Silence descended over the Bloodline Hall.
The disciples stood rooted in place while the corpse slowly leaked darkened blood across the stone pathways.
The smell alone was enough to make them shiver.
Within moments, alarms rang throughout the Miredon Family Estate.
Elders and physicians rushed over at full speed, only to come to an abrupt stop after seeing the corpse lying before the Ancestral Hall.
Even the elders felt chills spread through their bodies.
The old ancestor no longer looked human.
His skin had blackened in several places while his veins bulged grotesquely beneath the flesh. His body looked hollowed out from within, as though every drop of bone and blood inside him had decayed into corruption.
One elder quickly knelt beside the corpse and sent his spiritual sense inward.
The next instant, his expression twisted into one of horror.
"The bloodline…"
His lips trembled, "It's corrupted…"
