Above the Great Dao
Chapter 395 - 195: Implementing Benevolence and Righteousness_2

Chapter 395: Chapter 195: Implementing Benevolence and Righteousness_2

The three of them knew all too well that Chen Shi was a talisman master among the elite. Two of their companions, skilled Nascent Soul Realm cultivators who had achieved Soul Emergence, had attempted to break into Chen’s house at night, only to be blasted to death by Chen Shi’s talismans. Therefore, none of the three dared to summon their Nascent Souls. Instead, shrines appeared behind their heads, and the Nascent Souls stood in the palms of the Divine Embryos within the shrines, activating spells to enhance their mana power.

Chen Shi remained seated in the Taishi Chair, motionless, watching them with a cold gaze.

The moment the three acted, the talismans hanging on the walls and trees burst forth with power.

A total of sixty talismans, drawn with the ultimate positive blood of the Black Pot, depicted the sixty Tai Sui Star Lords.

As the potency of the sixty talismans exploded, the figures of the sixty Tai Sui Star Lords materialized!

It was unclear whether Chen Shi’s cultivation had improved, his True Qi was too strong, or the power of the Black Pot’s bloodline was too formidable, but the sixty Tai Sui Star Lords seemed to step out from the talismans into reality, their divine bodies condensing as if made of flesh and blood, divine power surging!

The presence of the sixty Tai Sui Star Lords tore through the Nascent Souls’ force fields of the three, pressing down oppressively.

Each Taisui Talisman arranged by Chen Shi was meticulously placed according to the order and position, following the annual rotation of the sixty Tai Sui.

Different Star Lords countered various Malevolent Qi, and needed to be placed in particular directions.

For instance, the Bingyin Taisui countered the Malevolent Qi of stove fire and had to be placed near the stove, while Wuchen Taisui countered the Malevolent Qi of forest wood and had to be stuck on trees.

There were talismans for countering the Malevolent Qi of metal, earth, and water as well, each with a particular order, some placed on swords, some on rooftops, some by the wellside, collectively forming the Taisui Breaking Evil Formation.

The moment all the talismans lit up, the Taisui Breaking Evil Formation was in place, specifically designed to break the Five Elements Magic!

Jiang Pinting’s Nine Domains Dragon Capturing Force Field shattered instantly. Thick, twisted sinews under the influence of the Breaking Evil Formation split apart, withered to nothing, and fell like sawdust. frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓

Jiang Pinting’s Nascent Soul within the shrine suffered a heavy blow, blood oozing from her mouth. Without a second thought, she leapt back and crashed into Chen’s wall. With a thunderous crash, the wall collapsed.

The peddler, relying on his formidable physical body, charged forward. His Great Ghost Mother’s Primordial Skill, an Evil Skill cultivated by harnessing Malevolent Qi, went into disarray when confronted with the Taisui Breaking Evil Formation. The arms formed by Qi-Blood and Malevolent Qi burst open.

The ghost doll behind his head rotted, with limbs dissolving, a sight of utter horror.

Even his Malevolent Qi Nascent Soul was suppressed, dimmed, and devoid of light!

The Taisui Breaking Evil Formation was designed to destroy Dark Arts!

Both he and Jiang Pinting practiced Evil Skills and suffered the most severe injuries. On the other hand, the scholar practiced a legitimate, albeit incomplete, Cultivation Technique, and wasn’t heavily restrained.

The peddler roared in anger, swung his iron pellet drum towards Chen Shi’s forehead, but before it could land, his body was pierced by flying bamboo shoots and flung backwards!

Just as Jiang Pinting leapt out of the Chen residence, she saw the peddler’s body hurtling toward her. Shocked, she immediately rolled aside, avoiding the inflated bulk of his body.

She had no intention of fighting Chen Shi to the death, immediately sprinting down the street.

Behind her, a thunderous crash sounded—it was the peddler’s body hitting a tavern across the street.

Although it was just a fleeting glimpse, she saw the bamboo shoots piercing the peddler through the brow, throat, chest, left lung, right lung, liver, gallbladder, left kidney, right kidney, Dantian, and testicles. It was too late to help.

Jiang Pinting had always heard a rumor that a Grandmaster Talisman Master could contend with cultivators of the Divine Embryo Realm and the Nascent Soul Realm solely with talismans.

Seeing Chen Shi employ the sixty Taisui Talismans to set up the formation confirmed for her that he was indeed such a master!

The power of his talismans was too great; the talisman formation he laid out had caused her Nine Domains Dragon Capturing Force Field to collapse, and her Nascent Soul had been damaged. Staying would mean death, but fleeing offered a chance at life!

A sharp whistle came from behind, and as Jiang Pinting glanced back hastily, she saw bamboo shoots whooshing through the air, chasing after her.

"Even if your cultivation is strong, you won’t last long with the Flying Sword Killing Technique!"

Jiang Pinting dashed forward swiftly along the street; despite the bustling crowd, she moved with incredible speed, dodging past pedestrians as she whooshed on.

Her movements were ghostly; though she avoided people, her pace was hardly slower than an all-out sprint, resembling a galloping horse. In mere moments, she crossed street after street, reaching the eastern city and darting through the slums there.

The terrain in the east was complicated, with many alleys, some so narrow that only one person could pass, dark, damp, and cold—the most complex part of the city.

She guessed that Chen Shi would not be able to follow with bamboo shoots as flying swords, and even if he did, he would not find her trail.

She stopped in a dark alleyway, hiding in the shadows to inspect her wounds. Suddenly, a whoosh sounded, and a green bamboo shoot flew at her. Despite her best efforts to dodge, she couldn’t avoid it completely; the bamboo shoot pierced her right lung!

Jiang Pinting coughed up blood, then summoned her mana and ran wildly.

She rushed out of the city, leapt over the river, crossed the wide De River estuary, reached the opposite shore, and dashed into the woods, running dozens of miles until her chest burned and she struggled to breathe. Only then did she stop.

Coughing out a few more mouthfuls of blood and clearing her lungs of the plasm, she leaned against a large tree and slowly sat down.

"This place is more than eighty miles from Xin Xiang Province city. Only someone in the Divinity Transformation Realm could project their spell this far, and even if it reached this distance, the power of the spell would be nearly exhausted and no longer potent. It should be safe now."

Jiang Pinting let out a sigh of relief, bit her lip, tore open her clothing, and revealed the wound on her right chest. The green bamboo shoot was still embedded on her right side, close to the shoulder.