Chapter 80: Chapter 79: Victory (Seeking Subscriptions)_1 Chapter 80: Chapter 79: Victory (Seeking Subscriptions)_1 “Gulp!”
Fang Xi directly swallowed a Qi Blood Pill, feeling the surging Qi and blood within his body, which then transformed into dense True Gang!
A shield with a pitted surface appeared by his side.
Beyond that, a layer of golden defense shield enveloped his entire body!
At that moment, he was fully armed!
On the other side, Dugu Wuwang seemed to sense something as well and slowly retreated to the mouth of the cave.
For him, retreating was to better advance!
Retreating to the cave entrance, the restriction of the Mysterious Iron Chain was much reduced!
“Although half-mad, but the martial arts intuition is as sharp as a beast’s!”
Fang Xi laughed heartily, striding forward, entering Dugu Wuwang’s attack range.
He raised his palm high, as if reversing Mount Tai, and smashed it down:
“Secret Skill·Mixed Origin Without Limit!”
Boom!
Dugu Wuwang’s body emitted streams of Qi, his figure flashing continuously, even able to change direction in mid-air.
In that instant, he passed through the myriad of fist shadows and arrived above Fang Xi’s head.
This kind of movement technique was beyond verbal description!
At least, Yan Jue, who prided himself on his excellent agility, would be sweating bullets if he saw it.
If he dared to imitate the other, there would be only one outcome, to be smashed into a meat patty amidst Fang Xi’s numerous fist shadows!
But Dugu Wuwang managed to find possibility in the impossible, breaking through the limits!
“Roar!”
Dugu Wuwang in mid-air let out a strange cry, and the once tight scales on his body suddenly began to change again, his body lines becoming smoother, his forehead horns even sharper, and something seemed ready to break out from his back and ribs!
Fang Xi could even guess by a martial artist’s intuition that those were a pair of wings!
Because to leap into the air, one had to have a pair of wings for flight!
The adaptability of a Demonic Beast martial artist was truly astonishing!
And the next moment.
Dugu Wuwang fell from the sky.
He had horns atop his head, scales covering his body, and a bulge on his back.
To others, he no longer seemed like a human, but rather… a Kylin!
“I remember now!”
Seeing this scene, Zhou Tong muttered to himself as if in shock: “What Dugu Wuwang devoured back then was a piece of flesh and blood dropped by the Kylin Demon that ravaged Zhong State!”
Compared to the two of them, Fang Xi faced an even greater pressure.
When the Kylin leaps, Sky Demon Destroy the World!
The transformed Kylin Demon that was Dugu Wuwang roared, placed its hands on the Black Iron Shield, and tore fiercely!
Crack!
Amidst the enamel-eroding noise, the artifact already corroded by the Green Blood Python uttered a mournful noise and was utterly shattered!
The next moment, Fang Xi roared, fists raised towards the sky: “Mixed Origin Without Limit!”
Crack!
His fist collided with Dugu Wuwang’s claws, the strong Gang Qi shield and the demon’s sharp claws tore at each other, friction producing a series of sparks.
Fang Xi heard the roar of the Kylin Demon, its breath laced with the smell of blood, as if right in front of him.
Pu pu!
On Dugu Wuwang’s arms, countless scales dispersed in an instant, raining down on Fang Xi’s protective Spiritual Shield like a storm of pear blossoms!
Bo bo!
The protective shield glimmered with light, but eventually, it cracked and broke, allowing the knife-like Kylin scales to pierce towards Fang Xi’s Gang Qi outer garment.
At the same time, a golden Sword Light emerged from the Void, noble and domineering, piercing straight towards Dugu Wuwang’s vital spot at his chest!
Seeing this Sword Light, Yan Jue couldn’t help but grimace, touching his own chest that ached subtly.
“Roar!”
The instant the Gold Dragon Sword appeared, it seemed to bring a premonition of extreme danger to Dugu Wuwang!
In the critical moment, he suddenly abandoned his clash with Fang Xi, and with a rapid snatch, he actually caught the streak of light, grabbing the sword blade firmly in his hands.
The sharp sword blade cut through his scales and skin… but was firmly stuck in his bones, unable to advance any further!
Fang Xi’s expression remained unflustered, his gaze as deep as an abyss, as if everything happening was within his expectations.
He scattered a handful of Iron Luo Grass seeds with his left hand, right fist clenched, calmly looking Dugu Wuwang in the eye.
“Swallowing Demons and Devouring Spirits… transform my… transform my… Divine Skills!”
Dugu Wuwang roared, his hands continuously applying force, even causing fine cracks to appear on the Gold Dragon Sword!
But the next moment, copious Iron Luo Grass took root on his body, and sprouted…
Steel-like grass blades wrapped his entire body, leaving only a horned head visible.
“Secret Skill·Mixed Origin Without Limit!”
Fang Xi held something in his palm, crushed it, and pushed forward, pressing it against Dugu Wuwang’s forehead.
Bang!
His opponent was sent flying backward, smashing into the pitch-black rock wall that was as hard as fine steel, creating a big hole!
“Huff huff… that was tough to handle!”
Fang Xi retracted his fist, his Gang Qi visibly depleted.
“If it wasn’t for Dugu Wuwang being locked in Mysterious Iron Chains… today’s defeat and demise would surely have been ours!”
“You…” Zhou Tong walked over, looking at the mess on the ground.
On the rocks tougher than steel, there were deep footprints and palm marks… some even shattered.
“Did you kill Grandmaster Dugu?” Yan Jue also came over, looking for his severed arm.
“Not yet…”
As soon as Fang Xi spoke, he noticed Yan Jue and Zhou Tong darted away like rabbits, quickly moving a distance away.
“It’s just that you haven’t killed me yet…”
A figure slowly emerged from the cave, it was Dugu Wuwang!
But at that moment, he had reverted to his normal human form, with no red light in his eyes, revealing a plain and square face: “Zhou Tong, Yan Jue… do you two not recognize me anymore?”
“We pay our respects to Grandmaster Dugu!”
Zhou Tong and Yan Jue stepped forward to salute, still somewhat in disbelief, “Grandmaster… are you… are you well?”
“Still alive…”
Dugu Wuwang sat on the ground without any grace, his gaze fixed on Fang Xi: “Just now… what did you inject into my body?”
He had a feeling that this time he would completely lose his mind due to possession by inner demons.
But to his surprise, during his madness, he felt a moisturizing sensation throughout his body, a coolness in his mind, and thus he woke up.
“It was nothing but a Calming Pill that I spent a fortune on for self-protection…” Fang Xi answered with a smile.
This was also his experience from treating Mu Canglong.
“Not bad, not bad, ten thousand taels of gold, well spent. Give me another ten or eight… As for gold and other mundane items, ask these two youngsters for them!”
Dugu Wuwang grinned as he toyed with his hair.
“I’m afraid that’s not possible!”
Fang Xi shook his head regretfully.
“Why not?”
Grandmaster Dugu’s expression turned somber and melancholic: “To be honest… I might lose control and become possessed again at any moment. Without the help of pills, even these world’s toughest Mysterious Iron Chains might not be able to hold me back!”
Zhou Tong and Yan Jue shivered at the thought.
If this Grandmaster were to run amok in the world, they would bear the brunt of the responsibility!
“Grandmaster need not frighten me.”
Fang Xi also sat cross-legged and smiled: “I still have a bottle of those pills on me. If the Grandmaster desires them, I am ready to offer them with both hands, I only need one thing!”
“Oh, what is it?” Dugu Wuwang became interested.
“I ask for… Grandmaster’s secret method of ‘Qi permeating the entire body’ after swallowing and refining Demonic Beasts!” Fang Xi stated openly.
Dugu Wuwang was taken aback and examined Fang Xi earnestly: “Kid, you look like you’re barely twenty years old, yet you’ve cultivated to the limit of a Grandmaster. Your talent even surpasses mine… You don’t try the path of ‘True Gang transformation’, but instead you want my madness-induced secret skill? Ha, how interesting! Very interesting indeed!”
“What? Fang Xi, you’re only twenty years old?”
Yan Jue’s eyes widened: “I thought you weren’t yet thirty?”
But in the next moment, he realized, not being thirty could indeed mean being twenty!
The young man’s talent completely exceeded his imagination!
Perhaps, the future of the Grandmaster Conference really lay with this person!
“I want the art of ‘True Gang transformation’, and I also want the method of consuming Demonic Beasts and using them for my own benefit!”
Fang Xi responded calmly and seriously.
After all, he planned to cultivate the Monster Tree in the future. Compared to those Martial Artists who devoured Demons, his actions were no better, and could even be more dangerous.
Although there were techniques for this in the ‘Longevity Skills’.
At the same time, if he could acquire some methods to devour Demonic Beasts while maintaining his sanity, it would be even more secure.
“Haha… Well said!”
Dugu Wuwang suddenly burst into laughter, thunderous as it echoed through the valley: “Upon further reflection, when I consumed the flesh of the Kylin Demon, I was too reckless. The state of ‘Qi permeating the entire body’ may not fully suppress the Demon… One must ascend to a higher level, reach the state of ‘True Gang transformation’, with the spirit of an unmatched warrior, the concentrated Gang Qi, and an unparalleled physique… Only then can one barely suppress a part of the Demon and subsequently use it for oneself!”
“You young people want to learn such secret skills, I am naturally happy to teach them.”
After his laughter, he began to recite the secret technique out loud: “Swallowing Demons, devouring their power…”
Fang Xi listened for a few sentences, feeling that it was very similar to the fragmented words dabbled by Dugu Wuwang during his madness.
He quickly memorized this technique, then handed a small jade bottle to Dugu Wuwang: “That’s all that’s left of those pills, senior should use them sparingly, they should keep you hanging on for a year or half again…”
Dugu Wuwang uncorked the bottle, sniffed it, and nodded his head in satisfaction.
He turned and walked back into the cave, the heavy chains dragging on the ground, making a dull sound.
“You two boys remember to make a trip to the conference, have the leader come over…”
Only when his figure completely vanished into the darkness of the cave did a soft voice come through: “So much has happened here, I also need to deal with the aftermath…”
“Yes!”
Zhou Tong and Yan Jue exchanged looks, both wryly acknowledging the command.
When Dugu Wuwang was mad, he was a crazy old man, but once he regained his sanity, he was an elder of the Grandmaster Conference, someone even the leader had to show some respect to.
Having them run errands was no problem at all.
Even if he had almost beaten them to death in his frenzy!
“Fang Xi, the Conference leader must be very eager to meet you.”
At that moment, Zhou Tong looked at Fang Xi, his gaze seemingly filled with respect.
As a Grandmaster and Martial Saint, this should not happen to him.
But there it was, real and clear.
Even Yan Jue felt it was justified, as if his own Grandmaster cultivation was a counterfeit…