Chapter 557: Five-Stage Black Tortoise (Please subscribe)
Chapter 557: Five-Stage Black Tortoise (Please subscribe)
White gold spiritual energy, azure wood spiritual energy, cerulean water spiritual energy, crimson fire spiritual energy. . . and finally, yellow earth spiritual energy!
Streaks of light, one after another, unfurled from above the Great Snow Mountain, spreading across the entire firmament like a five-colored aurora!
Above the Great Snow Mountain, even the original restrictions momentarily halted, allowing the breakthrough cultivator to freely harness the spiritual energy of heaven and earth!
A terrifying pressure radiated outwards, causing Wanbing City at the foot of the Great Snow Mountain to tremble slightly.
"Again, someone is achieving Soul Transformation? Why did I say 'again'?"
Fang Xi inwardly mocked himself, his expression still utterly astonished: "As expected of the Ice God Palace, the Northern Plains' preeminent power. . . beyond that Ancestor, another Ancestor is actually about to successfully achieve Soul Transformation?"
"It must be the Ice God Palace Master!"
Outside the cave dwelling, countless cultivators, startled from their abodes, gathered together. A Core Formation cultivator in white robes declared loudly: "The Ice God Palace Master was already a late-stage Nascent Soul Grand Cultivator back then. After experiencing the Realm Descent War, she has likely reached Nascent Soul Perfected and gained immense benefits in the Monster World. . ."
This was truly a legendary figure of the Northern Plains cultivation world!
'From what I see, this person's might indeed surpasses that of Perfected Bai Mei by a little. . . '
Fang Xi mused inwardly.
Perfected Bai Mei likely suffered from a lack of resources. If he could have gone to the Monster World and obtained spirit items helpful for breaking through the Soul Transformation bottleneck, then perhaps he would have successfully achieved Soul Transformation and overcome all tribulations long ago.
"This young brother seems quite knowledgeable about the Ice God Palace Master?"
He looked at the white-robed Core Formation cultivator and smiled: "I, too, greatly admire the Ice God Palace Master, but I only know that she shook the Southern Barrens. As for what the Monster World is truly like, I genuinely don't know. . ."
"Hehe, my name is 'Bai Xiao', and my cousin happens to be an Ice God Palace cultivator. This time, I followed along as they charged into the Monster World and luckily survived. . ."
Bai Xiao clasped his hands, feeling somewhat unable to see through Fang Xi.
However, anyone capable of residing in this area's cave dwellings was at least a Core Formation cultivator. Thus, his words were exceedingly courteous: "Our Ice God Palace Master proactively volunteered to lead the first batch of battle cultivators into the Monster World. In ten days, they battled across a million miles, even slaying several peak fourth-order demon beasts. . ."
"According to legend, they even once fought their way to the Black Tortoise clan's nest—'Myriad Azure Sea'—forcing a Soul Transformation tortoise demon to reveal itself. . ."
"Such strength, such achievements. . . coupled with the Ice God Palace's full assistance and the Monster World's resources, the Ice God Palace Master will certainly succeed in Soul Transformation, becoming the Northern Plains' second Soul Transformation cultivator!"
Bai Xiao stated with certainty.
Just as his words left his mouth, the aurora between heaven and earth transformed into a five-colored aurora lake, and boundless spiritual energy swept towards the highest peak of the Great Snow Mountain!
'Drawing the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into her body? '
Fang Xi sighed inwardly, the Ice God Palace Master had, without a doubt, surpassed Perfected Bai Mei.
A moment later, an even more terrifying pressure than before descended layer by layer from the Great Snow Mountain.
All the Core Formation cultivators present couldn't withstand it; their faces cycled between green and red, unable to maintain their magical power, they all fell to the ground.
Only Fang Xi remained, standing with his hands clasped behind his back, remarkably distinguished, gazing towards the Great Snow Mountain.
Bai Xiao was stunned to see this scene: "Nascent Soul. . ."
"'Successfully breaching the Soul Transformation bottleneck means the next step is to endure three tribulations. . . The Heart Demon Tribulation is an internal experience of a thousand lifetimes, but to the outside world, it might be just an instant. Therefore. . . '"
Fang Xi looked up, and saw clusters of five-element spiritual energy gathering.
This clearly indicated that the Ice God Palace Master had already passed the Heart Demon Tribulation and was now facing the Five Elements Tribulation!
Streaks of five-element qi transformed into various five-element spells, crashing down upon the summit of the Great Snow Mountain.
Judging by its might, it seemed as if the entire Great Snow Mountain was about to be leveled.
From the summit of the Great Snow Mountain, a figure flew out, clad in mysterious ice armor, contending against the sky-filling azure wood, black water, golden blades, scorching fire, and colossal rocks. . .
After the Five Elements circulated, countless thunderclouds churned, and a bolt of heavenly lightning, carrying an ominous aura like a Nine Heavens Thunder Punishment, violently struck down!
Compared to cultivators' lightning spells and array lightning, this cerulean-gold bolt of lightning was clearly fundamentally different. It was true 'Heavenly Might', capable of easily annihilating a cultivator's Nascent Soul!
'The Ice God Palace Master's thunder tribulation seems a bit less grand than the Fang Xian Dao Palace Master's. . . But she's lucky; with a Soul Transformation Ancestor protecting her, surviving nine layers of lightning shouldn't be a problem. . . It looks like she can smoothly advance? '
A guess slowly formed in Fang Xi's mind.
But the next moment, a scene that astonished him unfolded.
Roar!
A prolonged, ancient sound, like a colossal ancient elephant, yet also like a dragon's roar, resounded.
This roar was brimming with malevolence. Wanbing City's array trembled, countless ice bricks shattered, revealing the talismans within.
Low-level cultivators coughed up blood from their mouths and noses, and many mortals simply dropped dead. . .
"Soul Transformation Demon Venerable?"
Fang Xi's eyes widened, as he watched a terrifying, mountain-sized behemoth in the void crash into the Great Snow Mountain!
Crash!
Countless colorful restrictions flickered wildly, massive amounts of rock mixed with white snow tumbled down, and palaces collapsed one after another. . .
"You beast, how dare you? !"
A figure appeared above the Great Snow Mountain. Snowflakes drifted through the heavens and earth, transforming into a colossal ice wall, firmly protecting the summit of the Great Snow Mountain, preventing the demon venerable from interfering with the Ice God Palace Master's thunder tribulation!
"Roar!"
The appearing Soul Transformation demon was as colossal as a mountain, its head resembling a flood dragon, with phoenix claws, a snake tail, and a tortoise shell. . . It was actually a five-stage Black Tortoise!
It let out a roar, and the earth suddenly trembled, as if a magnitude ten earthquake had struck, seemingly intent on turning the Great Snow Mountain upside down.
'What the hell. . . I practically annihilated the invading Heavenly Phoenix clan, and even that old Heavenly Phoenix didn't specifically stay behind to block me. . . This Soul Transformation tortoise demon actually willingly stayed in the Human World, clearly having given up all hope of ascension. . . What deep hatred or grievance is this? Or perhaps this tortoise demon feels its lifespan is long enough that it can find a place to hide until the next demon race realm descent? Uh. . . that doesn't seem impossible. '
A dark glint flashed in Fang Xi's eyes.
The Ice God Palace Master on the Great Snow Mountain was currently undergoing her thunder tribulation, and the Soul Transformation Ancestor was being held back by a five-stage tortoise demon.
Now, it seemed, was a good opportunity?
"'Uh. . . actually, I don't seem to have much need for the Ice God Palace anyway. Perhaps I should first focus on that Soul Transformation battleground. . . I don't need that Ice God Palace Ancestor to display grand divine might; as long as she can make that five-stage tortoise demon bleed, my mission will be accomplished. . . '"
Fang Xi judged his cultivation to be sufficient; even rashly involving himself in the battle of two Soul Transformation cultivators wouldn't lead to his death by residual shockwaves. Naturally, he began to scheme against the five-stage tortoise demon.
He flicked his sleeve, and immediately transformed into a streak of azure light, vanishing. This left Bai Xiao and the other cultivators on the ground utterly bewildered and horrified. . .
...
Whoosh!
The power of ice converged, forming colossal ice blades thousands of feet long, which landed on the five-stage Black Tortoise's back, yet surprisingly failed to penetrate its thick layer of protective demonic qi!
That Black Tortoises excelled at defense was no idle boast!
Fang Xi watched with cold eyes, and could tell that the Ice God Palace's Soul Transformation Ancestor was doing her best to shift the battle with the five-stage Black Tortoise away from the Great Snow Mountain.
After all, this was a clash between two Soul Transformation cultivators; even a slight carelessness could lead to rivers of blood flowing on the Great Snow Mountain, and even Nascent Soul cultivators would be caught in the crossfire!
"'Hahaha. . . Ice Profound Daoist, when you invaded Myriad Azure Sea back then, bullying this old one who was worried about his clan's juniors and dared not go all out, did you ever consider this retribution? '"
That five-stage Black Tortoise let out an ancient laugh, deliberately using human speech to make its voice carry far.
Now, it was alone and unburdened, while Ice Profound Daoist still had a large group of disciples and grand-disciples, so naturally, she was at a slight disadvantage.
'I knew it. . . This Soul Transformation Ancestor doesn't seem that fierce. '
Fang Xi's eyes shifted, sensing that this 'Ice Profound Daoist' was only slightly stronger than that green-robed Demon Venerable, not even as strong as Ao Kun, let alone that final Perfected Soul Transformation Demon Venerable.
"Loose-tongued!"
Ice Profound Daoist snorted coldly, and a small pagoda appeared in her hand.
The pagoda was entirely grayish-white, with countless exquisite carvings upon it. Prominently featured were Qilin, Phoenix, Black Tortoise, True Dragon. . . Countless demon beast totems also entwined around it, seemingly bowing in worship to the four True Spirits.
Hum!
Streaks of runes flickered, and numerous phantom images of demon beasts appeared, encircling a towering, jade-white pagoda phantom.
"Soul Suppressing Pagoda?"
Fang Xi muttered: "A five-stage Soul Suppressing Pagoda, sacrificed with the blood of myriad spirits. . . truly an excellent void-type treasure. Perhaps it can compare to the 'Fang Xian Dao Palace' before its seal was undone?"
This 'Soul Suppressing Pagoda' was refined by Ice Profound Daoist with immense effort, so its power was naturally extraordinary.
Even when the phantoms of myriad spirits appeared, even the five-stage Black Tortoise was somewhat intimidated: "'Soul Suppressing Pagoda. . . '"
It let out a roar filled with sorrow and indignation: "'To refine this pagoda, how many of my demon race clansmen did you kill? '"
"'Who knows? Countless, I suppose. . . '"
Ice Profound Daoist sneered: "'Old tortoise. . . in the Monster World, I was suppressed by the laws of heaven and earth, which was why I couldn't deal with you. . . Now, the tables have turned. Today, you shall remain here. My Soul Suppressing Pagoda just happens to be missing its final blood sacrifice! '"
She cast out exquisite magical incantations, and the towering, jade-white Soul Suppressing Pagoda phantom rumbled, surprisingly appearing directly above the five-stage Black Tortoise.
Rings of grayish-white light descended, freezing the void like frigid ice, making it difficult for the five-stage Black Tortoise to even lift a single tortoise leg.
Such powerful void-sealing ability made even Fang Xi secretly click his tongue in awe; he could only watch from afar.
"'Old tortoise, today this venerable one shall send you on your way. '"
Ice Profound Daoist drew a thin, cicada-wing-like ice sword from her sleeve, and chanted incantations.
Upon the ice sword's blade, strange runes flickered one by one.
Heaven and earth suddenly stirred, and streaks of chains appeared, piercing into the five-stage tortoise demon's body from the void!
"'Are those actually Chains of Law? ! '"
Fang Xi muttered, he had only witnessed such an outward manifestation of the Power of Law on that Perfected Soul Transformation Demon Venerable.
Clearly, Ice Profound Daoist was using a secret art to intensify the Human World's suppression of the five-stage Black Tortoise.
"'Slash! '"
Ice Profound Daoist snorted coldly, and white frost spread over the ice longsword in her hand. Then, she suddenly slashed!
Between heaven and earth, only a white line swiftly streaked across; wherever it passed, the void seemed to be displaced!
This extremely condensed white line swept past the five-stage Black Tortoise.
Crack!
The thick demonic qi shield was like paper before the white line, shattering instantly. The white line then sliced into the five-stage Black Tortoise's shell, leaving a deep mark.
Several fist-sized drops of blood gloomily fell.
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