Xiaoju stood rigidly in place as her body began to fluctuate strangely.
One moment, her entire body burned, giving off searing heat;
the next, she was cold as ice, white frost forming all over her.
Two utterly different forces fought madly within her, colliding as they vied for control of her body.
The sight of her suffering was alarming.
Yet this strange stalemate lasted only three short minutes.
Three minutes later, a sudden change erupted!
A great, pitch-black mass, its precise shape impossible to make out, suddenly surged frantically out of Xiaoju's body, flowing along her blood vessels and meridians toward her hands.
Once these black things reached her hands, they did not stop. They burst straight through her skin into the air!
They were countless, minuscule Corpse Worms!
The cell-sized Corpse Worms clustered densely into a pitch-black mass, writhing and churning in the air as they gave off a nauseating stench of decay.
Just looking at them made one's scalp crawl and stomach churn.
"These are... Corpse Worms!"
Yang Yong's heart jolted as he recognized the culprits behind countless people's mutations.
He immediately shouted, "Xiao Xuan!"
In fact, Xiao Xuan needed no reminder from Yang Yong. She had already been standing guard nearby, fully prepared.
At his shout, brilliant golden light instantly flared around her hands.
Her iron fists shone like two blazing lightbulbs, radiating Buddhist light that purified all things eerie.
Without the slightest hesitation, Xiao Xuan directed the light straight at Xiaoju's hands, from which the Corpse Worms were pouring!
"Sizzle..."
A piercing sound like meat frying instantly rang out, accompanied by an intense stench like rotten eggs that spread through the air.
The pitch-black Corpse Worms let out shrill screams the instant the golden light struck them.
Like ice and snow meeting a raging fire, they