Chapter 645: Immortal Sword (To celebrate the Alliance Leader of Cheng Gui He Chu)
Chapter 645: Immortal Sword (To celebrate the Alliance Leader of Cheng Gui He Chu)
Supreme Pole Star Life-Ending Divine Light!
Fang Xi had long heard of this great divine ability and yearned for it, but he had never been able to witness it.
This time, he finally saw its true form!
Countless Dragon-script runes danced, merging into the Withered Glory Mystic Light, giving it an inexplicable hue.
A subtle sense of dread stirred within Fang Xi, but even more so, excitement: "Finally. . ."
Whoosh!
As the 'Supreme Pole Star Life-Ending Divine Light' swept past, he felt his lifespan rapidly diminishing. In the blink of an eye, ten thousand years were gone!
Across from him, the young Earthly Immortal's complexion abruptly paled a shade. Looking at his long hair, he was startled to see numerous white strands: "Impossible. . . No. . . Eternal Evergreen Body? !"
Having cultivated the 'Eternal Evergreen Body', Fang Xi knew that this spiritual physique had a weakening effect on many wood-attribute divine abilities!
And earlier, by soul-searching the Celestial Maiden, he had obtained even more information.
He knew that the 'Eternal Evergreen Body' could indeed slightly counter the 'Supreme Pole Star Life-Ending Divine Light'.
Of course, it could only weaken a portion of it.
The young Earthly Immortal was currently at the Return to Void stage, and he was using the advanced divine ability of the Withered Glory Mystic Light, thus gaining a double enhancement!
The 'Eternal Evergreen Body' could only reduce one major amplification. Truly speaking, the Earthly Immortal still held the advantage.
One year of his lifespan should be able to shave off ten years of Fang Xi's lifespan!
Without the Eternal Evergreen Body, it might have been a hundred or even a thousand years!
However, the opponent's lifespan was running out!
A Return to Void cultivator's lifespan was at most ten thousand years. Even if this Earthly Immortal possessed various lifespan-extending methods, it wouldn't exceed that by much.
Furthermore, the fact that he had been lingering on, integrated with his life-bound spirit plant within the Earthly Immortal Spiritual Realm, clearly indicated that his lifespan was limited!
Fang Xi was now gambling on his own lifespan being long enough!
As for 'Flashback Talismans' and the like, they merely utilized the power of Dragon-script runes and were rendered useless before the Supreme Pole Star Life-Ending Divine Light.
Within the Mountain Sea Pearl, the Progenitor Demonic Tree frantically channeled the accumulated vital blood through the 'Longevity Art', continuously replenishing Fang Xi's body and compensating for his lost lifespan.
In just a short moment, quite a bit had recovered.
"Impossible. . . How can your lifespan be like this?"
The young Earthly Immortal could naturally sense his own lifespan as well, and his expression turned incredibly grim.
If the opponent could continuously recover his lifespan, what use would the 'Supreme Pole Star Life-Ending Divine Light' be?
Even if it succeeded, the meager lifespan he had accumulated through long slumber would be completely depleted. . .
Moreover, such a spiritual physique was truly rare. Whether used for body snatching or refining an External Avatar, it was excellent!
"Eternal Evergreen Body! ? So be it. . ."
The young Earthly Immortal held a jade Ruyi Scepter, his expression unreadable: "Let me show you the true 'Earthly Immortal Way'!"
He formed hand seals, and a vibrant green rune appeared in his palm before he abruptly clapped his hands together: "Spirit Domain. . . open!"
In that instant, Fang Xi felt the world spin around him.
When he regained his senses, he was already standing in a jade-green space.
The spiritual energy and Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi in this realm had been completely cut off.
Even more terrifying was. . . he had lost contact with the Kyushu Mechanized City outside!
Before him, the young Earthly Immortal stood casually, terrifying Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi swirling around him.
"Similar to a Yama Devil Domain, but far more terrifying than a mere domain. . ."
Fang Xi muttered: "The Earthly Immortal Way? What is an Earthly Immortal?"
"In the True Immortal World, Immortals are divided into three grades. . . You don't need to know any more than that. Take these, and perish."
The young Earthly Immortal pointed a finger.
Boom!
A surge of Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi descended, forming a terrifying giant hand.
Fang Xi formed a hand seal, and a black halberd materialized, streaks of crimson light spreading from it, transforming it into a black-red flood dragon.
The flood dragon roared and lashed out with its tail, striking the giant hand.
Light flickered on the surface of the giant hand, which remained largely undamaged, and it firmly grasped the flood dragon.
Boom!
The next moment, this five-stage Communicating Spirit Treasure exploded, turning the giant hand formed from Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi into ashes.
"Self-detonating a Communicating Spirit Treasure?"
The young Earthly Immortal was slightly surprised, then smiled: "Let's see how many you can self-detonate?"
Within the Spirit Domain, his cultivation had infinitely soared, subtly surpassing the limits of the Human World.
Even so, streaks of five-colored chains in the void were repelled outside the Spirit Domain, allowing him to fully exert power beyond the Return to Void stage!
The power of this Spirit Domain seemed capable of repelling the laws of the Human World, making that suppressive force temporarily vanish!
The young Earthly Immortal twirled a blue-green leaf in his hand, muttering incantations.
Suddenly!
He flicked his finger.
Fang Xi's expression changed drastically. He rapidly formed hand seals, his body moving at an incredible speed.
Not only that, but he executed various evasive maneuvers that exceeded the limits of cultivators.
If not for his incredibly powerful physique, it would truly have been difficult to achieve this.
Swish!
A green light flashed, consecutively breaking through the phantom images of the four true spirits: Heavenly Phoenix, Five Elements Qilin, Black Tortoise, and Flood Dragon, striking Fang Xi's 'Four Sacred Beast Armor'.
This time, a mournful wail erupted from Fang Xi's body, and the Four Sacred Beast Armor shattered explosively.
"Pfft!"
Fang Xi grunted, spitting out a mouthful of vital blood.
The 'Myriad Demon Armor' secret art was broken, and he would likely have to re-cultivate it to restore its former power.
But as he looked at the young Earthly Immortal, his heart stirred.
At first, the opponent's face was truly like jade, effortlessly elegant.
But after casting the 'Supreme Pole Star Life-Ending Divine Light', his hair had already become streaked with grey.
And after shifting Fang Xi into the Spirit Realm and attacking him several times, he appeared considerably more aged.
"Indeed. . . the Celestial Maiden's memory was correct. This Earthly Immortal was already heavily wounded and couldn't make too many moves. . ."
"In fact, he's just a wisp of a soul, and this body is merely a temporary construct. The more he uses it, the closer it gets to collapse. . ."
"This is probably my only chance of victory!"
Fang Xi's eyes blazed with fire.
Seeing that this 'little mouse' was still jumping around, the young Earthly Immortal furrowed his brow, then suddenly relaxed it. A broken blue-green sword appeared in his hand.
This sword was only about a foot and a half long, consisting only of the hilt and a small portion of the blade; the part from the sword tip onwards was already gone.
On the sword's body were patterns like the annual rings of an ancient tree, a vibrant green.
An extremely terrifying aura instantly enveloped Fang Xi.
"This is. . ."
Fang Xi's heart abruptly trembled, sensing an unprecedented threat.
This sword gave him a feeling that surpassed even the unsealed 'Fang Xian Dao Palace'!
"Is this. . . an Integration-level treasure? Or a Mahayana-level semi-immortal artifact? Or even. . . an Immortal Abode Rare Treasure?"
Fang Xi spoke with a strained voice.
"To recognize an Immortal Abode Rare Treasure, you do have some discernment. . ."
The young Earthly Immortal raised the broken blue-green sword.
He appeared to struggle somewhat, his aura rapidly weakening, and his appearance became even older.
As he muttered incantations, a blue-green sword light abruptly emanated from the broken blue-green sword.
This sword light was clear as water, yet carried an inexplicable fluctuation.
Countless dense runes, like tadpoles, swirled around the blue-green broken sword. Heaven and Earth Primordial Qi surged, its intensity the greatest Fang Xi had ever witnessed in his life!
The young Earthly Immortal struggled to point the Immortal Sword at Fang Xi. He believed he had seen through all of Fang Xi's true and false aspects.
This single sword strike would surely annihilate this person!
Previously, his desire to capture this person alive had caused him to hold back too much, pushing this body to its limits.
Now, he had abandoned the idea of capture, and his killing intent surged!
The young Earthly Immortal's expression was cold and sharp. He abruptly swung his sword down!
Boom!
Five-colored sword light flashed, transforming into a chaotic torrent that instantly submerged Fang Xi!
Pfft!
Within the Earthly Immortal Spiritual Realm, in a certain void, a sword qi burst forth!
The young Earthly Immortal's single sword strike had actually sliced through the Spirit Domain itself!
No, it should be the aged Earthly Immortal.
This was because after this one sword strike, countless wrinkles appeared on the young Earthly Immortal's body surface, making him appear even older.
Clearly, he had paid a considerable price to unleash that previous sword strike.
"Finally. . ."
The aged Earthly Immortal looked at the Kyushu Mechanized City not far away, a dangerous expression on his face.
Suddenly, his expression changed as he saw a flash of blood-red light nearby, and Fang Xi's figure reappeared.
At this moment, he was not only covered in demonic qi but also pale-faced, looking as if his vital blood was greatly depleted.
"Demonic Substitution Secret Art? You're a demonic cultivator too?"
The aged Earthly Immortal was genuinely startled.
That this cultivator could transform his cultivation method to that of a demon beast had already seemed inconceivable to him.
But now, the opponent had actually transformed into a demonic cultivator!
He had even employed a considerably profound substitution secret art, sacrificing a large amount of vital blood in place of his body, thus evading the certain death calamity!
"No. . . that's not right!"
The aged Earthly Immortal's eyes abruptly became incomparably bright: "Even if you used a Demonic Substitution Secret Art, you shouldn't be able to resist the power of the Immortal Abode Rare Treasure's laws. . ."
He had killed high-tier demonic cultivators before.
No matter what life-saving secret art they used, they could not escape from this Immortal Sword, unless. . .
"As expected, you still harbor secrets. . ."
The aged Earthly Immortal stared at Fang Xi, a hint of greed in his eyes: "Eternal Evergreen Body, late-stage Divine Transformation body cultivator. . . and such secrets. . . Aside from the somewhat low cultivation, everything else isn't bad. It's enough to serve as my backup body."
With a thought of his divine sense: "This body can still support casting one more spell, so be it. . ."
The aged Earthly Immortal formed a strange hand seal, and his body spontaneously combusted without wind.
His flesh and blood turned to ashes piece by piece, burning away in an instant. Only a blue-green Nascent Soul remained in place.
This Nascent Soul's features were identical to the young Earthly Immortal's. It held a broken sword in its arms, and its entire body overflowed with blue-green spiritual light, subtly forming a translucent body. This body was like a phantom, almost as tall as the original aged Earthly Immortal, but expressionless.
"Nascent Soul half-materialized, capable of freely integrating with any physical body!"
Fang Xi exclaimed in surprise: "You're not a Return to Void cultivator, you're an Integration cultivator!"
Integration stage!
Even within the Earthly Immortal World, cultivators at this stage were all renowned figures!
That such a figure would descend to a lower realm, and their cultivation would fall to around early-stage Return to Void, clearly meant they had incurred immense trouble.
"Indeed. . . No matter how astonishingly talented you are, the confrontation during body snatching must still be judged by cultivation level. Lacking two major realm advancements, no matter how strong your divine consciousness, it won't surpass Return to Void!"
A sinister smile appeared on the blue-green Nascent Soul's face. With a single spatial shift, it drilled into Fang Xi's sea of consciousness!
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