Chapter 214

Chapter 214: The Beast Named Nine Sky

The winds and clouds gathered, and mysterious forces awakened!!!

Suddenly, it felt as if his body was fading with the wind. The Heavenly and Earthly Arrays emitted a second circle of silver light from all their treasure talismans, signifying their ascension to the ranks of middle-grade treasure talismans, drawing spiritual energy to become even more subtle.

After the High Dragon Miao Jade shattered, his dantian absorbed a massive amount of Dragon Energy.

Li Hui felt his entire body’s acupoints burning, but his expression changed as he cursed inwardly, “How weakened am I? How great is this deficiency? I can’t even activate the Eighth Spirit Motion Mark. Without the treasure cabinet to boost my potential, even if I extend my lifespan, I’ll remain stagnant without any chance for improvement.”

At the same time, the energy collection range of the Heavenly and Earthly Arrays continued to expand. Even within many formations and restrictions, gentle winds began to stir, quietly robbing these threads of spiritual energy, making the twenty purple crystals in the Bamboo Box glow extraordinarily bright. The light shone through the gaps in the box—luckily it wasn’t a dust storm; otherwise, it would have raised suspicion from a distance.

Li Hui ran against the sandstorm, his hands shimmering with silver light. The dragon claw phantoms had expanded from the size of a grinding wheel to the size of a small mountain, dramatically increasing their grasping range, causing half of the anchor to collapse.

“Faster, faster! While the surrounding peaks are crumbling and the dust envelops everything, there should be a chance to escape!” Behind him, the radiating light twisted and turned as his form darted through the sandstorm, unaffected too much by the chaos.

The massive anchor wailed relentlessly—though it wasn’t alive, it had existed here for so long that it had become one with the land. Its sudden destruction threatened to bury the earth itself.

“Faster, faster, faster…”

With the dust raging around him, Li Hui halted, noticing tornadoes spiraling up ahead. He heard roars as large figures emerged from nowhere, standing like doorstops, stirring the winds and dust into barriers.

He realized! The Demon Cultivating Army was attacking the anchor to shake these guardian beasts. Besides this route, surrounded by powerful formations and numerous restrictions, even if there were other paths, it would be difficult to navigate, which was why the Hongmo Sect had camped here to break through.

With powerful beasts in front and the Demon Cultivating Army behind, Li Hui constantly adjusted his position, trying to sneak past, but he discovered that these rising tornadoes were strange.

They seemed to have mouths that could swallow the heavens, generating unknown suction as one approached, similar to a teleportation array trying to send people away.

“Void Trap?” Li Hui had no time to recall which text recorded the Void Trap when he heard the sound of breaking air from the dust, a voice shouting right beside him, “Damn it! The Anchor Mountain has been breached by us, losing its geographical advantage. Do you still dare to block our path? You don’t know what’s good for you.”

“This guy has such a thick skin, clearly eating a feast with the silver snake bracelet, yet he insists on putting gold on his own face.”

A howl echoed from above, and Li Hui had a sudden idea. He took out the Blood Rain Stinking Wind Talisman.

This talisman was at least a Nine Patterns Three Exotics. Previously, he had painstakingly saved three hundred of them. They were not very effective against humans but were great for stirring up storms against beasts; the timing was perfect.

“Swift!” Dozens of dazzling lights shot out. With the silver snake bracelet’s enhancement, these Blood Rain Stinking Wind Talismans had crossed the boundary and ascended to treasure talismans, significantly increasing their activation speed and range; otherwise, Li Hui would never dare to muddle the waters.

“Boom!” Some of the talisman lights were attracted by the tornadoes and fell into the Void Trap, but half of the talisman lights landed on the guardian beasts, causing them to become agitated, furious, and violent for no real reason.

“Roar, roar, oh, roar, roar, oh, roar…”

Just hearing their cries told Li Hui that it worked, and he hurriedly charged forward. Compared to him, those big shots from the demonic sect were the real targets; the opportunity was fleeting, and he had to take risks.

“Roar…” A roar came from the sky as the wind intensified.

The demon cultivators had clearly brought those beasts from their camp; Li Hui flicked his hands and unleashed dozens more Blood Rain Stinking Wind Talismans, along with Blood Energy Talismans and Unceasing Blood Flow Talismans. The combination of these three blood talismans, aided by the silver snake bracelet, produced immediate results.

The tornado roared to life, and the red magic cultivators were shocked to find they couldn’t control the beasts under their command; both beast groups collided like a torrent.

“Not good, the Nine Sky beasts have gone mad.”

“Who is it? Someone is causing trouble below!”

These demon cultivators wouldn’t overlook anything amiss. If they still failed to see the problem, they might as well give up their lives. However, by this moment, it was too late. The Nine Sky beasts, with blood-red eyes, exploded their bodies in a fearsome wave.

The air trembled, the ground quaked, and the mountains shook. Many demon cultivators erupted in curses, encountering the Void Trap, their forms suddenly vanishing without a trace. Meanwhile, the beast herd brought by the demon cultivators collapsed chaotically, only to hear a resounding command from above: “Halt! Qiankun Magic Tower, suppress them!”

A thirteen-layered tower of blood light descended from the sky, and Li Hui took the opportunity to dash out of the chaotic zone. Let the flood behind him be; the demon cultivators could deal with it.

After weaving through the chaos and running far, he finally caught his breath. Yet, before he could steady himself, he stood dumbstruck, witnessing figures resembling doorstops stepping out of the stone forest ahead.

“Oh my goodness! Why did I have to run to the front door of the Nine Sky beasts?” Li Hui slowly stepped back but soon realized that a Nine Sky beast had spotted him, and he shouted inwardly, “Run!”

With two loud bangs, two Nine Sky beasts appeared out of thin air, blocking his path.

“What the heck? These Nine Sky beasts can teleport nearby at will? How can this be against the heavens?” A sense of despair weighed down on Li Hui as he noticed the beasts towering nine feet high with lion-like faces. Their eyes were extraordinary, featuring multiple pupils that constricted in unison like snares, locking onto their prey.

“Not good!”

In a moment of crisis, Li Hui couldn’t hesitate. He pulled out a handful of spirit talismans from his bag of treasures, activating them as fast as he could, frantically activating the talismans.

“Swift, swift, swift…” Lightning Sword Talismans, Flying Electric Talismans, Wood Jiao Talismans, Sheng Dou Talismans, Sky Peeping Talismans, Treasure Viewing Talismans, Blood Energy Talismans, Unceasing Blood Flow Talismans, Blood Mouth Spitting Talismans, and Blood Rain Stinking Wind Talismans erupted in a torrent of talisman light.

Why did Li Hui use the Sky Peeping Talismans and Treasure Viewing Talismans?

It was because the Nine Sky beasts’ eyes were so peculiar that using these talismans might disrupt their vision, giving him a chance to break free from their gaze.

“Roar, roar, roar…” The Nine Sky beasts shook their heads violently, snorting out steaming breaths, and roaring loudly.

The Sky Peeping Talismans and Treasure Viewing Talismans provided new perspectives that made them extremely uncomfortable, causing their pupils to scatter and releasing Li Hui’s pressure.

“It worked!” How fortunate he felt! As his form flickered, he turned into an afterimage. Just as he was about to tighten his escape, something unexpected happened.

A pair of terrifying beast eyes lit up in the stone forest, and the inner and outer nine-layer pupils constricted together.

Li Hui was astonished to find that, despite attempting to escape, his direction changed bizarrely. When he regained his senses, he had plunged headlong into the stone forest instead of escaping!