Divine & Bizarre: Increasing Points to Invincibility-Chapter 1000 - 269: The "Fireball" that Fell from the Sky_2

"Hahaha! Senior Brother, aren’t you afraid that your little Spirit Talisman might actually summon a celestial being from the heavens?" A Taoist nudged the one called "Senior Brother" with his elbow and teased with a laugh, "Who knows, maybe our junior brother will actually succeed with that talisman and call down a celestial being."

"Pfft!" The Senior Brother in the Taoist Temple couldn’t hold back, "This crappy Spirit Talisman of mine isn’t really a talisman at all; it’s just a piece of paper with some random words scribbled on it. I didn’t even infuse any mana into it, how could it summon any celestial being."

The Senior Brother in the Taoist Temple laughed even harder, "If this junior brother of ours manages to summon a celestial being, I’ll eat all the shit in the latrine and drink all the urine from the urine bucket right on the spot. Eat it clean, drink it clean."

While they were whispering among themselves, the little Taoist being pranked had no idea what was going on. He continued to point forward with his Peach Wood Sword.

His face turned red as he struggled to muster the pitifully little mana within him. Feeling that he had gathered enough, he opened his mouth and yelled, "Swiftly, as the decree commands!!!"

Whoooosh... Aside from a natural breeze blowing by, nothing happened.

The little Taoist hurried to shout again, "Why is this happening? Swiftly, as the decree commands, swiftly, as the decree commands!!"

"Swiftly, as the decree... Huh? What’s that sound?!"

Suddenly, he seemed to hear something.

Not just the little Taoist, the group of Taoists who were snickering behind him could also hear a strange noise. All the Taoists in the temple were taken aback. They couldn’t help but look all around them, but saw nothing. However, the strange sound became louder and sharper. And faintly, it seemed like there was a light shining down on them.

Wait, light? In that instant, nearly all of the Taoists couldn’t help but look up at the sky. Then they noticed a fireball in the sky plunging down towards them. The fireball was neither particularly large nor small, but the sound seemed to originate from the heavens. What in the world was that thing? At the sight of the strange fireball, all the Taoists were completely dumbfounded!

"Hold on!" Suddenly, someone realized something was terribly wrong and couldn’t help but cry out in alarm, "Isn’t that thing going to crash right towards us?" This shout frightened everyone greatly. They realized that the falling fireball from the sky did indeed seem to be heading straight for their Taoist Temple.

"Not good!" The expressions on their faces changed from initially being dumbfounded and shocked to now being terrified and panicky. The instinctive thought in their minds was... could it be a meteorite falling from the sky? Hiss! If that was the case, and if their Taoist Temple got hit, wouldn’t it be flattened to the ground? And they would be implicated as well, wouldn’t they?

Under the gaze of many a horrified eye, the giant fireball that fell from the sky grazed past their Taoist Temple and landed in a clearing not far away. In that moment, the entire surroundings seemed to be brightly lit by the fire, almost brighter than the sun itself.

Boom, boom, boom—The noise that followed was deafening, ringing everyone’s ears constantly, causing a painful sensation. Furthermore, the ground beneath their feet began to tremble violently, as if an earth dragon were turning over.

The terrifying blast of wind unleashed by the falling fireball looked like a visible hurricane, sweeping towards the Taoist Temple. Some of the more fragile structures in the temple were directly shattered by the blast, and even large trees were uprooted by the wind. The Taoists themselves were blown about, struggling to keep their footing.

Some quickly clung to the artificial rockery nearby, others took shelter behind sturdier buildings. Their faces were filled with frightened expressions, their bodies trembling with fear. Even though they were cultivators, they were afraid in the face of such a natural disaster.

After all, this kind of disaster didn’t care whether they were cultivators. If they were caught in it, they would certainly be injured or killed. Moreover, once dead, in the Netherworld, there was nowhere to even cry out for injustice.

Fortunately, the raging blast of wind didn’t last long and soon vanished. The people inside the Taoist Temple were left with a lingering fear as they cautiously emerged from their hiding places.

Then they couldn’t help but gasp in shock, for their Taoist Temple had been ravaged by the violent wind; barely any building stood intact as far as they could see.

Their temple was considered a major Taoist Temple nearby, with ten or twenty buildings within it.

Now, of the dozen or so buildings, more than half had collapsed, with only five or six structures still remaining.

Thankfully, these surviving buildings were relatively sturdy.

They happened to offer them refuge to hide in.

"Blessings... Blessings... Immeasurable Heavenly Honored, Immeasurable Heavenly Honored..." a Taoist, scared out of his wits, muttered to himself. It was clear that he was shaking all over, and there was an obvious wet patch beneath him—clearly, the recent commotion had scared him into wetting himself. After all, who could have predicted that just one second after mocking his younger fellow disciple, he would find himself in such a plight?

Meanwhile, a young Taoist boy, due to sheer luck, hid behind a rockery and avoided being blown away. The young Taoist was terrified too; his little face completely pale, he had no idea what had happened. All he knew was that he had vaguely heard strange sounds growing louder and louder before the Taoist temple turned into this.

"Hiss!" A Taoist whose head had been cut open and was bleeding touched the wound on his forehead and gasped, "What on earth happened? How could a meteorite suddenly fall from the sky? And... what a coincidence that the meteorite fell near our Taoist temple. It’s terrifying."

"Is there anyone bold enough to check out where the meteorite fell?" Suddenly, a Taoist spoke up, "I’ve heard that many meteorites are natural materials for refining instruments. They can be used to create quite powerful magical artifacts. If we can find it and present it to the Old Master, he would be very pleased, wouldn’t he?"

"Indeed... with the Taoist temple destroyed like this, the Old Master will definitely be furious when he returns. But if we present the fallen meteorite to him, he might be somewhat appeased. At least when he gets angry, he won’t take it out on us."

"Hiss, you make some sense! Let’s leave some people to check for injured and treat them promptly. The rest, come with me to see the meteorite and search for it."

Thus, the Taoists in the temple split into two groups. One stayed inside to treat the injured, while the other dashed outside to search for the meteorite.

After some thought, the little Taoist boy also decided to follow the group of Taoists outside to look for the meteorite. They didn’t need to go far.

Because the giant fireball that had fallen from the sky landed near their Taoist temple—impossibly close.

If it were any closer, it would have hit their Taoist temple directly!

"Look, over there, a huge pit! Cough, cough, cough! Why so much dust?"

"Nonsense, a falling meteorite creating such a big pit, wouldn’t it kick up this much dust? Hurry and search for the meteorite, it should be right here, at the very center of this pit."

"Hmm? No, something’s not right! Look, in the middle of the pit, isn’t that a person?!"

"What?!!"

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