Song Zongwu's face showed a smile, as if all the pain in his body had temporarily disappeared.
"Let's go. As long as the source exists, that supernatural creature formed from flesh and blood will be undying and indestructible."
The sound of bones colliding rang out.
Bang!
Bang!
Inside and outside the city, commotion broke out almost at the same time.
Ren Qing and Song Zongwu turned into afterimages, rushing toward their opponents, with no one else able to intervene.
The black goat was tackled to the ground, limbs breaking one after another, blood spraying everywhere.
Song Zongwu no longer cared about his injuries, his aura actually pressing down on the black goat. His six eyes emitted a blood-red light.
Li Tiangang let out a sigh of relief, his expression strange as he looked toward outside the city.
The ghost wolf, relying on its aura alone, caused the skinless goat-man to freeze in place.
The skinless goat-man continued devouring flesh and blood, trying to accumulate enough power, but was truly frightened by the man before it.
Ren Qing leapt outside the city wall, slowly moving to circle the skinless goat-man, while the ghost shadow under his feet silently merged into the opponent's shadow.
The Restraint Officers watching were somewhat numb.
Only now did they realize why Ren Qing had been imprisoned in the Stomach within the Stomach. With this degree of alienation, it could absolutely not be formed by a mere spell.
Wait...
Some Restraint Officers noticed that the scorching marks originally on the ground had completely vanished, and immediately realized that the earlier rain of fire had been formed by an illusion.
Their hearts sank.
Could it be that Ren Qing was not revealing some hidden strength at all, but instead using some spell to form a false image, to buy time?
The rumor quickly spread among the Restraint Officers.
Their expressions showed hesitation, if they intervened now, they might lose their lives because of it.
Yan Feng was furious. He didn't bother saying more and actively transformed into a rhinoceros-man, leaving the protection of the city wall and heading toward the skinless goat-man.
At the same time, Lin Cheng, hesitating, also began to act.
It wasn't that he feared for his life, mainly, through his spell, he could clearly sense that Ren Qing's aura was entirely real.
But the way the rumor was spreading, matter-of-fact and precise, made it hard not to believe.
Several other Restraint Officers also began closing in on the skinless goat-man, after all, when the nest is overturned, no egg remains intact; there was no reason to dawdle.
Ren Qing glanced from the corner of his eye.
A hint of doubt appeared on his face. What's going on? Reasonably speaking, the strength he had shown should have been enough, shouldn't it?
Even the skinless goat-man dared not act rashly, so why did it feel like some people were more anxious than the supernatural creature itself?
Just as Ren Qing was distracted, the skinless goat-man, hearing the black goat's cry, suddenly launched itself toward him with force.
Despite its massive size, it was not slow at all.
Cracks appeared in the ground as its hooves struck toward Ren Qing.
Howling wind whipped up dust, blinding the eyes of several Restraint Officers who had been ready to act. Inwardly, they couldn't help but think, "Not good."
But the expected crash never came, instead, the skinless goat-man struck empty air.
Yan Feng lost his footing and fell to the ground, landing face-up.
He saw that Ren Qing was already in mid-air at some unknown moment, as if standing against the blood moon, the tail formed by the Dragon-Snake Spine lashing back and forth.
Ren Qing landed lightly, then the Dragon-Snake Spine struck the skinless goat-man, sending it flying several meters.
"You all retreat to a safe position, and don't be so reckless again in the future."
Yan Feng's dark face revealed an embarrassed expression. He quickly grabbed Lin Cheng, who was not far away, and together with the others quickly scrambled back up the city wall.
Ren Qing felt the ghost wolf's alienation eroding both body and soul, his lifespan showing a downward trend, and he couldn't help feeling a pang in his heart.
He had the Heavenly Demon Dream Seed transform into a robe to cover his main soul, then gathered strength in his legs.
The skinless goat-man turned toward the city wall, intending to bypass Ren Qing and head for the black goat.
Suddenly,
Boom!!!
Ren Qing vanished again, the ground where he had been caving in half a meter, fragments flying into the air and falling down like a torrential rain.
The ghost wolf turned into a black shadow, instantly blocking the skinless goat-man's path.
The skinless goat-man was already prepared, its horns stabbing hard into Ren Qing's chest and abdomen. When it withdrew them, drops of fresh blood fell.
But there was not the slightest wound on Ren Qing's body, instead, a hole had appeared in the skinless goat-man's chest and abdomen, chunks of flesh and shattered bone bursting apart.
Raising his right fist,
Countless Dragon-Snake Spines wrapped around his arm, in the blink of an eye transforming into a giant iron hammer.
One punch struck!
Bang!!!
The skinless goat-man was blasted toward the mountain forest. Ren Qing lightly tapped the ground to pursue, the Dragon-Snake Spine wrapping around the mountain peaks to increase his speed.
The two clashed instantly, but it was a one-sided crushing.
Ren Qing's left arm's claws for offense, his right arm wrapped in Dragon-Snake Spine for defense, his tail ready to strike at any time, like a killing machine.
Only, the skinless goat-man could not be killed, after all, the source of the Heavenly Demon aura still existed.
Ren Qing sensed that half a year of his lifespan had already been consumed, gritting his teeth and saying, "Beast, taste the flavor of kindling burning!"
Flames spewed from his pores, directly covering the skinless goat-man.
The skinless goat-man couldn't help letting out a shrill scream, smoke billowing from its flesh, countless goat faces trying to escape from within.
"Die!!!"
The people on the city wall felt their hair stand on end at the sight.
Compared to Song Zongwu's battle with the black goat, though the commotion was greater, they somehow found Ren Qing's methods even more sinister.
Song Zongwu couldn't help but laugh heartily, his punches growing even more vigorous.
"Li Tiangang, that's enough."
Sidestepping an attack, all six eyes lit up. Two arms restrained the black goat, while the other two forcibly pried open its mouth.
"Here it comes."
The remaining Other Shore Flower was stuffed into the black goat's belly, causing its body to twist, its blood and energy surging and then weakening.
It was the sign of a false soul about to gestate, it had to be sealed quickly, otherwise even with two Yin Runner realm cultivators, losing control would be hard to avoid.
Li Tiangang narrowed his eyes, releasing an extraordinary spell fluctuation.
His skin gradually turned yellow, bones breaking and recombining, his limbs retracting into his body, it looked extremely bizarre.
In moments, Li Tiangang transformed into a half-meter-tall book, suction power emerging from nowhere.
The black goat tried to struggle, but was then sealed into the book.
In the mountain forest, the skinless goat-man immediately began to collapse, its flesh and blood crumbling, rich Heavenly Demon aura emanating from it.
Ren Qing's face showed joy.
This was clearly prime material for refining Heavenly Demon Bone.
He stored the entire corpse of the skinless goat-man into the Prison Within the Abdomen, though it couldn't be fully refined right away, it could at least be stored for now.
Song Zongwu reached out and picked up the book.
Li Tiangang's method could indeed seal the black goat, but in this state it was entirely at another's mercy, without the slightest ability to resist.
Only for Song Zongwu, if it had been another Yin Runner realm cultivator, Li Tiangang would never have done so.
Song Zongwu took out a sheet of paper and tore it open. Inside the city walls, the air became extremely dry, and the Taisui Forest withered at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Suppressing the severe pain from his injuries, he shouted to the Restraint Officers, "The ghost infant has been subdued, come with me to the Restraint Officers' Hall."
The Restraint Officers, Ren Qing among them, quickly hurried over.
Once the Ksitigarbha Soul Summoning began, there was no possibility of stopping.
In Avici Hell, the corpse dog soul and the other two souls suddenly became restless, attempting to go toward the junction of the stomach wall and ribs, but were firmly blocked by the Restraint Officers.