Chapter 56
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Chapter 56: The Fierce Ghost Wedding
As the sharp sword pierced through the light veil and approached, Lian Luosha quickly urged the spiritual energy within her, causing strands of light patterns to bloom on her surface, resembling an endless desert.
“Is Senior Sister Lian’s light pattern the most ordinary Yellow Sand Pattern among the Five Elements Patterns?” Li Hui paused for a moment, then was amazed as the area in front of Lian Luosha seemed to expand infinitely.
Though the sword was right in front of her, the vast sea of sand made it extremely difficult to strike her target. At the same time, two spirit talismans flickered and transformed into energetic larks, flying towards the man with the tied-back hair.
"Hmph!" The man coldly snorted, showing no concern for the approaching larks. He surged the speed of his sword, defying the impossible, and forcefully broke through the obstruction to stab at Lian Luosha’s chest.
It was too fast, too strong. Lian Luosha’s expression changed as she shouted, “Explode!”
“Boom! Boom!” Two dull explosions erupted as the talisman-like larks detonated. She used the power of the explosion to retreat rapidly, her sleeves and clothing shredded, revealing her fair bosom.
The blue bird’s beak spun, forcing the lark’s explosion down. Everyone’s gaze focused on the two, few noticing that Li Hui had moved, appearing incredibly swift.
“Rush!”
Suddenly, a light shout struck at their hearts, and Li Hui stood in front of Lian Luosha, shielding her from the sudden exposure. He held the Green Wood Eight Trigram Shield in his left hand and flicked his fingers to launch spirit talismans.
Although he couldn’t replicate Bai Yulian’s exaggerated speed, his trained hands were nimble, and he rapidly fired spirit talisman after spirit talisman, transforming them into golden sword light that shot towards the enemy from a distance of ten paces.
“Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…” First came dozens of one-patterned Golden Sword Talismans. The man with the tied-back hair only made a light swipe, and none of the golden sword lights could reach him. But before he could move forward, the two-patterned Golden Sword Talismans burst forth into sword light.
“Bang, bang, bang…” The sword lights surged, scattering sparks everywhere.
With the man’s abilities, the two-patterned Golden Sword Talismans should not have been sufficient, but the three-patterned Golden Sword Talismans were already en route, their fierce sword aura whistling through the air.
As dozens of three-patterned Golden Sword Talismans flew out, such an attack was enough to slightly hinder the man’s advance. The clash between the sword and the golden sword light produced a harsh “clang, clang” sound.
“You are Li Hui from the Jade Symbol Sect?” The man’s eyes widened, and his sword quickened. The Hidden Sky Sect had dispatched many personnel over several days, and with the return of the inner sect disciples, they learned that Li Hui hadn’t left the royal mansion, operating right under their noses.
Elder Hu Hai, responsible for law enforcement, couldn’t maintain his dignity. He had used spiritual sense to carefully search the royal mansion but found no clues.
What did this imply? It showed that Li Hui possessed a treasure capable of evading spiritual sense detection. Such a treasure was vital for the disciples of the Hidden Sky Sect, able to facilitate many cultivation methods. The man with the tied-back hair evidently understood this, eager to capture Li Hui.
“Junior Brother!” Lian Luosha trembled lightly; how comforting it was to have such a man stand boldly in front of her during a crisis.
Li Hui did not believe that the cunning Senior Sister Lian could get past this hurdle. His presence was indeed to protect her, but his true intention was to hug the enemy’s thigh.
Why hug the enemy’s thigh? Because the Spirit Sense Talisman remained affixed to his forehead; he hadn’t taken it down. Just a moment ago, the ghost mist surged violently, visibility shrank, and the ground beneath him grew scorching as four lotus Dharma clouds seemed to panic and hide, not daring to release even a breath.
At that moment, the sound of drums rang out, and the ghost mist surged, obscuring the surroundings within three to four zhang. Li Hui squatted down, supported Lian Luosha’s waist, and lifted her up, charging toward the man with the tied-back hair instead of retreating.
“Ah!” Lian Luosha leaned against his broad back, feeling weak all over. Besides a startled cry, she didn’t question what he was doing and wrapped her arms around Li Hui’s neck with an expression of submission.
The change happened too swiftly and unexpectedly, and the man with the tied-back hair shot a cold glare at Li Hui, stabbing forward.
“Boom…” With just a single strike, the Green Wood Eight Trigram Shield shattered halfway, and dozens of spirit talismans ignited, enveloping the two in a faint blue light for protection.
“That’s powerful! If he hits twice more, the Green Wood Eight Trigram Shield will break!” Li Hui’s heart shook as he heard the sounds of drums drawing closer. Without further thought, he pulled out golden bell talismans and pressed them onto himself one after another, leaving none behind. Then he took out the Four-Pattern Pine Tree Talismans sent by the sect before battle and affixed them all to himself, ready to activate them at any moment.
“That wedding procession?” The man’s expression changed suddenly. Previously, while fighting in the ghost mist, he had heard of a terrifying wedding procession released by a dead tree, but he had never measured how terrifying it was.
“Clang, clang, clang, bang, bang, bang, clang, clang, clang…” The procession’s drums rang out, which should have been a joyful sound, but it carried an indescribable sorrow! The groom sat atop a tall horse, his face horrifically decayed, the eyeballs hanging out of their sockets, shaking and swaying as if looking about.
The eight-litter sedan chair moved forward. The bearers were stout and strong, their faces not decayed but blue-skinned with fangs, exuding a fierce aura all over.
“Wicked being! After all these years, you dare to come out and wreak havoc!” Buddhist light flickered, treasure banners gathered, and the sound of wooden fish suddenly drowned out the drums, as over a hundred monks entered the scene.
“It is Abbot Zhi Ku from Guangxiao Temple.”
“Great! We finally have these bald donkeys here.”
“Roar…” Suddenly, the groom opened his mouth wide and sprayed out black light at the source of the Buddhist light.
With a clatter, the sound of wooden fish abruptly stopped, and the treasure banners scattered everywhere. The monks cried out for help, losing all their previous bravado.
“What’s happening?” The gathered cultivators were dumbfounded.
As the wedding procession arrived, the ghostly beings went wild, heedlessly charging toward the cultivators. Dozens of ferocious ghosts surged from behind the man with the tied-back hair, forcing him to draw his sword defensively.
The scene descended into chaos, as the ghost mist brought in the last wave of cultivators, obscuring visibility and filling the air with cries of slaughter and screams.
Li Hui carried Lian Luosha, neither running far nor getting closer, just following the man with the tied-back hair and the group of ferocious ghosts. Whenever new ghostly beings joined, he would rely on the Spirit Sense Talisman to see them first, then quickly dodge aside, allowing the capable to bear more responsibility as he observed from the side without getting overly involved.
The ghost mist was so thick that even the evil ghosts could not see each other, and some ferocious ghosts even ended up harming each other.
Though Li Hui’s vision shrank to about fifteen zhang around him, that was still better than seeing nothing at all.
Lian Luosha chuckled softly, having never expected things would become so entertaining. Though the ghost mist obscured her view of the man with the tied-back hair, she could tell from the sounds that he had fallen into a sudden fierce battle. Junior Brother’s ability to adapt and survive in this predicament was quite impressive.
