Gou Zai Yao Wu Simulated Immortal

With a cracking sound, the mountain hag froze abruptly.

The head, covered in wrinkles and bloodstains, tilted slightly, slid off the neck, and tumbled to the ground.

The headless body beneath the black robe staggered two steps and collapsed amidst the mud and fire.

Even as his head rolled off, the expression on his face had not yet faded.

The bewilderment still lingered in those cloudy old eyes.

He never imagined that he would ultimately die from the clan's sacred artifact.

Meanwhile, on the other side of the stone prison, three remnant souls were still locked in a fierce battle with the monster with its gaping black teeth.

After the Mountain Goddess died, the remaining half-demon servants in Old Crow's Hollow were suddenly stripped of their bones and muscles.

His body went limp, and he collapsed to the ground one after another, without making a sound.

The eerie winds that had been blowing in Laoya'ao suddenly dissipated by more than half.

Li Qian withdrew his hand, and the crimson moon in mid-air slowly disappeared.

This talisman is too powerful; if it were allowed to fall, it would certainly shatter this evil land as well.

But by then, the remaining clues in Laoya'ao will probably also turn to ashes.

Li Qian looked into the stone cell and saw that the monster was still running around. He drew his sword and went inside.

Inside the stone prison, ghostly energy surged, and fragments of stone and blood flew everywhere.

At this moment, Xiong Da and Xiong Er, one on the left and one on the right, were surrounded by black demons and were cornering the gaping monster.

Lüliang, like a wisp of gray smoke, lingered along the stone wall, preventing it from escaping easily.

But that monster was quite different from ordinary demons.

Seeing the mountain god's head and body separated, it showed no fear whatsoever; instead, its strange laughter grew louder, and its ferocity suddenly arose.

With all four limbs on the ground and his back arched high, his entire body was as supple as if boneless, sometimes like an ape and sometimes like a dog.

The movements were extremely unpredictable.

Xiong Da slammed his paw down, and half of the stone wall cracked violently.

Just before the palm strike was about to hit it, the monster suddenly bent its waist and abdomen inward.

It folded its entire body and sprang out, darting away along the bear's paw.

Xiong Er pounced on it, slamming his arms together and slamming it hard into its back, finally forcing it back into a corner.

Taking advantage of the situation, Lü Liang entangled it, his gray shadow like a rope, tightly binding one of its legs.

To everyone's surprise, the monster opened its mouth and bit its own thigh, tearing off a chunk of flesh.

Taking advantage of this moment of breaking free from his restraints, he rushed out of the cell.

Li Qian slipped and sealed the prison gate first.

The Soul-Devouring Sword lay horizontally like a gate.

The monster collided with the sword's edge, and with a hissing sound, a deep, long gash was ripped open in its chest.

But it felt no pain. It jumped backward, its four limbs gripping the horizontal bar at the top of the cage, its head drooping.

The gaping hole remained, still staring intently at the outside of the stone cell.

That glance sent a sudden jolt through Li Qian's heart.

It was looking at the white, bony stumps at the bottom of the valley, carved out by the vast, turbulent waters.

The fighting was too intense just now, and many details were not noticed.

Now that the Mountain Goddess is dead, this demon is still rushing out.

The bone pile in the soil also glowed at the same time; the reason for this must be extraordinary.

Li Qian's mind raced, and he pressed down simultaneously with the three remnant souls.

Seeing that all around it was dead, the monster emitted a series of fine popping sounds from its joints.

But this time, Li Qian had already figured out its path.

The Soul-Devouring Sword flashed with a dark light and pierced straight through his spine!

The sword pierced through the monster's body, pinning it firmly to the ground.

The monster clawed wildly with its limbs, sending stones flying everywhere.

Li Qian pointed his fingers, and the black light on the sword intensified once more.

With a sharp tearing sound, a large gash was ripped open from the monster's spine to its chest.

At the very moment its life force was cut off, a sudden change occurred.

Within the cracked flesh and bone, streaks of gray and white lines suddenly lit up.

It spreads from inside the body all the way to the ground.

The light followed some invisible vein beneath the mud, rapidly moving towards the bone pillar at the bottom of the depression.

Outside the stone prison, the mud layer collapsed in a series of rapid collapses, blood flowed back in, and the soil and rocks continued to sink.

The original, only a section of the white bone pillar was visible, but now its original appearance can be seen.

The joints are connected and meander, like a giant object lying deep in the valley.

Buried beneath Laoya'ao is a colossal demon skeleton, its age unknown!

The Mountain Goddess has painstakingly managed this place.

Presumably for the sake of this skeleton.

But the demon skeleton at the bottom of the valley suddenly began to tremble.

It absorbed the remaining demonic energy and essence.

The lynx-like demon body of the mountain hag visibly shrank.

In the blink of an eye, flesh and blood withered away.

In the end, only a wrinkled demon skin remained, floating lightly on the ground.

Li Qian's face immediately darkened.

"...What a huge loss."

If this lynx demon body were completely skinned, its bones and skin could be removed.

It's worth at least ten or twenty spirit stones.

Now look what's happened, we've been swallowed up by this dead thing underground.

Li Qian immediately raised his hand and activated the Water Control Technique again.

A thunderous roar erupted from the Sumeru Precepts, and the waters of the Baixi River responded to the command, transforming into several surging waves.

They swept away all the mud, blood, and broken stones.

Rumble.

Large swaths of mud were washed away, causing them to tumble and collapse, revealing the skeletons deeper within.

Sections of ghastly white bones meandered out, stretching for over ten feet.

Its shape is not like a snake or python, but more like a dragon.

Li Qian had seen similar demon bones in the Book of Demon-Slaying Talismans and Ghostly Records; they were the remains of a first-order young dragon.

It is an important base material for second-tier talismans. Grinding it into powder can be used to draw various water-based talismans.

Compare the demonic corpse before you with the description in the talisman.

The size of the joints and the residual demonic power clearly indicate that it is the skeleton of an adult dragon, possibly even reaching the second rank!

Li Qian's pupils contracted slightly. In the southern part of the Great Sun Dynasty, there was actually a corpse of an adult dragon demon buried there.

If the cultivators of True Spirit Continent found out, I'm afraid it would cause a huge uproar.

"This item should rightfully belong to me!!"

He immediately waved his hand, intending to incorporate it into the Sumeru Ring.

The earth veins at the bottom of the valley, which were originally supported by the dragon bones, have become completely unbalanced.

A series of muffled thuds came from deep underground, revealing a large, dark hole.

The cave entrance was unusually deep.

Li Qian stood at the edge of the cave, leaned slightly forward, and looked down.

All that could be seen was pitch black.

This Old Crow's Nest is probably more than just the Dragon Bone.

The mountain goddess has been guarding it for so many years; I wonder what other arrangements she has made.

Now that we have the dragon bone, it is not the time to rashly explore further.

In the previous battle, he successively activated the Yang Sha Form, the Water Control Technique, and various talismans.

Furthermore, the technique of breaking the seal was used to cut off the terrain of Laoya'ao, resulting in a significant loss of spiritual energy.

To plunge headlong into this mysterious black hole would be far too presumptuous.

Li Qian straightened up and quickly scanned his surroundings.

Half of the stone prison had collapsed, the soul-summoning banner was completely destroyed, and the banner's ashes mixed with mud and blood were scattered everywhere.

The half-demon servants who had been lying paralyzed on the ground remained completely still.

The mountain god's lynx-like head was half-buried in the mud.

His face was covered in blood, and his cloudy old eyes were not yet fully closed, still carrying the resentment and horror he felt before his death.

Li Qian raised his hand and beckoned.

The Soul-Devouring Sword flashed with dark light, swept back from mid-air, and landed in his palm.

The three remnant souls also disappeared back into the sword.

The current task is to find Xue Duan's body.

They took the unconscious Liu Haoshen and the remaining two members of the Demon Slayer Division back with them.

Then we can complete this mission.

Li Qian did not wish to stay any longer.

They collected the mountain goddess's head and the bone staff together.

After glancing at the crumpled lynx hide on the ground, he ultimately couldn't bear to leave it behind.

Although the essence and blood have been lost, its value has been greatly reduced.

But it's still a demon skin after all. Taking it out can at least get you a spirit stone or two, which is better than going empty-handed.

Li Qian turned around and glanced at the black hole again.

He suppressed the thought in his mind, leaped up with a light step, and began searching for Xue Duan's corpse.