At the same time, a pitiful cry from a cub caught the black bear's attention.

One of the gray-robed demonic cultivators was actually using the tip of his spear to hold a young black bear cub, and was scraping its body with a blade in his hand as if torturing it.

With each slice of meat he cut off, he would use the blade as a springboard to roll the still-pulsating raw meat into his mouth with his tongue, chew a few times, and then swallow it with a satisfied sigh.

The black bear flew into a rage, its eyes bloodshot, its ferocity ignited, and charged towards him. However, the very next second it arrived, the bear cub was tossed to the next demonic cultivator.

The demonic cultivator was even more ruthless. He buried his head in the bear cub's injured abdomen and tore off a layer of flesh with his teeth, pulling out its intestines, causing blood to flow all over the ground.

One of the hyenas following the demonic cultivator jumped up and tore off a piece of intestine, feasted on it, and then wagged its tail excitedly.

Perhaps because demonic cultivators practice evil arts and are powerful, several Foundation Establishment stage demonic cultivators tormented the bear cub like cats playing with mice, teasing the black bear and launching sneak attacks from time to time. Soon, the bear was covered in wounds.

The black bear dragged its heavy, mountain-like body clumsily through the forest, almost reaching its destination each time, only able to stare helplessly and furiously at its dying cub.

"Hehe, I think we should hold off on eating them for now. It would be quite a show to stage this at the victory celebration banquet."

“You’re right, let’s try to capture it alive. By the way, Fifth Brother, don’t use that corrosive venom of yours anymore, it’s already disfigured this bear.”

The bear cub is still in the hands of several demonic cultivators. There are hardly any good pieces of flesh left on its body. Its dark fur is covered with strands of dark red blood, its wounds are deep enough to expose bone, and it has lost an eye.

Tu Longjian coldly watched the inhumane scene before him, while his hands were not idle either, having already secretly set up a double array.

The demon general who had entered meditation vanished into thin air, leaving only a snowflake behind. He had unknowingly fallen into the Qingfeng Hanshuang Formation that Tu Longjian had carefully set up.

On the other side, as soon as the Sunset Banner appeared, the Reverse Scale Enemy-Slaying Formation was activated, and a continuous stream of light poured into the black bear's body, giving it unparalleled power.

The black bear didn't think about where the power within its body came from; it just felt a surge of energy and, with its eyes bloodshot, it ran madly toward the demonic cultivators.

Its body grew larger, and its speed became even more agile with the support of the formation. It quickly caught up with the scoundrels. It raised its huge bear paw, unleashing a terrifying power, and slammed it towards the gray-robed demonic cultivator.

The gray-robed demonic cultivator was shocked. He grabbed the hyena and threw it in front of him, managing to dodge the fatal blow. The hyena screeched and was sent flying, falling to the ground dead, with a yellowish-brown viscous substance still remaining at the corner of its mouth.

"My beloved dog!" The hyena owner, enraged that the gray-robed demon cultivator had used his demonic pet to save his life, pounced on him and began to fight.

The black bear also possessed some intelligence; it turned and killed another demonic cultivator, snatched its own cub and placed it on the ground, before turning back to attack the two who were wrestling.

The hyena owner and the gray-robed demon cultivator were caught off guard and collapsed to the ground, convulsing as if struck by lightning.

The ground was a mess, with fallen tree branches everywhere. Of the three demonic cultivators, one was dead and two were injured.

Just as the black bear was about to reap the lives of the two barely surviving demonic cultivators, Tu Longjian stepped out.

"Wait a minute."

The black bear, clutching its cub, took a step back, baring its teeth at her, the sharp fangs gleaming coldly.

Tu Longjian looked at the limp bear cub being held stiffly by its mother, its intestines spilling out onto the ground—a horrifying sight.

The mother bear noticed her pitying gaze and clumsily and roughly tried to push the cub's intestines back in with her paws, but she couldn't push them all in, which only made the cub let out a painful cry.

"I'll do it," she said softly, her words carrying a soothing spiritual power that calmed the black bear.

It held the increasingly cold bear cub's corpse in a daze for a while, let out a mournful cry, and finally walked away, still watching her movements warily from the side.

Having spent so much time with Fang Milu, Tu Longjian had learned some treatment techniques. She carefully and quickly stitched up the large hole in the bear cub's abdomen, used some spiritual power to heal the surface of the wound, and then stuffed a blood-restoring pill into its mouth.

The bear cub had recovered somewhat and was calling out affectionately to its mother. The black bear came running over with its gait splayed outwards, hugged the cub tightly, and tears streamed down its face in a human-like way.

The black bear no longer resisted Tu Longjian's approach, but its resentful glances still fell on the two people lying on the ground, as if it wanted to tear them apart.

"Wouldn't it be too easy to just let these two scoundrels die like this? I have a better way." Tu Longjian said with a smile, his eyes gleaming.

At her suggestion, Black Bear and Tu Longjian signed a temporary contract, which allowed the bear and the human to communicate.

"Thank you, my benefactor."

"No need to thank me. They're playing a trick on you and your child, and they want to repeat this act at the demonic cultivators' victory banquet. We might as well grant their wish."

"!!! What do you mean by benefactor?" The black bear stared at her incredulously.

The Sunset Flag hovered in Tu Longjian's palm. She smiled slightly and grinned, "Switch identities and infiltrate the city."

Tu Longjian took out a few fragments of Rolling Snow Fine Gauze. This fabric, given to her by her master, could change her body shape. Most of it had been sewn into her undergarments, but a few fragments remained. Although they were not enough to change a person's body shape, the array flag technique was unpredictable, and she had her own way of dealing with it.

Sure enough, by using the fragments of the Rolling Snow Silk as a medium, and then setting up an array on it with the Sunset Banner to amplify its effect, and supplementing it with a maze array, there would be no chance of failure.

However, this alternative method can only provide temporary relief, but it is sufficient for most purposes.

The black bear's appearance transforms into that of the hyena's owner, while the bear cub curled up in her arms becomes an injured hyena, which she cherishes in her embrace.

Tu Longjian transformed himself into a gray-robed male cultivator.

Correspondingly, the gray-robed demonic cultivator and the hyena lord on the ground transformed into a black bear and a bear cub, while the hyena's corpse was gradually burned by Tu Longjian.

The power of the array used by Tu Longjian lies in the fact that it not only changed the appearance, but also replicated the habits such as voice and gait through the thin threads connecting to the original owner, leaving no trace of the original.

After releasing the demon general from the Frosty Breeze Formation, Tu Longjian began her performance.

The demon general only felt a chill and was completely unaware that he had been trapped. Instead, he mistakenly believed that he had gained something from his meditation because he had caught a wisp of black energy. Even though he had not seen what happened, he did not care at all.

"Hmph! It's an honor for your magical pet to pay for my life." Tu Longjian crossed his arms and looked at the black bear, who had transformed into the hyena's master, with a nonchalant air.