Chapter 184

Chapter 184: Against the Heavens Enhancement

“Wuwuwu!” The sound resembled a child’s nighttime cries. The embroidered ball exclaimed, “It’s not the leader of the Jade Symbol Sect entering; it’s the Remnant Soul of the All-Manifestation Realm! This guy, in his past life, manifested the Blue Baby Ice Snake Legal Form, which is not inferior to a Dragon Legal Form. It’s a miracle that he has survived until now.”

Li Hui breathed a sigh of relief. A blue snake was certainly easier to deal with than the leader of the Jade Symbol Sect. Worst case, he could throw out some Soul Nourishing Water, which had already been proven effective at diverting it.

“Bang, bang, bang…” The Blue Baby Ice Snake unleashed a terrifying aura, attacking the Ghost Formation, and bright light bands began to shine through the frost.

“Speed up!” Li Hui took out the second Mystical Yellow Path Talisman. Having spent more time with the embroidered ball, he could sense that this Jade Symbol Sect devil pen wasn’t as miraculous as he had imagined. It must be in a state of some kind of seal or severely damaged, far from the ability to manipulate things easily.

With the Ideal Body swirling, his figure became ethereal as he transformed dragon patterns and passed through the formations, breaking the seals…

In no time, he had used up six Mystical Yellow Path Talismans, advancing four or five miles. Suddenly, a bone-chilling cold surged from behind him, and increasingly more formations began to freeze. The embroidered ball shouted, “Good opportunity! Move forward quickly!”

“Wuwuwu…” The blue snake called out, its ferocity flaring.

After entering this place, it had been severely hurt by various high-level formations, its rationality slowly wearing thin. It immediately became fierce, willingly consuming its own primordial essence to freeze the world around itself.

The speed of the formations noticeably slowed, and the feelings from the Ideal Body returned to Li Hui. He didn’t have time to cheer for the blue snake; he activated all his spirit marks and charged madly into the formations.

He wasn’t trying to break the formations; he was simply seeking a gap to enter, which was a lot easier.

Unexpectedly, the blue snake entered and did not cause trouble; instead, it became a big help. Even so, it was increasingly difficult for Li Hui, and he still hadn’t discovered the Formation Veins.

“No, I can’t continue to search blindly,” Li Hui suddenly halted and said, “Embroidered ball, give me a Treasure Viewing Talisman. I need to detonate the treasure to increase the power of the Mystical Yellow Path Talisman. With so many formations around, there should be treasure arranging the large array, right?”

“Alright, I happen to have a Yuanyuan Treasure Talisman.” The embroidered ball knew Li Hui’s character; whether it was a magical tool or a treasure, anything in his hands would turn to scraps, only to later produce various wonders.

“Big brother! You should have given this to me long ago,” Li Hui snapped back.

“Hmph, don’t daydream. If it weren’t for your ability to recover spiritual energy so quickly, do you really think you could support using several talismans? The Yuanyuan Treasure Talisman is still above the top-grade treasure talismans. Using this talisman for cultivators at the Late Condense Essence and ordinary practitioner at the Bosa stage won’t worry about consumption. You, on the other hand, if not for the Heavenly and Earthly Arrays constantly replenishing your spiritual energy and transforming it into power, activating this talisman would instantly drain you dry.”

The embroidered ball continued, “It’s precisely because I am by your side that using any talismans can reduce the consumption by three-quarters. Once you use this Yuanyuan Treasure Talisman, you’ll see how big the difference is.”

“You’ve helped me reduce the consumption by three-quarters without me even realizing it?” Li Hui truly hadn’t expected the embroidered ball to play such a significant role.

“Hurry, time is running out!” The embroidered ball grew alarmed. The leader of the Jade Symbol Sect seemed to feel something, advancing toward the Thirteenth Layer at an unimaginable speed.

“Go!” Li Hui seized the Treasure Viewing Talisman and immediately began to form hand seals, feeling his body empty and his spiritual energy deplete entirely. Fortunately, the Heavenly and Earthly Arrays sped up their operation, but he could feel no replenishment, and whatever was supplied was immediately drained away. Based on the timing, he had to expend sixteen times the spiritual energy his body could normally handle to provoke the symbol light like the sun, completely enveloping his being.

“Uh, uh, uh!” Streams of light entered his eyes rapidly, and Li Hui quickly looked around. In his ears, he heard a thunderous roar as golden light beams shot forth from his eyes.

“Bang, bang, bang, bang…” A massive wave surged into his mind, the images initially blurry quickly clarifying to reveal clusters of bright and dim lights.

“Oh my heaven! So many?”

“There are no magical tools, all treasures, not less than two hundred pieces.”

Li Hui was dumbfounded. He had always been cautious and hadn’t considered breaking the array, who would have thought the subterranean Thirteenth Layer of the Purple Fortress would have such a treasure trove?

A hundred zhang away to the left, he spotted a three zhang tall Black Tower hidden beneath layers of light, exuding immeasurable treasure light.

“Go, go, go!” The embroidered ball was slightly stunned. Li Hui pulled out one thousand five hundred Lightning Sword Talismans, his fingers spinning like wheels as he continuously accumulated and stacked talisman power, skillfully utilizing the accumulation technique he had just learned.

In just half a stick of incense’s time, with a loud and indescribable “crack, crack, crack,” a silver-red electric dragon surged forward, instantly triggering the large array and causing the light to explode.

“I’m all in!” Li Hui leaped forward, diving into the electric light, trying to get as close to the Black Tower as possible.

“Closer! Closer!”

Before he could get near the Black Tower, a knife-like light flashed at the entrance of the Thirteenth Layer, and a towering figure stepped inside, its dreadful gaze sweeping around, its eyes glittering with star and moon symbols, taking the entire situation in.

“Li Hui, stop your futile struggles. The devil pen indeed came following the energy traces,” Dugu Yi laughed heartily: “Hahaha, finally, all my efforts are not in vain. If it weren’t for the Hongmo Sect’s interference, my sect would have already netted you.”

Even from such a distance, his words echoed right in Li Hui’s ears.

Li Hui didn’t have time to be surprised. He reached out toward the array eye; the dragon claw phantom just barely grazed the array eye, beginning to dash around the Black Tower rapidly.

“Bang, bang, bang…” The Cloud-Brush Dragon Claw Technique returned with thousands of tiny sparks, but the array generated tremendous resistance, beginning to forcibly sever the external forces.

“Mystical Yellow Path Talisman, go!” A vast silver light brushed over the surface of the talisman as Li Hui stepped forward. After the enhancement from the silver snake bracelet, he felt that this Mystical Yellow Path Talisman was different from those he had used before; it not only allowed him to peer into the reality of the array ahead but also could slightly influence its operations, no longer feeling so powerless.

“Quickly!”

Li Hui slipped through layers of terrifying streamers, finally seeing the Black Tower standing before him. The Cloud-Brush Dragon Claw Technique “bang, bang, bang” clawed at it, and he finally welcomed the harvest.

“Boom…” The Black Tower transformed into countless points of light flowing toward the silver snake, and the Mystical Yellow Path Talisman in Li Hui’s hand simultaneously exhibited its wonders, as three silver halos twirled around before multiplying in strength.

The embroidered ball trembled in fear: “This is not right, this is greatly not right. What kind of fortune has this child received to amplify the talismans to such a degree?”

Being a top-grade treasure talisman, the Mystical Yellow Path Talisman originally had three faint yellow halos, but for some reason, they turned silver. One of the silver halos soared upward, instantly evolving into a treasure banner form, while the other two halos rose shortly after, transforming into celestial globes and sundials.

“Heavens! To be enhanced three times on top of the top-grade treasure talisman, the highest level of the Mystical Yellow Path Talisman is already a top-grade treasure talisman, so why can it continue to be enhanced? And it’s post-heavenly transformation—why? Damn it, what else is the Jade Symbol Sect hiding?” The embroidered ball was already losing her mind.

Li Hui took a deep breath, feeling how miraculous this Mystical Yellow Path Talisman in his hand was, transforming decay into the miraculous, subtly shaping the divine, and a sense of devotion arose in his heart.

“It’s done! Today, let the leader of the Jade Symbol Sect witness the power of the silver snake!”