Chapter 366: The Great Xuan Emperor
In that moment, the Crimson Cloud Evil Spirit looked down at his hands in horror, finding that at some unknown point a network of reddish-black vein-like lines, branching like roots, had appeared across them.
Those lines were devouring the blood energy and true qi within his body, and were spreading at terrifying speed up his arms and toward the rest of his body.
At the same time, his arms were visibly growing withered and rigid before his eyes, with even the meridians within his limbs rapidly drying up.
The Crimson Cloud Evil Spirit strained with everything he had to circulate the true qi in his core and meridians, trying to drive out the web of reddish-black lines. But no matter how hard he tried, he could not stop them at all. If anything, the true qi he circulated was simply devoured by the lines, making their spread even faster.
The Crimson Cloud Evil Spirit's complexion changed sharply. He snapped his head toward Crown Prince Zhao Kuang beside him, only to find the man completely unaffected, showing no sign of anything similar happening to himself.
He then quickly shifted his gaze to Zhao Muning and Li Musheng, and found both of them equally normal, without any sign of trouble.
Finally, the Crimson Cloud Evil Spirit's eyes landed on the Grand Manager of the Treasure Assembly Trading House nearby. His eyes gradually went red, "Why is even he unaffected?"
At those words, the Grand Manager went momentarily blank, then stole a glance to the side and caught sight of the strange change on the Crimson Cloud Evil Spirit's hands.
"You are finished. That is the Corpse-Devouring Demon Root. Within the time it takes to burn one stick of incense, it will drain you into a dried husk."