Chapter 57: Recovery and Realization
He could hear Heo Taegeon calling his name, and he desperately tried to respond, but his lips wouldn’t even tremble.
"Give me the Gluton Beast’s body. We need to take it back for examination and warn the other villages—ouch!"
Without thinking much of it, Heo Taegeon reached out to take the corpse, but the moment he touched it, an immense force erupted from the Gluton Beast’s body and sent him flying.
Fortunately, the other villagers reacted quickly and caught him before he hit the ground.
Heo Taegeon barely managed to steady himself, then gaped at Bok Taejin in shock. "W-What... What’s going on with Taejin?"
Second Uncle snapped out of his deep thoughts and turned to Bok Taejin, his frown deepening.
At that moment, Bok Taejin felt the outside world growing more distant.
His consciousness was being pulled inward—toward his dantian.
The Taiji Diagram in his dantian spun faster and faster, nearly forming a vortex that sucked in all of his life and death energy.
Most of his vitality had already been absorbed, yet it still wasn’t enough.
Meanwhile, the death energy was running rampant through his body, eroding his meridians, muscles, and organs—rapidly aging his once-young body.