The corpse they had just thrown away in haste was growing right in front of their eyes. As Han Xuhan and Mu Ran stumbled back in horror, a revolting transformation took place in that body at an unbelievable speed.
Strips of shriveled skin tightened up and ripped apart around its torso, revealing a shifting mass of bones and muscles in a barrel-like shape. Its shoulders were punctured from within as spiked outgrowths formed an armor of bones.
Its four limbs elongated and grew three times more muscular, giving the body the appearance of a quadrupedal beast. The predatory appearance was only enhanced further when its spine warped upwards, the neck ballooned into a massive pipe, and it opened an enlarged jaw spraying mucus and pus everywhere.
The corpse moved on to its four limbs and locked its sight on the two frozen young cultivators just dozens of meters away.
