"Spirit Root Stabilizing Talisman, bind!"
"Myriad Woods Renewal Talisman, burst!"
"Hold together!"
The first talisman activated, locking down his chaotic, mutually suppressing Spiritual Roots so they could not run wild.
The second talisman activated. A torrent of Life Force surged forth and swiftly covered his entire body.
Suddenly, golden light spread across his withered left arm. It was as if a sharp blade hidden in his flesh had sliced away every invading toxin.
Then metal gave birth to water. A gentle warmth spread through his meridians, washing away every trace of cold.
When water gave birth to wood, the special effect of the Myriad Woods Renewal Talisman joined in, and his grievously wounded body recovered at once.
At the sight, the three great snakes formed from the lightning pillar changed rapidly. They caught one another's tails in their mouths, forming a spinning ring of lightning.
It carried metal's cutting edge.
It carried water's bitter cold.
And it carried wood's decay.
The two sides fell into a tug-of-war, each waiting for the other to break first.
Riiip!
The clothes on Li Lingbi's body burst apart.
Wounds opened across his flesh, only to heal again in moments.
His face grew paler and more haggard before everyone's eyes.
Bzzzt!
Bzzzt!!
Bzzzt!!!
The three snakes circled him, ceaselessly unleashing the harm of their three attributes.
Sometimes they struck in turn; sometimes their powers mingled.
An ordinary person would have died, body and Dao extinguished, in an instant, let alone resisted.
Even from over a thousand meters away, the sight made everyone's hair stand on end.
Time passed. To an outsider, it might have been only a few breaths.
But to Li Lingbi, every second dragged like a year. The torment could scarcely have been worse.
Fortunately, Li Lingbi held out in the end.
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