Eternal Life from Talisman Painting-Chapter 183 - 137: Growth Type: Phantom Mask

After landing, looking at Lin Chang'an's vacant eyes, Huang Shaohai revealed a resentful, cold smile.

"The thing I hate the most is you loose cultivators' gaze. Clearly, you have nothing, yet you believe that if you struggle, you can have it all.

Today, I'll make you understand that some things are beyond your reach, no matter how hard you strive."

As the black claw suddenly dug toward his eyes, a fierce glint flashed across Lin Chang'an's pupils, and a hand abruptly grabbed Huang Shaohai.

"Not good!"

In shock and anger, a blood-red light surfaced in Huang Shaohai's pupils.

[Blood Spirit Spike]

"Pfft!"

Blood splattered as Lin Chang'an's arm was cut off, while the retreating Huang Shaohai clutched his neck in terror, the Gilded Needle having pierced through his throat.

"Damn you loose cultivators!"

With indistinct words, blood streamed from his mouth as Huang Shaohai had yet to react.

Lin Chang'an rose abruptly, startling Huang Shaohai, who hastily cast a Mana Shield.

However, Lin Chang'an did not attack. Instead, he continually activated several Talismans.

Lin Chang'an activated the Vajra Defense Talisman, a look of viciousness on his face.

"Explode!"

In terror, Huang Shaohai looked at the severed arm still clutching his wrist, the Bursting Talisman etched on it flashing with fire.

In an instant, the roaring fire engulfed him.

The Mana Shield Huang Shaohai activated actually compressed the explosion's power.

"Die!"

This time, Lin Chang'an was also ruthless. He never expected that the other party, a disciple of a minor sect, would have a Talisman Treasure.

He fully mobilized the Evil Essence Sword Formulas, and the blood-colored Sword Aura charged upward.

At the same time, the Gilded Needle, under the control of a powerful Divine Sense, rapidly penetrated Huang Shaohai's body.

Under the threat of the Talisman Treasure, if he ran, he'd be a sitting duck.

There was only one path: to fight with all his might.

"Friend... it's a misunderstanding... show mercy! I have secrets about Core Formation, I can tell you..."

As the smoke cleared, Huang Shaohai, blood and flesh in tatters, was impaled by the Cyan Bamboo Sword, and begged for mercy in fear.

However, what met him was the full-body blow from the bloodied Cyan-Horned Bull from behind.

"Pfft!"

As blood splattered, Huang Shaohai looked down in disbelief at the horn piercing through his chest.

"How could I..."

With the Cyan Bamboo Sword's Evil Essence sword energy shattering his life force, Huang Shaohai was filled with unwillingness. He still had a Talisman Treasure, he still had an ancient opportunity, how could he die.

"Don't be smug, the Li Huo Palace won't let you..."

And the Cyan-Horned Bull roared angrily, sending Huang Shaohai flying, and upon landing, it trampled him frantically.

"Oh right, I forgot to tell you, thank you for that Beast Spirit Pill, otherwise my Niu'Er wouldn't have broken through."

As Huang Shaohai faced his death, Lin Chang'an grinned with a sincere smile.

Yet upon hearing this, Huang Shaohai's eyes widened, his gaze fixed on Lin Chang'an in death, unappeased.

Before slipping into darkness, he seemed to recall, his misfortune brought fortune to the other, who obtained a premium Beast Spirit Pill from the Zhou Family.

...

"Almost lost it there!"

Quickly cleaning the battlefield, Lin Chang'an, with the Cyan-Horned Bull, hid in a tree cave within a miasma-filled area, secretly beginning to heal.

"If not for this Self-Healing Body, I'd be done for today."

In the tree cave, Lin Chang'an revealed a sense of fortune after surviving the disaster, grateful for the years spent nurturing his Lifebound Spirit Plant.

His Self-Healing Body was incredibly strong.

The wound in his abdomen, pierced by the Talisman Treasure, was visibly starting to heal.

Even the severed arm, the wound was itching, clearly regenerating.

"I'm even more grateful that the Talisman Treasure had a piercing nature."

If it had been an imprint, hammer, or attribute-type Talisman Treasure, he'd truly be gone today.

At the moment the other party brought out the Talisman Treasure, he knew escape was impossible; it was a dimensional reduction attack unless he also had a Talisman Treasure.

So he could only risk everything, feigning death with the Breath Concealment Technique at the moment his body was pierced.

"A Talisman Treasure, what kind of conduct is Huang Shaohai doing, has Li Huo Palace gone mad?"

Lin Chang'an couldn't help but curse inwardly, wondering since when Talisman Treasures became commonplace.

Even with the Three Major Sects, Talisman Treasures are only bestowed upon geniuses preparing for Core Formation.

Since being targeted, he had considered escaping.

But the problem was the Earth Dragon Beast tracking him, leaving no chance to flee.

Who would have thought he'd almost fall foul in shallow waters.

The Cyan-Horned Bull beside him also lay listlessly, its injuries healing rapidly under his Evergreen Mana.

"But this Huang Shaohai!"

He saw Huang Shaohai's disfigured corpse lying nearby, the Bloodthirsty Poison Vine spreading from his abdomen, devouring the body.

Or rather, devouring the host's blood and mana.

"This is a Lifebound Spirit Plant!"

Looking at this Spirit Plant, Lin Chang'an fell silent for a moment.

"This is the Cultivation Technique that Li Huo Palace obtained from a soul search of Wang Family members."

At first, he thought Huang Shaohai cultivated some Poison Skill, but never imagined it was the same Cultivation Technique as his own.

Only the Lifebound Spirit Plants they used were different.

And at this moment, the Profound Celestial Immortal Vine Remnant in his Dantian seemed to respond, flashing from his body.

"What is this!?"

He saw a tendril from the Celestial Profound Immortal Vine Withered Leaves slowly root itself into the Bloodthirsty Poison Vine.

The next moment, countless memories of Huang Shaohai emerged in Lin Chang'an's sea of consciousness.

The Li Huo Palace, Yue Kingdom's Three Major Sects, centuries of accumulation.

Although Huang Shaohai's status was lacking, he was still a direct descendant of the Huang Family.

The relationships between cultivators within Li Huo Palace, as well as Cultivation Techniques, Secret Techniques, resources...

These are the true wealth of Li Huo Palace!

They may not even be recorded in the Jade Scrolls.