Chapter 147: Spirit-Calming Seal

  2nd update! Still more than 100 left before breaking 2000!

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  Pagoda trial tower two ritual boundaries inside.

  Chen Yao reappeared in that instant, and saw the thirty-two demon spirits surrounding him from a distance, silently and fiercely attacking.

  These thirty-two people almost all have the cultivation of Zifu Eightfold, and they all have the martial arts cultivation of Dao Yijing. Zhang Kong is even more so, having already reached the realm of Zifu perfection, only one step away from entering the Huangting realm.

  Thirty-two people join forces, enough to kill any two-yuan golden elixir cultivator!

  Hiss... Hiss... Hiss...

  Various resplendent and dazzling treasures of the law rose into the sky, each one a top-grade yellow-rank treasure. Under the control of these thirty-two people, they poured down from all sides like a torrential rainstorm, causing the void to tremble and the air currents to wail in sorrow. It was as if a volcano had suddenly erupted, with an earth-shaking momentum that was unparalleled.

  Without a word, without hesitation, they launched a full-force attack from the start, determined to destroy Chen Tai in this one blow. It was clear that these thirty-two demon guards had decided to thoroughly annihilate him with this strike!

  In this case, Chen Tang didn't dare hesitate either. With his whole body's magical power fully activated, he made a fierce grab at the air with his right hand!

  Buzz!

  It seemed as if the heavens and earth were trembling, a gigantic palm spanning hundreds of feet appeared in mid-air, covering the sky, with powerful five-colored currents swirling around it. The colors - golden yellow, cyan blue, sharp gold, fiery red, and dark black - howled and churned, radiating divine light. On the lines of the palm, countless glittering stars revolved ceaselessly, flashing on and off.

  The moment the giant hand appeared, a terrifying aura that was heavy, pouring, sharp, violent and vast spread out from it with a loud crash, causing the air to vibrate violently and the rocks on the ground to crack, burst and collapse under its pressure.

  At a distant glance, this enormous palm, filled with the power of the Five Elements and the Star Devouring Power, seemed like the divine hand of an ancient god, its aura overwhelming the heavens!

  In mid-air, a gigantic palm appeared and made a swift grab, instantly pulling in all the various magical treasures' radiance that filled the sky. The five fingers closed tightly, and then a series of earth-shaking explosions boomed loudly.

  One by one, the yellow-grade supreme treasures shattered into powder, without any resistance, and in the blink of an eye, they turned into a pile of residual dust, drifting down and disappearing without a trace.

  Now, Chen Xiao has cultivated to the fifth heavy boundary of Lian Ti Zong Shi, and Shentong Xingdou Daheshang Yin has merged with Wu Tu, Yi Mu, Geng Jin, Bing Huo, and Ren Shui. The power has increased by at least tenfold, reaching the fifth heavy boundary.

  And when refining the Purple Mansion Double Layer, Chen Taiji displayed the Star Big Handprint, and was able to instantly kill six Huangting cultivators. Now that his cultivation has continuously surged three realms, the power of the Star Big Handprint is already enough to crush a Xuanjie treasure, these top-grade Huangjie treasures are fragile like paper in front of the Star Big Handprint, and can be crushed with just one squeeze.

  Pffft...

  The treasure was destroyed, and the thirty-two demon spirits led by Zhang Kong were severely injured, all of them spitting out a mouthful of blood, their faces as white as paper.

  "How is this possible? It's only been half a day since I last saw this guy wipe out the Su family's children with his overwhelming power, and now his strength has surged again by so much!"

  "What kind of divine power is this, that can actually burst a top-grade yellow-tier treasure!"

  "Damn it, this guy's power has increased too much, was he hiding his true strength all along?"

  At the time of the Eight Trigrams Tower, these demonic spirits almost all witnessed Chen Xiao's battle with Su Family's young master. They were very clear about Chen Xiao's strength, which is why they were so confident that they could kill Chen Xiao in one move. However, at this moment, the power that Chen Xiao burst out was more than ten times stronger than what they had seen before. Not only did it make their full-strength attack completely useless, but it also caused them some harm. How could they not be shocked?

  "Die!"

  Just as Zhan Kong and others were secretly frightened, Chen Tang suddenly shouted loudly, and the Big Dipper Handprint slammed down again.

  Bang! Bang! Bang!

  The surging power of the Five Elements was mixed with the fierce Star Devouring Power, bursting and spewing out, wrapped in a huge palm, like a majestic mountain crushing all things, heavily smashing down. In an instant, more than a dozen demon guards dodged too late, were smashed into the ground, turned into a puddle of flesh, dead beyond death.

  "It's no good, I'm afraid we won't be able to complete the task of the Temple Master this time..." Zhan Kong's face turned pale and he dodged away in disarray.

  "Leader Zhang, what to do? The enemy is too powerful, we're no match for them!" In the distance, Lu Ping shouted loudly, his voice trembling with fear. Anyone who saw their comrade turn into a puddle of flesh in an instant would be terrified.

  "What to do? Escaping is also death, even if we can survive, the Lord of the Temple will not let us go. Rather than that, it's better to die together with this kid! Let's work together and cast the Blood Infant Slaughter Immortal Formation!"

  A fierce glint flashed across his face, and with a wave of his hand, a terrifying true yuan was transmitted out. Then, a huge black array diagram flew out from his body. On the surface of this array diagram, black smoke billowed, blood mist filled the air, and one by one, distorted infant faces appeared, screaming and wailing, seemingly human yet not human, seemingly ghostly yet not ghostly, extremely ferocious and frightening.

  "Ah!" The remaining thirteen demon guards, with a resolute look on their faces, transformed into a stream of light and flew into the massive array diagram. In an instant, the densely packed ferocious infants within the diagram devoured the flesh, blood, and souls of these thirteen people, leaving nothing behind. The entire diagram was filled with a majestic, dark glow, as thick black fog churned and roared like a river, almost bursting forth from the diagram itself.

  "Damn it! It's actually the Blood Infant Slaughter Formation! How many infant souls, how much male essence and blood, and how much bloody energy are needed to cultivate this? Chen Suo, you must be careful, this formation can only self-destruct, its power is equivalent to a Two Instruments Golden Elixir cultivator self-destructing their own life-bound golden elixir. Even Nirvana Great Cultivators dare not confront it head-on!" Ling Bai's voice was like thunder, his words shaking the air.

  Even Lian Nian's great repair can't stop it?

  Chen Xiao's heart skipped a beat, and he didn't dare hesitate anymore. He exerted his full strength to unleash the Star-Grabbing Big Hand Seal, fiercely slapping it towards the void. At the same time, he summoned 64 flying swords to form a sword shield, guarding his body from all sides.

  "Give me death!" Xuan Kong let out a sinister laugh, spewing out a stream of vital blood from his mouth. His arms shook and the entire formation diagram flew off his body. As soon as it appeared in mid-air, it transformed into thirteen gigantic blood-red infants with double horns on their heads and twisted, evil faces.

  Rumble!

  Thirteen blood-colored infants burst forth and then self-destructed.

  In an instant, the heavens and earth seemed to be destroyed in this moment, a terrifying airflow like a tsunami swept across the sky and earth, and the mountains, rocks, grass, and trees within a thousand miles, as well as the spiritual energy in the void, all presented a state of destruction and chaos.

  Crack!

  In the blink of an eye, the Star-Grabbing Handprint shattered and disintegrated, while Chen Xiao had already seen the situation was not good and fled to a distant place. However, the extremely terrifying power suddenly arrived, and the sixty-four yellow-stage top-grade flying swords around him let out a mournful cry, completely damaged, turning into fragments scattered in the sky.

  Hmph!

  Chen Yao only felt that his entire body was like being smashed by thousands of giant hammers, his head buzzing, every muscle and bone in his body making a faint cracking sound, a sweetness in his throat, and he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood, his face deathly pale.

  Blood Infant Slaughter Array, the more cultivators it devours, the stronger its self-destructive power. A complete Blood Infant Slaughter Array requires devouring sixty-four Two-Pillar Golden Dan Realm cultivators, and its self-destructive power can completely annihilate a strong Earth Immortal.

  Fortunately, the Blood Infant Slaughter Array released by Zhan Kong only swallowed the blood and soul of thirteen Purple Mansion cultivators. Although the self-destructive power was fierce, it had been weakened by the Star Fighting Great Hand Seal and the 64 Yellow Rank Upper Grade Flying Swords. Moreover, Chen Yao's physical cultivation had reached the fifth level of the Purple Mansion realm, making his body stronger than any Yellow Rank treasure. Therefore, when this self-destructive force exploded on him, he narrowly escaped disaster.

  "You...you...haven't died!?" Zhang Kong exclaimed in terror from a distance, "This monster's power can annihilate any Two Instruments Golden Elixir cultivator and heavily injure any Nirvana Master. How can you withstand it?!"

  Chen Yao ignored him, and with a surge of his entire body's spiritual power, his broken bones and torn muscles instantly recovered. At the same time, on his back, the divine tree sprout within the wooden spiritual pattern burst forth with a vigorous and majestic green wood essence, pouring into his body and instantly healing more than half of his injuries, and his spiritual power also recovered to about 70-80%.

  In an instant, Chen Yao became vigorous and spirited once again, with a radiant complexion.

  Now, on his back, the five tattoos respectively possess the Chaotic Soil of Creation, the Nameless Small Tree Sapling, the Nameless Metal, the Nameless Fire Crystal, and the Nameless Water Droplet - five treasures of extraordinary power. As they revolve together, the rolling Wood Qi, Metal Qi, Fire Qi, and Water Qi transform into various attributes of witchcraft, constantly replenishing the witchcraft consumed within his body. It can be said that in battle, as long as Chen Tai is given a chance to catch his breath, his witchcraft is inexhaustible and endless.

  Seeing Chen Xiao return to his peak state in the blink of an eye, Zhan Kong was shocked again, his scalp numb, and he couldn't figure out what was going on even if he broke his head. Was this guy really a freak who couldn't be killed?

  "Die!" Chen Yao strode forward, reached out and grabbed, the Big Dipper Handprint appeared in mid-air, grasping Xian Kong as if he were a small chicken, and it was surprisingly easy.

  It's normal to think about it, just now I used the Blood Infant Slaughter Fairy Formation, and Zhan Kong had already poured all his true yuan into it, not even sparing his own life force to enhance the power of the formation. He himself has become extremely weak, where would he still have the strength to struggle and resist?

  "Halt! You can't kill me! Don't you want to know how to collect this pagoda?" Zhan Kong shouted in terror.

  "I'll kill you, I naturally know." Chen said calmly, Ka Cha! As soon as the words fell, Zhan Kong was directly pinched into a thick blood plasma by Xing Dou's big hand print, and it fell to the ground with a splat.

  Up until now, all thirty-two demon guards were killed by Chen Xiao, none escaped!

  Splash!

  Chen Suo's sleeve robe fluttered, and except for the thirteen demon spirit guards' storage bags that had self-destructed, all nineteen storage bags on the ground fell into his hands.

  He first opened the empty storage bag, and with a sweep of his divine sense, everything in the storage bag became clear to him. In this storage bag, apart from a large number of low-grade magic treasures, 800,000 catties of spiritual liquid, a small mountain of pills and spiritual materials, there was also a manual called "Shadow Magic Escape Technique" and a talisman surrounded by auspicious light.

  In an instant, Chen Yao's gaze fell on this talisman, the paper was soft and tough like gold foil, emitting a soft and pure golden light, with a row of twisted characters on top that couldn't be recognized as any kind of talisman script.

  "Lin, bing, dou, zhe, jie, zhen, lie, qian, xing?" Ling Bai shouted out the pronunciation of the talisman characters, obscure and strange, yet conveying a sense of solemnity and dignity.

  "What is this thing?" Chen Tai was bewildered.

  "If I'm not mistaken, this should be the ancient Buddhist spell to calm the spirits! These nine characters are the Buddhist nine-character mantra!" Ling Bai said slowly, his voice filled with a hint of shock. "It's said that each character in this nine-character mantra contains one of the supreme divine powers of Buddhism, extremely mysterious and also extremely powerful. But I've only heard Master mention it before, this is my first time seeing an actual Buddhist spell to calm the spirits."