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55: Even the Thunder Demon Talisman couldn’t kill him!As Lin Jingyu ignored the agonizing pain of his tearing Meridians, his spiritual power surged like a bursting dam into the shield, causing it to hum loudly.

The light instantly intensified.

A green light shield, over a foot thick with clear turtle shell patterns flowing on its surface, instantly expanded in front of him.

On the surface of the light shield, those turtle shell patterns flowed and flickered rapidly like living creatures, emitting a majestic Aura that was ’immovable as a mountain and indestructible.’

This was the manifestation of the Immovable Mountain Formation, the core Formation within the shield, being pushed to its limit.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Three incredibly sharp blue water arrows, capable of piercing gold and stone and carrying Lin Jingxie’s overwhelming hatred, slammed into the solid green light shield almost simultaneously.

A deafening, terrifying explosion instantly erupted within the small room, like a sudden clap of thunder on level ground.

The entire mud house shook and trembled violently as if it had encountered an earthquake. Dust and thatch from the roof beams fell like rain. Large patches of mud skin on the walls were shaken off.

”What? This broken turtle shell... actually blocked it?” A look of unbelievable horror shot from Lin Jingxie’s eyes, and his eyeballs almost popped out.

This strike of his, fueled by anger, had utilized a First-Tier Medium Grade Water Arrow Talisman of immense power, and he had even forcibly channeled his painstakingly cultivated Water Arrow Burst technique to layer upon it.

Its power was enough to instantly and heavily injure an ordinary Qi Refining Fourth Layer Peak Cultivator.

The guy in front of him, whose Aura clearly only showed him to be at the Qi Refining Third Layer—that damned attacker—had actually... really held out by relying on this strange, broken shield?

What the hell is this turtle shell made of? How can it be so hard?

The massive sound of the collision and explosion had already left the villagers of Little Stone Village with looks of horror and fear. Through the long-dilapidated house, they saw the two people with flowing spiritual light.

They knelt down one after another to kowtow, their voices filled with terror as they begged the Immortal for mercy.

A smile appeared at the corner of Lin Jingyu’s mouth; it was indeed worthy of being the Green Turtle Spirit Shield.

It was indeed worthy of the Immovable Mountain Formation.

Under the combination of the two, he didn’t move an inch in the face of the triple water arrow attack.

On the opposite side, because Lin Jingxie had excessively channeled his internal spiritual power, the Yao Beast’s demonic power exploded wildly within his body.

He directly spat out a large amount of blood.

He could only keep taking pills, forcibly using his spiritual power to suppress it.

”It’s my turn.” A fierce look exploded in Lin Jingyu’s eyes. Taking advantage of the slight lull in the turbulent spiritual energy from the water arrow’s explosion, his left hand reached into the Storage Pouch in his bosom like lightning.

The various items he had acquired from the old man Gong Changshou were finally being put to use.

Soul-Confusing Smoke, release!

Black Butterfly Poison Powder, release!

Hidden weapon, Midnight Soul-Chasing Needle, release!

Sleeve Arrow, release!

Hidden weapon, Eighteen Crossbow Arrows, release!

Aphrodisiac, I Love a Piece of Wood, release!

...Various types of smoke, poison powders, hidden weapons, Flying Swords, and flying needles rushed toward Lin Jingxie like a storm of falling flowers.

If it were any other time, this would have been nothing at all.

Lin Jingxie would only need to flick his sleeve and exhale a breath of spiritual power to completely block it.

But right now, he was severely injured and simply lacked the strength to release it.

He could only struggle to use the small amount of spiritual power he could muster to protect his vital points.

Seeing the spiritual light flowing on the surface of his body,

Lin Jingyu, on his side, quickly swallowed all the spiritual power recovery pills he had obtained from the Storage Pouch of the Black Wind Stockade Cultivator Chen Biao, the Grand-Uncle, in one go.

Feeling his spiritual power constantly recovering, he gritted his teeth.

He patted the Storage Pouch once more, and a Talisman flowing with a deep purple glow and silver snake-like thunder patterns appeared, held tightly between his fingertips.

A mere thunder fiend talisman.

Now that things had come to this and the Bone Nail had failed halfway, he could only use this!

The spiritual power within his body, which was already depleted, was greedily and wildly drained by the Talisman.

Two Low-Grade Spirit Stones instantly turned into powder in his palm.

As the violent, tiny bolts of lightning traveled through his body, they burned the Yin Evil Qi stagnating within him into ashes.

This allowed Lin Jingyu to suddenly regain control over his body.

As spiritual power was continuously injected,

The thunderous light on the Talisman grew more intense, finally turning into a flickering, distorted ball of lightning that emitted a terrifying pressure.

As the last trace of spiritual power was completely drained, the thunder Talisman flew into the air with a hint of dissatisfaction.

”Die! Thunder Fiend! Destroy him for me!”

Lin Jingyu pointed his fingers like a sword, using all his strength to point at the core of the Talisman.

”Boom-crack!”

A bolt of deep purple lightning, only as thick as a teacup but refined to the extreme, was like the Spear of Punishment from the Nine Heavens. Carrying the majestic heavenly might that could destroy everything and a bone-chilling Evil Qi, it tore through the Void Realm, instantly crossing the distance of several yards to strike directly at Lin Jingxie’s head.

”No—!” Lin Jingxie’s soul almost flew out of his body in terror. The coldness of death instantly gripped his heart!

This pressure was even more terrifying than the Bone Nail from earlier.

He roared hoarsely and frantically, throwing out the Protective Talismans from his Storage Pouch as if they were worthless.

But under the lightning, it was all in vain, like a thin piece of paper unable to stop a sharp sword in the slightest.

”Hum!”

Just as he was waiting for death in despair,

A warm jade pendant at his waist suddenly soared into the air, protecting the top of his head. It then burst forth with a powerful spiritual light before shattering.

Immediately afterward, a Jade-Colored Light Shield, as solid as a physical object, instantly enveloped his entire body. Runes flowed on the surface of the shield, emitting a powerful protective Aura.

He looked at the jade pendant in a daze, his eyes moistening.

This was something his grandfather, Lin Chengyuan, had personally hung on him years ago, on the day he had set off for the Qinglan Sect full of vigor.

It turned out this wasn’t just a simple jade pendant, but a protective charm with powerful life-saving capabilities.

”Grandfather! I have already retrieved the Legacy of the Ancient Cave Mansion. As long as I offer it to the Qinglan Sect, I will surely receive a huge reward. At that time, I will definitely Breakthrough to the Late Stage Qi Refining or even the Foundation Establishment Stage, and lead our lineage to glory!”

Boom!

The lightning spear slammed violently into the Jade-Colored Light Shield.

The blinding purple light and the jade color intertwined and annihilated each other frantically.

Crack... crack-crack.

A dense, tooth-gritting sound of shattering rang out. The Jade-Colored Light Shield only lasted for several breaths before it exploded inch by inch like fragile glass.

The remaining purple thunder snakes drilled in frantically, instantly submerging Lin Jingxie.

”Ah—!”

A shrill scream that didn’t sound human echoed through the mud house. Lin Jingxie’s entire body was like a ragdoll scorched by thunder and fire, charred black and emitting green smoke as he flew backward and slammed hard into the mud wall.

The mud wall collapsed with a crash.

Dust filled the air, and the smell of char was pungent.

Lin Jingyu panted heavily, his face as pale as golden paper. The spiritual power in his body was completely drained, and his Meridians throbbed with a burning pain.

He stared fixedly at the charred figure in the dust, not daring to relax in the slightest.

”Cough... cough cough...” A weak but infinitely venomous voice came from the dust, like the moan of a vengeful ghost.

”little beast... good... very good...”

The jade pendant had blocked most of the power for Lin Jingxie, and the remaining lightning had not dealt him a fatal blow.

He looked at Lin Jingyu, whose disguise had long since fallen off due to the intense fight.

His eyes were filled with venom, resentment, and confusion.

”...little beast, as a fellow member of the Lin family, you actually attacked me! Do you intend to betray your masters and ancestors, and abandon your clan!”