Honghuang: Creation of the Green Lotus, the beginning of the Three Pure Ones

Chapter 350 This Taotie is not that Taotie

The Taotie roared for a moment, then suddenly turned towards Sishui Pass. This startled Yang Jian; if it were allowed to rush into Sishui Pass, the consequences would be unimaginable.

On the city tower of Sishui Pass, Chen Xuan stood with his hands behind his back, gazing at the enormous figure amidst the billowing malevolent aura. Behind him stood Jade Cauldron Immortal, Wuzhiqi, and others, each with a solemn expression.

“Grandmaster, this Taotie seems a bit off. Yu Ding feels that it has no thoughts at all, as if it is just a killing machine.”

Master Yu Ding looked on in confusion at the Taotie fighting Yang Jian not far away. He then asked Chen Xuan a question.

Chen Xuan said, "This is not an ordinary Taotie, but a corpse beast Taotie that devoured countless corpses of demons and witches during the great calamity of the Lich King."

"However, this corpse beast Taotie should be in the hands of the demon master Kunpeng. How could it have fallen into Jiang Ziya's hands? Could it be that the demon race has already made a move?"

As they spoke, Taiyi Zhenren and his entourage had already flown to the city walls. Although Nezha was covered in dust and dirt, the fighting spirit in his crimson eyes was even stronger.

With a face full of resentment, he said to Chen Xuan, "Ancestor, I'm leaving Master to you. Let me go and deal with that beast again!"

Upon hearing that Nezha was going to fight Taotie, Taiyi Zhenren scolded him, "Stop fooling around! You can't even beat Guangchengzi, how can you deal with ancient ferocious beasts?"

Chen Xuan laughed: "It's good that Nezha has such fighting spirit. However, to deal with Taotie, you need to use skill. If you confront him head-on, even your master can't do anything to him."

Then he spoke to Yang Jian, who was fighting the Taotie, and said, "Yang Jian, your transformation technique has reached a state of perfection. Why do you need to fight him so fiercely?"

Upon hearing this, Yang Jian instantly realized what was happening, and in a flash, he transformed into a colorful peacock.

At the same time, Chen Xuan's voice rang out again, "Although the Taotie is greedy for everything, it fears one thing the most: its own shadow."

"Therefore, the best way to destroy this Taotie is to transform into its appearance. Otherwise, even if you manage to kill it, you will inevitably have to pay a price."

Upon hearing this, Yang Jian instantly snapped out of his daze and immediately relinquished his peacock form, transforming directly into the appearance of a Taotie.

Unfortunately, Yang Jian did not obtain the Taotie's life essence. Even if he transformed into the Taotie's appearance, he only had its form, but not its spirit.

Even though it only has its form, the Taotie that Yang Jian transformed into is exactly the same as the real Taotie, and even its fierce aura is no different.

When the real Taotie saw another version of itself, fear appeared in its six eyes, and its attack immediately faltered.

Upon seeing this, everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Just when everyone thought that Yang Jian would surely kill Taotie, Chen Xuan spoke up.

“If it were just an ordinary ancient ferocious beast, Taotie, Yang Jian would surely be able to kill it using this method. Unfortunately, this Taotie has already been transformed into a corpse beast.”

"So this method can only induce a brief period of fear in it. If I can't kill it before it recovers, then only a sage can intervene."

While everyone listened to Chen Xuan's analysis of the battle, Nezha gave Ao Bing a wink. Then, together they charged towards the direction of Taotie.

This infuriated Taiyi Zhenren, who was about to speak up to stop him, but Chen Xuan stopped him.

"Let them go. With their help, Yang Jian should be able to achieve twice the result with half the effort."

At this moment, Nezha, riding on his Wind-Fire Wheels, had already rushed close to Taotie, his Fire-Tipped Spear aimed straight at Taotie's left eye. Ao Bing also attacked at the same time, his Fangtian Halberd slashing towards the beast's right foreleg.

The Taotie roared in pain, trying to retaliate, but was restrained by Yang Jian, making its movements much slower. Yang Jian, in his Taotie form, seized the opportunity and slapped the real Taotie on the back with a claw, tearing open a wound more than ten feet long, but not a drop of blood flowed from the wound.

Just as Chen Xuan said, this Taotie was merely a corpse beast. Therefore, it had no blood in its body and no consciousness whatsoever.

So even though he was severely injured by Yang Jian, he didn't feel the slightest pain. He still attacked Yang Jian relentlessly.

Seeing that Yang Jian, Nezha, and Ao Bing were struggling even when fighting Taotie together, Wuzhiqi, Yuan Hong, and Yuan Futong volunteered to fight alongside Chen Xuan.

Chen Xuan didn't refuse; it was a good opportunity for them to practice. After all, since the demon race had already gotten involved, what happened today was just the beginning.

In the upcoming Investiture of the Gods war, this kind of situation will certainly be common. There's even a possibility that things will happen that even Chen Xuan couldn't have foreseen.

After all, the current calamity of the Investiture of the Gods has exceeded Chen Xuan's comprehension. Chen Xuan's precognitive abilities as a transmigrator are now of no use.

Even so, Chen Xuan was confident he could control the overall situation. The only difference was the cost his side would have to pay.

With the addition of the three monkeys, Wuzhiqi, Taotie was finally powerless to fight back. In the end, the giant ape formed by the three monkeys was torn to pieces on the spot.

Nezha wasn't satisfied yet, so he unleashed boundless flames, instantly burning Taotie's mangled body to ashes.

Meanwhile, Guang Chengzi, who had returned to Xiqi, looked at Jiang Ziya with a gloomy expression and said, "Jiang Ziya, where did you get that Taotie from?"

"Have you ever considered that releasing Taotie on the battlefield would be devastating to both sides? If I hadn't been here today, the tens of thousands of troops I led out would probably have become food for Taotie."

"Although the life and death of mere ants are insignificant, they will affect your prestige in Xiqi. If your prestige is lost, do you think Ji Chang and his son will still value you?"

"If the Western Sect or the Jie Sect gains the upper hand, then Master's thousands of years of planning will be completely wasted because of your momentary mistake."

Jiang Ziya was so reprimanded by Guang Chengzi that he didn't dare to raise his head. Finally, seeing that Guang Chengzi was no longer speaking, he whispered something.

"Senior Brother, you may not know this, but the yellow talisman that summons the Taotie was obtained by Ziya by chance when he was fishing on the Wei River."

"When that Taoist priest gave me the yellow talisman, he also said that I would suffer three deaths and seven injuries. This yellow talisman can protect me from one of these calamities."

"When Ziya went down the mountain, his master said the same thing. So Ziya believed what the Taoist said and kept the yellow talisman with him."

"Today's events happened so suddenly that Ziya remembered that yellow talisman. Who would have thought that the yellow talisman could summon the ancient ferocious beast Taotie?"

"If Ziya had known that the yellow talisman could summon Taotie, he would have killed me, but I would never have dared to do it."

Upon hearing this, Guang Chengzi frowned and said to Jiang Ziya, "It's clear that someone is plotting against you."

"Now, even I, your senior brother, do not understand the reason behind this. I need to return to Wanshou Mountain to inform our master about this matter."

"Remember, you must never leave the city to fight the Shang army again before I return."

Jiang Ziya nodded repeatedly, thinking to himself, "Even if you hadn't said anything, I wouldn't have gone to war. Otherwise, if that Taotie were to return, the consequences would be unimaginable."

(End of this chapter)