"Appear..." Cloud Master formed a hand seal, and a sharp glint flashed through his eyes. As the phantom of a Tower of Myriad Spirits emerged at his brow, he pointed at the two snakes with his sealed fingers. The two snakes instantly froze in midair. Then, a pentagonal pattern appeared on each of their bodies.
Within those pentagonal patterns were intricate, mysterious geometric designs. Some resembled fish scales and beast claws; others resembled bird feathers and rhinoceros horns, all merging together. These mysterious designs formed the fundamental covenant of the Tower of Myriad Spirits condensed by every cultivator of the Great Wilderness Scripture. Within the Great Wilderness Sect, this fundamental covenant was like the unique mark of every disciple, and it was used in the performance of many secret arts from the Great Wilderness Scripture.
The fundamental covenant patterns of the Tower of Myriad Spirits shone with vivid blood-red light as they slowly separated from the two snakes' bodies, gradually revealing their complete forms.
"Disperse!" As Cloud Master's voice fell, the blood-imprint fundamental covenants vanished from the two snakes.
At the same time, Zhang Tie beside Cloud Master was not idle either. When the fundamental covenants of Cloud Master's Tower of Myriad Spirits emerged from the two snakes, the phantom of a Tower of Myriad Spirits also appeared at Zhang Tie's brow. Forming the same hand seal as Cloud Master, Zhang Tie said, "Appear," and a fundamental covenant pattern of the Tower of Myriad Spirits, radiating white light, appeared in the air before him.
The fundamental covenant patterns of Zhang Tie's and Cloud Master's Towers of Myriad Spirits were both pentagonal, but Cloud Master's was far larger than Zhang Tie's. The various mysterious patterns within them were also entirely different.
As the phantom of the fundamental covenant appeared before him,