Slaying Demons: Starting with Upgrading my Calligraphy-Chapter 520 - 455: Diting Technique

"Not done yet?!"

The stars of slaughter falling became increasingly dense, with each star descending, shaking the surrounding void and issuing a thunderous roar, twisting and deforming, with dragging tails of flame enough to burn a Blood-Stained Realm cultivator alive.

Holding the Haotian Mirror high, Old Man Bodhi shouted loudly while desperately inputting Dao Yuan to maintain this magical treasure.

This Daoist was simply remarkable.

To treat such a resource-consuming magical treasure as his life-bound magic treasure.

Which Daoist inheritance did he practice, for his Dao Yuan cultivation to be so vast and magnificent?

The Haotian Mirror, easily wielded by Qi Xiu, was causing Old Man Bodhi considerable distress, his beard trembling.

The consumption of these magical treasures was truly enormous; though inherently a spirit being, his Dao Yuan cultivation was significantly more substantial than ordinary beings, yet wielding this magical treasure was becoming increasingly strenuous.

Especially having to resist this continuous bombardment of stars, and in such little time, half of his internal Dao Yuan was almost depleted.

"Don’t worry, it’s almost done."

From a distance, Qi Xiu casually replied, then addressed the somewhat lazy Little Ginseng Fruit:

"If you keep dawdling, your grandfather will be smashed into a meat patty."

Being grasped at the crux, Little Ginseng Fruit discontentedly wrinkled its nose, softly hummed, and its pudgy hands began to execute ancient and obscure, weighty and simple Daoist incantations.

Standing beside Little Ginseng Fruit, Qi Xiu’s eyes flowed with a purple hue, attempting to memorize these Daoist incantations and seals.

But Little Ginseng Fruit seemed to sense something, raising an eyebrow to glance at Qi Xiu, hands swiftly accelerating the pace of the incantations, creating a dizzying, continuous mirage, making them hard to discern.

Heh, this kid...

Failing to steal, Qi Xiu smiled, shifting his gaze away.

Previously, he had proposed exchanging items for the Little Ginseng Fruit’s mastery of the Innate Earth Technique.

After all, he wanted to embody the Dao in intangible form, still lacking the earth and metal Dharma Gates from the Five Elements Method.

And the Innate Earth Technique was the pinnacle of earth’s Dao, matching the Boundless Fire Emperor, Black Water True Scripture, and Azure Eternal Wood Scripture.

Yet, this little fatty was quite challenging; regardless of the price offered, the little guy would not relent, leaving Qi Xiu helpless.

"Wu Earth Treasure Trove, embrace my heavenly heart; feel the clouds above, gain listening below..."

Reciting ancient scriptures, Little Ginseng Fruit slowly extended its right hand, pressing into the void, unexpectedly manifesting an ear-shaped Dao pattern in its palm. Ripple-like dark yellow waves instantly surged outward in all directions.

"Earth Listening Method?"

Noticing the ear-shaped Dao pattern in Little Ginseng Fruit’s palm, Qi Xiu’s eyes showed a gleam of interest.

The Earth Listening Method, also known as the Diting Technique.

An extremely mystical and powerful method of sensing with the mind.

Claiming to hear the past five hundred years and the future eight hundred hence!

Above and below, all living beings cannot escape the perception of the Diting Technique.

Moreover, this method coincides with the mind communication of the Buddha Sect, allowing it to eavesdrop on the intentions of beings, leaving no secret before it.

No wonder the Diting Technique was part of the Innate Earth Technique, which was always recorded in this Dharma Gate but never mastered.

This method is evidently the exclusive skill for the Three-Flower Lingbao Ginseng Fruit.

While Qi Xiu was internally amazed at the fortuity of witnessing this famous mystical Dharma Gate, a faint dark yellow wave was expanding toward him.

Feeling guilty, Little Ginseng Fruit instinctively shifted its steps, fearing its little schemes would be discovered by Qi Xiu.

But just as the mystical wave of the Diting Technique was about to touch Qi Xiu.

An orange-yellow halo suddenly appeared behind Qi Xiu’s head, majestic and domineering, instantly repelling the power of the Diting Technique.

Unexpectedly, the Diting Technique, which had been infallible, failed on Qi Xiu; Little Ginseng Fruit, experiencing counterpressure and fright, fell directly on its backside.

Realizing Little Ginseng Fruit tried to use the Diting Technique to peer into his heart, Qi Xiu lightly laughed, flicking a Qi Force toward Little Ginseng Fruit’s head, making it yelp and clutch its forehead.

This brat truly was remarkably mischievous, always attempting to cause trouble if not watched closely.

Fortunately, he had Human Path Merit for protection, immune to all deduction and perception-related techniques; otherwise, he might have been thwarted by this rascal.

"Quit your nonsense and quickly perceive, or your grandfather won’t hold out."

Lightly reprimanding Little Ginseng Fruit, Qi Xiu glanced at Old Man Bodhi in the distance.

The consumption of the Haotian Mirror was enormous, exceeding even the Frost Cloud Flame, and when handing over this magical treasure, he intentionally manifested it to an even more challenging state to handle.

"Understood, understood."

Having its schemes exposed on the spot, Little Ginseng Fruit, clutching its head, reluctantly stood up, resuming the Diting Technique to sense the location of the Black-Yellow Divine Soil.

The ear-shaped dark yellow waves continually expanded outward, profoundly, fragments of extremely mystical information were fed back and transmitted, slowly sinking into the ear-shaped Dao pattern in Little Ginseng Fruit’s palm.

"Found it!"

Eyes flashing divine light, Little Ginseng Fruit shouted lightly, casually throwing a dark yellow radiance towards Qi Xiu.

Grasping the radiance with one hand, Qi Xiu’s eyes flickered, then his hands came together, a vast, unparalleled, boundless blazing white light instantly converged.

Accompanied by a thunderous roar as if the world were first created.

A terrifying white column of light blasted forth, connecting heaven and earth, utterly domineering; primordial qi circulated incessantly, shaking the entire Slaughter Great Formation, splitting the void with horrific fissures.

Boom— 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

As if sensing Qi Xiu’s intention, countless divine lights of slaughter surged from the great array, transforming into a celestial curtain attempting to block the beam of light.

Yet, facing Qi Xiu’s full-force Hunyuan Ultimate Cannon.

Even the Undying Golden Body of the Domineering Body Sect would hesitate to withstand it head-on!

Forcibly crushing the obstructing divine lights, the brilliant white beam fiercely pierced through the curtain, obliterating all techniques, and fell violently like a cascading waterfall upon the position sensed by the Little Ginseng Fruit.

A deafening roar reverberated!

The great array was torn open into a massive rift, amidst the raging and surging wind, a seated figure atop the Black-Yellow Divine Soil appeared faintly.

"Little Fatty, you’ve done well."

With a light laugh, Qi Xiu flipped his hand and summoned the Frost Cloud Flame, swinging it forcefully dozens of times.

The terrifying cold frost swept across the world, mercilessly eroding every inch of heat, as the raging divine lights of slaughter, like fiery meteors, instantly froze into shimmering ice crystals amidst the sweeping cold frost, falling silently and shattering.

Deep within the frost, a towering giant ape figure stood, its body covered by azure-white frost, resembling a moving glacier.

The giant ape raised its head towards the sky and unleashed a deafening roar, under its presence, the lines of the great array slowly solidified, as if squeezed by an invisible giant hand, ready to shatter into cold art pieces.

Using this frosty power to forcibly create a path out of the great array, Qi Xiu waved his sleeve to gather the Little Ginseng Fruit, shouting towards the Old Man Bodhi still defending against the barrage of slaughter stars:

"The wind tightens, let’s scatter!"

Without waiting to see if Old Man Bodhi heard, he transformed into a flash of color, rushing out of the array.

"You brat, where is your respect for the elderly..."

Seeing Qi Xiu drop a remark and run, Old Man Bodhi’s eyebrows nearly stood upright in anger, his long-term use of the Haotian Mirror leaving him greatly drained, his speech tinged with breathlessness.

Exerting his cultivation once more, he resisted several slaughter star impacts, and in an instant transformed into a spiritual light, also rushing out of the great array.

Upon exiting the array, Qi Xiu swung his sleeve, and countless minuscule Suppression Talismans suddenly appeared in the void, too tiny for the naked eye to see.

He affixed these Suppression Talismans onto the Silken Threads.

Qi Xiu took a deep breath, raising his right hand with a Daoist Incantation, and softly commanded:

"Suppress!"

Buzz—

Golden light radiated, dazzling in brilliance.

Amidst the continuous golden halo shrouding the surroundings, all the array patterns were instantaneously suppressed.

The array’s core sealed, the ancient killing array above the three of them suddenly stalled, as if it lost its operational power, gradually dimming, and dissipating into the void.

"Finally out."

Calming the turbulent cultivation within him, Old Man Bodhi looked up at Qi Xiu, who had exited earlier.

"Daoist, you really gave me a hard time, but your magic treasure is truly impressive.

The Haotian Dao Jade, an incredibly rare celestial material from ancient times, has indeed been refined into a magic treasure.

Good, good."

Gazing at the Haotian Mirror in his hand with admiration, while continuously praising, Old Man Bodhi suddenly reached out, smearing a talisman of purple-black, filled with ancient aura onto it.

Chains constructed like crystalline structures extended from the talisman, instantly locking the Haotian Mirror tightly, forcefully suppressing its divine brilliance, preventing any struggles.

Calmly watching Old Man Bodhi sealing his life-bound magical treasure, Qi Xiu slowly gathered his sleeves:

"So, you’re not planning to pretend anymore?"

"Oh? You found out long ago?"

With a serene expression, taking in the sealed Haotian Mirror, Old Man Bodhi’s eyelids lifted slightly, seeming a bit puzzled by Qi Xiu’s unsurprised reaction.

"Logically, I didn’t expose any flaws; how did you discover it?"

"Actually, there weren’t any flaws. My suspicion of you comes from habit.

Surely you don’t think I would casually trust an unknown spirit creature in the dangerous Southern Ming Wasteland."

With a calm gaze at Old Man Bodhi, Qi Xiu continued:

"Moreover, even though each step you set up seemed very reasonable, it was just too reasonable, revealing a peculiar abruptness.

Whether it was discovering the sudden anomaly of the Hundred Herbs Cave Heaven.

Or the presence of the Little Ginseng Fruit, or the stone tablet within the ancient killing array.

All of these seem coincidental.

But upon careful consideration, it was all guided and driven by you.

Yet, this was merely my guess.

To verify it, I simply tested you slightly.

Sure enough, you couldn’t contain yourself."

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