Chapter 715

Chapter 715: Going After the Protruding Fruit?

Li Hui’s achievements far surpassed Xun Zuoyuan, which led to his victory! However, Xun Zuoyuan was not alone; he had a father, named Xun Maodong.

It was this Xun Maodong who stirred the storm in the Haotu Sect, disrupting Master Li Maocai’s cultivation before turning into a ghost cultivator. He had prepared for hundreds of years solely for his son’s revenge, enduring in silence for a long time!

"The sky full of corpse Buddhas does not contain Xun Maodong’s figure. This old fellow knows how to hide himself; it’s uncertain how much trouble he will bring in the future. It seems I must inquire from Du Miaochan to settle this matter once and for all."

At this moment, Li Hui had achieved the Yang God and formed a deep connection with Mount Tai. He sensed, “There are fragments of the Dai Character Stele left in this world, which can be used to fully restore it. This will be much less taxing than recreating the entire Dai Character Stele! Furthermore, every continent except the Geng Gold Continent possesses a complete Dai Character Stele, held by various major sects. I wonder when they will transition from Taiqing to Taiqing and let the pillar of heaven explore the Azure Sky.”

Xun Zuoyuan had turned to dust, leaving behind Buddhist treasures, which became nourishment for the silver snake bracelet. Consuming them granted immense benefits!

As the saying goes, "The protruding fruit will rot first"; Li Hui was currently that protruding fruit.

The Demonic Essence World discovered that the Dharma Demon world had cultivators erecting five enormous pillars of heaven, ominously forming a grand array to seal off the void. This blatant provocation was bold; should they connect to the Heavenly Realm, it would be disastrous! They had to be suppressed!

The first two waves of attacks were merely tests, but when the third wave began, dozens of gigantic rocks appeared in the distance of the void.

Li Hui stepped forward to return to the Mount Tai Daoist temple, while Yang Jiuzhen was similarly making her way to Taiqing. However, she was an impromptu Daoist and not true to form.

Their minds connected, exchanging intentions with just a glance. Yang Jiuzhen continued her cultivation while Li Hui moved toward the Urgent Palace.

Before long, the outer walls of the Urgent Palace developed neat cracks, then the outer walls detached and flew into the void.

The Dao Trace formations that had originally supported the palace quickly shifted their positions, following the outer walls to collide with the enormous rocks shot from the Demonic Essence World, leading to violent impacts that erupted into brilliant bursts of light.

Li Hui laughed heartily, finding the experience exhilarating. Unfortunately, the Dao Trace formations of the Urgent Palace were limited, but the real trump card lay in the hundreds of ice balls mixed within the Dao Trace formations.

Endless coldness spread out, transforming into ice spears aimed at the massive rocks.

Soon the giant rocks began to crumble, revealing enormous demonic creatures.

These demonic creatures were called gray swamp crabs; they excelled at breaching defenses and coordinating their efforts. Given the right conditions, they would multiply in large numbers, clearly prepared by the Demonic Essence World as their invasion strategy.

The ice balls shattered, exposing the fierce demons within, who desperately needed offerings to revive. Among them was an elderly demon with white hair who raised his arm first.

With just a finger, the old demon caused innumerable gray swamp crabs to ignite. To Li Hui’s astonishment, these large creatures seemed unaware of their burning, huddling together to form a "crab ball" and continuing their advance toward Mount Tai.

Thus, numerous gray swamp crabs bizarrely vanished, unaware they had been attacked, while the white-haired old demon rapidly restored his strength.

Aside from this old demon, the methods of the other demons were much more explosive.

They tore flesh from bone, gouged hearts and lungs, and ground bones into ash, extracting the demon blood and organs from the gray swamp crabs to nourish their withered bodies and magic souls.

Despite the vast numbers of gray swamp crabs, they were insufficient for the demons to share. Several demons began fighting fiercely for more demon blood, realizing their strengths were about even, which led to a temporary ceasefire.

Suddenly, one of the demons looked toward the peak of Mount Tai.

Li Hui remained unhurried, raising his hand to form two hand seals. He watched as the hundred fierce demons he had released trembled, large markings appearing on their foreheads that instantly froze their magic souls and bodies.

“Hubby, you…” Yang Jiuzhen gasped, suddenly feeling a pang of concern and asked, “Does it hurt?”

“It does hurt a bit!” Li Hui touched his forehead, calmly replying, “I extracted the Wisdom Dragon Horn, along with the Reversed Demonic Patterns, smashing them into talisman ink. Using the Xuan Ice imprint, I set up a demonic sealing talisman for these demons; otherwise, how would I dare release them? This way, each fierce demon can be controlled four to five times, and as long as they do not die, I will have more means to deal with them.”

Yang Jiuzhen fell silent, intending to swiftly cultivate her Yang God to assist.

The Demonic Essence World was relentless, launching a fourth and even a fifth wave of attacks.

Li Hui, with a Cold Smile, allowed the fierce demons sealed within the Urgent Palace to spread into the void. His sacrifices had earned him rewards; he mined the Wisdom Dragon Horn and Reversed Demonic Patterns for this moment.

After the fifth wave of attacks, two days and nights of silence passed, and on the third day, a massive shadow suddenly crashed toward Mount Tai.

As Li Hui observed, Du Miaochan panted and climbed the mountain, glancing up while shouting, “Ah! The Daoist just reached the summit and already scared me with the Small Thousand World.”

“This is the Small Thousand World?” Li Hui’s expression hardened.

“Be careful; within this Small Thousand World reside billions of living beings, likely sacrifices collected by the Blue Demon. If we cannot handle it properly, all the deaths will be blamed on us. At that time, the entanglement of karma could linger even after ten lifetimes, making it hard to offset the evil consequences we create today.” Du Miaochan was more serious than ever.

Li Hui suddenly sat down, his eyes glowing menacingly.

“What are you going to do?” Du Miaochan calculated with her fingers, astonished and saying, “This is great kindness, but it consumes a lot of energy. To have you in Wutu is truly a blessing!”

Soon millions of Dao Trace Stones appeared around Li Hui, along with a massive surge of Jade Hearts of the Earth Court, transforming into strange light and shadow that burst forth.

Mount Tai’s Azure Sky layer would undoubtedly be targeted; Li Hui was well aware of this. He planned to meet force with force and shore up against the floods, but the madness of the Demonic Essence World exceeded his expectations!

Fortunately, he had left behind Dao Fruit deep in the earth’s core, achieving greatness through the world as his treasure cabinet. Calling forth Dao Trace Stones and Jade Hearts was one of these accomplishments.

At this moment, the Jade Hearts of the Earth Court shattered one after another, releasing the righteous energy of heaven and earth into the Small Thousand World to protect billions of living beings! Then the Dao Trace Stones transformed into talismans striking upwards, swiftly altering the direction of the incoming threat.

“Here it comes!” Li Hui and Du Miaochan simultaneously looked up to see a bluish mist approaching.

The bluish mist was indeed the Azure Sky layer of the Small Thousand World, but it only had two layers inside and outside, appearing extremely thin in the eyes of cultivators from the Great Thousand World!

Du Miaochan remarked, “Cultivating in this Small Thousand World, even with abundant resources, will only cap at the Late Wanxiang Stage! Unless one invokes the Tribulation of the Heavens, it’s unlikely to make further progress.”

“Enough chatter, it’s time for you to put in the effort!” Li Hui rapidly moved his fingers, drawing on the Dao Trace Whips to strike upward. Amidst the booming sounds, the Small Thousand World slowly descended into the Azure Sky layer as he had envisioned.

“Alas! The Astral Clock! This is my strongest treasure!” Du Miaochan lamented, wishing she could weep as she waved her hand to release a sun dial, transforming into a meteor that pierced the Azure Sky layer of the Small Thousand World, suddenly exploding into countless beams of light.

The Small Thousand World was not the same as the Small Heavenly Cave; in terms of territory, it was larger than the Golden Luan Great Thousand Cave and began to merge into the twenty-three Great Thousand worlds, dissolving the hopes of the Demonic Essence World in an explosion of collisions.