"Hmph, you're at death's door and still talking tough." The old man bent down to pick up the Reincarnation Token. Just as his fingers were about to touch it, a trace of resolve flashed through Lin Taichu's eyes, and he forcefully activated the last remnants of spiritual power within him.
It was not an attack. Instead, he detonated the Communication Talisman hidden in his robes—one of the three Communication Talismans Elder Su had given him, containing a trace of a Nascent Soul cultivator's spiritual power.
The Communication Talisman exploded, and a beam of golden light shot into the sky, carrying intense spiritual fluctuations. Caught off guard, the old man was struck by the golden light. He screamed and staggered back several steps, a scorched mark left on his face.
The instant the golden light soared skyward, the spiritual fluctuations above the Stone Forest suddenly turned violent.
The Blood Demon Sect old man was blasted back several steps by the golden light. The burn on his face sizzled as his demonic aura continuously scattered beneath the golden light's searing radiance. He looked at Lin Taichu in shock and fury. "You actually had a Communication Talisman from a Nascent Soul cultivator!"
Lin Taichu lay sprawled on the ground. The agonizing pain in his chest nearly left him unable to breathe, yet he still stared fixedly at the old man. "Did you think... the Tianshui Kingdom royal family... would simply stand by?"
A flicker of panic flashed through the old man's eyes, but it was quickly replaced by viciousness. "So what if reinforcements are coming? Before they arrive, I'll have more than enough time to kill you!"
He no longer reached for the Reincarnation Token. Instead, he gathered all his demonic aura and struck his palm toward Lin Taichu's head, clearly intending to