Chapter 437: Another Crossing (Asking for Monthly Votes)
Chapter 437: Another Crossing (Asking for Monthly Votes)
“It seems. . . Fellow Daoist Zheng’s False Core formation process went quite smoothly. ”
Zhong Hong Yu transformed into a streak of red light, silently gazing at the celestial phenomenon that was gradually converging, a faint smile appearing on her face.
Even having formed a true Golden Core, her cultivation was still only at the early Core Formation stage.
Her pre-emptive address of “Fellow Daoist Zheng” indicated her strong optimism for Zheng Shan’s breakthrough this time.
“After all, she’s advancing in a fourth-order spirit vein area, and it’s merely refining a demon core to achieve a False Core; the difficulty is indeed a bit lower than forming a true Golden Core. . . ”
Fang Xi chuckled, then suddenly looked out beyond Emerald Cliff, his expression turning somewhat grave.
“Young Master, what has happened? ”
Zhong Hong Yu immediately tensed up.
Fang Xi smiled faintly, transforming into a streak of green light and shooting out of the great array. A voice transmission, a single sentence, echoed in the ears of all high-stage cultivators: “A great demon is attacking; you all stand firm in the formation, do not venture out! ”
‘Something that even the Young Master calls a great demon. . . could it be? ’
Zhong Hong Yu’s face was etched with worry. She controlled her escape light, arriving at the edge of the ‘Nine-Nethers Profound Wood Grand Array’.
In an instant, her face paled slightly. She saw a terrifying ‘Earth Mountain Turtle’, ten zhang across, controlling a streak of earthy yellow demonic wind as it ferociously attacked!
“It’s a four-stage shape-shifting great demon! ”
Feeling the immense pressure that the other party’s mere appearance brought her, Zhong Hong Yu thought, almost suffocating.
“No wonder this beast tide is a once-in-ten-thousand-years occurrence; there’s actually a shape-shifting great demon manipulating it from behind the scenes! ”
Hai Da Niu and the other Foundation Establishment cultivators were also startled and enraged, yet simultaneously filled with extreme fear.
If not for the Three Kingdoms cultivation world’s accumulation of thousands of years of fortune, finally giving rise to a Nascent Soul cultivator like Dragon Fish Zhenjun, wouldn’t they have been doomed to perish in that turtle’s maw?
“Audacious demon, how dare you invade this Zhenjun’s Myriad Islands Lake? ! ”
Fang Xi stood firm like a pine, coldly shouting.
“Haha. . . The demon race’s invasion is an irresistible trend, Dragon Fish Zhenjun. . . submit to your execution! ”
Gui Shan roared with three bouts of maniacal laughter, vividly portraying a villain of the cultivation world. He then manipulated his demonic qi, and masses of earthy yellow spiritual energy transformed into massive boulders, smashing down upon the Nine-Nethers Profound Wood Grand Array like a volley of meteors.
Puff puff!
Within the black mist, root-like tendrils shot out, piercing through the earthy yellow boulders in a blink of an eye. . .
“Truly worthy of being a four-stage great array! ”
Zhong Hong Yu’s face was filled with joy: “As long as we hold this array, we can at least maintain an undefeated position! ”
Fang Xi gazed at the massive boulders hurtling towards him, then extended his five fingers, and streaks of jade-green Taiyi Green Wood Divine Light shimmered.
Puff puff!
One by one, the massive boulders, condensed from demonic power, were sliced open in mid-air as if they were tofu, transforming into pure earth-attribute spiritual energy.
‘As expected, it’s the Taiyi Green Wood Divine Light. . . When the Master’s true body makes a move, it’s even more suppressing than the External Avatar for me! ’
Gui Shan spat out a thick, earthy yellow pillar of light, which Fang Xi sliced apart in just a few moves.
Then, it roared, transforming into a thick yellow cloud that enveloped Fang Xi within its depths.
“Master! ”
Within the yellow cloud, the Earth Mountain Turtle reverted to human form, asking with a fawning smile, “How did this old man perform? ”
“You overacted a bit; it still needs improvement in the future. And also. . . ”
Fang Xi gave him a passing grade and continued to assign tasks: “Within ten years, send an earth-attribute demon core to Emerald Cliff. . . ”
Seeing Gui Shan’s slightly pale face, he added with a smile: “A third-order one, even a low-grade one will do! ”
“Ah, so it only needs to be third-order. That’s easy; leave it to this old man. ”
Gui Shan let out a long breath and solemnly promised.
“Mm. . . then go out. Don’t keep the audience waiting. ”
Fang Xi laughed heartily, transformed into a streak of green light, and flew out. Heaven-spanning Wood Element Divine Thunder descended like a heavenly punishment.
The yellow cloud dispersed, and the massive Earth Mountain Turtle retreated in defeat, roaring, “Dragon Fish Zhenjun, you are indeed powerful. . . today this old one has truly suffered a defeat. . . ”
“The Zhenjun. . . won? ”
On Dragon Fish Island, a Foundation Establishment cultivator murmured, “Don’t ancient texts say that once demon beasts take human form, their strength greatly increases, often suppressing cultivators of the same realm? ”
“This must be due to the Zhenjun’s extraordinary divine abilities! ”
An elder next to him stroked his beard and said, “Dragon Fish Zhenjun is a cultivation prodigy rarely seen in ten thousand years. What’s wrong with an early Nascent Soul cultivator suppressing a fourth-order low-grade demon beast? Isn’t that the most basic thing? ”
A young girl beside him, witnessing this scene, couldn’t help but reveal a helpless expression.
Ever since he encountered that third-order flood dragon last time, her grandfather had become a Zhenjun fanboy. He was like this whether there was anyone around or not, unwavering and never slackening. . .
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Ever since the news of the fourth-order great demon’s defeat and retreat from Emerald Cliff spread, all the cultivators in the Three Kingdoms cultivation world were stirred up.
And the gradually receding beast tide also filled them with hope.
Many people had already begun shouting slogans of counterattack.
But Fang Xi ignored them all; if they wanted to court death, he would let them.
It has only been about ten years since the demon race descended into this realm. In the Southern Desolate cultivation world, where the demon race is most rampant, swaggering around, flattening the beast tide, and shouting slogans of counterattacking the demon race. . . Do they really think the Heavenly Phoenix Clan is made of mud?
He was now holed up on Emerald Cliff, cultivating daily, occasionally seeking out beauties for drinks and enjoyment, once again immersing himself in a peaceful and beautiful period of cultivation.
As for the Western Desert?
Fang Xi, having killed a Five Elements Lin Clan member, prepared to lie low, at least for a few decades.
Otherwise, he had no doubt that if he went to Heavenly Guardian City again, he would be targeted by the fourth-order superior-grade Five Elements Lin Clan.
Mm, to be safe, he had closed all the ancient teleportation arrays on this side. As long as this side wasn’t activated, even if cultivators from the Western Desert found the ancient teleportation array, they wouldn’t be able to teleport over.
Numerous thoughts flashed swiftly through his mind. Fang Xi gazed at the humanoid Qilin Puppet before him, still lost in contemplation.
The External Avatar, coupled with this puppet, already possessed astonishing divine abilities and magical power.
Even for his true body, it would be quite difficult to subdue it.
Fortunately, by utilizing the ‘All-Heavens Precious Mirror’, he could ensure that the External Avatar wouldn’t be trapped in one place or lose contact for too long, thus preventing it from developing self-awareness and rebelling against its master.
Once again casting the External Avatar secret art, and assimilating the External Avatar, Fang Xi touched his hand to his crown.
A bluish-black, slender Nascent Soul, with two horns on its head, clad in black armor, and with six large black holes behind it, then appeared floating in his palm.
“Go! ”
Gazing at the Qilin Puppet, into which he, having meticulously researched puppet arts, had secretly added many enhancements, Fang Xi pushed his palm forward.
The External Avatar transformed into a streak of black light and merged into the puppet.
Then, the eyes of this green-armored, single-horned figure lit up. . .
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A silver light flashed.
Fang Xi’s figure appeared inside a tube building.
He swept with his divine consciousness. Those familiar reinforced concrete buildings made him momentarily lose himself: “Am I. . . back? No, that’s not right. . . ”
Wherever his divine consciousness passed, for a hundred li around, it was desolate. This was clearly an abandoned city!
The roadside was overgrown with weeds, and there were various signs of damage.
Fang Xi’s divine consciousness swept slightly over a crack several li long, sensing an incomparably sharp sword qi. Even though an unknown number of years had passed, faint traces still remained, causing the nearby area to be devoid of even an inch of grass.
“Sword marks? ”
“And another place. . . could it be traces left by a spell. . . ”
“This is destruction caused by a battle between cultivators! ”
“And the spiritual energy here. . . ”
He subtly sensed, and found that the spiritual energy here was almost identical to that of the Southern Desolate cultivation world.
Fang Xi reviewed all the worlds he had crossed. The Shard World had the richest spiritual energy, but that was within a Divine Transformation sect’s mystic realm.
Next came the Red Sun Realm, and finally Da Liang.
But the spiritual energy concentration in this world was even greater than in the Red Sun Realm!
‘For what reason. . . did cultivators battle. . . then abandon this city. . . leading to its desolation ever since. . . ’
Fang Xi could now confirm that this was not his original hometown, but a world that was similar yet subtly different!
On the road, his divine consciousness even spotted magnet-levitation cars, wheel-less, casually discarded by the roadside.
Crack!
Fang Xi gripped the doorknob and casually pushed open a residential door.
The alloy door was twisted arbitrarily in his hand as if it were mere mud, bursting open with a crash. . .
A decaying smell wafted out, and the ground was covered in dust.
He looked at a bookshelf. Although the books on it were decaying, the writing was still vaguely discernible.
Not far away, there were a few pieces of furniture, including appliances resembling computers, televisions, and record players.
Fang Xi tried it and discovered that it was actually powered by spiritual power!
He casually input a trace of spiritual energy, and a melodious and graceful song emerged from the record player.
Although he couldn’t understand it, Fang Xi quickly changed to another record, restarted it after inserting it, and began rapidly learning by following the lyrics on the record case. . .
With a Nascent Soul cultivator’s powerful divine consciousness, and the assistance of some sound-producing equipment, Fang Xi quickly learned a new language roughly.
An unknown amount of time passed.
Fang Xi came before a counter and picked up a photo frame on it. Inside was a family photo, in which a yellow-skinned boy with a face full of freckles smiled very brightly, holding a peach wood sword high in his hand.
He swept with his divine consciousness, then suddenly moved slightly, waving his hand.
From the corner, a peach wood sword, only as long as a child’s arm, flew over.
Fang Xi flicked a Cleaning Art onto it. The peach wood sword lightly trembled, and the dust and grime on it were shaken off, leaving it completely new.
‘A low-grade small magical artifact. . . ’
He swept a glance, gave his evaluation, and casually input a trace of spiritual power.
Buzz buzz!
The small peach wood sword immediately hummed. After a burst of children’s music, a smooth female voice sounded: “Shadow Flying Sword, endless fun. . . Welcome to the third-generation Shadow Flying Sword - Premium Children’s Edition. This flying sword has been refined with the ‘Killing Prevention Prohibition Art’, quality guaranteed, thirty-year warranty. . . Please look for the ‘Shadow’ anti-counterfeit mark. . . ”
“Interesting. . . ”
Fang Xi commented faintly, then transformed into a black rainbow and ascended above the city.
The scorching sun emitted infinite radiance. He began to move at high speed, his divine consciousness spreading rapidly, eager to find someone with whom he could communicate.
What Fang Xi didn’t know was that when he erupted with demonic light in mid-air, above the nine heavens, among the countless stars, satellites, as if receiving orders, began to operate rapidly. . .
“Hmm? ”
Fang Xi had not yet flown a thousand li when his divine consciousness suddenly trembled, sensing an immense danger descending.
“East, a hundred li away! ”
He did not flee; instead, he approached with interest, eager to witness the cultivators of this world.
As an old Nascent Soul monster, he was truly at the apex in any of the three thousand small worlds below the Earthly Immortal World!
And the next moment, Fang Xi’s pupils slightly contracted.
Whoosh!
The Nine Heavens Geng Wind shattered, and a large amount of heaven and earth origin qi became chaotic, forming various colored turbulences.
Amidst the colorful display, a massive warship, over ten li long, tore through the atmosphere and appeared!
This warship was cast from some unknown alloy, but on both sides, it sported retro-styled mechanical wings. These wings were woven from countless densely packed metal feathers, each etched with extremely tiny runes that subtly emitted light, together forming an incomparably powerful prohibition art!
Science fiction and cultivation. . . two seemingly completely different paths, yet perfectly integrated into one on this single warship.
A mechanical voice devoid of any emotion sounded: “Patrolling Warship ‘Profound Azure’ has discovered an ‘Outer Realm Heavenly Demon’; executing annihilation protocol! ”
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