Chapter 468 - 474: The Rune’s Might

Though it was only a wisp of Divine Thought, it was a great help to Song Wanning.

A quarter of an hour later, she finished absorbing it completely. She rapidly extended and retracted her Divine Sense, a faint smile touching her lips.

In terms of spiritual power alone, she could now contend with a Late-stage Integration Cultivator.

But her Cultivation was ultimately still too low.

However, Void Talisman Painting could drastically close that gap. With a thought, she made a test. In the next moment, an Ice and Fire Talisman materialized from thin air, shimmering with dual-colored light.

Upon closer inspection, its power was clearly a bit stronger.

Satisfied, Song Wanning dispersed the rune. The inheritance was now hers, but she wasn’t in a hurry to leave.

The moment she left, this palace would disappear, and all the Cultivators would be exposed.

She and Baili Shang would be in danger then.

’The best course of action right now is to first comprehend those few mysterious runes from the book.’

...

PFFT—

In another room, Huo Jinchuan violently spat out a mouthful of blood, his face instantly turning deathly pale.

His head immediately throbbed with a pain like needles stabbing into it.

It was a sign of spiritual power exhaustion.

He was forced to stop. A flash of anger crossed his eyes, but a sliver of panic also began to rise in his heart.

For some reason, a sense of dread suddenly seized him, as if he had lost something precious.

"Could it be..."

Huo Jinchuan clenched his fists. The aura around him stagnated for a moment before a shocking killing intent filled his eyes.

’The talismanic Tao inheritance was clearly mine! I was the one who triggered the Immortal Palace, and I’m exceptionally talented! How could anyone be more outstanding than me?’

’This isn’t fair!!!!’

’It’s not fair!!’

Agitated, Huo Jinchuan spat out another mouthful of blood, a vicious look flashing across his face.

But he quickly calmed down.

’If the inheritance was truly stolen, I need to figure out how to escape now.’

’After all, with such a huge commotion, there’s no way Huo Yang won’t come.’

He narrowed his eyes, his mind racing to come up with a plan.

’If it really comes down to it, I’ll have to activate that bug again. But... if I do it too many times, Huo Yang is bound to find out.’

’All my schemes would be for naught then.’

Huo Jinchuan frowned. No matter how he looked at it, the situation was not in his favor.

’If worst comes to worst, I can only rely on the Huo Family members to temporarily hold back Huo Yang. After all, in front of the rest of the Huo Family, Huo Yang has no reason to be out for my blood.’

’The plan to resurrect Mother is a secret. Huo Yang definitely won’t want to expose it.’

’And that is my chance!!!’

Having made up his mind, Huo Jinchuan accelerated his pace of comprehension.

’Every little bit I can learn now counts. I have to be ready to be teleported out at any moment.’

...

「Another half-year passed.」 The crowd was still trapped inside the Immortal Palace.

Some of the less talented individuals had already grown weary.

They wanted to break out of their rooms to search for treasures, but they couldn’t get out no matter what they tried, and their tempers grew increasingly frayed.

However, just when everyone had lost hope, the ground suddenly began to tremble and shake.

Everyone was stunned. The next moment, they felt themselves being thrown into the air. In a dizzying flash, they had been teleported out of the Immortal Palace and were now flying through the sky.

The crowd scrambled to stabilize themselves, just in time to see the Immortal Palace transform into a streak of light, shoot into the clouds, and vanish without a trace.

Song Wanning steadied herself and immediately began searching for Baili Shang.

Baili Shang was also looking for her, and their eyes soon met.

With just a single look, the two of them tacitly fled westward.

A clone, hidden among the waiting crowd, saw this and immediately gave chase.

At the same time, Huo Jinchuan ran east without looking back, thinking about how he could use Song Wanning and Baili Shang to draw fire and lead Huo Yang and the others away.

However, Huo Yang and his men were already prepared for them. Without a second thought, they split up and gave chase in both directions.

Especially with the many Huo Family disciples who had arrived at the Immortal Palace later, they had strength in numbers. No one was getting away.

And so, the crowd only saw the Huo Family members split ways, rapidly pursuing several individuals.

"Th-that’s Huo Jinchuan, isn’t it? Why are the Huo Family elders chasing him?"

"Yeah, and those other two must be the ones the Huo Family recently put a bounty on. But why is Huo Jinchuan being hunted down too?"

"And from the looks of it, that killing intent is no joke..."

The spectating Cultivators began to doubt their own eyes.

But as the son of the Huo Family Patriarch, Huo Jinchuan had been in the spotlight since childhood. There were few in the Central Domain who didn’t recognize him.

And now, they were well and truly hunting Huo Jinchuan!

As for Huo Yang, he hesitated for only a moment before choosing to pursue Song Wanning and Baili Shang.

After all, their combined combat strength was far greater than Huo Jinchuan’s. He was afraid the other elders would fall into a trap and meet with disaster.

But before he could get close, he witnessed a horrifying scene.

A Divine Separation Cultivator from the Huo Family had already caught up to Song Wanning and Baili Shang, launching a vicious attack at the pair.

But just then, Song Wanning suddenly raised her hand and waved it. In the next second, a strange rune abruptly appeared.

"Go—"

In the space of a single breath, it had already collided head-on with the Huo Family’s Divine Separation Cultivator.

There was no explosion as expected, nor was there a powerful impact.

But everyone’s pupils trembled as if they had seen a ghost.

Because that Cultivator from the Huo Family was aging at the speed of light!!!

His skin became shriveled and wrinkled, and his head of black hair turned completely white.

Even more terrifying, his bone age, which had been just over four hundred, instantly became over nine hundred!!!!

A wave of shock rippled through the onlookers.

The people around were instantly stunned. Even Huo Yang was so startled that he stopped his pursuit.

Baili Shang’s brow twitched violently as he looked at Song Wanning in disbelief.

’Void Talisman Painting?’

’A Time Attribute???’

’How did she do that!!!’

There are many kinds of attributes in the world. The basic ones are the five elements—metal, wood, water, fire, and earth—as well as ice, lightning, wind...

Besides these, there are many other attributes, among which the attributes of time, space, and life-and-death are the most difficult to comprehend.

But once comprehended, their destructive power is immense.

This move from Song Wanning was clearly the Time Attribute, directly forcing the Huo Family Cultivator to experience over five hundred years in an instant...

’Even as her teammate, this is too terrifying.’

"Heavens, oh heavens, what kind of dark magic is this?"

"What on earth did she do? How could she make him age in an instant?"

The spectating Cultivators looked terrified, their gazes toward Song Wanning filled with dread, as if they were looking at something unholy.

As for the Cultivator who had been hit, he was so frightened that he stumbled back and fell directly out of the sky, clutching his face in horror.

"I—What’s happened to me? How did this happen?"

"My bone age... How did I get so old?"

He looked at Huo Yang in disbelief, his expression helpless and pleading.

He was a young and proud prodigy. Having suddenly lost five hundred years of his lifespan, who knew if he would ever have the chance to advance to the Body Integration Realm?

This had undoubtedly ruined his Immortal Path!

"You must have a way to restore me, right?"

The Divine Separation Cultivator glared at Song Wanning with bloodshot eyes, his gaze utterly ferocious.