Chapter 301: Fighting to the Death (Please Subscribe)
Chapter 301: Fighting to the Death (Please Subscribe)
Streams of Wood Spirit Light swirled around Fang Xi, constantly transforming into various patterns of plants and foliage, making the azure rainbow he transformed into even more wondrous.
Behind the azure long rainbow, You Kun, controlling nine fire dragons, followed closely.
For a moment, the azure rainbow and fire dragons intertwined and danced wildly, appearing quite extraordinary.
He was rushing to the next resource point, preparing to gather the 'Jade Transformation Clay' produced there.
Along the way, if he encountered any Demonic Cultivator disciples, he wouldn't mind casually eliminating them to thoroughly search their storage bags.
Within these disciples' storage bags, there were often many treasures obtained from the mystic realm.
One could say that the gains from this single expedition were ten or even a hundred times more valuable than the resources he had secretly sought over the past few decades!
What somewhat vexed Fang Xi was that after killing so many demonic sect disciples, he hadn't found a single 'Five Elements Spirit Fruit' in any of their storage bags. Clearly, he hadn't encountered the demonic sect disciples who had previously slaughtered the Five Elements Tribe.
For a moment, Fang Xi sighed, a hint of melancholy in his expression.
Suddenly, his expression changed drastically. He sensed a streak of black light, carrying spiritual pressure far exceeding that of ordinary Core Formation cultivators, entering his Divine Consciousness range.
"Hmph!"
An extremely cold snort, as if intending to freeze his soul.
Evidently, the opponent's Divine Consciousness was superior to Fang Xi's. When Fang Xi discovered the enemy, the enemy had likewise discovered Fang Xi.
What followed was a streak of jet-black light!
Its momentum was fierce, its speed incredibly fast, even slightly exceeding Fang Xi's reaction speed!
In haste, he could only perform a quick incantation, making You Kun control the 'Three Suns True Fire Shield', with nine fire dragons coiled upon it, to block behind him.
With a thunderous crash!
The 'Three Suns True Fire Shield' let out a wail, and was directly shattered. Immediately after, three streaks of jet-black light tore through the fire dragons, landing on You Kun's body.
This Core Formation puppet instantly had half its body shattered, splitting into pieces.
The three streaks of black light, their momentum slightly diminished, collided with the Wood Spirit Light Barrier.
Sizzle!
Fang Xi immediately felt his magical power rapidly draining, and even the Wood Spirit Light Barrier was showing signs of failing.
It was then that he discovered the three streaks of jet-black light that had destroyed the puppet and almost shattered the Wood Spirit Light Barrier were actually a black claw-shaped artifact!
Its form was grotesque, with three sharp claws, covered in ancient patterns.
At this moment, a powerful and icy Divine Consciousness had already firmly locked onto Fang Xi.
In the surrounding void, streaks of silver chains inexplicably appeared.
Below, lines of shimmering light crisscrossed, like a series of grids.
Fang Xi found himself seemingly standing within a vast, illusory chessboard. His expression involuntarily turned extremely grim as he then saw the person who had pursued him.
It was an incomparably handsome man. In his hand, he held a chessboard-shaped artifact. A bone banner and the jet-black claw from before floated to his left and right. A powerful surge of magical power surged forth, making the hairs on Fang Xi's back stand on end: "Late-stage Core Formation. . . no, possibly a Perfected Core Formation demonic cultivator!"
"An unfamiliar mid-stage Core Formation cultivator. . . From which force do you hail? The Grand Purity Sect? Or Vast Thunder Temple?"
The handsome man stood with his hands clasped behind his back, his eyes filled with cruelty and a cat-and-mouse amusement: "Your magical power doesn’t seem all that impressive. . . Just now, while you were resisting my 'Poison Dragon Claw', I already laid out a net of heaven and earth—you must have heard of the 'Star-Patterned Chessboard' artifact, no? Under the covering might of this treasure, even if you possess 'Realm Descent Talismans' or 'Ten Thousand Li Teleportation Talismans' or other treasures for breaking through realms and escaping, they are all utterly useless."
"Star-Patterned Chessboard? !"
Fang Xi feigned an expression of shock, though in truth, he knew nothing at all about this treasure.
But judging by the surroundings, he truly seemed to have fallen into some inexplicable cage, with even the void sealed off.
Fortunately, he communicated with the 'All-Heavens Precious Mirror' deep within his sea of consciousness, and found that he could still return to the Southern Barrens Cultivation World at any time. Only then did he secretly let out a breath of relief.
Clearly, even if the 'Star-Patterned Chessboard' could seal the void, it had no effect whatsoever on the 'All-Heavens Precious Mirror'.
‘But if I just ran away like this. . . even a fool would know I possess a powerful realm-breaking supreme treasure. ’
Fang Xi's ten fingers flickered in rapid succession, as streaks of Wood Spirit Light flew out, transforming into his personal spiritual light defense.
The two great artifacts, 'Green Reaping Sword' and 'Life and Death Seal', also appeared, fully on guard.
"Wood Spirit Light? Barely passable. . ."
"I can tell. . . you’re not flustered. Do you still have a trump card?"
The handsome demonic cultivator's eyes flickered with demonic light, a playful expression on his face: "Perfect. . . Once I’ve killed you, I’ll properly search your soul."
"Go!"
Fang Xi's expression was incredibly solemn. He pointed a finger at the 'Green Reaping Sword'.
Light flickered upon the 'Green Reaping Sword'. Its sword light unfurled, drawing out a streak of azure sword qi tens of yards long, like an azure flood dragon, pouncing towards the Core Formation demonic cultivator.
The 'Life and Death Seal' followed closely. A black light flashed on the seal, and it suddenly expanded hundreds of times, like a small black mountain.
"Immortal-Slaying Treasure Mark? Heh heh. . ."
Seeing this, the handsome young man had a disdainful smile appear on his face. With his left hand, he held the 'Star-Patterned Chessboard', and with his right, casually picked up a pure white, jade-like chess piece.
Pffft!
This white chess piece transformed into a streak of flowing light, instantly striking the 'Green Reaping Sword'! The 'Green Reaping Sword' let out a wail, its Immortal-Slaying Sword Qi dispersed. Its main body, struck by the white chess piece, actually had silver chains emerge from the void, binding it firmly.
After throwing out a chess piece, the handsome young man looked at the falling small mountain, and his right hand, with fingers pressed together, transformed into a sky-shattering punch.
Bang!
The 'Life and Death Seal''s downward momentum immediately slowed, and it was even sent flying away.
In mid-air, as the handsome young man opened his five fingers and casually grabbed.
Boom!
A jet-black and massive demonic hand appeared, grabbing the 'Life and Death Seal' and preventing it from moving even an inch.
This person actually seemed to have cultivated some formidable body cultivation technique, and had even refined a certain 'Divine Ability Manifestation'!
This Core Formation demonic cultivator actually directly used his physical body to receive Fang Xi's 'Life and Death Seal'!
"This small seal is not bad, perhaps I can add it to my collection. . ."
"As for you. . . The white pieces are for trapping, the black pieces are for killing. . . I wonder how many black pieces you can endure?"
The handsome young man then picked up another black chess piece with his right hand, and aimed it at Fang Xi with a smiling expression.
Fang Xi, however, suddenly sighed, and formed an incantation seal with both hands: "Why. . . must you force my hand?"
Compared to exposing his golden finger (cheat), he naturally chose to first dispatch this Core Formation demonic cultivator before escaping!
"Withered Glory Mystic Light!"
Upon the 'Life and Death Seal', a phantom image of a demonic tree appeared. Its crown and branches trembled, scattering streams of profound and mysterious light! This light actually directly pierced through the massive hand formed by the Divine Ability Manifestation, and consecutively penetrated the defensive light barriers created by artifacts like the 'Poison Dragon Claw' and 'Ten Thousand Souls Banner', landing directly on the handsome young man!
"This is. . ."
The handsome young man suddenly felt a great calamity descending upon him. He pulled out several life-saving talismans and jade bottles from his embrace.
However, before he could use them, he found that his originally fair and delicate palm instantly became covered in wrinkles.
Strands of white hair drifted away, and a terrifying sensation of life force rapidly draining away emerged in his mind: "This. . . this is. . ."
The demonic light in the handsome young man's eyes weakened, gradually dissipating. He himself toppled forward and fell.
Losing the maintenance of his magical power, the 'Star-Patterned Chessboard' also let out a mournful wail, its brilliance receding inwards, transforming into a palm-sized jade chess board, and falling beside the young man's corpse along with the 'Poison Dragon Claw' and 'Bone Banner'.
"Nine hundred and eighty-one years. . . you consumed a full nine hundred and eighty-one years of my lifespan. . ."
Fang Xi retrieved the 'Life and Death Seal' and other artifacts, his expression also extremely grim.
This battle could be said to be the most dangerous he had ever encountered.
His opponent, in terms of cultivation, artifacts, secret arts, and even combat experience, far surpassed him.
If not for the 'Withered Glory Mystic Light' being sufficiently profound, with its characteristic of ignoring all defenses, he might have had to flee in disarray today, exposing his golden finger!
"I really didn't want to fight you to the death. . ."
Fang Xi recalled the process of unleashing the 'Withered Glory Mystic Light' just now, and it truly wasn't a pleasant experience.
His lifespan instantly drained by nearly a thousand years. Even he felt extremely uncomfortable.
Furthermore, if he hadn't, through the mystic light's sensing ability, perceived that this person's lifespan was only over three hundred years from its limit, making him able to be fought to the death. . . he might not have chosen to unleash the 'Withered Glory Mystic Light', lest he exhaust himself to death as well.
"Fortunately. . . the outcome wasn't bad."
Fang Xi no longer hesitated. He transformed into an azure long rainbow, sweeping up the handsome young man's corpse and artifacts, sprinting for a hundred miles, diving headfirst into the earth. Then, with a flash of light, he vanished.
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Southern Barrens Cultivation World.
"This time, I killed a Core Formation demonic cultivator. . . Next time, perhaps a Nascent Soul old monster will be specifically waiting for me in the mystic realm."
"But it doesn’t matter. . . I’ve already abandoned that mystic realm."
A flash of light.
Fang Xi looked at the handsome young man's corpse and the several artifacts on the ground, a hint of joy suddenly appearing on his face.
"This time, I actually even managed to bring this person back in the end. It's truly a huge gain. . ."
"Tsk tsk. . . A Perfected Core Formation demonic cultivator, ah. . . Judging by his divine abilities and methods, he seemed simply unfathomable. . ."
"But. . . no matter how invincible your divine abilities are, when you compete with me in lifespan, you'll still die!"
"Sigh. . . Poor me, who originally had two thousand years of lifespan, now only has about a thousand years left. Truly a heavy loss. . ."
"I can only rely on you to make up for it."
He tossed out a demonic tree seed, while green and yellow light swirled in his eyes. He quickly seized the opportunity to perform a soul search on the handsome young man.
Having previous experience, he didn't investigate this person's cultivation techniques or divine abilities, but rather searched for other common knowledge fragments.
Even so, as this person's body completely died and his soul scattered. . . the information Fang Xi could obtain was extremely limited.
Despite this, as memory fragments surfaced one by one, Fang Xi's expression became first surprised, then fearful, alternating between green and pale. . . as if a dye shop had opened on his face.
Half an hour later, he exhaled a long breath, his expression suddenly becoming extremely gloomy: "Primordial Demon Sect. . . Resentful Soul Lure?"
"This sect's power is truly astonishing. There might even be Soul Transformation stage cultivators there. . ."
"Fortunately, even if they are powerful, can they really cross realms to pursue me?"
"According to this Saint Son's memories, the region he was in is called the 'Bright Ring Realm'. . . I've never heard of it or seen it mentioned in ancient texts."
"However, in that world, every few hundred years, cultivators ascend to the Earthly Immortal World. Both its foundation and its strength far surpass what we have here. . ."
"Even so. . . I still need to find a way to quickly eradicate this 'Resentful Soul Lure', otherwise, I can never truly be at ease."
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