Mysterious Stirrings

"Good, good, good! Interesting. The scent on you seems to have become even more delicious..."

The headless Daoist let out a crazed burst of laughter from his belly.

Then, from the rotten, blood-soaked cavity of his neck, black tentacles suddenly shot out one after another, each covered in countless shadowy eyes!

In an instant, hundreds upon thousands of these dark-eyed tentacles emerged. Frenziedly, they wound their way up the six arms that Li Qingyun used to clutch the Anomaly Body, reaching for his three Dao Heads.

"The corrupted creatures deeper within are getting harder and harder to eat. They do nothing for me! But a fellow Daoist like you is divine medicine and miraculous elixir to me!"

"Come, come, come! Merge with me. Help me attain the Body Root Fruit, transcend this place, and gain great freedom, great ease..."

The headless, eerie Daoist babbled madly, laughing as though victory were already in his grasp.

Pop! Pop!

Pustules began bursting across half of his rotten, festering body. Blurred faces emerged from them one after another, opening toothless mouths as they bit toward Li Qingyun.

"Get lost!"

A clear radiance suddenly spread from within the three-headed, six-armed, serpent-tailed body, pouring outward in countless threads—sacred Jade Pure light.

The bizarre heads that had bitten Li Qingyun immediately let out shrill screams and recoiled wildly, as though fleeing snakes and scorpions.

But moments later, they withered one after another as though poisoned beyond remedy, drooping crookedly into lifeless husks!

Li Qingyun tightly controlled the headless Daoist's six arms. Even denser Jade Pure Radiance overflowed from his hands, corroding the Daoist until he howled in agony!

"You outer demon, let me go!"

"I won't eat you anymore. Let us both go our separate ways..."

Terrified howls erupted from the headless Daoist's belly as he began