Splash!
A basin of icy water was mercilessly thrown onto Feiyi and the Black Baleful Demon Bird's faces, instantly freezing the two ancient descendants awake from their stupor.
"You're awake?"
Tan Menglu of the Taotie Clan curiously watched the two ancient descendants.
"Oh my god, it really is a Taotie! This isn't a dream! It's over, it's over—we're going to be eaten!"
"No, I don't want to die! I'm still a virgin snake—I can't die like this!"
"Save us, Ancestor! Save us!"
"Where's Wu Wudi? We'll never try to break out again, never again! Hurry up and lock us back in!"
Feiyi and the Black Baleful Demon Bird were scared out of their wits. The string of events following their prison break today had utterly shattered them. They now felt that the cage was incomparably safe, with no sense of danger to their survival at all.
Only after breaking out did they realize that the outside world was nothing but prehistoric savage beasts.
Running into that Corpse Beast that could neither die nor be destroyed, which not even Saints could kill, had been bad enough. Then there was Gaia, hailed as the universe's strongest race. And now they had actually encountered a Taotie—infamous even among the Ten Ancient Fiends.
Even the Ancient Alliance was deeply wary of Taoties and did not dare keep their company, because once a Taotie went berserk, it could swallow however many ancient descendants there were.
Legend had it that in ancient times, some immensely populous ancient descendant races had been eaten into protected species by Taoties, and had now become rare races.
One could imagine just how terrified ancient descendants were of Taoties. In terms of ferocity and danger, Taoties were unquestionably the foremost among the Ten Ancient Fiends.
"Menglu, what are you doing? Hurry