Chapter 216: Divine Envoy

That huge, exquisite creature rose silently.

Thus, he appeared even more like a flood dragon, yet far more graceful and beautiful than any flood dragon, beyond comparison.

The long dorsal fin on his back swayed like flowing hair, countless ice crystals continually flying out from his light-blue transparent dorsal fin, forming an ice crystal nebula that swirled around him as he floated.

His four limbs were long and powerful, elegantly perfect, matching his elongated, streamlined body, truly resembling a divine being stepped out of myth.

This massive creature watched the Taotie Lie party warily, occasionally letting out a low growl.

This is the instinct of a living being.

He sensed the greed and madness of the Taotie bloodline within the Taotie Lie party; such bloodline is the most dangerous existence to any living thing, leaving this massive creature no choice but to react thus.

Taotie Lie indeed spotted this massive creature at a glance.

His eyes widened suddenly, pupils contracting sharply; within the pinpoint-sized pupils, threads of cold light flickered, he stared fixedly at the massive creature, unable to help murmuring: "Beautiful, truly too beautiful…… especially his bloodline power, simply like an ice river flowing."

The massive creature let out a low roar, suddenly spewing great masses of ice crystal Cold Qi from his mouth.

"Cangyou, be quiet…… no one can threaten you." The girl seated between Cangyou's two dragon horns on his head spoke softly.

Cangyou's long tail flicked lightly, he narrowed his eyes and stared hard at Taotie Lie, then slowly lowered his body, continuing to lie obediently on the ground, a pair of bright, shining eyeballs never leaving Taotie Lie's silhouette.

Taotie Lie then struggled to shift his gaze from Cangyou's body, looking toward the girl seated between the dragon horns, upon the throne, his eyes suddenly brightening: "Nation-toppling beauty, gracefully like a fairy…… this young lady……"

Standing behind Cangyou, dozens of warriors clad in heavy armor, their skin golden radiant, even their two ox horns entirely golden as if cast from gold, simultaneously lifted their heads, letting out a low muffled hum.

These Ox Clan warriors possessed immense strength; a light hum from them caused the stone cavern within a seven- or eight-li radius to tremble, surrounding rock walls simultaneously cracking open countless large and small fissures, small and large stones continually falling from the ceiling, as if it might collapse at any moment.

The girl smiled lightly, waving her hand; everyone clearly felt a miraculous power flow past like water, the cracks on the rock walls instantly vanished, the fallen stones flew back to the ceiling, reintegrating with it.

"Men~" The girl gazed at Taotie Lie with a smiling face, showing no trace of anger, even though Taotie Lie's gaze at her was full of aggression, she still wore a flower-like smile, swaying like newly opened peach blossoms in the spring breeze.

"You already have a beauty beside you, yet you dare to look at me like this?" The girl crossed her right leg over her left, lightly swinging her calf.

Taotie Lie and many young members of the Taotie clan behind him had their eyes suddenly stare blankly.

The girl wore no boots; her two bare, white, tender feet were exposed. They were a flawless masterpiece of heaven and earth—outline, lines, every detail, without any blemish.

That is exactly the exquisite existence everyone imagines a beautiful girl should possess.

The girl applied bright red nail polish to her toenails; on her white, tender little feet, five points of striking red light flickered, especially alluring, especially making people dizzy and enamored.

Especially the frequency and trajectory of the girl's swinging little feet seemed to hide some profound mystery.

Taotie Lie and the young Taotie clan members couldn't help but widen their eyes; the more they stared, the larger their eyes grew, they revealed a hint of intoxicated smiles, fixedly gazing at that lightly swaying little foot, saliva dripping from the corners of their mouths.

After just a couple of sways, the girl let out a soft "puchi" laugh.

The souls of Taotie Lie and the others nearly flew out of their bodies; their eyeballs protruded over an inch from the eye sockets, as if the whole eyeball would jump out.

Waoyao suddenly let out a sharp cry.

Her two long legs merged into a long snake tail; an ancient, sacred majesty surged from within Waoyao, she raised both hands holding an ancient jade scepter, shouting with all her might.

"Ancient sacrificial text? 'Thunder'?" The girl narrowed her eyes, glancing at Waoyao: "Oh, the bloodline of the Waohuang clan…… ancient remnants……"

A thunderclap exploded in the void, the tremendous thunderclap detonated in the minds of Taotie Lie and the others; Taotie Lie and the Taotie clan members who had been drawn out of their bodies by the girl's little feet simultaneously let out a muffled groan, bright red blood simultaneously flowing from their seven orifices.

Blood kept flowing down; Taotie Lie and the others' bodies trembled, pores constricted then relaxed, then large amounts of sweat continually sprayed out, instantly soaking their inner garments.

Taotie Lie panted heavily, feeling his legs sore and weak, his entire body's bone joints aching abnormally.

He focused inward, startled to discover that his entire essence and qi had inexplicably drained by about thirty percent; if Waoyao hadn't awakened him in time, he feared he would have died on the spot from essence and qi exhaustion.

Taotie Lie trembled all over from fright.

That girl…… merely laughed a few times, revealed a little foot and swayed it, her method inexplicable, yet nearly killed him.

Consider this: Taotie Lie himself is at the Command Pool realm cultivation, the Taotie clan's inheritance is through bloodline, thus the inheritance is complete and powerful, the Taotie clan's foundation in the Chonglou Realm is extremely solid, his essence and qi strength is hundreds of times that of an ordinary Command Pool cultivator.

This is merely the essence and qi he cultivated himself; he has also devoured countless powerful living beings.

Especially the essence and blood energy given by that Black Water Mystic Snake, which is dozens of times that of an ordinary Command Pool cultivator.

Such a freakish Taotie Lie, in such a short time, actually lost thirty percent of his essence and qi merely from the girl's little foot swaying twice.

What if she swayed her little foot a couple more times?

Taotie Lie sweated profusely like rain, sweat even dripped down his armor onto the ground, it seemed his and the Taotie clan members' figures had slimmed by a notch.

Waoyao let out a soft cry, she waved her scepter, waves of scorching energy gathered in the void, continually flowing into Taotie Lie and those Taotie clan members' bodies.

Their depleted bodies swiftly replenished vitality; although the loss of essence and blood could not be immediately restored, their weak, powerless bodies recovered, their bodies once again filled with strength.

Taotie Lie straightened his waist, staring fixedly at the girl: "You are……"

The girl lowered her right leg, lightly laughing: "You came here, what is your purpose?"

The ice crystals fluttering beside Taotie Lie flew toward the girl in a wisp, she caught them in her hand, clenched her five fingers crushing them.

Points of ice crystal seeped from between her fingers; the girl looked at Taotie Lie, smiling: "Oh? A good sacrifice?"

After a few laughs, the girl narrowed her eyes: "Hmm, still want to hide it from the heavens? What audacity, who gave you such courage?"

Taotie Lie stared in astonishment at the ice crystals seeping from between the girl's fingers.

Those ice shards actually recorded so much information?

A surge of anger rose in Taotie Lie's heart, then inexplicably he felt fear and unease——the might of the heavens is indeed beyond his imagination.

At the same time, he felt boundless killing intent toward the one who betrayed him.

A pure-blooded Ba snake, originally he could perfectly seize its bloodline and all its power, but that damned betrayer directly transmitted this news to the heavens.

Taotie Lie's heart ached as if being twisted, blood dripped from his heart.

Waoyao suddenly burst into laughter, pointing at Taotie Lie she said: "Look at his little appearance, surely he's heartbroken. What a fool, what an interesting little man."

Waoyao's laughter sounded like silver bells, pleasant to hear.

But Taotie Lie no longer dared, nor wished, to listen to her laughter.

Taotie Lie grimaced, subconsciously moving closer to Waoyao: "Who exactly are you?"

The girl firmly leaned back against the throne's backrest, casually saying: "You came here looking for someone, I am that someone. Mortal, I am the envoy of the Supreme Heavenly God, just as you imagined, I am the Divine Envoy."

Taotie Lie and the Taotie clan warriors all inhaled sharply.

This maiden is the divine envoy.

She really is the divine envoy.

As expected of the Heavenly God's envoy, the means she just used to mend the crack in the rock wall, and the flick of her little foot that almost caused Taotie Ying and the others to drop dead on the spot—such terror could only be done by the Heavenly God's envoy, right?

However, this divine envoy is clearly not of the benevolent sort.

Look at the corpses covering the ground, look at the blood continuously flowing out of Shibao, and then look at that pair of girls crying and struggling in the hands of the golden bull‑people… Especially, as soon as she saw Taotie Ying and the others, she silently struck a killing blow…

Taotie Ying, with utmost caution, solemnly bowed to the maiden: "Divine Envoy…"

"I am Xuan Zhu." The maiden laughed, her eyes narrowing into slits: "Of course, this is not my true name, but you lowly mortals have no right to know my real name. A god's true name must not be known to mortals."

"I have descended upon this world, and I am fond of that kind of cave spider, especially… the poisonous spider known as the black widow."

"So I gave myself this name… isn't it pleasant to hear?" The maiden smiled brightly, her gaze sweeping over Taotie Ying: "The name black widow is too harsh, but 'zhu'… I think it's fine, especially for this kind of creature, which is interesting, isn't it?"

Taotie Ying felt his hairs stand on end.

He instinctively sensed that the maiden had taken some other interest in him.

It is the mindset of a hunter toward prey, and he has already been regarded by the maiden as prey.

Taotie Ying had hunted many before, so he was familiar with that inexplicable meaning in the maiden's gaze.

He often used such a gaze to size up his own prey.

Cold sweat kept seeping from his back, and Taotie Ying quickly changed the subject: "We have brought a pure‑blooded Ba snake, and many descendants of the Black Water Mysterious Snake, as offerings to the Heavenly God."

"You never intended to offer them as sacrifices." Xuan Zhu said lazily: "A god does not make mistakes; you have not sincerely offered them to the god."

"If it were not for a truly loyal servant of the god who reported this to the god, you would have secretly kept the offerings meant for the god… that is a grave crime. So I have just given you a minor punishment."

Taotie Ying and his companions looked extremely grim.

This so‑called minor punishment meant that Taotie Ying had lost thirty percent of his essence and energy?

If it weren't for Wa Yue startling Taotie Ying and his party, the loss would have been more than just thirty percent of their essence and energy.

It seemed she could see what Taotie Ying and his companions were thinking, and Xuan Zhu smiled again: "All right, wait aside. Actually, I didn't come here especially for you; I didn't expect you to be the first to arrive."

She extended two hands, snow‑white and delicate, carved like fine jade.

Taotie Ying and the others hastily lowered their heads, daring not to look at Xuan Zhu's hands.

Having just suffered a great loss, the lesson is right here—who would dare to glance at her again?

This woman likes black widow spiders, but she is even more poisonous than they are.

Xuan Zhu smiled again, glanced at Taotie Ying and the others, and slowly swayed her ten fingers: "Besides you, there are three other groups; they are the ones I am waiting for. I hope they haven't messed up… I hope they can arrive in time."

After a few chuckles, Xuan Zhu beckoned to Taotie Ying: "Come, come here, little man, look at your rather sturdy build… heh, could you tell me what fun and interesting things there are around here?"

"I have been in this world for several years, wandering about at will, yet this is my first time coming to this vicinity."

Xuan Zhu gestured for Taotie Ying to come closer; though he was extremely reluctant in his heart, his body moved of its own accord, step by step toward her.

Xuan Zhu kept smiling and beckoning; the terrified Taotie Ying, his soul nearly fleeing, walked toward her step by step, his speed increasing.

Wa Yue, anxious at the side, shouted angrily, waved her scepter, and pointed fiercely at Xuan Zhu.

A bolt of wild thunder fell toward Xuan Zhu's head.

Xuan Zhu gave a cold snort; the wild thunder suddenly shattered into countless tiny electric sparks that sprayed far away. She likewise pointed a finger at Wa Yue, who let out a miserable wail as her slender body was hurled hundreds of meters by a tremendous force.

Countless tiny ice crystals appeared around Wa Yue; before she even landed, she was sealed within a thick block of black ice.

"The Wa Huang lineage's blood… also qualifies as an offering." Xuan Zhu coldly regarded Taotie Ying: "Little man, is she your woman? I want you to personally send her to the altar… I decide, and I will grant you an extra reward."

Taotie Ying's body stiffened; he stared at Xuan Zhu in astonishment.

Xuan Zhu looked at him with a smile like blossoms and eyes like ice: "Didn't you hear me? Then I'll say it again: when the other three groups arrive and bring their offerings, I want you to personally send that Wa Huang descendant to the altar."

Taotie Ying's lips twitched slightly, but he did not speak.

Xuan Zhu's brows knit tightly: "Oh? Do you still have any genuine feeling for her? But, lowly mortals, emotions are… a boring, tasteless existence… what I like most is to crush your worthless, lowly feelings."

Xuan Zhu waved her hand.

A finger pointed out, and an ice spike several feet long shot forth from nowhere, piercing Taotie Ying's right shoulder in a single strike.