With Lin Hanjing taking the lead, Zhang Sanshan and Li Qingsong immediately charged forward as well.
Dozens more spells were unleashed by the three in succession, but without exception, they were all shattered on the spot by the pleasant string notes that occasionally rang out in the air.
“So this is He Wanyi’s true combat power, cough cough.”
The power of Absolute Sound Echo was extraordinary.
Lin Hanjing failed to dodge in time and was struck by the string waves.
She immediately coughed up a large mouthful of blood, and her soul was also shaken.
Her earlier guess had been correct.
He Shu indeed had a trump card.
With just one move, she had nearly turned the tide of battle, shifting from being unilaterally beaten to a situation where both sides were now evenly matched.
“Hmph. You do have some tricks. May I ask what this move is called?”
Lin Hanjing immediately swallowed a medicinal pill.
Her body was enveloped in a layer of faint azure light, and the injuries on her body and soul healed instantly.
“This move is called Absolute Sound Echo. It is a Sound Dao divine ability I created myself.”
Faced with Lin Hanjing’s question, He Shu revealed the name of the divine ability she had used.
She then spoke again, threatening the three of them.
“Lin Hanjing, I advise you to stop while you still can. Otherwise, even if I die, I will drag at least one of you down with me!”
The combat power He Shu had displayed had already made the three of them wary.
If things really came to a point where both sides perished together, Zhang Sanshan and Li Qingsong might be fine, but Lin Hanjing would be lucky to escape with only serious injuries.
The soul-shaking notes continued to ring in the air.
The Myriad Realms Flying Boat no longer fled blindly. Instead, it raised its defenses and switched from defense to offense.
Although the situation looked favorable, He Shu was very clear about their true predicament.
Absolute Sound Echo had been hidden away by her for many years and had never been exposed. Therefore, using it now had caught the enemy completely off guard.
However, first and foremost, activating Absolute Sound Echo consumed an enormous amount of true essence.
It could not be maintained for very long.
Secondly, although Lin Hanjing and the others had been temporarily forced into a disadvantage, they still had trump cards they had not yet used.
Once they deployed them, they could easily turn the situation around again.
On the surface, He Shu appeared calm and composed.
In reality, her heart was already under immense pressure.
She had to find a way to escape before the situation spiraled completely out of control. Otherwise, it would be a total loss.
However, just as He Shu was thinking rapidly, a flash of inspiration suddenly struck her.
A bold idea appeared in her mind.
“I’ve got it!”
***
After the time it took to burn half an incense stick, Li Qingsong was finally annoyed beyond endurance by Absolute Sound Echo.
He brought out his life-bound artifact.
It was a square intelligent calculation chessboard.
Above it, twelve circular chess pieces floated in midair — six white and six black.
Li Qingsong extended two fingers and lightly picked up one of the black chess pieces.
Treating the battlefield as his chessboard, he threw it out.
The black piece grew larger the farther it left his hand.
However, instead of flying toward the Myriad Realms Flying Boat, it stopped at a certain corner of the battlefield.
Then came the second black piece, followed by the third.
Three black pieces landed in three different positions.
Then three white pieces flew out as well, landing in three seemingly unremarkable locations.
At that moment, something wondrous occurred. The six chess pieces suddenly emitted towering blue light.
A profound and mysterious sensation enveloped the battlefield.
Sensing this familiar aura, Zhang Sanshan glanced sideways slightly.
“Impressive. Senior brother actually used six heart-binding chess pieces in one go this time.”
“Heart-binding chess pieces?”
Lin Hanjing was seeing Li Qingsong use his life-bound artifact for the first time.
Hearing Zhang Sanshan’s exclamation, she asked in confusion.
“Correct. This artifact is Senior Brother Li’s life-bound artifact. It possesses the ability to stir up the enemy’s past memories and disturb their state of mind, causing them to develop distracting thoughts and making it impossible for them to focus their attention.”
From Zhang Sanshan’s description, the heart-binding chess pieces seemed to be nothing more than an interference-type artifact.
Its ability did not appear particularly strong.
But in the end, artifacts and treasures were merely tools.
The effect they could produce still depended on the person using them.
Sure enough, as the heart-binding chess pieces formed mysterious connections with one another, unpleasant memories from the past surfaced in everyone’s minds.
Pfft—
Under the influence of the heart-binding chess pieces, Bai Liuli, who was inside the Myriad Realms Flying Boat, had her thoughts stirred.
She was almost pulled into an illusion.
After snapping out of it, she suffered heavy injuries.
Her wounds split open and blood gushed out.
It was not just her.
Everyone inside the Myriad Realms Flying Boat, except for the still-unconscious Mu Xinlian, had their bodies sway and their faces turn pale.
All of them sustained injuries of varying severity.
“Damn it. I never expected that old Wisdom Immortal’s methods could actually penetrate the Myriad Realms Flying Boat’s defenses and attack us directly.”
Shen Qingci wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his face filled with shock.
An attack method that could directly target enemies through defenses was truly shameless. It made He Shu’s side extremely wary.
Once someone was truly pulled into the past illusions created by the heart-binding chess pieces, their soul and mind would definitely suffer severe damage.
In such an intense exchange, if one’s soul was injured while in the middle of activating a technique, causing the casting to fail, not only would they suffer backlash from the injury, but they would also be caught in a vulnerable opening and bombarded.
At that point, they might not even know how they died!
Everyone inside the Myriad Realms Flying Boat had tense expressions, ready at any moment to deal with the next illusion attack from the heart-binding chess pieces.
On the other side, Zhang Sanshan laughed heartily.
“He truly lives up to his reputation as Senior Brother Li! Just by stirring up memories and creating an environment, he was able to make the enemy suffer.”
While praising him, he glanced toward the bronze giant.
Lin Hanjing had already received a voice transmission warning from Zhang Sanshan before the heart-binding chess pieces created the illusions.
She had prepared her defenses in advance and was thus completely unaffected by the environment.
“Stop wasting time. This is a perfect opportunity. Let’s capture them in one fell swoop!”
Li Qingsong looked somewhat helpless at the two of them.
At the same time, he sent a voice transmission to both.
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