Chapter 262: Physique Demon

Hao Xuan spent the entire night cradling the scaled egg for dear life. The black blood on his forehead burned non-stop for hours, sometimes faster, sometimes slowing down to a crawl but never completely stopping.

He didn't know when but at some point in the night he passed out due to the sheer mental exhaustion and was woken up by flapping of wings sometime later.

He looked around and realized where he was. The same winged monkey that had first brought him to the swamp was now carrying him back.

Closing his eyes once again, he passed out for good.

The war had been going on for more than a month now. The situation changed greatly in the favor of Mei after Great general Ouki took back that city, effectively cutting off the supplies to Jia and 'Wu' clan armies.

That created a panic within their ranks, prompting many of the bigger armies to withdraw back to the border.

But things still hadn't calmed down.