The Hehuan Sect's grand event finally reached its climax, with the top ten standing on the arena wearing the Hehuan Sect's flower garlands, receiving the envious gazes of the crowd.

The highlight of the banquet was the appearance of the twin lotus flowers.

The arena slowly sank down, and a high platform slowly rose up. On the platform, two lotus flowers, one black and one white, were bathed in sunlight.

The crowd's attention was drawn to it, some in awe, others in wonder. For a moment, the place was silent, so quiet that even breathing sounded like the beating of drums.

"Everyone, please line up in a long queue," Ningyan said. Under her guidance, the crowd formed a long line and slowly walked towards the platform.

The elders standing on the clouds looked at the scene below and couldn't help but smile with satisfaction.

The crowd approached in silence, and in that silence, the faint sound of a baby could be heard.

As someone was walking along, they heard the sound and couldn't help but ask the person next to them, "Did you hear that? It sounds like a baby crying."

"Are you crazy with joy?! What's that sound?"

The other person held their breath and listened carefully for a while before saying, "It seems like it really is."

"Really?"

At this moment, the crying grew louder and louder, like thunder and drums, making the townspeople's hearts pound with fear.

"No, there really is a sound."

"This sound is wrong."

Someone seemed to realize something, a look of horror appeared on their face, and they struggled to back off.

A voice rang in everyone's ears from within the crowd: "Everyone, get out quickly! The Taotie is coming out!"

Taotie?

How could this be? How could those ancient ferocious beasts be here? Aren't all of these things dead?

The people who were already panicked became even more frightened upon hearing this sound. They didn't forget to bring out their magical artifacts and scrambled away as they ran.

Others watched the frantically fleeing people with a wait-and-see attitude, their faces full of doubt.

At this moment, the elders of Yun Cai revealed their true intentions, wielding the whisks in their hands to create a protective barrier.

The seemingly invisible barrier is actually as solid as a rock.

"None of you are leaving! Stay here obediently and do your part to help the adults in their time of need!"

The elder on the cloud spoke calmly, seemingly unconcerned that there were disciples from his own sect among the crowd.

"Old nun, you have lost your humanity!"

"Shameless!"

"Are you trying to make an enemy of the entire cultivation world?"

Listening to these people cursing, the sect leader picked at his ear, not taking it seriously. If things had succeeded, why would they be afraid of these people? Besides, they were just rogue cultivators without any sect or faction, who would care?

This was their real plan: to lure rogue cultivators over, feed them to the Taotie, and then use the Taotie's power to dominate the world.

At this moment, the roar grew louder and louder, and the plaza where the rogue cultivators stood began to shake violently. The area in the middle where the high lotus platform stood cracked open like a spider web, with finger-width gaps spreading outwards.

As the shaking intensified, the gap widened, and the cultivators who had been fleeing in all directions suddenly remembered that they were cultivators and could fly. They quickly summoned their magical artifacts and soared into the sky.

Unfortunately, there was a barrier above them, so even if they flew up, they couldn't escape this place. Everyone looked at the crack under their feet, revealing a large hole.

Two lotus flowers slowly rose, and a human head slowly emerged, with strong arms stretching out from the ground and lying on the rock, revealing eyes under the armpits.

It raised its arm, its eyes under its armpits darting around as it scanned the crowd with a greedy look.

The two lotus flowers stood on the ram's horns atop the Taotie's head, trembling precariously, as if they were about to fall at any moment.

The Taotie had just appeared, its body emaciated. With a swift sweep of its tiger claws, several cultivators who were very close to it fell into its mouth. With a few crunches, blood and flesh flew from the corners of its mouth, and the blood fell to the ground, blooming into many red plum blossoms.

The cultivators still standing on their flying swords turned pale with fright.

The elders of the Hehuan Sect watched the scene on the ground with great interest, seeing the Taotie rapidly devour its food, and its size visibly increasing.

In an attempt to save themselves, the cultivators unleashed their spells at it. However, the spells did not harm it at all; instead, they enraged it, causing it to eat even faster.

Seeing that it had devoured many more people and its body had grown larger again, the elder on the cloud couldn't help but feel a little scared. He looked at the sect leader and said, "Senior sister, is this appropriate?"

The sect leader snorted coldly: "What's wrong with that? Those who achieve great things don't concern themselves with trifles."

Just when they thought things were going to work out, the barrier below suddenly burst open with a "pop".

It turned out that the cultivators realized they couldn't defeat it or dodge it, so they gathered their strength and attacked the weak point of the barrier, breaking it open.

The sect leader's hand holding the whisk turned white instantly: "How could this be? This barrier is reinforced by an array, how could it be broken?"

The barrier broke, and the cultivators scattered in four directions.

Someone looked at the sect leader standing in the clouds and was instantly enraged: "Li Caigu, you poisonous woman, you will die a horrible death!"

"They actually want us to feed the ferocious beasts!"

"I'll kill you!"

More and more cultivators surged over, and Li Caigu was about to run away on a cloud, but unexpectedly, the Taotie, which was originally under their control, broke out and took a liking to the group of people with the highest cultivation level.

They tried to negotiate with a tiger for its skin, but the tiger, having eaten its fill, turned its claws on them.

Behind him were cultivators chasing after him, and in front of him were the gluttonous beasts eyeing him menacingly.

Li Caigu paused, then addressed the cultivators, saying, "Everyone, this matter was due to the negligence of our Hehuan Sect. We will certainly apologize to you all afterward. Right now, we should join forces to kill this wicked beast. If it is allowed to enter the human world, I fear it will cause great suffering to all living beings!"

She spoke sincerely, and everyone could see that she was a devil in human skin. However, the fact was that the Taotie was indeed powerful, and no one could defeat it alone; only by working together could they overcome it.

The group had no choice but to stand with their enemy and work together to deal with this beast.

However, Li Caigu was indeed a cunning person. Seeing the crowd rushing towards her, she didn't make any moves in secret. Instead, she quietly preserved her strength, making these cultivators fight desperately. When someone discovered that she was taking advantage of the situation, he immediately swung his longsword and faced Li Caigu directly.

It seemed the Taotie was looking over, its claws poised to strike her. Li Caigu grabbed a nearby cultivator to block it. But a gust of wind blew by, shoving the man aside. The Taotie's claws landed on Li Caigu's shoulder, and she immediately coughed up blood.

His cultivation level was severely damaged.

This Taotie is amazing.

"You really are a piece of trash." The man pushed the cultivator aside and looked coldly at Li Caigu.

"Who are you?" Li Caigu looked at the boy who was dressed in a flashy manner but had a handsome face, and a bad feeling welled up inside her.

The boy drew his sword: "The one who will take your life."

Li Caigu looked at the familiar sword, and her heart pounded like a drum: "You are!"

Li Caigu's voice was swallowed up by a "pfft".

The other elders, realizing that their leader was gone, were filled with rage and roared as they rushed over.

But those people were blown away by a gust of wind before they could even get close. Their strength was unfathomable.

"How was it?" Do you like the gift I gave you?

The man floated in front of Yan Chenghuan, his hood hanging down, revealing a face of unparalleled beauty.

That person had skin as white as snow, but his eyes were so red they looked like they could drip blood.

"What do you want to do?" Yan Chenghuan stood still, his knuckles white as he gripped his sword, clearly showing that he had been holding back his anger to the extreme.