Chapter 541: Aurora Starfall Talisman

The eighth color lit up, instantly merging with and devouring the other seven colors. It then transformed into a deep, dark grey-green hue, spreading outwards towards the sky and in all directions.

As Chen Mobai and the others watched in shock, the treasured tree plunged into the Heart Master's chest suddenly seemed to age thousands of years in an instant. It rapidly grew into a massive tree with withered branches, yet it was adorned with a riot of vibrant, multi-colored flowers.

After the treasured tree expanded, its roots, like tentacles, individually wrapped around and enveloped the Heart Master's body, which was now in a meditative pose with eyes closed. Layer upon layer, they covered and protected her.

Subsequently, a single cyan flower fell from the treasured tree. Accompanied by a dazzling spiritual glow, it transformed into a cyan-skinned Heart Master, who appeared before Chen Mobai and the other two.

But this was not the end. At the same time, three more flowers of different colors fell.

Following this, four Heart Masters, identical in appearance and build but with different skin colors, stood at the four cardinal directions around the treasured tree.

“It is your great fortune to have me unleash this technique to grant you death,” the four Heart Masters spoke simultaneously. Then, apart from the initial cyan-skinned one, the other three—yellow, orange, and blue—shimmered with an eerie spiritual light and charged towards Chen Mobai and his companions.

Amidst the clang of battle.

Gongsun Jielu was the first to meet them, her Sword Fiend energy now fully unleashed.

Dark sword marks revived from her right hand, swirling and transforming into a pitch-black evil dragon. As it charged, its maw opened abruptly to a full 180 degrees, directly crushing the head of the yellow-skinned Heart Master blocking her path.

Candlelight flickered in Gongsun Jielu’s eyes as she activated her spiritual eye technique, peering into the true body of the Heart Master, which was completely enveloped and protected by the treasured tree’s roots in its deepest core.

Her right hand formed a sword with her fingers, her Sword Fiend energy fully revived, as if half her body had transformed into a pitch-black evil dragon. After bypassing the bewildered cyan-skinned Heart Master, she charged directly towards the treasured tree.

Amidst whooshing sounds, withered yellow vines appeared out of thin air, forming a net-like barrier in mid-air, intercepting the pitch-black evil dragon that Gongsun Jielu had transformed into.

“Mere obstacles…”

Gongsun Jielu swiftly swung her hand, and a dark sword light, like a dragon or a black crescent moon, sliced the sky-filling vines in two.

After parting the vines, the sword light continued its rapid charge towards the treasured tree.

However, at this moment, Gongsun Jielu felt a sudden numbness in her right hand. She frowned, but disregarded it, continuing her transformation into a dragon and rushing before the treasured tree.

Subsequently, a dull yellow, withered light emerged on one side of Gongsun Jielu’s body. A tender sprout pierced through her shoulder and, in the blink of an eye, bloomed into a small yellow flower.

Gongsun Jielu’s pupils suddenly dilated. She raised her left hand and, without hesitation, severed the small yellow flower that had sprouted on her right shoulder, along with the flesh surrounding it.

Amidst the splashing blood, that small yellow flower suddenly transformed into the head of the yellow-skinned Heart Master, whom she had previously devoured with her Sword Fiend energy.

The yellow-skinned Heart Master grimaced with a sinister smile, opened its mouth, and spat out a flying petal at Gongsun Jielu.

Not far away, the cyan-skinned Heart Master, who had previously been bypassed by the Sword Fiend energy, also flew over. Its hands and arms suddenly transformed into vines, like four long whips, covered with sharp barbs, and glowed coldly as they lashed out at Gongsun Jielu’s back.

With a clang!

From Gongsun Jielu’s back, sword-like streams of dark light suddenly pierced outwards, forming a wing-like sword shield in an instant, blocking the vine whips.

However, the immense impact force pushed her even closer to the flying petal-head in front of her.

This was, however, her intention. Riding on the impact force, Gongsun Jielu spread the five fingers of her right hand. A chilling sword tip, interwoven with six different shades of black and gray, suddenly pierced through her palm and shot out. It shattered the flying petal and, at the same time, stabbed into the re-formed head’s glabella.

With a bang!

The Heart Master, who was preparing to regenerate, discovered a terrifying sword intent surging into the Zifu Sea of Consciousness of this flower clone. It then exploded into a myriad of shattered petals.

After annihilating the head, the Six Imperial Sword Fiend in Gongsun Jielu’s palm suddenly retracted and vanished, extending along her arm meridians to the black sword-wings on her back.

Then, with a slight unfurling of her sword-wings, she crushed the cyan flower clone, which had been trying to escape from behind her, into a pile of fragments.

“She is using these clone techniques to stall us so her true body can communicate with the Azure Jade Parasol Tree in Danxia City. We cannot give her time!”

Determined to finish the battle quickly, Gongsun Jielu, after dealing with her flower clones, did not spare a glance for Chen Mobai or Lan Haitian. She directly transformed into a dragon again and roared as she swept towards the Heart Master’s true body at the base of the treasured tree.

At this moment, Gongsun Jielu had already evolved her Six Imperial Sword Fiend into its most powerful sword array.

Six evil dragons of different shades of black emerged from her entire body, roaring simultaneously in mid-air with open jaws. Six extremely pure beams of sword light burst forth from the dragons' mouths, centering on Gongsun Jielu's right palm, and condensed into a profound dark night sword intent that seemed capable of engulfing all light.

Amidst a booming sound!

Gongsun Jielu’s Six Imperial Sword Fiend Array slammed into the treasured tree. The withered branches began to vibrate continuously, and a deep fissure opened up. Faintly visible within the depths of the crack was the Heart Master’s true body, with even traces of blood emerging along the fissure.

Evidently, the Heart Master’s true body, protected in the deepest core, had been injured!

Seeing this, Gongsun Jielu felt greatly invigorated. Just as she was about to unleash her Sword Fiend Array again, a sensation of full-body paralysis suddenly emerged.

She widened her eyes and looked down in disbelief.

Unbeknownst to her, tender sprouts had emerged all over her body, and then small yellow flowers bloomed.

Each small yellow flower transformed into the face of a Heart Master, bearing a cold expression. In an instant, they fully bloomed, starting from the back of her right hand and engulfing Gongsun Jielu’s entire body.

Subsequently, a yellow flower cocoon appeared in mid-air.

A withered branch extended from the treasured tree, piercing into the flower cocoon. Like a blood-drawing tube, it extracted strands of vivid red from within the cocoon and injected them into the Heart Master’s body deep within the treasured tree.

“Not good, this guy has been ambushed.” Chen Mobai couldn't help but frown, noting that their mission was merely to stall the Heart Master.

Thus, facing the flower clone charging at him, he simply activated the full defensive capabilities of the Six-Yang Divine Fire Mirror. Under the control of his divine sense, the golden Xuan Yang divine light blocked water swords, water knives, water crossbows, and other techniques shot from all directions.

The flower clones dispatched by the Heart Master were clearly well-conceived.

The blue-skinned flower clone, specifically targeting Chen Mobai, could manipulate water-attribute spiritual energy.

If the oceanic environment of this Northern Nether Realm had not still been under the control of Immortal Suixian, preventing the Heart Master from borrowing even a shred of water elemental energy, Chen Mobai might not have been able to cope so easily with just the Six-Yang Divine Fire Mirror.

In contrast, Lan Haitian's approach fell somewhere between Chen Mobai's and Gongsun Jielu’s. He steadily defended while advancing step by step towards the treasured tree.

Loud "bang, bang, bang" explosions echoed nearby.

The orange flower clone seemed to wield both earth and fire elemental energies. Each flying petal was like a divine thunderbomb, which, after being repelled by the magnetic field and striking the ocean surface, generated massive tidal waves.

Lan Haitian, wielding his Stargathering Stone, had already unleashed the Yin-Yang Primordial Magnetism power of the Six Imperial Scripture.

Strands of starlight transformed into a magnetic field, combining with his domain to form an unbreakable barrier. It blocked the attacks of the orange-skinned Heart Master, slowly yet steadily advancing towards the treasured tree.

“This guy, why can he transform his realm into a domain at this stage? Is it a characteristic of the Six Imperial Scripture, or is it because he opened his realm during Foundation Establishment?”

Chen Mobai was slightly surprised to see how Lan Haitian was confronting the orange-skinned Heart Master.

“Brother Chen, Vice Department Head Gongsun is in danger now,” Lan Haitian’s voice suddenly sounded in Chen Mobai’s ear. “I will unleash a Tier 4 Starfall Aurora Talisman, but this talisman will target the Heart Master’s true body within the treasured tree. At that time, please help rescue Vice Department Head Gongsun.” As members of the Immortal Sect, they would naturally rescue if they could.

“Leave it to me!”

Chen Mobai, still an upright disciple of the Immortal Sect at heart, did not hesitate upon hearing this. He reached out and grasped the void, and a long-handled sword, shimmering with purple light, descended from thin air. Accompanied by sizzling sounds, a soaring sword intent erupted explosively with him as its center!

“This is… the unity of man and sword, the clear sword heart!”

Lan Haitian couldn’t help but widen his eyes at this sight.

The top-grade Tier 4 Purple Lightning Sword had actually completely submitted to Chen Mobai, who had just formed his Core?

This person’s talent in the way of the sword was truly rare in the world.

Among cultivators of the same realm, only Ancestor Baiguang could compare to him.

He truly possessed the potential for Soul Transformation!

Lan Haitian, who had been quite worried, felt his confidence greatly boosted after witnessing the surging aura from Chen Mobai and the Purple Lightning Sword.

He no longer hesitated and retrieved the Starfall Aurora Talisman, which he had specifically requested for this mission!

Every Tier 4 talisman, from creation to use, required registration within the Immortal Sect.

Due to the unique nature of their missions, the Heaven-Mending Group could apply for Tier 4 talismans specifically designed for combat and killing enemies. The power of this particular Starfall Aurora Talisman was immense, capable of reducing half of Danxia City to ruins.

From his own domain, Lan Haitian withdrew a talisman: a sheet of black paper with silver thread patterns, forearm-long and five fingers wide.

The moment spiritual energy was infused, three lines of password locks suddenly flashed on the talisman paper.

Spiritual energy verification passed!

Divine sense verification passed!

Please enter the activation password!

Lan Haitian’s right eye shimmered with light. As he entered the password, one by one, the blocks were unlocked by him!

After all three activation passwords for the talisman were verified, this Tier 4 talisman immediately transformed into a pale silver-blue light curtain, spanning the sky and ocean of the Northern Nether Realm.

In an instant, the light curtain condensed into a brilliant ray of starlight, as if a patch of the starry sky had fallen, crashing heavily onto the treasured tree.

Seemingly sensing the danger, dozens of flowers on the treasured tree’s withered branches instantly bloomed, transforming into a sea of flowers, attempting to support the descending Aurora Starfall!

The two Tier 4 forces clashed, and the sea of flowers burst apart.

The Aurora Starfall crashed onto the treasured tree!

Amidst a cracking sound!

The treasured tree’s withered branches snapped one by one, then broke from the middle, revealing the Heart Master’s true body within its deepest core.

At this critical juncture of life and death, she could only open her eyes. Amidst an incredibly cold gaze, the void in her palm suddenly opened, and vaguely, the situation of the Danxia Mountain Range outside the realm could be seen.

After the Azure Jade Parasol Tree received her summons, an arm-thick branch suddenly extended through this void fissure, colliding with the descending Aurora Starfall.

Before this, Chen Mobai had already swung his sword, severing the branch connecting the flower cocoon to the treasured tree.

He wanted to break the seal, but recalling the sight of Gongsun Jielu covered in yellow flowers, he restrained himself from touching them, to avoid suffering the same fate.

Boom!

And at this moment, the earth-shattering collision of two immense powers completely erupted. Chen Mobai immediately activated the Six-Yang Divine Fire Mirror, transforming it into a hemispherical light barrier that shielded himself and the flower cocoon.

A familiar figure was sent flying backward.

It was Lan Haitian; he appeared gravely weakened, his face as pale as gold leaf, as if his elemental energy had been severely depleted from activating the Tier 4 talisman.

Chen Mobai immediately reached out and pulled him into the protection of the Six-Yang Divine Fire Mirror.

“Hold on for another half a minute, the Divine Imperial Master only has one breath left!”

Immortal Suixian’s words suddenly echoed in their ears. At this moment, the Heart Master also rose from the fissure at the base of the treasured tree, covered in blood.

She had briefly activated some of her past life’s power, thinking that subduing three mere Core Formation cultivators would be effortless.

However, she hadn’t expected her defenses to be breached consecutively by Gongsun Jielu’s Sword Fiend and Lan Haitian’s Tier 4 talisman. Had she not communicated with the Azure Jade Parasol Tree at the critical moment, she would have been severely wounded, if not killed, by the Aurora Starfall.

Nevertheless, she had endured!

The Heart Master felt the void fissure beside her widening, and her connection with the Azure Jade Parasol Tree in the Danxia Mountain Range grew stronger. A look of pleasant surprise couldn't help but appear at the corner of her mouth.

“I hope the Divine Imperial Master can use that avatar to buy me another half a minute!”

After communicating with the Azure Jade Parasol Tree, the Heart Master prepared to first detonate the fire veins of Danxia Mountain. This way, she could completely break through the Northern Nether Realm.

Once the fire veins of Danxia Mountain were detonated, the spiritual energy supplied to this blessed city would increasingly weaken. Besides the spiritual veins declining in rank, it could even trigger crustal movement, causing massive earthquakes!

Even the Azure Jade Parasol Tree itself might decline in rank over long periods due to insufficient spiritual energy.

However, this was no longer important to the Heart Master.

Because once she was out, she would immediately perform a forbidden art, using the immense spiritual energy released by the detonated spiritual veins to forcibly catalyze the Azure Jade Parasol Tree’s advancement.

Subsequently, the spiritual veins of the entire Danxia City and this top-grade Tier 4 spiritual plant would transform into a Tier 5 Nine-Colored Immortal Flower, to be plucked by her!