Chapter 613: Intercept and Kill (Seeking Subscription)
Chapter 613: Intercept and Kill (Seeking Subscription)
Rumble!
One after another, massive earthen-yellow boulders plummeted, their runes flashing, seemingly imbued with magnetostatic divine abilities.
A layer of hazy yellow spiritual light pressed down, utterly nullifying all metal!
"Not bad, not bad. . . Fellow Daoist Wang's 'Yuan Mountain Art' has improved again."
At some unknown point, Qin Longzi had acquired a roasted pheasant in his hand, and he munched on it while commenting.
One massive boulder after another crashed down, almost burying Fang Xi.
"I heard this Qing Hezi is a demonic cultivator. I wonder what kind of methods he'll display?"
Qin Longzi looked towards Fang Xi again, a hint of anticipation in his brows.
Suddenly, a loud phoenix cry, piercing through the sky and clouds, resounded!
Countless earthen-yellow boulders pulverized, as two gigantic peacock wings extended from either side.
Five peacock feathers, distinctly colored white, red, yellow, crimson, and azure, unfurled.
With a mere sweep of that earthen-yellow feather, the sky-full of boulders transformed into pure earth-element spiritual energy. A peacock, its body pitch-black and a hundred zhang tall, opened its beak. Wild winds howled in the void, as if a new wind-eye had appeared, and countless earthen-yellow spiritual energies surged into it, rapidly vanishing from sight.
"This is. . . a Divine-Demonic Body?"
The roasted pheasant in Qin Longzi's hand dropped, his face utterly stunned: "A Divine-Demonic Body that only Return to Void demonic cultivators can condense? To be able to cultivate a nascent form at the Soul Transformation stage, what an unparalleled genius. . . This demonic body can assimilate all five elements, could it be the rumored 'Five Elemental Peacock Demonic Body'?"
Chirp!
At this moment, the Five Elemental Peacock let out another long cry. Countless wood-element powers in the void converged, transforming into countless vines, coiling around the earthen-yellow giant.
Whoosh, whoosh!
The emerald vines, like colossal pythons, instantly bound the giant's legs, then its torso, and finally its arms. . .
Wood conquers Earth!
The Wang Family Ancestor's cultivation method excelled at manipulating earth-element spiritual energy, but encountering Fang Xi's wood-element divine ability truly diminished its power!
"He's actually formed a nascent Divine-Demonic Body? !"
The Wang Family Ancestor stared at the Five Elemental Peacock Demonic Body, his Divine Consciousness clearly sensing that the opponent was definitely not a mere facade like his own Earth Spirit Giant. His expression couldn't help but grow more solemn.
Such a Soul Transformation demonic cultivator, capable of condensing a Divine-Demonic Body before even reaching Return to Void, truly possessed extraordinary talent, which filled the Wang Family Ancestor's heart with bitterness.
Ever since he had advanced to Soul Transformation, he could already feel his own aptitude and potential running dry, fearing it would be difficult to progress much further on the Grand Dao of Soul Transformation.
Yet, the demonic cultivator opposite him had the hope of reaching Return to Void!
Although this was merely talk, Soul Transformation cultivators among demonic cultivators who could condense a demonic body were as numerous as carts of grain in the Earthly Immortal World, and only a handful could ultimately break through to Return to Void. . .
But at least there was a sliver of hope!
The Wang Family Ancestor's heart was bitter, yet he focused even more on the confrontation, his mind filled with confusion.
Even if they were to turn hostile, it didn't seem necessary to go this far?
But at this moment, facing the howling wood-element divine light, he could no longer conceal himself. He could only slap his chest, and a bright yellow seal flew out from the top of his head.
This seal was square, entirely carved from a piece of yellow jade. Its handle was somewhat damaged, yet it erupted with astonishing spiritual light!
"A five-stage Numinous Treasure? !"
Qin Longzi was startled, then sneered: "It's merely somewhat damaged and incomplete. Is this the Wang family's foundation? This seal. . . this old man seems to have heard of it. . ."
Magical artifacts traditionally crafted into the forms of seals, mirrors, or pagodas often possessed inconceivable effects, making them more troublesome than ordinary magical treasures.
Seeing that the Wang Family Ancestor, who previously seemed to be at a disadvantage, suddenly pulled out a damaged five-stage Numinous Treasure, the Five Elemental Peacock, Fang Xi's avatar, also had its eyes light up.
"Go!"
The Wang Family Ancestor formed hand seals, and endless earth-element divine light surged into the seal.
The bright yellow seal instantly swelled, like a mountain carved from yellow jade, blocking the wood-element divine light.
Even if wood conquers earth, how can a single drop of water extinguish a mountain fire?
Flashes of wood-element divine light slammed onto the enormous mountain body, leaving only shallow imprints before dispersing into dark green spiritual light particles, scattering in all directions. . .
"What a fine Numinous Treasure."
Even Fang Xi couldn't help but feel a little envious.
At present, he didn't even possess a single genuine Numinous Treasure.
The Five Elemental Peacock let out a cry. With a sweep of its five-colored feathers, a five-colored divine light emerged, intertwining with the bright yellow seal.
It opened its mouth and spat, and another blood-red radiance appeared.
This radiance transformed into a scarlet greatsword, with vein-like patterns on its blade.
A surge of demonic malevolence soared into the sky, as one blood-colored miniature figure after another danced around the sword.
"What a formidable demonic sword! It must be a half-fifth stage treasure!"
Qin Longzi's eyes lit up slightly, knowing that this must be Qing Hezi's life-bound magical artifact.
"Slay!"
Accompanying Fang Xi's cold shout, the scarlet greatsword traced a crimson glow tens of zhang long, and endless sword qi surged down like a wave of blood!
Whoosh, whoosh!
Streaks of sword qi swept past the Earth Spirit Giant, which was bound by vines, immediately causing countless cracks to appear on its body, shattering it into pieces.
The earthen-yellow light shield around the Wang Family Ancestor flashed wildly, being chipped away by the blood-colored sword qi, strike by strike.
However, he himself showed no hesitation or panic. He stretched out both hands.
Two thick streams of magical power, like earthen-yellow flood dragons, poured into the protective light shield, making this layer of defense even more exceptionally solid. . .
The Wang Family Ancestor was quite confident in his cultivation method's defense. This was the 'Earth Elemental Shield' inherent to his cultivation method, and its defense was extremely sturdy; even when facing attacks from Numinous Treasures, it should be able to hold up. . .
Wow!
A sharp, mournful sword cry suddenly echoed from behind him.
The Wang Family Ancestor's hairs stood on end instantly, his spiritual sense warning him frantically. Without thinking, he crushed a jade talisman, intending to use the power of the void to escape.
But it was already too late!
Whoosh, whoosh!
Streaks of red threads pierced through the void, like a scarlet net, sealing off the spatial teleportation power of that jade talisman.
Immediately after, a mournful sword cry accompanied a red shadow, harshly stabbing into the Wang Family Ancestor's back.
Thud!
His cultivation robe shattered first, revealing a treasured armor composed of countless scales.
Even the armor struggled to contend with the sharpness of the 'Divine Infant Sword'. It wailed, splitting open a gap, and terrifying Divine Infant Sword Qi surged in through it.
"Pfft!"
The Wang Family Ancestor's eyes bulged, and he spurted out a mouthful of vital blood.
The next moment, a layer of earthen-yellow armor appeared around his body, covering his vital points layer by layer, and he suddenly let out a long howl.
Whoosh!
That mouthful of vital blood transformed into a cloud of blood, completely enveloping the Wang Family Ancestor, and swiftly flew far away amidst the howl!
The damaged seal also stopped its struggle with the five-colored profound light, instead transforming into a bright yellow radiance that submerged into the blood cloud, rapidly disappearing from sight.
"This Fellow Daoist Wang. . . he's truly a sore loser."
Fang Xi retrieved the Divine Infant Sword, transforming back into his black-robed human form, and complained to Qin Longzi.
'If he hadn't run, you might have genuinely heavily injured or even killed him. . . '
Qin Longzi secretly grumbled in his heart, yet a shocked expression appeared on his face: "Fellow Daoist, why did you strike so heavily? !"
"If not for this, how could the esteemed sect trust me?"
Fang Xi smiled faintly: "As for the market town. . ."
"Naturally, it's up to Fellow Daoist to decide. After ten years, the outcome will be clear! " Qin Longzi replied without hesitation.
He also understood that Qing Hezi's deliberate lethal attack on the Wang Family Ancestor was a way to curry favor with the Dragon Taming Sect, showing his absolute stance of not associating with the Wang family.
With that attitude, it was more than enough.
...
"That damn Qing Hezi. . . to actually strike with such lethal intent!"
Within the blood cloud, the Wang Family Ancestor's face was pale, and he rapidly chanted a few incantations.
A layer of ice directly sealed the wound on his back, but the Divine Infant Sword Qi, like a festering bone-gangrene, still made him feel extremely troubled. He needed to find a safe place to go into seclusion and slowly expel it.
Although he had long known that the other party would strike ruthlessly to gain the trust of the esteemed sect, he hadn't expected that even with his trump card revealed, he would still be so humiliatingly defeated in just a few moves. The Wang Family Ancestor's heart was filled with unwillingness: "Qing Hezi. . . just you wait. . ."
He profoundly understood that near the Netherworld Abyss, the Wang family now had a true adversary! And an extremely terrifying enemy at that!
He had to return to his family as quickly as possible and devise a countermeasure!
Just then, a sudden change occurred!
A fear that came from directly facing life and death made the Wang Family Ancestor forcibly halt his escape light.
His 'Divine Consciousness Manifestation' level Divine Consciousness spread out, seemingly able to perceive densely packed, translucent fine needles in the void, their number so vast that it was utterly unbelievable!
If he had plunged into them just now, his end would undoubtedly have been miserable.
Not only that, the Wang Family Ancestor could see countless extremely minuscule, translucent fine needles already penetrating his spiritual light shield and spreading towards his body. . .
His thoughts moved incredibly fast, and a cluster of silver radiance enveloped his entire body.
Cultivators with immensely rich combat experience, facing such extremely minuscule objects, could only resort to void-based divine abilities!
With a flash of silver light, the Wang Family Ancestor's figure appeared a hundred zhang away.
However, at this moment, he stared in horror at his blackened hands, and suddenly spat out a mouthful of greenish poisonous blood: "It's poison. . ."
"Not only that, but it's the Thousand Absolutes Poison. . ."
A surge of demonic qi soared into the sky. Within a dark green escape light, a Soul Transformation demon cultivator with dark green patterns on his face appeared, holding a flying sword resembling a green leaf.
It was Fang Xi's true body making a move, intending to eliminate this hidden danger!
After performing the 'Three-Phase Annihilation Art' and transforming into a demon, his aura was completely different from that of his External Avatar.
And with this move, given Qin Longzi as a witness, his External Avatar could be completely absolved of any involvement.
Generally speaking, techniques like second Nascent Souls or external avatars usually result in cultivation levels far inferior to the main body's.
Not to mention, Fang Xi also possessed the 'Three-Phase Annihilation Art', a secret art that directly alters one's foundation. Even if he appeared alongside his External Avatar, they would only be perceived as two different cultivators!
During this ambush, a flash of inspiration struck him, and he coated the remaining 'Thousand Absolutes Poison Liquid' onto the 'Green Reaping Sword'.
He used femtometer robots to directly inject the poison liquid into the Soul Transformation cultivator's body.
It proved that any cultivator who wasn't on guard would fall victim with even a slight lapse in attention, suffering a severe loss!
Even though the Wang Family Ancestor used void-based methods to forcibly expel the Green Reaping Invisible Needles from his body, a portion of the 'Thousand Absolutes Poison' had already entered him, inflicting heavy damage!
"Die!"
Seeing the intense aura of decay appearing on the Wang Family Ancestor's body, Fang Xi would certainly not let go of such an excellent opportunity. He swung his sword, its light formless and traceless, drawing countless flying needles from the sky, and swiftly struck. . .
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