Above the Great Dao
Chapter 565 - 262 Morning News of the Tao

Chapter 565: Chapter 262 Morning News of the Tao

The power of the Five Thunders Talisman was immensely strong; before the bullets from the red barbarian cannons even arrived, the power of the Five Thunders Talisman had already invaded their surroundings, affecting both their flesh and souls.

The Five Thunders were respectively called Heavenly, Earth, Water, Dragon, and Village Command.

Heavenly Thunder originated from the Heavenly Gods, Earth Thunder from the Earth Gods, Water Thunder from the Water Gods, Dragon Thunder from the Dragon Gods, and Village Command from the divine power of wild grass gods worshipped in offerings.

The Five Thunder Talisman was essentially using the divine powers of these five gods to transform into thunder.

When used between the fingers, it was known as Palm Thunder, Five Thunder Talisman.

When used between heaven and earth, it was called the Great Five Thunders Talisman!

On the bullets of the red barbarian cannons raining from the sky, densely packed Great Five Thunders Talisman had exploded, forming an exceedingly bright talismanic pattern around the bullets, linking the divine powers between heaven and earth.

Chen Shi and those scholars experienced an intense tingling sensation in their bodies; it was the effect of Water Thunder, making the water within their bodies feel like it was evaporating, disintegrating, exploding!

Some of the weaker scholars swelled up like balloons.

They made quick decisions, stimulating their Qi-Blood to suppress the anomaly within their bodies.

At that moment, their hair became fluffy, standing on end, floating towards the sky.

From the soles of their feet too, waves of tingling sensations transmitted, as if a streak of lightning had pierced through their bodies, connecting heaven and earth!

Earth Thunder, Heavenly Thunder was on its way!

Simultaneously, everyone’s Divine Soul vibrated, as if hearing a Dragon Roar beside their ears, unsettling their Divine Souls—it was the impact of Dragon Thunder!

Behind them, the dilapidated ancient temple’s Incense Fire Qi suddenly intensified, as if a Yin God had unleashed Yin Thunder, giving them a feeling as though doomed by unanimous condemnation!

The Five Thunders hadn’t even erupted yet, but they were already in extreme discomfort.

The crowd saw dozens of bullets dragging firelight, bursting with thunder, heading toward them rapidly, closing in too fast to run away!

The Great Five Thunders Talisman was just an appetizer; the real outburst of thunder and fire was at the moment the bullets hit the ground, where Nine Yang Thunder Fire would accompany the five thunders, shattering everything, smashing everything, melting everything.

One scholar reacted extremely fast, sacrificing his Golden Core, but just then, lightning flashed, and the Golden Core turned to ashes.

That scholar fell to the ground dead without even a grunt.

Seeing this, others were mortified and dared not sacrifice their Golden Cores.

Chen Shi sacrificed the Hua Gai; the Hua Gai soared into the air, spinning, quickly enlarging to cover a large area, shielding against the power of the five thunders.

Chen Shi shouted, "We can sacrifice the Golden Core, Nascent Soul, and Primordial Spirit now!"

Sun Yisheng sacrificed his Primordial Spirit; his ten-zhang tall Primordial Spirit executed Swordsmanship, Sword Qi piercing through the sky, confronting the incoming bullets.

Other scholars hurriedly sacrificed their Golden Cores, Nascent Souls, although most were Golden Cores with only one or two having achieved Nascent Souls.

With the protection of the Hua Gai, the five thunders inflicted no further harm, everyone stimulated their Spells, all employing techniques like the Meridian Evil Slayer Sword to meet the bullets.

However, as soon as everyone’s Spells flew beyond the scope of the Hua Gai, they were instantly annihilated in the five thunders, unable to travel beyond its boundary.

Even Sun Yisheng, a peak-level expert in the Refining Void Realm, despite his highly refined Sword Qi, had most of his Sword Qi shattered by the terrifying thunder fire before even touching the bullets.

Fortunately, quite a bit of his Sword Qi still hit the bullets, causing them to explode in the air, with blazing fire and thunder expanding rapidly in an instant, encompassing a large space, followed by rolling Thunder Sound, deep and resounding.

Many were struck by this thunder clap, feeling their Divine Souls shake, their souls splitting into Three Corpse and Seven Spirits, seemingly flying off in different directions!

Sun Yisheng, too, was discomforted as his Spells clashed hard against the,

bullets, the recoil causing his old injuries to threaten a recurrence.

And the vibration from the Thunder Sound almost split open his wounds.

The grand invention of Medicine Saint Sun Simiao, vanquishing gods and demons, although a powerful tool, proved exceptionally effective against cultivators!

Unless one had severed the Three Corpse, all feared the thunder, with Medicine Saint’s gunpowder clearing a path through thunder fire; no matter how high your cultivation, one could hardly withstand the bombardment of cannons, only the quantity of gunpowder being the issue.

Sun Yisheng could not care less about the damage to his Primordial Spirit; his Primordial Spirit’s arms waved, his fingers flicking out more Sword Qi into the air, like a peacock spreading its tail, meeting the remaining bullets.

His high level of mastery and fast spell casting allowed him to shatter each cannon bullet one after another!

In an instant, those bullets were now a hundred yards from them, another batch struck and exploded thunderously, waves of fire sweeping across the land, melting sand and rocks!

Sun Yisheng’s Primordial Spirit’s hands, flesh stripped to the bone, injuries flared, yet still stirred up more Sword Qi to meet the remaining bullets.

One after another, the bullets exploded in the air; the last bullet approached merely two yards in front of them, about to strike down. Sun Yisheng, shaken by the continuous recoil, tumbling Qi-Blood, was too late to block this bullet, he gritted his teeth, preparing to use his Primordial Spirit Arena to endure it.

"Even the Arena cannot dissolve all the power of this bullet! Among the present crowd, I’m probably the only one who can survive the bombardment. These scholars, I can’t protect..."

His thought was interrupted when suddenly a dragon-like Sword Qi flew out from among the Hua Gai, cleaving the bullet.

The bullet exploded thunderously!

Thunder fire poured down, waves of air rolled with the sounds of thunder, sweeping across everything!

Sun Yisheng was about to counter when in the sky under that magnificent parasol resembling a heavenly palace, a scene emerged, one thousand two hundred talisman lit up, transforming from flat to three-dimensional, forming one thousand two hundred big and small Divine, meticulously arranged.

The parasol spun, facing the surging thunder fire; countless thunders exploded outside the umbrella, waves of fire churned.

The parasol spun and howled, driven back by the thunder fire blasts, its people underneath moving quickly, stepping back a hundred and ten steps continuously, the parasol stopping all the power of the bullet, coming to a halt.