Chapter 698: Avatar Breakthrough
Chapter 698: Avatar Breakthrough
“So, when disaster strikes, everyone fends for themselves, huh? ”
Fang Xi found Yuan Yin Shang Ren’s decision somewhat expected, a bitter smile spreading across his face. ‘This cultivation world, it's constantly eroding me, isn’t it? Changing a good young man from the new era into. . . whatever I’ve become. ’
Though he thought this, his hands were not slow in the slightest. With a flash of black light, the Netherworld Banner appeared. With a mere shake, a long, inky-black river flowed forth, like a black flood dragon, enveloping him as he surged out of the Black Rock Market.
Swish, swish, swish!
Flashes of various lights flickered.
Fang Xi released his Divine Consciousness and saw Kuang Tao Jushi transform into a divine demon body, moving unimpeded.
Xu Qingzi stuck a talisman onto her body, and her figure instantly vanished without a trace.
Even Pu Xianzi took out a piece of crimson light gauze, draped it over herself, and her escape speed surged dramatically.
These high-level cultivators mostly possessed trump cards for survival. At this moment, they utterly disregarded the low-level cultivators in the market, scattering in all directions to flee.
Moreover, each chose a different direction, entirely gambling on luck and fate! Seizing the opportunity while the two Primeval Desolate Beasts were distracted by the low-level cultivators in the market, a significant portion of them would likely manage to escape.
Whoosh!
The Nine Serenities Netherworld River, like an inky-black flood dragon, surged out of the market and plunged into the darkness.
“Hm? ”
Only at this moment did Fang Xi realize something was amiss.
In the high sky, there were giant moths, several zhang long, whose flapping wings seemed like two enormous eyes gazing down, exceedingly eerie.
“Spirit-Confusing Moths. . . to think such desolate beasts were accompanying them. No wonder I didn't detect it, the market had long been surrounded by desolate beasts. . . ”
Fang Xi sighed. Although these desolate beasts generally had mediocre combat strength, the powder they scattered possessed considerable hallucinatory power. Even the Divine Consciousness of Divine Transformation and even Return to Void cultivators could be deceived by it.
And only after he rushed into their midst did he see a pack of wolf-type desolate beasts emerge not far away, each with white light glowing from their eyes, saliva constantly dripping from their mouths.
‘Just ordinary desolate wolves. Too bad they’re not wood wolves! ’
He sighed in his heart and formed a hand seal.
The Netherworld Banner immediately surged with black water, and grains of Netherworld Divine Sand flew out.
Several desolate wolves hadn't even had time to unleash their might before they were swallowed by the Nine Serenities Netherworld River Sand Grand Array. Under the scouring of countless divine sands, their demonic power rapidly dissipated. They immediately tucked their tails and became Fang Xi’s captives, suppressed deep within the black water.
Whoosh!
Just then, a Three-Horned Primal Rhinoceros seemed to notice Fang Xi, and a flash of light appeared on the single horn atop its head.
A golden bolt of lightning suddenly struck across the sky!
Seeing this, Fang Xi cursed inwardly, and his magic power surged out.
Whoosh!
Within the black water, a phantom of a Return to Void flood dragon emerged, continuously spitting out poisonous mist.
This mist was extraordinary in its potency; one Spirit-Confusing Moth after another in the sky continuously transformed into corpses and fell.
Zap!
The golden lightning flashed, countless arcs of electricity bounced, rapidly refining the flood dragon’s poison.
However, that golden lightning bolt continuously thinned out, then vanished without a trace.
Fang Xi pointed a finger, and the Return to Void dragon soul coiled around his body, like the most formidable layer of defense.
He formed hand seals with both hands, his body transforming into a streak of blood light. His escape speed was astonishing among the Divine Transformation cultivators, and in a blink of an eye, he vanished into the horizon.
Seeing this, the Three-Horned Primal Rhinoceros couldn't help but turn its gaze towards another Divine Transformation cultivator.
“Moooo! ”
A bolt of lightning flashed. That Divine Transformation cultivator let out a scream, his protective treasure directly exploding into fragments, and his corpse was severed in mid-air.
Subsequently, a five-colored iridescent light swept forth, capturing a Nascent Soul and bringing it back.
The Three-Horned Primal Rhinoceros, holding the Nascent Soul in its mouth, came to its previously injured companion. It seemed to want the companion to swallow this Divine Transformation Nascent Soul to recover well. . .
......
“Damn it! ”
Relying on the sixth-rank Return to Void treasure for defense, Fang Xi flew tens of thousands of miles in one breath before finally bringing his escape light to a halt.
It was only him; if it were another Divine Transformation cultivator subjected to such a surprise attack from a Primeval Desolate Beast, like Kuang Tao Jushi, they would likely be half-dead even if they survived.
“The horn of the Three-Horned Primal Rhinoceros is the best raw material for making single-use formation-breaking treasures. . . Just you wait. ”
After cursing fiercely, Fang Xi identified a direction and immediately chose a place to fly towards.
During his previous land reclamation, he had memorized the general map of the Celestial Brahma Domain and was very familiar with the area around the Black Rock Market.
However, the direction he was flying now was definitely not Celestial Brahma City.
Instead, he intended to first occupy a spirit vein location and attempt to advance to the Return to Void realm!
Fang Xi saw it clearly: if he went to Celestial Brahma City now, he might well be conscripted again as high-grade cannon fodder, fighting to the death.
It was better to first improve his cultivation. Return to Void cultivators were considered middle to high-tier in the Earthly Immortal World.
By then, even if he took out a thousand supreme-grade spirit stones to buy his freedom, no one would dare covet anything.
‘Indeed, just like the Return to Void cultivator from the Heavenly Charm Sect, hiding in the wilderness is the best choice. . . A target that’s too large is ultimately difficult to resist wave after wave of attacks. ’
Thinking of the Heavenly Charm Sect, Fang Xi recalled Yunxi Xianzi and her companion. They had chosen to leave during the day, thus perfectly evading this Primeval Desolate Beast disaster.
Several days later, Fang Xi traveled, stopping and going, avoiding dangerous areas, until he finally arrived at a mountain range.
This mountain range wasn't large, only tens of thousands of miles in circumference, and it presented a bluish-golden color throughout, clearly indicating it contained a special mineral vein.
At this moment, he arrived atop a bluish-golden mountain peak, and his perfected Divine Transformation aura freely erupted.
“Roar, roar! ”
From within the mountain, a colossal desolate beast immediately leaped out.
It had the body of a lion, yet it possessed a metallic sheen, and crucially, a human-like head.“A Green Lion Human-Faced Beast. . . skilled in Gold Escape Technique, and at perfected Divine Transformation cultivation. Even several perfected Divine Transformation cultivators working together would find it hard to eliminate. Moreover, it's adept at sensing auras. . . Once it detects a Return to Void ambush, it will immediately use its Gold Escape Technique to flee for its life. . . This mountain peak is somewhat peculiar; even Return to Void cultivators would find it hard to catch it. . . ”
Killing it was actually troublesome, as the cost of slaying this Green Lion Human-Faced Beast was quite high.
And the destruction it caused wasn't significant, so the people of the Black Rock Market had lazily chosen to ignore it due to their inaction.
‘This beast will flee a thousand li if it senses a Return to Void aura. Since I’m only at perfected Divine Transformation now, it still dares to put up a fight. . . ’
Fang Xi looked at the Green Lion Human-Faced Beast, a slight smile appearing on his face, and crooked a finger.
A trace of anger appeared on the human face of the Green Lion Human-Faced Beast, and it suddenly leaped.
A flash of bluish-golden light in the void, and streaks of furious winds mixed with lightning whistled over in a blink of an eye.
Within this wind and lightning, there were also golden specks of light, transforming into countless flying needles!
Seeing this, Fang Xi simply shook the ‘Netherworld Banner’ in his hand.
Whoosh!
A Nine Serenities Netherworld River appeared out of thin air, submerging the tens of thousands of miles of bluish-golden mountains.
Subsequently, a red thread flashed in his hand, transforming into a sixth-rank ‘Divine Infant Sword’!
Wail!
A baby's shrill cry echoed through the void, and countless red threads crisscrossed.
The Divine Infant Sword in Fang Xi's hand continuously grew larger, burning with a layer of blood-colored fierce flames.
He held the sword with both hands and slashed down fiercely.
Whoosh!
The blood-red Divine Infant Sword light permeated the void. The omnipresent wind, lightning, and rain of golden needles, upon encountering the blood-colored fierce flames, actually melted away instantly.
The crimson sword qi flashed once, arriving before the Green Lion Human-Faced Beast, and slashed down directly!
Slash!
The Divine Infant Sword directly swept past the desolate beast’s head, ruthlessly severing that human-like skull.
Not only that, but those streaks of red thread even formed a large net, scooping up the desolate beast’s essence soul, which was then swallowed by the Divine Infant Sword with a flash of bloodstains, disappearing completely. . .
The Green Lion Human-Faced Beast’s head tumbled to the ground, its two eyes wide open.
It couldn’t understand. This cultivator had come to encircle and suppress it several times before, but always returned disheartened.
How could his divine abilities and magic power be so formidable this time?
It must have been deceived. . .
This desolate beast did not know that Fang Xi's previous actions were to complete a task, whereas this time, his actions were for himself, which made all the difference.
He surveyed the mountain range, set up a formation, then came to the center of the formation. The Divine Infant Sword transformed into a stream of light, carving out a cave dwelling on a mountain cliff.
After all this was done, Fang Xi's External Avatar finally sat cross-legged in the quiet chamber of the cave dwelling.
A silver light flashed.
A young man in green robes, holding Buddhist beads and with a golden bell hanging from his waist, emerged with a smile: “My ‘Brahma Sound Golden Bell’ finally has some use today. . . ”
......
Several months later.
The External Avatar sat cross-legged, a hint of pain on his face.
Fang Xi formed hand seals with both hands, his main Nascent Soul emerging. It was drawing in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, continuously injecting it into the External Avatar's body.
Since both were of the same origin, after his own breakthrough to the Return to Void realm, the Return to Void bottleneck should no longer exist for the External Avatar.
As long as it could successfully refine the True Demonic Qi and then draw upon the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, it could directly break through to the Return to Void realm!
A moment later.
Within the External Avatar’s body, the three qi merged into one, and a faint smile suddenly appeared.
He formed hand seals with both hands, and a Nascent Soul, entirely bluish-black, with two horns on its head and clad in black armor, emerged from the top of its head. The magic power fluctuations of an early-stage Return to Void cultivator surged forth.
“Assimilation! ”
Seeing this, Fang Xi's main body's Nascent Soul directly appeared, formed hand seals, and assimilated the External Nascent Soul.
Ding-a-ling!
At the same time, he exhaled a puff of green qi, causing the Brahma Sound Golden Bell to float above the External Nascent Soul’s head, gently swaying.
Accompanying the pleasant bell sounds, golden Sanskrit characters fell one by one. . .
......
Boom, boom, boom!
Above the bluish-golden mountain range, the spiritual energy of heaven and earth churned, and endless thunderclouds appeared.
The Great Heavenly Tribulation for Return to Void had arrived!
Woooo!
Accompanied by the wails of ghosts and gods, a tall demonic shadow emerged—it was none other than the External Avatar who had passed the Heart Demon Tribulation! He wore the Hunyuan Heavenly Luo Umbrella above his head, the Emerald Flame Armor on his body, and several sixth-rank treasures around him, such as the Netherworld Banner and a Jade Hammer.
Fang Xi and his avatar were one. The magical artifacts he refined could naturally also be used by the External Avatar.
Just as he could refine the Divine Infant Sword, and even wield this supreme demonic flying sword.
Anyway, the Emerald Flame Armor and the Jade Hammer were both stolen goods. Even if they were destroyed by heavenly lightning, Fang Xi wouldn't feel much regret.
Zap!
At this moment, the first golden bolt of lightning, which had been brewing in the sky for a long time, crashed down with a roar!
The External Avatar, undaunted, threw out that jade hammer.
Buzz!
A circle of white light suddenly appeared on the jade hammer, rapidly surging and transforming into countless hazy white rays of light. These converged into a terrifying giant hammer, its surface adorned with a circle of golden seal script, which fearlessly met the golden lightning in mid-air. . .
The update for tomorrow morning will be around nine o'clock.
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