"Thud, thud, thud..."
Within the gigantic skeleton frame, dense impacts rose and fell in endless succession.
"You really can run~"
Even trapped within the cage, the Rhythm Beast's terrifying vibration techniques had still allowed it to escape the Celestial Demon's grasp several times.
"Hahahahaha, interesting. Let's see how long you can keep running!"
The Celestial Demon grinned savagely as countless skeletons crawled out from beneath the ground.
The densely packed skeletons piled atop one another, slowly filling the entire space.
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle...
With its room to move restricted once more, the Rhythm Beast had no choice but to strike back.
Countless tentacles burst forth, hard as ten thousand sharp spears.
Rather than retreating, Heavenly Demon advanced, grabbing several tentacles and opening his bloodstained maw wide.
Chomp, chomp, chomp!
"I knew it! You must be delicious!"
The Celestial Demon's smile grew ever more wicked. His throat wriggled as he swallowed the tentacles one after another. White, sticky remnants spilled from the corners of his mouth, and he looked as though he had not had his fill.
The Rhythm Beast let out a mournful cry.
"Yes! That pained expression! Cry! Cry it out!"
A terrifying gleam burst from the Celestial Demon's scarlet pupils. Compared to satisfying his appetite, he preferred tormenting his prey, listening to their grief and despair before death, then swallowing all those negative emotions whole.
Just then.
The Celestial Demon suddenly paused, sensing the Formation Disk Xiao Chunwei had left him vibrating.
"Little fellow, I'll play with you again next time."
"Oh, right. I forgot to tell you—the little ones from before tasted... quite tender."
As his words fell, dazzling light erupted from the Formation Disk in the Celestial Demon's hand. He poured laws into it, and both he and the disk vanished from where they stood.
Elsewhere,