Backlash: The Dark Web's Five Thunder Evil Arts (13)

Chapter Thirteen: The Location of the Talisman Core Zhang Yu was greatly alarmed and instinctively blocked the incoming attack with the cinnabar ancient coin in his hand. The coin emitted a faint golden light, instantly incinerating the black worms that lunged at him. Without daring to delay, Zhang Yu endured the thin air and intense heat, finally rushing back to the office on the fifteenth floor. The office was a mess, and the strange aroma in the air had become suffocatingly strong. In front of the computer plastered with a blood-red thunder talisman, Old Liu sat with his back to the door. His body had already swollen by a circle, and his skin was covered in black patterns resembling electric shocks. "You've finally arrived, Zhang Yu." Old Liu didn't turn his head, but his voice echoed in Zhang Yu's ears. "Once I sacrifice you, my 'Earth Thunder' will be perfected, and I will obtain supreme power and wealth!" "You've gone mad! You've killed so many people, you didn't even spare your own child!" Zhang Yu roared, his eyes quickly scanning the office for the 'natal talisman core' the Taoist priest had mentioned. Old Liu slowly turned his head. His face had completely rotted away, leaving only a dark, hollow skull, with two balls of crimson flame burning in the eye sockets. "Child? That was his contribution to his father!" Old Liu cackled, pointing at the computer screen. "See? The talisman core is right here, can you get it?" Zhang Yu looked closely and saw that the computer's chassis had been opened. Instead of heart-like components, there was a blackened infant spirit sealed in a glass bottle, immersed in black blood! To be continued in the next episode...