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This beast's form is neither dragon nor tiger; its head is lowered and its fangs are as sharp as swords. Even though it has been dead for a long time, it still exudes a chilling aura.

Its enormous size almost blocked the entire field of vision. Its skin was a deep, dark purple, covered with intricate patterns that resembled naturally formed runes, faintly exuding a mysterious power.

It is impossible to know how long this beast has existed in this space; its corpse was frozen at the moment when it was half-rotted.

Half of its body had rotted away, its flesh dried up, revealing its crystal-clear, shimmering bones.

These bones were not ordinary white, but transparent like crystal, with a liquid-like radiance flowing slowly inside, emitting a faint seven-colored glow. Each one was like a meticulously sculpted work of art, both beautiful and eerie.

The other half of the beast's body remained in its original form, with its skin as fresh as ever, clearly showing the various wounds it had suffered in its lifetime.

These wounds are varied and varied. Some resemble the marks of swords and knives, so deep that the bone is visible; others are the gruesome marks of claws tearing through the skin; still others are dents from blunt force trauma. These wounds intertwine, as if silently telling a harrowing story.

However, what surprised Huo Yu was not the beast's enormous body, nor the mottled marks, but something that instantly came to mind when his gaze fell on the beast's exposed bones—the piece of crystal radius bone he had obtained at the auction in Tianhe City!

Although the beast before him was many times larger than the radius bone in his storage bag, the striking similarity in their materials made Huo Yu notice their commonalities immediately.

However, unlike the inexplicable palpitation he felt when facing that piece of crystal radius bone, Huo Yu did not feel anything unusual from this giant beast at this moment.

Huo Yu turned his head to look at Long Yucheng beside him, who was staring motionlessly at the huge monster corpse in front of him, a look of bewilderment on his face.

Seemingly noticing Huo Yu's gaze, Long Yucheng also turned to look at Huo Yu, his eyes filled with confusion, and murmured:

"Senior brother, I feel so strange. I think I know it. But that feeling of it calling me shouldn't be coming from it, yet it's definitely in this vicinity..."

Faced with the somewhat incoherent Long Yucheng, Huo Yu simply nodded, then decisively took Long Yucheng, who was still immersed in strange thoughts, and flew towards the beast corpse that exuded a mysterious aura.

The beast is even more awe-inspiring when viewed up close. Its only giant claw, still covered in flesh and blood, is like an iron hook, extremely sharp, as if it were still fighting tenaciously in its last moments.

The beast's corpse still had half of its head intact, and its only remaining eye was half-open and half-closed. The pupil had long since lost its luster, but it still gave people the illusion of being watched, as if its soul had not been completely annihilated and was still wandering in this dark space.

An indescribable aura permeated the air, like both decaying death and new life.

This beast corpse had been dormant in this dark, timeless space for an unknown period of time. Around it, the raging spatial turbulence and the intermittently appearing cracks seemed to have been calmed by a mysterious force and vanished without a trace.

Around the beast's corpse, scattered fragments could be vaguely seen, seemingly some kind of artifact it wore in life, now shattered beyond recognition, with only a few specks of light flickering on them.

The closer Long Yucheng got to the beast's corpse, the deeper the bewilderment in his eyes became.

Huo Yu hesitated halfway through whether to turn back, but Long Yucheng seemed to sense Huo Yu's thoughts and reached out to grab Huo Yu's sleeve tightly, with such force that it was as if a drowning person was clinging to the last straw.

The moment their eyes met, Huo Yu understood Long Yucheng's thoughts. In the end, he led Long Yucheng to land steadily on the enormous half of the beast's head. The beast hide under their feet was tough and flat, and the two of them stood on it as if walking on flat ground.

It was at such close range that Huo Yu sensed something unusual – there was something else hidden inside the enormous beast corpse.

The aura was faint and hidden, as if deliberately concealed; if he hadn't been so perceptive, he would have hardly noticed it.

Huo Yu did not leave Long Yucheng, who was completely lost in his own thoughts. Instead, he used his divine sense to instantly pinpoint the exact location of the hidden object.

Then, a ray of light flew from his palm and entered the still intact half of the beast's body.

With a slight tremor, something slowly emerged from inside the beast's corpse, as if drawn by an invisible force. Under Huo Yu's spiritual power control, it steadily flew towards Huo Yu's direction.

This thing was quite strange. Although Huo Yu could sense its existence, he could not see its specific appearance in his divine sense. It was as if it was a being that transcended common sense. It was not until it completely separated from the beast corpse that Huo Yu was able to see its true appearance.

It was a strange crystal pillar, extremely transparent, almost completely hidden in the surrounding darkness, so much so that Huo Yu was initially unable to spot it with the naked eye.

The crystal pillar had a smooth, mirror-like surface and no unusual features inside. Upon closer inspection, Huo Yu was unable to detect any fluctuations of spiritual energy within it, as if it were merely an ordinary object devoid of any spirit.

However, the moment the crystal pillar appeared, the Heavenly Dao Prism above Huo Yu's head, which had been shining with a light golden light, dimmed instantly and turned back to gray.

To Huo Yu's surprise, the crystal pillar seemed to have its own will as it flew toward him. It suddenly broke free from Huo Yu's spiritual power restraints and flew straight toward Long Yucheng beside Huo Yu.

Its speed was extremely fast, like an invisible lightning bolt, and in the blink of an eye it had already approached Long Yucheng, who was completely unaware of his surroundings.

Huo Yu's expression darkened, and his spiritual power surged as he instantly pulled Long Yucheng back, moving away from this sudden turn of events.

However, the crystal pillar seemed to have anticipated Huo Yu's intentions. Its already extremely fast speed suddenly increased, and in an instant it flew in front of Long Yucheng, easily penetrating Huo Yu's layers of protection and entering Long Yucheng's body without any hindrance, leaving no trace.

Long Yucheng's body trembled violently, as if struck by an invisible force. He lost his support like a puppet with broken strings, and collapsed weakly, like a light, floating leaf, slowly falling to the ground. Before that, he landed in Huo Yu's arms.

Huo Yu's expression was as cold as frost, and his fingertips unconsciously tightened slightly. Long Yucheng in his arms had his pupils dilated, and the last trace of light in his eyes disappeared the moment he was hit by the crystal pillar, replaced by an emptiness, as if his consciousness had been forcibly taken away by an external force.

Even so, he still held tightly to Huo Yu's sleeve, without letting go in the slightest.