Chapter 280

Chapter 280: Great Earthly Xuan Dragon of Reverse Five Elements

The decree was complete, and the nine treasures encircled it like thick pillars supporting a massive bridge, much like nine items of the formation supporting an immense array.

Li Hui felt frustrated. Over half of the broken artifacts and treasure fragments purchased from the Thousand Islands had been consumed. If it weren’t for the Mysterious Pearl absorbing the scraps, he might have been buried under them hundreds of times.

The consumption was enormous and still ongoing. Silver light circulated across the surface of the decree, creating numerous silver symbols that felt like something was missing.

“It appears the medium is far from enough!”

“The treasure talisman must ascend; there has to be a direction for enhancement or demonic transformation.”

“Wait a moment, the silver snake bracelet absorbed several bone pieces from the Town-Sea White Bone Sword. It might contain unfamiliar dragon energy, perhaps even a hint of Earthly Dragon Blood. Should I try it out?”

With a testing mindset, Li Hui took the bone pieces from the treasure cabinet. Suddenly, the silver light on the decree exploded, and the bone pieces in his hand felt remarkably lighter—how strange!

Abruptly, silver symbols on the decree transformed into scales, but this change was fleeting. It stopped in the blink of an eye, leaving a sense of unfinished business. He quickly pulled out more bone pieces to allow the silver light to shine through.

The decree levitated, surrounding Li Hui in its center, and the carefully drawn symbols became increasingly full, rising to form dragon scales.

At this point, there was no stopping; he could only madly consume bone pieces and fragments of artifacts, even if this decree was a bottomless pit, he would fill it!

Slowly, the decree became more and more robust, attracting heavy phantoms that clung to it, swaying and transforming into a dragon shape, with nine halos emerging from behind its head.

Li Hui let out a strange cry as he tore apart more broken artifacts and treasure fragments, watching as the divine dragon sprouted a vertical eye on its forehead, with dragon horns bursting forth in five colors.

“The dragon gives birth to the heavenly eye, known as the Heavenly Dragon. Mighty treasures, reversing the five elements.”

“This is a Great Earthly Xuan Dragon of Reverse Five Elements!” Li Hui no longer cared about the pain of loss; with the extraordinary manifestations of this twenty-eight-foot decree, he felt that any further investment of resources was worth it.

As he sensed the power, he realized he faced the same old problem: his cultivation was insufficient to control it. Even with the assistance of the treasure cabinet and hand seals, achieving just twenty to thirty percent of its power would be remarkable. After all, consuming artifacts and treasure fragments was not a usual practice. He truly wished to reach the Condense Essence Stage quickly, yet one must eat one bite at a time. Being able to create such a miraculous thing during the Spirit Motion Stage was already satisfying!

“Puff…” The phenomena vanished, and the decree rolled up, returning to its scroll form, floating down to Li Hui.

He caught it in his arms and instantly felt a surge of confidence. However, when he glanced at the Bamboo Box, specifically designed to store broken artifacts and treasure fragments, he couldn’t help but smile bitterly. He thought, “How much reserves will be left when we return to Dalong? The consumption on this journey has been unprecedented. I have already drained all the spiritual shells and Five-Color Fortune Coins, along with consuming additional spiritual energy from the treasure cabinet to get here. Otherwise, we would have collapsed long ago!”

At this moment, the Transmission Talisman crackled: “Boss, we are almost at our destination.”

“Do not stop; maintain the speed. I’m heading up now.” Li Hui gathered his things, clutching the scroll, and headed straight toward the bow of the ship.

He noticed blue and purple magnetic lights rising at the horizon. Even in daylight, it was clear as day. With the speed of the Wave Breaking Cone, they would soon reach the edge area.

“That ahead is the third checkpoint; once we pass it, we will be in the open sea. After five days of high-speed flight, we will enter the White Sea, and in ten days, we will reach land.”

Chef Zhao arrived at the bow, looking thinner from days of hard work. Gazing at the point where the sea met the sky, he exclaimed, “Boss, success is within reach. We must make it. After surviving these trials, how tragic it would be to die now! Haha, if we must die, let’s perish in Qiniang’s embrace.”

“Look at your lack of ambition…” Li Hui smiled slightly, then took a deep breath as the wind and clouds surged around him.

“Tell everyone to take their positions; we’re about to charge through the final checkpoint.”

“I will relay the order!” Chef Zhao turned and shouted, “Brothers, stay alert; the boss is about to get serious! Our bond in this journey is deep: no matter your reasons for being on this ship, if we don’t get through this checkpoint, all will be in vain. So focus and give your best.”

Just then, the sky erupted with a loud “crack,” and golden light shone down as a booming voice echoed, “Little brat, you’re running quite fast.”

Li Hui’s heart skipped a beat. Peering through the ship’s talisman formation, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief, realizing it was merely a distant locking mechanism and that the enemy wouldn’t reach them anytime soon.

Though they couldn’t reach him immediately, the threat remained! This indicated that the Hongmo Sect had not given up but was racing madly after them. They must have smoothed things over in the Grand Xuan Dynasty and activated other teleportation arrays; otherwise, they wouldn’t have arrived so quickly.

“Go!” Li Hui activated most of the ship’s talisman array and, with a thunderous roar, charged into the magnetic light, ignoring the floating islands on either side, launching forward at top speed.

The faster the ship went, the greater the obstacles!

Exploding sounds rang in his ears as Li Hui performed the Cloud-Brush Dragon Claw Technique, behind him appearing three hundred sixty flickering dragon claw phantoms, each one forming hand seals.

Su Qing’er and Si Ma Suiyun both looked toward the bow in deep shock.

This was truly extraordinary; to find a cultivator who could wield hand seals with such finesse, even going back five hundred years, would be nearly impossible, at least on the Wutu Continent.

A halo erupted from the ship, utilizing hand seals to gather and guide talisman power. It was uncertain how many talisman arrays generated the treasure talisman’s might.

But it wasn’t enough; not nearly enough. The pressure outside the ship grew heavier, with various barrier winds battering against them, nearly breaking through their defensive talisman formation. This area concealed grave dangers.

Li Hui reached into the Bamboo Box, where the silver snake bracelet began to devour the stored items. At this moment, he could no longer hold back; boundless battle intent surged upward, and he shouted, “Mighty Heavenly Dragon, reversing the five elements!”

“Roar…” The silver dragon danced wildly, as the five elements clashed, darkening heaven and earth, suppressing the earth, water, fire, and wind.

“Puff, puff, puff, puff…” When he looked outside the ship, which dared to come? In an instant, the winds calmed down—no retreat meant destruction, no compliance meant annihilation.

The silver dragon raised its head, dominating this realm, as the strange beasts and spiritual insects scattered across the distant islands all lay flat on the ground, trembling in fear, desperately wishing to find a crack in the earth to hide.

Even the magnetic light reversed, with Yin-Yang and the five elements turned upside down, pushing forward with the might to shatter all laws. Even when a skilled Hongmo Sect practitioner tried to attack, that light was pushed back.

In just a few moments, the Wave Breaking Cone soared across the vast sea, crossing the boundary riddled with earth, water, fire, and wind barrier energy.

Li Hui quickly stowed the decree, using the silver snake bracelet to amplify the entire ship’s talisman array, while the treasure cabinet released spiritual energy to form a spiritual energy wave, pouring into the talisman formation, getting ready to go wild.

“Whatever it takes, all talismans, hasten!”

An even larger spiritual wave surged forth, the silver snake bracelet spewing forth silver light, hand seals flashed up and down, the sky danced, the sea soared, and the ship howled.

The ship flew like a meteor across the sky, ignoring the small islands below, with the spiritual talismans plastered on the sails burning fiercely, turning to ashes that fell away, as all mechanisms aboard emitted mournful wails and the ship’s rear erupted with intense light, accelerating even faster, the ship’s deck trembling violently!