Chapter 696

Last time at the Long family estate, Chad had missed many details of Michael's transformation into an undead beast. Finally, he needed to observe closely to understand how Evergrow transformed the body.

He hypothesized that Evergrow rapidly replaced the original flesh of the person it infected. In other words, even after recovering from an Evergrow infection, a person's body would undergo drastic changes.

Chad also suspected that Evergrow might exist in more than one form. Yggdrasil seemed capable of clearing the black Evergrow, but it did not affect more advanced forms of Evergrow.

With those thoughts in mind, Chad observed Sutton meticulously.

Five minutes after Sutton swallowed the Evergrow, he began to mutate, enveloped by black mist. Chad could see Sutton's entire body turning black, with black hair growing on his skin.

To Chad's surprise, unlike others infected by Evergrow, Sutton grew horns on his head.

It reminded Chad of the scene he had witnessed in the psychiatric hosp