It wasn't only me who shuddered all over. Even Saint Qilin let out a low growl to show its defiance and issue a threat. Faced with the possibility of a third Mountain-Crushing Beast appearing, Saint Qilin clearly needed even greater power, so devouring Qiniang and us had become inevitable.
I hurriedly seized the opportunity to launch a fierce attack on Saint Qilin, while Senior Brother Yan also moved in to intercept it. Besieged by the two of us, Saint Qilin twisted, lunged, and dodged amid its furious roars. Relying on its enormous body and fearing none of our attacks, it tried to swallow us whole with its gigantic mouth.
But that was ultimately wishful thinking on its part. Its body was simply too massive, making its movements less agile than ours. Shedding its armor was impossible as well. Having already faced danger once before, it was no less wary of us than of the Black Flood Dragon. At present, apart from devouring Qiniang and locking Nian in its belly, it had no other choice.
"Junior Brother, this won't do! If we can't find a better way to restrain it or do something to it, I'm afraid we'll have a hard time injuring it in the short term. If you, Senior Brother Hai, make one mistake and fail to hold it back, allowing it to charge stubbornly toward Miss Qi, won't we be completely helpless against it?" Senior Brother Yan's attacks were effective, but they only made the ghost beast stumble in its movements. This was about the limit of what the two of us could do.
That left me with no choice but to consider a better method.
Senior Brother Hai wasn't omnipotent either. The formation had already been mostly damaged by the ghost creature and the Black Flood Dragon,