"It was the Supreme Ghost Stele," Huang Xiao said.
"The Supreme Ghost Stele?" Huo Lian asked, frowning.
"Yes. At the time, the Supreme Ghost Stele was sucking away my essence blood, and I couldn't stop it at all. Very soon, I died from having my essence blood drained dry-well, I should say I lost consciousness," Huang Xiao said. "I thought I was certainly going to die, but unexpectedly, my Divine Sense recovered later, and some of my depleted essence blood was restored. Only afterward did I discover that this essence blood had been sent back by the Supreme Ghost Stele. Although I don't know what exactly happened, it was thanks to the Supreme Ghost Stele that I came back to life."
"Impossible. Absolutely impossible!" Feng He shouted. "I've studied the Supreme Ghost Stele for so many years, yet I've never discovered that it could bring someone whose essence blood has been exhausted back from the dead. Absurd!"
Feng He still could not believe Huang Xiao's account.
Never mind Feng He-even Huo Lian was skeptical.
"I'm very puzzled myself, but I came back to life just like that. I probably had half my essence blood left at the time," Huang Xiao said.
"Half your essence blood?" Huo Lian looked at Huang Xiao and carefully sensed his condition. "Your essence blood is plentiful now. Hmm?"
At this point, Huo Lian's expression changed slightly. "Your essence blood is draining away?"
Hearing Huo Lian exclaim this, Feng He's expression changed, and he hurriedly examined Huang Xiao's condition as well.
"You brat, you've practiced the Blood Exhaustion Method?" Feng He asked, somewhat surprised.
Huo Lian's arrival had drawn his attention, and for a while, he had not examined Huang Xiao's condition closely, so he had failed to sense some of these subtle changes.
"The Blood