Confronting the Starry Sky Behemoth, Comprehending the Starry Sky Grade One Rune Art
Holy crap!
"This monster has awakened!"
Hua Qiang stood outside the barrier, and just one glance from that Starry Sky Behemoth made him feel as if a mountain was pressing down on him, making it difficult for him to breathe.
Is this the power of the Star Mirror?
With his cultivation at the Immortal Emperor Peak, facing this monster was like a kindergarten child facing a burly man—the difference between them was more than a hundred thousand miles!
At this moment, Hua Qiang's heart began to pound. Was he capable of defeating this giant Starry Sky Behemoth?
Thankfully, the other party only glanced at me; if it had swatted at me with its claws, I would have been turned into a meat pie.
However, Hua Qiang felt much more at ease looking at the countless glowing runes on the barrier, as the other party probably couldn't hit him.
These runes must have been created to trap this Starry Sky Behemoth.
As long as I don't destroy it and the runes aren't damaged, that Starry Sky Behemoth won't be able to come out, and I'll have a chance to think carefully about how to deal with it.
"Damn, it's so hot in the core of this place!"
Hua Qiang wiped the sweat that kept pouring from his forehead due to the high temperature, his golden eyes fixed on the runes flowing on the barrier.
He wanted to see if he could gain anything from these runes.
However, after looking at it for a long time, no audio prompts came into his mind. It seemed that the level of this rune was too high, beyond his current reach.
The soles of the boots were scorched by the constantly rising lava, emitting a sizzling, burnt smell.
Hua Qiang quickly added a layer of Flame Martial Guardian to himself, but he suspected that his feet might be roasted alive.
He was somewhat unwilling to give up. Such a powerful sealing rune, yet he hadn't managed to get a single thing out of it, leaving him with a sense of frustration, like entering a treasure mountain and returning empty-handed.
He reached out and gently stroked the raised sealing patterns on the barrier. Suddenly, the runes burst forth with dazzling purple light, winding and climbing up his arm like living things.
Holy crap!
Hua Qiang was startled and quickly took a few steps back, removing his hand from the barrier rune.
The runes that had been wrapped around his hand instantly retreated.
His touch caused the light of the barrier runes to flicker continuously, which also alarmed the Starry Sky Behemoth sealed within the barrier.
"Buzz—"
The giant beast's chest cavity suddenly trembled in a resonant manner, and its silver scales rippled with starlight.
The giant beast's curled-up wings slightly unfurled, and several star feathers detached from its body, piercing through the barrier and hovering in mid-air.
The starlight condensed into a blade of light flowing across the surface of the feather, shooting towards Hua Qiang's throat at a speed faster than lightning.
Hua Qiang was shocked and cursed the monster for its lack of martial ethics, attacking without warning and saying it was too much!
[Earth Law • Rock Wall]
At the critical moment, Hua Qiang grabbed and lifted with his left hand, and the underground magma petrified into a rock wall, rising high into an impregnable fortress to block his way.
The light blade cleaved through the rock wall, creating a circular groove. Although it didn't split the rock wall, the huge shockwave passed through it and struck Hua Qiang, causing him to fly backward involuntarily.
His back slammed into the scorching crystal clusters, but the dark blue crystals twisted and deformed under the purple light, and thorny vines stretched out to entangle him.
Skull-shaped runes appeared on the surface of the crystal cluster and began to frantically absorb the power of the laws within his body.
"Break!"
Hua Qiang roared, and Earth Vein Torrent erupted from his body.
Under the pressure of the laws, the magma flowed backward and formed pillars, burning away all the crystal clusters and vines.
However, the awakening of the giant beast triggered a chain reaction in the Earth's core. The rocks above groaned under the weight of the beast, and countless dark red "Lava Vein Leeches" spewed out from the cracks.
These worms were covered in liquid metal, and wherever they went, the rocks were melted into molten iron.
Hua Qiang didn't bother wiping the blood spilling from the corner of his mouth; he pressed his palms to the ground.
The rock strata within a radius of 100 meters instantly petrified, trapping the leech swarm in solid magma.
However, his actions angered the one deep within the barrier.
The colossal Starry Sky Behemoth opened its nebula-shaped vertical pupils completely, unleashing a torrent of breath imbued with the Power of Stars, causing the space in its path to shatter inch by inch.
The purple barrier cracked under the impact, Hua Qiang keenly detected a weak point in the sealing talisman.
Not good!
Something bad is about to happen!
The moment the thought flashed through his mind, a drill-shaped cone of light, formed from the power of laws, pierced the weakness of the rune with all its might.
The moment the light cone collided with the barrier, the entire core space was filled with blinding purple light. Hua Qiang felt his eardrums about to burst, and his skin was cut by the turbulent flow of laws, leaving fine bloody marks.
"Boom!"
The talisman collapsed with a deafening roar, and the Starry Sky Behemoth let out a thunderous roar, as the Power of Stars transformed into a tsunami that swept in.
Hua Qiang was forced to retreat more than ten steps before he managed to regain his balance. As he watched many talismans begin to dim amidst the tremors, his heart leaped into his throat.
The Starry Sky Behemoth was too powerful; with each swing of its tail, it could tear through space and unleash an energy tide strong enough to annihilate stars.
Hua Qiang's expression changed drastically as he watched the sealing barrier shake and loosen; his heart leaped into his throat.
I'm afraid that if this talisman isn't able to withstand the pressure, it will collapse and disintegrate, allowing the Starry Sky Behemoth to burst out from within...
Suddenly, countless chains condensed on the talisman.
The chains split apart and extended towards the ground. Then, life energy flowed down the chains and entered the talisman.
The talisman suddenly seemed to come alive, spitting out starlight, its patterns intertwined with the power of mysterious laws, sometimes transforming into a cascading Milky Way, sometimes condensing into lurking thunder.
Hua Qiang's pupils contracted sharply, and he involuntarily cleared his mind of all distractions, his Spiritual Sense probing the mysteries of the talisman like a thread.
The long-dormant cultivation technique within his body suddenly activated automatically, and the Spiritual Power vortex spun wildly, rushing straight to his sea of consciousness along his meridians.
One breath, one more breath, three more breaths...
As the talisman flowed, Hua Qiang's temples throbbed, and the scene before him began to distort.
He felt as if he were in Chaos primordial universe, witnessing the birth and fall of stars, and the condensation of the laws of heaven and earth from nothingness.
Those seemingly disordered patterns actually contain the true essence of the universe's operation.
Sweat soaked his clothes, and his breathing became rapid and heavy, but he clenched his teeth tightly, letting the mysterious force wash over his mind.
Just as consciousness was about to dissipate, a clear and melodious sound pierced the void.
Hua Qiang was violently shaken, and countless profound runes exploded in his mind, transforming into dazzling starlight that merged into his sea of consciousness.
Warmth and power flowed from the top of my head to my limbs and bones, and all fatigue and pain instantly disappeared.
The roar of the Starry Sky Behemoth seemed distant, replaced by the rhythmic flow of talismanic arts through the meridians.
He slowly opened his eyes, and a crystal talisman appeared in his palm, radiating a pressure powerful enough to rival Starry Sky Behemoth.
He finally comprehended the Starry Sky Grade One Rune Art.