First Immortal of Destiny

Chapter 157: Water Thunder Annihilation Beads

"Fellow Daoist, please spare me your divine ability... I surrender!"

Seeing the four bandit cultivators attacking so quickly, Hong Jue, the hermit, quickly begged for mercy.

Having dealt with poison for many years, his throat had been damaged over time, making his voice sound very dry and harsh: "I, Hong, am willing to offer one thousand top-grade spirit stones and one Profound Grade medium-quality magic weapon... as compensation to Fellow Daoist. I beg Fellow Daoist to spare me this time!"

"Gulu!"

Shen Mo silently swallowed a Qi Gathering Pill and continued to form hand seals.

The Big Dipper Seven Stars Sword Formation continued to clang loudly!

Seeing this, Hong Jue, the hermit, no longer spoke.

He restrained his thoughts and continuously tried various methods to counter the power of the sword formation.

The poisonous water flowed around him like a muddy python, entangling him and resisting the erosion of the sword light.

Even Shen Mo had to admit that this person's cultivation of the Thousand Poisons Transforming Water Technique was indeed a formidable immortal technique.

It could be used for offense, killing people with its strong poison.

After being contaminated by the poisonous water, flesh and meridians would rot and melt.

It could also be used for defense, entangling and resisting sword qi, immortal techniques, and magic weapons.

Even high-quality magic weapons, when contaminated by the poisonous water, would be corroded into scrap metal.

Unfortunately, Shen Mo trapped the enemy with the sword formation, leaving him no chance to get close.

The sword formation could also generate endless sword qi, unaffected by the pollution of the poisonous water, firmly restraining the hermit's most relied-upon means.

"Chi!"

"Chi!"

Under the erosion of the sword light, the poisonous water python rapidly shrank.

What was once a majestic river had now become a trickling stream, on the verge of disappearing completely.

Hong Jue, the hermit, had an ugly expression on his face. Without hesitation, he quickly took out three round black beads from his Qiankun Bag, each with a prohibition talisman attached to it.

The talisman was torn open!

Around the black beads, threads of lightning surged.

The aura was terrifying and restrained!

"Water Thunder Annihilation Beads!"

Shen Mo's gaze narrowed, feeling an impulse to kill Hong Jue, seize these three Thunder Annihilation Beads immediately.

Water Thunder Annihilation Beads, Gold Thunder Annihilation Beads, Wood Thunder Annihilation Beads, and so on.

They were all spirit treasures of the heavenly and earthly level, containing rich and extreme elements.

Although they couldn't compare to the pitch-black finger bone, three Water Thunder Annihilation Beads were enough for Shen Mo to refine one of the North Dipper Sword embryos into a Profound Grade medium-quality Dao Sword.

Apart from forging magic weapons and cultivating techniques, these Thunder Annihilation Beads were extremely unstable. When thrown out, they could erupt with terrifying thunder annihilation power, comparable to a peak Qi Gathering Realm strike.

Naturally, many cultivators regarded them as a last resort killing method!

"North Dipper Seven Stars Sword Formation, rotate!"

Shen Mo formed hand seals, changing the sword formation from killing to trapping. The sword light within the formation slightly stagnated.

Immediately, it transformed into a strict cage of sword light, firmly imprisoning Hong Jue, the hermit.

Seeing this, Hong Jue, the hermit, also realized the situation.

Holding onto the three Water Thunder Annihilation Beads, he assumed a posture as if he was about to attack.

"Fellow Daoist, have you thought it through? What I said earlier still stands. One thousand spirit stones and a Profound Grade medium-quality magic weapon to buy my life." Hong Jue, the hermit, spoke with a dry voice.

"Not enough!"

Shen Mo shook his head slightly, his tone resolute. "Add the Water Thunder Annihilation Beads in your hand. Then I will let you go!"

He wasn't afraid of the power of the Water Thunder Annihilation Beads.

It was just that he couldn't bear to see the Extreme Essence Spiritual Material he had been longing for being used as a disposable killing method.

If he missed this opportunity, who knew how long it would take to collect heavenly and earthly treasures containing extreme elements to promote the North Dipper Sword embryo.

"Alright!"

Hong Jue, the hermit, agreed readily. He stuck the prohibition talismans back onto the beads and then waved his hand, sending the three beads flying out.

"Hmm?"

Shen Mo faintly sensed that something was not right. With a thought, he summoned the Ghost Bride to come forward and receive the Water Thunder Annihilation Beads.

Just as the Water Thunder Bead passed through the Sword Light Prison, the prohibition talisman attached to it suddenly lit up and turned into ashes in the blink of an eye.

"Boom!"

"Boom boom!"

The Water Thunder Bead exploded.

In that instant.

The extremely rich and pure elemental energy continuously transformed into nourishment for the Thunder of Annihilation.

Around the Water Thunder Bead, the flickering small thunder lights grew stronger in a very short period of time.

In the blink of an eye.

The thick Thunder of Annihilation, in an extremely violent and terrifying manner, went on a rampage.

"Clang!"

"Plop plop!"

The Sword Light Prison formed by the Sword Formation was shattered layer by layer by the violent Thunder of Annihilation.

Even the Yao Guang Dao Sword and other sword embryos were shaken in their positions, making a resounding trembling sound.

What was even more tragic was that under Shen Mo's command, the ghost who took over the three Water Thunder Beads, the bride ghost, didn't even have time to scream before being torn apart into strands of ghost energy and returned to the Soul Refining Banner.

As the Sword Light Prison was damaged, the prepared Hong Jue hermit made his move.

The poisonous water python coiled around him turned into a turbulent stream and swept out from the gap in the Sword Formation.

"Do you really think I'm a fool? Without the Water Thunder Beads, wouldn't I become a lamb to be slaughtered? How could there be a way out for me!" The dry and noisy voice of the Hong Jue hermit came.

After he broke free from the Sword Formation, he didn't immediately escape.

Instead, he passed through the residual waves of the Thunder of Annihilation and rushed towards Shen Mo.

In his eyes, this Qi Gathering Realm Second Stage cultivator in front of him had ninety percent of his abilities in the Sword Formation.

Now that he had broken the Sword Formation with the Water Thunder Beads, it would be difficult to threaten him with a new formation for a while.

As for the Soul Refining Banner, with the poisonous water python around, he was not afraid either!

If those ghost soul generals dared to come up, he would poison and kill one if there was one, and poison and kill a pair if there were two.

Now was the perfect time to kill him!

"Splash!"

The poisonous water python rolled towards Shen Mo.

Even though there was still some distance, Shen Mo could still smell the strong scent of poison and felt dizzy and ringing in his ears.

It was predictable.

Once contaminated and entangled by the poisonous water, even if there were multiple defense measures, one would not be killed by the poison, but it would still be quite uncomfortable.

"You ignorant fool!" Shen Mo's face was filled with killing intent.

He felt both heartache for the three Water Thunder Beads being wasted and annoyed by the unchanging nature of the Hong Jue hermit!

If he had sincerely made a deal, Shen Mo would not have gone back on his word. After taking advantage, he would have exterminated him.

But the Hong Jue hermit had done too many dirty things.

Judging others by oneself.

No matter who he looked at, they were all extremely evil people, so naturally he couldn't trust Shen Mo's promises!

Of course, there was also a part of him driven by greed.

Whether it was the Big Dipper Seven Star Sword Formation or the Soul Refining Banner...

The Hong Jue hermit was very envious of them.

"Swoosh!"

"Swoosh!"

Several second-grade talismans flew out from Shen Mo's fingertips.

With shining light and surging aura.

The Wind Wall Talisman turned into a strong and fierce wind, whistling and swirling, forming a dense wind wall filled with sharp blades.

The Firebird Talisman and the Thunderbolt Talisman were equally unyielding.

The burning flame giant bird and the flickering thunderbolt immediately engulfed the Hong Jue hermit.

However, compared to the powerful force of the Water Thunder Beads, the second-grade talismans were still much weaker.

When they hit the poisonous water python, they were all entangled and dissipated into nothingness.

But Shen Mo didn't expect the second-grade talismans to be able to kill a Qi Gathering Realm Seventh Stage cultivator. The Dragon Sparrow Sword in his hand buzzed, and the cold and pale Netherfire attached to the sword energy.

"Slash!"

(End of this chapter)