Chapter 440

Chapter 440: The Battle of Sect Leaders

Li Hui loosened the grip on the noose slightly, allowing the sect leader’s wife to catch her breath and giving various factions a chance to quickly fill the financial gaps. If they clung to false hope, when he returned, a mere IOU would not suffice to settle things.

Though he had left the Haotu Sect, the countdown above Cheng Tian Peak continued. In four days, the Jin Tian Treasure Mirror would appear, like a sharp sword hanging over the heads of the elders from various factions.

In Dalong, on the northern slopes of Jade Spring Mountain.

“Bang, bang, bang…” A massive force extended for dozens of miles before finally crashing into the thick snow with a loud “boom.”

Li Hui crawled out of the snow and looked up at the peak of Jade Spring Mountain. Behind him, the pair of crimson-winged Xuan dragon bat wings and all the top-grade treasure talismans used to accelerate silently shattered, dispersing into dust.

Having set out in the morning and arrived by noon, it took only two hours. Reflecting back on the time he had left Jade Spring Mountain, he realized it used to take him half a day just to climb a hillside. A sudden feeling of emotion surged in his heart; he felt that his efforts in cultivation had not been in vain.

Taking a few steps forward, lotuses blossomed at his feet, and the Buddhist light solidified the protective formation around Jade Spring Mountain as he soared into the scripture hall amidst the howling winds.

“Who dares to intrude into the scripture hall of the Blood Talisman Sect?” a voice questioned sharply. Li Hui was momentarily taken aback, seeing a clear figure with a frosty demeanor, surrounded by shadows of demonic forms. It was none other than Bai Yulian, a Senior Sister from the Jade Symbol Sect, whom he had met a few times before.

“Who am I?” Li Hui shook his head and smiled wryly. “Senior Sister Bai has forgotten me! Who would have thought that after parting from Wan Nest Island, I would have the chance to see you again in this life?”

“Stop pretending; I don’t recognize you at all,” Bai Yulian replied coldly, her brows knitting tightly as she suddenly unleashed a layer of light and shadow filled with crimson talisman light, sparkling like countless falling petals, creating a majestic scene.

“Good, Senior Sister is still as proactive as ever,” Li Hui said, swiftly releasing a swirl of darkness with a backward sweep of his palm. Using only a hand seal, he restrained the crimson talisman light, revealing a purple ribbon.

This ribbon was an artifact composed of three thousand two hundred talismans, each one reaching the level of a top-grade treasure talisman.

Bai Yulian never expected that someone could so easily suppress her personal artifact. She was utterly astonished, watching as he twisted the concept of talisman control before her very eyes.

“How is this possible?”

Li Hui grasped the ribbon, assessing Bai Yulian’s achievements in his mind.

“Explode!”

The shadows expanded. Now a practitioner of the demonic path, Bai Yulian absolutely would not surrender without a fight. After a moment of shock, she decisively detonated the ribbon in her hands, her form twisting as she tried to escape into the talisman formation inside the hall.

“Capture!”

Li Hui casually reached out, and the ribbon remained as it was, not even a spark igniting.

Bai Yulian entered the talisman formation and trembled in shock. She had never encountered such a situation before; the talisman formation activated in reverse, shifting its focus from outward to inward, and she found herself ensnared in her own trap.

At that moment, three coarse talisman papers sliced towards Li Hui, timed perfectly for an attack.

“Puff, puff, puff!” The three talisman papers shattered, releasing a torrent of sharp talismans, both spirit talismans and treasure talismans, aimed at adding to the sharp kill against all things in the world!

Li Hui suddenly exclaimed, “So that’s how it is! When I saw Brother Mo use talisman paper to slay enemies back in the day, I found it curious; it turns out to be a rather unconventional auxiliary talisman. I never imagined Brother Mo and Senior Sister Bai would still be fighting side by side; that bond runs deep!”

“Who exactly are you?” Mo Xinghe appeared, staring in horror at the sharp talismans raining around.

“Me? I was once the face of the Jade Symbol Sect, now the heir to its legacy—Li Yingjun!” Li Hui chuckled nonchalantly.

Bai Yulian and Mo Xinghe frowned simultaneously. They sensed a connection to this person, yet were separated by overwhelming shadows and simply could not recall; they had never encountered such absurdities.

Li Hui’s expression suddenly turned serious as he coldly scoffed, “Old fellow, you’re not dead!”

“Hahaha, the legacy of the Jade Symbol Sect; I’ve sought it for years, and I didn’t expect to return myself,” a tall, middle-aged man strode into the scripture hall, his face unfamiliar.

Li Hui raised an eyebrow. “Ge Yuntao, Grand Elder, you have indeed taken possession; the Hongmo Sect is willing to invest heavily. This body’s original owner is not a simple character; he achieved a high level in the past.”

“Kid, I know I’ve been blinded by calamity power, forgetting someone I shouldn’t have forgotten,” Ge Yuntao laughed heartily, “Hahaha, today you dive headlong into the Blood Talisman Sect but wish to leave alive?”

“Boom…” With a corner of the hall exploding, Li Hui and Ge Yuntao soared into the air above the Wang Tian Cliff, both their hands bursting forth with sparkling lights as countless tiny talismans swirled around them.

At that moment, all disciples of the Blood Talisman Sect atop Jade Spring Mountain looked towards the highest point of their sect.

Li Hui appeared unparalleled, locking eyes with Ge Yuntao, and remained calm as he spoke, “There was a period when every talisman was soaked in the blood of all the disciples of the Jade Symbol Sect. Back then, the outside world called the Jade Symbol Sect the Blood Talisman Sect because we possessed iron blood and ambition! But what about now? We are merely a group of mixed-up demon cultivators. Elder Ge, your heart is not right, and your talisman methods are askew. The path is not righteous, and your path of talismans is blocked! You’ve strayed too far from the correct path and have become a monster!”

Ge Yuntao’s anger flared, roaring, “You little brat, from the first moment I saw you, I wanted to kill you! Even draining the waters of the White Sea would not wash away this hatred. It matters not whether you walk the path or the magic; I only recognize talismans. Let me show you how powerful I am—Demon Lord’s Ascendance Talisman, rush!”

“Vroom, vroom, vroom…”

A roaring sound erupted, as every disciple of the Blood Talisman Sect trembled violently, odd blood streaks appearing on their bodies, transforming humanity into talismans and restructuring them into a myriad of demons bowing towards the Wang Tian Cliff.

“Using the Body Talisman as a subsidiary talisman? Linking them to form a formation to amplify the power of the mother talisman—this level isn’t weak among the Jade Symbols,” Li Hui thought with astonishment.

He saw blood light erupting from behind Ge Yuntao, forming an eight-hundred-zhang tall demon lord at speed.

As the demon emerged, thousands of demons gathered!

The demon lord bore deep purple demonic patterns on his face, clad in blood-red armor, wearing blood dragon boots, a crown of demonic serpents, and holding a blood axe whose might was comparable to the Bull Demon King Talisman.

Li Hui reacted quickly, raising his hand to release the Golden Shell, which radiated the Buddhist nation’s light, supported upward by the Buddha’s fruit, standing six hundred zhang tall.

The Six-Armed Arhat appeared, wielding sacred artifacts of the Buddhist sect. Even though his height did not match the demon lord’s, the Buddhist power effectively restrained the demonic power as he stepped on Wang Tian Cliff and charged forward with a bang.

“Extinguish all!”

Li Hui roared, unfathomable energy bursting forth as the Six-Armed Arhat battled the blood-armored demon lord, plunging the scene into darkness, causing the snowy peaks to collapse.

“Boom, boom, boom…” A landslide occurred on Jade Spring Mountain, shaking the entrance of the Blood Talisman Sect, as demonic flames sometimes obscured the sky while at other times Buddhist light magnified the brightness.

Both fighters unleashed guaranteed kills, resembling a wild battle between divine beings.

“Demonic energy!”

Ge Yuntao, driven nearly mad, could not fathom how there could be someone outside the Blood Talisman Sect achieving the Jade Symbol power—is it because this brat inherited the Jade Symbol Sect’s legacy?

The skies darkened, and storms ravaged; the Six-Armed Arhat and blood-armored demon lord appeared evenly matched, and it seemed in the next confrontation it would come down to exhaustion to see which side had the stronger resolve.

This was a clash between sect leaders; in a flash, both unleashed their killing moves. Ge Yuntao unleashed a black-purple talisman decree while Li Hui countered with the Great Earthly Xuan Dragon of Reverse Five Elements talisman, combining in a fierce melee.