Chapter 66: Peach Blossom Evil Spirit

Saving people was urgent, speed was crucial in warfare!

Li Si first eliminated 30% of the Soul Corruption at his fastest speed. Fortunately, even though Soul Corruption differed from physical corruption in nature, it could still be resolved by consuming Fate/Luck, though it required a much higher cost.

But the resulting effect was entirely different. Perhaps this was because Li Si encountered Soul Corruption for the first time, so his Soul Corruption level had been zero before this. After consuming 30 portions of Gray Fortune in one go and reducing his Soul Corruption back to zero, he finally unlocked his Soul Evolution Level.

“Soul Evolution Level +0.3%. Description: This is a hidden attribute that only unlocks after receiving intense mental stimulation.”

“Mental stimulation?”

Li Si had some unpleasant associations, but he had no time to investigate now. Next, he consumed Fate/Luck to master the Dao Technique [Heart-Interrogation Mantra], and quickly upgraded it to a Advanced Divine Ability.

[Heart-Interrogation Mantra: Advanced Divine Ability]

[Activation Condition: A Spirit Cultivator at the Foundation Building stage, or a Foundation Building True Cultivator can activate it by consuming treasures of heaven and earth or their own Fate/Luck.]

[Activation Effect: Consumes 10,000 points of Magic Power to form a Heart-searching Soul Seal, which can automatically counter any hostile spirit.]

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“Foundation Building Spirit Cultivator? Is this split into Huashan Sword Sect and Qi Sect or something?”

Li Si was momentarily stunned, but he didn’t panic. Because he could activate this Heart-Interrogation Mantra by consuming one unit of earth energy, or by consuming one portion of Black Fortune.

So, without another word, he directly consumed one portion of Black Fortune plus 10,000 points of Magic Power, instantly forming a very mystical seal within his heart.

At this moment, all emotions like joy, anger, sorrow, fear, worry, thought, and panic, all the myriad troubles and worldly attachments, all thoughts of goddesses and tomboys, all turned into a gentle breeze and bright moon. If he could say “Amitabha,” he felt he would become a Buddha.

So, in this world, there is no Buddhism but there are Spirit Cultivators? Spirit Cultivators cultivate the mind, while Daoists cultivate the body?

This thought flashed by. Li Si instantly teleported back. However, he didn’t get the chance to continue merging into the reflection, sitting in a row with Xu Shen and Ji Chang, sharing fruits.

The Evil Spirit clearly detected a power that countered it. A soft sigh that could make one’s bones go weak was heard, followed by ten miles of peach blossoms and thousands of illusions. It seemed to want to play hide-and-seek with him, dragging out time, just not attacking him. This cleverness was astonishing.

But sister, you’ve chosen a narrow path! If you have the ability, release my two senior brothers and face me!

Li Si snorted coldly. The Wish-Fulfilling Pearl shot up into the sky again. Yes, he had purified it incidentally earlier.

Pearl: ??

Pearl: Ahhh, I’m dead again!

Taking advantage of the last glimpse seen by the Wish-Fulfilling Pearl after it was tainted, Li Si locked onto the trunk the Peach Blossom Evil Spirit extended from the Illusory Realm and cast the Heart-searching Soul Seal. This thing drifted lightly, looking ethereal. As a result, the Peach Blossom Evil Spirit acted like a female monkey with its butt on fire, its image instantly shattered!

All the illusions—the ten-mile peach forest, the falling petals, the goddess—everything collapsed. Only a lone old tree remained in place, but its roots grew out from the emptiness in the sky, like an old lady hanging upside down—well, couldn’t find another description.

Sin, sin!

There was still a solitary peach blossom on the old tree. Though this blossom bloomed gorgeously, it carried an indescribable Bizarre and sinister aura. Looking at it for too long made one feel the insignificance of life and the greatness of the goddess…

As for Xu Shen and Ji Chang, they were now standing under this peach tree. Countless slender, pink, fleshy maggots wriggled in and out of their noses and mouths. Under their skin, small fleshy bumps swelled up, squirming, squirming… Their spring had arrived.

Then, it was gone.

Gone!

The seemingly miraculous Heart-searching Soul Seal just vanished like that. It had completed its attack mission.

Fortunately, Li Si reacted quickly and understood!

So the effect of the Heart-searching Soul Seal was to pull the Peach Blossom Evil Spirit from an intangible soul state that couldn’t be attacked into the tangible Mortal Realm state where it could be attacked.

Or it broke through the Peach Blossom Evil Spirit’s Illusory Void state. After all, almost none of Li Si’s current Dao Techniques and Divine Abilities could actively attack the Illusory Void.

Hmm, even the Steadfast Mountain Seal from the Heart-Clearing Domain required the enemy to attack him first before it could counter and lock on.

Even the Disaster Warding Aura needed the enemy to throw a possessing imp or a similar effect at him to take effect.

But this Peach Blossom Evil Spirit was obviously clever as hell, or its methods were Bizarre, directly affecting his soul…

Ah, anyway, now he just needed to attack freely.

So Li Si immediately cast a Heart Cleansing Curse at it. This time it was effective. The entire old peach tree stiffened for a moment, but then instantly began to sprout. At the same time, flower buds popped out one after another like unstoppable little groundhogs, whoosh whoosh whoosh.

But Li Si’s speed wasn’t slow either. Heart Cleansing Curse, Demon Slaying Thorn, Thunder-Summoning Curse, Palm Thunder—he threw them out like they were free.

And this Peach Blossom Evil Spirit was really tough!

Each flower bud that appeared could nullify one of Li Si’s Divine Abilities.

For a while, Li Si and the Peach Blossom Evil Spirit were evenly matched, like finding one’s equal in a chess game or a general meeting his worthy opponent, a stalemate, mutual admiration!

Well, that was impossible, because Li Si’s various Divine Abilities were truly free!

Bang bang bang, boom boom boom, beep beep beep, slap slap slap, he only regretted that he had mastered too few Divine Abilities and Dao Techniques…

After ten rounds of fierce battle like this, Li Si had also cycled through all the Divine Abilities he could throw out, each released ten times. The Peach Blossom Evil Spirit probably couldn’t hold on any longer.

That peach blossom suddenly bloomed, with an unprecedented wide angle of blooming!

The strangeness of its stamens was unimaginable!

Faintly, Li Si felt again that he was about to turn into a reflection in the water.

But this time he was prepared. He immediately consumed one portion of Black Fortune, and the Advanced Divine Ability Heart-Interrogation Mantra was instantly activated, forming a Heart-searching Soul Seal that automatically countered!

What followed was a piercing, miserable shriek. The old peach tree reappeared, but that peach blossom had become a withered, damaged flower. Streams of foul-smelling, blackish-yellow thick juice sprayed down, stinking up the entire world…

And the old peach tree swiftly burrowed into the void. Was it trying to escape?

Hehe, I was waiting for this moment.

Earlier, Li Si had restrained himself from using the Iron Prison Discipline, fearing it would alert the enemy and also worried it would be nullified by the enemy’s flower buds. Now, the opponent clearly had no ability to bloom more buds. The perfect time had come.

In an instant, 108 black iron pillars descended from the sky with stern majesty, trapping the old peach tree inside. Then, mystical runes emerged on the iron pillars, mercilessly striking the old peach tree’s trunk. Each rune ignited a Hellfire.

Not many, just 99.

As the saying goes, it is impolite not to reciprocate. You gave me one, I give you 99. Good friends, for life. Background music should play here…

But the surprise was yet to come. Because Li Si picked up the tainted Wish-Fulfilling Pearl again, instantly purified it, and tossed it high into the sky. This time, the Wish-Fulfilling Pearl lived up to its name as his Ruyi. It instantly saw through the Illusory Void and locked onto the Peach Blossom Evil Spirit’s main trunk in the Illusory Realm—oh, not the trunk, but something like its growing roots.

“Heart-Interrogation Mantra!”

At this moment, what could relieve his worries? Only the Heart-Interrogation Mantra.

It must be said, this kind of Spirit Cultivator Dao Technique was extremely effective against Illusory Void soul entities. When this Heart-Interrogation Mantra struck, the Peach Blossom Evil Spirit let out a terrifying, piercing shriek. It sounded like the sorrowful weeping of tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands of people merged together—probably all the innocent people killed by the Peach Blossom Evil Spirit.

Li Si’s scalp tingled. His Heart-Clearing Domain and Disaster-Averting Domain were useless against this. His Soul Corruption level shot straight up by 30%. This damn thing couldn’t be nullified!

But things had come to this, and he couldn’t let the Peach Blossom Evil Spirit escape. Li Si cast another Heart-Interrogation Mantra. This time, it finally had an effect. The Peach Blossom Evil Spirit’s roots, originally hidden in the Illusory Void, were finally pulled into the Mortal Realm. Now you’re not getting away!

“Thunder-Summoning Domain!”

“Palm Thunder!”

Two Primary Divine Abilities were cast in succession. Then Li Si instantly teleported back to his safe spot, the “Gentleman on the Roof Beam,” because he knew what would happen next.

Since the Peach Blossom Evil Spirit was completely pulled into the Mortal Realm, then one Thunder-Summoning Domain + Palm Thunder + 99 Hellfires meant it was definitely dead. But as for the Soul Corruption before its death… please excuse me, I have urgent matters. You can find someone else to deal with it.

He could handle double-digit Soul Corruption, but triple-digit? That meant instant death!

After escaping a hundred leagues away, Li Si could still observe the scene using his Primary Alert Dharma Seal. He saw the Peach Blossom Evil Spirit tightly trapped by the Iron Prison Discipline, while the Thunder-Summoning Domain summoned a total of 31 heavenly thunderbolts. These were then transformed into a terrifying thunderstorm due to the Palm Thunder. Countless bolts of lightning wildly ravaged, blasted, and whipped the Peach Blossom Evil Spirit. Its shrieks could be heard even from a hundred leagues away…

Wait, why could he still hear it?

Li Si immediately realized something was wrong. What to do?

Of course, cling to the big shot! Whoosh! Li Si instantly teleported behind the Statue Avatar he had newly built. Then he forcibly controlled the Hundred-League Law Seal to protect its master, while simultaneously casting the Heart-Interrogation Mantra in his heart…

Soon, a few seconds later, the thunderstorm over there gradually weakened. The Peach Blossom Evil Spirit let out a final shriek and transformed into a pale, giant face. It instantly crossed the hundred-league distance and slammed headfirst into Li Si’s Divine Idol Statue Avatar.

This strategy was indeed brilliant.

“Boom!”

The Statue’s head exploded. Immediately after, the terrifying residual shockwave still nearly caused Li Si’s head to explode instantly. Fortunately, quickly appearing information saved his life.

“Soul Alienation Contamination +600%!”

“Due to the countering effect of the Thunder-Summoning Curse and Palm Thunder, Soul Alienation Contamination degraded to 300%!”

“Because you received the Heaven and Earth Decree, the Hundred-League Law Seal nullified the lethal Soul Alienation Contamination, degrading it to Severe Soul Alienation Contamination.”

“Because of your Statue Avatar, you nullified Severe Soul Alienation Contamination, degrading it to Mild Soul Alienation Contamination.”

“Because of your Statue Avatar, you nullified Mild Soul Alienation Contamination.”

“Warning: Your Statue Avatar has been corrupted. Please perform rites for it within twelve hours.”

“Slayed the Peach Blossom Evil Spirit. Obtained 1000 portions of White Fortune fuel. Obtained a Ten-Thousand-Year Thunder-Struck Peach Wood Core. Obtained a Peach Blossom Mark.”