack passed straight through.
Only inches away, yet as distant as the ends of the earth!
This was an application of the Way of Time and Space!
A moment later, the light enveloping the corpse gradually faded, revealing the figure of a hideous creature with a distorted face.
His face resembled an octopus, with several tentacle-like whiskers growing from his chin, constantly curling and clawing. Sucker-like fleshy lumps bulged from his arms and shoulders, their black openings seeming to shimmer faintly with eerie blue light.
"I never imagined I would be reborn under such circumstances. Were you the one who killed Che Rong and tried to pry into my secret treasure?"
An aged, hoarse voice emerged from the creature's mouth.
"Who are you?"
Sensing the surging magic power emanating from him, Li Chen asked with a grave expression.
Such formidable energy had already reached the level of the Foundation Establishment late stage!
"Who am I?"
"Hehehehe..."
"You actually asked who I am?"
The creature glanced around, a trace of mockery on his face, and said quietly, "You're occupying my stronghold, digging up my precious ore, and you even killed my man, yet you still ask who I am?"
"Oh? Luo Changshan? I never imagined you could resurrect yourself through a method like this!"
"No, you never died in the first place. You replaced your own brain and transplanted it into Che Rong's body!"
At first, Li Chen had been puzzled by