The horrifying transformation occurred in an instant.
After a brief moment of stupefaction, the Earth Dragon Leaders, who had split up to retreat, despairingly discovered that their predetermined safe exit had vanished without a trace. They had gone from being the masters of Hell to its captives.
Blood gushed from Zi's nose and mouth. Beneath his robe, an array of bruises and bloodstains surfaced on his withered body—the backlash of the Mystic Ritual.
It cost him more than half his life in an instant.
As he wavered on the brink of unconsciousness, he gasped, "Yin, blow the flute immediately, awaken the Giant Snake—"
The only Teenage Girl among the Earth Dragon Leaders, 'Yin', stood frozen.
Her face was deathly pale.
Looking down, she saw the flute in her hands; it was shattered into pieces, impossible to play.
It was over.
Zi closed his eyes in despair.
