Chapter 263: Killing the King, Battling An (Please Subscribe)

Moon Rhyme Spirit-Locking Array.

This third-tier high-grade array formation, when met with the mastery of Spirit-Seeking techniques, allowed Du En to instantly grasp an additional ingenious use of spirit-seeking, becoming one of the key factors that enabled him to forcibly break through arrays in succession before!

And now, it could naturally be used on this talisman array as well.

That natal dharma talisman appeared ordinary and unremarkable, blending into the other dharma talismans without standing out, but it was, after all, the core of this talisman array; at the subtle level of Qi regulation, it still possessed a main trunk pathway for convergence and distribution.

Du En had already locked onto it and found it.

The next step was how to break the array.

And this was another important factor.

Another skill came in handy here.

Extraction and Appraisal!

Strictly speaking, it is divided into two aspects: extraction and appraisal. Because it is a comprehensive skill that allows for exploiting loopholes, it actually appears somewhat one-sided in both aspects, not as broad or deep as singular spirit-extraction or spirit-appraisal.

But even so, the basic techniques of extraction are complete, which is how to extract and capture a single spiritual object intact from a spiritual environment where it was originally harmoniously integrated.

This aspect is very important, because a spiritual object is originally immersed perfectly in a spiritual environment, existing with various tangible and intangible connections from the inside out; if one acts crudely, the light consequence is damage to its spirit, and the heavy consequence is that it might even invert and self-destruct on the spot!

The deeper the integration, the more this is the case.

Du En has mastered the Extraction and Appraisal skill to the level of mastery, so in this regard, he was naturally already proficient!

With the two combined, he was now able to accurately and unerringly grasp the pulse of the array!

Thus, as Wang Zhun exerted his full strength, he finally moved.

Boom!

The air was almost trampled to the point of exploding; An Yan on the other side was a bystander, and as a bystander, she saw clearly, becoming immediately alarmed and hurriedly attacking with all her might, destroying the Statue-Casting Forest in a sweeping manner, attempting to rush to his aid.

But Wang Zhun, who was close by, did not react in time and was still exerting himself.

It was too late...

Wang Zhun suddenly felt his vision go black, and when he came to his senses, he saw that the sunflower-like talisman array had already been torn apart and collapsed!

Du En, whose own earth armor was also shattered, was currently quietly gripping his natal dharma talisman.

"Although I didn't pay too much attention to the force, my craftsmanship is sufficiently exquisite, so I haven't damaged it yet."

"You, pfft!"

With the talisman array broken, the Qi backflowed and his magic power inverted; coupled with being provoked by these words, he could no longer suppress it, and Wang Zhun spat out a mouthful of essence blood directly, as if even his Golden Core were about to crack.

The next moment, it truly cracked!

Because An Yan was charging in to kill, Du En did not hesitate at all and directly tore apart the natal dharma talisman in his hand, which was useless to him and which he estimated no one in the city would dare to accept.

"Just a moment ago, its ordinariness was a merit; right now, its ordinariness is a flaw."

Because it was truly too ordinary, it could not even hold on until An Yan's reinforcements arrived, and it was torn apart by Du En quite casually, without needing to expend even a little bit of effort.

Thus, this was the final straw that broke the camel's back.

Crack!

Boom!

The Golden Core shattered!

Du En turned around to face An Yan, and at the same time, dozens of dharma artifacts that had broken free from suppression scrambled like crazed crocodiles, directly tearing the falling Wang Zhun to pieces, leaving not a scrap of flesh behind.

"It seems he didn't have a second substitute jade talisman."

At this moment, hearing Du En's words, An Yan felt them to be exceptionally grating, her face covered in frost.

But facing the group of dharma artifacts that were no longer suppressed, having shaken off the heavy water and gathered back into the air, ready to strike, the white-robed woman could only drift to a stop, not daring to get close at all.

She could not help but say coldly: "It seems Senior Brother Zhao also met his end at your hands in this manner. You really dare to do this, killing directly without error; are you not afraid that our master will blame you?"

"If that were really the case, then your master's logic is quite strange. You all wanted to come and kill me, yet you won't allow me to kill you back?"

"Heh, we hadn't even made a move yet! So at most, it counts as attempted!"

"Then what about the matter of Zhou Ze?"

"..."

"You had better hope his problem isn't very big and didn't truly involve the Rotten Forest Immortal Gate; otherwise, if you all came over to meet him privately and then all died, there would be no one left to explain things clearly. Don't accidentally implicate your master; that would truly be a disaster starting from within the walls, being ruined by you few unfilial disciples, losing your reputation in your later years, and having a miserable end."

"... What a sharp-tongued, insolent cultivator!"

"Let's stop with the lip service. Now that you've recovered and I've finished regulating my breath, let's get straight to the point."

After Du En finished speaking, he struck ferociously.

Wind and sand, golden flames, hundred-fold control, living wood, and dharma-devouring wood stakes spread out directly, destroying the ground and overturning the ruins of earth and stone, as if they were surging waves.

Regarding this terrifying situation, An Yan's response was simple: she circled herself with layers of earth walls, wrapping herself up tightly.

She continuously poured in magic power to maintain it, and then, she withstood it head-on!

Hmm?

Under Du En's barrage of bombardment, he even self-detonated a hundred dharma artifacts, but he simply could not break her turtle shell, which could continuously replace the old with the new.

"A veritable masterpiece of earth walls, and, the pill-popping style..."

Madly practicing defensive spells, preparing sufficient recovery pills, and even being able to refine pills on the spot, thereby having inexhaustible magic power to squander and waste—this fully displayed the troublesome nature of a qualified alchemist.

No bells and whistles, only the brute force of resources!

Thinking about it now, her outburst just a moment ago was actually entirely the result of squandering magic power, forcefully pushing a spell she was most familiar with to the level of slightly surpassing 'small success'.

Du En pondered as he continued to bombard, re-evaluating the situation on her side.

At that time, his main energy was focused on Wang Zhun, so he had misjudged An Yan somewhat.

Adjusting quickly at this moment, he immediately realized that An Yan was likely doing, or had already finished, the usual operation of another type of alchemist: refining pills on the spot!

Knowing the enemy's situation, refining pills to counter them, swallowing and refining them to gain temporary, formidable resistance, thereby seizing the initiative, and then relying on the squandering of magic power to launch a counter-attack in one wave.

In other words, to ensure there were no errors, she needed to know all of Du En's secrets.

In other words, she had actually been feigning weakness just now, using Wang Zhun to probe Du En's cards!

Likewise, the current situation is actually the same...

Du En immediately changed tactics, launching a new attack to try and obstruct the opponent.

Giant Cannon Art!

The eight-zhang diameter was the result of both breaking through to the Integration stage and the advancement of his cultivation; it was like a meteorite falling from the sky, and with a "Boom—", it directly and forcefully smashed the multi-layered spherical earth wall to pieces.

Then, his divine sense struggled to pierce through the turbulent aftermath, barely managing to see An Yan's life-bound magical treasure, the Red Tip Pot, still radiating residual heat with its spout wide open.

A pill of mixed colors had already been freshly produced, and with a light laugh, she opened her red lips and swallowed it in one gulp.

(End of chapter)