The torment lasted for about a minute and in-between those times, I incessantly tried to condense my Qi Cores. Even with my innate control over my Qi Energy, I still had an arduous time, partly because the pain was messing with my concentration. Fortunately, my Qi Cores were submissive. Despite currently having ridiculous amounts of Qi Energy in them, they were easily malleable. That's why it only took one painful minute before I accomplished condensing them, ridding myself of the pain.
"Yongrui! Are you all right?!" I heard a voice from afar, calling my name as if she was panicking. The voice sounded so familiar and yet I couldn't recognize who it was. Were my ears playing tricks on me? Probably so.
Now that the critical stage of using the Zombie State Reversion was over, the adrenaline completely left my System and I fell on the ground like a helpless meat bag. I couldn't move a muscle, nor could I keep my eyelids from folding over my eyes.
