It was exceedingly greedy, like a starving man who hadn't had a meal in ages, opening its jaws to the utmost, sucking the flesh and blood of the corpse completely, even the blood mixed with soil on the ground was not spared.
The process was extremely fast, within just a few breaths, the corpse had been entirely swallowed.
As the corpse was consumed by its body, the aura of that ghostly entity remarkably grew stronger. It turned out that this being fed on corpses, extracting nutrients from them.
But no one could see this scene; as soon as the corpse was devoured completely, the ghostly entity sank back into the earth. A gentle wind swept past, rustling the fallen leaves, erasing all footprints upon them.
All traces vanished, as if no one had ever been here before.
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Lin Chen, naturally unaware of what happened afterward, found himself about ten miles away, hidden in the shadows.
