They all nodded in unison.
Although reinforcements might not come from the cultivation world, at least a thread of hope remained.
"Bang!"
Just then, with a loud bang, Mo Qingzhu suddenly pushed open the door on the third floor of the Dragon-Trapping Tower and called excitedly to those below:
"Great Sage, Daoist Taiping, I've finished making the Human Swine Talisman!"
Xu Taiping looked delighted at the news.
The Heaven-Hunting Great Sage beckoned.
"Send him down for us to see!"
Mo Qingzhu immediately nodded, then waved his hand.
"Go! Hurry and greet the Great Sage, Daoist Taiping, and the others!"
A figure with a talisman stuck to his forehead and blood-colored runes carved over every exposed part of his body walked out from behind the door, then leaped straight from the third floor.
"Bang!"
Amid the thunderous crash, the Human Swine Talisman slammed straight into the ground.
Then he abruptly dropped to his knees and bowed to Xu Taiping and the others, speaking in an extremely stiff tone:
"Human Swine Xie Wangyan!"
"Greetings, Heaven-Hunting Great Sage! Greetings, Daoist Taiping! Greetings, Miss Chao Ci! Greetings, Lord Bai Yue!"
With that, he kowtowed heavily to Xu Taiping and the others several times in succession.
Seeing this, the Heaven-Hunting Great Sage immediately waved his hand.
"Mo Qingzhu, none of that. Have him demonstrate the Power of True Words, and that Divine Intent, Deceiving the World and Stealing Fame."
Mo Qingzhu, who had already flown down before Xu Taiping and the others, nodded repeatedly.
"Yes, Great Sage. I'll have him do it right away!"
As he spoke, Mo Qingzhu held a talisman plaque and ordered the Human Swine Xie Wangyan:
"Xie Wangyan, use World-Deceiving Power on Daoist Taiping. Conceal both his aura and his form from us."
At once, the Human Swine Xie Wangyan swiftly