"Xue Yun, how dare you obstruct me without knowing what's good for you? Do you know the consequences?" The beautiful woman looked coldly at the Tide Beast. Bai Yan had cultivated from a five-colored clam spirit to her current level, and her influence had spread across these waters for quite some time. She especially favored human cultivators with profound cultivation. Several months ago, Bai Yan learned that a gravely wounded human cultivator had been stranded here. One of her subordinate sea demons, an elephant, had reported it and presented her with a drop of blood it had collected.
At the time, Bai Yan had been occupied in another sea region, so the matter had been put off. It was only a few days ago, when she returned to her lair and saw the drop of blood, that she was deeply shaken. She immediately sent a capable subordinate to bring the wounded man back. Unexpectedly, not only was he already surrounded by a cocoon of light, but a Tide Beast was guarding him as well. Bai Yan sent a sea-anemone eel demon to take the wounded man away, but it was soundly defeated by the Tide Beast.
Enraged, Bai Yan sent an army of demons to attack again, but she still underestimated the Tide Beast's strength. The Tide Beast had managed to hold off the entire army single-handedly. Bai Yan then sent in another army. Just as the Tide Beast seemed unable to hold on, a fearsome beast, Taotie, arrived.
Taotie was a legendary beast. According to ancient records, such creatures could be found only on the other side of the Xuanyong Sea. There had been virtually no such rumors about the South Sea beneath the Jade Profound Heavenly Court. In any case, there must have been a reason for its