Chapter 415: Chapter 413: Spirit Bird (in honor of the Silver Alliance!)_1
"The Star Array combined with the Prohibition Space Talisman is indeed suitable for blocking the instant teleportation skills of Nascent Souls!"
Fang Xi took out a jade box and collected the Old Demon’s Nascent Soul, then his figure flashed, and he arrived at the periphery of the Yanmo Domain.
A passage that only one person could pass through emerged in the Yanmo Domain, allowing him to flash in.
The sky was gray and murky, with six large black holes rotating, exuding an inexplicable terrifying aura.
Hiss!
A streak of blood light flashed by, and the Dharmakaya Phantasm of Yama with three eyes and six arms was cut in two with a single strike, countless blood lights polluting and corroding the phantasm into nothingness.
Old Chi Laoguai’s expression was as solemn as water, with the ’Blood Converting Demonic Sabre’ in hand, he swung down with a slash.
A several hundred zhang long red rainbow emerged, but the Heterodox Nascent Soul, whose face should have been under the sabre light, became solemn and swiftly formed a hand seal.
In the blink of an eye, he shifted hundreds of zhang to the side, avoiding the range of the sabre light.
"This isn’t good... This Nascent Soul domain is quite troublesome, especially since it has trapped me."
Old Chi Laoguai looked at the Heterodox Nascent Soul’s persistent tactics and was at a loss.
The Nascent Soul could move instantaneously with just a thought and ignored most prohibitions and bindings.
Although he was powerful and held a powerful Demon Treasure, there wasn’t much he could do if the opponent did not engage in a direct confrontation and instead kept entangling him.
Using a cannon to fight a mosquito was always a vexing matter.
"This can’t go on..."
Old Chi Laoguai grabbed the Spirit Beast Bag at his waist and casually threw it into the air.
Flap flap!
Accompanied by the sound of fluttering wings, a group of Blood Winged Bats emerged, their wings sharp as knives and their appearance fierce, flying off in all directions.
"Beast Path!"
The Heterodox Nascent Soul once again formed a hand seal, and ghost creatures with wings, their bodies dark green, flew out of the black holes, tangling with the Blood Winged Bats.
Old Chi Laoguai released the Spiritual Beasts he had cultivated, not to kill the Heterodox Nascent Soul, but to look for weak spots in the domain. He didn’t expect his adversary’s Divine Skills to be endless, tying him up again, which made him furiously think, "Damn... this person has actually cultivated the secret skill of a second Nascent Soul. He must not be simple... This Qi Sha might have bitten off more than he can chew this time."
At that moment, his Divine Consciousness also detected Fang Xi’s real body, and he was immediately shocked, "How could he be this fast?"
Although battles between Nascent Souls were always extremely fast, it only took a moment for them to take down Lord Lingfeng previously.
But since he had been drawn into the domain, it had barely been a dozen breaths’ time, right?
How could the Old Demon be so easily handled?
Or did that guy abandon him to escape alone?
Fang Xi had no intention of reminiscing with Old Chi Laoguai. His figure turned into a cyan rainbow and came beside the Heterodox Nascent Soul, raising his hand and releasing it.
Nine small Puppets flew out, and as they were mid-air, they suddenly grew in size, turning into forms like the Profound Turtle, Red Tiger, and Copper Armored Warrior, emitting Core Formation level magic power fluctuations.
Roar!
On the back of the Profound Turtle, two pieces of turtle shell opened up, and huge cannon barrels extended out.
Puff puff!
Two dark beams of light fell into the midst of the Blood Winged Bats, easily killing a large number of them, turning them into clumps of blood that rained down from the sky.
Old Chi Laoguai had no time to mourn his Spiritual Beasts.
Because Fang Xi had already approached him, raised his hand to grasp, and the Taiyi Green Wood Divine Light suddenly burst forth from his fingertips.
"Slash!"
Old Chi Laoguai channeled magic power into the Blood Converting Demonic Sabre, shouted angrily, and slashed forward.
A rich blood-colored sabre light emerged, colliding with the Taiyi Green Wood Divine Light, creating a grating noise, and began to stalemate.
Seeing this, Old Chi Laoguai was even more shocked.
The ’Blood Converting Demonic Sabre’ in his hand was a Demon Path Supreme Treasure that he did not easily create. It had previously absorbed the Essence Blood of a Nascent Soul cultivator and was infinitely powerful.
Even mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators might not dare to contend with its edge!
Yet, it was easily resisted by a Nascent Soul early-stage cultivator’s spell.
Squeak!
Amid the grating sound, feeling the fluctuations from the ’Blood Converting Demonic Sabre,’ Old Chi Laoguai suddenly bit the tip of his tongue, spraying a mouthful of Essence Blood onto it, while continuously chanting incantations.
The Blood Converting Demonic Sabre quickly absorbed the Essence Blood, the blood light on it intensified, and nine mysterious Blood Runes appeared on the blade.
The sabre light in the air suddenly brightened, even gradually overpowering the Taiyi Green Wood Divine Light!
After all, Fang Xi’s Taiyi Green Wood Divine Light was just rudimentarily learned. Previously, he could easily kill the Old Demon because his cultivation was of the Earth Attribute, which was precisely restrained by the attribute!
Whoosh!
Old Chi Laoguai, at the cost of depleting his Primordial Energy, employed a secret skill to drastically increase the might of the Blood Converting Demonic Sabre. As he rapidly contemplated an escape plan, he suddenly heard a soft sound.
The moment he had a bad feeling in his heart, his Divine Consciousness discovered that behind him, Fang Xi’s figure had flickered and silently emerged from the Void.
"Quick!"
Old Chi Laoguai’s body was enveloped in blood light, a two-headed snake manifested out of thin air, opening its gaping maws, and attacked Fang Xi!
Fang Xi merely smiled, flicking a Jade talisman from his hand.
Boom!
Suddenly, a golden fireball appeared in the air, like a small sun, its scorching radiance reducing the two-headed snake to ash in mere moments.
Even the relentless ball of fire plummeted without diminishing onto the protective blood light surrounding Old Chi Laoguai!
Whoosh whoosh!
Fang Xi, holding the Flash Spirit Pearl, moved back swiftly, watching the fierce flames with satisfaction in his heart, "The Thunder Pearl, Talismans, and this Exotic Treasure I got from that old ghost... they’re quite useful."
After the flames dissipated, there was no longer any trace of Old Chi Laoguai at the original location.
With a flash of purple light in his eyes, Fang Xi easily spotted a Blood Shadow skirting the edge of the domain.
He sneered, the Star Array materializing in his hands. Lines crisscrossing across the heavens and earth, nineteen in total, stretched out like a vast net, converging towards a certain spot.
Whoosh!
A blood-winged bat exploded, revealing Old Chi Laoguai’s figure, half of his body charred and one of his left arms gone.
With a sabre in his right hand, he bellowed, "Yun Jiezi... do you really wish for both the fish and the net to perish? I am willing to swear an oath to never again be an enemy to you... Otherwise, once my Nascent Soul escapes, even if I can’t deal with you, your clan and disciples... I won’t rest until they’re dead!"
"The fish may die, but the net may not break. Your cultivation of the life-saving secret skill is quite good, but I’d like to see how many more limbs of yours can serve as material for secret techniques?"
Fang Xi sneered, twisting a black chess piece in his hand and ferociously flicking it out!
Crack!
A clear sound of a piece landing echoed through the void.
From behind Old Chi Laoguai, a black light suddenly emerged, seemingly teleporting instantly, piercing straight through the old demon’s back!
At that moment, the Heterodox Nascent Soul and the nine Puppets had also cleared the Blood Winged Bats in the Demon Realm and came over to join the battle.
Upon seeing this scene, a look of despair surfaced on Old Chi Laoguai’s face...
...
Crack!
A red Nascent Soul bound by white light was seized by Fang Xi.
He quickly affixed several talismans to it, sealing it.
"This battle... has been tough on you."
After doing all this, he turned to the Heterodox Nascent Soul with a slight smile.
The Heterodox Nascent Soul, having no desire to speak further, formed a hand seal to release the Yanmo Domain and returned to the Dantian Qi Ocean to rest and recuperate with closed eyes.
"Go ahead!"
Fang Xi, unconcerned, formed another hand seal, and the nine Puppets turned into beams of light and flew out to clean up the battlefield.
A moment later.
He stored all the Magic Treasures and the remains of the Nascent Soul cultivators in the Mountain Sea Pearl and cleaned up the scene before transforming into a streak of azure light and swiftly disappeared.
...
Half a month later.
Inside an underground chamber.
No one was around, with only a Mountain Sea Pearl lying on the floor.
Within the Dongfu of the Mountain Sea Pearl.
The Monster Tree was jubilant, its crown drooping countless Qi Roots and tendrils, suspending the remains of Old Demon and Old Chi Laoguai...
Below the crown, ’Demon Lord Qi Sha,’ face stiff, poured Fang Xi a cup of Green Bamboo Wine.
"Ha... What a pleasure it is to relax with a cup of wine after a great battle," Fang Xi remarked as he downed the Green Bamboo Wine in one gulp and sighed with contentment, "Especially when... the wine is personally served by a formidable enemy, wouldn’t you agree, Demon Lord Qi Sha?"
Regrettably, Demon Lord Qi Sha couldn’t respond at that moment, for he had become a wooden Puppet.
After testing the wooden Puppet’s strength, Fang Xi sighed again.
The power of a Nascent Soul cultivator mainly resided in the Origin Soul infant. With Demon Lord Qi Sha’s Nascent Soul having passed away, only the shell remained.
This body was not of a body cultivator, nor had it practiced any body-refining techniques.
Thus, the strength of this wooden Puppet was only comparable to that of the Saint from before, roughly equal to a late Core Formation stage body cultivator.
"What a fine Demon Lord you were. What got into your head to oppose me... Is being a wooden Puppet fun for you?"
Disappointed with his dream of having a Nascent Soul level Puppet, Fang Xi looked somewhat displeased as he scolded Demon Lord Qi Sha, then began taking inventory of the spoils of this battle.
First and foremost, of course, were the Magic Treasures!
Unfortunately, such treasures were exceedingly precious to Nascent Soul cultivators, and most old monsters only possessed one lifebound Magic Treasure each.
Old Demon suffered the worst fate: his Magic Treasure, a bowl, had been smashed to pieces.
However, in his Storage Bag, there were plenty of top-grade Spirit Stones and various materials, sorted into massive warehouses.
Considering he was the great patron of the Green Leaf Commerce Association, this made sense.
As for Old Chi Laoguai, his most valuable possession was the ’Blood Converting Demonic Sabre,’ along with a Red Blood Demon Sutra in his Storage Bag.
In terms of wealth, he was indeed inferior to Old Demon by quite a bit.
But these were of little importance.
Fang Xi carelessly piled them aside, then eagerly lifted a palm-sized palace.
This palace was entirely blood-red and exquisitely delicate.
More crucially, the spiritual aura within seemed very strong... at least much stronger than the Xingluo chessboard.
It even resisted being refined by his early-stage Nascent Soul Magic Power.
"A very powerful Magic Treasure... but it does not seem to be Demon Lord Qi Sha’s lifebound Magic Treasure," Fang Xi mused, looking at the three small characters ’Blood Kill Hall’ on the plaque, pondering.
"It is said that some Sects pass down Magic Treasures from generation to generation, given to Yuan Ying True Monarchs for sacrificial refining, or used as Great Array Eyes to protect the Sect, capable of unleashing power not inferior to that of a Yuan Ying True Monarch at critical moments... Could this be such an artifact? But if so, Seven Deadly Sins Hall has really bled a fortune for it..."
Above Demon Lord Qi Sha’s corpse, he also discovered a pitch-black Demon Armor Magic Treasure and decided to equip the hardworking Heterodox Nascent Soul with it, so that he could be more at ease when it left the body to fight, not dying in just a few moves...
Right away, he picked up Demon Lord Qi Sha’s Storage Belt and began to refine it.
The belt was entirely dark gold, regal and luxurious, matching his ceremonial attire well.
When Fang Xi finished refining it and sent his Divine Consciousness inside, his expression turned somewhat strange.
With a flash of light, a green feathered fan appeared in his hand, which turned out to be a Magic Treasure as well!
"This seems to be the ’Spirit Bird Fan’... The Magic Treasure of Lord Lingfeng... Could it be that..."
Fang Xi immediately searched with a purpose and found a small Black Jade bottle. After seeing the Nascent Soul confined within, he was left speechless...