Chapter 493: Chapter 491 Flame (Make up for the shortage of 40)_1
A short while later.
With Fang Xi’s Divine Consciousness, comparable to that of a late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator, he could sense a blood-colored Escape Light covertly following behind, tracking towards the direction of the Iron Wing Eagle.
"Indeed... Is it because the ’Bone-Melting Blood Flame’ has leaked traces?"
He murmured to himself, spotting within the blood-colored light a girl with an innocent face—it was the very Nascent Soul cultivator who had sold him the Demon Fire!
’Judging by this girl’s path, she’s tracking the Bone-Melting Blood Flame... It seems she really is using this fire to follow the trail.’
Fang Xi had released the Iron Wing Eagle puppet as a test.
After all, he was always cautious in his actions, and it was basically impossible for anyone to track him. Yet when he discovered someone following him, and it was this girl, he immediately suspected the Bone-Melting Blood Flame.
Now it was proven to be true!
’This girl also has some schemes up her sleeve, the transaction in the city seemed fair and square, but perhaps she had planned from the start—if the visitor was powerful, she would make a proper deal, but if the visitor was weaker, she’d kill and rob them?’
’She inquired about information on ’Lord Tiankui’ and must know that I have two fourth-grade lower-tier puppets plus many Core Formation puppets, making me quite difficult to deal with among early-stage Nascent Soul cultivators. So why would she dare to make a move on me?’
’Hmm... Not right, there’s another person?!’
As Fang Xi’s Divine Consciousness swept over, he sensed a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator’s Magic Power hiding expertly, and his face immediately showed a hint of understanding.
He manipulated the Iron Wing Eagle puppet to swiftly turn around, retreating instead of advancing, and before long, appeared within the girl’s sight.
"You are... No, it’s a puppet!"
The girl in the red robe’s pupils constricted.
Meanwhile, Fang Xi gracefully appeared behind the girl, raising his hand to release the hawk-headed humanoid puppet and many Core Formation puppets, subtly encircling her: "Sir, you’ve really gone too far in breaking trust... But what I am even more curious about, is how did you track the ’Bone-Melting Blood Flame’?"
"Hehe... one really shouldn’t underestimate any Nascent Soul."
The girl smiled charmingly in response, "I can track this fire because it was personally nurtured by me, even split in half to refine into my life-bound Spirit Flame... Naturally, I can sense its original source."
She seemed to be telling the truth, but in reality, she was covering for another Nascent Soul mid-stage cultivator who was concealed in the shadows.
The other was using an extremely clever shielding Divine Skill to close in, their Magic Power concentrating, about to launch a thunderous strike!
"As expected, ’for wealth, a man will plunge himself into danger; for food, a bird will brave death’... the ancients truly do not deceive me!"
Fang Xi suddenly sighed and then lifted his hand.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
Puppet figures emerged!
Among them were a demon bull with a full moon appearing on its forehead, as well as a gigantic Five-colored Heavenly Phoenix!
Both exuded the aura of a fourth-grade mid-tier, circling the girl with changing expressions.
Then, another figure in blue quietly went to a certain spot in the Void, bringing their five fingers together and delivering a punch downward.
Strangely, silver radiance flickered on the punch, as if tearing open a Spatial Rift!
Thump!
With that punch, a mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator appeared from within the Void.
This middle-aged cultivator had fiery red eyebrows and hair, with a fierce expression on his face.
Seeing the approach of the blue figure, terror flashed in his eyes: "A late-stage Nascent Soul cultivator... Void Divine Power?"
He yelled, spitting out a Red Demon Flame towards the blue figure, but it was directly blocked by a layer of silver Radiance.
The boundless flames burned as if in vain, not even raising the surrounding temperature by much.
The figure, undeterred, delivered a heavy punch!
The red-haired Nascent Soul cultivator felt helpless and could only spit out a dark shield.
This anciently styled shield was engraved with complex patterns, exuding a sense of antiquity.
The shield expanded instantly, and a dark radiance emerged, enveloping him securely within it.
Bang!
Elder Qing’s fist hit the shield, and the seemingly high-tier spiritual treasure shield immediately let out a cry as cracks emerged, as if it was about to shatter the next moment.
"Lord Tiankui... spare my life!"
Seeing that Fang Xi actually possessed a fourth-grade superior-tier puppet, the red-haired Nascent Soul immediately paled and begged loudly for mercy.
"Hmm? Mid-stage Nascent Soul, possessing Red Demon Flame... are you Elder Demon Flame?!"
Fang Xi clapped his fists together, recalling the information.
He had initially planned to trouble the other later on, but Elder Demon Flame himself had taken the initiative to deliver himself.
Although he relied on Demon Fire and had a record of defeating two Nascent Soul cultivators, to Elder Qing, who possessed ’Void’ Divine Skill, he was no different from an ordinary human Nascent Soul... just as weak!
"Hmph!"
Seeing that Elder Demon Flame was trying to pull out another spiritual treasure, Fang Xi snorted coldly, and immediately initiated the Sky Demon Chant!
Elder Demon Flame suddenly felt his mind going blank, his suppressed Heart Demon becoming restless.
Although he quickly recovered with the help of a Mind-Calming magic item, in the midst of battle, such a momentary lapse could be a deadly flaw!
When Elder Demon Flame’s eyes regained clarity, he saw his Iron Shield shattered, and a hand as white as jade reached out.
In midair, that hand transformed into a pitch-black talon, and with just one grab, his protective Spiritual Shield was torn to pieces.
The remaining gusts of wind raged, tearing Elder Demon Flame’s body apart.
A blood-red light flashed, and a hundred meters away, a panicked Red Nascent Soul stumbled into view.
The Nascent Soul’s skin was crimson, and its face bore a striking resemblance to Elder Demon Flame, with a flame shaped like a red lotus held in its hands.
He didn’t even dare to glance at Elder Qing, he pinched a magic spell, and the red lotus flame violently turned illusory and expanded, protecting him within it, then he was about to use Instant Teleportation Skills to escape from this fearsome enemy!
Who could have imagined that Lord Tiankui, at the initial phase of Nascent Soul, not only possessed two fourth-tier lower-grade Puppets, but even had fourth-tier middle-grade or even higher-grade Puppets?
Especially the fourth-tier upper-grade Puppets, were almost equivalent to a great Cultivator!
Even if Elder Demon Flame had gone blind, he wouldn’t dare to make a move against a great Cultivator!
This time he swore to himself, if he could escape and survive, he would immediately flee a million miles away, then enter seclusion for hundreds of years, and never come out again.
Unfortunately, before the crimson Nascent Soul could teleport far, a sight that horrified him to the core occurred!
Shriek!!!
Elder Qing emitted a bird-like screech, his entire body enveloped in blue light, and then he transformed into a large azure bird.
This Green Fire Luan was magnificent beyond compare, its azure wings tinged with strands of silver pattern; with a sudden flap of its wings, it caught up with the fleeing Nascent Soul of Elder Demon Flame!
The Nascent Soul attempted to teleport again, but the Green Fire Luan opened its beak and a beam of silver light shot forth.
A rain of azure feathers falling like rain, faintly resembling the embryonic form of the Phoenix Seal Script, completely sealed off the surrounding Void.
Then, that beam of silver light turned into a silver-white feather, piercing directly through the Nascent Soul’s chest!
"I!"
Elder Demon Flame couldn’t believe what he was seeing as he looked down, only to see the Demon Fire he had refined beginning to backlash against him, completely engulfing and burning his Nascent Soul to ashes... then contracting inward, turning into a lotus-like flame that slowly blossomed in the Void...
"Demon Fire backlash, hm? There seems to be a certain risk in refining this kind of Demon Fire as one’s Spiritual Flame..."
"Indeed, feigning the identity of an initial-phase Nascent Soul has its benefits."
Fang Xi turned around, looking towards where the girl was.
Her strength was far inferior to Elder Demon Flame’s, and Feng Shisan, transformed into the Five-colored Heavenly Phoenix, swiftly descended, enveloping her in a Five-Colored Light Pillar.
Shortly after, everything about the girl turned to ashes in the light pillar, her Nascent Soul not escaping either.
When Feng Shisan slowly withdrew the Five-Colored Light Pillar, all that remained was a flame, crimson as blood.
This was the scene Fang Xi saw when he looked over.
"Pitiful... Just an initial-phase Nascent Soul, how could she withstand the four Puppets..."
He silently mourned for the girl’s Nascent Soul, then dismissed the Puppets, and released another magic spell.
"Gu gua!"
The Five Fire Worm flew out, spewing a similarly scarlet flame—’Bone-Melting Blood Flame’.
This flame and the one left by the girl’s Nascent Soul seemed to share the same origin, having a strong attraction to each other.
The other half of the ’Bone-Melting Blood Flame’ immediately drifted over and merged with this half, forming a complete ’Bone-Melting Blood Flame’!
Feeling its temperature and might swelling violently, Fang Xi nodded in approval: "Quite a Demon Fire, even if a Nascent Soul cultivator in its initial phase possessed it, it would be enough to pose a threat to an ordinary middle-phase Nascent Soul, right?"
Unfortunately, his subordinates Feng Shisan and Bull Bully were not ordinary middle-phase Nascent Soul Cultivators by any measure!
"Gu gua!"
The Five Fire Worm absorbed the full ’Bone-Melting Blood Flame’ back into its belly and then turned its gaze toward the Demon Flame remnants of Elder Demon Flame, akin to a red lotus.
It opened its mouth wide and swallowed the red lotus as well, its back bulging with a second lump representing this Demon Flame.
"Elder Demon Flame, who knows what your relationship with that girl’s Nascent Soul was? Father and daughter? Taoist Companions?... Nevermind, it’s none of my business anyway."
Fang Xi thought indifferently, after all, he had never asked for the other party’s name from the start.
For anyone who became his enemy, becoming a dead person was already the best outcome.
’Sigh... Feng Shisan was too ruthless; I can only let the Demon Tree feast on the remnants of Elder Demon Flame...’
After thoroughly cleaning the battlefield, he transformed into a beam of blue light and swiftly disappeared into the distance...
...
The East Eight Domains.
The entrance to the Yellow Sand Sect.
Lord Black Sand, who had suffered greatly in terms of Primordial Energy after several life-and-death encounters at the Tianwei City front line and almost fell back to the initial phase of Nascent Soul, was sitting cross-legged in his Dongfu, silently cultivating his Profound Art.
After a long while, he finally opened his eyes, a wry smile on his face: "I managed to suppress the injuries at last... so that I won’t fall back to the initial phase of Nascent Soul... Hmph, I have merely sustained minor injuries, yet multiple powers have become restless; once I leave seclusion, I must massacre them to ensure they remember this lesson for a while!"
"Black Sand, you have quite a murderous intent..."
Just then, a somewhat familiar voice rang out.
"Who?"
Lord Black Sand’s Divine Consciousness stirred, and then his face showed a look of shock. He transformed into a beam of black light and rose to the skies above the Yellow Sand Sect.
Hovering amid the drifting clouds, there lay a green-robed Cultivator holding a wine pot, lazily lying in the clouds—It was Fang Xi, having resumed his ’Master Mu’ appearance!
"Master Mu?!" Lord Black Sand stared at Fang Xi, with anger, shock, and even sinister thoughts surfacing at once.
But recalling how Fang Xi’s Divine Consciousness had just entered his secluded Dongfu as if it were an uninhabited land, all those feelings dissipated again.
"Master Mu, long time no see..."
Lord Black Sand greeted him with a bow, then said with a wry smile: "Tianwei City has recently been tormented by the Five Elements Qilin Tribe thanks to your feats..."
Needless to say, he was a part of that ’torment.’
"When the human race and the Monster Clan wage war, no egg remains unbroken..." Fang Xi shook his head: "Today, I am here to inform you of a piece of news... A traitor from the Monster Clan has infiltrated our ranks, going by the name ’Master Biyu,’ currently she is in the Black Dragon Sect, and may even have swayed Lord Black Sky!"