The smoke dissipated.
Su Ling'er shook her somewhat groggy head.
She realized the surrounding scenery seemed to have shrunk, while her own perspective had grown taller. Her body also felt much broader and thicker.
She tried to look down at her bloodstained red robes, but they were gone.
Instead, what met her eyes was a pair of thick, wide bear paws.
"…"
Su Ling'er stared at these hands—no, these paws—turning them over and over.
'My body…'
'What happened?'
Her round, black eyes were filled with a terror and bewilderment completely at odds with her current state.
'What have I become?'
'Did I… did I turn into a bear?!'
'Heavens, what kind of evil art is this?!'
'It really is a demonic, evil sect! They can actually turn a living person into a bear!'
'It's over. It's over. It's all over.'
All sorts of evil techniques practiced by members of demonic paths, as recorded in storybooks, flashed through her mind.
