The Five Elements Divine Talisman was successfully refined by Zhang Ruochen back in the Kunlun Realm.
Using five different divine bones to quench and form the talisman paper, and employing seventy-sixth order mental power as the brush, he failed multiple times before finally succeeding in refining this single sheet.
Powerful five elements forces erupted from the talisman, causing the five elements power in the space of this sea region to fall into chaos.
“Boom!”
The grey world illusion was pierced through by the five elements forces.
Destructive power rushed straight toward the Heavenly God Sacrificer.
For the first time, a look of caution appeared on the Heavenly God Sacrificer’s previously indifferent face. He pointed out with his staff, breaking apart the incoming five elements divine power. The hood on his head was blown off, his white hair flying wildly.
Waves surged skyward, rising hundreds of zhang high.
Seawater splashed onto Luo Jinshu’s face, jolting him awake. He stopped activating the forbidden technique to detonate his divine source and cried out joyfully, “Dao friend, help me pin down the Heavenly God Sacrificer.”
“Rest assured, he is mine!”
Zhang Ruochen’s hair was dishevelled, his gaze sharp, his dao robes fluttering fiercely. He said, “Wind, rain, thunder, lightning, heed my summons. Talismans of the ten directions, serve me.”
“Swish! Swish!”
His two wide dao robe sleeves swelled, and from within flew out yellow talismans one after another, turning into a rain of talismans filling the sky.
A sense of alarm rose in the Heavenly God Sacrificer’s heart. He carefully observed Zhang Ruochen’s withered face, deeply curious about who this daoist truly was.
Logically, with mental power reaching such a level, one could already serve as the realm master of a powerful realm in the Heavenly Court, holding exalted status and position. How could he be an unknown figure?
“So he is a talisman dao heavenly master!”
The Heavenly God Sacrificer dared not underestimate his opponent. He gripped his staff with both hands, drawing in the death qi from the heavens and earth.
Death qi existed everywhere, and the great world of the Tianchu Civilisation naturally had it too.
As the death qi gathered, a ten-thousand-zhang-tall death god illusion condensed. Within the illusion, black veins intertwined like the blood vessels of the death god.
This death god illusion was extremely solid, its twin pupils like two heavy dark stars, its aura chilling, frantically devouring the life qi emitted by the Divine Chun Tree.
“Bang! Bang!”
The yellow talismans fell like raindrops onto the death god illusion, transforming into hundred-zhang-long wind blades, bowl-thick thunderbolts, and raindrops sharp as swords.
There were simply too many talismans, endless in number, striking the death god illusion until it continuously dispersed.
The Heavenly God Sacrificer’s expression grew increasingly grim. He said, “Damn it, just how many talismans have you refined?”
“Enough to kill you,” Zhang Ruochen replied.
To cultivate the talisman dao, he had refined a massive quantity of talismans. Most of them had only ordinary power, posing no threat to gods. Moreover, some were actually failed refinements.
But the sheer number made up for it!
Of course, Zhang Ruochen had not intentionally cultivated the talisman dao. In reality, he had also studied the dao of arrays, beast taming, corpse driving secrets, ghost rearing secrets, pill refining, artefact refining…
He cultivated these solely to comprehend the laws of heaven and earth and the principles of nature.
The ultimate goal was to cultivate the Immeasurable Divine Dao and derive yin and yang.
There was no choice. Who made Zhang Ruochen achieve perfect first-grade saint intent? From then on, he could easily master all laws in the world.
Although his current attainment in the talisman dao was already very high, even capable of refining divine talismans, his attainment in the dao of arrays was actually higher.
He simply could not display too much monstrous talent. He had to keep a low profile.
Fight only with the talisman dao.
Among the death clan soldiers were some familiar faces Zhang Ruochen recognised from the hell realm, such as the Great Saint Yuan Fei and Huo Mei Yin Ji, whom he had seen on the Hunting Heaven Battlefield.
They gazed at the two mental power divine spirits clashing in the distance, utterly shocked, like mortals watching immortals fight.
Huo Mei Yin Ji stared intently with her twin eyes and exclaimed in amazement, “Even the Heavenly God Sacrificer is being suppressed. That unremarkable daoist is truly formidable.”
“Suddenly appearing with such terrifyingly high talisman dao attainment, this is ominous. I hope no accidents occur,” Great Saint Yuan Fei said with some worry.
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“Now is the moment!”
Luo Jinshu seized the opportunity. Divine qi poured endlessly from his body into the Primordial Calamity Thunder Wood Staff. He struck fiercely, smashing onto the altar below the Heavenly God Sacrificer.
“Boom!”
The altar shattered and sank into the sea.
The sea surface within a hundred li radius was struck into a depression by this blow, forming a massive crater. Within the crater, thunder and lightning flickered unceasingly, evaporating vast amounts of water vapour.
Success!
Luo Jinshu was ecstatic, his blood surging. As long as the altar was destroyed, preventing the peerless war god of the hell realm from crossing over, there was a great chance to hold the Divine Chun Tree.
In the far distance, Feng Qi and the Nine-Tailed Heart Fox, who had intended to retreat, were both stunned by the strength erupted by the yellow ox daoist.
Sweat beaded on Feng Qi’s forehead. He said, “That was close. I never expected this daoist to be so powerful. Fortunately, we did not make a move on the divine wood warship.”
“This daoist is indeed very strong. I wonder who would have higher combat power compared to Lord Juyu,” the Nine-Tailed Heart Fox said.
Feng Qi said coldly, “What kind of figure is Lord Juyu? With his combat power, even facing an early Taiyi Realm great god, he would not suffer. Within a certain distance, he could kill him in one strike. A talisman dao heavenly master must have a weak physical body.”
“Junior Brother Jinshu, I come to aid you in guarding the Divine Chun Tree and slaying all hell realm evils.”
Feng Qi unfurled the phoenix wings on his back, carrying a blazing cloud of divine fire, and flew toward the death clan army.
With the yellow ox daoist holding the front and drawing the attention of the death clan powerhouses, the Nine-Tailed Heart Fox lost her fear and followed closely behind Feng Qi.
Seeing the altar destroyed, rage burned in the Heavenly God Sacrificer’s heart.
In that instant of unstable mindset, the death god illusion was shattered by the talisman rain. Violent power poured down toward him.
“Boom!”
The Heavenly God Sacrificer immediately flew backward, ignoring Zhang Ruochen, and rushed toward the Suppression Inscription Altar.
Because Luo Jinshu was heading there, intending to destroy it.
The Suppression Inscription Altar absolutely could not be lost, or their efforts would be in vain.
“Where do you think you are going? Your opponent is this poor daoist.”
Zhang Ruochen rapidly pursued the Heavenly God Sacrificer.
The Heavenly God Sacrificer was frantic with urgency. Gritting his teeth, he glanced back and found that damned daoist had already closed to within a hundred li. Suddenly, he stopped, turned around, and said, “Do you really think you are the only one with divine talismans?”
Though reluctant, he still took out a thumb-sized jade talisman and threw it into the air.
The jade talisman blazed with light.
A powerful divine might awakened within the talisman.
Filled with killing intent, the Heavenly God Sacrificer said, “Taiyi Divine Talisman, Soul-Devouring Beast!”
The jade talisman exploded. A massive shadow slowly manifested amid the blinding radiance.
The Soul-Devouring Beast was a talisman beast, shaped much like a devil ray, its body as vast as a mountain, emitting an aura no weaker than a Taiyi Realm great god.
Sensing the terrifying aura of the Soul-Devouring Beast, Feng Qi, who had flown closer, regretted deeply. Who could have expected a seventy-sixth order mental power divine spirit to possess a Taiyi Realm talisman beast?
Though a Taiyi Realm talisman beast, in terms of combat power, could not compare to a true Taiyi Realm great god.
But as a supreme god facing it, how could he gain any advantage?
Fortunately, the Soul-Devouring Beast’s target was the yellow ox daoist, allowing Feng Qi to breathe a secret sigh of relief.
Zhang Ruochen did not clash head-on with the Soul-Devouring Beast. He burst forth with maximum speed, rushing toward the region with the densest death qi.
“Now you know to flee? The Taiyi Divine Talisman is this sacrificer’s strongest trump card. Can you escape?”
The Heavenly God Sacrificer controlled the Soul-Devouring Beast, pursuing Zhang Ruochen relentlessly.
As for the Suppression Inscription Altar, he saw that the Lord of Origin Heaven had already hurried there, so he felt reassured.
The region with the densest death qi was where nine death clan lords and large numbers of death clan soldiers gathered. Following the passage opened by the cyan divine blade, they had passed through layers of shattered arrays and were now very close to the Divine Chun Tree.
Three death clan lords actively flew out to intercept Zhang Ruochen.
The Lord of Crimson Soul, with cultivation at supreme god great perfection, stood in the centre. Grey wings unfurled on his back, his aura extremely domineering. He laughed, “Dao friend, where do you intend to go?”
The lord on the left, at mid-supreme god stage, snorted coldly, “Seeking death.”
Those dispatched to fell the Divine Chun Tree were naturally no weaklings.
The lord on the right, also mid-supreme god, spoke in a sinister tone, “He probably wants to lure the Soul-Devouring Beast to deal with us, but that is too naive. The Heavenly God Sacrificer controls the Soul-Devouring Beast!”
Zhang Ruochen had attempted to use beast taming secrets and talisman methods to control the Soul-Devouring Beast, but both failed.
Mainly because the Heavenly God Sacrificer’s mental power was too strong, no weaker than his own. With equally powerful mental power, seizing control of the opponent’s talisman beast was simply impossible.
Zhang Ruochen stopped, as if truly cornered, panic appearing on his face.
“Walking into the net himself.”
“Attack. At such close range, slaying a talisman dao mental power cultivator should not be difficult. Be careful to guard your divine soul and spirit.”
The Lord of Crimson Soul said this, then charged first toward Zhang Ruochen. The grey wings on his back emitted bright death radiance, corroding space into blackness.
In the Lord of Crimson Soul’s view, the closer one got to kill a mental power divine spirit, the easier it was.
But upon truly closing in, a strong sense of unease arose. A voice in his heart warned him: “Danger!”
“Retreat quickly!”
The Lord of Crimson Soul roared.
Zhang Ruochen’s lips curved upward. He smiled, “Too late!”
A three-cun-long white talisman flew out from behind him, hovering above his head.
“Time Divine Talisman, Passage of Ages.”
Zhang Ruochen gazed toward the Divine Chun Tree and said, “Senior Divine Chun, aid me in slaying the enemy!”
The trunk of the Divine Chun Tree swayed gently, emitting rustling sounds. A sky full of yellow leaves fell accordingly.
Beneath the Divine Chun Tree, vast numbers of time mark light points had already gathered. The seasonal changes of spring, summer, autumn, and winter here differed completely from the outside world, with time forces highly active.
At this moment, these time mark light points flew endlessly into the time divine talisman above Zhang Ruochen’s head.
“Whoosh!”
The time divine talisman exploded, transforming into circles of light patterns that struck the three death clan lords and the Soul-Devouring Beast behind.
The three death clan lords retreated rapidly and raised their divine realm worlds to resist, yet they still could not block the time forces. Their lifespans drained swiftly, hair gradually turning white.
The Soul-Devouring Beast, after all, was merely a talisman beast, unable to sustain itself for long. Struck by the time forces, it instantly dispersed into strands of talisman light.
