Sixty years of blacksmithing, a single hammer blow forging a celestial being.

Li Ping'an paused slightly, then said:

"Senior Brother Tang, I've been wearing this protective suit for too long, and it's stuck on my body. I can't take it off for now."

No sooner had he finished speaking than Tang Jiannan gave instructions to his two disciples.

"Go help him take off his protective suit!"

Upon hearing this, the two disciples immediately moved in from the left and right.

They hurriedly helped Li Ping'an remove his protective suit.

"No need! Junior brothers! Really, no need!"

Despite Li Ping'an's repeated refusals, he was still forcibly stripped naked.

Everyone present was stunned, especially when the hood was removed.

The disciple holding the hood was stunned into place when he saw Li Ping'an's face.

"You're not Mo Songyuan! Who are you?"

Who would have thought that the person in the protective suit wasn't Mo Songyuan, but an old man?

Tang Jiannan was slightly surprised by this scene.

He then sneered.

"Good! It's you, old man! Tell me, when did you replace Mo Songyuan? What did you do to Mo Songyuan?"

Tang Jiannan's series of questions voiced all the doubts in the minds of the Tongtian Sword Sect disciples present.

Why is Li Ping'an inside this protective suit?

Where did Mo Songyuan go again?

This unscientific!

You should know that they personally witnessed Mo Songyuan going down in protective gear.

Then he personally pulled him up.

When did Li Ping'an replace Mo Songyuan?

Could it be that he had already hidden in the central pool?

This is impossible!

The poison in the central pool is unbearable, even for those wearing protective suits, let alone ordinary people.

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Not to mention hiding there and waiting for an opportunity to strike, that's pure fantasy.

Then there's only one possibility.

It's possible that Li Ping'an rushed over during the chaos after Mo Songyuan landed.

They knocked Mo Songyuan unconscious, stole the snow lotus from him, and put on his protective suit, attempting to take advantage of the chaos.

But since he got the snow lotus, why didn't he just run away?

A series of questions arose in everyone's minds.

However, the moment Li Ping'an's identity was exposed, he had completely given up hope.

Faced with so many disciples of the Tongtian Sword Sect today, he had no chance of escape.

So he gave up resisting and stood in the center, coldly watching Tang Jiannan.

"You old bastard, you're truly cunning! I don't know how you did it, but now you must die!"

Tang Jiannan said coldly.

He then announced it to the crowd in a loud voice.

"Gentlemen, please wait a moment! This traitor in our sect needs to be executed on the spot! Please be patient and wait a short while. Once we have executed this traitor, we will immediately begin the one-on-one duels!"

The disciples of the other three sects also agreed without hesitation.

After all, no one can complain about watching too much gossip.

Tang Jiannan strode up to Li Ping'an.

Then he announced loudly:

"You old bastard, you harmed your fellow disciples and even tried to steal the sect's treasures! Today I will execute you in public as a warning to others!"

After he finished speaking, two disciples rushed forward.

They tied Li Ping'an up tightly and took him to the edge of the central pool.

Tang Jiannan even took out his magical artifact.

The sword flashed with a cold, sharp light, its edge incredibly sharp.

"The Tongtian Sword Sect's rules state that traitors will have their hearts ripped out and their bellies ripped out in public!"

This is an extremely harsh form of torture, intended to deter disciples from betraying their fellow disciples.

Tang Jiannan pointed the tip of his sword at Li Ping'an's chest and sneered:

"Don't worry, my sword will be very fast!"

At this moment, Li Ping'an was also utterly despondent.

I never expected to fail in the end; it's all my fault for being too greedy.

Now they've tried to steal a chicken but lost the rice instead.

Just as Tang Jiannan was about to torture Li Ping'an, the earth suddenly trembled.

"What's going on?"

Everyone was slightly taken aback and couldn't help but look around.

"It felt like an earthquake!"

"Yes, I felt it too! The ground seemed to shake! It couldn't be my imagination!"

A commotion broke out among the crowd.

Before they could react, the earth trembled violently again.

This time, the tremors did not stop.

The black mud pools in the lake were steaming and churning with heat.

Many mudslides even splashed onto the shore.

The disciples standing on the shore were terrified and screamed. If this mud got on their bodies, they would suffer terribly.

"What happened?"

Seeing that something was wrong, Tang Jiannan stopped paying attention to Li Ping'an and instead focused on observing his surroundings.

For some reason, he always had a feeling that something extraordinary was about to emerge.

Whoosh!

Suddenly, the black mud pit in the center burst open, splashing mud everywhere, even hitting many disciples.

This caused a group of people to scream in alarm.

However, the next second, everyone was speechless, their eyes wide open.

In the center of the mud pit, an enormous dragon shot out.

It stirred up waves of mud.

The dragon was extremely thick, with a diameter of about ten meters.

Its length can reach over a hundred meters.

It already has a pair of small dragon horns growing on its head; it is a jiao that is about to transform into a dragon.

The aura emanating from him was extremely terrifying.

The moment it appeared, Tang Jiannan and the other disciples who had reached the peak of the Qi Refining stage all changed their expressions drastically.

This is actually a late-stage Foundation Establishment demon beast!

And judging by its aura, it must be a demon king-level monster!

You should know that a late-stage Foundation Establishment demon king-level demon beast is someone who can directly fight to the death with a Golden Core cultivator.

The highest level among all those present was only at the Great Perfection of the Qi Refining stage.

In other words, in the eyes of this dragon, all of them cultivators were no different from ants.

For a moment, everyone on the shore was in a panic. Faced with the terrifying spiritual power emanating from the dragon, they couldn't help but feel fear and their legs trembled.

"My God! It's actually a Foundation Establishment stage demon beast! And a demon king at that!"

"I've never heard of such a terrifying existence in the central pool!"

"He actually hid in this central pool; isn't he afraid of all this poisonous silt?"

"Nonsense! Look at it, it's completely black; it was clearly born from feeding on this mud. Why would it be afraid?"

"It might actually be a monster skilled in using poison!"

The crowd gasped in alarm and scattered in terror.

However, the black dragon that had just emerged quickly confirmed their suspicions.

His dragon eyes were fixed on the group of cultivators on the shore.

They quickly noticed the Xuan Tian Snow Lotus in Tang Jiannan's hand.

It suddenly roared to the sky, then opened its huge mouth and spewed out countless black sludge.

This terrified everyone on the shore, who ran away in a panic.

They all fled into the woods, but many cultivators were unable to avoid it and were directly submerged in the mud, letting out extremely painful screams.

They struggled in the mud for only a few breaths.

The flesh and blood were instantly corroded by the silt, turning into a pile of white bones.

This mouthful of silt instantly caused the deaths of more than a dozen disciples.

Tang Jiannan reacted extremely quickly, leaping into the air to dodge the attack.

He roared loudly:

"Don't panic, everyone! This is no place to stay! Let's evacuate!"