"Roar—"
A deafening beast roar jolted him back to his senses.
Qin Qiongyu abruptly widened his eyes and looked toward the sound, only to see a spirit-light dharma beast pieced together from several thousand talismans baring its fangs and claws as it charged at him.
"As expected, the third trial is another talisman beast."
Qin Qiongyu was not overly flustered at the sight of this monster. After all, he had attended the previous Gathering of Heroes Banquet as well.
Back then, he had passed the trials and entered the Secret Realm itself. This time, both his cultivation and attainments in talisman techniques had grown more profound, so clearing the trial was naturally no difficult task.
Talisman beasts were creations born from the union of talisman techniques and puppet arts.
In ancient times, talisman cultivators often produced vast quantities of half-finished talismans while exploring different paths of talisman crafting.
Those half-finished talismans could not be used, yet they contained considerable spiritual power and true essence.
To make better use of those resources, ancient cultivators had opened up this path through constant deduction and exploration.
This not only resolved the issue of resource utilization, but also combined two Dao Paths to create an entirely new technique.
Unfortunately, this inheritance had long since vanished from the Azure Waves Continent. The one appearing in this illusion was merely a projection generated from descriptions in ancient texts.
Because of its dual-path nature, a talisman beast could absorb techniques. Thus, the usual method of dealing with one was for a talisman master to use talisman-unraveling arts.
That was, by dismantling the talisman-pattern joints on the beast's body, gradually weakening its power until it finally fell apart.
Of course, there was another method: overwhelming it with absolute power. As long as one exceeded the upper limit of