Chapter 1063: Pharmacist Playing with Talismans
The chains formed from Yang Haoran's Yin Spirit Power let out snapping, crackling sounds, indicating they couldn't hold the Corpse Ghouls for much longer. Yang Haoran knew this perfectly well, and the three members of the Corpse Driving Sect, including their Door Master, also understood it clearly.
However, their killing intent towards Yang Haoran had reached its peak, so even knowing that Yang Haoran's chains couldn't hold the Corpse Ghouls they had nurtured for long, they couldn't help but decisively make their move. Without exception, all their targets were Yang Haoran.
The three of them rushed towards Yang Haoran's location at an extremely fast speed, while Yang Haoran, controlling Remnant Moon, shot it directly towards the Door Master of the Corpse Driving Sect, who was the strongest of the three.
To catch the bandit, first catch the king. Once the Door Master of the Corpse Driving Sect was dealt with, the other two would be much easier to handle. Therefore, Yang Haoran's primary target for elimination was the Door Master of the Corpse Driving Sect.
Remnant Moon's speed was far superior to that of the three opponents; even the Door Master of the Corpse Driving Sect couldn't compare his speed to Remnant Moon. Especially now that Yang Haoran had unlocked more of his power, his Soul Armament, Remnant Moon, had undergone significant changes, receiving a considerable boost in both speed and power, far exceeding its performance when dealing with Xu Jingwen just moments before.
In the blink of an eye, Remnant Moon appeared before the Door Master of the Corpse Driving Sect. His expression changed; clearly, he hadn't anticipated Remnant Moon's speed would increase so dramatically. In this situation, he immediately dodged—an instinctive bodily reaction developed through prolonged combat and struggle. This reaction was faster than a conscious thought, as his body had already automatically dodged before his brain could even issue the command.
Even so, his dodge was still a little slow. Although he successfully avoided a fatal vital point, Remnant Moon still sliced open a gash on his arm, and blood flowed from the wound.
The pain radiating from his arm left the Door Master of the Corpse Driving Sect both furious and shocked. He hadn't fought against Remnant Moon before, merely witnessed its battle with Xu Jingwen's Corpse Ghouls. At that time, Remnant Moon's speed was far from its current level. He had felt that while its speed was fast, it hadn't exceeded the scope of his control, and he believed he could handle Remnant Moon with ease.
As his dodging body had just stabilized, Remnant Moon abruptly paused in mid-air, letting out a hum, then sliced through the air and shot towards him again at extreme speed, appearing before his eyes in the blink of an eye, just as before.
This time, he didn't dodge. Instead, he concentrated his power in his hands and smashed a punch directly at the incoming Remnant Moon.
Clang! ! !
The two collided, erupting with a crisp clang, like metal striking metal.
Although the Door Master of the Corpse Driving Sect's fist was flesh and blood, under the augmentation of his power, his hands had become like steel, which was why a metallic clang erupted when the two collided.
Remnant Moon was sent flying by his punch, and he was similarly forced back several meters. But before he could stabilize himself, Remnant Moon reappeared before his eyes once more.
Facing this situation, he had no choice but to swing his fist again to parry Remnant Moon. If he didn't, he could be decapitated at any moment.
The other two, seeing this, abruptly halted. It seemed they intended to come to their Door Master's aid and jointly confront Yang Haoran's Soul Armament, Remnant Moon.
The Door Master of the Corpse Driving Sect naturally noticed the two had suddenly stopped. He likely guessed their thoughts and, while delivering lightning-fast punches against Remnant Moon, he warned them aloud.
"Even if a Soul Armament is shattered, it can recover. It's meaningless even if you help me shatter this moon wheel in a short time. Only by killing the Soul Armament's master will the Soul Armament truly disappear. I'll handle this Soul Armament for now; you two go directly and kill Yang Haoran."
Although Remnant Moon was fast, the Door Master of the Corpse Driving Sect believed that as long as he focused all his strength on it and didn't let his guard down, Remnant Moon wouldn't be able to injure him.
Furthermore, with him dealing with Remnant Moon, Remnant Moon wouldn't be able to change targets later, even if it wanted to. He would use every means to tie up Remnant Moon. This way, Yang Haoran's strongest asset as an Emissary of Death would be restrained. An Emissary of Death without a Soul Armament would be severely weakened. Facing eight powerful Corpse Ghouls and his two subordinates, Yang Haoran would absolutely have no chance of survival, even if he had two helpers.
Neither of them insisted, for they both understood why their Door Master made such a decision. So, they nodded, neither wasting words, and continued to charge towards Yang Haoran.
By this time, they were not far from Yang Haoran. With all their might, both instantly appeared not far in front of Yang Haoran.
Huang Sha, who had just caught his breath, witnessed this scene. He fiercely gritted his teeth, then let out a furious roar. A dense layer of green Demon Power enveloped his body, and the surrounding ground instantly turned to sand. A massive amount of sand and mud converged towards his body. Before the two attackers could even lay a hand on Yang Haoran, a colossal yellow monster suddenly rose from the ground, blocking their path.
This yellow monster was as tall as a thirty-story building, its massive physique resembling a small mountain. Its entire body was condensed from a vast amount of sand and mud, which rolled and shifted across its surface like living creatures.
As soon as the monster appeared, it fiercely threw a punch at the two individuals before it.
The fist was enormous, the size of a house, and thus, this single punch directly enveloped both of them.
The two were too late to dodge and could only mobilize the power within their bodies to directly receive the monster's punch.
Boom! ! !
The grayish-white power collided with the colossal fist, erupting in a deafening roar. In an instant, a great cloud of yellow sand rose, the ground trembled violently, and violent air currents swept wildly in all directions.
The monster was directly in front of Yang Haoran, and as the violent air currents spread outwards, it naturally bore the brunt of them. However, it made no attempt to dodge. The destructive force of the raging shockwaves was dissipated by the Yin Qi shield on its body, not budging it in the slightest.
On the other side, the eight Corpse Ghouls in the sea of flames successively shattered the chains on their bodies. The chains dissipated into Yin Qi, and without their restraint, the eight Corpse Ghouls regained their freedom.
The main purpose of the chains was merely to contain them and didn't inflict much damage. However, eight top-tier fire talismans had indeed caused them considerable harm.
As Xiang Chuan had said before, the Holy Mother Cult's Saintly Power was naturally the most potent against zombies. While flames of equal intensity couldn't compare to Saintly Power of the same intensity, they were still formidable in terms of lethality against zombies. After these eight Corpse Ghouls were trapped by chains condensed from Yang Haoran's Yin Spirit Power, they were immediately subjected to burning flames. Furthermore, these flames were transformed from the power of top-tier Black Talismans, so the damage they sustained was naturally not insignificant.
If not for the inherent power of these eight Corpse Ghouls, any other ordinary Corpse Ghouls would likely have been reduced to ashes under the fiery incineration.
Precisely because the strength of these eight Corpse Ghouls was far beyond that of ordinary Corpse Ghouls, they only suffered considerable damage, and their destructive power still persisted.
Of course, if Xiang Chuan were a Talisman Master instead of a Pharmacist, the damage sustained by these eight Corpse Ghouls would surely have doubled. This is because Xiang Chuan was unable to fully unleash the power of these eight top-tier Black Talismans; only a Talisman Master could accomplish that. To put it simply, Xiang Chuan's use of these eight top-tier Black Talismans was, in fact, somewhat wasteful.
After shattering the chains on their bodies one after another, the eight Corpse Ghouls rushed out of the sea of flames. From their furious roars, it was not difficult to tell that they were still a long way from being weakened.
Watching the eight Corpse Ghouls rush out of the sea of flames, Xiang Chuan's face showed not a trace of panic. He maintained his jovial expression and unhurriedly waved his hand at the incoming eight Corpse Ghouls.
"Heh heh, though this young master isn't a Talisman Master, I have plenty of talismans on me!"
Another eight talismans were conjured by him. Augmented by his power, the eight talismans shot out like lightning, adhering to each of the eight Corpse Ghouls once more.
This time, although the talismans he unleashed were still Black Talismans, and top-tier Black Talismans at that, they were no longer the fire talismans he had used moments ago.
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