Chapter 355: Spirit Stone (I)
Roar!
A beast's roar shook the mountains and forests. The self-detonation of the half yao set off a terrifying demon essence storm. This sinister and bizarre demon essence possessed an extremely powerful corrosive effect on living beings. The ferocious beasts charging through the woods sensed the aura and scattered to avoid it.
The air was filled with violent fluctuations of demon essence qi. Lin Zheyu immediately held his breath as the golden blood qi within his body surged rapidly, restoring his injuries. His back had borne the brunt of the explosion, so the injuries there were the most severe. Fortunately, his physique was formidable. Only his skin and muscles were damaged, while his bones remained intact. Such minor wounds would have healed quickly if not for the erosion of demon essence.
"The battle consumed less than a third of my blood qi power, yet the demon essence storm from the half yao's self-detonation forced me to expend nearly half of it. What a bizarre energy."
Feeling the rapid depletion of blood qi within him, Lin Zheyu deeply understood the power and strangeness of demon essence. It was an evil force even more troublesome and uncanny than Baleful Yin force. Even Gu Ye, a Force Transformation realm martial artist, had to expend considerable effort to purge the remnants of demon essence power from her body.
Fortunately, the golden blood qi within Lin Zheyu was far stronger than ordinary blood qi. Otherwise, this situation would have been far more dangerous. Martial artists of the Marrow Refining realm possessed very few effective methods when facing demon essence, which was more sinister and powerful than Baleful Yin force.
Sizzle, sizzle.
Black smoke continuously rose from Lin Zheyu's body. The areas corroded by demon essence gradually lost their purplish hue and returned to normal. After a brief inspection, he confirmed that aside from the region on his back struck by the explosion, the other affected areas involved only the surface layer of skin. His muscles and tendons had not been touched. Beneath the skin, a thin gauze of blood qi had blocked the infiltration of demon essence.
Fortunately, this veil existed. Otherwise, restoring the corroded areas would have been far more difficult. As for his back, the explosion's shockwave had shattered his defenses, allowing demon essence to invade directly into the muscles and tendons. Around the wound, demonic patterns identical to those on the half yao began to appear.
"My physique is still not strong enough." Feeling the sinister chill spreading from his back, Lin Zheyu frowned slightly.