parentshiftbook #195 - Taotie, let's talk about the terms?
#195 - Taotie, let's talk about the terms?
“Is that a spirit?”
“Has the spirit of the artifact awakened?”
“The Crimson Blood Array Flag really sealed a ferocious soul!”
When the roar echoed through the surroundings, the great demons immediately knew who was speaking.
Because the voice came from within the array flag.
Moreover, as the voice emanated, wisps of black mist also emerged from the flagpole.
The hands that had gripped weapons tightly, and the feet that had stepped forward, couldn't help but halt.
With the awakening of the array flag's spirit, its power would be on a different level.
“It's better not to act rashly.”
“Heavens!”
“A true spirit of a ferocious beast!”
“This artifact spirit isn't an ordinary beast soul!”
“Is it one of the ancient ferocious beasts?”
As the black mist spread, the beast soul within revealed its true form.
Some of the great demons exclaimed in alarm.
What kind of ferocious beast was this?
Its phantom seemed to traverse the river of time, descending with a chilling aura.
Black mist swirled around it.
Its body was covered in ancient and mysterious patterns, shimmering with a deep, dark-gold luster, as if the power of heaven and earth had inscribed the rules of the Great Dao upon it.
Especially its eyes, like two burning stars, radiating a soul-stirring red light.
It seemed eager to devour anyone in sight!
“That's not right!”
“What kind of beast soul has such power and influence?”
“This… this isn't an ordinary beast soul!”
The surrounding mist became increasingly violent due to the appearance of the artifact spirit, like a raging storm tearing apart everything around it.
Lightning flashed within the black mist, crackling loudly.
Its entrance was even more magnificent than that of the Flower Serpent.
At the same time, an extremely violent and terrifying aura emanated from its body, tempting the greed and desire deep within every living being.
“I know!”
With horns on its head and fleshy wings under its ribs.
Bearing the true patterns of the Great Dao, its voice like a roar.
It is the symbol of insatiable greed.
“A true dragon species?”
“Or a descendant of its bloodline?”
“Wait! Have you ever heard of the origins of the spirits of the first batch of Crimson Blood Array Flags?”
“I seem to know that in the beginning of ancient times, the Taotie clan devoured everything due to their insatiable greed, and the Demon Emperor ordered their extermination.”
The Taotie clan eats everything.
In the beginning of ancient times, they suddenly appeared, gnawing some places bare, destroying everything.
If this continued, the entire realm would be devoured by them.
When the Imperial Court was first established, the Demon Emperor ordered their hunting, leaving only the last one to embody the will of heaven.
Then, using its demon corpse as spiritual material, its bones as the flagpole, and its skin as the flag, the Crimson Blood Array Flag was refined.
Using a secret method, its soul was extracted and sealed within the flag as the artifact spirit.
It is said that there was an agreement with the ferocious Taotie soul, that if they assisted the demon race, they would be freed one day.
Due to the passage of time, the truth of this is unknown.
However, apart from this, everything else is not only well-documented but also supported by physical evidence.
“That's right!”
“Then this Crimson Blood Array Flag, could it be…?”
“Could it be a magical treasure personally refined by the Demon Emperor!”
“Actually refined by Emperor Qing?”
The Demon Emperor mentioned here is the first Demon Emperor.
The Demon Emperor's position is inherited by the demon race's emperors of each generation.
Logically speaking, they can all be called Demon Emperor.
But when the demon race mentions Demon Emperor, they are referring to the first Demon Emperor of ancient times—Demon Emperor Qingyang.
The Emperor is the founder.
The Emperor is the successor who carries forward and develops it.
Perhaps to show respect, or perhaps for other considerations, the successors after the Demon Emperor are only referred to as Demon Emperors.
So, the magical treasure personally refined by the Demon Emperor, is it the one refined in the beginning of ancient times by that one?
That's really a good treasure!
“No wonder!”
No wonder the Flower Serpent was so persistent.
Continuously pouring out that blood essence.
But at this moment, it seems to be a futile effort.
“Oh dear!”
“The artifact spirit has recognized a master!”
“Why is it an ancient ferocious beast!”
“How can this be controlled!”
“Generally speaking, even demon generals aren't in its eyes.”
“Are you saying that behind General Si…”
… …
Whoosh—
On the ground, withered branches and fallen leaves were swept up by the gale, forming black whirlwinds.
As if offering the humblest sacrifices for the descent of this Taotie Dharma form.
The Taotie, with its glaring red eyes, of course, looked down on such useless things.
It looked at the audacious Flower Serpent in front of it, and snarled with bared teeth:
“Junior, what did you say?”
It heard it.
It heard everything!
That damned serpent in front of it!
It actually dared to call itself a bastard!
Being forced to follow a little turtle was already humiliating enough, and now it was being called its offspring?
Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!
“I said.”
Xu Chengxian also bared his teeth, his eyes flashing fiercely, and roared word by word, “What are you doing in my flag!”
Damn it!
He had spilled out more than twenty million blood essence!
Enough blood essence to withstand two tribulation lightning strikes.
In just a few breaths, it had been wasted!
Just as he was about to get the Crimson Blood Flag in his hands, you jumped out to disrupt the situation.
What's wrong with cursing you a few times?
Just calling you a bastard is already very civilized!
“Get out of here!” He shouted at the Taotie beast soul, “Get out of my flag now!”
Xu Chengxian could feel it.
The blood essence poured into the Crimson Blood Array Flag had tempered the flagpole and the flag once.
The flag had been completely refined.
Now only a little core remained.
—The center and top of the flagpole.
These two key places had not yet been refined.
So he still couldn't control this array flag.
And the ferocious beast soul in front of him was popping out from the core of the flagpole!
It was this guy who was preventing him from refining the flagpole.
Damn it!
Chase him away!
“Did you hear me!” Xu Chengxian transmitted his divine sense.
He realized that he couldn't shout, it would easily attract General Si.
“…Do you know who I am?”
The Taotie's eyes widened even more, “How dare you speak to me like that!”
“I don't care who you are!”
He glared, and Xu Chengxian glared back, thinking, who's afraid of who?
You just have eyes?
Isn't it just a Taotie?
The great demons' voices were not small, and he heard the name Taotie.
However, without divine sense investigation, he couldn't hear the rest clearly.
So he thought that the other party was a descendant who had awakened the Taotie bloodline.
Revealing a Dharma form, but not daring to fight him, hiding in the black mist and yelling loudly, obviously bluffing.
Moreover, thick blood essence is the nemesis of all Yin souls.
And he happens to have enough blood essence.
Afraid of what!
“Are you coming out?” Xu Chengxian transmitted his divine sense.
“…I'm not coming out.”
“Come out!”
“I won't!”
“Then acknowledge me as master.”
“…Hmph, wishful thinking!”
“Hehe, you're quite stubborn?” Xu Chengxian was too lazy to talk nonsense with it.
“Then I'll refine you together!”
The blood and energy on his snake body surged, 15 million blood essence, come!
The rolling blood essence rushed towards the Crimson Blood Array Flag.
Preparing to refine it together with the Taotie soul shadow.
As for whether the beast soul would collapse under the impact of the blood essence, he couldn't care less.
Anyway, with Ling Xiao and Ling Yunzi around, as long as he got the array flag back, they would definitely have a way to solve the problem of the artifact spirit.
“…Wait!”
The red light in the Taotie's ferocious soul flickered, where did this little monster come from, with such thick blood essence.
It was very clear how much blood essence had been washed away in the previous waves.
Especially the last wave.
And this time, it was the same as the previous time.
…Blood essence.
Maybe this is an opportunity.
“Acknowledging you as master is possible, let's talk about the conditions.”