All five of us immediately jumped back, everyone ready and alert, weapons in hand and Qi circulating to the maximum.
However, the creature didn't move. It couldn't move.
It remained still, and soon, began crumbling into bits and pieces until nothing but dust remained.
"What the fuck was that?" Law asked.
"It's one of those creatures… But, I guess it was dead," I replied as I approached its remains and began inspecting them.
The dust it left on the floor was finer than flour, and it smelled like sulfur.
I grabbed a bunch of it and kept it inside my holding bag.
Among the remains was a small crystal, I took it and realized that it had energy flowing through it. It felt murky, and unclean for some reason.
"Corrupted Saint Qi," Zhang Tian said.