Smashing Talismans

Three Ice Seal Talismans covered every inch of the Trapping Formation ahead, enveloping Ghost Head Golden Condor and his two companions as layer upon layer of frost spread over their bodies.

A single high-grade Rank 1 Ice Seal Talisman was enough to hinder the three of them and slow their movements.

Now that three high-grade Rank 1 Ice Seal Talismans had been layered together, even though Ghost Head Golden Condor and the others had been on guard the instant they saw the Talismans, they were still affected by the Ice Seal Talismans. Their bodies stiffened with cold for an instant.

The next moment, another nine high-grade Rank 1 fire-attribute Talismans came flying at them.

Ghost Head Golden Condor's expression changed drastically. "Not good."

Buzz!

With a wave of his hand, two high-grade Rank 1 Defense Talismans appeared, and two layers of Earth Yellow Barriers enveloped him.

At the same time.

He controlled the earth-yellow aura of the Trapping Formation, causing the Earth Dragon to shift and block the way before the three of them.

Just as he finished doing all this, the nine Talismans ignited in midair. Three of them transformed into towering flames, forming arrows in the sky that gathered together.

These were Fire Cloud Arrow Talismans!

All of them shot toward one of the eighth-layer Qi Refining Realm cultivators beside Ghost Head Golden Condor.

Boom!!!

The earth-yellow aura barrier of the Trapping Formation shattered in an instant. The first Fire Cloud Arrow tore through the eighth-layer Qi Refining Realm cultivator's Talisman barrier, defensive spell barrier, and defensive artifact barrier before its power was finally exhausted.

The second Fire Cloud Arrow and the third Fire Cloud Arrow Talisman instantly tore that eighth-layer Qi Refining Realm cultivator apart.

Bang!

Before the shattered flesh and blood could even fall from the air, it was reduced to ash by the blazing flames and scattered on the wind.

The Fire Cloud Arrow Talisman was a new Talisman Su Yu had created by drawing inspiration from ancient Talismans and modifying the high-grade Rank 1 Cloud Piercing Arrow Talisman. It possessed the berserk power of fire and the armor-piercing, lightning-fast traits of the Cloud Piercing Arrow.

Every Fire Cloud Arrow was no weaker than the full-force attack of a ninth-layer Qi Refining Realm cultivator.

It was even stronger.

Three Fire Cloud Arrows launched a surprise attack on an eighth-layer Qi Refining Realm cultivator and killed him in an instant.

Of the remaining six Talismans, only two flew toward Ghost Head Golden Condor. The other four were all hurled by Su Yun at the other eighth-layer Qi Refining Realm cultivator.

Boom!

Fire Serpents roared, and Fireballs exploded. Layer after layer of defensive barriers was violently ripped apart.

"Aah!" The eighth-layer Qi Refining Realm cultivator's eyes widened as he screamed and flew backward. Mouthful after mouthful of blood sprayed from him, his body covered in cracks and drenched in blood. Even the blood he spat out was scorching hot, invaded by the fiery power of the four Talismans.

Bang!

The man flew into the barrier of the Trapping Formation behind him. He was heavily injured, and his aura plummeted.

Su Yun and Su Yu had made the same choice. Rather than attacking Ghost Head Golden Condor first, they dealt with his two helpers.

Previously, Ghost Head Golden Condor had used the Trapping Formation and the two men to encircle and kill them.

But now, the tables had turned!

Boom! Boom!

Ghost Head Golden Condor easily blocked the two high-grade Rank 1 Talisman attacks aimed at him, only taking a few steps back.

However, seeing one of his subordinates killed in the blink of an eye and the other severely wounded, Ghost Head Golden Condor's expression turned incomparably ugly. Killing intent poured from his eyes like a waterfall, and his teeth ground with hatred!

He had never expected that Su Yun, Su Zhi, and Su Yu—one at the ninth layer of the Qi Refining Realm and two at the eighth layer—would throw a full twelve high-grade Rank 1 Talismans at them the moment they began fighting!!!

What kind of concept was that?

At the very start of a fight, they had smashed away four to five hundred Low-grade Spirit Stones!!!

Ghost Head Golden Condor knew he could not bring himself to spend that much, nor would he ever do so. He could not bear it. Wouldn't that money be better spent buying artifacts or cultivation resources?

Just how afraid of death were they, to use so many Talismans at once?

And they were clearly not weak, yet instead of fighting themselves, they chose to smash Talismans at their enemies. Twelve high-grade Rank 1 Talismans!... In all his years, this was the first time Ghost Head Golden Condor had encountered such bizarre cultivators. Fortunately, he had been prepared.

The last time he attacked Su Yun, he had learned that Su Yun possessed quite a few Talismans.

Thus, those two eighth-layer Qi Refining Realm cultivators were actually tools he had only recently recruited to drain Su Yun's Talismans. It did not matter whether they lived or died.

Ghost Head Golden Condor gritted his teeth and stared at Su Yu's group as he shouted harshly, "Once you run out of Talismans, let's see how you'll stop me!"

Buzz!

With a thought from Ghost Head Golden Condor, a somewhat damaged Formation Flag overflowing with demonic qi appeared and descended.

Boom!

In an instant, a rain of blood filled the sky.

One corpse after another, each with an eerie aura, crawled out from the ground.

Countless corpses howled as they charged toward Su Yu's group of three.

At first, these corpses were not particularly powerful, at most possessing the aura of the first or second layer of the Qi Refining Realm.

But as they charged, one corpse after another fused together. In the blink of an eye, a monster whose aura surpassed that of an ordinary ninth-layer Qi Refining Realm cultivator appeared.

"You're all dead!!!" Ghost Head Golden Condor's vicious voice rang out.

Buzz!

As the fused monster appeared and charged toward Su Yu's group, Ghost Head Golden Condor attacked again. Terrifying Gold attribute sharpness reappeared, slashing toward Su Yu and Su Zhi, while the monster let out a strange roar and charged at Su Yun.

Su Yun, Su Yu, and Su Zhi's expressions shifted slightly. The moment they saw the Formation Flag, all three gritted their teeth.

"Demonic Cultivator!"

"Kill him!"

The next moment.

A stack of Talismans appeared in each of their hands.

Su Zhi had a thin foundation and only had two high-grade Rank 1 offensive Talismans remaining.

But Su Yun had spent many years in Cloud Mountain Market. As a qualified high-grade Rank 1 alchemist, he had stockpiled more than twenty high-grade Rank 1 Talismans.

At this moment, Su Yun took out another six high-grade Rank 1 Talismans.

As for Su Yu, he took out his remaining four high-grade Rank 1 Fire Cloud Arrow Talismans.

In an instant, the three of them smashed out another twelve high-grade Rank 1 Talismans.

Boom!!!

This time, all Ghost Head Golden Condor saw was flames soaring into the sky. The demonic soul summoned by his Damaged Low-grade Rank 2 Demonic Soul Banner was instantly torn apart and incinerated by the berserk flames, reduced to wisps of black smoke that fled back into the Demonic Soul Banner.

The next moment, the power of the twelve high-grade Rank 1 offensive Talismans crashed down upon him.

Boom!

Pfft!

Ghost Head Golden Condor felt as though his body had fallen into a blazing fire prison, breaking apart and turning to ash. The terrifying force sent him flying.

Buzz!

The next moment, vines formed from mana appeared and wrapped around his body.

Whoosh!

A flying sword suddenly shot out from the flames and severed Ghost Head Golden Condor's head.

Ghost Head Golden Condor: "..."

He had not been killed by those three people.

He had been killed by high-grade Rank 1 Talismans.

Who could have imagined that these three people from a small cultivation family would have so many high-grade Rank 1 Talismans?

They had even used a full twenty-four of them against his group!

That was at least nine hundred Low-grade Spirit Stones!

Ghost Head Golden Condor cried. He had been beaten to tears by high-grade Rank 1 Talismans, and then he died.

Whoosh!

Su Zhi's flying sword turned and killed the remaining eighth-layer Qi Refining Realm cultivator. She then flew forward and skillfully looted the corpses, taking the Cosmos Bags of Ghost Head Golden Condor and the other two, as well as two Formation Flags.

Lastly came the three men's heads. Bringing them back to the sect would earn them bounties and contribution points.

"Quick, go!"

After Su Zhi finished gathering everything, without even checking what they had obtained, the three hurriedly flew away on their artifacts. The battle had barely consumed any of their mana, making it perfect for running away now. They did not stop until they had fled more than a hundred li and slipped into the mountains and forests.

P.S. Happy New Year of the Rabbit! A freshly written chapter is here. May all of us have wealth pouring in like a river, see every wish come true, and enjoy good health, good health, good health in the new year.