Flesh Cocooned, the Wild God Descends!

After Qiluo Li Liu settled into position, Meng'er Jinye immediately raised his right arm and spread his fingers.

"Whoosh!"

An exceedingly fine strand of energy, gleaming with a dark red luster, shot from his fingertips and pierced straight into Qiluo Li Liu's brow.

Then came the second strand, the third...

The goateed man, the narrow-shouldered elder, and the gray-robed figure in the corner raised their arms one after another.

Qilu Zhonglu gritted his teeth and raised his hand as well, his fingertips stretched taut and straight.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh..."

Several dozen energy threads shot out at once, winding in from every direction toward the youth seated cross-legged directly beneath the statue.

"Bzzzz~~"

The moment those threads touched Qiluo Li Liu's skin, they seemed to stick fast, impossible to pull away.

Then, the glowing threads began to creep upward along the youth's spine, the edges of his ribs, and the contours of his shoulder blades.

They moved neither fast nor slow, like a swarm of invisible spiders weaving a cocoon.

"Sss, sss, sss!"

The first thread wound from his left shoulder to his right ribs.

"Creak, creak..."

The second wrapped around his waist and abdomen.

"Sizzle..."

The third climbed from the nape of his neck along his skull, while the fourth pressed against his thigh and wrapped downward...

Li Liu's breathing became even and long, as though he had fallen asleep.

Those energy threads continued weaving.

One thread layered over another, one layer stacked atop the next!

From translucent pale red, they gradually darkened, thickened, and solidified.

In the end, they gave off an amber-like, oily sheen.

Before long, Qiluo Li Liu's arms were wrapped up.

Then came his shoulders, waist, legs, ankles, neck...

Finally, his face.

"Sss~~"

A thread looped beneath his jaw, then covered the bridge of his