Chapter 199 – Slaughtering Both (1/2)

The Golden Shield talisman shattered.

The East Gate Granny’s charred face revealed a mysterious expression. She held a talisman between her skinny fingers.

“Hmm?” Li Qingshan was slightly surprised. Something was amiss.

The talisman was activated. Frigid light poured out as coldness permeated the surroundings.

Crack, crack. The frigid ice climbed up Li Qingshan’s arms from his fists, sealing up his entire body. His punch struggled forward, but it ended up stopping before the East Gate Granny’s face.

Li Qingshan’s colossal body had turned into a huge piece of ice. His expression was still one of shock. The terrifying killing intent that the East Gate Granny almost found to be suffocating had been frozen as well.

Xiao An on the side was not spared either. She was immobilised by the ice.

Li Qingshan was not the only one with trump cards.

The West Gate Granny sneered. “You’ve finally managed to bring yourself to use the supreme grade Frost Wave talisman.” She knew that the East Gate Granny possessed this trump card all along, which was why she would always go easy on her. Now that she had finally been forced to use it, she could not help but rejoice.

The East Gate Granny had just survived a life-threatening attack, but she was filled with dejection. Over the century of cultivation, who knows just how much effort it had cost her for her to end up with this supreme grade talisman. It was truly her protective talisman. Even if she killed Li Qingshan now, it probably would not be able to make up for her losses.

In hindsight, she should have never come in the first place. If that old coot could die in the trap alone, it would have been something joyous. She looked at Li Qingshan again, and her eyes were filled with resentment and bitterness. She was tempted to skin him alive and break all of his bones immediately, torturing him to death.

The West Gate Granny studied Xiao An and sighed. “It’s a pity with this kid, or we could have erased her memories and controlled her with the Heart Bewitching technique. She would be able to serve as quite a powerful weapon to our sect.”

The Frost Wave talisman did not just bound people in ice. It also froze their bodies and destroyed their meridians. It was almost equivalent to a strike from a Foundation Establishment talisman. It was impossible for them to survive.

The East Gate Granny said, “The child is very strange, so it’s not exactly bad news that she’s dead. As for this Li Qingshan, he was actually a daemon, and he actually managed to hide his daemon qi so well, even posing as a Qi Practitioner!”

In the blueish-white ice, Li Qingshan’s eyes suddenly swivelled.

The East Gate Granny was stunned. “He’s still alive! Finish him off quick, or we’ll be the ones who’ll die here today!”

The West Gate Granny was startled too. How is that possible!

Crack, crack. A series of cracks stretched over the ice.

The West Gate Granny wasted no time at all. She controlled the flying needle, directly stabbing towards Li Qingshan’s heart with one hand while clutching a supreme grade talisman in the other. Suddenly, there was a burst of golden light that dazzled her eyes.

Xiao An’s frozen flesh and blood transformed into raging flames once again. She stuck a talisman to her shiny bones. It was a high grade Strength Talisman of the Guardian Kings.

A huge, golden figure burst out of the ice. It was complete with a golden sword and clear facial features. It could not be compared to the same inferior talismans from before.

At the centre of the golden man was a tiny set of shiny bones. They actually became slightly golden under the golden light, giving off a buddhist aura. It turned around and locked onto the West Gate Granny, which actually seemed like the furious glare from a guardian king.

The West Gate Granny became dazed. Her mind had been shaken, overwhelmed by the glare. She focused on practising the arts of enchantment to affect the minds of others, so her mind was obviously very powerful, yet she was actually affected now.

The Path of White Bone and Great Beauty resonated with the Strength Talisman of the Guardian Kings and unleashed unbelievable power.

Guardian kings were the protectors of buddhism. Even just a sliver of their aura was not something that Qi Practitioners could endure. Both their strength and minds would be suppressed.

The furious glare of guardian kings could subdue demons, while the downward gaze of bodhisattvas brought benevolence to the six realms.

Xiao An did not let this opportunity slip by. She rushed over to the West Gate Granny. Her white bones were emotionless, while the guardian king was furious. It raised its golden sword high into the air and swung down with enough power to purge all evil.

The threat of death allowed the West Gate Granny to return to her senses. The golden sword was only inches away now. She let out a scream and used a technique. Profound Yin true qi surged out from her body, forming a barrier. She made up her mind and also took out her supreme grade talisman. She hesitated on whether to retreat, or to activate the talisman.

Swish!

The sword cut through the true qi barrier and cut off her hand that held the supreme grade talisman.

The West Gate Granny clutched her severed arm as she shrieked and retreated. She wanted to use her true qi to retrieve the talisman, but the guardian king grabbed it instead, turning it into a futile attempt. The guardian king launched a second slash.