Chapter 871: Plucking the Peach
Chapter 871: Plucking the Peach
This Yin Fire was not the fire of a Ghost Cultivator.
Its nature was gentle and almost transparent, only subtly distorting the void.
Yet, despite this, it could dissipate cultivation and refine Nascent Souls, making it one of the most feared types of flames among cultivators.
Furthermore, the Yin Fire originated directly from within a cultivator's body, rendering it utterly impossible to defend against; one could only endure it head-on.
Long Qingzi's expression changed. His Mahayana aura swiftly weakened under the scorching of the Yin Fire.
Just then, the armor on his body flashed with light, and lines of fiery red patterns lit up, appearing to be some kind of Immortal Abode Secret Seal.
Blaze!
A layer of crimson flames ascended, with countless runes churning within, intertwining with the Yin Fire.
Seeing this, Long Qingzi's face lit up with joy. He swiftly chanted a few incantations, then threw out a wooden puppet.
This puppet seemed to be refined from wood heart, its features remarkably lifelike, bearing a striking resemblance to Long Qingzi.
After Long Qingzi threw out the puppet, the flames on his body peeled off like clothing, then enveloped the wooden puppet.
‘Yin Fire will never leave a cultivator. Long Qingzi must have found some extraordinary treasure from who knows where, to actually be able to confound the power of Yin Fire, and then use a 'Substitute Death Puppet Art' to draw the Yin Fire away. . . ’
Fang Xi nodded repeatedly as he watched.
As expected of one of the Human Race Five Sons, Long Qingzi's preparations for the numerous tribulations of the Mahayana realm were quite thorough.
Especially this Yin Fire tribulation, which for cultivators with wood-attribute cultivation methods, was truly a great disaster, yet he managed to escape it with ease.
Rumble!
The next moment, heaven and earth trembled, and a fierce heavenly might descended.
Even Integration cultivators seemed unable to withstand such heavenly might, daring not to fly in the air and forced to descend to the ground.
Although Fang Xi could have endured it by force, there was no point, so he also followed the crowd and landed his escape light.
He raised his head, only to see thunderclouds churning, countless electric serpents dancing wildly, the void greatly expanding, and countless currents surging out from within, as if all the lightning in the Earthly Immortal World had converged upon this place.
In the void, five colors converged, carrying the might of powerful laws!
“Integration cultivators face golden and silver dual-colored lightning tribulations, but the Mahayana Immortal Lightning Tribulation is a convergence of five colors. . . it is the Law Immortal Lightning! ”
Seeing this, Fang Xi's expression couldn't help but turn somewhat solemn.
His main body would certainly be able to break through to the Mahayana stage, but how to overcome tribulations after the Mahayana stage would be his own affair.
He still had some confidence regarding the previous Wind and Fire tribulations.
But now, seeing the might of the Mahayana Immortal Lightning Tribulation, he wondered if the preparations his main body had made were still insufficient?
Boom!
Accompanying a thunderous sound that seemed capable of shattering the divine souls of low-level cultivators, a bolt of purple lightning crashed down!
Around the purple lightning, a ring of multi-colored light still swirled, forming five colors: black, white, red, yellow, and cyan!
“Law Lightning! ”
Fang Xi watched intently, his gaze fixed on the cyan figure whose aura was slightly weakened after the Yin Fire tribulation.
Seeing this, Long Qingzi's hand flashed with light, and a cyan jade umbrella appeared.
As he infused it with his Mahayana-level immortal elemental power, the cyan jade umbrella roared, its size instantly expanding to shield him within.
This was clearly a treasure that could transform lightning!
Its function was somewhat similar to the 'Hunyuan Heavenly Luo Umbrella' that Fang Xi had once acquired, but its grade was undoubtedly far superior, at least quasi-eighth-rank!
Buzz!
The cyan jade umbrella hummed, streaks of flowing light appearing on its surface, as numerous runes flickered and intertwined, forming layered defenses to meet the five-colored Immortal Lightning.
In an instant, the power of the Immortal Lightning seemed to be weakened by one or two tenths, striking directly upon the jade umbrella.
With a clap of thunder!
A large hole was torn open in the jade umbrella, and a greatly weakened five-colored Immortal Lightning struck Long Qingzi's protective light shield, causing countless arcs of electricity to overflow.
Long Qingzi was currently surrounded by several layers of defense formed by green leaves, with six ancient turtle shell shields hovering beside him. He also held a few talismans in his hand, gazing nervously at the sky.
Seeing the first bolt of lightning dissipate, there was no joy in his eyes, only solemnity.
This 'Myriad Transformation Jade Umbrella' was a lightning-transforming treasure he had obtained through great difficulty, by cunning and force.
He had originally intended for it to handle the first three stages of the Mahayana Immortal Lightning Tribulation.
Yet, he never expected that it would be easily destroyed by just the first stage of the Immortal Lightning Tribulation. . .
The lightning tribulation wouldn't grant Long Qingzi time; the second bolt of five-colored lightning crashed down with a roar.
Long Qingzi let out a clear cry, and the six turtle shell shields beside him flew out. The Xuanwu bloodline on them was incredibly rich, seeming to be refined from the shells of sixth or seventh-rank Black Tortoises—a set of excellent defensive treasures. . .
Low-level cultivators within Po Suo Twin Cities, seeing Long Qingzi unleash one tribulation-averting treasure after another, coupled with his top-tier wood-attribute cultivation method and secret arts, and watching him pass six stages of lightning in the blink of an eye, all felt hope rise in their eyes.
Only Fang Xi and the tall noblewoman had a trace of solemnity in their expressions.
‘Long Qingzi's preparations could not be said to be insufficient. . . but alas. . . ’
Boom!
Heaven and earth trembled, and the seventh bolt of five-colored lightning tribulation, carrying the might of laws, crashed down! rAN+OB@Es
Long Qingzi threw out a talisman.
Upon this talisman, countless golden and silver seal characters flickered, transforming into a massive light shield, seemingly a legendary immortal secret talisman.
The five-colored lightning tribulation tore through the light shield, then landed upon Long Qingzi's protective spiritual light.
That wisp of cyan spiritual light was submerged by the lightning. . . then it abruptly extinguished!
Seeing this, all the cultivators' expressions finally changed dramatically.
“Want to kill me? Dream on! ”
After the five-colored Immortal Lightning erupted, a cyan light flashed on the spot, and Long Qingzi's figure strikingly reappeared.
However, his daoist robe was mostly tattered, and the individual green leaves were all charred black, many even completely destroyed. . .
Not only that, his chest was charred black, revealing a terrifying wound.
Long Qingzi took a deep breath, and a cyan light flashed on his chest.
Faint emerald-colored light flickered within his muscles and bones, mending his internal organs, and in a flash, he was restored to his original state.
His skin was clear and translucent like jade, and his appearance was refined, truly the image of a carefree immortal.
“Eternal Evergreen Body? ”
Feeling the aura of a similar spiritual physique, Fang Xi's pupils couldn't help but contract: “This Long Qingzi is truly extraordinary. . . ”
Before he could continue observing, the eighth bolt of Immortal Lightning Tribulation rolled down.
This time, Long Qingzi's expression truly changed dramatically.
He formed hand seals, continuously chanting incantations under his breath.
The Po Suo Twin Trees rustled, and a large number of leaves fell, instantly withering away.
Terrifying wood-attribute spiritual energy converged, swirling around Long Qingzi.
He instantly transformed into a Green Wood Divine General, clad in cyan armor and wielding a massive wooden shield and long spear!
His aura even surpassed that of the previous one!
“No, City Lord. . . ”
Branch after branch of the Po Suo Twin Trees withered, and the cultivators' cave dwellings built upon them collapsed with a roar.
Higher-level cultivators were fine, but some low-level cultivators couldn't evade in time and died on the spot.
For a time, Po Suo Twin Cities seemed to transform into purgatory. Countless cultivators ran and wailed, their eyes filled with hatred.
‘This Long Qingzi is indeed still that incarnation who betrayed his main body. . . ’
‘For his own selfish desires, he utterly dared to destroy everything. . . ’
Fang Xi watched as that Green Wood Divine General, holding a wooden spear, soared into the sky.
The markings on the wooden spear were vivid. With a sudden roar, it transformed into a cyan dragon, meeting the eighth bolt of Immortal Lightning!
The thunder roared, and the cyan dragon wept blood!
Faint traces of lightning not only broke through the cyan dragon but also landed on the body of the enormous Green Wood Divine General.
That cyan wooden shield could not withstand the lightning, shattering into pieces, followed immediately by the entire divine general's body!
Crash!
As the lightning fell, the jade crown on Long Qingzi's head exploded, his entire being disheveled, and blood-tears streamed from his eyes: “No! ”
His hand seals changed again as he frantically siphoned the spiritual vitality of the Po Suo Twin Trees.
At this moment, Fang Xi seemed to hear the wails of the Po Suo Twin Trees.
This Heaven and Earth Spiritual Root seemed to have been siphoned to the brink of extinction!
Yet, due to the excessive depletion before, only faint traces of life force converged, barely forming a massive emerald-green skeleton.
And the final bolt of five-colored lightning from the Immortal Lightning Tribulation crashed down at this moment!
Light!
The blinding, dazzling lightning almost made all cultivators close their eyes, searing their divine consciousness. . .
When the lightning and dark clouds had entirely dissipated, Fang Xi opened his eyes to see the Po Suo Twin Trees devoid of leaves, their canopies largely broken, and even their stout trunks bearing enormous lightning-scarred marks.
In the direction of the City Lord's Manor, the void was a chaotic mess; the person known as 'Long Qingzi' was long gone!
Only a few glistening, shattered treasures and array flags remained, hovering and soaring at the edges.
“Long Qingzi. . . died during tribulation? ! ”
Many cultivators stood like statues. After a long while, a Return to Void cultivator finally murmured.
Whoosh!
The crowd instantly erupted in an uproar. Suddenly, an escape light, without a sound, flew towards the location of those few shattered treasures.
His body radiated abundant spiritual power; he was actually an early-stage Integration Grand Cultivator!
“Long Qingzi is dead, seize his relics. . . ”
An old cultivator roared, his face twisted in a ferocious grimace.
Subsequently, numerous cultivators all seemed to be stirred to action!
Seeing this scene, Fang Xi couldn't help but feel speechless.
‘Regardless of how Long Qingzi governed before, simply for this time, in order to pass the Immortal Lightning Tribulation, he frantically drained the foundation of the Po Suo Twin Trees, almost dragging all the cultivators in the city to their graves. . . his reputation is utterly ruined. ’
‘For such a thing to happen after his death, it's truly not surprising at all. ’
‘Of course, he probably wouldn't have cared anyway. ’
But at this moment, he sighed and paused in his steps.
A demonic light flashed, and his escape speed was astonishing. He actually surpassed that early-stage Integration cultivator, arriving at the edge of the chaos, and took a partially broken cyan token into his hand.
“Hmm? ”
That early-stage Integration cultivator was furious in his heart. A dark, black staff appeared in his hand, erupting with astonishing spiritual pressure as it swept towards Fang Xi.
In Fang Xi's hand, a seven-colored light flashed, and the Five Fires Seven Birds Fan appeared. He gently fanned it.
Chieu!
Accompanying the clear cry of a Luan Phoenix, a True Flame Phoenix soared out, flapping its wings. Behind it followed countless fiery birds, their wings burning with seven-colored light flames, melting the dark staff into molten iron. . .
The early-stage Integration cultivator violently spat out a large mouthful of vital blood. Only then did he feel Fang Xi's late-stage Integration spiritual power fluctuations, and his expression couldn't help but change dramatically: “You are. . . ”
“This Daoist is Qing Hezi. Are you perhaps trying to betray the human race? ”
Fang Xi stood with his hands behind his back, his late-stage Integration spiritual power fluctuations sweeping across the entire scene. In his hand, a pavilion appeared—it was none other than the 'Cloud Heaven Pavilion'!
This Cave-Heaven Treasure flashed with light, and Zhai Xingzi, along with Li Rulin and other subordinates, flew out. Seeing the scene outside, they all remained expressionless, inwardly bewildered.
“You all immediately take over Po Suo Twin Cities, seal the treasury, and maintain order. ”
Fang Xi calmly gave his orders, and legitimately began to pluck the peach!
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