194: Lonely Monk

Li Miaomiao was startled to hear this, not expecting Joyful Monk to have some insight, actually seeing that her hypnosis talisman was a soul-capturing spell.

"Hehe, the primary goal of our Buddhist cultivation methods is to achieve enlightenment. With my Akshobhya Buddha Manifestation, I fear no soul-capturing spells. Do you really think a mere talisman can trap me?"

Seeing Li Miaomiao's uncertain expression, Joyful Monk looked smug.

"Take this whip!"

Since soul-capturing spells were useless, Li Miaomiao didn't bother with further words with Joyful Monk. She directly summoned her magical artifact, the primal chaos whip, and struck at Joyful Monk.

Li Miaomiao's whip strike was full of power, carrying the force of wind and thunder. Joyful Monk, seeing this, dared not meet it head-on and retreated several steps using his lotus-step technique.

With a loud boom, Li Miaomiao's whip struck the ground where Joyful Monk had just stood, creating a deep pit over a meter wide.

Joyful Monk gasped, realizing he had met a formidable opponent. He now understood why Qin Shou, upon discovering him, didn't choose to flee but instead led him into this forest, and he couldn't help but secretly regret it.

However, regret was regret, but Joyful Monk had no intention of escaping. The more cultivated the 'furnace' was, the greater the increase in his power after union. Joyful Monk felt he had to take this chance.

While retreating, Joyful Monk summoned his prayer beads. Dozens of prayer beads, shimmering with golden light, flew towards Li Miaomiao.

Li Miaomiao remained completely calm, changing her hand seals and wielding the primal chaos whip so quickly and fiercely that it formed a swirling barrier around her, enveloping her tightly. Although Joyful Monk's prayer beads were powerful, they couldn't penetrate it at all.

Joyful Monk saw this and knew that Li Miaomiao's cultivation level was above his, and her magical artifact was no weaker than his. He also glanced at Qin Shou, who had been hiding and watching the battle, realizing that continuing the fight would not benefit him, and he already had thoughts of retreating.

However, Li Miaomiao gave Joyful Monk no chance. The primal chaos whip deflected Joyful Monk's prayer beads, and then, at some unknown point, seven or eight talismans appeared in her hand.

Li Miaomiao threw the talismans as if they were worthless, unleashing seven or eight simultaneously. Three or four fireballs appeared out of thin air in the sky, hurtling towards Joyful Monk.

Joyful Monk was greatly alarmed, knowing these were Daoist Five-Element spells. He dared not meet them head-on and was about to flee when he realized his feet, at some unknown moment, had been tightly encased by rising earth from the ground.

Not only that, countless vines sprang up from the ground as if alive, growing wildly along his legs and binding him tightly.

Joyful Monk inwardly cursed, having seen Daoists use talismans, but never like Li Miaomiao. She used all three Five-Element spells at once: Wood, Fire, and Earth.

One must know that talismans are not easy to make. Generally speaking, unless one is a master of talismans, it's impossible to carry so many talismans of different Five-Element attributes.

But unfortunately, Joyful Monk's opponent today was Li Miaomiao. Who was Li Miaomiao? She was a genius among the younger generation of Dragon Tiger Mountain. More importantly, she was the daughter of Li Zhengyang, Dragon Tiger Mountain's foremost artifact refiner.

These talismans were not made by Li Miaomiao at all. When she went down the mountain for training, Li Zhengyang, worried about her encountering danger, gave her a large pile of them all at once.

So Li Miaomiao had an abundance of talismans, as if they cost nothing.

Joyful Monk watched as several large fireballs came crashing towards him, knowing he couldn't dodge, and had no choice but to meet them head-on.

"Akshobhya Buddha Manifestation!"

Suddenly, golden light erupted around Joyful Monk, and a majestic Buddhist manifestation with three heads and six arms appeared out of thin air, shielding Joyful Monk in its center.

The instant this Akshobhya Buddha Manifestation appeared, little Nuo Nuo, who had been squatting on the ground watching the show, couldn't help but show a flicker of an almost imperceptible expression of disgust.

With a loud boom, Joyful Monk's cultivation level was, after all, inferior to Li Miaomiao's. Moreover, Li Miaomiao's talismans were from Li Zhengyang, possessing immense power. Joyful Monk's golden light manifestation instantly disintegrated, blasted by the fireballs until he was scorched black all over, and he spat out a mouthful of fresh blood.

"Great Heavenly Illusion Realm."

Joyful Monk knew that if he continued to fight, he would surely die. He forcibly circulated all the remaining spiritual energy in his body and unleashed his most skilled technique from Joyful Zen.

Qin Shou, who had been watching the Buddhist and Daoist confrontation with interest, suddenly found himself seemingly in a heavenly palace. Amidst swirling clouds, countless celestial maidens, all with graceful figures and clad in thin veils, danced before him.

Qin Shou's eyes narrowed slightly, knowing he had entered an illusion.

However, with his current divine sense, his ability to remain clear-headed in an illusion was far superior to that of ordinary people. Furthermore, Joyful Monk's type of illusion was precisely to Qin Shou's liking. Qin Shou's Wonderful Joy Union Skill was not afraid of this type of illusion at all. Qin Shou was lost in the illusion for only a moment before forcibly pulling himself back to the real world.

Qin Shou regained his senses and found Li Miaomiao's cheeks flushed and her breathing rapid, but her eyes held a trace of struggle, clearly not yet completely lost.

Meanwhile, Joyful Monk had taken this opportunity to use his lotus-step technique and fled at full speed.

Qin Shou watched Joyful Monk's retreating figure, his gaze turning cold. He directly summoned a golden needle and sent it flying towards Joyful Monk.

Joyful Monk was fleeing desperately when he suddenly felt a chill. Severely injured, he couldn't dodge in time and instinctively leaped up, trying to narrowly avoid Qin Shou's needle coming from behind.

However, what Joyful Monk hadn't expected was that his jump backfired. The needle was originally aimed at Joyful Monk's back, but with his jump, he rose over a meter, and Qin Shou's golden needle directly pierced Joyful Monk's vital area beneath his crotch.

"Ah—!"

Qin Shou heard Joyful Monk let out a bloodcurdling scream and instinctively shivered, wondering if it was necessary to scream so terribly. Hadn't it missed?

Joyful Monk's clothing was too loose, and Qin Shou thought his needle had passed through Joyful Monk's crotch without hitting him at all. Little did he know, although this strike didn't kill Joyful Monk, it caused him more suffering than death.

From then on, Joyful Monk became Lonely Egg Monk, with no chance to practice his Joyful Zen, and he could no longer be Joyful.

Lonely Egg Monk's crotch was dripping with blood. He endured the pain and ran wildly for over an hour, only relaxing when he confirmed that Qin Shou and the others were no longer pursuing him.

Lonely Egg Monk's face was filled with grief and indignation. He gritted his teeth and said, "Once I return to Tibet and my master heals my injuries, I will make you pay with both your eggs!"

As soon as Joyful Monk finished speaking, Qin Shou, from a distance, instinctively frowned, feeling an inexplicable pain in his own nether regions.