Chapter 500 - 290: Old Acquaintance, True Core Talisman Treasure (Part 2)
Chapter 500: Chapter 290: Old Acquaintance, True Core Talisman Treasure (Part 2)
This person’s Cultivation was now on full display—they were also in the Late Stage of Foundation Establishment.
"You’re courting death!" The Cultivator was both shocked and enraged. He hadn’t expected the pair to dare fight back when facing three opponents. He hastily diverted some of his focus to pull back the Blood Net, trying to block the vicious sword strike, while simultaneously conjuring a Bone Shield in front of him.
SHLICK!
The incomparably sharp Cyan Sword Rainbow tore right through a corner of the hastily recalled Blood Net. Though its momentum slowed slightly, it still slammed viciously onto the Bone Shield!
BAM! The Spiritual Light around the Bone Shield flared erratically. The Late Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator’s body trembled from the impact, and he lost control of the Blood Net, causing most of it to dissipate in the air.
And in that brief moment gained, the Cultivator within the white Escape Light burst into action, their intent frigid!
She first crushed a Talisman, unleashing a powerful blast of Ice Qi that instantly froze and slowed the great hand grasping up from the Void below!
She looked at her relentless pursuers, a flash of indignation in her eyes. Then, gritting her teeth, she flipped her hand and produced a long, rectangular yellow Talisman, clutching it tightly.
In that instant, everyone present, including Lin Changheng, sensed a hidden, heavy power emanating directly from the Talisman. Those whose Divine Sense inadvertently brushed against it immediately felt a faint, prickling, needle-like sensation.
A Talisman Treasure!
No one present was ignorant or slow-witted. They were either experienced and worldly Late Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivators, or, like Lin Changheng, a Middle Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator who possessed a Talisman Treasure of his own.
They recognized the item clutched in the hand of the Female Cultivator disguised as a man in an instant. It was, without a doubt, a Talisman Treasure!
Lin Changheng reacted even faster. A Divine Light flashed in his eyes, and he had already made out the image engraved in the center of the Talisman: a perfect square, a "Golden Brick."
’It’s most likely an offensive Talisman Treasure.’
Although the treasure’s light was dim and its Spiritual Mechanism faint—a clear sign it couldn’t be used many more times—the moment she revealed it, the threat it posed was immense.
The apprehension in the eyes of the three pursuing Cultivators was plain to see. They immediately scattered, putting a great distance between each other to avoid having multiple people caught in a single strike from the Talisman Treasure.
But they still had no intention of turning back. Instead, they stalked them from a distance, their faces cold and sinister, like wolves waiting for the right moment to pounce and devour their prey.
They were clearly convinced that the woman was at her limit. At most, she could unleash a single strike with the Talisman Treasure. As long as they remained scattered, she could only kill one of them. The remaining two could then easily finish off a pair of spent forces who had lost their greatest advantage.
Besides, they had two Late Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivators and one Peak Foundation Establishment Cultivator. In a direct, three-on-two confrontation, victory was all but assured!
VMMMM!
A look of grim determination flashed across the White Robe Female Cultivator’s face as she began to furiously pour her Magical Power into the Talisman Treasure in her hand!
Instantly, the Talisman Treasure erupted with a profound light. A terrifying, heart-stopping aura suddenly awoke and surged, as if a slumbering, primordial dragon was slowly opening its cold eyes!
That oppressive might... it had reached the level of a True Core Treasure!
"This is bad! It’s a True Core Talisman Treasure! Fall back!"
As its power was revealed, the expression of the scar-faced man in the lead changed dramatically. Utterly horrified, he erupted with his Peak Foundation Establishment Magical Power and shot backward in a desperate retreat!
The Core Formation realm includes the Fake Core, True Core, and Golden Core stages.
The Magical Treasures of Core Formation Cultivators naturally correspond to these stages, being categorized as Fake Core, True Core, and Golden Core Treasures.
The same principle applies to Talisman Treasures, which are created by sealing a fraction of a Magical Treasure’s power. They too are designated as Fake Core, True Core, or Golden Core.
Generally, it is assumed that Golden Core Magical Treasures and Talisman Treasures are the strongest, followed by True Core, and then Fake Core.
However, there are exceptions. If better materials are used and the refining process is more meticulous, time-consuming, and arduous, it’s possible for even a Fake Core Cultivator to obtain an exceptionally powerful Magical Treasure.
Such exceptions are simply rare, however. Most cultivators favor this simple and highly accurate rule of thumb, as it is almost always correct.
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The other two Late Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivators were scared out of their wits. Forgetting all about attacking, they desperately fled, terrified that a moment’s delay would see them crushed to dust by the True Core-level power!
They never would have imagined that the Talisman Treasure held by this nearly spent Female Cultivator would actually be at the True Core level!
However, just as they were scrambling to retreat, raising their defenses with all their might, and staring nervously at the Talisman Treasure’s ever-brightening light—not knowing which of them would be targeted and preparing to withstand a True Core-level attack—
a glint of cunning and ruthlessness flashed through the White Robe Female Cultivator’s eyes, and she abruptly stopped channeling her Magical Power!
The profound light from the Talisman Treasure, which had been flaring so intensely it seemed ready to detonate, suddenly died out like a rooster being strangled. The suffocating True Core pressure receded like a tide, vanishing without a trace in an instant!
A bluff!
It was all a feint!
’She either doesn’t have the power, or she never intended to actually activate this precious True Core Talisman Treasure! She just used the trace of its innate aura to create the illusion of activation!’
"Damn her! She dared to trick us!"
The scar-faced man froze for a second before it dawned on him. His face instantly flushed a deep, purplish red as a towering rage at being tricked surged through him! He felt like a clown she had been toying with in the palm of her hand!
And in that fleeting instant—quick as a flash—while their enemies’ minds reeled from the bluff, creating a momentary lapse...
’Now!’
The White Robe Female Cultivator, still disguised as a man, and the Cyan Robe Female Cultivator beside her—her face pale from the effort of her earlier Flying Sword strike—moved at the exact same instant!