Chapter 554: The Soul of Elder Eagle
Chapter 554: The Soul of Elder Eagle
Sure enough, the moment they retreated a few steps, the situation changed.Under the increasingly intense dark-blue glow radiating from the Twin-Winged Water Demon Cat, Elder Eagle’s corpse began to tremble violently. A moment later, wisps of pale white mist slowly seeped out of the body like smoke rising from freshly extinguished embers.
Normally, whenever the Twin-Winged Water Demon Cat devoured a soul, a gray spirit would be ripped from the corpse the instant that dark-blue radiance enveloped it, only to be swallowed whole in a single gulp. This time, however, only that strange white mist continued to pour from the corpse, drifting upward without forming a soul. It was something Marcus had never seen before.
"What’s going on, Marcus?" Jade asked, unable to hide the concern in her voice.
Everyone could tell something was wrong.
Marcus simply shook his head, his expression equally puzzled as he kept his eyes fixed on the corpse. "I don’t know. Stay alert."
A possibility crossed his mind. ’Could the corpse be transforming?’
As the Twin-Winged Water Demon Cat continued drawing with its soul-devouring ability, the white mist grew denser and brighter. At the same time, an astonishing amount of water-element energy spread through the chamber, so concentrated that everyone could clearly feel it washing over them.
Then the drifting mist slowly gathered together, and before their eyes, it gradually formed the vague outline of a great white eagle suspended in midair.
Marcus frowned. ’Another monster?’
Instinctively, he almost reached for an arrow, tempted to test whether Elder Eagle’s corpse would react. Before he could move, however, the enormous eagle-shaped mist suddenly spread its wings. The span stretched nearly three meters across, and for a brief instant, everyone thought they heard the piercing cry of an eagle echo through the hall.
A brilliant flash erupted, and the white radiance flooded the room, forcing everyone to narrow their eyes. As the light settled, a gray, translucent figure slowly emerged from within the eagle-shaped glow, floating silently above Elder Eagle’s corpse like a spirit formed from drifting clouds.
At that exact moment, the system notification appeared:
Ding!
[Congratulations, player Stonehaven. Your mercenary group member Wind Butterfly’s pet, the Twin-Winged Water Demon Cat, has inadvertently activated its innate soul-devouring ability and drawn out the soul of Elder Eagle, who had been trapped inside the Corpse Dream for over two thousand years and had nearly fallen into complete despair.[
So it really was Elder Eagle’s soul.
As the system notification faded, the dazzling light gradually dimmed, allowing everyone to see the spirit clearly.