However, Gu Baizhi's cultivation level is currently only at the mid-stage of the Golden Core realm. Defeating a cultivator at the Yuan Ying stage would be extremely difficult, let alone a demonic spirit beast at the peak of the Yuan Ying stage.
Gu Baizhi thought for a while, and a method that could yield big results with a small investment, but was high-risk, came to her mind.
She took out more than two hundred thunder talismans from her storage ring.
Although the damage from these two hundred lightning talismans is equivalent to the weakest lightning bolt in a tribulation, it might only injure the surface of this behemoth, causing minor superficial wounds. However, its paralyzing effect lasts for a full half hour. If one maintains sufficient spiritual power within that half hour by using the "Northern Darkness Devouring Heaven Technique," one can wear it down to death.
As Gu Baizhi pondered, she began setting up lightning talismans, placing them in ten locations, with over twenty talismans in each. For added safety, she also took out dozens of ice talismans from her storage ring. Gu Baizhi had essentially poured all her savings accumulated over the past few years into this hunt.
After all the talismans were set up, Gu Baizhi's plan to capture and kill him officially began.
Following the demonic energy, Gu Baizhi quietly approached the demonic tiger beast from behind. She gathered her spiritual energy to form a light sword and unleashed a bolt of lightning sword energy at it.
"Awooo—" The demonic tiger turned around and glared fiercely at Gu Baizhi. It had been enraged by Gu Baizhi.
Without a doubt, the sword energy had no effect on the demonic tiger beast.
Without any hesitation, Gu Baizhi turned and ran towards the place where the thunder talismans were set up.
"Roar—" the demonic tiger roared and chased after Gu Baizhi. The demonic tiger was much faster than Gu Baizhi, and soon it caught up with her, swinging its paw at her. But it missed.
Looking up, I saw Gu Baizhi running forward.
Thankfully, I used "Nine Heavens Free and Easy Wandering," otherwise I would have perished there.
Gu Baizhi had just breathed a sigh of relief when the demonic tiger beast charged towards her madly. It was faster and more frantic than before. Gu Baizhi used her lightness skill to continuously increase the distance, but the demonic tiger beast simply smashed over all obstacles in its path, constantly closing the gap between them.
Suddenly, the demonic tiger leaped up and landed directly above Gu Baizhi, making her feel as if the sky had turned dark. Just as the demonic tiger was about to grab Gu Baizhi, she flashed back to appear before it.
The demonic tiger beast missed its target again. This time, Gu Baizhi didn't choose to run away; she simply stood there, silently watching the demonic tiger beast. The demonic tiger beast, feeling provoked, became even more frenzied.
"Roar—" The demonic tiger roared and leaped towards Gu Baizhi. But suddenly, dozens of talismans were stuck to the demonic tiger's body.
"Awooo—Awooo—" the demonic tiger howled in pain. Then it collapsed to the ground with a "thump."
Gu Baizhi dared not slack off in the slightest and immediately began to condense dozens of light swords. With a wave of her hand, the dozens of light swords stabbed at the demonic tiger beast, but the effect was minimal. Only a few light swords pierced into its body, while the rest were deflected by its hard shell.
Gu Baizhi raised her hands again, one hand controlling the deflected light swords, the other controlling the nearby lightning talismans. The deflected light swords began to gradually merge, forming a light sword several times larger than the previous ones. The demonic tiger beast seemed to regain some consciousness, standing up to try and dodge, but dozens more lightning talismans were stuck to its body. The demonic beast collapsed again due to the paralyzing lightning talismans.
At this moment, Gu Baizhi's lightsaber had already taken shape. Gu Baizhi raised her hand and swung it down, and the huge lightsaber stabbed towards the demonic tiger beast.
"Roar—" the demonic tiger roared. Its body began to emit red demonic energy, which clashed fiercely with the light sword that Gu Baizhi had gathered.
"Bang--"
The lightsaber shattered.
"What?! The defense is that high? It didn't even break through!"
Gu Baizhi couldn't help but make a comment.
As the number of thunder talismans dwindled, Gu Baizhi grew anxious. Although the Northern Darkness Devouring Heaven Technique could provide a continuous stream of spiritual energy, it was useless if it couldn't harm the Demon Spirit Tiger Beast.
Gu Baizhi made hand seals, and several Bagua formations formed beneath the Demon Spirit Tiger Beast.
"Eight Trigrams, Eight Formations, Eight Swords Rise!"
The eight trigrams converge to form a giant Bagua formation as Yin and Yang flow together.
"Heaven (乾), Earth (坤), Water (坎), Fire (离), Thunder (震), Wind (巽), Mountain (艮), Lake (兑) arise!"
As soon as Gu Baizhi finished speaking, eight swords appeared in the eight directions of the Bagua formation.
Gu Baizhi joined her middle and index fingers together and pointed them towards the demonic tiger beast. Instantly, the eight swords, which had been pointing their blades to the ground, also turned their blades towards the demonic tiger beast.
"go!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the eight swords stabbed towards the Demon Tiger Beast.
With the aid of the "Northern Darkness Devouring Heaven Technique," Gu Baizhi continuously channeled spiritual energy into the sword formation. The spiritual swords darted through the air, relentlessly piercing the Demonic Tiger Beast. This was Gu Baizhi's signature sword formation from the previous world. Even the previously invulnerable Demonic Tiger Beast was now riddled with gaping wounds.
"Huff, huff—" the demonic tiger beast panted continuously.
As the last wave of lightning talismans was applied to the demonic tiger beast, Gu Baizhi knew she couldn't delay any longer.
Gu Baizhi clasped her hands together.
"The Eight Trigrams of Heaven and Earth can reverse the universe!"
Instantly, eight spirit swords flew into the sky, and the eight spirit swords combined into a huge blade ring with eight blades.
"break!"
At Gu Baizhi's command, the sword ring spun and flew towards the Demon Spirit Tiger Beast.
"Aww——————"
Before the last lightning talisman dissipated, the demonic tiger beast was cut in half at the waist by the sword ring.
It's finally over...
Gu Baizhi wiped the sweat from her face, then slowly walked towards the demonic tiger beast, preparing to retrieve its beast core.
Suddenly, the tiger beast raised a paw and swung it at Gu Baizhi.
Gu Baizhi was also taken aback. She hadn't expected that even after being cut in half at the waist, this tiger beast would still have the willpower to attack her. Just as the claw was about to strike Gu Baizhi, it suddenly stopped in mid-air and then unleashed bursts of cold air.
Gu Baizhi suddenly realized that these were the ice talismans she had prepared as backup. Gu Baizhi immediately redirected her spiritual power to control the ice talismans, and in an instant, the dozens of ice talismans were affixed to the tiger beast.
Gu Baizhi condensed a light sword and gathered all her spiritual energy, then used the "Sword Qi Thunder Sound".
With a flash of lightning, Gu Baizhi pierced the tiger beast's throat.
The tiger beast also collapsed completely to the ground.
"Phew It's finally over" This battle had exhausted all of Gu Baizhi's spiritual power. She was very weak at this moment, but fortunately, the tiger beast was defeated.
Just as Gu Baizhi was about to retrieve the tiger beast's core, a figure flashed past. Gu Baizhi looked towards the figure but saw nothing. Just as she thought she had misread it, she was suddenly attacked from behind. A powerful internal force surged into her body, coursing through her meridians, leaving her limbs weak and powerless, causing her to collapse to the ground.
"who...?"
Gu Baizhi collapsed to the ground in agony.
"Little Angelica, you made us search so hard~" A woman's and a man's voices rang out at the same time.