A loud explosion suddenly erupted from Yilian's corpse. Her still-bleeding body instantly burst apart into chunks of flesh, and a violent shock wave like a mountain torrent blasted outward in every direction.
Two pieces of arm bone and three jets of blood shot straight at Han Shuo with terrifying force. In that split second, Han Shuo chanted the White Bone Shield spell as he rapidly retreated. A heap of gleaming white bones condensed into a rectangular shield one meter wide and one and a half meters long, floating before him.
Several sharp cracks rang out. Unable to withstand the tremendous impact, the White Bone Shield instantly burst into still more bone fragments. The pale bones snapped and scattered, blossoming beautifully like brilliant fireworks.
An ordinary person might never have sensed the danger in Yilian's corpse. Caught unprepared by such an attack, they would certainly have been thrown into a panic, unable to respond. But Han Shuo's spiritual perception was keen. A sudden flash of awareness crossed his mind, and he immediately detected an inexplicable force lurking within Yilian's corpse, reacting in time to retreat at full speed.
Having reached the true demon realm, Han Shuo had subjected his brain domain to brutal training. His speed in gathering and releasing mental power far surpassed that of ordinary mages, allowing him to chant the White Bone Shield spell with miraculous speed in that fleeting instant.
He retreated a dozen meters as the White Bone Shield shattered into broken bones amid dazzling white light. Against the odds, Han Shuo miraculously evaded this clearly premeditated surprise attack.
Looking back at Yilian's corpse, nothing remained but blood and shredded flesh strewn across the ground. A strong, pungent smell of blood suddenly spread through the air.
Han Shuo abruptly felt a tightness in his chest. Before