Chapter 571

Chapter 571: The Black Arrow Pierces the Heart; Curse and Grievance Born

Li Hui floated forward. Even though his legal form could traverse the skies, it had not yet formed the Yang God. His spirit and soul were very weak compared to the true high-level demon cultivators in the Traveling Realm. Therefore, to remain outside for an extended period, he needed to find an appropriate vessel. Fortunately, the Six Paths of Reincarnation were marvelous, allowing him to enter the life trajectories of others at any time and borrow a body to come back to life.

He had a characteristic in choosing who to resurrect: they all bore the surname Li.

Only by keeping the same surname could he maintain clarity; otherwise, if he encountered someone with a special fate, he could easily fall into the mystery of the womb, trapped in a cycle of reincarnation, unable to escape.

Now, Li Hui had become Li Xiao Jiu, with Late Condense Essence cultivation. In the royal city of the Great Xia, there was no shortage of people with his cultivation level. However, being a gardener in the prince’s residence was sufficient for him. No, now he should be referred to as the power king.

It had already been twelve hours. The calamity power accumulated over ten thousand years on the Wutu Continent was rapidly dwindling, and the Unrivaled Calamity Master was about to complete his tribulation at Dalong’s Haotu Sect.

Even from afar, he could sense the changes in the calamity power and feel the tribulation status. The leader of the Haotu Sect had suffered quite a bit of damage; half of his body had collapsed, yet he managed to endure through sheer will with the Buddha Treasure.

As Li Hui entered the prince’s residence, while trimming spiritual flowers and bonsais, he pressed a cloud talisman into a bucket of water. Instantly, ripples appeared on the surface, revealing the situations inside and outside the mansion in crystal clarity.

“Just as Du Miaochan said, Tan Tiandi not only survived the curses but also summoned many strong individuals. Good; it’s a blessing in disguise at the right time.”

Suddenly, someone next to him reprimanded: “Hmph! On your first day of work, you’re already dragging your feet. Do you think this is your home? Hurry and move the flower pots to the court of the favored ladies! If you dare to glance around once you enter the inner courtyard, you won’t step out of the royal residence today!”

“Yes!” Li Xiao Jiu lowered his head, meekly becoming a laborer, moving the flower pots and bonsais onto a mechanism car headed for the favored ladies’ courtyard. The steward, seeing him in this manner, nodded in approval.

This wasn’t the power king’s official residence; it was merely a branch, so the defenses weren’t too strict.

As Li Xiao Jiu walked and observed, he couldn’t help but think: “The power king hasn’t even sat on the throne yet, and he’s already setting up the emperor’s style, with favored concubines, talented ladies, and beautiful maidens all at hand. Tan Tiandi has gathered a large number of powerful people; if they can’t find me, they might go after Yao’er and the others.”

Suddenly, a chilling killing intent formed in the air that only Li Hui could sense, making his heart stir: “The leader of the Haotu Sect is getting impatient to find out where I am just as he is about to finish his tribulation! In his fury, he might annihilate all the refugees hiding underground in the Haotu Sect. There’s no more time to wait; I must act immediately. Even if I manage to escape a disaster, my disciples will face a catastrophic fate.”

As the thought crossed his mind, Li Hui acted swiftly. The Haotu Sect responded instantly, and all the refugees collapsed to the ground, losing nearly half their blood. Blood Light erupted from the talisman seals they had nurtured on their foreheads for over ten hours.

Earlier, the blood talisman had traced to the Haotu Sect, and the Unrivaled Calamity Master used the underground refugees as leverage to pull Li Hui into his tribulation. Li Hui decisively pressed the blood talisman imprint onto the refugees’ foreheads, forming a talisman seal. As soon as the Unrivaled Calamity Master killed one person, it would increase the curse power to hinder his tribulation.

As a result, this leader of the Haotu Sect, who had lived for forty thousand years, could not harm the refugees, and he had to devise ways to protect the land and keep them safe.

However, could the talisman seals set by Li Hui be that simple? Though the leader of the Haotu Sect once held many identities, even having connections with the Heavenly Talisman Sect, he specialized in too many fields; his only flaw was that he was not specialized enough—being good at everything also meant being inadequate in every aspect.

Just as the leader of the Haotu Sect was about to complete his tribulation, he was filled with unprecedented excitement, but his body was extremely fatigued. Threads of red light suddenly emerged from the ground, forming terrifying talisman seals almost instantaneously.

After nurturing for over ten hours, the blood talisman was ready to explode forth, erupting like a dam breaking apart.

“Quickly!”

The blood talismans surged forward like a flooding tide, rushing toward the leader of the Haotu Sect, the curse power reaching unbelievable levels.

“Li Hui, you truly haven’t given up; you’re still struggling for survival. This sect leader has been searching for you. Hahaha, such a marvelous method of the Six Paths of Reincarnation! I, the Calamity Master, have already passed through my tribulation; for the next ten thousand years, no one can threaten me again. The only reason I didn’t eliminate you before was due to the calamity power pressing down on me, but now it’s different!” His laughter was wild as his voice clashed with the blood talisman, and the calamity power swelled, causing the talismans to fall to disadvantage.

The Haotu Sect’s leader had an unparalleled cultivation level and powerful techniques; within moments, he extinguished most of the talisman seals and raised his hand to grasp the calamity thunder, pressing it against the blood talisman.

“Boom!”

Li Hui’s killing move crumbled, unable to withstand a single blow. All phenomena ceased, including the calamity that was nearing its end, and the skies over the Haotu Sect returned to calm.

“Hahaha, I have succeeded! I have gained eternal life again!” His decaying body shed ashes, revealing a surge of vast vitality.

“Li Hui! If you hadn’t activated the talisman seal, I still wouldn’t have found you. But the moment you did, my sect knew immediately. Look at me shoot the celestial wolf with my glorious great bow!” The leader of the Haotu Sect took out a large bow, his eyes filled with cold determination as he slowly drew the bowstring, allowing black rays to gather around the arrows.

“Go!”

“Crack!” The black arrow transformed into a heart-stopping crack, stretching from the peak of the Haotu Sect all the way to the Great Xia, bursting forth with a terrifying aura as it shot through the air.

This arrow was indescribable; it reached the prince’s residence within thirty moments.

The air trembled violently, and the black crack fell, creating a series of loud booms as part of the residence collapsed.

Meanwhile, Tan Tiandi looked down in shock at his chest, where blood stained and transformed into a vibrant “death” character, realizing the result he had calculated in his heart—two words: “Bullseye.”

“No…”

In an instant, the black arrow pierced through the forty-seven death characters, representing the demise of forty-seven cultivators, including four from the Profound Law Stage, while the others were Wuxiang cultivators.

No matter how many doubles or clones these cultivators possessed, none could escape death in the end. But death was only the beginning—the blood-red death character printed on their chests instantly evaporated, carrying their unyielding and resentful feelings as they crossed the void.

At Dalong’s Haotu Sect, the Unrivaled Calamity Master was recovering his body, but amidst the rumbling, the blood talisman rejuvenated, shocking him: “Li Hui isn’t dead? And the talisman is effective again?”

Blood Light filled the heavens and the earth, with a concentrated red talisman measuring three feet in size at its center, transitioning from red to purple, equivalent to the full force of forty-seven cultivators launching an assault.

“Impudent! Daring to provoke this sect leader, die!” The Unrivaled Calamity Master unleashed all his power, gathering light and darkness in his large bow. Amidst the wind and thunder, dozens of black arrows shot forth, and he crushed three pieces of gray stone, refusing to believe that Li Hui could withstand such a killing calamity.