Chapter 469: Slaying the Demon (Seeking Subscriptions)
This Forest of Myriad Manifestations Plate is quite interesting.
Fang Xi's Spirit-Blink Pearl flickered in his hand, allowing him to evade a yellow radiance thrust from the ox-horn demon cultivator. Gazing at the Forest of Myriad Manifestations Domain, he muttered, "It seems to be a treasure refined by a spell cultivator. If used by my Second Primordial Spirit, the domain's power would surely skyrocket. . ."
"Weak human cultivator, do you only know how to hide?"
The ox-horn demon cultivator roared loudly, "Come and fight me, Niu Mang!"
"As you wish!"
A light flashed in Fang Xi's hand, and the Star-Patterned Chessboard appeared, its nineteen intersecting lines faintly sealing off the surrounding void.
Thwack!
Amidst the crisp sound of the piece landing, his right index and middle fingers picked up a black chess piece and slammed it onto the board!
Pop!
Niu Mang roared, and a bolt of lightning flashed across his black armor.
The lightning bolt struck the black dagger head-on, astonishingly turning it into ashes!
The black armor worn by this four-stage mid-grade great demon must also be a Spirit Treasure no less inferior to the Seven Kills Demon Armor!
Whoosh!
Utilizing the Spirit-Blink Pearl, Fang Xi's figure flickered several times, already appearing behind Niu Mang. An azure light flashed in his hand, and an azure spirit bird fan emerged, which he violently waved!
Whoosh, whoosh!
Strong azure wind spirit energy gathered, transforming into azure flood dragons. Around them, countless azure wind blade tornadoes erupted, sweeping towards Niu Mang.
"Not enough, not enough!"
Lightning incessantly flickered across Niu Mang's black armor, and behind him, a terrifying demonic shadow vaguely appeared, spitting out a dark green demonic radiance that swept away the wind blades.
Immediately after, he abruptly turned, swinging his spiked club with both hands. Upon this Spirit Treasure, runes flashed, transforming into illusory mountain peaks that crashed down!
This time, Fang Xi suddenly felt the surrounding gravitational force surge!
"Earth Pole Primordial Magnetism Divine Ability! And it's at the Grand Completion stage. . . My Black Fire Demonic Corpse is like a joke in front of this demon."
Fang Xi put away his spirit bird fan, and the Five Elements Ring appeared in his hand, into which he poured his early-stage Nascent Soul magic power.
Buzz!
In the void, a five-colored lotus flower slowly bloomed.
Black, white, red, gold, azure. . . the five colors rotated.
First, black petals drifted forward to block the spiked club, but with only a slight pause, they were easily shattered by the illusory mountain peaks above.
The five-colored lotus gently rotated, and a white lotus petal continued to block. Streaks of sharp metal sword qi shot out, cutting into the illusory mountain peaks and weakening them somewhat.
Immediately after, another petal, like a karmic fire red lotus, transformed into raging flames, scorching the spiked club.
Seeing signs that his own Spirit Treasure was struggling, Niu Mang's expression subtly changed. He chanted a few incantations, and a dark green demonic qi shot skyward, injecting itself into the spiked club.
On the spiked club, the Five Peaks illusory images suddenly solidified, then crashed down with a boom.
Just then, the five-colored lotus also rotated to its final azure petal.
Wood overcomes Earth!
Vines entangled the Five Peaks illusory images on the spiked club, directly shattering them.
Countless storms spread outwards, landing on Fang Xi's five-colored armor, yet failing to create even a ripple.
"This 'Five Elements Ring' isn't just peerless in defense; it's also incredibly sharp for offense. With its Five Elements rotation, it can always find an attribute to counter the enemy. . ."
Fang Xi toyed with the Five Elements Ring's main body, sighing softly in his heart.
He was still at a disadvantage due to his cultivation realm; he was only at the early-stage Nascent Soul.
Even with numerous Spirit Treasures at his command, he could at most contend with ordinary mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators.
Encountering someone clearly beyond his league still proved somewhat challenging.
Niu Mang retrieved his spiked club, his eyes narrowing slightly: "Yun Jizi. . . Aren't you a peerless sword cultivator? Why do you only use external means like Spirit Treasures?"
He vaguely felt that the rumors were off.
This Yun Jizi shouldn't be a sword cultivator, but rather a Daoist of Many Treasures!
Why does he possess so many Spirit Treasures?
Especially that Five Elements Ring, it's definitely among the pinnacle of Spirit Treasures. Its power is extraordinary, leaving him uncertain if he could defeat his opponent. . .
"You're not so foolish, old ox. . ."
Fang Xi lamented, truly, those who could advance to the fourth-stage were no fools.
This ox demon's previous short temper and quick anger might have all been feigned.
‘However. . . to think he's an earth-attribute demon, heavily restrained by me. ’
Runes appeared on the Spirit-Blink Pearl, and it flashed once more.
Fang Xi's figure abruptly appeared beside Niu Mang, and he clawed with five fingers.
Szzzt!
Streaks of Taiyi Azure Wood Divine Light burst forth from his fingertips, abruptly transforming into flying swords, like divine dragons from beyond the heavens, swift as startled swans.
Pffft, pffft!
An azure flying sword struck the pitch-black armor, and a bolt of lightning that flew out was astonishingly cut in two by the flying sword transformed from the Taiyi Azure Wood Divine Light.
"Ah!"
In his alarm, Niu Mang's entire body surged with earthy yellow demonic qi, transforming into layers of rock defense, yet they were sliced open by the Taiyi Azure Wood Divine Light as easily as slicing through melons and dicing vegetables.
Even so, it bought him some time.
Niu Mang blocked with his spiked club, and the azure flying swords struck it, surprisingly severing several sharp barbs and leaving a deep wound on the spiked club.
The Taiyi Azure Wood Divine Light was a divine ability, not a Spirit Treasure, and its power could continuously increase as the cultivator refined it and their realm improved.
Fang Xi had diligently cultivated without pause on Emerald Cliff for decades, and now he could be considered to have achieved a minor success.
A single strike from the divine light alone damaged Niu Mang's Spirit Treasure!
"What pure wood-attribute divine light."
Niu Mang retreated a hundred zhang, looking at the Spirit Treasure in his hand with its deep scars, his eyes filled with sorrow.
Although he could slowly nourish and repair the Spirit Treasure by keeping it in his dantian, he didn't know how much essence qi that would consume.
"Damn Feng Shisan. . . to actually arrange for this old ox to guard such a huge pit. . ."
"Even if I receive compensation, it won't be worth the loss at all."
Niu Mang's large eyes scanned in all directions, already showing a hint of retreat.
After all, Yun Jizi was renowned for his sword arts!
Now, this person had forced him into such a predicament without even drawing his sword. If his divine sword were to emerge from its sheath, what then?
"This ox demon isn't easy to kill. . . but he certainly makes for excellent wood puppet material."
Fang Xi put away the spirit bird fan and other Spirit Treasures, only transforming the Five Elements Ring to the size of an Eight Immortals table, enveloping himself.
With the protection of this miniature 'Five Qi Towards Origin Array', he could even withstand a sneak attack from a four-stage superior-grade demon!
He gazed at Niu Mang, who already showed signs of retreating, and suddenly smiled, drawing the Green Reaping Sword with a backhand motion!
Swish!
A sword qi emerged from the Green Reaping Sword, shooting straight into the sky.
‘This old ox has also killed human sword cultivators. . . but this sword strike seems quite ordinary. . . ’
Niu Mang muttered inwardly, yet he dared not be careless.
He let out a sharp howl, his body shaking, and a large number of gadflies flew out, like countless dense iron sand, swarming towards Fang Xi.
These gadflies, specially refined by him, were half-demon insects and half-artifacts. Even a thick-skinned and strong-bodied demon would suffer a huge loss if they weren't careful.
With this move unleashed, Niu Mang didn't even think twice. He turned into an earthy yellow halo of light, about to flee.
"Go!"
Facing the countless gadflies, Fang Xi merely smiled faintly and formed a sword-art gesture.
Pfft!
The Green Reaping Sword began to split from its tip, transforming into 1.296 billion 'Azure Glow Needles'.
Pfft, pffft!
Each fine needle seemed to have grown eyes, accurately piercing through the gadflies, causing them to fall from mid-air like raindrops.
‘Not good, he truly is a peerless sword cultivator who refines swords into threads! ’
Niu Mang's divine consciousness detected this scene, and his escape light streaked a thousand zhang away in an instant.
The next instant, Fang Xi's divine consciousness had already locked onto him from afar. He coldly declared, "When Green Reaping appears, demon blood must flow!"
Bang!
Each Azure Glow Needle burst open, and the boundless azure glow that had filled the world seemed to vanish completely.
Meanwhile, a great warning arose in Niu Mang's heart, and without hesitation, his escape light sharply veered.
Hiss!
In the void, a rending sound suddenly echoed.
Niu Mang stopped his escape light, turning his head somewhat stiffly, only to see a corner of his pitch-black spirit armor on his shoulder sliced off, with trickles of blood seeping out. . .
It was as if there had been countless sword blades in front of him just now. If he hadn't forcibly changed direction based on his spiritual intuition, he might have been dismembered by a flurry of swords.
"Truly worthy of being a four-stage mid-grade great demon. . ."
Seeing this, Fang Xi couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Even if divine consciousness can't detect it, is spiritual intuition so astonishing?"
He formed hand seals with both hands: "But my Invisible Sword Array is not so easily escaped. . ."
If one stood in his position, they would see that Niu Mang was now surrounded on all sides by the invisible and formless 'Azure Glow Needles'.
They were ubiquitous, even accompanying Niu Mang's every breath and qi circulation, attaching to his meridians and magic power within his body. . . eventually making their way to his dantian!
"Damn it, invisible sword light!"
"Such sword art exists in this world? !"
Niu Mang's expression was incredibly grim. He formed hand seals, and a pitch-black demonic qi emerged from his body, spreading in all directions.
Immediately after, in mid-air, these streams of demonic qi were cut apart and dissipated, becoming invisible, leaving absolutely no blind spots.
Seeing this scene, Niu Mang, realizing he had fallen into the net, hardened his expression. He swiftly pulled out a gigantic pitch-black thunder pearl and casually tossed it in a certain direction.
Boom!
Pitch-black lightning exploded, within it countless runes aggregated and dispersed. . .
Violent fluctuations spread outwards, then dissipated into nothingness.
Moo!
Niu Mang roared, then rolled on the spot, transforming into a black ox the size of an ordinary water buffalo, clad in iron armor, with a crescent moon mark on its forehead.
It let out a cry, then charged towards where the lightning had passed.
‘What was the origin of that thunder pearl just now? ’
Fang Xi's expression subtly changed, and he activated his sword art.
The pitch-black demon ox let out a miserable shriek. Within its dantian sea of qi, invisible Azure Glow Needles appeared, piercing its demon soul.
At the same time, its black armor shattered, revealing countless tiny wounds.
Buzz!
The Blood Fiend Hall had, at some unknown point, hovered above the pitch-black demon ox. Layers of blood clouds descended, like chains, binding the demon ox's four hooves.
Whoosh!
A light flashed, and a heavily injured, illusory black ox appeared, still clutching an earthy yellow demon core in its mouth, using a teleportation technique to evade the Blood Fiend Hall's enveloping range.
Thwack! !
The next instant, a white chess piece struck it, causing the black ox's demon soul to howl in agony as it was bound by white chains. . .
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