The gray-white figure stepped out of the distorted space and solidified into a "wooden man" roughly thirty feet tall, its entire body formed from countless twisted gray-white vines and woody grains that looked dried and shriveled. Its features were indistinct; only its two eye sockets held flickering tongues of cold, ghostly green flame. An almost tangible aura of withering decay radiated from it. Wherever it passed, even the thin poisonous miasma in the air seemed to "freeze," condensing into gray-white ice crystals.
Deity Transformation Stage... and an extremely unusual mutated wood spirit inclined toward the laws of death and withering? Han Li's heart grew heavy. The pressure this monster exerted surpassed that of an ordinary Deity Transformation Early Stage cultivator, and the peculiar environment here made it even harder to deal with.
"Leave... vitality... power..." The Withered Wood Evil Shadow transmitted a dry, rasping thought. Its massive body looked cumbersome, yet it moved as swiftly as a phantom. With a single step, it closed to within a few hundred feet of Han Li. An enormous palm woven from countless gnarled, withered vines slammed down upon his head, carrying gray-white force that froze vitality and rotted all things! Before the gust from its palm even reached him, Han Li felt his magic power grow sluggish, while a stabbing pain prickled across his skin as though it were being dried out.
"Just in time!"
Han Li gave a low shout and advanced rather than retreating. The Primordial Magnetic Void-Piercing Shuttle became a streak of dark-gold light, tearing through the gray-white force and stabbing straight into the Withered Wood Evil Shadow's palm! At the same time, he formed a seal with his left hand. The Demon-Devouring Myriad Filth Shield blazed with black light and swelled in the wind, blocking the space above his