"Ten!"

"Nine!"

"Eight!"

"Seven!"

"Damn it, I've counted to four and you still haven't opened the array. I'm going to kill you; today I'm chopping you up to feed the dogs!"

Outside the market, Life-taking Horse-Faced got furious when he counted to seven. He raised the White Bone Banner in his hand and charged at the market's protective array.

A massive amount of Demonic Qi seemed to transform into a giant ghostly face, rushing towards the market's defensive array.

"How dare you!"

Yu Xiong focused intently, commanding the array, withstanding the opponent's attack.

Boom!

The Demonic Qi attack collided with the protective array, sending shockwaves spreading out. Inside the market, it felt like thunder was continuously shaking, and the sounds of battle were deafening, causing buildings to tremble.

Many cultivators were paying attention to this battle, extremely anxious. If the Demon Cultivator broke the array, it would be over!

...

Spirit Talisman Shop.

"Hey hey hey, what are you doing? Don't you see we're closing?"

Wang Yun was shoved aside and spoke angrily.

But the middle-aged man casually patted Wang Yun's shoulder, and immediately Wang Yun felt his blood surge and his eyes and nose bled. He fell straight to the ground, his life and death unknown.

The opponent's sudden move caught Li An off guard.

"Good sir, let's talk this out, please talk this out!"

Li An was extremely frightened.

"You gutsy black-hearted shop, hand over all the Spirit Stones!"

The middle-aged man spoke contemptuously.

Li An hurriedly handed over his storage bags.

The middle-aged man was slightly surprised at how easily he could handle this little Talisman Master without resistance.

But when he glanced at the storage bags, he immediately got angry: "Only this few Spirit Stones? You're trying to deceive me? You want to die?"

"There should be at least eight hundred!"

In this storage bag, there were only a bit over six hundred. Just selling those two hundred Breaking Charms was worth this much, not to mention he had paid a deposit of four hundred and later bought nearly one hundred Breaking Charms at the high price of four stones each.

He had calculated it all clearly; this little Talisman Master was indeed a real fat sheep.

That's why he came immediately.

Li An's face changed dramatically, "I really don't have any more..."

"Want to live or die?!"

The middle-aged man's face turned dark as faint black Demonic Qi emanated from him.

"Demon Cultivator?!"

Li An shivered with fear, stuttering: "I want to live... the Spirit Stones are in my room's small safe, wait for me, I'll go get them."

He turned to leave.

"Don't play tricks with me; I'm going with you."

The Demon Cultivator followed directly.

Li An walked with trembling steps, terrified, finally reaching his room. He took out the key to open the door, his hands shaking uncontrollably.

The Demon Cultivator sneered, this little Talisman Master was truly a coward, scared out of his wits... soon, after he gets the Spirit Stones, he'd chop him up finely!

Otherwise, it wouldn't be enough to take revenge for being so ruthlessly scammed!

Selling high-priced talismans at four Spirit Stones apiece... what business does such a black-hearted Talisman Master have remaining in this world?

Finally, Li An opened the door, with a distressed face: "The small safe is right there, this pile is meant for delivery to the sect, it's really not my money..."

The Demon Cultivator entered the room, his gaze immediately fixed on a large iron box, and he hastened over, kicking open the box lid, revealing it was densely packed with Spirit Stones.

He rejoiced!

He opened his storage bag to collect them.

But right at that moment!

Boom!

The sound of talismans exploding echoed in the air.

He turned abruptly, three Imprisonment Talismans had already exploded, he instantly felt as if he was being locked in place, simultaneously two Earthquake Talismans exploded before his eyes, making his vision black out, and the heavy shadows of three mountains slammed down, making him utterly dizzy!

The talisman attack wasn't lethal, his protective treasure on his body emitted light, bearing it.

But the most terrifying thing was, in the room, a sudden, destructive energy struck him before he even realized it!

The Demon Cultivator's body instantly revealed dense cracks, blood flowing profusely, and even the protective treasure on him was destroyed.

"You..."

The Demon Cultivator's eyes widened, how... could this be?

Not only was there such a dense attack of upper-grade first-level runes, but there was actually a Foundation Establishment level array in this room??

How could there be such a despicably cunning person in the world?

Who sets up a Foundation Establishment level array in their bedroom???

Feeling life slipping away, he instinctively tried to raise his hand.

But before he could lift it, a light flashed past, piercing his heart.

The Thorn Armor on him had been largely destroyed by the Foundation Establishment level array, and now was completely pierced by the Armor-Piercing Talisman on the starlight dagger, his heart contracted sharply, his entire body stiffening quickly, his face turning a purplish blue!

"You damn... even poisoned..."

His eyes were filled with resentment, as if deeply hurt by this malicious world. Unable to utter a word, he suddenly fell to the ground.

Dead.

Li An stood at the doorway, now also drenched in sweat, a sense of exhaustion filling his body!

Just moments ago, he first used his spiritual power to control three Imprisonment Talismans, three Mountain Talismans, and two Earthquake Talismans to attack the Demon Cultivator simultaneously.

Though this attack was immensely powerful, Li An never expected it to kill the Demon Cultivator outright.

The talismans were merely to draw the opponent's attention and restrict his movement.

As Li An anticipated, the simultaneous outburst of so many talismans instantly left the Demon Cultivator seemingly imprisoned, only relying on the treasure's autonomous protection.

At that moment, he then activated the array to attack!

Successfully in one swift move!

To be sure, he followed up with the poisoned starlight dagger.

Completely finished him off!

Seeing the Demon Cultivator fall, Li An still stood by the door, casting Water Arrow Skill, shooting over a hundred arrows, turning the Demon Cultivator into a sieve, without any movement in return.

Only then did Li An walk over, quickly picking up his storage bag, stripping off the rings and storage bags from the Demon Cultivator's body.

"What a pity for the Thorn Armor..."

Seeing the Thorn Armor on the Demon Cultivator's corpse, Li An felt a twinge of regret.

It had been completely ruined, no longer usable.

He dropped a Fire Talisman, the Demon Cultivator's body burned, turning to ashes quickly.

"Just now, when I was fighting here, the market's defensive array was also in violent fluctuation, resisting Life-taking Horse-Faced outside... No one should have noticed the commotion here!"

Li An swiftly analyzed.

With the market array's violent fluctuations, the whole market seemed like it was in a mild earthquake, while Li An's area seemed like a small wave amidst larger waves.

Especially since everyone was intently focused on Life-taking Horse-Faced, no one would notice this side.

Li An quickly tidied up the battle traces in the room, sweeping the Demon Cultivator's ashes meticulously before mopping over the floor again, then packed the ashes into a bag and carried it out of the room, dumping it all into the drainage ditch.

Washed away.

He went to the shop front, glanced outside to ensure no one noticed anything unusual about the Spirit Talisman Shop, then closed the door and checked Wang Yun's condition.

"Severely injured, blood energy surged to his brain, hovering on the brink."

Li An sighed; with such serious injuries, unless an Alchemist formulated various pills according to the injuries, Wang Yun couldn't recover.

He took out a pill and fed it to Wang Yun.

It was a miscellaneous Spirit Pill for healing, merely to keep Wang Yun alive.

Though with blood surging to the brain, surviving might mean losing his wits.

Li An could only manage to this extent.

Then, he carried Wang Yun and placed him on a bed in Wang Yun's room.

Only then did he quietly leave the dwelling, observing the fierce battle unfolding in the sky!

The battle was in full swing!

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