Chapter 296: Chapter 294: Bull Demon (Congratulating the Silver Alliance)_1
Fragment World.
Fang Xi transformed into a Witch King with tattooed face and a somber countenance, arriving at the location of the City of Black Nirvana.
"The sacred place within the City of Black Nirvana... has Vermilion Fruit resources..."
His Divine Consciousness swept over and he could see the Shaman Race warriors on the city walls, ready for battle, among them was even a Witch King!
These were subordinates that Danya had gradually fostered over the past hundred years.
"Although the Battle Mark system has its flaws, it has progressed rapidly. In a hundred years, Danya has cultivated a number of Witch Kings... It’s precisely because of this that the Shaman Race within the Secret Realm can keep being harvested like leeks, cut down and yet able to grow back again..."
Fang Xi estimated the strength of the City of Black Nirvana and did not make a move.
"Danya’s own strength, apart from the Battle Mark system, has also reached around the mid-stage of Core Formation..."
"Hundreds of years worth of Vermillion Fruit, after reaching the mid-stage of Core Formation, the effectiveness greatly diminishes, not to mention they were eaten raw... Furthermore, in the Secret Realm, there’s a lack of resources that can enhance the Magic Power of Core Formation cultivators, after all, these are meant for Foundation Establishment disciples... Besides, this woman cannot get her hands on those top-tier resources."
Like the Thousand-Year Red Fruit Tree!
These top-tier resources are regarded as sacred trees within the sacred places, blooming only once every hundred years, and were practically out of Danya and other Witch Kings’ reach.
Fang Xi silently calculated Danya’s side’s strength.
"One mid-stage Core Formation, two to three Witch Kings... This is already stronger than the Tribe of Five Elements back in the day, isn’t it?"
"Not bad for someone I’ve fattened up..."
"I could force my way in now, but it would be easy to end up with someone else benefiting from it..."
"It’s better to wait a bit."
With that thought, Fang Xi started chanting incantations, and his entire being turned into a blue light. At the edge of the City of Black Nirvana, he nearly merged with an ancient tree.
This was a top-tier spell recorded in the ’Kuyong Skills’ for concealing one’s presence.
Once cast, even cultivators a minor realm above Fang Xi would not be able to detect him.
Immortal Cultivators are all quite patient.
Yet Fang Xi only waited two days before an unforeseen event occurred.
...
Tens of miles outside the City of Black Nirvana, several dark Escape Lights, driving black clouds, were rolling in.
"Haha... I’m quite lucky this time to have been transmitted nearby, taking the lead!"
Standing amidst the black clouds was a brawny man towering over two meters tall.
His features were rugged, with eyes as big as copper bells, bare-chested, revealing his bulging muscles.
More importantly, atop this man’s head, there were actually two pitch-black horns!
Though his aura was around perfect Foundation Establishment, his bodily strength was nearly the greatest among all cultivators Fang Xi had seen!
Even an average Core Formation elder from the realm of Immortal Cultivation was far from comparable.
"Brother Niu, less talk..."
Two other figures were beside the brawny man.
One of them wore a dark robe, with disheveled hair, holding a black banner that emanated a sinister aura.
The other was a coquettish woman, clad in scarcely covering strips of cloth, exposing large swathes of alluring skin, surrounded by a halo of light. Behind her head at the Jade pillow acupoint, a pink, lustrous pill pulsated.
"Indeed... Regardless of how the merits are later divided, capturing that slave girl is the priority. The three of us happened to be transmitted nearby, if we let the fellows who come later take the credit, that would truly be the world’s greatest joke..."
The seductive woman chuckled.
Though all three exuded auras around perfect Foundation Establishment, they gave Fang Xi a sense of danger; undoubtedly, they all possessed Core Formation fighting capabilities!
’Demon Sect body cultivators... Well now!’
Fang Xi’s eyes lit up when he saw the horned man: ’I’ve found the materials for "Mysterious Fire Zombie"...’
This person practiced Demon Skills for body refining, and not only was his physical strength comparable to Core Formation, he must also have awakened some kind of bodily Divine Skill, much stronger than any Martial Immortal.
’Even if an average Core Formation elder is not a body cultivator... their physical strength isn’t that impressive, perhaps only comparable to an average Foundation Establishment body cultivator...’
The reason Core Formation cultivators don’t practice body refining is that the breakthrough in major Cultivation realms requires a balance of essence, qi, and spirit.
They primarily train Magic Power, but just breaking through a major realm also provides a certain boost to both physical body and Divine Consciousness.
Over time, the improvements are substantial.
In other words, if there were deficiencies in physical strength, it would have been unlikely to break through the major realms in the first place.
’It’s a pity... they’re still lacking. For instance, Lu Qing, if he also practiced body refining, reaching the seventh layer of Body refining... he would probably have been dug out by the people from Green Wood Sect by now, trying every means to Sacrificially Refine him into a third-tier Refining Corpse to suppress the Sect’s fate...’
...
"That’s true..."
The dark-robed Cultivator shook the black banner, and a layer of murky fog sprayed out from it, vaguely revealing numerous figures.
Standing right amidst the figures was a Red-Haired Ghost King emitting terrible Core Formation level Magic Power fluctuations.
As the dark-robed Cultivator chanted cryptic spells, the Red-Haired Ghost King suddenly let out a roar and rushed into the City of Black Nirvana.
Hiss, hiss!
One by one, Big Shamans with looks of astonishment on their faces watched their bodies split at some point, evenly divided into two parts.
In the Void, blood beads slowly adhered to it, quite bizarre.
Only Core Formation cultivators could see the fine red threads, as thin as hair, coiling around the Ghost King, ridiculously sharp, capable of easily cutting through not just the bodies of Big Shamans and the Shaman Race, but also any Spiritual Instruments or magic tools.
"Red-Haired Skylord Ghost?"
The seductive woman seemed somewhat surprised, covering her red lips, "I didn’t expect junior brother to have mastered such a divine skill... The ’Ghost Yin Hair’ of the Red Law Heavenly Devil is notorious for its viciousness. Even a Core Formation cultivator would find it very troublesome."
"Heh heh... Without a bit of third-tier tactics, how would I dare to venture into this Secret Realm?"
The black-robed cultivator sneered several times, and his hand signals changed once again.
The Red-Haired Skylord Ghost shook its head, and strands of thin red lines formed a huge cocoon, trapping the Witch King within it, "As long as I voraciously consume this person’s essence blood, my Red-Haired Skylord Ghost will definitely progress to the next level... this truly is a treasure land for us, hahaha..."
Just at that moment, an unexpected change occurred!
A piercing screech came from the City of Black Nirvana, accompanied by a black beam of light.
Puff!
The black beam of light, like a pitch-black crescent moon, swept across the crimson blood cocoon.
The blood-red cocoon split open, and a figure desperately escaped from inside, it was indeed the Witch King.
However, the opponent looked extremely miserable at the moment, drenched in blood, with half of the face shriveled, as if a great amount of flesh and blood had been sucked away.
This Witch King glared at the three people with deep resentment, then immediately flew back to join Danya, who had come to provide support.
Behind Danya, there were two more Witch Kings, one male and one female!
"The main target has appeared... as expected, it’s not a Treasure Pattern, but a Demon Path Core Formation, and it’s mid-stage Core Formation!"
The seductive woman’s pupils contracted, "With two additional helpers, this mission is indeed a bit troublesome..."
"If it isn’t difficult, how could it be worth a great merit?"
The burly man with bull horns had a hint of red in his eyes, and with a roar, he shouted, "Charge!"
Amid his roaring, his muscles swelled, and his stature suddenly grew taller, transforming into a small giant three to four meters in height!
Not only that, strands of Demon Qi also clung to him, forming a set of black and red Demon Armor!
In the blink of an eye, he seemed to have become an ancient war general wearing a bull horn helmet!
"All Shamans, heed my command!"
"Unite and work together, we shall overcome the Demon Calamity!"
Danya pinched a talisman with two fingers, it was the ’Killing Immortal Treasure Symbol’, and the terrifying Demon Skills were infused into it, instantly activating the talisman!
Hiss hiss!
A sword light that touched the heavens and pierced the earth flickered, and it struck directly onto the burly man with bull horns.
Yet, the man with the bull horns sneered coldly and threw a fierce punch.
Growl!
Behind him, it seemed a shadow of a savage buffalo emerged, its pitch-black horns crashing forward!
Puchi!
The seemingly indestructible Zuxian Sword Qi was actually shattered by the punch of the man with bull horns!
Scattered sword lights fell onto his body and were all blocked by the black and red armor, producing a sound like the clashing of gold and iron!
This ’Killing Immortal Treasure Symbol’ seemed to have barely any effect on him.
Seeing this scene, the complexions of the three great Witch Kings behind Danya could not help but become extremely ugly.
They were all too aware of the power of the talisman, but today...
For a while, the heavy gloom of the Demon Calamity lingered in the hearts of everyone present.
"Haha, bring it on!"
The bull-horned giant roared, stomped fiercely on the ground, and the entire figure crashed through the city wall, charging directly into the city.
Seeing this, Danya could only pinch the Magic Spells with both hands, and a stream of black and red demonic light appeared around her, trying to stop the bull-horned giant from rampaging slaughter.
"Good... While Brother Niu keeps that slave girl occupied, let’s deal with the other three, and then capturing that woman will be easy..."
The seductive female cultivator’s smile widened, and the External Pill behind her Jade pillow acupoint burst forth with intense light, boosting her Magic Power, making her cultivation level surge to the initial stages of Core Formation.
The black-robed cultivator was also shaking a black flag, commanding the Red-Haired Skylord Ghost to block those Witch Kings.
In an instant, the sky was filled with pink mist, from which bursts of ghostly laughter emerged, trapping the three great Witch Kings within it.
...
Next to an ancient tree, Fang Xi’s eyes sparkled with purple light, calmly observing the battle.
’These three Foundation Establishment cultivators outclass any cultivator of the same realm found in any of the three kingdoms... The foundation of this Demon Sect is indeed extraordinary.’
’Among them, it seems that the bull-horned giant is the strongest! Even his physique... is superior to that of the Demon Dragon body cultivator from before.’
Fang Xi did not know that this bull-horned giant was different from the previous Brother Ma; the essence blood he used for Body Refining was from a different kind of ’Mighty Buffalo Demon.’
Although the Mighty Buffalo Demon was not as adept in mystic transformations as the Flood Dragon, it was tough-skinned, immensely strong, and possessed some unique Divine Skills.
Using its essence blood for Body Refining, the defenses were not only stronger than ordinary Body Cultivators, but he also feared nothing, even when entangled with a mid-stage Core Formation cultivator.
’With him holding Danya at bay, once the three great Witch Kings fall... Danya will be in danger... This is also my fault, after all, I only transmitted the cultivation technique last time, keeping most of the secret skills and the methods for refining magical instruments to myself...’
Fang Xi took a deep breath.
The next moment, a flash of blue light.
Suddenly, he was using the Wood Escape technique. Leveraging the ubiquitous flora within the city, he secretly made his way towards the holy ground of the Shaman Race!