Miao Xiang did not stop walking, continuing onward.
Yu Ci did not hesitate in the slightest. True Baleful Intent circulated around his body, driving the Black Tortoise star power. Smoke swirled, turtle and serpent entwining to form the Black Tortoise Dharma Aspect. As its aura shifted between motion and stillness, the air hissed and howled like a venomous snake flicking its tongue:
Nine Luminaries Dragon Abyss Sword Talisman!
He could no longer employ sword intent. Even when using a sword talisman, it was mostly talisman intent. This strike resembled the Black Tortoise's form, flowing like water, its sharp edge hidden within.
After launching the strike, Yu Ci did not linger. His body skimmed close to the ground as he continued widening the distance. At the same time, he recalled the methods Miao Xiang had displayed during those days together, as well as the means by which she circulated that incense fragrance, hoping to use a talisman that countered it.
This was the standard combat method of a talisman cultivator.
The sword talisman was about to strike her, yet Miao Xiang did not even dodge, allowing the sword light to stab into her body.
Ripples seemed to flash through the void, followed by a row of twisting, ancient, profound talisman forms. They arranged themselves one by one. Their main bodies resembled overlapping, interlocked square lines, five pieces in total, dark and heavy like square inkstones. Yet the instant one's divine intent touched them, they felt as towering and immovable as mountains, pressing so hard one could scarcely breathe. The flowing seal script around their edges, meanwhile, contained another transformation of spiritual light.
The moment this diagram appeared in the void, the heaven-and-earth essence energy within a radius of ten li immediately changed direction. It was no longer as easy to manipulate