Chapter 789: Chapter 708: Heavenly Phoenix Integration (Additional Release, Monthly Ticket Requested)_1
"Activate the array!"
As the Cloud-piercing Crane entered the range of the array, Fang Xi immediately materialized the ’Mysterious Dark Banner’ in his hand with a flash of light and gently shook it.
Whoosh!
The sound of flowing water emerged, and suddenly, amidst the original mountains, rivers, and even the void, bursts of pitch-black radiance exploded.
The black radiance obscured the sky, like a curtain slowly descending...
It seemed it was about to completely envelop the Cloud-piercing Crane.
Fairy Qianhua’s expression inadvertently froze.
She saw the sky descend like a black curtain, and a massive amount of black water gushed from the ground.
Countless primordial energies rolled, turning into numerous dark and obscure inscriptions in the middle...
In the blink of an eye, an array was activated, covering the heavens and earth!
"A sixth-rank array... and not just an ordinary sixth-rank array."
"This man..."
Fairy Qianhua looked at Fang Xi with a trace of disbelief in her expression.
For an ordinary Transcendent God Cultivator to break through to the Returning to Emptiness realm would exhaust all their essence, but this man is also a sixth-rank Array Master?
Seeing itself within the array, the Cloud-piercing Crane was slightly panicked, but then it shook its feathers.
Swoosh, swoosh!
Its feathers, long and sharp like natural flying swords, now trembled, and streaks of white Sword Light appeared, converging together like a Sword Array, charging towards the pitch-black curtain in the sky.
The pure white Sword Light burst fiercely, as if to puncture the heavens!
"As expected of a Primordial Chaos Beast, every move and action carries the essence of sword art and arrays, and the patterns on its body are similar to array patterns... Humans are the smartest of all creatures, learning from everything... It seems that some arrays and the Sword Path might have been derived from such Wild Beasts?"
Immortal Cultivators, when they reach high levels, will gradually tap into the Power of Rules.
The nature of Primordial Chaos Beasts is dull, yet they inherently possess many array patterns and their every action subtly complies with the Dao, which could be considered a balance of the Heavenly Path.
Thud, thud!
The pure white Sword Light pierced through the black curtain but then entered another layer of black water.
The boundless black water surged out, with copious amounts of Mysterious Dark Divine Sand from within colliding with the Sword Light and both being obliterated...
Then, suddenly, the heavens and earth came together in the middle!
"Does the Fairy understand this array of mine?" Fang Xi, manipulating the Mysterious Dark Banner, asked with a smile."
"The array set up around is the ’Heavenly Array,’ while the black banner in Sir’s hand is the ’Earthly Array.’ The union of heaven and earth, the harmony of Yin and Yang... truly profound!"
Fairy Qianhua forced a smile, while inwardly calculating whether she could still survive if she were to fall into the array.
A moment later, her complexion became somewhat unsightly.
"This Cloud-piercing Crane still wants to struggle..."
Fang Xi laughed heartily, "This array can only trap and severely injure a Primordial Chaos Beast, but may not necessarily kill it... When the time comes, I will have to ask the Fairy to make a move!"
"Naturally!"
Fairy Qianhua was holding a flower basket in her hand, shimmering with exotic brilliance, with endless petals emerging, glittering and colorful, protecting her all around.
Roar, roar!
Suddenly, a Dragon Chanting sound came from within the Great Array!
A sixth-rank Flood Dragon Phantom appeared, constantly spewing poisonous mist.
Sizzle, sizzle!
Many of the Cloud-piercing Crane’s feathers began to be stained with a layer of purple-black, emitting agonizing screams.
"While burning qins and cooking cranes may lack grace... the taste of this crane’s meat is indeed excellent."
Fang Xi formed seals with one hand, channeling them into the Mysterious Dark Banner.
That Flood Dragon Phantom immediately merged with the Nine Nether Underworld River, transforming from illusion to reality, and a purple-black Flood Dragon suddenly leaped out from the black abyssal flow, entangling with the Cloud-piercing Crane in battle.
Upon seeing this, Fairy Qianhua couldn’t help but smile, stepping into the battlefield while holding the flower basket.
"Go!"
With a gesture towards the Cloud-piercing Crane, countless petals danced out from her flower basket.
Among the myriad of flying petals, strands of red aura appeared.
These red auras, like threads, drifted in the void, light as if they were nothing, encircling the Cloud-piercing Crane layer by layer...
Now constrained by the array and entangled in battle with the Flood Dragon, the Cloud-piercing Crane was defenseless against the red threads wrapping around it, layer upon layer.
Eventually, even its feathers began to take on a hint of scarlet.
"Combine!"
Seeing this, Fairy Qianhua couldn’t help but giggle while forming a seal with both hands.
The seemingly weightless red threads instantly solidified, turning into crimson chains covered in countless human emotions, of joy and sorrow, heavily binding the Cloud-piercing Crane, almost as if they were incredibly heavy!
The Cloud-piercing Crane’s agility was greatly limited, and a claw from the Flood Dragon struck its wing base, revealing three deep wounds with numerous blood-covered feathers scattering...
"Red Dust of Three Thousand Zhang, this Exotic Treasure is indeed quite remarkable,"
Fang Xi nodded to himself as he watched.
Fairy Qianhua was indeed not lying; with her Divine Skill and Magic Power, coupled with this Exotic Treasure, she could indeed defeat the Cloud-piercing Crane.
Of course, without his cooperation, it would be easy to defeat it, but exceedingly difficult to kill this Primordial Chaos Beast.
After all, it could fly, and its flight speed was incredibly alarming!
If it were to escape and then set its sights on attacking the aggressor, it would be rather troublesome—especially considering Fairy Qianhua was not alone!
"Suppress!"
Fang Xi saw this scene and, of course, immediately cooperated.
Within the array, one dark pillar of light after another fell, restraining the Cloud-piercing Crane within them.
Actually, he still had several tricks up his sleeve.
At the very least, the effect of the Nine Nether Underworld River Mysterious Sand Array to reduce cultivation hadn’t been utilized at all...
Using only the sealing and suppressing power, combined with the soul of a sixth-order Poisonous Flood Dragon, and the addition of Fairy Qianhua, was enough to ensure the Cloud-piercing Crane would meet its demise.
The Primordial Energy of heaven and earth churned, intertwining beams of white and crimson radiance entwined, causing continuous undulations in the void.
Just a slight overflow of the fighting force caused a mountain peak to collapse.
"Quickly!"
Fairy Qianhua suddenly formed a hand seal, and a crimson brilliance emerged from the palm of her hand.
It was a Flying Sword, as if refined through the trials of the mortal world, which, upon being thrown, transformed into a shocking crimson rainbow.
Circling around the Cloud-piercing Crane, which was mostly restrained by endless pillars of water, with just one revolution, the colossal head of the crane fell...
Under the combined efforts of two Returning to Emptiness cultivators, this sixth-order Primordial Chaos Beast finally succumbed.
Whoosh!
The boundless Mysterious Dark Heavy Water was absorbed into the Mysterious Dark Banner in Fang Xi’s hand, and the sky cleared once more.
Xiao Qing slipped out of the Spirit Beast Bag, looking pitifully at Fang Xi, "Master... I want... the inner core of that Cloud-piercing Crane..."
After all, being of the lineage of Spirit Birds, obtaining the sixth-order inner core of the Cloud-piercing Crane would help her break through to Returning to Emptiness in the future.
Fang Xi, hearing this, felt somewhat embarrassed.
After all, he had already reserved the crane’s feathers, and if he took the inner core too... then all that would be left of this Primordial Chaos Beast would be its flesh...
Although the flesh of a Primordial Chaos Beast was also good stuff...
After saying her piece, Xiao Qing ran to the side of the Cloud-piercing Crane and gave the corpse a harsh kick, "That’s for threatening me, Missy... Now you know how formidable I am, don’t you?"
Turning her spirited eyes towards Fairy Qianhua, she suggested, "Master... how about you keep the corpse for now, and we divide the spoils after we return?"
Fairy Qianhua hesitated for a moment, then said, "That’s possible... but retrieving the ’Immortal Cloud Mushroom’ is the priority right now."
"Indeed, please proceed!"
Fang Xi gestured with a hand, and letting Xiao Qing resume her true form, he rode on her back, transforming into a streak of green fire, and headed towards the peak of a mountain.
This mountain soared straight into the heavens, and on a cliff shrouded in the depths of the clouds, a white, cloud-like Spirit Ganoderma was growing.
The surface of this Spirit Ganoderma was covered in Spirit Marks, rooted upon a section of a rotten yet evergreen tree trunk on the cliff, with a layer of Five-color Xia Light soaring towards the sky.
"Indeed, it’s the millennium ’Immortal Cloud Mushroom’..."
Upon seeing this scene with his Divine Consciousness, Fang Xi couldn’t help but exclaim in admiration, while also noticing that Fairy Qianhua beside him seemed somewhat wary of him.
He couldn’t help but chuckle, initiating Xiao Qing to slow down the Escape Light, and fell behind Fairy Qianhua.
In the Cultivation World, the moment most likely to result in a dispute during a collaborative treasure hunt is when it comes to dividing the loot!
This lone Immortal Cloud Mushroom wasn’t of much interest to Fang Xi.
But even if he said so, Fairy Qianhua might not believe him.
To prevent some issue, it was better to drop back a little.
Seeing Fang Xi’s actions, despite herself, Fairy Qianhua was moved and thought, ’Here is a truly sincere gentleman.’
When she arrived in front of the Immortal Cloud Mushroom and waved her hand, she attempted to pluck the Spirit Medicine.
Suddenly!
A beam of Five-color Xia Light appeared, blocking her attempt.
Fairy Qianhua’s face changed dramatically, and without a moment’s thought, she formed a hand seal. A crimson Flying Sword circled around her, transforming into thousands of Sword Lights that carried the expression of all human emotions, joy, anger, sorrow, pleasure...
The boundless Sword Lights served to guard her and also quickly expanded in all directions with the power to annihilate adversaries.
This caused Fang Xi, who was following on Xiao Qing, to twitch the corner of his eye.
Clearly, Fairy Qianhua came prepared and was most likely targeting him.
At this moment, Xiao Qing beneath him shook for some reason.
Cheep!
A clear phoenix cry suddenly echoed through the void.
A beam of Five-color Xia Light appeared, swiping through the thousands of mortal Sword Qi and causing them to vanish into nothingness with just a twist.
The flickering Five-color Radiance suddenly sprouted filaments of silver, transforming into a bird’s claw reaching out for Fairy Qianhua.
The basket of Exotic Treasure shone brilliantly, and countless flower petals converged, forming a floral shield.
Pop!
In the next moment, accompanied by several silver trails slashing through the void, the floral shield exploded outright.
Fairy Qianhua, holding a Jade Talisman in her hand and muttering incessantly, bit her silver teeth as she saw this, and sprayed a mouthful of Essence Blood onto the Jade Talisman.
Boom!
The Five-colored Phoenix’s claw swept past her beautiful cheek but could only futilely penetrate a Phantom.
From a thousand feet away, a flash of Silver Light revealed Fairy Qianhua’s figure.
With visible apprehension on her face, she looked at a girl clad in a Five-colored Feather Robe who appeared where Fairy Qianhua had just been, her pale hand effortlessly plucking the Immortal Cloud Mushroom.
Fang Xi also stopped the Escape Light and shook the Mysterious Dark Banner into layers of pitch-black water streams, guarding himself. A trace of crimson blood appeared on the palm of his right hand, the Divine Infant Sword poised yet unreleased.
"A Transcendent God Phoenix?!"
Fairy Qianhua let out a startled cry.
This sudden appearance of the girl in the Five-colored Feather Robe, with cultivation at the Integration level, sent a serious chill down the spines of both Fang Xi and Fairy Qianhua.
"Who would have thought, here today, not only could one obtain an Immortal Cloud Mushroom, but also encounter a junior with quite the comprehension of the Way of the Void."
The Transcendent God Phoenix didn’t even glance at Fairy Qianhua but looked toward Xiao Qing beneath Fang Xi, a dangerous smile appearing on her face...