Chapter 528: Setting Up the Array (Making Up for 52 Missed Updates)
Chapter 528: Setting Up the Array (Making Up for 52 Missed Updates)
"Owoo!"
On Emerald Island.
Xiao Qing, in human form, grinned as she grabbed Da Qing, making him perform his size manipulation technique until he resembled a green snake.
Da Qing, on the other hand, watched Fang Xi approach, a two-modes tube in his master's hand, his spiritual sense continuously broadcasting fear.
"What's there to be afraid of? Only little kids are scared of injections!"
Fang Xi soothed him, "Don't worry, this 'Heavenly Demon Qi' has been weakened and modified. It shouldn't kill a demon. . ."
"Besides, this is an opportunity to break through to the Fourth-tier. . . if word gets out, countless peak Third-tier demon beasts would envy you!"
"That's right, that's right, Master, stop wasting words on this worm!"
Fang Xi didn't hesitate. An alloy needle emerged from the two-modes tube, directly piercing into Da Qing's body. With a slight push, that wisp of 'Heavenly Demon Qi' entered Da Qing.
"Hmph. . . if I didn't urgently need Fourth-tier Horned Dragon Essence Blood, this good fortune wouldn't have fallen to you."
He snorted coldly and had Xiao Qing toss Da Qing aside.
Da Qing revealed his true form, transforming into a several-dozen-zhang-long green flood dragon. At this moment, bumps rose all over his body, and beneath his scales, it was as if countless small mice scurried, crying out in immense misery!
Nevertheless, his demonic qi was steadily rising.
"Yay, Da Qing's become even more durable now!"
Xiao Qing clapped her hands, smiling joyfully.
Hearing this, Fang Xi couldn't help but glance sideways at the Green Fire Luan.
After devouring most of the 'Phoenix Essence Pills' left by Elder Qing, the Green Fire Luan's demonic qi had already reached the peak of the Fourth-tier low-grade, not far from the mid-grade.
It seemed that even if Da Qing successfully transformed, he wouldn't escape the fate of being bullied and beaten. . .
Rumble!
The Nine Heavens' Dragon Roar startled the Heavenly Thunder!
Accompanied by Da Qing's high-pitched dragon roar, his body instantly breached a hundred zhang, the single horn on his head bifurcating, becoming even more majestic.
Following this, in the firmament, countless fish-scale clouds appeared, blue lightning flickering, transforming into a bolt of thunder that struck down!
The Transformation Heavenly Tribulation!
With a wave of his hand, Fang Xi retreated to the side with Xiao Qing, watching in silence.
The commotion on Emerald Island immediately attracted the attention of numerous cultivators, but the lesson of the Nascent Soul old monsters who had previously been penalized into destitution made many cultivators dare not cross the forbidden line.
Only two streaks of escape light landed beside Fang Xi: Tian Du Mojun and Nangong Li.
"No need to be nervous, it's just one of my spirit beasts undergoing tribulation. . ."
Fang Xi waved his hand, watching bolt after bolt of heavenly thunder strike down.
Da Qing, meanwhile, struggled to raise his upper body, spewing out large masses of demonic qi to resist. Occasionally, scattered lightning was absorbed by his demonic body, and the blue aura on his scales suddenly intensified greatly.
"So that's it. . ."
Tian Du Mojun's gaze subtly swept past Xiao Qing, and his eye twitched: 'If this green flood dragon successfully transforms, then there will be a Fourth-tier flood dragon and a Heavenly Phoenix. . . this Dragon Fish Island Master is truly irreconcilable with the demon race. . . '
Rumble!
Suddenly, another bolt of thunder struck down.
That mighty heavenly might made Xiao Qing involuntarily clutch at Fang Xi's sleeve.
Crack!
The eighth bolt of thunder descended, directly smashing Da Qing to the ground.
A hundred-zhang flood dragon, bathed in blood, let out a mournful cry.
"Oh no, this flood dragon might not make it past the last bolt of thunder. . ."
Nangong Li blurted out.
Fang Xi's expression remained unchanged as he coldly stared at Da Qing.
Rumble!
The ninth bolt of thunder crashed down, lightning and fire clashing as it struck the green flood dragon's body, blasting it into fragments!
"It failed. . . no, wait!"
Nangong Li reached out and caught a piece of Da Qing's limb, only to find that it wasn't flesh and blood at all, but — a shed skin? !
"The Golden Cicada Exuvia technique. . ."
Fang Xi stroked his chin, "This fellow Da Qing. . . truly has cultivated the life-preserving secret art from the 'Celestial Demon Extermination Manual' to perfection. . ."
With the nine bolts of heavenly thunder having fallen, the sky immediately cleared.
With a rustle!
The earth split open in all directions, and Da Qing awkwardly crawled out, raising his flood dragon head and letting out a roar: "Hoooo!"
Amidst his defiant roar, Da Qing coiled his body, then was immediately enveloped by wisps of mist, transforming into a large green egg.
Crack!
Crack!
Soon after, the eggshell shattered, and a figure emerged.
It was a half-flood dragon, half-human figure, his face covered in green scales, with two small horns growing on his head.
"M-Master. . ."
Da Qing stammered.
"Good, you've finally reached the Fourth-tier. . ."
Fang Xi nodded, "My waste of that tube of Heavenly Demon Qi wasn't in vain. . . Now that you've advanced to the Fourth-tier, first offer up half of your origin essence blood!"
Da Qing instantly froze in place. . .
Indeed, even if Fishy advanced to the Fourth-tier, he was still destined for the pot, wasn't he?
...
Inside the Long Evergreen Palace.
Fang Xi toyed with a bottle of flood dragon essence blood, looking at Tian Du Mojun, "So. . . a beast tide has already appeared in the Wu Kingdom?"
"Precisely so. . . given the speed of the beast tide, it likely won't take many days to reach Myriad Islands Lake."
A hint of gloom touched Tian Du Mojun's expression.
This beast tide actually contained a Fifth-tier Heavenly Phoenix!
He had not dared to face it before, always fleeing directly whenever the opponent was still ten thousand li away.
But now, with the Southern Barrens overthrown, there was nowhere left to escape!
No. . . perhaps they could still hide in the Great Dream Marsh. This was also the last plan of the righteous and demonic paths before.
"Perfect. . . my grand array has also been set up."
Fang Xi transformed into a streak of green escape light and arrived above Emerald Island.
Looking down from the sky, most of the gourd-shaped Emerald Island was now enveloped by the crown of an Ancestral Demonic Tree!
He arrived at the top of the tree crown, and the "Taiyi Scripture" appeared in his hand!
For the 'Positive-Negative Nine-Nethers Profound Wood Grand Array,' there was no more suitable central restrictive item than the "Taiyi Scripture."
"Taiyi. . ."
Fang Xi spoke, "Activate the 'Positive-Negative Nine-Nethers Profound Wood Grand Array'!"
"Understood, Master. . ."
Taiyi's artificial intelligence immediately activated the pre-established program.
Rumble!
Above Emerald Island, the demonic tree roared, and a pitch-black pillar of light shot into the sky!
Following that. . . came Dragon Fish Island, Maple Leaf Island, Golden Turtle Island, and Spirit Sky Island!
The Fourth-tier spirit veins cultivated on these islands roared, transforming into pillars of light, within which countless runes flickered densely, connecting into layers of restrictions.
Whoosh! Whoosh!
A layer of black mist permeated, spreading continuously outwards with Emerald Island as its center.
Within Dragon Fish Island and the other subsidiary spirit islands, countless black mists also surged forth, collectively forming a wall of fog, even extending to the remaining prefectures of the Yue Kingdom!
"Is that truly a super grand array encompassing Myriad Islands Lake?"
Tian Du Mojun felt the power of the grand array, his expression becoming incomparably solemn: "Could it be that the Dragon Fish Island Master is already a Fifth-tier Array Master? But even a Fifth-tier Array Master would require a large number of low-tier Array Masters for assistance to set up such a grand array. . . how could he complete it by himself?"
He had no idea that with 'Taiyi' present, it was equivalent to having a group of the most skilled Array Masters assisting.
Since the establishment of the 'Yellow Turban Warrior' and 'nanobot' factories, this speed had become even faster.
"Old pal, it's your turn!"
Fang Xi stomped his foot.
The Ancestral Demonic Tree roared, and a layer of demonic domain barrier unfurled, instantly enveloping the entire Emerald Island!
Not only that, this layer of demonic domain extended limitlessly, even encompassing the entire Myriad Islands Lake.
If one were to look down from an extremely high vantage point at this moment, they would find the entire Myriad Islands Lake shrouded in a deep black, like a primordial egg.
Fang Xi had still relied on a clever trick; his true array dao attainment was still Fourth-tier, but with the aid of the "Taiyi Scripture," he was already quasi-Fifth-tier!
Coupled with the Ancestral Demonic Tree's demonic domain, this 'Positive-Negative Nine-Nethers Profound Wood Grand Array' should have already entered the ranks of Fifth-tier arrays!
"A Third-tier array can form its own space and shift through the void. Now, it's even easier. . ."
Fang Xi sent out talisman after talisman, each one remarkably an ancient jade talisman inscribed with 'Phoenix Seal Script'!
He had long since integrated his understanding of teleportation arrays and the void into this Fifth-tier grand array.
Around the demonic tree, silver-disk-like void passages opened. The Ancestral Demonic Tree roared, and countless tentacles and vines drilled into them. . .
Above Dragon Fish Island, a pneumatophore suddenly descended, then rapidly absorbed spiritual qi and grew, transforming into a towering giant tree that covered the sky!
This was a scion of the Ancestral Demonic Tree, as the Ancestral Demonic Tree originally possessed the ability to form a forest from a single tree.
On the other spirit islands, sub-strains of the demonic tree rapidly grew. Even within the mist at the edges of Myriad Islands Lake, tendrils and pneumatophores seemed to form a massive wooden cage!
"This. . ."
Outside Emerald Island, the Nascent Soul old monsters watched, their eyelids twitching.
With the terrifying power of the current grand array, they felt as if they could be annihilated at any moment, unable to even escape!
"No wonder the Dragon Fish Island Master only made us do manual labor. . . turns out he didn't need us to act at all!"
A white-bearded, white-haired Nascent Soul old monster stroked his beard and sighed.
"A Fifth-tier grand array!"
Another Array Master's eyes glowed, as if he had seen a deity of his faith: "To be able to set up such a grand array, the Dragon Fish Island Master is actually a Fifth-tier Array Master. . . This is excellent! With this, even the demon race's Fifth-tier Heavenly Phoenix might not be willing to risk spiritual energy backlash to forcefully break the array!"
The other Nascent Soul old monsters nodded in agreement.
Most cultivators were selfish. Now that the majority of the Southern Barrens was already acquired, the Heavenly Phoenix race should not be so stubborn as to insist on eradicating their last shred of cultivation world seeds, right?
Sacrificing one's origin for the sake of a mere dozen or so Nascent Soul cultivators would be far from worth it.
"Now that the Positive-Negative Nine-Nethers Profound Wood Grand Array is complete. . . the next step is. . ."
Fang Xi took a step, shifting through the void within the array, appearing as if by instantaneous movement in Emerald Island's factory.
Here, towering Star Treasure Pagodas, each a thousand zhang tall, had been re-erected.
"Prepare to ignite and launch!"
He gave a soft shout, and the power of the grand array enveloped a Star Treasure Pagoda, sending it instantly into the high heavens.
Following that. . . came the second, then the third!
Fang Xi wouldn't believe that the Heavenly Phoenix race would let him off. Not to mention the debt from Green Emperor Mountain, even with the previous Elder Qing incident, both sides had long been irreconcilable.
These Primordial Spirit Magical Artifacts were prepared for that Soul Transformation demon!
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