Head-Knocking Taoist Lei Jun

Head-Knocking Taoist Lei Jun

Boom!

The next moment, Lei Jun and the other three raised their hands in unison, each unleashing a Blazing Flame Talisman.

Four enormous fireballs exploded at once within the burning underground palace.

Though the Celestial Master Mansion and the Yellow Heaven Path were mortal enemies, tracing things back to their roots revealed that they shared the same origin. Their methods in actual combat were therefore quite similar.

They began by exchanging Thunderstrike Talismans and Blazing Flame Talismans at mid-range.

Limited by their current cultivation realms, they could each activate only one Spirit Talisman for an attack at a time. They could not simply scatter multiple talismans like a celestial maiden strewing flowers.

But they could fire them in succession, activating another Spirit Talisman after the first.

With their realms being close, a single Spirit Talisman could not determine victory or defeat. It came down to whose reserves were deeper and who had more Spirit Talismans.

Lei Jun released Blazing Flame Talismans one after another. Huge fireballs burst throughout the underground palace, and with the surrounding environment feeding them, the flames raged with overwhelming ferocity.

Though his opponent's Blazing Flame Talismans were not weak either, they were quickly exhausted, forcing him to switch first to Thunderstrike Talismans.

Seeing that Lei Jun seemed to have no end of Blazing Flame Talismans, the Yellow Heaven Path Disciple slapped a Wind Riding Talisman onto himself. With a Magic Ruler in hand, he rushed toward Lei Jun first, determined to settle the matter in close combat.

Lei Jun, seeing this, used the Wind Riding Talisman's enhancement to swiftly drift backward and evade.

Qu Yong, who was also fighting another Yellow Heaven Path Disciple, saw this and his eyes flickered.

He had heard that Elder Yuan's lineage all cultivated Spirit Invocation Talismans as their Natal Talisman Art. When fighting successors of other Talisman Schools, they did not fear close combat.

Yet Lei Jun was doing the opposite now. Was his physical vitality truly somewhat weak?

As Qu Yong blocked his opponent's attacks, he hurried after them at the same time.

Sure enough, Lei Jun exchanged several moves with the Yellow Heaven Path Disciple using a short rod. Though his movements were nimble and swift, he seemed somewhat lacking in strength.

Qu Yong wanted to watch longer, but the blaze within the underground palace surged again.

The four were forced apart, each evading the Earth Fire Yang Flame.

Concealed by the firelight, Lei Jun calmly turned and slipped around a corner of crimson rock.

He dispersed the spiritual power of the Wind Riding Talisman that had been enhancing him.

Then he took out another brand-new Wind Riding Talisman.

Both were indeed Wind Riding Talismans.

But Spirit Talismans differed from one another.

The old one had not incorporated the spiritual power of the Night Wind Stone.

This new one possessed the effect of slipping in with the wind by night.

Lei Jun calmly applied the new Natal Wind Riding Talisman.

Under the effect of the Natal Spirit Talisman fused with the Night Wind Stone's spiritual power, though the surroundings shone bright with firelight, his figure seemed to disperse with the wind.

Lei Jun then applied his Natal Spirit Invocation Talisman, followed by a Heavenly Star Talisman to further strengthen his attack power.

He weighed the short rod in his hand and calmly searched for his earlier opponent beneath the cover of the flames.

The Yellow Heaven Path Disciple holding the Magic Ruler had a Spirit Talisman in one hand and a Magical Artifact in the other. He vigilantly scanned the surroundings, searching both for enemies and fellow disciples.

Hm?

He suddenly sensed that something was wrong.

From the corner of his eye, he looked to the side. In the firelight cast against the underground palace's stone wall, there seemed to be two shadows.

The one in front was himself.

What about the one behind him?

That shadow seemed to be raising an arm, with something in its hand!

The Yellow Heaven Path Disciple's scalp instantly exploded with alarm, every hair standing on end.

His reaction was already extremely fast, but before he could respond, the arm of that shadow behind him swung down.

Smack!

The short rod was thick at one end and thin at the other.

Lei Jun gripped the thin end, while the thick end smashed toward the Yellow Heaven Path Disciple standing before him with his back turned.

A circle of golden light appeared above the opponent's head, forming a barrier against the short rod.

Though they had developed Golden Breaking Talismans to counter Golden Barrier Talismans, the Golden Barrier Talisman itself remained an extremely useful foundational Spirit Talisman for the Yellow Heaven Path. People were likewise constantly improving it.

The Yellow Heaven Path Disciple was glad that he had been cautious enough to prepare a Golden Barrier Talisman in advance.

He was even more glad that the Golden Barrier Talisman was his Natal Talisman Art, making its defense especially formidable...

But a flash of light suddenly flickered across the short rod.

Then the defensive ward generated by the Golden Barrier Talisman over the Yellow Heaven Path Disciple's head shattered directly beneath the rod as though it were made of paper, offering no resistance whatsoever, and then...

Thud!

Before the man could turn around, Lei Jun struck the back of his head with the rod.

The Yellow Heaven Path Disciple did not even make a sound before pitching forward.

Lei Jun nodded calmly.

"One."

He looked at the man's Magic Ruler, picked it up, and examined it.

Then Lei Jun turned around.

Another figure emerged in the distance.

It was the other Yellow Heaven Path Disciple who had been fighting Qu Yong.

The man held a Magic Sword and could not clearly make out the figure ahead through the firelight.

Only when Lei Jun turned around with the Magic Ruler in hand did the man start in horror.

Lei Jun's feet did not move, yet his body seemed to rise Riding the Wind. In the blink of an eye, he drifted across several dozen meters and arrived directly before his opponent.

This time, openly and without concealment, he swung the short rod down at the man's forehead.

The second opponent's Golden Barrier Talismans had already been depleted in the earlier continuous battle. He had no time to make another, so he could only raise his Magic Sword to block in the air.

He had seen Lei Jun fight with the short rod before. It did not look like any particularly formidable Magical Artifact.

Then, at that moment, golden light flashed over the short rod once more.

Crack!

The Magic Sword snapped in an instant like a brittle dead branch.

The opponent froze, and Lei Jun's rod landed squarely on his forehead.

Thud!

The man's eyes rolled back as he toppled backward onto the ground.

"Two."

Lei Jun nodded again.

He looked around, weighing the newly acquired Magic Ruler in his hand.

Then, with a short rod in one hand and a Magic Ruler in the other, he continued his search.

The tremors and firelight within the underground palace weakened somewhat.

Qu Yong activated a Flowing Water Talisman, barely resisting the erosion of the blazing heat and waves of flame.

"Lei Jun... Junior Brother, where are those other two Yellow Heaven Path demons?"

Qu Yong looked left and right, searching all around.

Suddenly, he too felt a sense of impending danger. His scalp exploded with alarm, every hair standing on end.

The instant the thought arose in Qu Yong's mind, there came a smack.

Golden light flashed behind him, and the Golden Barrier Talisman ward protecting him was smashed apart by a short rod.

Qu Yong instinctively wanted to turn and counterattack, but on second thought, he instead lunged forward, intending to evade first.

Whatever he intended to do, before he could make a move, another Magic Ruler struck the back of his head.

Qu Yong's eyes went blank, his body went limp, and he immediately collapsed unconscious.

"Three."

Lei Jun nodded once more.

He picked up the unconscious Qu Yong and avoided the encroaching Earth Fire.

When dealing with the two Yellow Heaven Path Disciples, Lei Jun had thoroughly smashed their heads in with a single blow. But when he struck Qu Yong, he had held back somewhat.

After using the Earth Fire to dispose of the two Yellow Heaven Path Disciples' corpses, Lei Jun brought the unconscious Qu Yong closer to the Profound Cave at the center of the Cave Heaven.

The Earth Fire here was instead less violent than at the outskirts.

Lei Jun temporarily set Qu Yong down and looked around again, seeing no one else entering the Cave Heaven.

He lowered his head to examine the Supreme Purity Golden Bamboo in his hand, which resembled a short rod.

"As expected, it's a fine Magical Artifact. Even if it's a bamboo shoot, it's still a fine shoot."

Lei Jun raised his head again and looked at the sea of fire in the underground palace before him.

Where was the Fourth Grade Opportunity mentioned by the Supreme Good Fortune Sign?

As he pondered, Lei Jun suddenly spotted a faint golden light flickering within the distant expanse of crimson Earth Fire Yang Flame.

The golden light moved with uncanny agility, as though it possessed life.

Lei Jun stepped forward at the sight.

But as soon as he approached, that lively golden light vanished into the sea of fire like a fish slipping into water.

Lei Jun was curious and tried several more times, but the strange golden light kept avoiding him.

Wait...

Lei Jun suddenly had an idea. He stepped back, but raised the Supreme Purity Golden Bamboo, shaped like a short rod, in his hand.

Golden light flashed amid the crimson sea of fire and emerged again, like a fish leaping from the water.