"How could this be! How could this be!"
Chen Qichang screamed and wailed, his gleaming eyes staring fixedly at the soul shadow emerging from his forehead, his voice filled with disbelief.
But the sound lasted only one or two breaths before abruptly stopping. Chen Qichang's expression turned wooden, and his whole body froze in place.
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle!
Flames burned across his body, reducing his clothes and cloak to ashes and exposing what lay beneath the fabric—not flesh and blood, but patches of grayish-white fur!
The fur was thick, with droplets of oil seeping out from within. Like a great slab of meat boiling in a wok of oil, the fat beneath its hide had been steamed out, rolling and flowing down along the fur.
On Chen Qichang's forehead, the Divine Ability Talisman suddenly lunged forward and struck the soul shadow.
Seize!
With a single turn, the talisman drew the soul shadow inside.
Good heavens! If I used this Seizing-Character Curse myself, it would only have some effect on Living Souls and ghosts. But this talisman forcibly dragged the soul of this Three Souls old demon out of its body—direct and brutal! The Divine Ability Talisman was refined from the Spirit-Locking Picture and inherited the painting's power. In that case, the cultivation and methods of the person who crafted the Spirit-Locking Picture...
As his thoughts churned, Qiu Yan raised a hand and caught the returning talisman. Then he poured his intent into it and, through their connection of mind and spirit, directly arranged a labyrinth within, manifesting chains that bound the captured soul shadow and fixed it at the center of the maze.
Clink, clank.
At the center of the maze, a mountain goat as tall as a man struggled. Chains tightly clasped its neck and limbs, and no matter