Volume Four: The Buddha Saves No One; Only I, the Demon, Deliver Them - Demonic Beast (Part Two)

The Torch Dragon Lamp's light rapidly shrank under the assault, soon contracting to a diameter of twenty meters. To protect the Six Howls, its light had spread beyond forty meters. The larger area had weakened its defenses, but twenty meters was the limit. Any smaller, and it could no longer protect them.

Without a word, Luo Qian released the Blue Light Soul. A blue glow rose and, through the haze, helped the Torch Dragon Lamp withstand the black mist's attack.

Through the black mist enveloping him, Luo Qian could still make out the demonic face on the cliff. No emotion showed in its crimson eyes. He was certain this was no ordinary creature, but a Demonic Beast nurtured over centuries in the Broken Range. Faced with such a powerful enemy, he was not arrogant enough to think his one-trick prowess could carry him through. The Six Howls were fast, but their actual fighting strength was limited. They were still young and had not accumulated enough power.

Luo Qian had many ways to flee. The most effective was to open a Teleportation Gate straight back to the Immortal Realm.

A sly smile appeared on Luo Qian's face. He was going to run, all right—but he meant to do it in style.

He beckoned with one small hand, and six blue points of starlight landed on the Six Howls' heads. With a resentful roar, they became six streaks of starlight, trailing long tails as they flew into Luo Qian's body. Once he had recalled them, the Torch Dragon Boat's light contracted on its own to a diameter of eight meters, becoming denser. Luo Qian strolled to its edge, then suddenly turned his back on those crimson eyes. Hands on his hips, he waggled his backside—and thrust a middle finger out between his