Chapter 410

Chapter 410: The Ink Pen Unleashed, The Jade Symbol Rises

The Azure Sky Jade Symbol Sword was fearsome, known for killing and slaying. The Five Spirits and Five Scholars Transformation Talisman continuously dismantled and weakened the Evil God’s consciousness, seizing the divine energy and causing the surface of the talismans to shimmer with a warm jade luster.

While there were jade symbols above the treasure talismans, achieving true jade symbols was fraught with challenges. Although the divine talisman had entered the ranks of near-jade symbols, it could not truly be considered a jade symbol. A true jade symbol was of utmost prestige, embodying the divine realm and entering the sacred.

Li Hui took out the talisman brush, his aura swelling as winds and clouds churned around him. He raised his hand and vigorously wrote three strokes.

The first stroke inscribed the Dao Text of Yellow Bud for Protection onto the talisman, a white light shooting into the heavens. The second stroke formed Five Figures, seated and solemn, resembling a grand palace, gradually exuding divine might. The third stroke summoned swirling clouds and radiance from the sky, cutting into the Evil God’s overwhelming essential energy, marching straight into its lair.

“Boom…” The bird-beaked Evil God could not withstand the assault, its form exploding as it tried to escape.

“Break off a portion? Sacrifice some remnants to flee,” Li Hui sneered, effortlessly drawing forth the Azure Sky Jade Symbol Sword, unleashing golden rays that instantly morphed into a swarm of insects, producing a cacophony of clinks and clatters.

“Ha! You’ve fallen into my trap!”

Suddenly, a towering figure, ten zhang tall, manifested behind Li Hui. The Evil God had shrunk from a hundred zhang to ten, its ferocity and menace significantly diminished, though it still sought to crush them with its mighty blow.

At the critical moment, flames enveloped the scene as two furry arms restrained the Evil God’s enormous fist. The air became scorching, and Li Hui’s body expanded, tearing through his clothes as his muscles bulged into the form of a formidable man with monkey-like features, his eyes blazing with fighting spirit as he roared, “Open, open, open…”

“How is this possible? Summoning a god? No, this is body refinement fusion!” The Evil God was horrified as immense power surged along its arms, causing it to explode again in mere moments.

Li Hui panted heavily, his form returning to normal, revealing a long-browed fiery monkey perched on his shoulder, its energy completely drained, yet managing a weak smile.

“Good monkey, thank you for your help. Hurry back to recover and feast on the spirit fruits,” he said, and the long-browed fiery monkey squealed happily, baring its teeth.

This long-browed fiery monkey was gifted by Wen Shaobao, a rare spirit from heaven and earth, appearing only once in hundreds of years. It had a unique ability to merge with cultivators, especially benefiting body refiners by temporarily amplifying their power by dozens of times, although at a considerable cost to itself.

The Mysterious Pearl was filled with spirit fruits, ensuring its recovery. This little monkey was quite sentient, understanding how to please its master at crucial moments, and it relished the praise, knowing it could indulge in the bounty. However, it still longed for the precious spirit fruits guarded by the other demons.

“Swish, swish, swish…” The Azure Sky Jade Symbol Sword unleashed its power, golden light flowing like a torrent, piercing and annihilating the Evil God’s consciousness.

Li Hui seated himself and began to create a talisman.

A luminous halo enveloped him as he crafted a top-grade talisman, directing its light towards the Five Spirits and Five Scholars Transformation Talisman. Instantly, radiant light exploded, generating tremendous force.

“Good, let’s go again!” How fast was creating a talisman at sixty times speed? He produced a hundred top-grade treasure talismans in a single step, augmenting the power of the Five Spirits and Five Scholars Transformation Talisman, causing its light to blaze as the Evil God roared.

Li Hui was currently inscribing the Revered Belief Talisman, which had no special features apart from enhancing the divine faith of the Five Spirits and Five Scholars. At this moment, however, it was perfectly timed to disperse the Evil God’s consciousness, forcibly pulling it to deepen the jade quality on the talisman.

“No, together in ruin!” The Evil God, unwilling to become a divine offering, found the prospect worse than humiliation, so it furiously self-destructed its consciousness.

If it succeeded, the consequences would be unthinkable, but just then a wild wind swept through.

“Demonic wind?” The Divination Master Feng Tianliang calculated with an angry glare: “Another demon that should not exist, defying heaven to prolong its life and seize fortune, willing to reset the pattern.”

“Ding…” A sound like a bell, a weapon, and a sword echoed. This voice burned into their hearts, unforgettable!

Li Hui exclaimed, “Xiujin, the Jade Symbol Ink Demon Yu Zimao, you finally reacted. After leaving Wan Nest Island, I trained in talisman-making awaiting this day.”

“Ding, ding, ding…” The sounds of a jade bell grew louder and more urgent, while countless talisman patterns converged and intertwined, following Dao Principles, opening heaven and earth.

Demonic energy surged upward, and an imposing presence descended.

With the pen in hand shaking, a resonant voice proclaimed: “Sing high to respond to heaven, call out with force to arouse the spirits of the earth. Once, I drove away demons, battled against flying dragons. The talisman becomes a timeless wind of heroes, flowing freely beneath my pen. Now I return to the path of cultivation, once again fueling the Ink Demon in mastering Tai Chi.”

“Long time no see, little monkey! Just in time for an important moment.” Yu Zimao appeared beside Li Hui, looking up at the Five Spirits and Five Scholars Transformation Talisman, “Creating a jade symbol cannot be done without me. This is the true jade symbol. Come, let the winds and clouds be the talisman, and the demonic energy be the pen, as the Dao unfolds within.”

“Boom…” Although the Evil God faced its ruin, with a stroke, it stabilized its spirit, light, soul, and intent!

“The ink pen turned into a demon—how detestable! Why are there so many demons?”

The Five Spirits and Five Scholars Transformation Talisman began to rotate gracefully as it spun. Every fragment of the Evil God’s consciousness was irresistibly drawn in until not a scrap remained.

With a decisive stroke, Li Hui and the ink pen both applied their strength, wielding their pens as if piercing through the firmament, both declaring: “The jade symbol forms, the Dao unfolds within, Qi Nurturing Talisman.”

“Whoosh…” Winds and clouds surged, connecting heaven and earth.

The Five Spirits and Five Scholars Transformation Talisman transformed remarkably, as if tightly folded into a handkerchief, now merely an inch long, half an inch wide, and finger-thick, inexplicably evolving into complex layers of light and shadow, with symbols resembling natural jade textures, impenetrable in hardness.

Before Li Hui could scrutinize the jade symbol closely, a heavy thunder resonated not far away. The Dragon Tree Demon could no longer withstand the tribulation thunder, and its body shattered with a resounding explosion.

Yao’er rejoiced, unleashing Peach Blossom Mist to draw in demonic energy.

Meanwhile, a scream echoed as the demons captured landlady Liu Xiaomei, swarming with insect demons toward En Tu Huang Qian Duxiu. The En Tu nation was a small one; surely after today, they would need to choose a new leader.

“Spare my life; I am willing to submit,” Pan Jinao cried, shrinking down to reveal her beauty.

Feng Tianliang chuckled coldly: “Hmph, the Four Fiends have fallen today. What face do you have to survive? You will perish first; Virtual Immortal Demon Scripture!”

Boundless darkness engulfed the scene as Pan Jinao shrieked, her own toxins rebounding as blood poured from her seven orifices, lifeless before she hit the ground. Landlady Liu Xiaomei, already knocked down, screamed once more in feigned death.

En Tu Huang Qian Duxiu was alarmed: “Feng, what are you doing?”

Before he finished speaking, En Tu Huang Qian Duxiu’s body shattered without warning, flesh collapsing in a grotesque disintegration, leaving no traces of bones or soul essence.

“Ha ha ha! Three fools, you were my stepping stones to become a demon, yet you remain unaware.” Feng Tianliang laughed manically, his cultivation soaring in an instant as all his previous injuries rapidly healed.

Li Hui was slightly surprised, employing the Cloud-Brush Dragon Claw Technique to pull everyone back to the Mysterious Pearl, hastily clearing the battlefield. When he reappeared, he had entered the formation set by the Dragon Tree Demon and the Evil God.

This formation lost its master’s control, its power reduced by at least thirty to forty percent.

The Divination Master, Feng Tianliang, had succumbed to the influence of darkness, wild hair dancing around him, suddenly revealing his empty eyes, shining with horrible ghastly green as he quickly closed in on the formation.