Chapter 712: Devouring the Taotie

Chapter 712: Chapter 712: Devouring the Taotie

In [***] City.

Lü Buwei stood in the courtyard at the rear of the Lü Clan's business association.

"Master!" several subordinates greeted respectfully. Geett the latest novels at novelhall.com, dismantle the business association here," Lü Buwei ordered indifferently.

"But Master, we've just started here!" one subordinate queried in confusion.

"It's unnecessary. Withdraw back to Qin," Lü Buwei responded calmly.

"Understood!"

As they spoke, Lü Buwei looked up, a cold smile forming on his lips.

High in the sky, an Earth Immortal was approaching, chasing after Lü Buwei.

With a flicker, Lü Buwei appeared in the sky, staring at the Earth Immortal.

"You're here to kill me?" Lü Buwei asked coldly.

"The master has ordered us to kill you on the spot!" The Earth Immortal drew a long sword.

"An Earth Immortal from the Great Thousand World? It's been a long time since I killed one of those. You think you can kill me?" Lü Buwei sneered.

In a mountain valley, two Earth Immortals confronted Shenya Daojun and Kong Lietian.

Over a vast sea, two Earth Immortals blocked Zhong Shan and Di Xuan Sha.

Beside the two Earth Immortals was a blue-skinned beast, the Taotie.

"Roar! Roar!"

The Taotie roared continuously at Zhong Shan, seemingly eager to erase its previous humiliation. Despite being ranked among the top hundred divine beasts, it had been scared by a mere sound. This time, it was determined to devour the person before it.

"Roar! Roar! Roar!"

The Taotie kept roaring at Zhong Shan, unwilling to be satisfied until it had consumed him.

Zhong Shan stared coldly at the Taotie.

"Yiya!"

The sound of the Eight Extremes Heavenly Tail echoed again. Hearing it, the Taotie became even more agitated. Yes, this was the sound that had frightened it earlier.

"Roar! Roar! Roar!"

The Taotie continued to roar, ready to charge at any moment.

Just then, a purple fox tail emerged from behind Zhong Shan.

The two Earth Immortals paused momentarily. What was that?

"Yiya!"

The Eight Extremes Heavenly Tail suddenly jumped onto Zhong Shan's shoulder. It wasn't very large, only about half the height of a person.

The two Earth Immortals didn't recognize this creature.

The Taotie's gaze suddenly shifted to the Eight Extremes Heavenly Tail.

"Roar!"

The ugly Taotie roared incessantly.

The Eight Extremes Heavenly Tail, with its bright black eyes, glared at the Taotie. Feeling provoked, it opened its mouth and let out an angry cry.

"Yiya!"

The Taotie instinctively took a step back but immediately regretted it, angrily opening its mouth and inhaling towards its feet.

Swallowed it?

The Taotie was eaten? How was that possible?

The two Earth Immortals were stunned, but one of them quickly snapped out of it and thrust his longsword toward the Eight Extreme Heaven Tail, whose mouth was still bulging, having not yet digested the Taotie.

A powerful sword strike was launched, the longsword lengthening abruptly, and a sharp sword intent shot toward the Eight Extreme Heaven Tail. The sky filled with boundless sword energy.

The enormous sword pierced forward. The Eight Extreme Heaven Tail's round, black eyes suddenly narrowed into slits, glaring cutely yet angrily at the approaching attack, its mouth still puffed out.

Then the large mouth opened slightly, just enough to let the longsword pierce into it.

"Awooo!"

With a snap of its jaws, the endless sword energy in the heavens suddenly dissipated.

"Pu~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~!"

The Earth Immortal spewed a mouthful of blood. His face turned deathly pale as he looked at his hand—his longsword had a chunk bitten off.

The longsword he had painstakingly forged for ten thousand years had a piece bitten off? The Earth Immortal's heartache far exceeded his physical injury.

What kind of monster is this?

Back at the original site of Liucheng.

Sima Ce had finally forced Lu Buwei's flame out of his body. Of course, the ancient green pine had suffered indelible damage. In Sima Ce's hand was a flame shaped like an ingot.

Staring blankly at this 'golden ingot'-shaped flame, Sima Ce was dumbfounded for a moment. What kind of person would shape their flame into a golden ingot?

With a flick of his finger, Sima Ce extinguished the golden ingot, a look of resentment on his face. This Celestial Assembly had been nothing but bad luck.

Fortunately, Gu Zhengyi and Shen Qitian were still around.

"Mr. Sima, once your subordinates return, please join us for a gathering at the Dayong Heavenly Dynasty," Gu Zhengyi invited.

"Very well," Sima Ce nodded.

He waited for two days, but his subordinates still hadn't returned. What on earth were they doing that was taking so long?

Finally, on the third morning, just as Sima Ce was growing desperate, a streak of light shot towards him from the distance.

As it approached, Sima Ce's face changed dramatically. The person was pale, covered in blood, and riddled with countless wounds. They had clearly used a secret technique to increase their strength just to make it back.

"What happened? Why are you in this state? Where is the Taotie?"

"Master, the Taotie...the Taotie was eaten!" the person said with a face full of terror.

"What? What did you say?" Sima Ce's eyes widened.

"The Taotie was eaten by a monster!" the person said, panic-stricken.

"Rubbish! The Taotie devours others, not the other way around! What kind of monster could eat a Taotie?" Sima Ce roared.

A monster? You must be seeing things. In terms of devouring, who in the world could surpass the Taotie?

"It's true, Master. The Taotie was really eaten by a monster. Fifth Brother is dead too. I barely made it back!" the Earth Immortal wailed.

"Impossible, absolutely impossible. You're lying to me, you must be lying!" Sima Ce shouted, grabbing the injured Earth Immortal by the collar.

With a flip of his hand, the Earth Immortal produced half of a celestial sword.

"Master, this sword was also half-eaten by that monster," the Earth Immortal said mournfully.

Sword? Is this still a sword? What remained in the Earth Immortal's hand was only a hilt and a five-inch blade. This was a sword? It looked more like a spatula!

Sima Ce's face twitched as he looked at the broken sword. He knew it well—it was a treasured weapon of his subordinate, and it had also been eaten? What kind of monster had they encountered? What kind of monster could even eat a Taotie?

Five days later, none of the other six Earth Immortals who had gone out returned. It was obvious—they weren't coming back.

At that moment, Sima Ce finally understood. This small world was too terrifying. It wasn't just the decayed dynasties of the Heavenly Empire fighting for supremacy with the imperial dynasties—this world's imperial dynasties were extraordinarily powerful. This was an ominous world, a terrifying world.