In an instant, countless ghost souls suddenly rushed out from its lush foliage.
These ghost souls all took the form of wild beasts: giant tigers, wild boars, mountain goats, black wolves, and even giant pythons...
Their soul bodies were robust and solid, transformed into their most ferocious appearances, with Yin Qi spreading all around them, quickly charging towards Bai Ziyue and Elder Scholar.
Bai Ziyue exclaimed, his body moving as he intended to retreat, but upon seeing the Elder Scholar standing tensely in place, splitting his attention to control the Golden Thread Saber to continuously attack the locust tree’s body, while muttering incantations with intense spiritual fluctuations emanating around him, clearly performing an extremely complex spell, Bai Ziyue quickly calmed down.
"Thirty breaths, let’s go for it!"
Bai Ziyue gritted his teeth, flipped his hand, and immediately pulled out a large stack of talismans from his bosom.
In preparation for this operation, he had made countless preparations as well.
Talismans, being one of the few means within his Immortal Cultivation Method, certainly would not be forgotten.
If it weren’t for talismans not being preservable for long, lasting at most six months, he would have had even more talismans on him.
Power surged, and he lightly scattered the talismans.
Over a dozen talismans scattered by him were instantly activated, transforming into grayish lights.
Soul-Suppressing Talismans!
Soon, the grayish lights rushed towards these ghost creatures, resembling thick sulfuric acid, quickly corroding their soul bodies, causing them to let out loud roars before retreating in fear.
However, some ghost creatures, relying on their strong soul bodies, were unafraid of the Soul-Suppressing Talismans’ corrosion, and some even mastered magic, using spells like Ghostly Howl, Ghost Wall, and intimidation that targeted deep into one’s spirit.
In an instant, Yin Qi spread around, threads of interference directly affecting Bai Ziyue’s mind.
The scene before his eyes seemed to transform, resembling the terrifying Underworld Hell, making one’s heart tremble and feel a bone-chilling coldness.
The timid and weak-hearted might even have mental breakdowns and become easy targets.
However, Bai Ziyue’s spiritual power was strong, and his heart spirit was resilient, unaffected by these illusions. To him, everything felt like a breeze across his face, and he quickly restored his original sight, clearly seeing the ferocious appearances of the ghost creatures once again.
Without any hesitation, Bai Ziyue grabbed another handful of talismans and tossed them out.
He knew that these ghost creatures were numerous, and their soul bodies, nourished by the locust tree spirit’s Yin Qi, were generally robust and strong. Relying on one or two Soul-Suppressing Talismans wouldn’t be enough to kill them.
However, he didn’t need to kill all of these ghost creatures.
He just needed to hold on for thirty breaths of time.
Because as time passed, he increasingly felt the terrifying aura emanating from the Elder Scholar growing stronger and more horrifying.
The spell the Elder Scholar was casting must be extremely powerful.
But the locust tree spirit clearly didn’t want Bai Ziyue to succeed. Strong spiritual fluctuations emanated from it, causing all the ghost creatures to become agitated and ferociously charge at Bai Ziyue, disregarding the corrosive power of the Soul-Suppressing Talismans on them.
And soon, Bai Ziyue felt the ground shaking and cracking.
A huge tree root over ten meters long emerged from the ground and thrashed like a long whip.
A loud sound echoed, leaving a deep mark on the ground.
Bai Ziyue took one look and paid no further heed, given that the root, though long, was quite a distance from him, let alone the even further away Elder Scholar.
Of course, the root’s target wasn’t him but the Golden Thread Saber constantly slashing around the locust tree spirit.
The Golden Thread Saber moved swiftly and naturally, occasionally stabbing the locust tree spirit. When the spirit used its branches to attack, the Golden Thread Saber would simply turn and sever them, showcasing its sharpness.
However, the locust tree spirit’s body proved to be extremely resilient.
The Golden Thread Saber’s sharpness could only leave small punctures on its massive body, essentially amounting to nothing significant.
A giant python ghost soul charged directly at Bai Ziyue, letting out a loud ghostly howl, slightly shaking Bai Ziyue’s heart spirit before whipping its tail fiercely.
Yin Qi surged and a gust of wind followed, striking fear into one’s heart.
With its soul body being solidified, even its physical form could exert tremendous combat power.
Bai Ziyue’s expression remained unchanged as he raised his long saber.
Slash Blade Technique!
Though using Martial Arts wasn’t as effective against ghosts as spells, it didn’t mean Martial Arts couldn’t kill ghosts.
Qi and blood dispersed, power surged, bringing significant harm to ghost creatures as well.
In an instant, the thick snake tail was cut into two, and the python’s solid soul body weakened noticeably.
Blade light shone like silver as it rapidly struck, one slash after another, seemingly unending.
Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!
Under the powerful impact, the python ghost soul grew progressively weaker with each strike, becoming extremely feeble after several slashes.
Then, Bai Ziyue’s Qi and blood surged, like smoke billowing, resembling molten lava as it completely scattered the python ghost soul, causing it to perish.
At this moment, other ghost creatures had already charged forward.
In response, Bai Ziyue’s expression remained unchanged as he reached into his bosom once again, pulling out another stack of talismans.
This stack of talismans was entirely different from the previous Soul-Suppressing Talismans, not only glowing brighter but also emitting a scorching aura.
Spirit fire talisman!
This is one of the few talismans in the Hundred Talisman Atlas that requires spiritual power to draw.
Unlike Bai Ziyue’s spirit fire spell, this spirit fire talisman’s power might be slightly lesser, but its range of effect was much greater.
Power surged, instantly activating the spirit fire talisman.
Over ten streaks of orange-red flames spread quickly, engulfing the rushing ghost creatures.
Agonized howls emanated from the mouths of the beast souls, as the spirit fire’s damage to them was immense.
Fearful beast roars echoed as the ghost creatures, already corroded by the Soul-Suppressing Talismans, were further weakened by the flames. Some even turned to ashes, their souls dissipating as soon as they were engulfed by the flames.
In a blink of an eye, the original twenty to thirty beast-shaped Yin souls were reduced to just over ten, most severely weakened by the spirit fire talisman’s burn.
However, these beast-shaped Yin souls seemed to lack intelligence, as under the locust tree spirit’s control, they hesitated only momentarily before charging again.
With a cold snort, at this point, Bai Ziyue had very few talismans left, especially the offensive Soul-Suppressing Talismans and spirit fire talismans, which were all used up.
Yet, his face showed no trace of fear.