Chapter 34: A Life-or-Death Struggle Part 1

Huo Zhi and Beimen Duoduo ran to a table and immediately activated a protective barrier.

“She’s not here! What do we do? She’s a great talisman artist, I was counting on her to draw them for me. My success rate is too low, and space-attribute talismans are too hard to draw!” Beimen Duoduo looked over at Linlang, who was still fighting, and said urgently.

“You keep an eye on her side, tell her to break away quickly and get over here. I’ll start drawing talismans.” Huo Zhi said to Beimen Duoduo, setting down the talisman materials she had just taken to begin her work.

Knowing her own success rate for talisman drawing was poor, Beimen Duoduo held off for the moment, wanting to wait for Linlang.

On Linlang’s side, the fighting was fierce. The original five opponents had already been losing ground, but two more had arrived.

They were even more difficult to handle.

Linlang had run out of talismans and could only fight them off directly, relying on her physical agility to dodge their attacks.

“That girl is really agile, more agile than my best guards! Her perception of spiritual qi is just too sharp. Unless someone’s cultivation surpasses hers by a wide margin, you simply can’t catch her with basic talismans.” Beimen Duoduo watched Linlang’s direction and praised.

“Go help her. Start with Freezing Talismans. Freeze the ones in the way so they can break free, and come over here first.” Beimen Duoduo was only watching for a short moment before three Freezing Talismans were thrust into her hands.

“Huh?! You finished drawing them already!” Beimen Duoduo looked at the talismans in her hand in shock.

“Hurry up! I’m going to keep drawing.” Huo Zhi had no time to explain much and just kept her head down, drawing.

This was no time for questions. As soon as Beimen Duoduo had the talismans, she ran out of the barrier to find Linlang.

“Quick! Over here!” Beimen Duoduo activated a talisman and shouted at Linlang.

Linlang saw the talisman in Beimen Duoduo’s hand and dodged, flying away. The person she had just been fighting was then frozen solid by the Freezing Talisman.

Seeing the frozen cultivator’s arm exposed, Linlang quickly moved over. With a loud crack, the person’s wrist was twisted into a bizarre angle.

“You dare! Opposing the Moyi Clan, do you want to die?!” Seeing their companion’s wrist broken, the other cultivators were enraged and attacked Linlang.

Linlang ran to Beimen Duoduo’s side, took the remaining two talismans from her hand, and with pinpoint accuracy, froze two more people. The exposed hands of these two were also snapped and broken.

That left three people from the Moyi Clan’s side still surrounding Linlang.

Linlang had no intention of letting them go. She looked at the remaining few with a ruthless glint in her eyes.

She had just heard them with her own ears say they were going to find Huo Zhi and cripple her hands so she could never draw talismans again.

“Aren’t you going to draw talismans? Stop fighting, escaping is the priority right now!” Beimen Duoduo wanted to pull Linlang away, but saw her wipe the blood from the corner of her mouth and leap back into the fray.

Linlang’s anger had boiled over. She knew she was losing control of her emotions, but for the moment, she didn’t want to restrain herself.

These Moyi Clan members weren’t giving up. Who knew what other trouble they might cause?

The Moyi Clan should have nine people here. Seven were now attacking her, and the other two were drawing talismans. Once those two finished, there would be another vicious fight.

She had to take these fighters out of commission. As for the talisman users, Huo Zhi alone was more than enough to match them.

“…” Beimen Duoduo couldn’t pull Linlang away. She could only go back to Huo Zhi, who gave her a few more talismans to bring to Linlang.

“…You’re just too fast!” Beimen Duoduo was speechless as she took the talismans. This wasn’t just about speed; it required a one hundred percent success rate!

She was even better than Linlang!

Beimen Duoduo rushed to bring Linlang the talismans.

Linlang crippled another person. When Beimen Duoduo returned with more talismans, she swiftly dispatched the remaining two. Only then did they switch out.

“You’re insane! Good thing I used my best disguise art this time to mask our appearance and aura, or we’d be in deep trouble!” Beimen Duoduo pulled Linlang towards the barrier where Huo Zhi was. Huo Zhi was intently drawing talismans, a few finished ones already laid out on the table.

“I’m in awe. You just randomly saved someone, and she turned out to be a Master! We absolutely cannot lose this Master. With exams still ahead, we stick with the Master! I think I can already see the Immortal Talisman Sect’s acceptance letter!” Beimen Duoduo said excitedly upon reaching the barrier and seeing the talismans Huo Zhi had drawn.

“Heal your wounds!” Huo Zhi said without looking up, uttering just two words.

“Right, you need to heal and recover, quick!” Beimen Duoduo hurriedly took a Healing Talisman and gave it to Linlang.

After using the Healing Talisman, Linlang felt a bit better and began drawing fire-attribute talismans herself.

Beimen Duoduo steeled her nerves and sat down to draw too, but failed three times in a row, leaving her feeling dejected.

“I’m not drawing anymore. It’s a waste of mental power, and I can’t even succeed. I’ll help you monitor the surroundings.” Beimen Duoduo said, looking around.

The initial smoke from the chaotic fight over talisman materials had settled a bit. Only a few isolated fights remained; most people were now absorbed in drawing talismans.

“Those people look like they’re coming to steal our talisman materials and talismans. We’re going to have to fight again!” Beimen Duoduo noticed a group approaching them and said urgently.

“Don’t mind them. This barrier can hold for a while longer. You’re a Space user, don’t let it go to waste. Come here, I’ll guide you through it.” Huo Zhi had been drawing for some time, and her ice-type spiritual qi was more than half depleted. She wanted to recover, and seeing Beimen Duoduo’s state, she spoke to her.

Space attribute was extremely rare. Dual fire and space attributes were even rarer.

The original story mentioned that the Beimen Clan had many Space users, and the adorable, pitiable little one, Beimen Duoduo, was one such dual Fire and Space user.

The person in front of her had an appearance that was far too plain, likely employing some kind of method. How interesting.

“How will you guide me?” Beimen Duoduo asked, confused.

“Hand-over-hand, we’ll try it first.” Huo Zhi said. She had some experience with hand-over-hand guidance.

“You should know how to gauge your qi output. Focus all your attention on it, control the output carefully, and I will guide your hand to draw the talisman.” Beimen Duoduo sat down, and Huo Zhi grasped her hand, explaining.

“That can work?” Beimen Duoduo was curious. Following Huo Zhi’s instructions, she was responsible only for controlling the qi output, leaving everything else to Huo Zhi.

Borrowing Beimen Duoduo’s spiritual qi, Huo Zhi drew a fixed-distance Teleportation Talisman.

Beimen Duoduo had some foundation, making it somewhat easier than when Huo Zhi had first taught Linlang hand-over-hand.

“!! Master, I want to become your disciple!” Beimen Duoduo looked at the drawn talisman and said excitedly.

“…” On the side, Linlang’s expression instantly darkened. The talisman paper in her hand turned to ash.

“Don’t talk about that now. Quickly, we need to keep drawing more talismans. Time is running out.” Huo Zhi saw Beimen Duoduo’s excitement and patted her.

“Right, right! Master, carry me to victory!” Beimen Duoduo nodded repeatedly, her eyes sparkling.

Huo Zhi guided Beimen Duoduo through drawing three Teleportation Talismans, then continued drawing her own.

Among the surrounding cultivators, some didn’t bother drawing their own talismans, preferring to rob others first. They kept trying to attack groups.

Huo Zhi’s group had a Protective Talisman Artifact, and both Beimen Duoduo and Linlang had brought one too. As soon as one barrier was broken, another was put up. For now, they avoided fighting those people, spending all their time on drawing talismans.

Those who broke the barrier hoping to steal talismans were infuriated to find another barrier underneath, their efforts wasted.

On the Moyi Clan’s side, seven of their nine members were injured and couldn’t draw talismans. The other two still needed to draw talismans for their own escape plan and had no time to draw Healing Talismans for the others. They were told to endure the pain and wait to heal after getting out.

An hour passed quickly. A rumbling, booming sound echoed, and the front and back doors swung wide open. The sealed spiritual qi began to flow again, blazing hot on one side, freezing cold on the other.

By this time, the group’s barriers were nearly depleted. Several cultivators who had no defensive talismans saw the aggressively charging Ice Thorn Snakes and Crimson Flame Wolves bearing down on them and scrambled away.

Linlang stepped forward to block the beasts, a wall of fire separating them.

“Master, which way do we go? Front door or back?” Beimen Duoduo asked urgently.

“The front door, let’s go! Use a Teleportation Talisman to get out first. If we’re still in the Ice Thorn Snake’s territory after that, we’ll use other talismans to deal with them.” Huo Zhi said.

“Go!” Linlang uttered a single word. Beimen Duoduo immediately grabbed the other two and activated a Teleportation Talisman. The three vanished from the hall.

They were teleported half a kilometer. Ice Thorn Snakes were still in the vicinity. Linlang took the lead, using Fire Bullet Talismans against them. Beimen Duoduo hurriedly activated another Teleportation Talisman. After this second teleport, the number of Ice Thorn Snakes around them decreased significantly.

“Congratulations to our first arrivals in the fourth trial. This place is the World of Ice and Snow. You must use your previously drawn talismans to resist the cold, and enter a cave to obtain an Ice Crystal guarded by an Ice Thorn Snake. Only then will you pass the fourth trial.”

At that moment, a voice rang out. They had successfully entered the fourth trial.