Sure enough, these white stones were all products of some rare petrifying power, just like the stone powder that had encased the three Setting Sun Sect disciples earlier.
As for the long petrified furrow, it had clearly been caused by the beam of light the Yin Corpse Rat had spat out.
Even Wang Yu felt a chill creep down his back.
If he had intended to take the second-tier Yin Corpse Rat's attack head-on, instead of trapping it beforehand, and that beam had actually struck him, he could not say whether his life would have been in danger, but he certainly would not have come out unscathed.
As Wang Yu pondered this, he raised the finger that had gone numb earlier before his eyes.
A faint tingling still lingered in his fingertip.
Ever since he had fully mastered the Black Tiger Baleful Body, not only had his flesh become extraordinarily powerful, but an unending supply of transparent qi membrane enveloped his entire body. Even ordinary ranked magical artifacts could barely injure him.
Yet this petrifying power had bypassed his skin's protection and still left his finger numb, showing just how uncanny it was.
Petrifying power, as its name suggested, was the ability to turn people and objects into stone. Although the petrification before him did not transform its targets completely from the inside out, it was still a form of partial petrification that encased them externally.
Moreover, this petrifying power could numb the flesh and absorb the vital essence of people and objects, making its terrifying nature plain.
According to the texts he had studied, petrification was an extremely rare ability. Cultivators who possessed it were seldom heard of, whereas the innate abilities of several rare demon beasts did include petrifying power.
At this thought, Wang Yu began rapidly searching