Chapter 531 - 401: The Strongest Light Talisman Ball
Zhuge Yi saw the Sky Armor Rat and was about to snatch it back when Ye Lingyue sneered coldly.
"Zhuge Yi, do you even deserve to be called an elder of the Heavenly Armor Sect? Aren't you afraid that I'll expose all your dirty deeds?"
Upon hearing this, Zhuge Yi's scarred, old face twitched, becoming even more hideous.
He understood the implication behind Ye Lingyue's words.
At the time when the Sky Armor Rat went missing, he had killed two disciples of the Heavenly Armor Sect, intending to silence them. Clearly, Ye Lingyue knew all about his actions.
If she were to reveal this matter, not only would he become a traitor to the Heavenly Armor Sect, but Zhuge Yi would also find it impossible to establish a foothold on the mainland ever again.
Hesitating, Zhuge Yi dared not cause further trouble and could only retreat.
Everyone observed his demeanor and understood that Zhuge Yi must have been compromised by something Ye Lingyue held over him. To think an old man in his fifties or sixties was completely handled by a girl in her teens, everyone grew more impressed by Ye Lingyue's tactics.
The Sky Armor Rat was the Heavenly Armor Sect's treasured creature, capable of treasure-hunting and breaking mechanisms. Ordinary people couldn't clearly see certain treasures with their eyes, yet the rat, with its eyes the size of black beans, could see everything crystal clear.
Ye Lingyue's spiritual power infused into the Sky Armor Rat, bringing the little guy back to life.
It leaped to the ground and called out to one of the eight Light Talisman Balls, specifically one of the two unclear ones, which was likely also the one with the strongest prohibition among all.
"Hmph, quite the appetite, not afraid of choking to death," Hong Mingyue remarked coldly.
Ye Lingyue, right off the bat, aimed to grab the strongest Light Talisman Ball; even a Nine Rank Alchemist like Wen Xu didn't dare – it was hard to fathom where her confidence stemmed from.
"Feng San, won't you advise her, letting her risk it all by herself?" Cong Lv frowned, seeing Feng Xun standing aside without responding, his gaze steadfastly on Ye Lingyue.
Such a gaze had never been directed at anyone else by Feng Xun.
Since childhood, Cong Lv had known Feng Xun, but especially after Feng Xun returned from Daxia, he felt increasingly unable to understand him.
Every action he took showed the critical position Ye Lingyue held in his heart.
But in such a critical situation, Feng Xun didn't stop Ye Lingyue.
"I trust her," Feng Xun shook his head, something Cong Lv would never understand for a lifetime.
The Ye Lingyue Feng Xun knew, though unruly, was never one to overestimate her capabilities.
A simple "I trust her" was worth a thousand words.
Ye Lingyue set her sights on a particular Light Talisman Ball, her eyes narrowing like two crescents.
Unlike others who had taken their turns earlier, Ye Lingyue didn't immediately levitate into the air.
Her cultivation was not yet at the Reincarnation Realm; to fly, she needed to rely on the Star Saliva Dagger, but that would consume her spiritual power, which was already slightly inferior to others.
Taking a deep breath.
Beside Ye Lingyue, spiritual power surged out, and as it flowed from her side, a Corrosive Soul Chain appeared.
Ye Lingyue also knew that she was not strong enough on her own to break through the light fog by force, but the Corrosive Soul Chain was different.
The Corrosive Soul Chain, acquired from Yan Yi Envoy Zhan Feng, integrated both the Power of Reincarnation Gold and Reincarnation Fire. Its power could even rival an attack launched by typical Reincarnation Second Realm Martial Artists.
With a thought, the Corrosive Soul Chain zipped out with a swift sound, shooting straight towards the hazy orb of light talismans.
The power of the Corrosive Soul Chain was extraordinary; a single flying chain struck out and immediately entangled itself around the orb, with the links intertwining.
The Light Talisman Ball sensed the power of the Corrosive Soul Chain, the haze trembled, and a majestic force of prohibition instantly chopped the Corrosive Soul Chain into several segments.
"Already said it, truly overestimating oneself, to actually use that broken chain," Princess Qing Bi sneered.
Ye Lingyue seemed as if she hadn't heard her words. After one Soul Chain was severed, two more Corrosive Soul Chains formed beside Ye Lingyue, striking out like Double Dragons Emergence.
From inside the Light Talisman Ball, another two forces of prohibition burst forth, like enraged beasts, and in the blink of an eye shattered the two Corrosive Soul Chains.
Ye Lingyue was still not discouraged; unhurriedly, she again conjured Corrosive Soul Chains, this time three of them.
The three Soul Chains rose into the air, still unrelenting, attacking the cluster of light haze.
At this moment, among the onlookers, Chen Minzhi and Cong Lv slightly moved their expressions.
They all noticed that after several attacks, although Ye Lingyue had not yet broken the Light Talisman Ball, it was evident that the previously abundant light haze of the prohibition force in the Light Talisman Ball had dimmed significantly due to constant harassment.
Ye Lingyue's strength was not strong, but her ability to weigh pros and cons was first-tier.
She was planning to slowly wear down the Light Talisman Ball, like boiling a frog in warm water.
Whichever side ran out of Qi first would be the victorious side.
In the hourglass that measured time, tiny white sands kept sliding down.
From one chain to three, and then later to six, initially the Corrosive Soul Chains were without exception, always hacked apart by the prohibition force bursting out of the Light Talisman Ball.
However, when seven Corrosive Soul Chains appeared at the same time, this time, the prohibition force inside the Light Talisman Ball was unable to shatter the seven chains.
It seemed to feel the challenge from the Corrosive Soul Chains, the initially still Light Talisman Ball floating in the sky started to squirm restlessly, moving up and down like a mischievous child, attempting to escape the binding of the Corrosive Soul Chains.
Ye Lingyue's lips curled up.
Her Divine Sense moved again, the last two Corrosive Soul Chains began to spin, together with the other seven, forming a net, tightly trapping the Light Talisman Ball.
One hour, four hours, the struggling movements of the Light Talisman Ball became smaller and smaller until there was no movement at all.
The light mist had already become very dim.
However, whenever Ye Lingyue tried to break the final layer of prohibition on the Light Talisman Ball, there was always a force that prevented her from succeeding.
Time passed minute by minute.
Controlling the Corrosive Soul Chains was an immensely exhausting task; even if Ye Lingyue were made of iron, her spiritual power was nearly depleted by now.
Seeing that the Light Talisman Ball still showed no signs of breaking, Ye Lingyue's expression grew more serious, a delicate sweat appeared on her pretty face.
Now, a full day had passed.
"Not letting her represent Daxia to participate in the Xingxiu Cave adventure, the Daxia Imperial Family truly got pecked in the eyes by an eagle this time, regretting too late," a sigh came unexpectedly from Wen Xu of the Beiqing Delegation.
Ye Lingyue's actions had moved Wen Xu.
He questioned himself, as a Nine Rank Alchemist, after experiencing such a long time of spiritual attack, his spiritual power was also exhausted.