Chapter 812: Slaying the Arhat
Chapter 812: Slaying the Arhat
Roar!
Chirp!
On Python Sparrow Arhat’s body, the python and sparrow tattoos seemed to come alive, slithering across his chest and back.
This individual cultivated a body-refining technique from a branch of the Buddhist sect, using secret incantations to bind the souls of powerful beings to his body's surface, forming unique tattoos.
From Fang Xi’s perception, this feral beast python and that demon race sparrow should both be of the seventh-tier!
In other words, the tattoos on his body were two seventh-tier spirits!
Not only that, the Buddhist sect was adept at refining golden bodies. Python Sparrow Arhat had cultivated a secret method, and his golden body had definitely reached the seventh-tier!
One could say that in terms of physical prowess, he was in no way inferior to Fang Xi.
"What? Python Sparrow Arhat, are you trying to force my hand?"
Seeing this, Fang Xi couldn't help but sneer.
Two streams of Return to Void spiritual power tangled and violently clashed outside the cave abode, even tearing apart the clouds in the sky.
Kuang Ping'an, witnessing this, secretly cursed in his heart.
If two Return to Void cultivators were to fight in Heavenly Brahma City, who knew how many ordinary cultivators would die or be injured.
"Amitabha, this old monk is merely asking fellow Daoist to grant this impolite request."
Python Sparrow Arhat said in a deep voice, "This is the old monk's painstaking effort. If fellow Daoist agrees, you may choose any one of the precious treasures on my person."
"Very well, it seems we must have a battle after all."
Fang Xi's eyes turned cold.
"Two seniors, Heavenly Brahma City cannot withstand your destructive power. . ."
Kuang Ping'an quickly intervened. As the guardian cultivator of this city, he was absolutely obligated to protect his territory. If countless lives were lost due to a battle between two Return to Void cultivators, and he himself suffered disciplinary action from the Heavenly Brahma Army, that would be truly unjust.
"Indeed. . . why don't we choose another battlefield?"
Fang Xi chuckled softly. Kuang Ping'an had, after all, stalled this Return to Void Arhat for a moment earlier. Though it wasn't of much use, it did buy a little time, and that much face still needed to be given. He took a step with his right foot, and in an instant, his entire being transformed into a streak of azure light, soaring into the sky, heading straight for outside the city!
"Amitabha."
Python Sparrow Arhat proclaimed a Buddhist chant. The demon race's seventh-tier 'Sky-Devouring Sparrow' tattoo blazed with light, countless fire patterns enveloping it, transforming into a fiery vermilion bird, which followed closely behind.
"Alas. . ."
Seeing this, Kuang Ping'an stamped his foot, yet felt utterly helpless. He could only transform into a white-Dragon-like escape light and follow behind the two return to Void cultivators.
Whoosh!
Outside Heavenly Brahma City, the azure light converged, revealing Fang Xi's figure.
He stretched out his right hand, and the Blood Fiend Banner, with its blood-red surface, instantly appeared. With a casual wave, a sea of blood descended.
Within the blood sea, countless silver phoenix script characters flowed unceasingly.
"Demonic artifact? !"
From the back of the fiery vermilion bird, Python Sparrow Arhat's figure drifted out.
He tugged at his monastic robe, and a crimson kasaya unfolded, covering the sky, upon which golden script characters flickered.
These golden characters carried Buddhist light, which was highly suppressive of demonic qi.
"Slay!"
Fang Xi pointed, and phoenix script characters emerged, continuously condensing and combining at his fingertip, seemingly forming a silver longsword.
Pfft!
With a casual flick, the longsword formed of phoenix script tore through the void, causing a faint white arc of light to appear in the emptiness.
Like a rising new moon, the torn space rift swept past the kasaya, instantly ripping it to shreds.
The void opened, swallowing all the kasaya fragments within.
A single sword cleaves the void!
"This man has such profound mastery over the void!"
Python Sparrow Arhat's expression slightly darkened upon seeing this. He furiously struck his chest with his fist.
Clang! Clang!
His skin was pale gold, and as he pounded his chest with his fist, it produced sounds like a resonant bell.
Hiss! Hiss!
The python tattoo on Python Sparrow Arhat's body suddenly came alive, slithering unceasingly, finally detaching from him and transforming into a colossal python like a Bashe, its maw seemingly capable of swallowing an elephant.
This feral beast moved through the void, then suddenly its scales bristled, each one vibrating in unison, shooting out streaks of black qi.
A massive amount of black qi condensed, forming a black cloud, within which something vaguely resembled a plowshare, charging directly towards Fang Xi!
Fang Xi's eyes flickered slightly, then he acted as if nothing had happened, unleashing a spell art.
Within the blood sea, a silver phoenix suddenly emerged, its wings tearing through the void.
That dark plowshare rushed directly into the void, vanishing in a blink of an eye.
"To think there's even a feral beast with an innate divine ability similar to nightmare suppression."
Fang Xi gazed at the incomparably massive feral beast snake, knowing that Python Sparrow Arhat must have paid a heavy price to subdue this beast.
"Go!"
With this thought, he formed a hand seal, and the sea of blood transformed by the Blood Fiend Banner instantly spread out, submerging the mountain-sized feral beast python.
At the same time, a yellow-skinned gourd appeared in his left hand—it was precisely the Erwu Soul-Slaying Gourd!
"Please turn, my treasure!"
Fang Xi called out with a smiling voice.
Whoosh!
The gourd's mouth opened, and a golden thread flashed past, disappearing into the sea of blood.
Hiss! Hiss!
The sea of blood rolled back, revealing two severed segments of a snake's corpse, which were then swept into the Blood Fiend Banner.
"No. . ."
Python Sparrow Arhat cried out in alarm, spitting out a small mouthful of essence blood.
The spirit of that feral beast python had been instantly slain, causing the power of his hard-won secret technique to instantly diminish by nearly half!
"This person is foolish too, playing with souls before my Blood Fiend Banner, a supreme demonic treasure. . . Does he not know that the demonic dao is most skilled at this? " Fang Xi muttered to himself, watching the faint outline of a python soul appear on the Blood Fiend Banner.
At this moment!
The Sky-Devouring Sparrow, engulfed in flames, descended fiercely with Python Sparrow Arhat on its back.
Python Sparrow Arhat clasped his hands, then abruptly separated them, and a golden Arhat body manifested behind him.
This Arhat was entirely golden, formed by countless flowing Sanskrit characters. One hand held a python phantom, while the other was entwined with a fiery vermilion bird.
But at this moment, the python phantom was listless and appeared extremely illusory.
Bang!
The Arhat phantom punched out, and the Sky-Devouring Sparrow let out a cry, attaching crimson flames to the fist.
Fang Xi shook the Blood Fiend Banner, and a blood-colored shield emerged from the sea of blood. Its surface was carved with grotesque blood-ghost heads, and numerous blood-dao artifacts hung on either side.
The Arhat's golden body slammed into the blood-colored shield, causing countless blood-dao artifacts to explode, and the flames spat out by the Sky-Devouring Sparrow furiously burned the surrounding blood qi.
Then, a golden fist broke through the shield, arriving before Fang Xi, and slammed down viciously!
Fang Xi raised a hand, and an azure round mirror appeared.
The golden fist landed on the azure mirror, and golden and azure light intertwined, then simultaneously vanished without a trace.
He looked up, and his eyes emitted a foot-long, two-colored light of azure and yellow, staring directly at Python Sparrow Arhat.
Python Sparrow Arhat immediately felt his Divine Consciousness waver, as if returning to the moment he had just broken through to the Return to Void realm and was undergoing the inner demon tribulation!
That sensation of a hundred reincarnations left him momentarily stunned.
Although his Buddhist heart was crystal clear and he immediately recovered from the inner demon, Fang Xi also took a step forward, arriving before him.
Bang!
Fang Xi pressed his five fingers together, and a four-colored armor appeared on his body. He slammed a punch down from above, like a giant splitting a mountain.
While Python Sparrow Arhat was disoriented, the Sky-Devouring Sparrow spirit revolving around him soared into the sky, acting as an automatic defensive secret art spirit.
But the next moment, accompanied by the appearance and roar of four True Spirit phantoms, the Sky-Devouring Sparrow spirit was instantly shattered and scattered, clearly suffering severe vital damage.
Then, Fang Xi's fist landed on top of Python Sparrow Arhat's head, heavily striking the circle of joss stick scars.
Python Sparrow Arhat transformed into a golden light, plummeting straight into the ground.
Crash!
A giant crater, a hundred zhang deep, appeared with him at the center. The edges of the crater continuously caved in, extending outward for unknown miles. . .
"Python Sparrow Arhat. . . actually. . . lost?"
Kuang Ping'an, within his dragon escape light, widened his eyes at this sight.
This Senior Fang. . . had he not just advanced to Return to Void less than a century ago?
Even if external rumors claimed his divine abilities and spiritual power were no less than those of a mid-stage Return to Void cultivator, it was entirely possible for such tales to be exaggerated among high-level cultivators.
Yet, this Python Sparrow Arhat was a genuine mid-stage Return to Void cultivator. How could he have been so easily defeated?
Pfft!
At the bottom of the giant crater, cracks appeared on Python Sparrow Arhat's golden body. The 'feral beast python' tattoo on his body had long vanished, and the 'Sky-Devouring Sparrow' tattoo looked dispirited.
This severe injury meant hundreds, perhaps even a thousand years of painstaking cultivation, all wasted. . .
Fang Xi looked at Python Sparrow Arhat, a cold glint flashing in his eyes, holding the Erwu Soul-Slaying Gourd in his hand.
The next moment, that Immortal Abode Rare Treasure-grade flying blade was about to shoot out and directly take the Arhat's life!
To Fang Xi, whether Python Sparrow Arhat was good or evil was irrelevant; what mattered was that he had shown hostility.
For enemies, one naturally had to eradicate them completely.
Suddenly, he looked towards Heavenly Brahma City, his expression shifting slightly.
A figure, riding an azure light, was rapidly approaching.
Though his early-stage Return to Void spiritual power was not profound, it gave Fang Xi a sense of danger even greater than Python Sparrow Arhat.
"Stop!"
A Divine Consciousness transmission directly sounded in Fang Xi's ear.
"Heh heh. . ."
Fang Xi scoffed, opening the Erwu Soul-Slaying Gourd: "Please turn, my treasure!"
Whoosh!
A golden light appeared, instantly striking Python Sparrow Arhat's neck!
Pfft!
Even his seventh-tier golden body could not withstand the flying blade's sharpness. It sliced into his flesh, lodging against his neck bone, letting golden blood flow. . .
"I am 'Five Elements Child'!"
Another Divine Consciousness transmission came from within that early-stage Return to Void escape light.
"So what?"
Fang Xi burst into laughter, frantically pouring Return to Void spiritual power into the Erwu Soul-Slaying Gourd.
Streams of light shimmered on the flying blade, and suddenly, Immortal Abode secret runes appeared, seemingly drawing forth all the sharpness in heaven and earth.
"Immortal Abode. . . Rare Treasure? The might of Laws!"
Python Sparrow Arhat's Divine Consciousness stirred, and then his bald head flew off.
Whoosh!
A flash of golden light, and a radiant golden Nascent Soul appeared several thousand zhang away.
It was a foot tall, entirely golden, and held a small golden alms bowl. Within the bowl was a miniature Sky-Devouring Sparrow. It was about to employ an escape art and flee towards that approaching escape light.
Chirp! Chirp!
A clear phoenix cry suddenly echoed through the void!
A phoenix composed entirely of silver script characters appeared, its beak lightly pecking, disturbing the surrounding void.
Then, a layer of light shattered on the golden-bodied Nascent Soul. Python Sparrow Arhat screamed, was pecked up by the silver phoenix, and vanished into the Blood Fiend Banner!
"I told you before to stop!"
At this moment, the early-stage Return to Void escape light finally arrived, revealing an old man dressed in a five-colored feather robe. Although his feather robe displayed five colors, azure was the predominant one.
"One of Five Elements Child's five avatars?"
Fang Xi held the Blood Fiend Banner, with the yellow-skinned gourd hanging from his waist, his expression slightly solemn.
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