Chapter 108
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Chapter 108: Food Crisis
The nine heads swelled to a height of half a person, forming a large array to attract blood energy.
Chef Zhao and Huo Qiniang looked around in surprise as the pools of blood were drying up, and the bodies were rapidly withering away, revealing several exits blocked by corpses.
Looking up, they saw a massive Blood Jade embedded in the cave’s ceiling, illuminating the surroundings. However, cracks were now appearing on the jade surface.
“Boom…” As the Blood Jade shattered and scattered, all the corpses in the cave turned to dust, making the space seem much larger.
This place was a stone cave, but many large skeletons in the rock walls had already petrified. The nine heads opened their mouths wide, sucking in the blood energy flowing into all the exits, mixed with scattered red light.
The nine heads gathered the blood energy to form light and shadow behind them; influenced, perhaps, by the Dragon Energy, blood-colored scales seemed to sprout within the shadows.
Suddenly, a crack appeared, slowly opening.
“Dragon Eye? No, it’s more appropriate to call it a magical dragon eye.” Li Hui was briefly stunned. These heads had not revived; they remained lifeless objects, yet they conveyed a primitive longing. They desperately needed Spirit Sense Talismans and Blood Ignition Talismans, and he couldn’t help but wonder, “Oh? Can the talisman formation really improve and enhance itself?”
With a mindset of experimentation, Li Hui took out several Spirit Sense Talismans and Blood Ignition Talismans and tossed them into the air, seeing the blood energy swirl and absorb the talismans.
“Hey? It went in?”
The magical dragon eyes behind the nine heads opened slightly wider, their depths gaining some spirit, no longer as profound as before. Simultaneously, the waning blood flames swelled once more, seemingly ignited.
“Blood Ignition Talismans and Spirit Sense Talismans have such amazing effects?” Li Hui was overjoyed and quickly threw all his Spirit Sense Talismans and Blood Ignition Talismans into the air.
The blood energy ravenously devoured them, and the magical dragon eyes behind the nine heads gradually changed; they shifted from slightly open to half-open, and a hint of brightness appeared deep within.
“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…” The nine heads howled, the raging demonic flames amplifying the strength of the array, drawing more red light from the outside.
Before long, their rough, leathery skins began to peel away, revealing a layer of bronze-hued new skin beneath. Their lips turned purple, their red hair deepened in color, and their large, droopy ears gave them a simple, ancient appearance, resembling the heads of ancient giants. The blood-colored scales around their magical dragon eyes became clearer.
“What?”
Li Hui rolled his eyes at the nine heads. They still wanted Spirit Sense Talismans and Blood Ignition Talismans, secretly plotting with damage-dealing talismans and the Eagle Eye Crown, also eyeing the artifact Flowing Wind Cloud Wings.
“Are you going to give them to me or not? How do these nine fellows know my resources so well? Or is this consciousness of mine? After all, I activated them using my blood!”
He first tried sending a few damage-dealing talismans over, and the skins of the nine heads went “bang bang,” like giant drums, with black mist seeping from their nostrils, faint screams audible.
Li Hui sensed it slightly and understood; it turned out they hadn’t fully digested the Yin Soul Beads they consumed and were using the damage-dealing talismans to hasten the digestion process.
“Fine, I’ve already learned this new type of talisman. If I run out, I can draw more, so while you’re upgrading, I might as well give you extra help; it might bring surprises later.”
At that moment, Li Hui invested heavily, leaving only nine damage-dealing talismans, tossing everything else to the nine heads to help them speed up the digestion of the Yin Soul Beads.
“Bang, bang, bang…” The bronze skin kept bouncing, and the magical dragon eyes behind the nine heads began to merge and overlap, making the Four Yin Four Yang Flying Head Burial Array even more mysterious.
Yin energy and blood energy intertwined, black spikes sprouting from above the magical dragon eyes, resembling eyebrows. Li Hui displayed a peculiar expression.
“What are they doing? Damaging Yin to supplement Yang? Reverse Blood to replenish Yin? Using damage-dealing talismans on themselves—how creative! But it truly harmonized Yin and Yang, surprisingly effective.”
“Alright! No need to keep these last nine talismans. If I could produce nine excellent fighters, it wouldn’t matter whether to use damage-dealing talismans or not.”
He tossed out another nine talismans, and the heads acted as if they were swallowing, their appetite seemingly growing as they constantly requested the Eagle Eye Crown and Flowing Wind Cloud Wings.
These were two support-type artifacts; wearing the Eagle Eye Crown allowed seeing great distances, while using the Flowing Wind Cloud Wings granted flying abilities. Together, they provided immense power. Yet somehow, the nine heads appeared as needy as hungry infants, continually making demands to devour.
Li Hui was puzzled. The nine heads obviously lacked vitality; they could at most be considered ascendant specters. Why such high expectations?
“Fine, I’ll give you what you want to see what tricks you can pull.”
Enduring the heartache, Li Hui sent out those two artifacts made of thousands of five-pattern spirit talismans. The nine heads immediately gulped down, the magical dragon eyes behind them suddenly opening wide, their depths completely illuminating. At the same time, they flapped their ears vigorously, blue symbols appearing around their ear flaps.
The pull of the formation quickly decreased, and no more red light rushed into the cave.
Finally, the eyebrows of the nine heads emitted a drumming sound simultaneously, as if knocking open a door in Li Hui’s mind. He could see many blurred images beyond the door, gradually sharpening.
“Heh heh, up to no good! The Four Yin Four Yang Flying Head Burial Array turned itself into a reconnaissance expert! Tsk tsk, even mightier than the Nine Patterns Spirit Sense Talisman, and in this place, it’s undisturbed. Could it be that the essence of this array embodies the ability to distinguish Yin and Yang?” Li Hui was thrilled; gaining more insight into his surroundings was always good, but the more he observed, the more his heart raced.
“Does this maze have an end? Many areas are eerie and terrifying, not places for those at the Spirit Motion or Concentrating Spirit stages. How dangerous! Outside the cave, there’s a forbidden zone where more than ten practitioners have already perished.”
Just then, Chef Zhao’s stomach growled again, dripping with sweat as he said, “Young master, I feel unwell. If I don’t eat something… I’m going to…”
Before he could finish, Chef Zhao collapsed to the ground, his mouth twitching.
Li Hui was momentarily taken aback, words flashing in his mind. He immediately understood the cause and effect. It was said that certain blood energy areas were more peculiar and could accelerate metabolism, leading to an increased appetite and faster consumption. If food was not replenished in time, one would be tainted by blood energy, very likely going mad and turning into a man-eating monster.
He took out some food from his bag of treasures and handed it to Chef Zhao, who gobbled it down ravenously, his eyes turning red, sniffling and crying. Despite his size, he still felt hungry.
As Li Hui retrieved a few boxes of pastries, Huo Qiniang’s eyes also began to redden; it was not that they intended it, but they were affected by the blood energy.
“Food? Since I left Jade Spring Mountain, I’ve never worried about food. Here, there’s nowhere to buy food; we can only continually consume until everything edible on us is gone.”
“Damn it! This is a big problem, definitely a big problem. If we’re not careful, we’ll die here,” Li Hui thought quickly and ordered the heads to rush outside the cave. Soon, they returned dragging twelve corpses.
The forbidden zone outside was filled with blood energy and poisonous flames. If their cultivation wasn’t enough to escape in time, they would end up like those victims, but the Yin-Yang Nine Heads could move freely through it.
He raised his hand to summon the bag of treasures, inspecting it slightly for comfort. Fortunately, the time of erosion had not been long; the food was still edible.
“We need to go!” Li Hui immediately made a decision. They had to quickly gather food; otherwise, the practitioners wouldn’t survive in this place either…
