The moment Gong Qi heard her voice, she felt a chill stab into her brain, nearly freezing her stiff.
Gong Qi took a moment to recover. Just as she was about to explain, a violent tremor suddenly came from afar.
A sense of foreboding rose in both Gong Qi and Gong San's hearts.
The two exchanged a swift glance. Just as they were about to speak, Taotie's aura blanketed the surroundings.
A massive black shadow drew closer step by step, instantly looming over the very top of this space.
The cultivators beneath the eagle-head statue rose one after another, frowning toward the distance with weapons already clutched tight in their hands.
When they saw Taotie's enormous head, astonishment spread across their faces.
"How is it Taotie?!"
"What's that thing doing here?"
Their expressions darkened one after another.
It was said that if Taotie grew hungry, it could swallow an entire small world in one mouthful.
They were not afraid of Taotie itself. Rather, Taotie's physical defenses were practically invincible.
If it developed the urge to devour and swallowed everything in this space, were they supposed to search for opportunities inside Taotie's stomach?
When Taotie spotted the cultivators beneath the giant eagle statue, its eyes suddenly lit up.
Everyone silently cursed their bad luck, knowing this battle was likely unavoidable.
The black-robed female cultivator at the front moved with astonishing speed, vanishing from where she stood in the blink of an eye.
The sky overhead abruptly turned pitch-black, as though a sheet of black cloth had been thrown over it, sealing it tight without letting through a shred of light.
Faintly, a wolf's howl tore across the heavens.
Gong Qi's heart trembled. The black curtain overhead seemed to be sliced open by a blade, letting in a blinding shaft of white