Cultivation Simulator: Starting From The Empress' Palace-Chapter 258 - 257 Eight Trigrams Mirror, escaped

"Damn!"

Chen Mo felt a tingling sensation as he swung a sword light, striking the undead minions but only producing sparks, with limited damage to them.

Only hitting them on the head could truly "kill" these undead minions.

"Jade Purity, Origin of Purity, True Talisman Forge the Covenant, Push and Transfer Two Qi, Blend into Unity and Truth. Five Thunders, Five Thunders, Urgently Converge Huang Ning, Transform with Mist and Vapors, Roar and Bring Rapid Lightning, Summon and Instantly Arrive, Quickly Emit Yang Thunder."

Zhao Fujin chanted, her hands swiftly forming seals, and suddenly shouted. Several Yang Thunders descended from the sky, striking down a multitude of undead minions.

"Be careful, sister!"

Chen Mo’s expression changed as the undead minions surged from the forest, all heading toward Zhao Fujin.

"Nine Heavens Profound Temple, Transform into Divine Thunder, Majestic Heavenly Might, Aid Me in Battle, Duke of Thunder Assist Me!"

Boom!

With these words, from the heavens, a fierce Silver Thunder struck down, decimating the undead minions around Zhao Fujin, far more powerful than Zhao Fujin’s Thunder Technique.

Yet at that moment, the old Taoist on the donkey took out a flag from somewhere.

After casting his spell, the flag waved, and the undead minions knocked down by Zhao Fujin’s Thunder Technique all stood up again.

Even the undead minions struck down by Chen Mo’s Thunder Technique twitched a few times, but since they were too damaged, they couldn’t get back up.

Chen Mo’s pupils shrank.

The Thunder Technique greatly consumed True Qi, and he couldn’t release it without limit.

But to capture the bandit, first capture the king, Chen Mo flew toward the old Taoist.

Still, the Thunder Technique, after all, is inherently suppressive to such undead creatures.

After Zhao Fujin used the Five Thunders Technique again, the undead minions couldn’t stand up after falling.

But there were too many undead minions. If Zhao Fujin kept using the Thunder Technique, her True Qi would deplete even before dealing with all of them.

"Little one, hide well."

Zhao Fujin released the White Fox, stepped on the saddle, and leapt up a few feet.

Shing—

The longsword unsheathed, shining brightly; its edge was as swift as Silver Thunder, cleaving a crescent in the air. When it landed, it slashed diagonally through the undead minions’ necks, sending black blood splattering and several heads flying.

Then her gaze turned to the White Fox.

As the undead minions approached, the White Fox leapt, its claw slammed down on an undead minion’s head, which exploded like a stone, leaving Zhao Fujin astonished.

...

Speaking of Chen Mo’s side.

This old Taoist indeed has some skill.

After Chen Mo approached, they were evenly matched for several rounds, their fight was intense and balanced.

Chen Mo glanced at Zhao Fujin’s side of the battle, his face darkened; his Snow Dragon Steed was torn apart by the undead minions, extremely tragic.

"You bastard..." Chen Mo was furious, having ridden the Snow Dragon Steed for so long, he had feelings for it.

Heaven and Earth Lose Color unleashed, Chen Mo flashed to the old Taoist’s back, slashing toward his head.

When the Sky Question Sword passed his head, his body suddenly exploded into countless blue butterflies, fluttering in the sky.

Chen Mo was momentarily stunned.

At this instant, he heard the sound of wind breaking above and behind him, golden light flashed in his eyes, his legs straightened, and instead of dodging, he raised his hand for a strike.

But this strike was not aimed backward, but at the blue butterflies in front.

In a flash of blue, the blue butterflies suddenly transformed into the old Taoist, taking the strike barehanded.

Just now, the myriad blue butterflies were merely a high-level Blinding Technique.

The old Taoist’s expression changed, his eyes filled with surprise: "Heaven and Earth Lose Color, who are you to Lin Su Ya?"

Yet responding to him were two beams of golden light shooting out from Chen Mo’s eyes.

But this time, Chen Mo did not succeed.

The Eight Trigrams Mirror hanging under the old Taoist’s neck suddenly flew up, blocking for the old Taoist.

The old Taoist retreated swiftly, his face changing color dramatically.

Chen Mo’s expression was also not good because this counted as his first slip-up; directly dealing with Zhang Ping and that bald monk, he had killed them using Ancient Heavy Pupils.

Moreover, the strength of this old Taoist, Chen Mo suspected he was First Grade.

"Who exactly are you?" The old Taoist pulled back and distanced himself from Chen Mo, his eyes suddenly changing. Since achieving First Grade, in the entire Great Song Dynasty, he was almost unstoppable, yet he failed in front of this junior.

"The one who will kill you!"

Chen Mo’s figure flickered a few times and appeared right in front of him in the blink of an eye.

Under the effect of Heaven and Earth Lose Color, the old Taoist’s movements were slower than usual by half a beat, and Chen Mo’s speed was even faster than before. By the time he realized it all, the sword tip was at his chest.

The Eight Trigrams Mirror lit up again, halting Chen Mo’s Sky Question

"Die for me!" Chen Mo opened three Profound Gates in his right arm at once, gathering all his True Qi at a single point.

The Eight Trigrams Mirror shone brightly.

"Give up, this old man’s Eight Trigrams Mirror is a Celestial Tier Upper Grade Treasure, how could... crack..."

Before the old Taoist could finish speaking, a crisp sound emerged from the Eight Trigrams Mirror before him, and a crack appeared on the surface.

"How is this possible!!!"

"Swoosh!"

As the old Taoist was shocked, the Eight Trigrams Mirror completely shattered, and the sword tip pierced through his chest.

The old Taoist swung a palm towards Chen Mo’s head.

Chen Mo withdrew his sword and retreated.

Then he saw the old Taoist clutching his chest, leaping away.

This was to escape.

When Chen Mo was about to give chase.

The old Taoist pulled out a handful of Talisman Papers from his sleeve and tossed them behind him.

Centering around the Talisman Papers, a five-zhang radius instantly exploded, creating a vacuum zone. Chen Mo halted his forward momentum chasing and quickly retreated.

When the explosion dissipated, the old Taoist was already gone without a trace.

The undead minions close to the explosion area below were also blasted black and crisp, completely "dead."

"Junior brother, are you alright?" Zhao Fujin was far away and wasn’t affected. After dealing with the nearby undead minions, she hurried over to see if Chen Mo was unharmed.

Chen Mo shook his head, then said, "It’s a pity that cow-nosed old Taoist got away."

"When we return to the Imperial Palace, I’ll inform the Emperor first thing, and ask him to send someone to pursue," Zhao Fujin said.

"No need, that old Taoist is too powerful. By the time we return to Bianliang, he would have long fled. Sending people for pursuit would be time-consuming and futile, and engaging the military is too troublesome..."

For formidable individuals like the old Taoist, once they escape and hide in a populous county, finding them again becomes very difficult.

Zhao Fujin nodded, then immediately said, "Your horse?"

"I’ll have to return to the capital to ask the Grand Commandant for another one. Sister, is your horse alright? Otherwise, we’ll have to walk back," Chen Mo said.

Zhao Fujin shook her head. 𝐟𝐫𝕖𝗲𝘄𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝕧𝐞𝚕.𝕔𝕠𝐦

"Is the little one alright?" Chen Mo glanced at the White Fox behind Zhao Fujin. The old Taoist orchestrated such a large operation just for this White Fox.

This White Fox’s origins are surely extraordinary.

"No, junior brother, you don’t know, this little one is quite formidable. It can kill an undead minion with just one swipe."