277: Chapter 277 How did it taste?

Mo Chen poured in his Qi, and the surface of the banner suddenly swelled to about ten feet in size. Black mist condensed into a pitch-black pillar of light, wrapped in the screams of hundreds of resentful Souls as it shot toward Su Yunling.

The power of this strike was already approaching the full-strength blow of a Late Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator.

Su Yunling's pupils constricted. She had no time to cast another Spell, so she slapped her Storage Pouch with her right hand and retrieved a silver-white round shield.

It was also a supreme grade Magical Artifact, the mystic ice silver shield.

Complex ice-element Array Inscriptionss were engraved on the shield's surface. After Qi was injected, three layers of silver-white ice-light barriers burst forth.

The black pillar of light slammed into the ice-light barriers. The first layer shattered on the spot, the second cracked, and the third barely held on, but Su Yunling was pushed back seven or eight zhang by the impact, her feet plowing two deep ruts into the ground.

She stabilized her body and once again retrieved a crimson shortsword from her Storage Pouch.

It was surprisingly another supreme grade Magical Artifact, the heaven burning sword.

The blade was entirely crimson, with flame patterns engraved on its spine. After Qi was injected, the blade's temperature rose sharply, and the surrounding air crackled from the heat.

With one for offense and one for defense, she held two supreme grade Magical Artifacts simultaneously.

These two supreme grade Magical Artifacts were both given to her by her younger brother, Su Cheng. She usually wouldn't use them, but now she had no choice.

Mo Chen's eyes narrowed, his heart already filled with immense shock.

Two supreme grade Magical Artifacts? An Early Foundation Establishment Stage Disciple carrying two supreme grade Magical Artifacts? Was this for real? Had the Tiangang Sect become this wealthy and powerful?

Not just him, but the other Cultivators in the fierce battle nearby also caught a glimpse of the two supreme grade Magical Artifacts flowing with spiritual light in Su Yunling's hands, and their hearts skipped a beat.

A supreme grade Magical Artifact was something only two or three of the thirteen Pingling Prefecture Cultivators present possessed. Most Foundation Establishment Cultivators might struggle their whole lives and still not own one, yet this little girl brought out two the moment she made a move.

Several Cultivators from the Qinghe Prefecture side also looked over. Elder Liu glanced while parrying with his Flying Sword, secretly clicking his tongue in amazement.

But currently, everyone had their own opponents to deal with. Spells and Magical Artifacts clashed incessantly, and no one could spare a moment to think about anything else.

Whether it was greed or shock, it would have to wait until they survived this battle.

Over there, Mo Chen was shocked, but he had no intention of retreating. The more good things the opponent had, the better; that way, after he killed her, all these treasures would be his.

With the hundred soul banner in hand, his combat power was far more than just that previous strike.

"Little girl, you have quite a few trump cards," Mo Chen's tone regained some composure. "But you think you can fight me just because you have two supreme grade Magical Artifacts? Do you think I'm a pushover?"

He activated the hundred soul banner, and the black mist on its surface split into over a dozen Early Foundation Establishment Stage wandering Souls. Each condensed into a fist-sized black skull and spread out to flank Su Yunling.

Su Yunling slashed out three fire-element Sword Qi with the heaven burning sword, destroying the three nearest skulls, but the rest approached from the sides and back, each carrying a yin-cold power that could erode the Divine Soul.

She was forced to split her focus to control the mystic ice silver shield to protect her back while using the heaven burning sword to deal with the front.

The rhythm of her offense and defense was disrupted.

Mo Chen took the opportunity to activate the hundred soul banner again. A second black pillar of light condensed, thicker and fiercer than the first, aiming straight for Su Yunling's face.

Su Yunling gritted her teeth, and the mystic ice silver shield flew from her back to her front, opening the three layers of ice-light barriers once more.

It was another direct block. This time she was pushed back twelve zhang, her left arm went numb, and the Qi circulation in her Meridians briefly stalled.

By this point, Su Yunling could see the situation clearly. With the gap in cultivation and the power of the supreme grade hundred soul banner, her two supreme grade Magical Artifacts could only barely maintain a stalemate; winning would be very difficult.

Moreover, seeing how the opponent seemed to be acting with ease, he likely hadn't used his full strength yet.

She could feel that there was still an extremely solid Soul fluctuation inside the hundred soul banner that hadn't been released yet.

The strength of that fluctuation was even more robust than Mo Chen's own Divine Soul.

As expected, seeing that two rounds of attacks failed to take down Su Yunling, a flash of impatience crossed Mo Chen's face.

"I didn't want to use this..." he muttered softly, then poured his Qi into the hundred soul banner.

The banner shook violently, and amidst the surging black mist, a solid Divine Soul drifted out from the very center.

It was the phantom of a middle-aged man with a thin face and an air of integrity between his brows.

The phantom's Soul strength was at the Late Foundation Establishment Stage.

When Su Yunling saw that Divine Soul, she couldn't hide the shock in her eyes.

Because there was no one in the Tiangang Sect who wouldn't recognize this Soul phantom.

Not far behind her, Elder Jiang, who was struggling with the Cultivators from the Qiankun Gate, also caught it with his peripheral vision.

"Chen Tai!"

Elder Jiang's roar came from behind, his voice filled with uncontrollable anger and grief.

"That is Elder Chen Tai's Soul! You beasts of the Black Rock Palace! You actually dared to refine Elder Chen Tai into a Soul Slave!"

Chen Tai was a Late Stage Foundation Establishment Elder of the Tiangang Sect. He had been sent to Fallen Phoenix Valley to investigate the Blazing Fire Sect years ago and never returned; the Sect had posthumously honored him as a martyr.

His Soul had actually been refined by the people of the Black Rock Palace into the main Soul of a Magical Artifact.

Elder Jiang was enraged. The bronze flying shield in his hand suddenly accelerated its rotation, and the three layers of green light surged to five. With one hit of the shield, he smashed the Black Rock Palace Late Stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator back several zhang, then turned to rush toward Mo Chen.

But how could the Black Rock Palace Cultivator let him go? Magical Artifact threads chased from behind, forcing Elder Jiang to turn back and parry.

The pressure on Su Yunling's side surged.

After Chen Tai's Divine Soul drifted out of the hundred soul banner, his eyes were hollow and his face expressionless. Under Mo Chen's control, he launched a Divine Soul attack at Su Yunling.

An invisible mental shockwave crushed toward her Sea of Consciousness with a force that far exceeded a Mid-stage Foundation Establishment Cultivator's Divine Soul attack.

Su Yunling's Sea of Consciousness shook violently, her vision went dark, and she nearly lost control of her Magical Artifacts.

She bit the tip of her tongue and sprayed a mouthful of essence blood onto the mystic ice silver shield. The ice light on the shield flared up, barely blocking the subsequent physical attacks.

However, her Magical Artifacts could not block the shock at the Divine Soul level.

Mo Chen's Bone Sword took the opportunity to stab forward. Su Yunling parried with the heaven burning sword, and as the fire collided with the Yin Qi, she was shaken back several steps.

"How is it?" Mo Chen's voice came from behind the black mist. "How does a Divine Soul attack from a Late Stage Foundation Establishment Elder feel?"

Su Yunling didn't answer. She was currently somewhat annoyed, though not because of Elder Chen Tai. He was Chen Zifan's grandfather; if he was dead, he was dead, and it had nothing to do with her.

What annoyed her was the current situation. With her cultivation level being one minor stage lower and the opponent having the supreme grade hundred soul banner plus a Late Foundation Establishment Stage Divine Soul attack, her two supreme grade Magical Artifacts and two Shi-level Spells could only barely maintain a stalemate.

She hadn't wanted to use those things, but now...

Su Yunling gave a helpless smile, then looked at Mo Chen and said seriously, "Not that great."

Mo Chen was stunned. Before he could react to what those words meant, Su Yunling's Divine Sense had already reached into her Storage Pouch.

The things her younger brother Su Cheng had given her were far more than just two supreme grade Magical Artifacts.

With a thought from her Divine Sense, five second-rank High Grade Talismans appeared in her hand.

Su Yunling poured in her Qi, and all five Talismans were activated simultaneously.

Five beams of Talisman light soared into the sky. Two attack Talismans turned into two golden sword beams, a Binding Talisman condensed into Qi chains, a Soul-Shaking Talisman released a mental shockwave, and a defense Talisman condensed a golden light wall in front of her.

The Qi fluctuations from five second-rank High Grade Talismans being activated at once made everyone within dozens of zhang pause.

Mo Chen's face finally changed.