Chapter 561: Escape (Please Subscribe)
Chapter 561: Escape (Please Subscribe)
Rumble!
Countless ice-element divine lights converged into a massive frosty hammer, striking down as if Mount Tai itself were crashing down.
The surrounding temperature plummeted, even carrying a faint hint of freezing the void itself.
"A Soul Transformation cultivator, indeed, none can be underestimated,"
Fang Xi inwardly praised, then executed a secret technique from the 'Heavenly Demon Extermination Manual', his figure vanishing in an instant.
Bang!
The colossal ice hammer smashed down, futilely crushing a verdant phantom into dust.
At this moment, Fang Xi transformed into a dark green streak of light, rushing into the formation.
"Go!"
Fang Xi raised a hand and waved, and three ancient-looking bronze short halberds appeared, countless inscriptions shimmering upon them.
Pfft!
Three bronze-colored streaks of light flashed across the giant python, actually slicing it into several segments!
These were, astonishingly, the exotic treasures seized from the Split Sea Beast—the Three Ancient Halberds!
Currently, Fang Xi, whether in his aura, spells, or even treasures, was undeniably of the demon race!
This was clearly meant to inform the Ice God Palace that the intruder of the Great Snow Mountain was a demon race spy, and had nothing to do with him, a pillar of the human race!
"Hurry!"
The ice python exploded, turning into frost that filled the sky, while Fang Xi formed hand seals, revealing a flaw within the formation.
With a flash of his figure, he darted out of the grand formation, the array-laying implements behind him directly exploding and burning to ashes.
Whoosh!
A white light flickered, revealing none other than the Ice God Palace Master!
"A high-grade, fourth-tier demon race cultivator?"
He gazed in the direction Fang Xi had fled, without the slightest hesitation, and exhaled a stream of chilling mist.
Within the chilling mist was a crystalline, exquisite carriage, as if carved from glacial ice.
The Ice God Palace Master ascended the carriage, and streams of frigid wind converged, transforming into eight beast souls of 'Cold Wind Flood Dragons', which roared and pulled the carriage forward with astonishing speed!
With such a means of transport, the Ice God Palace Master was confident that the demon would not escape his grasp!
Only after reaching Soul Transformation did he truly understand the immense chasm separating Nascent Soul and Soul Transformation realms!
A mere high-grade, fourth-tier demon race cultivator, if only he. . .
The next instant, the Ice God Palace Master's Divine Consciousness stirred.
He sensed that the demon race aura, having employed some unknown secret art, had suddenly surged in speed!
"Hmph. . . such a secret art cannot last. Its magical power will eventually run out."
The Ice God Palace Master still didn't pay it much mind.
But soon, his expression drastically changed.
That demonic escape light continued to accelerate, tinged with traces of blood, its magical power seemingly inexhaustible, maintaining an extremely high movement speed until it finally broke free of his Divine Consciousness's range!
"Impossible!"
The Ice God Palace Master's expression crumbled inch by inch.
...
A thousand li away.
Fang Xi's magical power was being consumed at a frantic rate as he continuously cast the Heavenly Demon Escape Art from the 'Heavenly Demon Extermination Manual', his escape light incredibly swift.
Before long, he felt more than half of his magical power depleted. He couldn't help but let out a bitter laugh and swallowed a 'Return Profound Pill'.
After the pill entered his stomach, wisps of spiritual energy swiftly reappeared within his Qi Sea Dantian, transforming into magical power.
After successively consuming three 'Return Profound Pills', Fang Xi could no longer sense any Divine Consciousness behind him, and he couldn't help but smile faintly.
In a flash, his figure vanished without a trace.
This matter was rather significant; he planned to hide in the Jiuzhou World first.
As for why he didn't disappear at the very beginning? Naturally, it was to first shake off the Soul Transformation cultivator's Divine Consciousness tracking. . .
Any possibility that he possessed a supreme treasure had to be extinguished.
And that fifth-tier Xuanwu?
Fang Xi had already forgotten about it. . .
In any case, he didn't care about the vital blood the other party had promised. Between humans and demons, deceit was inherently the natural order.
That Xuanwu egg had long since been regarded by Fang Xi as his own property.
...
Jiuzhou World.
Inside Zhang Huohua's immortal cave.
With a flash of silver light, Fang Xi's figure appeared.
The intelligent housekeeper 'Taiyi' here emitted a thoughtful voice: "Welcome home, Master. Would you like tea or spirit spring water?"
"A bottle of spirit spring water will suffice."
Fang Xi stretched languidly, holding a plastic water bottle, and walked out of the seclusion chamber, where he saw his External Avatar examining a paper.
"Hmm? Has Gui Axe Zhenjun's concept already been put into practice? This 'separation method'. . . has it succeeded?"
Fang Xi very naturally took the paper from his External Avatar's hand, and his eyes lit up as he read the last few lines: "Perfect. . . that fifth-tier Xuanwu blood also has hidden dangers that can be removed together."
...
After entrusting some errands to his External Avatar, Fang Xi sat cross-legged, a smile unconsciously appearing on his face.
This trip to the Northern Plains Cultivation World had truly yielded abundant harvests.
Not only had the fifth-tier Xuanwu vital blood, which he hadn't had much hope for, been successfully obtained, but he had also acquired a Xuanwu egg!
Furthermore, the Heavenly Demon Qi within his body was quite potent. He estimated that after refining it, it would be enough to push his cultivation to the peak of Nascent Soul, and perhaps even break through to Soul Transformation!
Directly utilizing Heavenly Demon Qi was naturally somewhat dangerous, but the risk would be much smaller for a demon race member. Coupled with the harmless processing he'd performed on Azure Dragon last time, the risk was actually close to zero.
"I should cultivate properly for a while and lie low. . . The Northern Plains Cultivation World now, I wonder what kind of chaos it will devolve into."
"And that old turtle, I wonder if it will fly into a rage?"
Thinking with considerable interest, Fang Xi directly entered his Mountain Sea Pearl cave-mansion, sat cross-legged, and began to cultivate.
...
Northern Plains Cultivation World.
The 'Ascension Platform' was not only terrifyingly expensive to construct but also required precise measurements of the void, making its location unchangeable.
The Ascension Platform of the Northern Plains was located deep within a glacial canyon.
At this moment, high above the canyon, the fifth-tier Xuanwu was riding a cloud of demonic qi, battling Ice Xuanzi.
"Guixiang, what exactly is your intention?"
Ice Xuanzi held a long ice sword, asking with a sharp shout.
As the human and the demon battled, they deliberately avoided the glacier where the Ascension Platform was located, seemingly both wary.
This scene caused a flicker of suspicion in Ice Xuanzi's heart.
That this turtle demon knew the location of the Ascension Platform had already surprised him.
Moreover, the other party had deliberately lured him out, and by his every move, it didn't seem as though he genuinely intended to destroy the Ascension Platform.
This made Ice Xuanzi's heart sink, and a faint premonition of being lured away from his post grew stronger.
"Ice Xuanzi, hand over my clan's sacred egg, or my Xuanwu clan will fight to the death with your Ice God Palace!"
Guixiang's voice resonated like a dragon and an elephant.
"That item is of great use to me. I'm afraid I cannot comply."
Ice Xuanzi replied calmly.
That Xuanwu egg, immensely rich in True Xuanwu Blood, if it could be hatched and bound as a life-bound spirit beast, would be of great assistance even if he advanced to the Return to Void realm in the future.
And if it couldn't be hatched, it could still be refined into an incredibly powerful Numinous Treasure. At worst, it could be used for a blood sacrifice to the Soul Suppressing Pagoda, doubling its defensive capabilities. How could he possibly hand it over?
However, out of consideration for this Old Turtle Ancestor, he had always kept it in an underground hot spring, nourishing it with Earth Core Spirit Milk.
"It seems. . . this demon might have found a helper?"
"Fortunately, I already had the Bai family's young master guard the Great Snow Mountain. . . Surely this Old Turtle Ancestor wouldn't find another fifth-tier demon race cultivator, would he?"
Just as Ice Xuanzi was pondering, a flying ice sword shot toward him.
He was slightly startled. A snow-white hand gently reached out, seizing the flying sword, and his Divine Consciousness swept over it.
In that instant, he learned everything that had happened at Great Snow Mountain, and couldn't help but curse furiously: "That Bai family brat is truly useless! How could he fail to even hold onto a high-grade, fourth-tier demon race cultivator?"
Ice Xuanzi looked at Guixiang: "Fellow Daoist has quite the methods. . . that fourth-tier great demon, was it arranged by you, Fellow Daoist?"
"Hehe, indeed, that is precisely the case."
Although Guixiang harbored some doubts, it still replied with such certainty.
"Good, very good. . ."
Ice Xuanzi's expression turned cold: "Since that's the case, Fellow Daoist, then leave your vital blood and soul as compensation!"
He slashed the ice sword between his palms, and a streak of vital blood emerged, dyeing the ice-like sword body crimson.
In a blink, this ice sword transformed into a long blood-colored sword!
Ice Xuanzi raised the blood-colored long sword high, and the sky instantly changed, wind and clouds churning as infinite ice-element power converged, causing snow to fall everywhere.
"Ice Xuanzi, you're finally going all out."
Upon seeing this scene, a surge of excitement emerged in Guixiang's heart.
However, when it secretly tried to sense its portion of vital blood to locate Fang Xi, its expression suddenly changed!
That sensation. . . had vanished!
"Ahhh!"
Guixiang immediately erupted into earth-shattering roars, causing even Ice Xuanzi to slightly furrow his brows.
...
Inside the Mountain Sea Pearl cave-mansion.
Azure Dragon and Little Qing circled the ostrich-egg-sized Xuanwu egg, examining it for a long time.
"Boiled, it's delicious. . ."
"Roasted, it's even better. . ."
Rarely, the two spirit beasts reached a consensus on the matter of the Xuanwu egg.
Seeing this scene, Fang Xi couldn't help but feel speechless: "Eat, eat, eat, that's all you think about. . ."
In truth, he knew that Little Qing and Azure Dragon had sensed the rich Xuanwu bloodline within the egg and wished to devour it to benefit themselves. . . Among demon beasts, the law of the jungle was inherently the natural order.
What's more, Little Qing was incredibly intelligent and surely wouldn't want another turtle to share the affection.
And Azure Dragon, that lazy salted fish, was probably the same.
After shooing away the two spirit beasts, Fang Xi fell into contemplation, gazing at the grayish-white stone egg.
Having left the Earth Core Spirit Milk environment, the life essence within the egg had noticeably decreased.
"I recall. . . that Fangxian University has a specialized Spirit Beast Department. . . they should be quite experienced with various emergency treatments."
However, Fang Xi knew that this semi-petrified Xuanwu egg didn't need emergency treatment, but rather a replenishment of its life force.
As for how much replenishment it needed?
That was a bottomless pit. Otherwise, with the financial resources of the Xuanwu clan and Great Snow Mountain, they wouldn't have failed to hatch a Xuanwu.
"It's all up to you!"
Fang Xi raised a hand, and tendrils descended, wrapping the Xuanwu egg layer by layer.
Then, the Demonic Tree of Primordial Beginning split open a tree hollow, its aerial roots acting like demonic tree arms, stuffing this demon beast egg into the hollow.
With a flash of black light, the opening immediately vanished.
"The life essence of the Demonic Tree of Primordial Beginning, I hope it's useful. . ."
Fang Xi murmured.
Ever since a third of his 'Wood Spirit Body' had transformed into golden patterns, it had fallen into a period of stagnation.
It seemed there wasn't much hope of achieving the 'Myriad Ages Evergreen Body'.
And after so many years of replenishment, his lifespan had steadily surpassed ten thousand years!
For now, he didn't really need the Demonic Tree of Primordial Beginning for replenishment, so he could use the excess life essence to nourish this petrified egg. Hopefully, it would yield a good result. . .
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