When a hand a hundred meters across slammed down from the sky, the ground shook, and a surging wave of air surged in all directions, sweeping the land once again under the brunt of its force.
Without waiting for the trembling to subside, the giant hand lifted itself up, soaring into the air before slamming down again.
This repeated over a dozen times, and the ground within a hundred meters around the black stone tablet dropped three or four meters, forming a massive crater.
After a dozen or so slams, the giant hand began to withdraw toward the clouds in the sky. Immediately, a crack in the clouds began to widen, and a head, larger than a house, emerged from the clouds. It glanced down at the ground for a few moments, then extended its other hand, splitting the clouds apart.
In a matter of seconds, this giant figure, seemingly from nowhere, had torn through the clouds and emerged completely from within.
A giant, its body ablaze with flames of various colors, stood still in the air, its eyes, like the sun, constantly scanning the ground below.
At this moment, atop a distant mountaintop, Yan Dongliu's face was filled with awe.
"This is the Talisman God!"
"So powerful!"
The Yan family warriors on guard were shocked by the sight of the giant, its body ablaze with flames of various colors.
This giant was so powerful that even at a distance of ten miles, they could clearly feel the overwhelming pressure coming towards them. Some of the weaker warriors even paled.
"Everyone, be alert! Protect the altar!"
Seeing the fear on the warriors' faces, Yan Dongliu spoke grimly.
However, Yan Dongliu also knew that although they had summoned the legendary Talisman God's avatar through ancient secrets, they lacked the ability to fully command this powerful being. They were relying on the incomplete formation to maintain the Talisman God's projection and launch an attack on Ming Qi.
Such an attack could last for a long time, or just a few minutes.
Thus, although Yan Dongliu witnessed the power of the Fu Shen projection, he felt no joy at his success.
In other words, the appearance of the Fu Shen projection was only the beginning of the battle.
However, until this moment, Yan Dongliu hadn't discovered why he had suddenly become so timid in the face of a junior Martial King. Of course, even if he had realized it, he probably wouldn't have been able to pinpoint the source of his fear.
The giant Fu Shen projection glanced coldly at the ground below. After a moment, his eyes, like the sun, suddenly erupted with a startling light. He raised his hands and, with a simple wave, sent two enormous phantoms flying out.
The flying phantoms rapidly transformed in the air, and by the time they landed on the ground, they had transformed into two terrifying and bizarre summoned monsters.
These monsters weren't huge, but even Yan Dongliu, perched on the distant mountaintop, couldn't recognize them.
As the two monsters landed on the ground, they opened their maws and began spewing flames. However, the flames were distinct, one red, the other blue, creating a stark contrast.
The intersection of the red and blue flames was the black stone tablet on the ground.
Although the stone tablet was slammed into the ground, it remained intact, a profound humiliation for the Fu Shen projection.
As the two flames alternated, the black stone tablet immediately vibrated, humming and trembling.
Ming Qi, who was now inside, knew he had to reveal himself. Clearly, this giant knew how to destroy the divine tablet.
Swish!
A flash of light flashed from the stone tablet, and Ming Qi leaped out. The entire stone tablet moved in mid-air, plunging directly into his palm.
In Ming Qi's hand, a flaming longsword appeared. A series of inch-long fire dragons swirled around the blade, signaling the sword's magical power.
Holding the Fire Emperor Sword, a bloody mist began to rise from Ming Qi's feet. Simultaneously, two flames rapidly erupted from behind him. His Vermillion Bird wings instantly unfolded, and his speed instantly increased manifold.
Every movement of his feet left countless afterimages.
The longsword hovered in the air, a barely perceptible trail following the afterimages.
In a single instant, Ming Qi had taken countless steps. Then, with a flicker of his figure, he stopped dozens of meters behind the two demonic beasts. A trickle of blood began to seep from the corners of his mouth.
Half a second later, with a roar, the two demonic beasts completely disintegrated into tiny specks of light, vanishing into thin air.
Although these two demonic beasts possessed magical flames capable of melting divine monuments, they were unremarkable in combat, hence their instantaneous destruction by Ming Qi's sword. However, Ming Qi paid a heavy price; even a slight contact with the red flames resulted in significant injuries.
Seeing this scene, Yan Dongliu's eyelids, far away on the mountaintop, twitched suddenly, as if pricked by a needle.
The projection of the Talisman God in the sky, upon seeing the summoned monster being slain, flew into a rage. Its hands shook violently, and two even larger monsters were immediately summoned.
A black Qilin, tens of meters long, and a giant red bear, seven or eight meters tall—just from their individual appearances, it was clear that these two monsters were purpose-built for battle.
Ming Qi gritted his teeth, pointed his sword into the air, and above the black Qilin, a massive flaming seal rapidly condensed and slammed down.
The Fire God Seal was the first immortal art Ming Qi had mastered, and it was also one of his most powerful killing moves.
Faced with the overwhelming pressure of the Fire God Seal, the black Qilin seemed completely unfazed. It roared at Ming Qi, its limbs stamped on auspicious clouds and swept past like the wind.
The Fire God Seal rapidly expanded, expanding to dozens of meters in a blink of an eye, encompassing the enormous crimson bear.
Boom!
The immense force crashed down, and the black Qilin quickly escaped the Fire God Seal's attack range. However, the giant red bear was struck by the Fire God Seal, instantly losing half its body.
The giant bear's movements immediately froze, and it vanished into a speck of light.
The Talisman God projection in the air howled continuously, sending out phantoms of demonic beasts one after another. Upon landing, these phantoms instantly transformed into fighting beasts and pounced on Ming Qi.
At this moment, the Eye of the North God suddenly opened in the palm of Ming Qi's left hand, and from it erupted a tremendous pressure that Ming Qi had never felt before. This pressure quickly dispersed in all directions, instantly impacting the Talisman God projection in the sky.
"You little Talisman God projection, how dare you be so arrogant!"
The North God's domineering aura instantly filled the entire space, and his immense divine power filled the heavens and the earth.
Ming Qi instantly felt the energy within the stone tablet in his right hand rapidly draining away, and his body instantly weakened!
Feeling the immense pressure, the projection of the Talisman God in the sky suddenly trembled. Boundless fear flashed in his sun-like eyes. Then, recklessly, he stretched out his massive arms, tearing through the clouds above him and diving directly into them!
"Get out of here!"
The North God's voice rumbled like thunder. The instant his roar rang out, all his radiant power condensed into a hair-thin ray of light, which shot towards the massive projection of the Talisman God.
Swish!
With a soft sound, the giant, already halfway within the clouds, suddenly shuddered, and his exposed legs were instantly severed.
A howl echoed through the clouds, and then the massive projection of the Talisman God completely vanished.