Half an hour later, Taotie finally stopped crying.
The first thing it did after stopping the sound was to thank the potato: "Thank you, potato."
He still spoke slowly and deliberately, but inexplicably, Shushu heard a hope for survival in his voice, instead of the numbness he had felt before.
Shushu instinctively replied, "You're welcome," then added after a moment's thought, "As long as you're alive, there's still hope."
Whether the little gluttonous beast heard it or not, it repeated, "As long as we're alive, there's still hope?"
After saying that, it seemed to understand what was meant, its eyes lit up, and it gave a very strong "hmm".
Then, urged by Shushu, he opened the storage ring, took out the contents, and slowly began to eat.
After eating quite a lot, the little glutton finally stopped and carefully hid the storage ring in its abdomen.
Perhaps it had eaten something, or perhaps its mindset had changed, but the entire Taotie was no longer as lifeless as before, and its gaze toward the glutton was now sparkling.
There was gratitude, admiration, and intense affection in it, as if the millet was its savior.
It's unclear what it was thinking, but after staring at the millet for a while, it cleared its throat and actually made a vow to Heaven.
"I, Tao Han, will be loyal to millet and yam for all eternity, and will never betray them."
As soon as he finished speaking, a deafening roar came from the blood-red sky, and the whole world shook.
The blood-red sky was even split open by the lightning, leaving a tiny crack.
The totem of the Heavenly Oath, under the stunned gazes of everyone, fell through the cleavage, smashed through the God-Trapping Array, and rushed into the Taotie's head, clearly signifying its approval.
The God-Trapping Formation also developed a slight crack at its top due to the Heavenly Oath Totem.
"Little one, go ask Qilin for that Thunder Tree."
"Shushu, quickly release the Thunder Tree."
Almost the instant he noticed the crack, Shu Chi appeared beside Shu Shu and called out to him.
At the same time, Shushu heard Qile's voice in her mind, telling her to release the Thunder Tree.
The millet didn't quite understand what they were going to do, but that didn't stop her from doing it.
Without the slightest hesitation, Shushu released the Thunder Tree.
The next moment, Shushu heard Shuchi say to Taohan, who was trapped in the God-Trapping Formation, "Make another oath to the Heavenly Dao."
Tao Han was equally bewildered, but seeing that the other party was standing next to Shu Shu and Shu Shu did not seem to mind, it slowly thought for a moment with its somewhat rusty head and said something like this.
"I, Tao Han, will go to the ends of the earth to chop up that traitor Hu Ling."
Then, while Shushu was still in shock that Taohan's enemy was related to Huling,
The moment Tao Han finished making his vow, Shu Chi threw the Thunder Tree directly above the God-Trapping Array and loudly ordered, "Plant its roots into the God-Trapping Array."
Then, the Thunder Tree obeyed the order, firmly rooting itself in the formation, and its canopy grew desperately, piercing the opening in the blood-red sky and extending outwards.
With another huge boom, the Thunder Tree was seen to be surrounded by lightning.
Without any further instructions from Shu Chi, the Thunder Tree spontaneously channeled all its lightning into the God-Trapping Array at its roots.
After doing all this, Thunder Tree quickly retreated.
Almost the instant it retreated, a familiar totem once again rushed in from the opening in the blood-red sky, smashed into the God-Trapping Array, and entered Tao Han's body.
The cracks on the God-Trapping Array also turned into a small opening.
Shu Chi and Qi Le each took one side of the Wentian Seal and rushed towards the entrance.
Finally, the two souls, namely Shu Chi and Qi Le, successfully entered the God-Trapping Formation and rushed straight to the center of the formation.
As for the Heavenly Inquiry Seal, it was used to press the two seals against the small opening to prevent the God-Trapping Array from closing.
After that, Shushu stared in disbelief as the two souls cooperated and quickly approached the center of the formation.
Upon reaching the center of the formation, she saw Qile take out something she had never seen before, something that looked like a crossbow or a bow, and he started poking and prying at the center of the formation.
With that, they managed to pry off the core of the array, and the entire Soul-Trapping Array shattered with a crack! It broke!
Even after Shu Chi placed the core of the formation into Shu Shu's hand, Shu Shu's mouth remained wide open as he stared curiously at Qi Le and the strangely shaped weapon in his hand.
"This is a treasure that can pry open the core of the Soul-Trapping Array!" Shushu exclaimed, while being even more curious about how they came up with the idea of breaking the array from the inside.
After all, it was either the inherited memories of the Treasure-Seeking Rat clan or the records in the array inheritance of her, Immortal Venerable Luofeng.
To break the divine array, one must do so from the outside, and at least five or more Mahayana stage experts must join forces, each standing at a key point, in order to break the array.
Shushu was completely baffled, his eyes filled with confusion and curiosity. He kept glancing at his ancestor, then at Qile, and even forgot about Taohan over there.
Shuchi and Qile couldn't withstand Shushu's gaze. The two spirits worked together, one spirit speaking a sentence, and explained the whole story clearly.
To put it bluntly, the Qilin clan had an enemy back then who was skilled in the Divine Binding Formation. The enemy used the Divine Binding Formation against them quite a few times, and the Qilin clan suffered a lot of losses because of it.
Later, in order to prevent this formation from harming them again, the clan spent a lot of money to recruit formation masters from all over the world and work together to study how to break the formation.
As the saying goes, perseverance pays off, and they eventually figured out another way to break the formation: to break it from the inside by forcibly separating the core of the formation.
As we all know, the core of a formation is its very essence.
Therefore, everyone who sets up the formation knows that the defense of the core should be as strict as possible.
Since the core of the formation could not be easily pried open, they devised another way and developed a special tool, the one that the millet had seen before.
Qile originally did not intend to use this method, since forcibly breaking in would not only be difficult, but also carry certain risks.
But not all coincidences happened. Tao Han made a heavenly oath and shattered the God-Trapping Array. It would be a pity not to make good use of such a good opportunity, which is why Shushu saw what happened.
After hearing this, Shushu's expression was complicated. He could only say that it was probably fate, and that it was also meant to let Xiao Taohan go.
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