CHAPTER 583: CHAPTER 269: LIN XUANKONG’S SECOND TRUMP CARD_3

Medicine Immortal Qu Wan’Er’s Initial Tier Immortal Artifact remained activated. Similarly, the immortal artifacts of Sect Leader Li from the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect, along with those of the three Grand Elders—Sui He, Qing He, and Cang He—were primed for immediate use. They were all clearly waiting for the instant Lin Xuankong was defeated to rescue him!

It wasn’t that the numerous Earth Immortals of the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect lacked confidence in Lin Xuankong; rather, these Earth Immortals had absolutely zero confidence in his actual strength.

Flaming Blade Duan River was a genuine Late Stage Third-Grade Earth Immortal. Now, after demonstrating the Fire Spirit Divine Skill, it was clear he had already cultivated the Fire Spirit Immortal Sect’s core Immortal Technique, the Fire Spirit Divine Skill, to an extremely proficient level. Under these circumstances, how could a mere ten-layer Initial Tier Transcendence Realm Cultivator possibly have any chance of victory against the attacks of a Third-Grade Earth Immortal?

At this moment, Flaming Blade Duan River saw Lin Xuankong refuse Medicine Immortal Qu Wan’Er’s help and couldn’t help but laugh aloud. "HAHAHAHA, this Tributor Mu, you indeed have some spirit! Good, good, good! Just for that spirit, I’ll let you attack me for two full hours first. How about that?"

To Flaming Blade Duan River, it seemed impossible to kill Tributor Mu in this confrontation. After all, Galin Bodhisattva of Spirit Platform Buddhism was watching nearby. Anyone who truly dared to kill or harm this Tributor Mu would, at best, risk their own life and cultivation, and at worst, invite the destruction of their sect!

Though Spirit Platform Buddhism outwardly preached compassion, their Dharma Protector Vajras and Dharma Protector Bodhisattvas were infamous for their ruthless slaughter. Even the Great Demons of the Profound Yin Demon Sect would be scared witless by them. Who wouldn’t be afraid!

Since he couldn’t kill or harm this Tributor Mu, this fight was naturally an opportunity to thoroughly humiliate him. After all, the Fire Spirit Immortal Sect had long since grievously offended this Tributor Mu. If not now, when else would be the time to humiliate him!

As Flaming Blade Duan River finished speaking, Lin Xuankong suddenly withdrew his right hand from the Golden Patterned Ghost Frog Pouch, a palm-sized, thin talisman held between his fingers.

He placed the talisman in his palm, then looked up at Flaming Blade Duan River. "To deal with you, why would I need two hours? A single strike is all it will take!"

Flaming Blade Duan River was stunned for a moment, then immediately burst into laughter again.

He glanced at the hundreds of Earth Immortals surrounding them, then laughed heartily, pointing at Lin Xuankong. "Fellow Daoists, did you hear that? This little ten-layer Initial Tier Transcendence Realm Cultivator just told me he only needs one strike to defeat me, a Third-Grade Earth Immortal! HAHAHAHA!"

The hundreds of Earth Immortals had clearly heard Lin Xuankong’s words. They all scoffed and shook their heads in derision.

To them, Mu Shiba’s Artifact Refining skills were undoubtedly coveted and admired. Indeed, the very reason they had all come to the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect was to gain control over this Mu Shiba!

Furthermore, Mu Shiba’s background and connections also filled these hundreds of Earth Immortals with envy. To be favored and acknowledged by Galin Bodhisattva of Spirit Platform Buddhism... any Cultivator who received such favor and recognition would absolutely be taking a shortcut to the heavens!

However, while these hundreds of Earth Immortals acknowledged Lin Xuankong’s Artifact Refining skills and his background and connections, not a single one of them acknowledged his actual combat strength!

Especially after Lin Xuankong claimed he needed only one strike to defeat Duan River, a single thought arose simultaneously in the minds of these hundreds of Earth Immortals: This Mu Shiba is far too arrogant! He completely disregards the powerful Late Stage Third-Grade Earth Immortal before him. Is he blind? Can’t he see the over one hundred thousand Flame Giant Sparrows arrayed here?

Just as these hundreds of Earth Immortals were inwardly ridiculing Lin Xuankong, the ’Leader’ of the Seventy-Six Immortal Sects Alliance, Five Elements Wanderer—the Grand Elder of the Five Elements Immortal Sect, who had once relied on an Immortal Transformation Talisman to reach the Sixth-Grade Earth Immortal Realm—suddenly focused his gaze on the talisman in Lin Xuankong’s right palm, a flicker of doubt in his eyes.

He then took out his own Immortal Transformation Talisman, examined it carefully, and murmured to himself:

"Something’s not right. The talisman in Mu Shiba’s hand is definitely not simple. This is clearly a Spirit Talisman made from Celestial Demon Hide, an extremely rare material throughout the entire Central Divine Dynasty! It’s just like my Immortal Transformation Talisman!

But this type of Spirit Talisman... apart from my Five Elements Immortal Sect, only six or seven other Immortal Sects, along with the Profound Yin Demon Sect and Spirit Platform Buddhism, possess them. Where did Mu Shiba get this Spirit Talisman, and what is its purpose?"

At this moment, Lin Xuankong infused some True Qi into the talisman in his hand and began to carefully sense it.

Far away, floating on a cloud, a smile touched Galin Bodhisattva’s lips.

「Several days ago,」 having already departed Spiritual Crane Immortal City, she had received a message from Lin Xuankong. Worried she might not reach the Spiritual Crane Immortal Sect in time to rescue him, she had specifically activated the Buddha Summoning Talisman given to her by her master, Yu Zhen Bodhisattva. She then transmitted this Buddha Summoning Talisman directly into Lin Xuankong’s hands across an immense distance.

As for the effect of this Buddha Summoning Talisman... A trace of anticipation flickered in Galin Bodhisattva’s eyes.

Ever since her master, Yu Zhen Bodhisattva, had bestowed this Buddha Summoning Talisman upon her, she had never once used it. Before attaining the Bodhisattva Fruit Position, Galin Bodhisattva had never stepped outside Spirit Platform Buddhism. Even after achieving that status, though she had undertaken numerous missions within the domain of Spirit Platform Buddhism, she had never encountered a crisis she couldn’t overcome.