When Darkness Falls, Light the Lamp
Chapter 820

Soul loss

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"Fine, burn her skin. Such a pretty lady practitioner, and she just had to stick herself to a snake. She's going out of her way to creep people out."

Xu Lu kept babbling.

Sweat dotted his forehead. Clearly, he had failed to keep his nerves under control.

He put away the Talisman Inkstone and stood up, staring fixedly at the hole. His temples throbbed, and his veins gradually bulged.

At Zhang Yunxi's signal, Hu Jin moved to his side.

There was nothing combustible in the Tomb Chamber.

Hu Jin took some things that would burn from his bag, piled them on the ground, and lit them.

Then he held the Bronze Club at the ready to protect Zhang Yunxi.

Using the Iron Rod Hu Jin had used earlier, Zhang Yunxi lifted the corpse skin and slowly moved it over the fire.

There were clothes on the corpse skin, and they quickly caught fire.

A scorched smell filled the air, a sweet, fishy odor mingled with the savory scent of seared skin.

But an Ascended Corpse was already difficult to cut open. Even a thin layer of its skin was not easily destroyed by fire.

Zhang Yunxi stood there, continuously roasting the ankle of the corpse skin.

Finally, a few feathers at the ankle gave off faint sparks.

A hint of parched heat entered the air.

In Feng Shui terms, the corpse in a great tomb would merge with the site's Feng Shui over the years, becoming its core.

Disturbing it would affect the Feng Shui here.

As the corpse skin burned, the life force began to change.

Luo Bin stood motionless diagonally behind the Coffin.

Xu Lu stood directly in

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