Slaying Demons: Starting with Upgrading my Calligraphy-Chapter 470 - 416: "Primordial Heavenly Thunder Skill Canon
Trouble really has arisen...
Upon reaching the sixth floor of the Hall of Myriad Laws, Qi Xiu’s eyes flickered. The Clear Moon Cloud Robe he wore faintly generated silvery-white wisps of cloud mist, veiling his figure and making it appear indistinct.
Around him, a dark-red miasma stretched endlessly, piled up like mountains. With a casual grab and a gentle pinch, one could even wring blood out of it. It was sinister, cold, and so oppressive it made one feel numb all over.
This is by no means the Hall of Myriad Laws, he thought. It’s completely a Demon Cave!
"Were the floors below the sixth like this?" Gazing at the vast expanse of dark-red fog before him, from which the faint sound of tidal waves echoed, Qi Xiu turned to ask Shi Eryue, who was hiding behind him, shivering.
"No, no... Although I’ve never been to the sixth floor, I’ve heard from Elder Gu and the others that it should be an empty stone platform," Shi Eryue replied, her voice trembling. "Because the Dharma Spirits on the sixth floor are all at the peak of the Dao Body Realm. Their Spirit Essence is majestic and pure; they’ve long discarded all distractions and devoted themselves wholly to pursuing the Dao. It definitely wouldn’t look like this."
Gazing at the dense fog before her, which seemed like a surging Blood Sea, Shi Eryue clutched tightly at Qi Xiu’s lapel, as if only by doing so could she feel a semblance of safety.
The Hall of Myriad Laws is deeply hidden within the Shenxiao Sect’s territory; outsiders shouldn’t have the ability to barge in and cause trouble here, Qi Xiu mused. If it’s not outsiders, then it can only be an internal conflict within the Hall of Myriad Laws. And looking at this, the situation likely didn’t form in just a day or two. Nevertheless, the Hall of Myriad Laws has always been sparsely populated. Cultivators who come here mostly linger between the first and third floors; even the fourth floor is rarely visited. So, an opening was exploited.
Calmly observing the suddenly changed sixth floor of the Hall of Myriad Laws, Qi Xiu slowly raised both hands, forming a ponderous and domineering Daoist Incantations and Seals in front of his chest.
If I were still in the Blood-Stained Realm, I wouldn’t be sure I could handle today’s chaos, he thought. But now, I’m in the Dao Body Realm—a True Monarch of formidable power. Some things are somewhat within my control.
BOOM—
The moment the Daoist Incantations and Seals were formed, a tall, imposing, aloof, and elegant figure suddenly materialized behind Qi Xiu.
"To cause trouble within my Shenxiao Sect, I truly wonder how much courage you all possess," Qi Xiu declared, his eyes glinting. He began reciting an ancient and dignified scripture. Simultaneously, the Dao Immortal Hunyuan Daoist behind him raised the Jade Ruyi high, unleashing a boundless and towering aura that erupted instantly.
HUM—
The void trembled lightly as a series of tightly closed, golden vertical pupils slowly emerged from it.
All three hundred and sixty-five of them!
Intense rays of thunder light accompanied the appearance of these vertical pupils, streaking across the area. The surrounding blood fog retreated repeatedly, as if encountering its natural nemesis, panicked and fearful.
Hidden Thunder Heavy Pupil!
As Qi Xiu’s hand seals changed, instantly forming a Seal Art resembling a pupil, the three hundred and sixty-five golden thunder pupils that had emerged in the void began to slowly open.
BOOM—
"All-Encompassing Thunder Pupils, illuminate the heavens!"
Under the cold, indifferent gaze of those thunder pupils, large swathes of dark-red blood fog were forcibly evaporated. The entire sixth-floor space nearly transformed into a Sea of Thunder. The surging power of ultimate yang and ultimate rigidity swept through every corner, heating the air until it was scorching hot.
ROAR—
Just as Qi Xiu was about to completely annihilate the blood fog, a series of grim and terrifying howls suddenly erupted from deep within it.
The next moment, the entire sixth floor of the hall suddenly sank. Several figures, terrifyingly forceful and wrapped in oppressive power—as if intending to tear apart all things in heaven and earth—burst forth, intent on battling Qi Xiu.
These figures moved with incredible speed. In an instant, they were already upon him. Hands covered in dark-green hair lashed out fiercely, their foreboding and murky energies polluting everything around. From afar, they looked like demonic stars crashing toward the diminutive figure of Qi Xiu.
The time from the howls to the arrival of the killing blows was but an instant, swift as lightning.
"You see I haven’t manifested a Dao Embodiment, so you think you can suppress me with the power of your Dao Embodiments?" Qi Xiu scoffed. "Heh... Naive!"
HUM—
A brilliant light flared, illuminating the entire sixth floor of the hall. A vast sun rose from behind Qi Xiu’s head. The snow-white Haotian Mirror’s Light shone over everything, as waves of profound Hunyuan energy pulsed outward, attempting to suppress all things under the heavens.
"AH!!!"
Illuminated by the Haotian Mirror’s Light, seven monsters, their bodies covered in dark-green hair, their postures twisted and bizarre, and their countenances fearful, emerged from the shadows. They screamed in terror, raising their hands to block the light.
"Now!" Qi Xiu shouted, raising one hand in a Daoist Incantation. The three hundred and sixty-five Hidden Thunder Heavy Pupils suddenly shot out a golden thunderbolt that seemed to pierce the heavens. Converging from all directions into one, they formed a terrifying pillar of thunder pressing down upon the seven red-haired monsters.
CRACK-BOOM—
The thunder roared, deafeningly.
Under the scouring of the ultimate yang, ultimate rigidity thunder, the dark-green hair on the monsters’ bodies began to emit rolling black smoke and fall off in flurries. But as each strand dropped, the bubbling flesh beneath would instantaneously sprout new dark-green hair.
Witnessing this phenomenon, Qi Xiu’s expression shifted, and the Hunyuan Daoist behind him nodded slightly.
"Suppression Talisman Seal Skill!"
"Suppression Talisman Seal Skill!"
Simultaneously unleashing the power of the Suppressing Talisman, two massive Rune Arrays constructed entirely of Suppressing Talismans slowly appeared, one above and one below the monsters.
A surge of golden Suppressing Talisman chains gushed out. The lower Rune Array, utilizing the Suppression Talisman Seal Skill, locked the monsters’ bodies, immobilizing them. The upper Rune Array, also employing the Suppression Talisman Seal Skill, ruthlessly threaded its chains into the monsters’ bodies, seeking the root cause of their transformation.
However, just as Qi Xiu was about to find the source of these red-haired monsters’ mutation, countless madly writhing, twisting, bizarre, and terrifying red hairs emerged eerily from the depths of the void.
