Chapter 628

Chapter 628: Seeking Ground and Preparing for Battle

Li Hui secured the Kui Niu Drum at his waist, emanating the aura of the Red Warrior. In the Heavenly Realm, he was nearly unstoppable; he just needed to be cautious of the Chaotic Mirage and avoid being directly caught by it. Ordinary dangers were of no concern.

The group moved quickly, arriving at a location with nine towering mountains after about half an hour.

“Yes, this is the place—the resting place of the true form of the Red Warrior.”

As everyone pressed forward on the clouds, Li Hui raised the Kui Niu Drum. He saw red mist surging from all directions, all of which was gathered into the drum as they approached it.

Before long, the Kui Niu Drum began to resonate, each beat louder than the last, and a colossal skeleton emerged from the distance, its skull ablaze and green flames dancing in its eye sockets.

“This is the other eye of the Red Warrior.” Li Hui hurled the Kui Niu Drum, watching as brilliant light swiftly flickered and, in an instant, consumed the skeleton.

The ground shook, and the nine towering mountains ahead rumbled, causing many stones to tumble down.

“Follow me.” Li Hui retrieved the Kui Niu Drum and, guided by the connection between the Red Warrior and its true form, pressed forward, traversing through the ravines at the quickest speed until they reached a well-preserved underground cave.

With the Heavenly Realm in such disarray, many black bugs thrived underground, preferring to occupy caves and expanding them in their own way, making pure caves like this quite rare.

As they delved deeper into the cave, they noticed tombstones everywhere, marking what was clearly an ancient burial ground.

The red mist surged, and the Kui Niu Drum unleashed a large bull head, feasting on the mist produced by the Red Warrior and all that emanated from it.

“Whoo, whoo, whoo…” The whistling continued until the red mist dissipated, turning all the tombstones to ashes, and even the coffins buried underground had vanished.

Only one corpse remained—the source of the Red Warrior.

The Kui Niu Drum thudded loudly, expanding to the size of a grinding wheel, looking very full and requiring the others to beat it to help it “digest.”

After passing through several tunnels, Li Hui spotted a bronze coffin with an oil lamp on its lid. It was just the coffin and the lamp. As the presence of outsiders drew near, a tiny flicker of flame appeared on the lamp, dancing slightly.

“The bronze coffin and the Wandering Soul Lamp resemble the tomb of the Changsheng Tian princess. Could this person be descended from an ancient witch priestess?”

“Master, look!” The others became alert as they saw thick red mist seeping out from the gaps beneath the coffin lid, gathering in an instant to form a massive figure looking down at Li Hui.

“Nine heads? This… this is exactly like the projection summoned by the treasures in the Crystal Palace. Is there a treasure in the coffin capable of summoning immortals?” Li Hui theorized, suspecting that the immortal was most likely a Dark Immortal, with its true form being a nine-headed monster bird.

Regardless of what it was, the Kui Niu Drum continued to thump, devouring the red mist while simultaneously weakening the nine-headed monster bird, drawing its blood to enhance the drum’s power.

Li Hui settled down and said, “The Reversed Demons are formidable, and they have considerable numbers. The reason I was in such a hurry to find the true form of the Red Warrior was to boost the drum’s sound to intimidate the enemies, but it merely serves as a deterrent. Once the drum’s power diminishes to a certain extent, they will immediately charge in.”

Pausing, Li Hui spoke seriously, “You’ve all seen how we were unable to fight back against the Red Warrior before, but now, armed with the treasures of the Crystal Palace, we have no fear. This is a rare opportunity; let’s use the Kui Niu Drum to absorb the Red Warrior’s power while we speed up our time flow and enter seclusion to cultivate, quickly strengthening ourselves to face the Reversed Demons.”

“At your command!” The practitioners were very excited, realizing their master intended to invest heavily in them.

First, Li Hui took out the East Sea Dragon Pearl.

This Dragon Pearl could revive the dead and even transform aquatic beings into Dragon Pearls; despite being somewhat diminished, it still held remarkable effects.

“Who among you practices water-based Dao techniques and has a water-type Dao body? Use this Dragon Pearl to enhance yourself!”

The most precious part of the Dragon Pearl lay in its mighty Dragon Energy, which had already been used to refine the Human Path Legal Form. Although the Human Path Legal Form was relatively weak among the Six Paths, gaining this opportunity would certainly overshadow the other five paths.

Next, Li Hui brought out a blue coral tree and said, “This tree was a tribute to the Celestial Emperor from the Dragon Palace. It embodies the metal, wood, and water elements among the Five Elements. It generates lightning from the metal and water, bringing together the five elements of thunder, magnetism, metal, wood, and water, closely aligning with the mainstream cultivation methods of the Nine-Mystic Continent.”

In the blink of an eye, over fifty celestial treasures appeared before them, an opportunity none of them could have imagined encountering before entering the Heavenly Realm.

After everything was set, Li Hui closed his eyes, delving deep into his mind. He saw the Human Path Legal Form sitting in his dantian, embracing a metallic plate surrounded by swirling strands of golden light, creating an atmosphere of profound calm, free from all noise and anxiety—fearless, confident, and tranquil.

“What a treasure! It can indeed stabilize the soul and help resolve unrest. I wonder if this ability can withstand the Time Claws. As long as it can block them, I can focus on preparing to cut off one of my opponent’s hands.”

“Having the Li Gui in my possession effectively eliminates the potential troubles of my soul wandering outside. If I return to Mufeng City, helping Li Sifan reach the Profound Law Stage would only take a thought, essentially creating another powerful physical body. The key is whether I can return; the Reversed Demons will surely swarm.”

The situation was pressing, leading Li Hui to ponder deeply.

Floating in his dantian were more than two hundred treasures from the Crystal Palace, with ninety percent being severely damaged; only a dozen remained intact. He used Bai Ze’s divine eye to examine their attributes and ultimately chose a pair of Drum-Filled Gold Hammers covered in dense cracks.

“This one will do! I’ll permeate it with talisman methods and strike the Kui Niu Drum to unleash the full power of the Red Warrior. Shattering these Drum-Filled Gold Hammers should pulverize Earth, Water, Fire, and Wind, primarily supported by the path of talismans to pursue all the Reversed Demons within a thousand miles.”

Li Hui was all in; when he decided to act, he aimed for perfection. He crushed the fragments of the triangular mace into dozens of damaged treasures from the Crystal Palace, blending them according to the Yin-Yang and Five Elements balance, producing a dark liquid that soon transformed into light golden vapor.

The triangular mace fragments functioned as a talisman brush and engraving knife, as the Human Path Legal Form meticulously engraved the Drum-Filled Gold Hammers, refining the artifact from the outside in and from the inside out. Once all talismans were formed, they could only last for ten hours; exceeding that time would lead to their disappearance, as they were specifically designed to cut the Dao, functioning as a powerful weapon.

Failure to cut the Dao would not be sufficient to defeat the Reversed Demons!!!

Just as Li Hui was completing this great weapon, the Li Gui trembled, and he faintly heard the sound of flowing water. He saw the surface of the Li Gui swirling with waves, as if sealing a vast ocean.

“What’s going on?”

Shrimp Ball, also present in the bull-headed ghost’s dantian, shouted, “I understand now! The Li Gui is like the Stabilizing Needle of the Sea! However, it’s severely damaged, so it’s absorbing the waters of the East Sea to refine the Xuan Tian Water Mother for self-repair.”

While speaking, the Li Gui split into two, then into four, then into eight, ultimately reaching sixteen pieces as the waves on the Li Gui dissipated.

“Sixteen pieces of Li Gui?” Li Hui inhaled deeply; the Stabilizing Needle of the Sea could actually repair itself. This meant he could cultivate sixteen incarnations, but unexpectedly, all the Li Gui pieces began to converge towards each other, rapidly fusing together.