Chapter 125
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Chapter 125: Bone Series
Before Li Hui stood an elder from the Jade Symbol Sect, and behind him was Qian Duohai. Both had a penchant for making oaths, viewing them as tools that could be manipulated to their advantage when seeking opportunities.
"Encounter a fool, and escaping becomes tough!" But there are times when smart people fall into their own traps. For instance, Qian Duohai now felt caught in a dilemma, wanting to turn hostile! The other party seemed to be quite formidable, perhaps pretending to be weaker until the right moment, so he suppressed his misgivings and became much more honest.
"Brother, you may not know this, but the blockade reportedly has as many as twenty-seven layers, each layer more powerful than the last. I managed to explore only up to the Thirteenth Layer, and after that, I had to retreat, fortunate not to run into any changes in the formations. Once the formations change, most restrictions will shift positions, and as long as you can evade the jellyfish’s waves of light, the first nine layers of restrictions will be almost non-existent, allowing for a straight shot."
"That’s great! I’ll rely on you even more, Brother Hai." Li Hui became harmless, smiling warmly, which made Qian Duohai grind his teeth in frustration.
In truth, he wasn’t grinding his teeth out of pain; he felt a compulsion to bite someone, his mind screaming, "Damn it! Is this little brat playing me? What happened to his fierce tone? What happened to his aura of a master? How can I not see this brat’s cultivation? Sometimes I feel he’s not even at the Concentrating Spirit stage, and other times, he seems like he might be at that level, and occasionally I think he belongs to the Condensed Essence Stage. What is this, so slippery and ambiguous?"
In a way, Qian Duohai wasn’t entirely wrong. Li Hui, as a practitioner in the Spirit Motion stage, exhibited characteristics of both Concentrating Spirit stage and Condensed Essence stage practitioners. Primarily, he attracted spiritual energy with both the Heavenly and Earthly Arrays operating, endlessly cycling in harmony, which most Condensed Essence stage practitioners could not achieve.
Although there was an excess of spiritual energy that his body could not absorb, stored in the Bamboo Box he carried on his back, the benefits were obvious. At the very least, his spiritual energy restored quickly, and nurturing spirit in advance was highly beneficial for the future.
Additionally, the Ideal Body behind him coalesced into a mysterious arc of light.
To reach the Concentrating Spirit stage, one must gather spirit behind them, and the arc represented a profound essence intended to substitute for this gathering. Thus, Qian Duohai felt that the other party likely was in the Concentrating Spirit stage.
The carp swam quickly forward, revealing layers in the blood sea. With each mile crossed, the blood color deepened more and more. Safely traversing nine boundary lines, the blood sea transformed into a shocking black-purple hue.
"Be careful, the Tenth Layer of restrictions is the Geng Gold Line!" Qian Duohai spoke just as many gold lines, thick as fingers, appeared on the sea’s surface, rapidly swirling together and apart. However, the gathering and dispersing followed a distinct pattern, so as long as one was cautious, it should pose no problem.
Li Hui shifted slightly, leaving a shadow in his original spot, and when he reappeared, he had already crossed the Tenth Layer of restrictions, floating on the surface of the sea ahead.
"What?" Qian Duohai’s eyes widened in surprise; he had never expected that the bookworm who had been drawing talismans for twenty days in his stone house could move at such speed.
"Brother Hai, hurry! I’ll wait for you up ahead," Li Hui waved his hand, leaving Qian Duohai exasperated as he leaped high, shouting, "You jerk! Running off this quickly, are you trying to leave me behind?"
Before the restrictions could activate, Li Hui had already crossed five boundary lines, entering areas Qian Duohai had never trodden.
Here, the Ideal Body truly displayed its power, the mysterious arc of light shooting forth, regardless of the Geng Gold Line or the scorching wind line. As long as there were gaps, he could slip through swiftly, allowing him to pass through twenty-two layers of restrictions in no time at all.
If calculated by the twenty-seven layers of restrictions, only the last five remained. But suddenly, Li Hui halted, floating down onto a reddish-purple rock, his heart filled with shock.
The surface of the sea had solidified, and stepping on it felt no different than standing on land. The rock was not solid stone but hardened blood clots, covered with a thick layer of shattered bones, with artifact fragments scattered everywhere, a shocking sight.
Li Hui’s expression turned grave as he waved his hand, forming several dragon claw phantoms that reached toward the bone-strewn area.
Before the dragon claw phantoms could hit the ground, the shattered bones exploded. Many bones crumbled into powder as purple mist simultaneously ascended and rapidly spread outward.
"Not good!" Li Hui exclaimed, darting backwards. Luckily, he dodged just in time. The reddish-purple rock that had served as his footing melted instantly, forming toxic smoke that spread once more, a malice that sent chills up his spine!
"Double restrictions with tremors and poison? No! So many people have died; it can’t be that simple!" Li Hui thought, filled with dread. "The previous twenty-two layers of restrictions are nothing. When people relax, the challenge suddenly increases. If it weren’t for the Ideal Body’s spontaneous sensing of gaps, I would have plunged right in. I can’t be careless! A slight misstep could spell disaster. I thought I was unique with my exceptional abilities, but I would just die faster."
"Think about it; which practitioner could break through twenty-two layers of restrictions to reach this place without relying on anything? In the end, through carelessness, they couldn’t even keep their bones intact. They can only blame their lack of caution."
Li Hui reflected deeply, took out a talisman brush and two stacks of banana leaves, and as he floated forward, he quickly sketched spirit talismans. After experimenting and adjusting, when he approached the Twenty-Third Layer of restrictions again, he had already created five Bone Shield Talismans.
The Bone Shield Talismans were the most basic spirit talismans within the bone system, along with Bone Sword Talismans, Bone Spear Talismans, Bone Wall Talismans, Bone Forest Talismans, and others. To unleash their power, they heavily relied on the environment, and they could not adapt as quickly as blood talismans, so very few practitioners at the Jade Symbol Sect specialized in this kind of talisman.
Li Hui did not plan to specialize in bone talismans, as mastering a particular type of talisman required considerable time to slowly advance from basic designs. Alternatively, one could touch upon related talisman systems to jump ahead in skill, but if he activated the silver snake bracelet, the talisman-making process would gain significant enhancement, which was a different story.
"Go!" He flicked his fingers, igniting the five spirit talismans, transforming them instantly into red-light marks on the ground ahead.
"Boom!" The shattered bones quivered, rapidly gathering into five Bone Shields. Simultaneously, vibrations erupted, purple mist rose, whipping against the surface of the substantial shields covered in bone spikes.
"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!"
With pinpoint accuracy, the five Bone Shields shattered. Yet Li Hui seized this opportunity to use the Cloud-Brush Dragon Claw Technique to grasp for artifacts in the area of the shattered shields.
Before the purple mist could attack, Li Hui had already changed locations.
For a full half hour, he repeatedly executed the same trick, allowing the silver snake bracelet to acquire numerous valuable items.
By now, the temporary sketch of the Eight-Pattern Bone Shield Talismans was robust enough to withstand the ever-present tremors and multiple lashes of purple mist! Li Hui began to draw Bone Wall Talismans; even together with eight patterns, they were far more powerful than the Bone Shield Talismans.
"Hurry!" Two thick beams of talisman light shot forth, and the scattered shattered bones rejoiced, leaping together.
"Boom, rumble…" Two Bone Walls surged upward, with the purple mist "crackling" against them; unfortunately, it had no effect, and the tremors were completely suppressed.
Li Hui stepped forward, shaking his hand to release two more beams of talisman light, extending the Bone Walls further.
"Boom, rumble, boom, rumble, boom, rumble…" A multitude of shattered bones flew upwards, awkwardly intertwining to block the tidal wave of purple mist’s assault.
As Li Hui sketched the first Nine-Pattern Bone Wall Talisman, the purple mist swiftly condensed, taking on a spider-like form, its red eyes fixed menacingly on the intruder.
