dognovel Chapter 1174 The Real and Fake Taotie
Chapter 1174 The Real and Fake Taotie
At the summit of Buting Mountain.
Crimson Flame Volcano Crater.
The magma surged, and the Taotie lay dormant within, conserving its strength.
Suddenly, three streaks of light shot out from the void and landed on the crater.
It was Su Xiaoya, Yu Shuheng, and Su Mingyi.
The three of them exuded a powerful aura. They possessed immaculate Dao bodies, stable divine souls, strong physical bodies, and clear Dao hearts.
The Taotie sensed the presence of the three and suddenly burst out of the lava, its scarlet eyes fixed on them.
"You...you're not dead?"
Taotie's voice was full of surprise.
Yu Shuheng sneered and raised the Heavenly Emperor's Divine Medicine in his hand: "Taowu! Today is your death day!"
After saying that, the three of them attacked at the same time.
The power of the five immortal herbs was like a surging torrent, the power of the Heavenly Emperor's divine medicine was like a raging flame, and the power of the Wu Clan's inheritance was like a tidal wave. They converged and transformed into a world-destroying light, like a shooting star that streaked across the night sky, rushing toward Taotie.
The Taotie let out a deafening roar, attempting to resist this powerful force. However, the light was like a mountain pressing down, unstoppable.
The light fell mercilessly like a sharp sword, freezing the Taotie's body instantly, as if it had been cast a spell. Then it shrank little by little until it became the size of a palm.
At this moment, the Taotie looks even more adorable and cute, like a lovable little pet.
If we ignore the fierce glint in the Taotie's eyes.
Su Xiaoya walked lightly forward, looked curiously at the shrunken Taotie, and said in a sweet voice, "Is that all? It wasn't that difficult."
Su Mingyi's lips curled up slightly, revealing a smile, and he said, "That's also thanks to the combined efforts of the three of us, and the great contribution of the Heavenly Emperor's Divine Medicine."
Yu Shuheng carefully put away the Heavenly Emperor's Divine Medicine and said in a deep voice, "Don't let your guard down. Taotie is extremely cunning, and it may have some other insidious tricks up its sleeve."
No sooner had the words been spoken than the Taotie suddenly let out a chilling laugh, and a strange black aura emanated from its body, spreading rapidly like ink in water. It began to grow larger at an astonishing speed, and its power also increased continuously.
"Hmph, you think you can kill me like this? You're dreaming!" Taotie roared, his hair standing on end in fury.
The three men's expressions changed drastically; they never expected that Taotie would have such powerful methods.
"Give it your all!" Yu Shuheng shouted hoarsely.
They once again mobilized all their strength, like tigers descending the mountain or dragons emerging from the sea, and engaged in a thrilling life-or-death struggle with the Taotie.
Just when the two sides were locked in a stalemate and unable to determine a winner, the Yellow Bird and the Black Serpent appeared on the battlefield like divine soldiers, joining the fierce battle.
It turned out that they were worried about the safety of Su Xiaoya and the other two, so they followed them all the way.
Although Su Xiaoya and the other two were puzzled and did not understand why the yellow bird and the black snake were able to escape from the secret realm (illusion realm) on their own.
However, at this moment, they have no time to worry about these things; now is not the time to ask why.
Whether it was due to a memory lapse or some other unknown reason, they dared not relax in the slightest, nor would they be distracted during the battle.
With everyone working together, the Taotie was finally completely defeated and had no chance to fight back.
Suddenly, a wisp of black smoke drifted out from above the Taotie's head like a ghost, attempting to escape.
Without the slightest hesitation, Su Xiaoya threw out an array plate, trapping the Taotie like a net, while simultaneously unleashing a bolt of lightning that shattered the black smoke like Mount Tai crushing an egg.
The moment the black smoke was dispersed by the lightning, a wisp of extremely thin black smoke, like a gossamer thread, rapidly traversed the void at an astonishing speed.
Yu Shuheng's pupils suddenly contracted, and the ancient legend of the immortal remnant souls of ferocious beasts recorded in the ancient books of Blue Star instantly appeared in his mind—these extremely ferocious and evil creatures, after their physical bodies are destroyed, their remnant souls can reside in the malevolent energy of heaven and earth, and after a thousand years, they can reshape their bodies.
He dared not delay for a moment, his fingertips forming spatial imprints, and countless fine spatial cracks immediately appeared around him, as dense as a spider web: "Mingyi, Soul-Suppressing Mirror! Xiaoya, Soul-Locking Curse!"
Su Mingyi reacted with lightning speed. The Soul-Suppressing Mirror hung high in the air, and the golden light on its surface surged like a volcanic eruption. An invisible barrier suddenly spread out like an impregnable fortress, firmly trapping the wisp of remnant soul within it.
Su Xiaoya's incantation was even more bizarre, like a nightmare. She chanted incantations, and black runes flew from her fingertips, binding the remnant soul like chains. The runes pulsed with the unique suppressing power of the witch clan, and the remnant soul immediately let out a blood-curdling scream. The black energy surged like a raging storm, but it could no longer move forward.
The yellow bird let out a clear cry, and five-colored divine light pierced the sky like a rainbow piercing the sun, enveloping the remnant soul within it.
The black serpent exhaled a breath of cold air, which, like frost, caused ice crystals to condense in the void wherever it passed. The remnant soul's escape speed was instantly slowed down, as if it had been stuck.
"If the remnant soul is not destroyed, the consequences will be endless!" Yu Shuheng took a deep breath, and the principle of apoptosis that he had learned in his biology class on Blue Star flashed through his mind—in order to completely eliminate the remnant soul, it is necessary to dismantle the source of its malevolent energy.
He pushed the power of the Heavenly Emperor's Divine Medicine to its limit, and the golden light merged into the power of space, transforming into a light blade as thin as a hair, which pierced towards the core of the remnant soul.
The light blade may seem weak, but it contains the power to purify all evil.
The moment it touched the remnant soul, the black energy sizzled and melted away like ice and snow meeting boiling water.
The shrieks of the remnant soul grew weaker and weaker until they finally vanished completely from the world, leaving not a trace behind.
Only then did everyone breathe a sigh of relief.
All eyes then turned to the palm-sized Taotie within the formation.
Uh!
Inside the barrier, the little Taotie's round eyes, like two crystal-clear gems, looked bewildered and confused.
Su Xiaoya wiped the large beads of sweat from her forehead, grabbed the little Taotie, and playfully stuck out her tongue: "This guy is much harder to handle than I imagined. But, the little guy doesn't seem to have lost his soul right now, does he?"
After hearing Su Xiaoya's words, the little Taotie blinked its eyes like a lively little deer, looking at her with a longing for life in its eyes.
Desire to survive?
Su Xiaoya squinted and couldn't help but examine the little Taotie in her palm closely.
The name Taotie itself is full of mystery and antiquity, as if it were a ferocious beast that came from ancient times.
Its existence is to demonstrate that pure stubbornness, rebellion, unruliness, and destructive instinct that rejects any form of education.
Essentially, it cannot be taught, cannot understand human speech, and cannot distinguish right from wrong. Before it, reason, emotion, and deterrence are like a mantis trying to stop a chariot—utterly useless.
Therefore, Taotie is obsessive and insane.
It will only choose mutual destruction, not compromise.
So—the will to survive?
This could absolutely not happen to a Taotie.
So, who exactly is this little Taotie?