Chapter 1297 - 1397: Movement Restricted

Immediately afterward, Master Taichu heard the sound of something heavy hitting the ground.

It turned out that this mantis-like creature from beyond the wall had one of its claws broken off completely, and now, sizzling sounds were emanating from the root where it was severed.

Master Taichu understood that these sizzling sounds were the result of the creature's negative energies, such as demonic qi and evil qi, battling against the Power of Elimination. The sizzling was precisely the Power of Elimination working to purge the demonic qi and evil qi from the surface of the mantis-like creature's body.

Moreover, these negative energies couldn't be eradicated immediately but were slowly worn down, a process that is extremely painful for the mantis-like creature. Of course, this pain meant nothing to Master Taichu.

After all, the sizzling sound did not originate from Master Taichu but from the mantel-like creature, so all pain was endured by the creature itself.

Upon hearing the creature's cries of agony, Master Taichu realized that its attack strength had been halved since one claw was cut off and the other wouldn't last long.

Importantly, as soon as the claw hit the ground, it was rapidly erased by the Power of Elimination, being merely a detached claw without the support of the creature's body could be eradicated quickly.

Conversely, the part connected to its body was not easy to deal with. After all, the negative energies within this mantis-like creature were dense enough to rival Master Taichu's, implying that strictly speaking, the creature had more negative energies than the spiritual power within Master Taichu.

If Master Taichu were to merely compete with the mantis-like creature using only spiritual power or energy, he wouldn't be able to match it since the outer wall creature could absorb energy from the dense negative energies in the outside world.

Moreover, Master Taichu examined the creature's arm wounds to determine how soon they could heal.

After a careful look, he found that complete recovery would take at least several hundred years.

Even a single year would be a disaster for this outer wall creature. They wouldn't wait for the mantis-like creature to recover; instead, Master Taichu and others would use it as a living target to practice their techniques during the year.

Even a single day would be a disaster for the mantis-like creature if injured severely because it wouldn't be able to recover before leaving.

Moreover, Master Taichu wouldn't allow the creature to leave alive. If released, they would gain another enemy despite having countless enemies, reducing one would still be beneficial.

Moreover, if this mantis-like creature bore a grudge and prepared to ambush from behind once released, everyone would face significant danger. Though Master Taichu could skillfully deal with it, others would struggle, even the sect leaders of other sects who have strength just below Master Taichu.

Master Taichu's Heavenly Sword was unique, while others lacked supreme magical treasures. These treasures, especially those possessing Law Power to perfectly counter outer wall creatures, were rare. Although other Law Powers could counter negative energies like demonic qi and evil qi, treasures imbued with purification power, the Power of Rules were also scarce.

Importantly, Master Taichu was not solely interested in using the creature as a living target now; he planned to imprison the mantis-like creature, take it to their camp, and seal it there. Of course, only its dangerous behaviors would be sealed.

This way, everyone within the wall could compete with the creature, which was practice to its essence.

Furthermore, it would help quell their fears, a win-win situation. But they were not at this stage yet, facing many challenges, especially as the outer wall creature still hadn't been captured, only its arms cut off.

Even without an arm, this outer wall creature had many ways to kill Master Taichu, though it required a significant mistake from him to seize the moment. Otherwise, under current conditions, the creature wouldn't be able to defeat Master Taichu.

On the contrary, Master Taichu could easily deal with this outer wall creature even though their strengths matched evenly, the equipment disparity was marked.

This wall creature didn't have much external force to rely on, while Master Taichu had plenty. While external, activating these required substantial spiritual power, his own strength.

Such is the cultivator's prowess, where magical treasures count as strengths, but Ye Tianfan preferred mastering everything independently without relying on magical treasure's power.

Yet Ye Tianfan didn't understand why these treasures fell like raindrops into his arms.

At that moment, Master Taichu noticed the mantis-like creature used its remaining arm to cover the severed arm's wound, wailing in agony, and its gaze was fixed on Master Taichu.

The resentment in its eyes sent a chill through Master Taichu.