Honghuang Taihuang

Chapter 177 Slaying the Taotie

At present, these three ferocious beast lords can only wait until the other three ferocious beast domains and the Western Rong domain merge before they can launch the ferocious beast army again and possibly implant the Great Dao of Ferocious Beasts into the primordial world.

However, just as the other three ferocious beast lords were about to retreat, an immeasurable burst of light suddenly illuminated the sky with dazzling brilliance.

Layer upon layer of Yin-Yang chaos swirled in the sky, countless chaotic divine thunderbolts exploded and spread within the Yin-Yang chaos, and the purple-gold Dao light, like the membrane of heaven and earth, completely sealed off the Yin-Yang chaos.

Amidst the dense, intertwined, and exploding lightning, the expressions of the three ferocious beast lords, Qiongqi, Hundun, and Taotie, changed drastically. In their senses, Taotie's aura suddenly became extremely weak in an instant.

Then, in less than a moment, Taotie's aura had completely vanished. In the sky, the three ferocious beast lords, Qiongqi, Taotie, and Hundun, stared blankly, somewhat incredulously, at the blood-red light that was constantly collapsing under the onslaught of countless chaotic divine lightning.

Bai Ju's eyes narrowed sharply as he looked at Taiwei, who was pale-faced, with a broken left arm, a bloody hole in his chest, and holding a pale bone spear that was only half left in his right hand amidst the countless dissipating Yin and Yang energies. His aura was momentarily out of control.

"I really underestimated him. I didn't expect that his dying struggle would injure me like this."

Taiwei looked at the pale bone spear in his hand, which was covered with countless sword marks, and then threw the spear, whose spiritual light had dissipated, away. A streak of blood light swept across the void, and Youquan caught the bone spear with a gloomy expression. The Guixu sword sheath in his palm surged out with its powerful killing aura.

The aura that was almost as strong as that of the four great beast lords made Taiwei frown. Even the three great beast lords, Taotie, Qiongqi, and Chaos, who were still shocked by the death of Taotie, changed their expressions slightly and looked at Youquan.

The Seven Star Dragon Abyss and the Guixu Sword Sheath collided millions of times in an instant. Amidst countless bursts of brilliant starlight, Taiwei was forced to take a step back by the sword light unleashed by Youquan with all his might.

With a cold snort, Taiwei's feet swirled with a water and fire tai chi diagram. The power of yin and yang water and fire shattered all the endless yin and turbid evil energy bursting from the Guixu sword sheath. The Seven Star Dragon Abyss tore through the heavens and earth, and Youquan was cleaved in two by Taiwei's sword.

Blood surged, and thousands of blood lotuses bloomed. Youquan, pale-faced, emerged from the blood lotuses, looking at Taiwei with some surprise and uncertainty. Just now, Taiwei's sword had actually killed tens of thousands of blood demons embedded outside his primordial spirit. He had never known such swordsmanship before.

"Do you still want to continue fighting? The death of Taotie has also affected the three gates that separated you from time and space, hasn't it?"

"According to my estimation, the power within those three Heavenly Gates will be exhausted in no more than a thousand years. Are you going to stay here and wait for the arrival of the Azure Emperor, Zhu Qi, and Xuan Si?"

Taiwei's Seven Star Dragon Abyss sword trembled, and a resounding clang like a dragon's roar echoed through the heavens and earth. Youquan looked at Taiwei, who stood with his sword in hand, and a look of anger appeared on his face. Blood light surged around him, and he was about to step forward and fight Taiwei again.

However, at this moment, Qiongqi, Taotie, and Hundun appeared in front of Youquan, blocking him from making a move, and looked coldly at Taiwei and Baiju opposite him.

"Even if you win this time, next time it will be a full-scale attack by all the ferocious beasts of the four major ferocious domains. This time, it's a fight to the death!"

Qiongqi's tone was extremely cold and stern. After saying this, the three ferocious beast lords led Youquan back to the Western Rong Domain. On the battlefield below, countless ferocious beasts that had survived the explosion of flames from the mouth of the mechanical Qilin also transformed into long rainbows and flew towards the Western Rong Domain.

With the Taotie slain, the power of the Heavenly Passage was affected. Just as Taiwei had predicted, within a thousand years at most, the spacetime that was separated from the far west by the Heavenly Passage would be reconnected.

If Qiongqi, Taotie, and Hundun do not take this opportunity to return to the Western Rong Domain, strengthen its defenses, and completely seal it off, then once the power of the Heavenly Extinction Pass dissipates and Cangdi, Zhuqi, and Xuansi descend, they too will inevitably follow in Taotie's footsteps.

After Taotie, Qiongqi, Hundun, and Youquan left, Taiwei exhaled a breath of turbid air. Although he had killed Taotie, his own condition was far from good.

Even though Taiwei had consumed countless golden pills beforehand, he still suffered severe injuries in the final life-or-death battle with Taotie. Now, Taiwei can only exert 70% of his strength, which is why he was forced to retreat a step in his fight with Youquan.

Yuan Huang below was weakened by the mechanical Qilin, losing only a fraction of his original strength, while Bai Ju was severely injured in the battle with Qiongqi and Taotie.

Therefore, if Qiongqi, Taotie, and Hundun continue to fight, Taiwei, Baiju, and Yuanhuang are unlikely to win. Fortunately, Taiwei's words scared away these three ferocious beast lords.

Both sides suffered losses in this war. The ferocious beast clan lost Taotie and countless ferocious beasts, but Youquan's advancement to the Primordial True Saint was enough to replace Taotie's position.

The deaths of the ferocious beast army are nothing compared to the fact that the beasts that died here were only those from the Western Rong Domain. Once the four ferocious beast domains merge, the ferocious beast race will be able to field an army three times larger than it is now.

So, in reality, the losses of the ferocious beast clan were not serious. It was just that Taotie was killed by Taiwei, and the Yin Turbid Essence within Taotie had fallen into Taiwei's hands.

As for the Heavenly Burial Dao Diagram, as a supreme treasure of the Western Rong Domain, which is the condensation and evolution of the origin of the Heavenly Dao, the Heavenly Burial Dao Diagram cannot be taken away by Taiwei. Only the Lord of the Western Rong Domain can control this supreme treasure of the universe.

On the other hand, the Qilin royal family suffered heavy losses, with almost all of its five thousand elite troops killed or wounded. The mechanical Qilin, crafted with countless rare and precious materials, completely collapsed, and one-tenth of the Qilin royal family's fortune was depleted.

Taiwei was seriously injured, Baiju was seriously injured, and Yuanhuang was seriously injured. Although the Qilin royal family had thwarted the plans of the ferocious beast clan and thus won the war, the heavy price paid made Yuanhuang anything but happy.

Taiwei looked at Yuanhuang below, whose face was gloomy and who was helping the remaining members of the Qilin royal family recover from their injuries. His expression was extremely cold.

The appearance of the mechanical Qilin clearly indicates that Yuanhuang wanted to replace the White Tiger as the Western sacred beast with the Qilin. Although the mechanical Qilin had been reduced to ashes due to the ferocious beast clan, it would not be too difficult for the Qilin royal family to forge another mechanical Qilin, given their wealth.

Without Nuwa's refinement of the essence of the Great Dao of Creation, the mechanical Qilin would be unable to fulfill the duties of a Western sacred beast. After Yuanhuang, they should think of other methods, and it is even possible that they will directly target the Western mechanical White Tiger sacred beast that Taiwei is currently refining.

(End of this chapter)