novelraw Chapter 315 - 169: Establishment of the Talisman Armor System
Chapter 315 - 169: Establishment of the Talisman Armor System
Using special tools, the Golden Holy Beetle is fixed and sealed with Spiritual Power. The Talisman Master lightly slides the carving knife across the surface of the beetle’s hard shell. The knife, made from the teeth or claws of select Demon Beasts, easily carves simple, foundational rune trajectories onto the golden armor shell.
However, as the last Talisman Master completes the rune engraving, before a breath could be taken, a ’boom’ is heard.
A rune-engraved Golden Holy Beetle violently explodes, spraying white and green bodily fluids in all directions. Thanks to the quickly erected Spiritual Energy Shield, the fragments were avoided, but the surroundings were splattered with sticky liquid.
’Boom!’
’Boom!’
...
The opening scene continues to replay, like igniting the first firecracker, leading to a chain of explosions from the subsequent ones.
The Spiritual Power aura of the rune-engraved Golden Holy Beetle clashes with the runes, lasting only a few breaths before the heaven and earth Spiritual Power driven by the runes becomes extremely unstable and explodes like bombs.
Thus, the first batch of five Golden Holy Beetles all failed without exception.
When Qi Lin conveyed the news, Zheng Yi was not surprised. During the simulations of the entire Talisman Beetle System with the Super Brain Main God in the Incense Fire Dharma Realm, he had calculated this outcome.
There are not many good solutions, only repeated attempts. Unless a Purple Mansion Stage’s great Talisman Master is found, the success rate might be significantly improved.
However, each Talisman Master specializes in only a few runes, which differ, making it necessary to collaborate with more Talisman Masters to craft seventy-two different Earth Demon Skill runes.
This is somewhat like the assembly line workers in a previous life crafting art pieces. Zheng Yi deliberately decomposed the entire process, allowing each Talisman Master to handle a part, increasing success rates while placing each Master where they excel.
Some Talisman Masters are skilled in the Invisibility Talisman, some in the Bird-Training Talisman, and some in the Wind-controlling Talisman. Everyone’s expertise in runes differs and cannot be unified.
On the other hand, even if a Purple Mansion Stage’s great Talisman Master volunteers to personally craft the Golden Holy Beetle runes for Zheng Yi, he might need to think thrice.
His lack of knowledge on runes, coupled with the high-end nature of Talisman Masters, might lead to losing control. If the Master has ill intent and adds something extra, it could backfire on him.
This is why Zheng Yi ordered the Daluo Alliance to avoid involving sect-trained Talisman Masters in this plan.
Failure is the mother of success. From the inception of this plan, Zheng Yi had calculated this scenario.
The Golden Holy Beetles’ production rate is low, but in the Doomsday World, he has an endless supply of materials for constant trials. This provides Zheng Yi an edge over others.
Large reserves give him confidence, which ordinary sect disciples can’t achieve.
Even a rune-obsessed Elder might hesitate to lavishly spend, pondering if it will deplete their savings or if the success rate is worth the investment?
Although somewhat regrettable, Zheng Yi must return to the Doomsday World to bring back another batch of mature Golden Holy Beetles.
Before leaving the Doomsday World, Zheng Yi instructed Fengdu’s hierarchy to fully supply zombie flesh and cultivate Golden Holy Beetles for rapid maturity.
Two-fold collaboration, two worlds operating simultaneously, allows Zheng Yi’s plans to be executed swiftly.
The second batch brought back totaled eight mature Golden Holy Beetles.
Zheng Yi was not overly harsh on the previously unsuccessful Talisman Masters but instructed Qi Lin to reassure them to experiment boldly. Success in rune engraving would be lavishly rewarded by the Daluo Alliance.
The Talisman Masters, after wasting such precious materials without success, felt some anxiety, despite prior assurances from the Daluo Alliance.
But now, as the high-level instruction came without harsh demands, it relieved the Talisman Masters, allowing them to immerse themselves more intently into the rune engraving process.
The carefully selected five Talisman Masters are cultivators with extensive experience, each having their own expert rune engraving techniques. After experimenting and learning from past lessons, they’ve gained preliminary insight.
Currently, the most tricky issue is maintaining tranquility for runes on the Golden Holy Beetle’s shell without affecting its Spiritual Power, and ensuring the runes stay secured without conflicts arising.
After several experiments, a Talisman Master finally found the right feeling for rune engraving. With divine inspiration, he focused intensely on the process.
When the third Golden Holy Beetle was handed to him, he engraved his specialty, the "Invisibility Talisman."
This talisman is highly taxing on his spirit. Even with years of accumulation, engraving an Invisibility Talisman depletes significantly, let alone engraving on a Golden Holy Beetle shell.
Thus, he dared not be careless, but proceeded with caution, channeling his Essence, Qi, and Spirit into it, meticulously engraving the rune trajectory representing ’Invisibility’ stroke by stroke, exerting the utmost of his decades-long skills.