The bloodcorpse instantly shrank to regular human size, severing the arm it’d extended aboveground. It slowly rose into the air, transforming into a smear of crimson light with blood-red eyes that stared fixedly at Lu Yun.

Sugato Sword dragging in his hand, swirls of brilliant sword energy rotated around the governor as he leveled a grave gaze on the bloodcorpse.

“Dead! You’re dead!” the dread zombie within Violetgrave crowed excitedly. “The bloodcorpse is invincible once it completes its transformation. It will rival a peak aether dao immortal that even regular ones won’t be able to match.

“Doomed, you’re doomed! No one will be able to save you! Once you’re dead, Violetgrave will be unclaimed and it will bury me no more!”

Previously, it’d attempted to seduce Lu Yun into releasing it due to worries that the human would depart on the Path of Ingress. Now that the bloodcorpse had matured, there was no chance for the human to get away.

Lu Yun ignored its words and continued to stare at the bloodcorpse that was surrounded by Yueshen’s nine...