Foxflower said, “Since I said this is your second repayment, I will naturally deal with them myself.”

He glanced at the strange beast. Then, a strange litany of syllables began to spill forth from his lips.

Shu He, who had transformed into the strange beast, began to roar with anger and fear. But it was clear that after absorbing the light released from the ancient tree, everything was beyond his control now.

The strange beast’s body grew once more; it was clearly exceeding its limits. Its surface began to crack as wounds opened up across its skin.

Fresh blood flowed from its eyes. The strange beast’s aura became even wilder. It lost all reasoning. All that remained there was death and destruction.

It reared back its head and roared. All of its scales suddenly flew up, tearing off from the flesh and blood below as they rose into the skies.

Each scale was like a node. They connected to each other, isolating the outside from the inside.

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