Chapter 878: Slaying a Mahayana Cultivator Against the Odds
Chapter 878: Slaying a Mahayana Cultivator Against the Odds
The Nine Bends Yellow River Three Flowers Immortal Array!
This array had always existed within Fang Xi's conceptualization, believed by him to be capable of helping him break through the gates to becoming a ninth-tier Immortal Array Master.
Back then, within Tianyuan City, Fang Xi and Ji Feixue talked through the night, learning many secrets of array integration from this Grandmaster of Formations.
Later, during the war between humans and demons, he even more so utilized the geographical advantage of Tianyuan City and a pseudo-immortal vein, with the assistance of Ji Feixue, many other array masters, and the array-laying tools originally moved out from the immortal abode, to attempt to upgrade the Nine Serene Sand River Grand Array into an Immortal Array!
This had inexpressible benefits for the improvement of Fang Xi's own array cultivation.
Since then, he had constantly been attempting, relying solely on his own power, to set up a truly complete Immortal Array!
By today, a prototype can already be seen!
Fang Xi and his two avatars arranged themselves in a triangular formation.
The External Avatar shook the Netherworld Banner, unleashing the intricacies of the ‘Nine Serene Sand River Grand Array’ one by one, controlling the ‘Prosperity’ array core, which signified a cultivator’s realm and cultivation base!
Finally, atop the Ancestral Demonic Tree in Fang Xi’s hand, the Supreme Pole Star Life-Ending Divine Light flickered, wielding control over ‘Lifespan’!
With the three flowers of Fortune, Prosperity, and Longevity gathered, as long as they were not True Immortals, all could be slain!
“Impossible! ”
Meng Laogui saw this scene, and an expression of disbelief and astonishment appeared on his face.
He clearly found it hard to believe that Fang Xi could directly set up an Immortal Array.
Didn't it require other array-laying tools and pseudo-immortal veins?
But he didn't know that Fang Xi's current ‘Nine Bends Yellow River Three Flowers Immortal Array’ could at most be considered a prototype of an Immortal Array, it was a quasi-ninth-tier Immortal Array.
The ‘Nine Serene Sand River Grand Array’ was currently only at the eighth-tier level, so naturally, it didn't require a pseudo-immortal vein; consuming Immortal Jade was enough to sustain it.
And the Shinto Emperor Avatar possessed Mahayana cultivation, unleashing the ‘Grand Void Transformational Netherworld Plow Head Seven Stars Formation’, its power similarly reached the eighth-tier!
Coupled with the main body's ‘Supreme Pole Star Life-Ending Divine Light’, and combined with the Way of Array Integration, it finally reached the quasi-ninth-tier level!
Although it wasn't a true ninth-tier Immortal Array, Meng Laogui wasn't a True Immortal either; he was merely a Mahayana cultivator!
“Heavenly Official bestows blessings, Earth Official absolves sins, Water Official dispels misfortunes. . . Big Dipper diminishes lifespan, Xuanming diminishes prosperity, Grand Void transforms fortune. . . By my command, hasten! ”
As the array was completed, the void was completely sealed off. Even a Mahayana Nascent Soul would find it difficult to cast divine abilities and escape again.
The Shinto Emperor was the first to make a move, his ‘Calamity-Dispelling Fortune Profound Light’ transformed into a pitch-black plow head, plowing fiercely towards Meng Laogui.
“Ah! ”
Meng Laogui was extremely vigilant. He flicked his sleeve, and turtle shells, banners, cauldrons, and other treasures appeared, all shimmering with spiritual light. They were rare treasures that even Integration stage cultivators longed for but couldn't obtain, releasing powerful spiritual pressure and transforming into layers of colorful light shields.
Not only that, he chanted a spell, and with a rumble of thunder, ‘Meng Laogui’ instantly split into fragmented shadows, five identical avatars appearing and breaking out in different directions.
But in the void, that plow head directly locked onto Meng Laogui’s true body, and plowed fiercely.
The light barriers formed by numerous treasures could not block even slightly, as if they were originally illusory, allowing the pitch-black plow head to plow through.
Crack!
The plow head plowed over Meng Laogui’s head, emitting a crisp sound.
Meng Laogui felt nothing at all, yet inexplicably, his heart felt empty, and he almost spat blood.
He knew things were bad, and immediately pulled out a small jade mirror.
This mirror was something he had obtained from the ruins of an immortal abode. It could reflect one's own serendipity.
—Cultivators who could reach the Mahayana realm, each possessed extraordinary talent and unimaginable serendipity.
When Meng Laogui was young, he was also a trendsetter of his generation, turning ill fortune into good and adversity into blessings.
This small jade mirror was a supreme treasure of fortune, which had brought him many benefits in the past.
But at this moment, cracks actually appeared on its surface.
Under Meng Laogui’s astonished gaze, the mirror suddenly shattered with a bang. . . scattering into shimmering specks of light. . .
“No! ”
Meng Laogui felt something important leave his being. His eyes turned red.
He spat out dark lightning pearls, one after another, just as he was preparing to fight for his life, when the second ray of ‘Xuanming Dispelling Misfortune Profound Light’ had already swept over!
Meng Laogui’s fortune was broken, and he was truly at a loss, unable to advance or retreat. He was directly struck by the divine light!
At this moment, the magic power within him frantically dropped in realm, instantly falling to the Integration stage!
Meng Laogui awoke as if from a dream and quickly gathered his cultivation. With his cultivation, he could recover from this effect in just a single breath.
But it was already too late!
“Supreme Pole Star, command your demise! ”
Purple dragon-patterned talismans shone all over Fang Xi’s body. Strands of the power of Time Law descended, gathering within the Supreme Pole Star Life-Ending Divine Light.
This divine light, carrying an inexplicable meaning, swept past Meng Laogui’s body.
In an instant, Fang Xi knew that Meng Laogui had approximately forty thousand years of lifespan remaining!
‘Over forty thousand years. . . If I didn't make him drop in realm, I might not be able to kill this person in one go. ’
‘Fortunately, at this moment, his realm is only ‘Integration’. . . ’
Fang Xi wasn't planning to consume a certain amount of the opponent's lifespan and then attract heavenly tribulations or the like. . . There were too many variables.
When he made his move, it would naturally be a decisive kill, completely stripping away all of the opponent's remaining lifespan, causing them to instantly perish!
True Immortals have limitless lifespans, Mahayana cultivators, however, still had a lifespan limit.
As long as one's lifespan was cut off in one go, there would be no talk of heavenly tribulations or not; they would simply die of old age. . .
Now, in the Integration realm, stripping away over forty thousand years of the opponent's lifespan only required consuming over a thousand years of his own lifespan. . .
Compared to Fang Xi, who possessed a vast lifespan and could replenish it at any time with the Ancestral Demonic Tree, it was utterly insignificant.
Thus, he directly consumed over a thousand years of his lifespan and unleashed the Supreme Pole Star Life-Ending Divine Light!
“I. . . ”
Meng Laogui’s cultivation suddenly plummeted. He was holding a small black banner and muttering incantations, preparing to unleash a powerful demonic protective divine ability.
Unexpectedly, an inexplicable profound light swept past him, and an expression of terror reappeared on his face.
Then. . .
His clothes became soiled, the glory on his head dimmed, sweat flowed from his armpits, his body emitted a foul stench, and he no longer delighted in his original form. . . displaying the signs of the Five Signs of Heavenly Decay.
Suddenly, his body trembled, then exploded into countless specks of light, scattering away with the wind. Several brilliantly glowing treasures fell from mid-air. . .
Meng Laogui seemed normal, but he was actually a Nascent Soul body.
Now that his Nascent Soul’s lifespan was exhausted, it naturally underwent the Five Signs of Heavenly Decay, and then dissipated into the purest spiritual qi.
This kind of Mahayana spiritual essence far surpassed even the highest-grade spirit veins, causing Fang Xi to unconsciously open his Earthly Immortal Spiritual Realm and thoroughly absorb it.
“It's a pity this person's physical body had already perished beneath the Fang Xian Dao Palace, otherwise, it would also be excellent fertilizer. . . ”
He sighed with emotion and began to clear the battlefield.
...
Moments later.
The vast Nine Serenities Netherworld River disappeared.
The External Avatar retracted the ‘Netherworld Banner’, transforming into a dark stream of light, and discreetly vanished into the horizon.
Fang Xi had thought it through clearly.
Now that Meng Laogui had perished, he didn't know what secret communication methods he had with other Mahayana cultivators.
Perhaps the news of him killing Meng Laogui, Qingxu Tongzi already knew.
Therefore, this ‘Qing Hezi’, he might as well not use for now. . .
Although Fang Xi didn't believe that the remaining Mahayana cultivators of the human race would be willing to offend a fellow cultivator of the same rank for the sake of a dead person.
This was just like the Fang Xian Daoist of back then; no matter how astonishingly talented and brilliant he was, dead was dead. . .
And the living still had to continue living. . .
Meng Laogui was able to suppress this matter back then, and now Fang Xi also had the confidence to suppress it.
But a Mahayana avatar would inevitably have to flex its muscles, engage in battles across the land, and deal with all sorts of social interactions and favors, which was very troublesome. . .
Therefore, it was better to abandon the ‘Qing Hezi’ identity for now.
Anyway, the Demon race currently, in a short period, was utterly incapable of launching a second invasion.
At this time, the main battlefield of the four-race war was still on the Demon race's side!
Fang Xi just happened to seize this opportunity to retreat after achieving success, while also plundering the world, silently preparing for his main body's advancement to Mahayana.
With the Earthly Immortal Spiritual Realm and its legacy, breaking through the Mahayana bottleneck was naturally not a difficult task.
But the subsequent inner demon tribulation, the wind and fire tribulations, and the most terrifying Mahayana lightning tribulation, were not easy.
...
The Earthly Immortal Spiritual Realm.
Fang Xi casually tossed Meng Laogui’s cave-heaven treasure aside.
This demonic Mahayana cultivator was actually quite poor, possessing only a few Semi-Immortal Artifacts and incomplete Immortal Abode Rare Treasures, their power being quite ordinary.
However, within the cave-heaven treasure, various rare seventh-tier and eighth-tier materials were piled up like mountains.
According to his estimation, it should be enough to create at least two more ‘pseudo-immortal veins’.
Besides that, the most precious item should be a bottle of ‘Five Elements Immortal Water’, which should be somewhat helpful for Integration stage cultivators practicing Five Elements attribute cultivation methods to break through the Mahayana bottleneck.
Of course, for Fang Xi, it was dispensable, but many Integration stage cultivators would likely be willing to pay any price for it!
Fang Xi’s first reaction upon receiving the Five Elements Immortal Water was, ‘Meng Laogui is truly good to Five Elements Child. Could it be that Five Elements Child is really his illegitimate son? ’
This Mahayana serendipity was clearly prepared for Five Elements Child.
Now that Meng Laogui had perished, Five Elements Child had lost his backer and could be killed at will.
But Fang Xi thought for a moment, and decided to leave Five Elements Child to the Kyushu School on Trapped Sky Island.
Otherwise, if he finished everything, and then with a command, the Shinto army returned, only to find all his enemies dead. . . that would be a bit awkward.
While thinking, Fang Xi paced.
Unbeknownst to him, he arrived beneath a Ginseng Fruit Tree.
Gazing at this lush, leafy Ginseng Fruit Tree, Fang Xi's eyes were filled with emotion.
Long Qingzi’s secret art was actually almost equivalent to completely transforming into a second person.
Moreover, at first, it didn’t possess much strength. The bead containing spiritual consciousness had already been destroyed by him, and the spiritual consciousness within had naturally completely scattered.
The Fang Xian Daoist. . . perhaps also used a similar secret art, leaving behind a hidden hand within the Ginseng Fruit Tree!
“The Ginseng Fruit Tree blossoms once every three thousand years, bears fruit once every three thousand years, and its fruit ripens once every three thousand years. . . ”
“The clues and indications should be on the Ginseng Fruit itself. . . ”
Fang Xi gazed at the Ginseng Fruit Tree, his expression unreadable, and slowly raised his hand. . .
Then, he lowered it again.
Ultimately, he still decided not to thoroughly investigate the Fang Xian Daoist’s final trump card.
Back then, the Fang Xian Daoist didn't deeply investigate him, and he wouldn't deeply investigate the Fang Xian Daoist either.
Every sip and every peck is destined by heaven.
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