Chapter 139: Eerie
Bai Hongtu’s single touch just now had effortlessly reduced the heavy, solid terracotta warrior to ashes. This couldn’t be taken lightly! Li Yanchu even had a bold suspicion that perhaps Master Shenshan was trapped within one of these terracotta warriors.
Though there was no wind, the talisman suddenly ignited on its own. It couldn’t even get within a chi of the warrior.
Though this talisman was just an ordinary evil-warding charm with very faint spiritual resonance, it was quite effective at detecting yin and evil energies. And now, even before it got close, it had been triggered by the sinister qi surrounding the warrior. Suddenly, a strange gleam flashed in Li Yanchu’s eyes.
Daoist Yuanyi didn’t cultivate Flying Sword Technique but was a Daoist adept in profound sword techniques, but he was not particularly known for delicate spellwork like this. However, as the head of a major Daoist temple with a thriving incense offering, he had certainly seen his fair share of the extraordinary.
“If Master Shenshan is truly within this, and it was our actions that caused the terracotta warrior to be reduced to ash, thereby harming him, then that would be our grave sin!”
With that said, he raised his ancient, dignified longsword and drew a cut across his hand, where blood started bleeding freely. At that moment, Li Yanchu felt a powerful living being within the tomb chamber steadily weakening.
Then, Daoist Yuanyi let out a sharp cry and smeared his fresh blood across the blade. Already a fierce weapon designed to slay demons and evil spirits, the sword now flared with a burst of azure light.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
After three swift strikes, a massive earthen-yellow dragon, composed entirely of sword qi, surged forth and coiled tightly around the terracotta warrior Li Yanchu had just pointed at.
No matter how that person had sealed Master Shenshan into the warrior, Daoist Yuanyi had already committed to fighting with all his might.
“All Methods Return to the Source[1]!”
Guided by Daoist Yuanyi’s flowing movements, the sword-dragon began tracing an intricate spiral path as he chanted, circling around the terracotta warrior in a mesmerizing pattern. Daoist Master Yuanyi’s sword qi, shaped like a massive dragon, began swirling in a strange trajectory as he moved through his sword forms. Eventually, it coiled into a spiral, circling around the terracotta warrior.