Chapter 399 Book 7 Shadow and Serpent in Raju City
The forest was a maze of snapping twigs and heavy, wet earth under Li An's boots. The roar that had drawn her was a guttural, terrifying sound—the sound of a Corpse Bear, a massive forest creature twisted into an undead monstrosity by the Corpse Gu parasite. Its eyes, normally deep brown, were a sickly, glowing yellow, fixed on her.
Li An, using her refined, spirit energy-strengthened body, sprinted. Her speed was a blurred streak, not of magical flight, but of pure physical conditioning, the result of her recovered meridians and veins pumping life through her with impossible efficiency. She was faster than any late-stage Martial Body cultivator, faster even than some Chi Gathering masters.
