Qi and blood surged like a furnace beneath the skin membrane, racing and wandering through the limbs and body. A piercing pain swept across his entire body, fierce and rapid.
But, almost simultaneously, layers of an invisible fluid seemed to seep out from within his body, passing through bone and muscle, slowly secreting onto the skin and covering every part of his body. The fluid hardened upon contact with the air.
At that moment, Bai Xiao maintained a stable stance, feeling as though he were trapped within a hard shell of a human-shaped statue, his exterior resembling metal.
Time passed bit by bit, and the shell became thicker and thicker.
Until a certain moment.
Crack!
The black statue in the barrel trembled, and all the medicinal husks shattered instantly, falling into the medical solution. Immediately after, a robust body was exposed to the air, emitting a raw, masculine wilderness.
