166: Chapter 166 Fighting the Illuminating Sun at All Costs
"na mo amitabha buddha..."
In the span of a single thought, Lin Chuan's Taboo Rules erupted once more.
His rules transformed into overlapping, distorted, vast, and eerie Buddhist chants, crushing down upon the Illuminating Heaven Turbid Sun that had entered its second form.
Witnessing this, the seven pillar figures of Bureau 749 also threw their lives into the fray.
Dr. Liu continuously shook the Sanqing Bell. His pupils were bloodshot, and his breathing became increasingly difficult and slow... as if some invisible force was gradually tightening around his throat.
Simultaneously, his appearance aged at an extreme rate.
"Cough... Pfft..."
In just over ten seconds, Dr. Liu had become an old man in a state of extreme frailty.
He coughed up blood, yet he still tightly gripped the Sanqing Bell, vigorously shaking the bell handles.
"Dr. Liu, your condition is too dangerous. You must stop immediately!"
Seeing Dr. Liu in this state, the Daoist Tianji, standing beside him, frowned deeply.
"It's nothing..."
Dr. Liu replied in a hoarse voice, then, with a trembling hand, pulled out a crumpled red Talisman from his chest.
"Continue!!"
"We must suppress that taboo entity and, while we're at it, obtain a fragment of its rules."
Dr. Liu slapped the red Talisman onto his own chest. Even at this moment, he hadn't forgotten his goal of extracting a fragment of rules from the main body of the Illuminating Heaven Turbid Sun.
"Huh? A Life-Extension Talisman? Dr. Liu... you... sigh!!"
Seeing Dr. Liu's action of applying the Talisman, Daoist Tianji started to speak but stopped, ultimately letting out a deep sigh.
The so-called "Life-Extension Talisman" was actually a very sinister Taboo Item!
This Talisman originated from the periphery of the Kunlun Ruins.
Only in the last two months had the Yanlong Empire's Bureau 749 managed to clarify some of this Talisman's properties.
The most important characteristic of the Life-Extension Talisman is that using it can extend one's own life.
But the cost is sacrificing one of one's own offspring and randomly releasing an anomaly or a taboo from within the Kunlun Ruins!
The Yanlong Empire had obtained a total of ten Life-Extension Talismans.
Three of them were red Talismans, along with six purple Talismans and one black Talisman!
The red Talisman was the lowest grade of 'Life-Extension Talisman,' sufficient to extend the life of an ordinary S-class taboo Master!
As for the purple Talisman, theoretically, it could even extend the life of an SSS-class Dominator! But using a purple Talisman... would likely release an SSS-class third-order or higher Dominator from the Kunlun Ruins, or even release an SSS-class sixth-order or higher Ruler!!
Dr. Liu only had one son. Using a red Talisman to extend his own life was almost equivalent to abandoning his only child.
Yet, he did not hesitate in the slightest.
For the future of the Yanlong Empire, for the smooth progress of the Deification Project... not to mention sacrificing one child, even sacrificing all his blood relatives, he did not care!
"Terror is like a long night, shrouding the heads of millions..."
"Someone must bear it, someone must sacrifice, someone must pave the way!!"
"Gui'er, do not blame your father."
Looking at the Life-Extension Talisman on his chest, Dr. Liu's expression was cold and ruthless, seemingly devoid of any emotion.
However, deep in his eyes, there was a clear flicker of tremor.
Men are not grass or trees; who can be without emotion?
He sacrificed his child because he truly had no choice.
Otherwise, he would rather die himself.
Amid Dr. Liu's low murmurs, the red Talisman paper gradually burned, eventually scorching a patch of black onto his chest.
After the Talisman paper completely turned to ashes, Dr. Liu, who had been decrepit and seemingly on the verge of death the next second, instantly became vibrant and full of vitality.
His white hair gradually turned black, and his skin regained its elasticity.
He even appeared several years younger than before.
"Yin Mansion, heed the command!"
"Malevolent Generals, heed the summons!"
"Vast and Profound Law!"
"Suppress..."
After recovering his state, Dr. Liu, not dwelling on his grief, continued to shake the broken Sanqing Bell in his hand.
He muttered incantations, seemingly praying, or perhaps summoning.
Ding-ling... Ding-ding...
The piercing bell sounds reverberated, and one eerie scene after another materialized as the sound waves spread!
The other members of Bureau 749 also began to further mobilize the Rule Power of the Taboo Items in their hands.
To deal with the Illuminating Heaven Turbid Sun, they almost threw out all the trump cards they could use in one go.
"You... court death..."
Sensing the terrifying rules emanating from each Taboo Item, the voice of the Illuminating Heaven Turbid Sun suddenly resounded for tens of thousands of miles.
On the broken black sun, an exquisite and beautiful woman's face appeared!
Her grayish-white pupils locked onto Dr. Liu and the others, her face filled with anger and resentment.
Clearly, the various trump cards brought out by Dr. Liu and the others had already begun to pose a threatening influence on It.
"Seal!!"
At this moment, Zhou Kai was also continuously utilizing his Rule Power.
Even the SS-class six taboos of meishan were attempting to harass the Illuminating Heaven Turbid Sun.
"Our Buddha above..."
"We have arrived late. Please forgive us, our Buddha!"
While Lin Chuan, Zhou Kai, the Seven Pillars of Bureau 749, and the Illuminating Heaven Turbid Sun were locked in a stalemate and confrontation.
From the dark and chaotic horizon, more voices rang out.
Immediately after, Lin Chuan saw the figures of Xiao Hong and others appear.
"Sinners... shall be punished!!"
"In the name of the Scales, order descends!"
The Weeping Blood Rakshasa was the first to move.
It muttered various words like 'order,' 'judgment,' 'annihilation,' and so on.
Lin Chuan was long accustomed to this.
The Weeping Blood Rakshasa's body was originally left behind by the former 'Guardian.'
Moreover, a part of the 'Guardian's' will always persisted within the Weeping Blood Rakshasa.
'Order' and 'judgment' were deeply etched into the rules of the Weeping Blood Rakshasa.
Creak...!!
As the Weeping Blood Rakshasa descended, a huge phantom of a Scales suddenly materialized behind it!
A blood-red radiance bloomed upon the Scales.
Faintly, the entire chaotic, pitch-black world was illuminated somewhat.
"Our Buddha is merciful!!"
Li Shanyuan, Bai Ling, Zhao Linfeng... also took action one after another.
Their rules activated simultaneously, assaulting the black broken sun in mid-air.
Detecting the assault, the mutated, twisted Illuminating Heaven Turbid Sun in its second form did not counterattack!
"Heh heh..."
From the twisted black broken sun, a series of strange sounds emerged.
These sounds carried disdain, indifference, and a trace of anger!
Seeing Zhao Linfeng and the others arrive one by one, Lin Chuan initially wanted to rebuke them a few words, but in the end... he ultimately didn't say anything more.
These people and these taboos coming here actually didn't offer Lin Chuan much help; on the contrary, they might become a constraint for him.
Because before an SSS-class high-level Dominator, not to mention a few S-class taboo Masters and S-class taboos, even an SSS-class Ancient Lord seemed somewhat insignificant and fragile!
The fact that the Seven Pillars of the Yanlong Empire could confront the Illuminating Heaven Turbid Sun was purely because they possessed enough life-preserving artifacts and some extremely bizarre and powerful external objects!