Chapter 855 - 451: Legacy Trial (Part 2)
"It seems the method of using the Treasure Mansion to hide should not be prolonged, otherwise, the Golden Talisman will dissipate, and this trial will be a failure," Li Mu observed this scene, speculating somewhat regretfully.
"Master, you are skilled in Artifact Refining, Arrays, and Talisman Making, can’t the Spiritual Power of this Golden Talisman be replenished?"
Chi Lian looked at Li Mu somewhat unwillingly and asked.
Upon hearing this, Li Mu was slightly taken aback, his gaze lingering on Chi Lian’s bicep-like white jade arm, under the Innate Divine Power - Recognition of Ten Thousand Spirits, on the attribute panel of the Golden Talisman.
[Earth Element Body Condensing Talisman]
[Grade: Tier Eight Elemental Talisman - Child Talisman]
[Attributes: Elemental Resonance, Spirit Pattern Element, Earth Element Spirit Following, Concentrated Thought Transmission.]
[Status: Rune Radiance, Earth Element Companion]
[Formed by the Earth Element Body Condensing Talisman gathered and refined through the Earth Element Array by Gemini Stone, Mind Crystal, Phantom Sand, and the Elemental Power of the Daoist Monarch. This Elemental Talisman contains Gemini’s power, linking the holder strongly with the Earth Element Puppet, allowing the presence and distance to be sensed through the Elemental Talisman within the Earth Element Array, no matter how far apart they are.]
Li Mu’s eyes flickered with spirit light, his divine sense fully expanded, invested into the golden elemental talisman, trying to glimpse its mysteries.
However, when his divine sense touched the interior of the Golden Talisman, it was like hitting an endless void, surrounded by deep darkness, as if time and space were devoured, feeling a strong resistance preventing him from further exploration.
"The structure of this Golden Talisman is far more complex than I imagined," Li Mu murmured to himself, frowning, trying to use various techniques to resonate with the talisman patterns inside but all ended in failure.
"As expected of a method arranged by a Daoist Monarch, the refining method for this Golden Talisman surpasses my understanding," Li Mu sighed lightly, retracting his divine sense, realizing that even with his seventh-level Talisman Making Technique, he was somewhat powerless against this Elemental Talisman.
"Master, can’t you do anything?" Chi Lian saw the difficult expression on Li Mu’s face and couldn’t help but ask with concern.
"Uh, it’s a bit difficult, I’ll think again," Li Mu replied with a frown, his gaze falling on the golden talisman patterns, finding them inexplicably familiar.
Suddenly thinking of something, Li Mu’s gaze landed on an ancient book he had treasured for a long time in the storage compartment.
The next moment, with a thought, that pale golden fragmented scripture appeared, floating in front of him.
Li Mu’s eyes narrowed slightly, staring at the floating half of the fragmented scripture, under the Innate Divine Power - Recognition of Ten Thousand Spirits, its attributes were fully revealed.
[Divine Rune True Understanding (Seal) (Fragment)]
[Grade: Tier Eight Dao Scripture]
[Attributes: Eternal Divine Patterns (Seal), Water and Fire Immune, Ancient Thought Inheritance (Seal), Divine Rune Inference (Seal), Three Thousand Divine Patterns (Seal)]
[Status: Divine Charm Dissipated, Spiritual Deficiency, Divine Object Returns to Mundane]
[Tier Eight Ancient Chaos Beast Hide, a Divine Rune Ancient Scripture painted with Immortal Thoughts, suffered devastating damage, eroded by countless ages, divine charm dissipated, spiritual deficiency, degraded to mundane, gather Innate Five Spirits Pattern, Thousand Threads of Time, Power of Ten Thousand Dao Cause and Effect to unseal and restore.]
This fragmented scripture was traded from the Saintess Lian Yue, and since obtaining it nearly a century ago, it has been left to gather dust in the storage compartment, now seemingly of use again.
With a touch of his finger to the floating fragmented scripture, an ancient and profound aura instantly spread, and Li Mu closed his eyes, his mind completely immersed, trying to decipher those sealed ancient divine runes.
The originally blurry divine runes gradually became clear to Li Mu, as if he saw an Ancient Great Power inscribing divine runes amidst chaos, they leapt and combined in the air, ultimately forming intricate divine rune scrolls.
Striving to connect this divine rune knowledge with the talisman patterns of the Golden Talisman, trying to find commonality between them, after countless attempts and failures, Li Mu discovered some related clues.
The structure of the Golden Talisman is extremely similar to an ancient divine rune recorded in the "Divine Rune True Understanding," with functions such as Condensing Dao, Gathering Spirit, ... If this divine rune’s method of inscription can be mastered, it seems possible to unlock the mysteries of the Golden Talisman.
Li Mu took a deep breath, following the records in "Divine Rune True Understanding," gathering spiritual power with his fingers, dancing in the air, as beams of spirit light jumped from his fingertips, gradually forming a complex and exquisite divine rune pattern.
With the completion of the divine rune pattern, Li Mu suddenly felt the power of the Golden Talisman’s earth element on his arm being drawn, bringing him slight joy, confirming that he had found the right method.
Even though he could not completely decipher the golden pattern, the ability to activate the elemental power inside the golden pattern allowed him to find a way to replenish its elemental power.
While Li Mu was engrossed in the research of the ’Earth Element Body Condensing Talisman,’ in the outside world, within the competition space, many trialists involved in inheritance competition were engaged in fierce slaughter.
In the competition space, a vast wilderness, under the pursuit of giant stone puppet statues, trialists were driven to a certain area, and upon meeting, engaged in fierce combat.
They formed teams, cooperating with each other, one trialist with an elegant body technique and a longsword moved as freely as a fish in water among the crowd, each sword swing carried sharp Sword Qi, deterring close approach. He was "Sword Shadow" Zhang Yun, renowned for his superb swordsmanship among trialists.
On another side, a burly trialist wielding a giant hammer charged forward unopposed, known as "Iron Wall" Wang Gang, with an indestructible defense and immense strength, capturing everyone’s attention.
However, in this competition space, the most eye-catching was a solitary trialist, a demon cultivator clad in demon armor, exuding terrifying demon qi, his appearance like a nightmare, invoking despair among other trialists.
The Bu Mie Demon Lord massacred other trialists in the competition space, his figure ghostly among the crowd, each attack possessing Heaven and Earth Destruction force.
Neither the sharp Sword Qi of Sword Shadow Zhang Yun nor the powerful strike of Iron Wall Wang Gang’s giant hammer could stop his offensive, effortlessly defeating one trialist after another, leaving them no chance of resistance.
The Bu Mie Demon Lord’s objective wasn’t just to massacre trialists, but mainly to search for Li Mu, he must find and eliminate him, completely removing this major threat.
However, Li Mu seemed to have disappeared, no matter how the Bu Mie Demon Lord searched, he couldn’t find his whereabouts. This made Bu Mie Demon Lord feel angry and frustrated, he became more frenzied and ruthless, intensifying the slaughter of other trialists, even using Soul Searching Skill on them, trying to extract clues of Li Mu’s whereabouts from the souls of the defeated.
"Integration Realm Demon Cultivator, retreat quickly!"
Seeing the Bu Mie Demon Lord’s figure, Huang Long Daoist called out to some companions, his figure turned into a streamer, flying swiftly in another direction.
The Bu Mie Demon Lord heard Huang Long Daoist’s shout, the corner of his mouth curled into a cruel smile, his figure flashed, suddenly appearing in front of Huang Long Daoist, delivering a palm, terrifying Immortal Demonic Qi surged towards Huang Long Daoist like a tidal wave.
Huang Long Daoist’s eyes flashed with a hint of determination, biting the tip of his tongue, spewing a mouthful of essence blood, transforming into a golden light, attempting to ward off the Bu Mie Demon Lord’s attack.
However, the Bu Mie Demon Lord’s power far exceeded Huang Long Daoist’s imagination. That golden light tore apart like paper under the Immortal Demonic Qi. Huang Long Daoist only had time to let out a miserable cry before being engulfed by the demonic qi.
The next moment, Huang Long Daoist’s head was grabbed by the Bu Mie Demon Lord, with demonic qi pouring in, without hesitation, he performed the Soul Searching Skill.
"Haha! Found you! Let’s see where you hide this time!"
The Bu Mie Demon Lord’s eyes flashed with a trace of pride and ecstasy, his voice echoed in the trial space, filled with the pleasure of revenge.
"Hahaha! Do you think you can escape? Wherever you hide, I’ll find you and utterly destroy you!" the Bu Mie Demon Lord sneered, his voice reverberating in the space, sending shivers down every trialist’s spine.