Chapter 1294 - 1394: Wits Against the Mantis

Moreover, Taichu Zhenren does not believe he could lose to this mantis-like creature from beyond the wall.

Although this mantis-like creature appears intimidating, Taichu Zhenren knows its strength is on par with his own.

However, without the mystical sword or pure spiritual power, he would indeed be weaker than this mantis-like creature, making it impossible for him to defeat it.

After all, a creature capable of infinite resurrection, without a means of restraining it, not even a deity descending from the heavens could battle against it without another solution. Just finding a way to restrain it can wear you down until exhaustion, depleting spiritual power, and gradually eroding you away.

But dealing with such a creature capable of infinite resurrection, once its weakness is identified, the outcome changes.

Once the weakness of such a creature is found, not only does it prevent the occurrence of infinite resurrection, but it can eliminate them entirely without allowing any chance of revival.

In general, things that restrain demonic qi, evil qi, and other negative energies are quite rare. Typically, these restraints need to be researched or even crafted by others.

There are few things that can directly restrain negative energies like demonic qi and evil qi, and they need to be carefully sought after.

But Taichu Zhenren and his group were outside the wall without the time or extra energy to find these items.

Moreover, it happened that many people had sacrificed themselves at the time, so Taichu Zhenren and his group decided to research things capable of restraining demonic qi, evil qi, and other negative energies.

The result was clearly successful; they completed the research and crafted items that could restrain demonic qi, evil qi, and other negative energies.

However, the one drawback was that these things not only perfectly restrained demonic qi, evil qi, and other negative energies but also perfectly restrained these cultivators.

In other words, the things they researched were overly dominant, not only restraining demonic qi, evil qi, and other negative energies but also numerous other aspects, to the point where Ye Tianfan also felt they were overly dominant because these items counteracted the cultivators more than the demonic and evil qi.

Thus, ultimately, these items were somewhat guest-like, restraining demonic qi, evil qi, and negative energies more, which nobody could clarify.

As long as they remain careful in restraint, their activities beyond the wall can be very effective, with harmful situations virtually becoming non-issues.

If viewed from Taichu Zhenren's perspective, without the sacrifice of many people, the sect leaders would never have decided to collaborate in researching such items.

They would most likely continue relying on Taichu Zhenren's mystical sword, persisting without a solution.

Of course, for Taichu Zhenren and others, he knows others have no real solution, as only the power of rules from the mystical sword appears most effective from the current perspective.

Although Taichu Zhenren and they have crafted pure power, it remains somewhat rushed, as the power of rules is not only effective against those beings beyond the wall.

Most importantly, handling them was still highly effective, and generally speaking, this type of invention is basically disallowed due to its harm to self and others.

Even if such inventions exist, identifying and resolving them in the shortest time is crucial.

But due to time constraints, once the method to eliminate creatures outside the wall was researched, they hurriedly put it to use, as resolving these creatures foremost was the best method indeed.

So when Taichu Zhenren and other sect leaders appeared, they immediately implemented the invention. Despite its considerable backlash, it was the best method for dealing with creatures beyond the wall.

If they did not employ such a method and continued researching, Taichu Zhenren and the others would still be investigating, and this situation wouldn't have arisen.

Thinking this way, the group actually feels safer.

However, what they want is not merely safety; they wish to explore well beyond the wall, claim territory, and acquire resources to compensate for the sect members sacrificed, though this cannot be hurried.

Such items need to be used extremely cautiously, or they indeed harm others as well as themselves. For weaker individuals, it's truly dangerous, perhaps not even having time to throw them before being killed by creatures beyond the wall, with pure spiritual power shattering in place, harming others around.

But if those with low strength don't use pure spiritual power, they have no ability to resist against creatures from beyond the wall.

So, knowing the danger those people face, Taichu Zhenren still must let them use it, because if they don't, they would only become pigs ready for slaughter.

Taichu Zhenren now watches the mantis-like creature from beyond the wall, with his right hand readying the mystical sword.

Because Taichu Zhenren believes that when the mantis-like creature attacks, as it readies its initial strike, he can strike at its joint at that moment, gravely injuring the mantis-like creature.

Though not necessarily gravely injuring, at least rendering the creature unable to move.

Once the mantis-like creature loses its mobility, Taichu Zhenren can attack it freely from afar.

At that point, the mantis-like creature becomes a pig ready for slaughter, letting Taichu Zhenren attack freely.