“…Hey!” Prince called out tentatively.
Chen Xiao seemed to react rather slowly, barely managing to lift his head. At that moment, Prince was stunned!
Chen Xiao's face...
When Chen Xiao raised his head, there were still traces of blood on his face.
But Prince was surprised to find that Chen Xiao's neck and body were making a series of dense and slight cracking sounds, with a constant cracking and popping sound!
Then, with a loud bang, before Prince could react, Chen Xiao suddenly exploded!
In the explosion, countless black fragments and pieces of clothing flew everywhere! A remnant of the black bone armor that Chen Xiao had previously worn, though hidden within his clothing, suddenly shattered into fragments and scattered in all directions, forcibly torn from his body by some force!
Almost instantly, Chen Xiao was standing naked in front of Prince!
He was panting heavily, as if he was having great difficulty breathing, and he couldn't help but choke himself with both hands, his face contorted in pain.
Soon, strange dark red patterns appeared on his chest and neck, starting from beneath his skin! The patterns resembled the stripes on a tiger or leopard, but they spread upwards along his neck, and soon, even two flame-like patterns appeared on Chen Xiao's cheeks!
Such patterns made his originally pale face instantly look ferocious!
The crackling sounds continued incessantly. Visibly, seven or eight bulges appeared on Chen Xiao's skin, as if seven or eight little mice were running all over his body. The bulges moved back and forth on his body, making a dense, popping sound like popping beans.
Chen Xiao suddenly roared to the sky, his roar filled with pain, and then his body and bones suddenly changed!
It was as if his entire skeleton began to grow rapidly in an instant! Amidst the dense sounds, his arms, legs, waist, shoulders, neck... could be seen...
The bones in many places stretched and grew rapidly. Chen Xiao was originally about 180 centimeters tall, but in just a few breaths, he grew more than ten centimeters! As the bones stretched and grew, they stretched the flesh and skin.
As his height increased dramatically, many muscles on his body began to tear, and countless tiny lacerations covered his entire body, causing blood to gush out! From this angle, Chen Xiao looked as if he had become a blood-soaked figure!
Meanwhile, the wounds covering his entire body continued to writhe, muscles tearing, growing, healing, then tearing again, growing, healing...
He was like someone with an infinite regenerative ability; despite having many torn wounds, his healing speed only increased!
Finally, after a few minutes, no new lacerations appeared on Chen Xiao's body, and the existing wounds healed rapidly. Patches of dry, aged skin peeled off his body, like a snake shedding its skin, only torn into pieces...
As a layer of skin peeled off, all the bloodstains on his body were also removed, and standing there was a "brand new" Chen Xiao!
His skin was intact, his muscles were clearly defined, each muscle seemed to be full of explosive power, and the flame-like patterns on the surface of his skin covered his entire body...
As the skeleton grew, Chen Xiao's facial features seemed to change as well...
Originally, his appearance leaned towards delicate features, but now, the skull on his forehead seemed wider, making the distance between his eyebrows and eyes slightly wider, giving him a more defined angle and a touch of fierceness. The corners of his eyes were also slightly upturned. Coupled with the rings of flame-like patterns, he seemed to have gained a touch of wildness.
Chen Xiao finally released his grip on his neck. He took a few deep breaths, his eyes tightly closed, his face contorted in pain, as if something was about to explode...
Finally, he suddenly hugged his arms tightly, then opened them wide as if to embrace the world within him…
Whoosh!
Just as he opened his arms, two slits appeared simultaneously below his shoulder blades behind him, and then two wings, each two meters long, suddenly unfurled!
Those wings seemed very similar to Prince's wings, only longer and more powerful! Even more astonishing was that the rhomboid feathers on them were completely black!
With two pairs of two-meter-long black wings spread out, he looked as if he were a…
one……
Prince was completely stunned. For the first time, a deep fear appeared in his eyes. His lips moved slowly, as if he were subconsciously repeating a word over and over again.
"Degeneration...degeneration...black...degeneration!!"
After releasing his pair of wings, Chen Xiao seemed to finally breathe a sigh of relief. The pained expression on his face gradually subsided, but he was still panting heavily. Only then did he slowly raise his head and open his eyes.
When his eyelids opened, Prince felt a jolt in his heart.
What kind of eyes are these!
His once black pupils had turned ice blue, while his eye sockets were...gold! More importantly, with Prince's sharp eyesight, he noticed Chen Xiao's pupils...
It turns out to be...
It's incredible! Each of his eyes has two pupils, one larger and one smaller!
One large hole is golden, and one small hole is blood red... From a distance, it looks as if his eyes are filled with two drops of blood-red tears!
Those eerie eyes stared at Prince, and Prince suddenly felt an overwhelming sense of pressure wash over him. This pressure seemed to carry an endless, powerful aura that filled the heavens and earth. The power of it was so great that even Prince, who was an S-rank, almost suffocated instantly!
Most importantly, now, there is not a trace of human presence in Chen Xiao's eyes!
Those eyes were full of wildness, as if all that remained was a chilling coldness!
Stared at by those eyes, Prince suddenly felt as if his very soul was trembling...
He still forced a smile and managed to call out, "Hey kid, what's wrong with you? Why are you all stern? Trying to scare me?"
As he spoke, he forced a smile and extended his hand.
"Make way..." A sound suddenly came out of Chen Xiao's mouth... It is called a 'sound' because this sound no longer resembled a human! The voice was still Chen Xiao's voice, but the pronunciation was strange and difficult, just like someone learning to speak for the first time.
"Huh? What did you say?" Prince paused for a moment, as if he hadn't heard Chen Xiao's words clearly.
"Get out of the way!"
Suddenly, a violent and ferocious aura flashed between Chen Xiao's brows. He opened his fists and roared at Prince in front of him!
boom!!!!