Chapter 407

Chapter 407: The Four Fiends

The Great Daxia is home to many powerful individuals; even those with limited knowledge recognize the One Monk, Two Daoists, Three Gods, Four Fiends, Five Demons, Six Ghosts, Seven Masters, and Eight Swords.

In fact, there are also Nine Merchants and Ten Officials, known as the nine wealthy merchants who can buy the favor of deities with gold and the ten young officials with impressive backgrounds, all exceptionally talented, standing out in the cultivation world of Great Daxia.

The One Monk refers to the guest monk of the Law Destruction Temple, which is even more mysterious than the Jin Tian Sect. Each generation only has one guest monk who interacts with the outside world. It’s beyond mere talent; some say they walk the earth like Buddhas, writing incredible myths since the Dharma Cloud stage, almost omnipotent.

The Two Daoists include Zhang Daoheng and another from the Jin Tian Sect, named Kuang Daoxun, because the Jin Tian Sect is the Daoist sect of the Wutu Continent, where all Inner Sect Disciples are Daoists, hence the title of the Two Daoists.

The Three Gods make Great Daxia a wonderful place, as each city attracts a large crowd that, over time, builds a divine path with its incense. Three practitioners have achieved godhood: Lü Chunyang, He Dongting, and Xiao Jingshan, all remarkable figures.

Next are the Four Fiends: the Divination Master Feng Tianliang, En Tu Huang Qian Duxiu, the landlady Liu Xiaomei, and the Poisonous Peacock Pan Jinao, all unique among practitioners.

Why call them unique? Because their cultivation methods are peculiar, their tactics ruthless, and their personalities eccentric—they can easily offer you a mountain of gold on a whim but attack without hesitation if they find you displeasing.

As for the following Five Demons, Six Ghosts, Seven Masters, and Eight Swords, they are all young practitioners in the Condense Essence or Bosa stages, with profound strength and immense potential, having made quite a name for themselves in the past twenty years.

Feng Tianliang, with his impeccable calculations, made a move that left Li Hui with no escape.

“Clang…”

The Azure Sky Jade Symbol Sword glimmered golden, with the Divine Eye of Di Jiang on the hilt locking onto the bamboo pole. However, the pole slipped humorously out of reach, seeming to aim for Li Hui’s brow.

“Truly impressive; the Four Fiends have indeed calculated the location of the Jade Heart of the Earth Court, aiming to disrupt my treasure cabinet in one blow,” Li Hui thought, feeling a chill. Knowing that his opponent wasn’t an ordinary practitioner required extra caution.

In conflicts among experts, life and death can be decided in an instant!

At this critical moment, the Four Fiends glanced at Li Hui’s right hand in shock; he had caught the Divination Master’s bamboo pole.

“What’s happening?” Feng Tianliang felt for the first time in his life the confusion of losing control over fate, as if he had fallen into layered fog, unable to see the truth hidden within.

“You shouldn’t use spirit treasures as weapons,” Li Hui’s casual words exploded in the mind of the Divination Master, seemingly containing an important clue.

“Bang, bang, bang…” The silver snake was devouring the spirit treasure, a rare delicacy.

“He can crush spirit treasures? Impossible!” The Four Fiends were greatly alarmed, while Li Hui felt quite pleased, knowing that the Divination Master could calculate almost everything but not the silver snake. If he could, Li Hui would be eager to know more about just where this silver snake originated.

“Quick, use poison!” The landlady Liu Xiaomei reacted swiftly, shouting at the Poisonous Peacock.

The Divination Master Feng Tianliang had regained his composure, letting go of the bamboo pole and retreating swiftly while saying, “He possesses the Jade Heart of the Earth Court and has cultivated ancient profound qi; common poisons won’t work on him. Use Eight Scents, Eight Worms, and Eight Wastes of Toxicity.”

The chubby girl shot forth poisonous light, dazzling and bright like the stars in the sky.

Is it poison? It certainly didn’t seem like it.

However, it transformed rapidly; after the sixty-four combinations, it added eight more variations, resulting in five hundred twelve types of deadly poison. One of these poisons would surely be indomitable, delivering overwhelming horror.

Li Hui realized that with the Divination Master Feng Tianliang present, even if the silver snake could counter spirit treasures, it could continuously dismantle his defenses.

Two words: tedious!

The Jade Heart of the Earth Court and profound qi neutralized most of the deadly toxins, but eight types remained formless and intangible, making it impossible for Bai Ze to capture their precise locations.

“Quake!”

Li Hui unleashed ripples from his body, activating his Personal Artifact to defend.

Since they were going to get poisoned, then they would all get poisoned together. The “pop” sounds in his ears suggested that things were happening despite their low volume; the poisonous light suddenly burst outwards, spreading in all directions.

Feng Tianliang was taken aback and shouted as he focused his blind gaze on the opposite side, “Demonic energy? No, demonic spells? No, it’s talisman methods, demonized talisman methods.”

Truly impressive: he perceived Li Hui’s might quickly. But what of his insight? The Demonized Treasure Talismans didn’t follow logic; even the poisonous light could rebound, causing the Four Fiends to become disorganized.

This poison was terrifying for Li Hui but equally so for the Four Fiends.

The eight formless and intangible toxins rebounded back into five; a purple light flickered as a Purple Crystal Shield appeared, encircling Li Hui and “thudding” into the ground, trapping him in the center and instantly establishing a spatial barrier.

The remaining three types of poison could penetrate space, but the Treasure Cabinet Array created a multi-layered barrier; the number of Purple Crystal Shields equaled the number of barriers.

Two types of poison faced resistance upon breaching the eighteenth layer and failed to get through. Only one type proved formidable, managing to consecutively breach over a hundred layers of barriers, slowing but not stopping.

“Quake, quake, quake, quake…”

At this moment, Li Hui spared no effort, exhausting all his profound qi to galvanize his Personal Artifact to rebound; he only needed to succeed once among many attempts, and he would be safe.

“Boom!”

Hearing the sound, he sensed his success.

Poisonous Peacock Pan Jinao seemed to sense something and let out a rough, monstrous cry, darting away at lightning speed, disappearing in an instant; she alone couldn’t decipher the final type of toxin.

The other three also reacted quickly, pulling away at full speed. Suddenly, the Divination Master shifted left, and the Azure Sky Jade Symbol Sword flashed by.

Li Hui had already closed the distance without him noticing.

The Divination Master Feng Tianliang felt a rush of horror; the speed of this boy was incredibly fast, and his tactics were endlessly varied, causing many of his calculations to fall apart.

“Foreknowledge? It was indeed right to eliminate you first.” Li Hui formed hand gestures, channeling all the profound qi into the Heavenly and Earthly Arrays. Fortunately, his qi cultivation had reached the mid-stage Bosa level; while the total amount was still significantly lacking, he could quickly replenish it using the arrays and the Mysterious Pearl.

As he expelled qi and powered up the Green Emperor Yuanhong Vine, the sound of rushing water echoed in his ears; it was a demon river, and a massive talisman power erupted, instantly summoning a green dragon that brought overwhelming force capable of shattering space.

“Roar!”

The green dragon roared, and the winds and clouds stirred…

Feng Tianliang, the first among the Four Fiends, sensed heaven’s killing intent; the opponent had transformed into calamity itself, rendering him unable to surpass it and thus facing doom.

The silver snake bracelet devoured a spirit bamboo pole, and Li Hui had been enduring without revealing much; now, with his talisman power restored, he saw the green dragon’s eyes spark with silver light.

“Something’s wrong—anomaly! You possess a terrifying anomaly in this world!” Feng Tianliang shouted in panic. He had calculated well enough to know how to evade this attack, but in the midst of chaos, the innate techniques had shifted. He quickly called, “Lord Longqing, save me! If you don’t intervene, I will surely perish.”

“Boom!”

In a flash, a violent collision occurred as Li Hui staggered back three steps, wiping the blood from the corner of his mouth, coldly laughing, “Finally willing to show yourself, old monster. I know you’re under pressure—the true enemy is an Evil God.”