Dense demonic beasts quickly filled the gap blasted open by Corpse Elephant.
The demonic beasts were like moths flying toward fire, successively crashing into the southern city wall, their claws constantly digging, attempting thereby to enter the interior of Wuwei City.
A trace of regret appeared in Mysterious Palace Moon's eyes. He had thought Corpse Elephant could completely break open the city wall, but unexpectedly it was still lacking by quite a bit.
However, one point was also confirmed: the other side did not have cultivators who could rival him. A small portion were merely somewhat stronger than Demon King-level existences.
Mysterious Palace Moon felt certain of victory.
Yet when he looked at distant Wuwei City, for some reason there was a faint unease, as if prey were being firmly stared at by a hunter.
Mysterious Palace Moon looked toward the Blood Moon overhead. If he summoned the other Rabbit-Toads...
Forget it, it was merely an illusion.
Tumu Yue was instead carefree, simply using the beast tide to satisfy his appetite, causing white bones to already pile up before him.
Mysterious Palace Moon glanced behind him. The various demonic beasts sat as if on pins and needles. He coldly opened his mouth and said, "You all go as well."
"Demon Immortal Lord..."
"Please no, Demon Immortal Lord."
The demonic beasts immediately became terrified, kneeling and kowtowing one after another, unwilling to participate in the dangerous siege, fearing death as a result.
But how could it be as they wished.
"Since you are all unwilling to go, I will not force you."
"Wu Qingyue, I leave it to you."
The demonic beasts were grateful beyond measure, unaware that Mysterious Palace Moon's face had already taken on killing intent.
Wu Qingyue covered her mouth and laughed softly. She used her fingernail to cut her wrist. Dark black blood flowed out, but upon contact with air it turned into smoke and dust.
"I am already impatient to obtain their souls."
The smoke and dust drilled into the demonic beasts' bodies, spreading throughout via their blood vessels.
"Demon Immortal Lord..."
They painfully clutched their abdomens. Cold sweat instantly soaked their clothes. Their eyes were gradually filled with blood-red, and reason began to dissipate.
In only a few breaths, what remained in place were monsters roaring incessantly.
Their fur covered their bodies. Their limbs swelled. Soon their half-human half-demon appearance could no longer be seen; instead they became even closer to beasts.
Roar roar roar.
The demonic beasts then rushed into the beast tide, their target directly Wuwei City.
The cultivators defending the city stood ready in strict formation, tacitly arranging into ranks, prepared at any time to replace injured companions.
After this period of tempering, they had already grown.
Even though Li Yaoyang and Chen Haoyu had been heavily injured by Corpse Elephant, the various cultivators did not panic in the slightest, successively releasing spells to cover the southern city wall.
Moreover, the Yang Spirit realm had not yet made a move.
Bang bang bang bang...
Demonic beasts began to continuously crash into the city wall, relying on corpses piling layer upon layer, quickly forming a slope of flesh and blood.
Some corpses revived after death, transforming into even more troublesome flesh demonic beasts.
It could be seen that although Corpse Elephant had died, the demonic qi content could not effectively decrease in a short time, still stimulating dead things to demonize.
Wuwei City once again fell into a desperate battle.
Li Tiangang organized cultivators to reinforce the defensive line in a heart-rending manner, not even daring to blink too much, fearing unexpected changes in the battle situation.
However, the two Yang Spirit realm cultivators stood on the eaves, calmly fishing.
Great Dream True Person muttered, "There are three Rabbit-Toad cultivators in total, sufficient."
Song Zongwu nodded in agreement and said, "Yes, using their corpses to blood-refine Wuwei City should be able to nourish the artifact spirit consciousness to the degree of accommodating a Ghost Envoy realm aberrant fetus."
The reason they had not made a move was mainly to cause the Rabbit-Toad cultivators to misjudge Wuwei City.
As long as the Rabbit-Toad cultivators believed they had seen through reality and illusion, it would be the time to launch a counterattack.
Great Dream True Person had long noticed that demonic qi clung like gangrene to bone. If Wuwei City wanted to be taken away through sealing or loading into the stomach world, it would certainly require considerable time.
It would be better to wait until Wuwei City reached Ghost Envoy realm, then depart Jingzhou.
But artifact consciousness was an unavoidable trouble. After long deliberation, Great Dream True Person simply decided to use the Rabbit-Toad cultivators as sacrificial blades.
Blood sacrifice efficiency in nourishing magical artifacts was not high, but using Yang Spirit realm flesh and blood would easily allow Wuwei City's consciousness to reach the degree of bearing a Ghost Envoy realm aberrant fetus.
From this it could be seen that aberrant fetus artifacts were indeed great killing weapons in war.
Great Dream True Person originally planned to directly act. He would hold back two Rabbit-Toad cultivators, while Song Zongwu would quickly kill the remaining one.
One Yang Spirit realm corpse was completely enough for blood refinement.
But unexpectedly, Ren Qing, in such a harsh environment, had smoothly broken through the bottleneck using idle time.
As for whether he relied on Heavenly Dao Method to take shortcuts, it was not actually important.
Since there was an additional Yang Spirit realm, for safety Great Dream True Person considered waiting until Ren Qing exited seclusion before acting against the Rabbit-Toad cultivators.
Three people each against one Rabbit-Toad cultivator would also minimize risk.
"Ren Qing has awakened."
Song Zongwu suddenly turned his head, looking toward a nearby courtyard, then took out a jar of wine and poured it into his throat to drink freely.
The banyan tree in the courtyard swayed without wind. Leaves fell. Autumn cicadas let out loud cries, as if foreshadowing something.
Ren Qing suddenly opened his eyes. His scattered pupils gradually focused.
He was still immersed in advancing to Multitude Yang Immortal. Memories of strange object fusion appeared before his eyes, recorded in book after book.
Mainly because when consuming lifespan to advance, the information flow always chose the optimal path, allowing Ren Qing thereby to glimpse Heavenly Aberration realm.
One must know that as Restraint Officer method cultivators raised their realm, their bodies would increasingly approach strange objects.
The fusion of strange objects, was there not a common point with the fusion of body and strange object?
Ren Qing had originally intended to understand "No-Birth Immortal" before ending seclusion, but unknowingly became immersed in observing his own changes.
If not for the enormous commotion of Corpse Elephant's explosion disturbing him, this state of sudden enlightenment might have lasted several months.
Being abruptly interrupted, Ren Qing had no regret. After all, the process of advancing to Multitude Yang Immortal could still be experienced at least three times.
Ren Qing released Dragon Spine from Eternal Shackles. The latter dissatisfiedly let out bursts of hissing, then drilled into his spine.
He rose and opened the wooden door. The afterglow of the setting sun shone into the courtyard.
Seeing the sun about to set, cultivators had already activated magical artifacts, bright light illuminating most of the city district.
Just as Ren Qing intended to inspect Wuwei City's situation, he saw specks of fluorescence hovering before him—clearly a soul butterfly projection of Great Dream True Person.
He subconsciously touched it with his finger, and a large amount of information was immediately transmitted.
After learning Great Dream True Person's plan, Ren Qing could not help but be surprised that the other intended to use Yang Spirit realm lives to blood-refine Wuwei City.
Through the soul butterfly projection, Great Dream True Person also asked Ren Qing whether he had confidence; if not, slight modifications would be made to the plan.
"It is indeed time to leave Jingzhou. This damned place is not where Restraint Officers' Hall should remain."
Ren Qing immediately agreed. Although Song Zongwu and Great Dream True Person each had opportunities, in terms of cultivation, they truly were not his opponents.
After receiving a clear reply, the soul butterfly projection immediately dissipated.
The two on the rooftop exchanged glances.
Song Zongwu rubbed his fists and impatiently came to the southern city wall. Terrifying momentum burst from every pore of his body.
He looked toward the cliff where the Rabbit-Toad cultivators were located, teeth grinding wantonly.
Mysterious Palace Moon's brows tightened. Large amounts of earth-yellow pus seeped from his skin. He opened his mouth in loss of composure, attempting to sense abnormalities in Wuwei City.
"Rabbit-Toad brat, hang your head upon your neck, wait for me to take it."
Sounds of bones colliding rang throughout Song Zongwu's body. His physique then expanded to just over ten meters. Bronze-colored skin emitted faint light.
Behind him was no longer the Hundred Buddha Diagram, but a ferocious Asura.
Six arms, six eyes.
Divine ability, Wrathful-Eyed Asura.
Song Zongwu simply stored strength in both legs, then explosively vanished from his original spot.
In the next instant, he appeared midair on the inevitable path of the demonic beasts. His raised right palm descended from the sky, dust rising several meters.
With only one strike, demonic beasts within a hundred meters all died, and a sunken palm print appeared on the ground.
After landing, Song Zongwu actually lifted both legs and traveled in a strange posture of using six arms to strike the ground. The speed was truly not slow.
Merely the aftershock caused the beast tide to stall briefly.
Wuwei City's morale greatly rose, especially the demon-kind who had never seen Yang Spirit realm, staring at Song Zongwu with the eyes used to look at immortals and Buddhas.
Mysterious Palace Moon's pupils shook. Demonic qi leaked uncontrollably.
He saw in Song Zongwu a threat comparable to a Heavenly Demon. Retreating intent immediately arose, and he turned to shout at Tumu Yue.
"Human flesh has come, eat him!"
"Human flesh? Human flesh? Human flesh!"
Tumu Yue threw away the severed limb in his hand, eyes shining as he stared at Song Zongwu.
Immediately afterward, a broken moon meteor appeared on his forehead. His aura surged. The cliff beneath his feet instantly collapsed.
Tumu Yue was like a starving ghost reincarnated, opening a blood basin mouth to charge toward Song Zongwu.
Song Zongwu extended a finger to touch his own forehead. His six eyes were black as ink. Using his right foot as pivot, he dodged Tumu Yue's attack.
The muscles of six arms swelled.
"My Dao seeks only within a square inch; wherever I go, none can withstand."
Fists poured out like violent wind and torrential rain, landing upon all parts of Tumu Yue's body.
"Human flesh!"
Tumu Yue laughed wildly. The force applied to his body was actually transferred to his feet, the ground exploding into enormous deep pits one after another.
The commotion caused by the two was even greater than Corpse Elephant. Mountain peaks collapsed. River water reversed.
Wu Qingyue's expression was somewhat stiff. The moon meteor on her chest flickered faintly. Endless rocks gradually spread toward her body.
She was not acting to help Tumu Yue, only wishing to preserve herself.
At this moment, Wu Qingyue noticed on a rock ten meters away there grew a flower bud, pure white petals gently swaying with the wind.
For some reason, she stood stunned for a few breaths.
The flower bud was plucked. Twisted light and shadow formed a human shape.
When Wu Qingyue came back to her senses, she found herself shrunk, standing upon the pistil of a flower bud. Before her was twisted light and shadow thousands of meters tall.
"In a great dream who first awakens, in life I know myself."
"Damn it, courting death!"
Wu Qingyue's face was full of resentment. The pistil petrified at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Seeing that the cultivators within the city were entangled by Tumu Yue and the two Rabbit-Toads, Mysterious Palace Moon's expression flickered as he looked toward Wuwei City, which seemed already undefended.
He rushed over without hesitation. Wherever he passed, demonic beasts turned into minced flesh.
Mysterious Palace Moon was like manipulating marionettes, using demonic qi to attach minced flesh onto his body. In moments, his size had already exceeded ten meters.
His appearance was very close to the gigantic Rabbit-Toad hidden behind the Blood Moon, only more grotesque, after all it was pieced together from flesh and bones.
"Jingzhou belongs to Taiyin Star Lord!"