Chapter 1548: Master of Both Talismans and Formations?

However, just as Shang Xia stepped into the Lord's Manor, he was surprised to find that over 20 talismans appeared around him. Each talisman turned into a node that connected with others, forming a makeshift sealing formation that pressed down upon him.

"A talisman formation?” Shang Xia exclaimed, a bit taken aback by the many talismans that appeared. They ranged from the fourth to the sixth rank, but his surprise was fleeting.

As the formation descended, Shang Xia spread his arms and pressed downwards.

"Void Seal!" As if he had given the world an order, the space around him started to freeze, halting the entire formation in mid-air.

That was the fourth move of his Six Harmony Rod T technique, and he had long since been able to utilize his technique without the physical requirement of his Stone Rod.

Even though the talisman formation was set up hastily, Shang Xia knew that for someone to be able to make a trap like that, he wasn’t entirely ignorant of the art of formations.

"Is this person a Formation Master, a Talisman Master, or... Both?" Shang Xia wondered.

With a swift motion, he pulled his hands apart. The frozen talisman formation was torn apart revealing the Lord's Manor.

When the talisman formation was torn apart, a cold light appeared and stabbed straight at Shang Xia’s chest. However, Shang Xia opened his mouth to spit out a strand of Six Direction Qi.

As soon as it appeared, it crashed into the frosty light. With a loud screeching of metal against metal, the light was forced back. Through the strand of Six Direction Qi, Shang Xia unleashed the third move of his Six Harmony Rod Technique, Void Emptiness.

At the same time, Shang Xia stepped forward, moving out of the area covered by the talisman formation.

From at least two courtyards away, a figure burst into the skies, attempting to flee Guanxing City. As he didn’t bother concealing his aura, Shang Xia could tell that it was a second tier True Immortal.

Shang Xia, determined not to let him escape easily, made a chopping motion with his hand. The space above the Lord’s Manor was torn open and the True Immortal was dragged back towards the manor despite his efforts to run away.

That was Shang Xia’s World Establishing Art. Now that he was using it, it was to chase down a second tier True Immortal.

Realizing he was in trouble, the second tier True Immortal tossed 2 talismans behind him.

One talisman, upon activation, began distorting space. It became a force that even Shang Xia's World Establishing Art could not negate.

The other transformed into a viscous liquid that quickly solidified into a wall, blocking Shang Xia's pursuit.

Each of those talismans displayed the might of a rank six talisman, and each bore distinctive traits that even a Talisman Grandmaster would recognize.

"Could he be from the Secret Talisman Gate?" The thought naturally crossed Shang Xia's mind, but he didn’t hesitate to make his next move.

Stepping forward, Six Direction Qi poured out the soles of his feet and the distorted space was forced back to its original calm.

As for the wall blocking his path... He simply drew his finger across and unleashed the fifth move of his Six Harmony Rod Technique, Breaking World.

Contrary to Shang Xia's expectations, the second tier True Immortal did not flee outside the city. He turned back towards the vicinity of the Lord's Manor, seemingly activating some prearranged mechanism.

Shang Xia immediately sensed something amiss as the normally calm World Origin Source started to stir.

The second tier True Immortal was channeling the power of the World Origin Source to bolster his own. It was less refined than the Qi Dynasty envoy, and it didn’t give him Seventh Order energy. However, it was enough for him to possess the might of a high-level True Immortal.

That made things troublesome.

It wasn’t that the second tier True Immortal was particularly difficult to handle. However, a significant disturbance in the World Origin Source would draw attention to the Guanxing City.

While Shang Xia was resolute in his plan to force his way into the World Origin Source to place his Spirit Calming Vessel, he found it better to delay being detected for as long as possible so that he could make sufficient preparations.

“Is he really a master of both the art of talismans and art of formations?!” Shang Xia frowned. he At the same time, he marveled briefly before tossing the seal in his hand.

When the Qi Dynasty controlled the Tong Continent, the assassination of the envoy and theft of the seal prompted precautions against its misuse to manipulate the World Origin Source.

Unfortunately, following the Qi Dynasty's decline and the Tong Continent’s takeover by the other factions, many of the protection formations around the World Origin Source were dismantled. Some had been repurposed, but the safeguards against the envoy’s seal had long since been destroyed.

As soon as he activated the seal, even as a foreign True Immortal, he easily quelled the turbulence in the World Origin Source and simultaneously suppressed the world origin that was bolstering the second tier True Immortal.

With the Qi Dynasty's much longer history of control over the Tong Continent, the envoy’s seal, refined through the World Origin Source by high-level envoys for over a century, was beyond the reach of any current factions.

The second tier True Immortal who thought he had a chance to resist was stripped clean of power in an instant.

Before he could think of escaping, Shang Xia simply pointed at him, sealing his dantian.

Shang Xia didn’t kill him immediately. It wasn’t that he was afraid of drawing the attention of the experts of the Essence Xing World with the heavenly phenomenon that would appear during the death of a True Immortal, but there were many questions he hoped to get an answer to.

By the time the battle concluded, only a few moments had passed. Even though the conflict was mostly contained, the commotion had long since disturbed a greater half of the Guanxing City.

Countless transmission talismans vanished beyond Guanxing City.

The news of the attack on Guanxing City could no longer be concealed. The only problem Shang Xia had was how long it would take to draw the attention of other True Immortals.

𝓯𝙧𝓮𝓮𝒘𝓮𝙗𝙣𝒐𝒗𝒆𝓵.𝓬𝓸𝒎

Shang Xia chuckled as he looked at the floating seal above the Lord's Manor. "Good thing I kept this intact..."

Moving beneath the seal, he made a simple gesture and summoned the projection of the Crimson Soul Tablet. He stabbed it into the ground below without hesitation, allowing it to tear straight through the earth to the World Origin Source.