Chapter 529: Gourd (Please subscribe)
Chapter 529: Gourd (Please subscribe)
The Nine-Nethers Profound Wood Grand Array transformed into a vast, pitch-black mist, enveloping the territory of Myriad Islands Lake.
Within the utter darkness, three hundred and sixty-five starlights flickered.
Fang Xi, with the help of the Taiyi Scripture, coordinated the operation of everything.
In an instant, every detail within Myriad Islands Lake, no matter how small—how many Nascent Soul cultivators, how many Core Formation cultivators, how many mortals. . . even the cave-dwellings and hidden treasures left by predecessors—were all listed by Taiyi, as clear as lines on one's palm.
“Hmm? So, there were still a few Nascent Soul old monsters missed, relying on their marvelous escape techniques, hiding on other spirit islands. . . Now, however, all of them have entered my array. With just a thought, ten thousand trees can pierce their hearts, leading to their deaths! ”
“Quite a few mortals have also been taken in. If they survive this, they're all seeds for the future. . . Eh? ! ”
As Fang Xi's Divine Consciousness, aided by the grand array, swept across Myriad Islands Lake without hindrance, and then returned to Emerald Island, he suddenly discovered something, letting out a soft 'eh? '.
From a high-altitude vantage point, Emerald Island appeared entirely verdant and blue, shaped like a gourd.
Now, with the power of the five-stage 'Nine-Nethers Profound Wood Grand Array' and his boundless Divine Consciousness, he finally discovered a few clues.
“This island. . . isn't an island. . . but a gourd? ! ”
Fang Xi gasped slightly: “No wonder. . . I was wondering why Myriad Islands Lake's spiritual veins were barren, yet suddenly a fourth-order one appeared. . . ”
Recalling that the Nine Leaves Sect had settled here back then, it truly held profound meaning!
“That Netherworld earth vein qi. . . seems to be a crack in this gourd. . . ”
“This gourd possesses considerable power, likely of the fifth-order rank, but for some unknown reason, it's somewhat incomplete. . . ”
“This is also a good thing, otherwise, if that old ghost could have communicated with the artifact spirit back then, I would have been doomed. . . ”
Recalling the ancient times, when the Nine Leaves Sect was suddenly annihilated, Fang Xi felt that the waters of Emerald Island were somewhat unfathomable.
“Could it be that, within this Numinous Treasure green-skinned gourd, some unparalleled malevolent entity is sealed? Did the ancient Nine Leaves Sect encounter this malevolent entity's rampage, causing a crack in the gourd itself, leading to their complete annihilation? Otherwise, how did that earth vein baleful qi come about? ”
Fang Xi felt a strong urge to investigate, but suppressed it all for now.
Regardless, he still had to survive this great catastrophe of the demon race's rebellion first.
If he rashly disturbed the seal, or caused this green-skinned gourd to become unstable, the array core he had set up would also be problematic.
“Fortunately, by sheer coincidence, I used the Ancestral Demonic Tree as the core array eye of the grand array. Even if Emerald Island collapses, it won't be a major issue. . . ”
In Fang Xi's design plan, Emerald Island's spiritual vein merely provided energy; the Ancestral Demonic Tree was the true core of the array. So even if Emerald Island suddenly collapsed, it wouldn't affect the operation of the Nine-Nethers Profound Wood Grand Array.
Moreover, the Ancestral Demonic Tree could even provide energy autonomously. . .
Of course, it's still better if it doesn't collapse; drawing from a four-stage spiritual vein also reduces consumption.
“Who would have thought that such a secret existed beneath Emerald Island. ”
Fang Xi's heart stirred slightly.
A five-stage Numinous Treasure, though seemingly incomplete, was still an incredibly rare item.
However, soon enough, he cast the matter aside, as his Divine Consciousness scanned something interesting.
...
Somewhere in Myriad Islands Lake.
A streak of light flew forth, revealing a magnificent white avian beast within.
The avian beast opened its beak, letting out a mournful cry, and a pearl was shot out.
Boom!
This pearl was as large as a fist, with countless inscriptions carved upon its surface, and seemingly a small array within.
The pearl landed on the wall of mist, exploding into countless silver torrents, impacting the black mist.
The dense black mist quickly thinned out. . .
Just as the white demon bird rejoiced internally, after the mist dispersed, strands of wood-attribute roots appeared, like arrows, shooting towards it!
“Impossible. . . This is a fourth-order array-breaking pearl bestowed by the Heavenly Phoenix Clan! ”
From the white demon avian beast's mouth came a clear female voice, and its wings flapped furiously.
Streaks of green wind blades condensed, with faint golden runes flickering upon them, flying towards the root-tentacle arrows.
The demon avian beast didn't even check the result; with a flap of its wings, it was about to employ a wind-escape technique to flee.
But the heavens and earth suddenly trembled!
Streaks of pitch-black vines descended, directly piercing through the demon avian beast's demonic qi defense and its body!
“Cackle. . . ”
Innumerable Demonic Tree branches, like wooden spears, pierced through the white demon avian beast's body, hoisting it up.
The demon avian beast opened its beak; a wisp of its soul, wrapped around its demon core, was about to employ a teleportation technique, when a pitch-black pillar of light descended from the sky, suppressing it in an instant!
After all, being inside a five-stage grand array, Fang Xi didn't even need to appear in person; relying on 'Taiyi' to manipulate the array's power, he could suppress a fourth-order low-grade demon.
Even after the suppression, the tendrils immediately drilled into the demon avian beast's body, devouring and replacing its original bones.
Subsequently, that demon core was re-refined and inserted back into the demon avian beast's body.
In a flash, this fourth-order low-grade demon avian beast transformed into a fourth-order low-grade wood puppet!
At the same time, deep beneath a certain spirit island, a giant earthy-yellow earthworm was pierced by countless roots. . . A moment later, it also became sluggish in its movements.
“This is called instant conversion. Any demon race's soldiers? They're all my wood puppets! ”
Fang Xi retracted his Divine Consciousness, and couldn't help but be extremely satisfied with this.
Puppet masters have a limit to the number of puppets they can control, but the Demonic Tree's wood puppets seem to have no limit. . .
With this move, if the demon race wanted to exhaust the grand array's magical power with sheer numbers, that would be a joke!
‘No, I can't be this strong. . . What if I scare away the enemies? The Ancestral Demonic Tree is still waiting to be fed, you know! ’
‘I must learn to disguise myself, giving enemies a sliver of hope when they're about to despair, creating the illusion that one more slash will kill me. . . luring them into slashing again and again. . . ’’
...
After having the pseudo-array spirit 'Taiyi Scripture' constantly monitor the array, Fang Xi returned to the Evergreen Palace for secluded cultivation.
Before him, several bottles of essence blood were laid out, from the Earth Mountain Turtle, Golden Flood Dragon, and Green Horned Dragon. . .
“The Myriad Demon Armor secret art, the more demon essence blood refined into it, the greater its power. . . ”
Fang Xi first picked up the Earth Mountain Turtle's turtle blood, and his aura instantly transformed, becoming a late-stage Soul Transformation demon beast.
The previous Tian Xingzi had been beaten to death by him in this state; not even his Nascent Soul was spared, fed to the Demonic Tree.
His face bore green patterns, his voice hoarse and low, like a beast's roar, as he chanted a demon race spell.
The jade bottle shattered, and the Earth Mountain Turtle essence blood within flew out completely and was swiftly refined by a demonic qi.
Upon Fang Xi's body, the 'Heavenly Phoenix Qilin Armor,' primarily composed of five-colored feathers and jade-green scales, materialized, rapidly absorbing the essence blood.
At his chest, a chest guard slowly condensed, faintly displaying turtle shell patterns upon it.
After refining the Golden Flood Dragon essence blood, many golden lines appeared on the chest guard.
Fang Xi clenched his fist, and couldn't help but feel quite satisfied, then picked up the jade bottle containing Green Horned Dragon essence blood.
“Flood Dragons are hard to find, indeed. . . ”
He sighed softly.
Actually, during the last great demon race war, a Flood Dragon also appeared, but unfortunately, it fled directly when it saw the situation wasn't favorable. . .
Now, even though Fang Xi knew that Flood Dragon was within the demon race's grand army, he absolutely dared not attempt to plot its assassination.
Does he think a five-stage Heavenly Phoenix is blind?
“However, with fourth-order Flood Dragon essence blood, I can barely assemble a 'Minor Four Spirits Armor,' which can serve as a trump card against Soul Transformation demon cultivators, I suppose. . . ”
He muttered to himself, and fiercely formed a hand seal.
The Heavenly Phoenix Qilin Armor rumbled, and completely absorbed the Green Horned Dragon's essence blood.
The armor's color and form shifted for a moment, and on his shoulders, two shoulder pads resembling coiled Flood Dragons appeared, along with dragon claw decorations, making it appear exceptionally magnificent!
“Minor Four Spirits Armor. . . complete! ”
Fang Xi tapped his armor, feeling that even a full-power strike from a Soul Transformation cultivator might not be able to destroy it.
“And. . . my current physique and strength should be comparable to a late-stage Soul Transformation demon beast, right? ”
He removed the 'Minor Four Spirits Armor,' and couldn't help but feel a certain anticipation for the demon race's arrival. . .
...
Ten-odd days later.
Yu County. Overwhelming numbers of demon beasts, like a black tide, gathered by the Myriad Islands Lake, almost encircling the area on three sides.
Qing'er stood behind Elder Luan, gazing at the grand array that enveloped Myriad Islands Lake, feeling an inevitable sense of dread and trepidation.
“It's actually a five-stage grand array. . . ”
Elder Luan looked at the colossal wooden cage, enveloped by a demonic domain and with stars hanging horizontally in the sky, and couldn't help but let out a sigh: “No wonder the scouts sent out earlier never returned. . . ”
“A five-stage grand array, it almost possesses the power to seize the fortune of heaven and earth. . . ”
A flash of five-colored light, and an old man in feathered robes appeared.
His back was slightly hunched, looking like an ordinary human elder, with no trace of demon beast characteristics on him.
But with this person's arrival, Elder Luan and several late-stage Soul Transformation demon beasts quickly bowed in greeting: “Supreme Elder! ”
“This array. . . ”
The Heavenly Phoenix Clan's Supreme Elder gazed at the Nine-Nethers Profound Wood Grand Array, then suddenly raised a hand.
In an instant, the heavens and earth changed color, and the wind and clouds shifted dramatically!
Countless crimson fire-attribute spiritual energies transformed into dazzling light points, appearing from within the void, and within a thousand-li radius, vital qi surged, forming one divine light of fire after another.
The crimson fire-attribute power condensed into an incomparably majestic Flaming Phoenix, spreading its wings nearly a thousand zhang wide, its fierce flames burning brightly, drawing streak after streak of vibrant fiery streamers in the void.
Screech! ! !
The Flaming Phoenix suddenly let out a long cry, flapping its fiercely burning wings, and descended into the grand array ahead.
Poof!
Streaks of divine fire-attribute light violently exploded, causing countless black mists to rapidly dissipate, revealing the dense tree roots and tendrils within the grand array.
Large quantities of tendrils instantly turned to ashes, revealing the vast, misty lake behind it.
“Supreme Elder's divine might! ”
Seeing that their Supreme Elder, with just one strike, had torn a large hole in the array, Qing'er couldn't help but cheer.
But the next moment, they saw more tree vines approaching from all directions, forming a net-like blockade.
Strands of pitch-black mist gathered, re-sealing the original gap. . .
Witnessing this scene, the transformed demon beasts present couldn't help but look at each other in dismay.
“It truly is a five-stage grand array. . . ”
The Heavenly Phoenix Clan's Supreme Elder's expression remained unchanged: “That cultivator from Green Emperor Mountain who took my feather and killed Elder Qing is also within it. . . ”
A hint of coldness flashed in his eyes, and just as he was about to continue attacking, Elder Luan quickly tried to dissuade him: “Supreme Elder, you are suppressed in this realm, and to act regardless of the spiritual energy backlash is truly overkill, using an ox-cleaver to slaughter a chicken. Why not let us make a move first to wear down this array a bit. . . ”
The Heavenly Phoenix Clan's Supreme Elder pondered for a moment, then said: “Good! ”
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