Chapter 466: Breaking the Boundary Talisman Book, Plotting for the Tripod Vessel

Three days later...

On the map, the green dots representing Zuo Lv and Lan Chengxiu had already converged, with several other green dots from the same faction nearby.

Zhou You let out a sigh of relief; he had finally linked up with Qin Lie and the others. Next, the group would follow his instructions to head north, where the presence of Witch people was relatively thin.

With the strength of Zuo Lv and the others, they could certainly stick together and fight their way to a path of survival.

He withdrew his gaze, "Zhou You, Totem lv10."

The change brought about by the level of Totem lv10 could be called a complete transformation.

Looking at the internal structure of the Witch Banner now, Zhou You no longer felt like a primary school student looking at linear algebra as he had a few days ago.

Now, whenever he saw a detail, a large amount of knowledge immediately flowed through his mind regarding the principles of Totem combination and variation, the corresponding methods for breaking them down, and so on.

The Witch Banner no longer held any mystery before him.

Qi and blood seeped from Zhou You's fingertips, hovering above them like mist, and he drew a pattern with a few gestures.

The pattern slowly landed on a wooden tablet, the power of qi and blood seeping in, appearing on the surface more clearly than if carved by a knife.

This object was called a Talisman Book!

Whether it was a heavy talisman or a single talisman, they all belonged to the system of the Talisman Book, using Seal Script to make talismans into books, possessing incredible power. According to what Zhou You had currently gathered, the power system within the Golden Immortal Dao was divided into two types: Cloud Bird Seal Script and Talisman Book.

Kunpengzi was a representative of Cloud Bird Seal Script, writing text at will, unconstrained in his writing.

The other school, the Talisman Book, used brush and ink to condense the power of text, placing more emphasis on the reliance of a carrier.

The difference was that the former was like casting a spell, used whenever needed, while the latter materialized the Seal Script, like a piece of calligraphy or a book.

"To break the Witch Banner, one must use this object."

Zhou You pressed on, constantly pinching his fingers to write and draw, and different characters appeared one after another on this three-finger-wide wooden tablet.

He was extremely cautious, fearing that a single careless mistake would cause the entire Talisman Book to be ruined.

After the better part of a day, Zhou You exhaled a hot breath and relaxed his sore, numb wrists.

It was done!

A dark blue wooden tablet with a metallic luster was covered in densely packed writing; although the characters were only the size of a fly's head, every stroke was vigorous and powerful, showing great mastery.

When an ordinary person saw it, their first reaction would be... what kind of ghost-drawn talisman is this.

Because the text on it was certainly not something an ordinary person could recognize; only a master of ancient texts like Ceng Fuzi might be able to identify it.

If it were a renowned elder within the Golden Immortal Dao, they could see the content recorded in the Talisman Book, which could be summarized as: open a path when meeting mountains, build a bridge when meeting water, travel a thousand miles, and those who block the way shall retreat.

This Talisman Book was specifically created to target the Witch Banner, used for breaking through and escaping.

Zhou You gripped the Talisman Book, glanced at the Witch Banner before him, and waved his hand forward; the powers of the Totem and the Seal Script clashed more than ten thousand times in a mere instant.

In the end, the Totem retreated in defeat, and the Seal Script won.

The Witch Banner in front opened like a beaded curtain, and Zhou You walked straight in, holding the Talisman Book.

The surroundings were vast and empty; the wilderness looked ordinary, but in reality, it was fraught with crises, with many Witch people hiding in the folds of the Witch Banner, waiting to ambush passing martial artists.

If one saw a corpse lying on flat ground with ants and maggots wriggling all around it, there was no need to think twice; there were definitely Witch people lying in ambush nearby.

Things like the Witch Banner were like curtains or gauze, scattered randomly in all directions, not everywhere.

But once they appeared, they would cut off paths and distort light, turning good places into traps and dead ends.

"..."

Zhou You suddenly stopped; he held the Talisman Book in his left hand and a wooden stick in his right.

To his front left, there was indeed a Witch person in ambush, hiding in the folds of the Witch Banner, waiting to launch a sneak attack once he approached. If it were an ordinary martial artist, that would be one thing, but the person waiting for him was Zhou You.

"Insidious rat, you dare to ambush me, you're courting death."

Zhou You raised the Talisman Book, and gauze-like textures appeared in the void before him; the Witch Banner was broken by the invisible power of the Seal Script and parted to both sides, revealing the dumbfounded Witch person.

The Witch person did not understand why the Witch Banner had failed. The next moment, the wooden stick smashed down, striking him squarely on the forehead.

With a sound like popping beans, a series of explosions erupted from the Witch person's body, and clusters of blood mist bloomed like flowers.

Although this person had not reached the level of a Martial Master, he was someone of significant background, possessing items like a Stone Disc and Stone Talisman, similar to an Amulet, each one refined by a Martial Master Witch person with qi and blood.

Relying on this equipment, he could retreat unscathed even if he encountered a Martial Master, which was why he had the confidence to ambush Zhou You.

Zhou You's strike with the stick was wild and chaotic, beating him into a daze in a mere instant.

One Amulet after another shattered, and the qi and blood power belonging to a Martial Master erupted, only to be beaten out one by one by Zhou You's stick technique.

Just kidding, even if the Witch person who personally refined the Amulets came, they wouldn't be able to beat Zhou You.

Finally, in the Witch person's desperate eyes, his head was cracked open by Zhou You's stick, and he fell to the ground dead with his head split like a rotten watermelon.

Even in death, he could not figure out why the Witch Banner had failed, and he couldn't find an entrance even if he wanted to crawl inside to save his life.

"This Talisman Book is truly useful."

Zhou You lit up the wooden tablet a few times; this object combined the essence of the Totem and the Seal Script and could be called the nemesis of the Witch Banner.

He could move freely through the Witch Banner, see through the movements of those hiding, and even cut off the path of survival for enemies trying to escape into the Witch Banner.

The Witch people had been as smug as they pleased relying on the Witch Banner, but they were just as desperate after meeting Zhou You! Zhou You thought for a moment and decided to take the Witch person's corpse with him; with so many Amulets on him, his background was clearly extraordinary.

Although he was not a Martial Master and his human skin could not be made into a Hunger Pouch, he could trade it with his tribe after the war.

After the great war broke out, the 'exchanges' between martial artists and Witch people had actually become more frequent and intimate.

The martial artists' qi and blood divine weapons, various pills, and mechanical secret treasures were the most popular spoils of war among the Witch people.

The Witch people came from Beijing, but they were not destitute; they carried a large amount of precious mineral materials and even plant and animal species that had been extinct since ancient times.

These things were also hard currency that martial artists valued highly.

This bloody battle started with orders from above, but by now, it had become a war of interests.

Many martial artists relied on looting spoils of war to fill their pockets, waiting only for the end of the war to sell them for cash and sit on massive wealth.

Not to mention the promises made by the Monarch in the conscription order: those who performed meritorious service would be rewarded.

The resources a Monarch could mobilize were unimaginable to ordinary people: rewards of wealth and family property such as fields, houses, manors, mines, livestock farms, and groups of slaves.

A legend circulates among the martial arts halls that those who perform meritorious service of the highest grade are rewarded with a Tripod Vessel.

Ever since the Celestial Beings descended to the world, the Nine Tripods have been the number one supreme treasure of the human race, symbolizing supreme authority and power.

As the years have passed, the Tripod Vessel has also become a symbol of status and standing; commoners are not fit to aspire to the tripod.

The large tripod at the Overlord Martial Arts Hall is said to have been granted after the Overlord Yan Shan performed great meritorious service; the prominent families within the city jointly petitioned the Monarch of Fucheng, and after the Monarch approved it, he was permitted to erect a tripod at his martial arts hall.

This honor is one that no other person in the entire Fucheng, including all the large and small cities under its jurisdiction, has ever received.

This tripod has also established the Overlord Martial Arts Hall's unrivaled, supreme position within the martial arts circles of the city.

Everyone from the city's martial arts halls participating in the battle fought bravely with this as their goal!

(End of this chapter)