The dark threads wound tighter and tighter, drawing ever closer. In mere moments, they wrapped the hundred-zhang behemoth into a massive dark cocoon, leaving it suspended in the air and unable to move.
"Shrink."
Qin Yan let out a low shout, and under the control of his will, the dark cocoon began to contract violently.
The Blood-Devouring Mosquito felt an irresistible, terrifying force crushing its body from all directions at once. It felt as though the entire world were closing in on it, determined to squeeze it apart alive.
It let out a miserable wail as blood-red light surged wildly around it. Shrouded in that crimson glow, its enormous body rapidly shrank at a visible rate.
In the end, the dark cocoon shrank from a hundred zhang in size to no more than a palm. With a beckoning gesture from Qin Yan, it drifted lightly into his palm.
Qin Yan's figure flashed, and he vanished from the spot.
Less than a quarter of an hour later, Qin Yan returned to the deep valley.
By then, the number of spirit beasts and Beast Spirit Sect disciples and elders in the valley had noticeably decreased.
Clearly, while he had been pursuing the Blood-Devouring Mosquito, the Beast Spirit Sect's surviving disciples and elders had scattered and fled amid the chaos.
In the air, Huang Jiuli, transformed into a hundred-zhang phoenix, spread her dazzling crimson wings. Streaks of fiery feathers rained down from them like a storm, burning away all the spirit beasts and Beast Spirit Sect disciples still stubbornly resisting.
When Huang Jiuli saw Qin Yan return safely, she was shocked by his Combat Power, but also let out a sigh of relief.
It was good that he had returned unscathed.
She quickly steadied herself and continued the purge of the Beast Spirit