Chapter 371

Chapter 371: The Silver Snake Operation

It truly is a case of sitting at home while disaster comes from the sky.

Someone was pushing things from behind; just over ten days had passed when a loud phoenix cry echoed outside the Surveillance Pavilion. A remarkable man stood atop a divine phoenix, arms crossed, exuding an impressive aura as he asked, “You two crazy women have actually come together. Where is Li Yingjun?”

Ruan Xingxing shouted, “Get lost! Don’t come here to throw your weight around on my turf!”

The man laughed heartily, “Hahaha, Junior Sister Ruan, you’re making yourself a bit mad. Is this your way of stopping me from getting close? You don’t understand me, and you don’t understand love. Love and hatred are just seals that bind us cultivators. The deeper the entanglement, the greater the strength.”

Wen Chuchu spoke up, “Brother Zhang, do you want to kill Junior Brother Li? Aren’t you afraid of the sect…”

“Hahaha!” Zhang Daoheng laughed again, indulging himself, “Whether I kill or not is unimportant; I want to see if I can gain another seal. Cultivating in the sect is tough; even that old man Xuan Zhen doesn’t know where the Dao lies. What qualifications does he have to teach me? Since I walk the calamity path, I embrace the tribulation of being in this world.”

“Hmph, if he’s not here, then he’s got to find it for himself,” Wen Chuchu coldly responded.

“Oh? He should have been right here. Let me see where this boy is,” Zhang Daoheng said as he calculated with his fingers, frowning slightly: “How did he end up in the earth axis? His aura is muddled. I wonder what kind of fortune has allowed him to enter the mountain gate, but this fortune ends here.”

The divine phoenix let out a cry, indicating that it was no longer present.

Chu Chu anxiously said, “Senior Sister, we…”

“Stay out of it. Junior Brother caused the thunder tribulation and received unpredictable fortune. You don’t need to worry; head to the Heart Refining Branch first!” Ruan Xingxing was more level-headed than ever before. Whenever it involved Zhang Daoheng, he always stirred up trouble.

As for Li Hui, after detecting the rough location of the Heavenly Talisman Sect through the Dao Rhythm Residual Talisman, he purposefully guided the Surveillance Pavilion in that direction.

Once the dark moon vanished, he asked the two women for leave and went in search of relics.

Perhaps it was the blessing of the Dao Rhythm Residual Talisman; he happened to miss Zhang Daoheng. When he neared the site, the Jade Heart of the Earth Court produced waves of tremors, and Li Hui was greatly astonished: “The relics of the Heavenly Talisman Sect are actually hidden in the earth axis?”

In the past, it would have been extremely difficult to infiltrate the earth axis, but now things had changed. He invoked his Ideal Body and sank towards the ground, descending into darkness in an instant.

The strong geomagnetic forces supported his body, preventing him from sinking further.

Li Hui unleashed two treasure talismans, drawing his body downwards, quickly using up eighteen Dragon Roar Whisker Symbols before seeing a small square platform below.

The platform was tiny, less than seven feet long and wide, its edges filled with cracks and covered in a grid, resembling a chessboard.

Unexpectedly, the silver snake bracelet emitted a massive silver light, slithering up his arm and suddenly appearing above his head.

“My heavens! The silver snake is alive!”

At that moment, Li Hui was shocked beyond description; the silver snake bracelet had spontaneously returned to its initial state, enlarging into a three-foot-long silver snake, hissing with a golden tongue and looking into the darkness.

“Boom…” A massive creature emerged from the shadows.

It had six legs resembling human hands, two pairs of dark brown wings on its back, and a very small head with a single eye. Its crimson gaze was fixed fiercely on the silver snake, as if it had encountered a natural enemy, filled with excitement.

“What is that thing?” Li Hui was rooted to the spot, suddenly sensing that all the artifact fragments and fragments of treasures stored in the Mysterious Pearl ignited with silver sheen and instantly transformed into light dust.

As the light and shadow swirled, all the spirit talismans stored in the treasure cabinet flew out, rumbling together to form a formation. Under the influence of the silver light, they crazily combined, morphing into a talisman as large as the heavenly gate.

“Are you kidding me? Is that a talisman?”

It truly was a talisman, standing thirty zhang high and thirteen zhang wide, with massive symbols printed on it, resembling a snake, a dragon, fog, and a sword…

“Roar…” The One-Eyed Monster howled as its body rapidly expanded, prepared to strike, but the huge talisman transformed into beams of light hundreds of zhang long and shot down upon it.

“Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!”

The view was filled with lights, as if stars were shooting through the air.

The silver snake’s eyes turned icy as the One-Eyed Monster deflated like a punctured balloon, its figure slowly fading away—it was not even a real entity.

“No way! That kind of offensive power was beyond description. The One-Eyed Monster clearly isn’t real; it seems to be nothing more than a residual aura lingering here, yet it managed to withstand it by flapping its wings.”

Li Hui suddenly screamed, “Ah, no!”

At this moment, the silver snake drew talismans from the cabinet, sending out the hard-earned treasure talismans, while the Azure Sky Jade Symbol Sword appeared.

He saw all the talismans strike towards the sword body, producing many mysterious transformations, radiating supreme light as they flew away.

“It’s over; there are no spirit talismans or treasure talismans left, and I will lose the Azure Sky Jade Symbol Sword!” Li Hui felt as though he might die from grief. How much effort had gone to waste? The silver snake was having a blast, but his losses were immeasurable.

“Roar…” The monster raged, its eyes turning exceptionally fierce, seemingly about to spew a certain aura from its single eye. Just then, a golden beam of sword light flew in and pierced into its eye.

“Boom, boom, boom…” The earth axis shook, the geomagnetic forces constantly shifting, as all light and shadow swirled, pulling the One-Eyed Monster into their embrace.

The silver snake opened its mouth and mimicked a swallowing action, closing its eyes in satisfaction. It then slowly climbed down, reverting to its bracelet form under Li Hui’s wide-eyed gaze of fear.

“What? This…”

With a clang, the Azure Sky Jade Symbol Sword flew back, and Li Hui noticed a deep red, single eye had appeared on the sword hilt, glaring ferociously at him.

“What a fierce gaze.” Li Hui gently touched the sword hilt, feeling as if he had been bitten fiercely by a venomous snake. His thoughts plunged deep into the sword body, sensing the Azure Sky Rock Worms’ rumbling stomachs. Their surfaces became mottled; they were eager to devour various rare metals to repair the damage from the attack.

“Sigh! The injuries are serious.”

It hurt! It hurt so much! In just a short time, the losses were enormous. But considering that the silver snake might help him through a deadly tribulation, what more could he say?

Li Hui took out Geng Gold and several rare metals, and the Azure Sky Rock Worms swarmed out, devouring the metals in a matter of moments. He hurriedly retrieved more Geng Gold, feeding it directly into the sword body to keep them satisfied.

“Hey? They can eat so much? Does this mean that with this single eye, the Azure Sky Worm’s metal devouring ability has greatly increased?”

Realizing this, he decided to let them eat to their heart’s content, pulling out a majority of the metals he had, and to his surprise, it still wasn’t enough.

“Impressive! Can you really finish off all the Geng Gold I’ve collected?”

Li Hui soon discovered that consuming his meager resources was no challenge. The Azure Sky Jade Symbol Sword not only devoured all metals from him but also attracted a massive geomagnetic force, causing the small platform beneath him to suddenly drop, nearly sending his heart leaping out of his chest.

“Damn it! Slow down and eat. There’s a cave in the stone wall; I think I’ve missed out on many relics!”

The Azure Sky Jade Symbol Sword remained unyielding, gluttonously devouring the geomagnetic forces. At some point, the small platform beneath him began to ripple, establishing faint connections with the distant land.