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Chapter 154 - 153 Phoenix Nirvana (seeking subscription)_1

Chapter 154: Chapter 153 Phoenix Nirvana (seeking subscription)_1

Half a month later.

Fang Xi changed his appearance and concealed his cultivation using "Breath Concealment Skills," turning into an ordinary Qi Refining cultivator in the latter stages, then left Baize Immortal City.

"After all, Song Qing is the young master of a family; he can’t afford to spend a large amount of time staking out for me."

"As long as I keep myself hidden within the city, he can do nothing... Moreover, there are rumors that the man has already returned to his family."

They only had minor disputes on the surface, which couldn’t really be considered a deep grievance, and the likelihood of it escalating to a life and death confrontation was very small.

However, Fang Xi always acted with caution.

"Should I fish for him?"

"Forget it, better to keep it safe... Wait until my realm surpasses his, then I can just crush him with a backhand!"

After leaving the city and traveling to the outskirts, Fang Xi took off from the ground and flew into the sky.

The ability to execute "Flight Skills" with the physical body is also a signature of Foundation Establishment cultivators.

He bolted through the air like lightning and flew hundreds of miles away from Baize Immortal City before deactivating his Escape Light and choosing a mountaintop to establish his Dongfu.

After setting up his Array for protection, Fang Xi immediately chose to traverse.

...

Great Liang.

Martial God Sect.

"Sect Master, you’ve finally come out of seclusion..."

Liu Ruyan was excited to see Fang Xi emerge from seclusion.

The Sect Master had previously gone on a rampage, purging the world of Monster Kings and nearly wiping out powerful monster beasts, then disappeared for several years, causing much concern.

"Spread the word, summon all members of the Sect!"

Fang Xi waved his hand indifferently, passing down the order.

An hour later, in the spacious and rugged hall of Martial God Sect.

Grandmasters stood there, looking up at Fang Xi seated on the throne, their breathing involuntarily becoming gentler.

Because in their keen perception, the figure seated above them was no longer human!

It was as though a being whose life level was entirely above theirs, exuding an innate oppression!

"Liu Ruyan, Zhou Tong!"

Fang Xi did not care what the people below thought. Seeing that most had arrived, he began to call names.

"Sect Master!"

Liu Ruyan and Zhou Tong stepped forward, only to see Fang Xi open his palm, revealing two blood-red pills within!

No!

The pills themselves were a blood-brown color, and what was blood-red was the halo that encircled each pill!

Roar Roar!

Even within the halo, there were faint sounds of beastly roars.

"Is this... the legendary Immortal Pill?"

One of the Grandmasters rubbed his eyes in disbelief upon seeing this scene.

He had never seen such a spiritual and extraordinary pill!

"This is the specially required great medicine for breaking through to the Martial God Realm — Beast Blood Pill! It was refined from the essence of countless Monster King’s flesh and blood during my years of seclusion!"

Facing the curious and eager gazes, Fang Xi calmly uttered words that made many Grandmasters’ faces change.

"Liu Ruyan, Zhou Tong... You two have made great contributions. I specially grant you these great medicines, hoping you can successfully break through to the Martial God Realm!"

Fang Xi looked at the other Grandmasters and then smiled, "In the future, any Grandmaster of the Martial God Sect who makes sufficient contributions will be rewarded with great medicines..."

"Thank you, Sect Master!"

All of the Grandmasters bowed down together.

At this moment, no matter what ulterior motives these Grandmasters had before or how they had formed factions during Fang Xi’s several years of absence, under the absolute power and resource advantage, they all turned to dust!

The breaths of all Grandmasters became heavy, with only one thought in their hearts — to make contributions and receive the great pills!

Aside from that, everything else was illusory!

...

Late at night.

Fang Xi, who was perusing various tomes on Demonic Beasts in his room, looked thoughtfully in a certain direction, "That place... must be Liu Ruyan. As the former leader of the Grandmaster Conference, her accumulations are profound. A ’Beast Blood Pill’ merely provided an opportunity for transformation..."

The next moment!

Bang!

A loud noise came from outside, sounding like the collapse of a building.

Fang Xi set down his book and stepped out the door.

"Sect Master, it seems that the noise came from Envoy Liu’s place of seclusion..."

A servant replied in a panic.

"I’m aware..."

Fang Xi leapt onto the roof beams, and under the starry night sky, he saw silhouettes of Grandmasters appear, all focusing on Liu Ruyan’s secret room for cultivation.

By now, the massive rocks that were present before had vanished, replaced by streams of blood-red, intense Gang Qi.

"Howl!"

After an unknown amount of time and accompanied by a high-pitched, furious roar from a woman, the blood-red Gang Qi twisted and entwined... transforming into a five-zhang-tall, blood-red female Martial God wearing armor!

This female Martial God, with a vague resemblance to Liu Ruyan on her face, even had huge wings spanning tens of meters sprout from her back.

Whoosh!

With a tremendous flap of the massive blood-red wings, a whirlwind swept around!

In the midst of the roaring wind, the gigantic female Martial God took flight, with a vague figure emerging at the center — Liu Ruyan!

"Sect Master, I’ve broken through!"

Liu Ruyan arrived above Fang Xi, her voice filled with joy.

"Not bad, you can fly now?!"

Fang Xi was also somewhat astonished, automatically levitating into the air and facing Liu Ruyan mid-flight.

Meeting his calm gaze, Liu Ruyan felt a renewed sense of fear for some reason.

She chuckled softly, her eyes alight with crimson and a warlike spirit, "This is an incomplete ’Gang Qi Wing’ Secret Skill from the Grandmaster Conference — meant to mimic the flight of birds... Alas, the Gang Qi of Grandmasters is limited, and it could never take shape... Having broken through to the Martial God Realm today, on a whim, it was a resounding success!"

"Sect Master... care to try a hand?"

Liu Ruyan eagerly suggested, ready for a challenge.

"Very well!"

Behind Fang Xi, a six-zhang-tall blood-red giant appeared, sweeping terrifying Gang Qi in all directions.

"Then Sect Master, please be careful, I... I don’t even know how strong I am myself!"

Liu Ruyan let out a mighty roar as the female Martial God behind her performed the same motion in unison with her.

Swish!

The female Martial God flapped her wings, approached Fang Xi, and brought down her hand in a single chop, heavy as a thousand catties.

Bang!

Fang Xi raised his arm and easily blocked the blow with a gentle parry, "No... too weak, again!"

"Ha, Phoenix Nirvana Force!"

Liu Ruyan, repelled by a single move, had a flash of dissatisfaction on her face. Her form soared like a phoenix, instantly surrounding Fang Xi, with punches, palms, kicks, grabs, fingers... every part of her body seemed to transform into a deadly secret skill, executed to perfection.

"The Grandmaster Conference’s top-tier secret skill—Phoenix Nirvana Skills? Indeed, not bad!"

Fang Xi commented indifferently, waving his hands at will to block all of Liu Ruyan’s offensive moves.

"Secret Skill·Phoenix Three Nods!"

The next moment, Liu Ruyan issued a cry akin to a phoenix’s screech, her Gang Qi surging wildly. Meanwhile, the female Martial God continually ascended, delivering three blows from mid-air.

This secret skill carried a powerful amplification, allowing the second strike to be twice as potent as the first!

By the third strike, it would be four times as powerful!

This terrifying secret skill exhausted the body completely. With Liu Ruyan’s previous cultivation, she could at most perform the "Two Nods."

If she fully executed the "Three Nods," it would be her own arms and bones that shattered first.

But after breaking through to the Martial God realm, Liu Ruyan had impressively pushed this secret skill to its limit!

Bang!

Bang bang!

Fang Xi stretched out his hands and directly shattered the Phoenix phantom, grasping Liu Ruyan’s fingertips.

"A fine secret skill, but unfortunately, you are too far behind me..."

Liu Ruyan had only consumed a Beast Blood Pill to achieve a breakthrough, whereas Fang Xi had languished in the Martial God realm for many years, his Qi and blood fortified to the extreme!

Moreover, he had recently achieved Foundation Establishment, once again cleansing his marrow and wholly transforming himself!

"So... take my move!"

Fang Xi smiled and lightly tapped his finger.

Pop!

A highly condensed thread of red light flashed, and an instant wound appeared on Liu Ruyan’s right shoulder.

Not just that!

The wings of the female Martial God around her shattered, unable to maintain form, and she had no choice but to return to the ground.

"Still too weak..."

Fang Xi hovered in mid-air, the blood-colored figure towering grandly.

He realized the flaw in the Gang Qi wings was that they were too large, thus lacking nimbleness.

After all, humans are not birds, and wings that span meters are somewhat insufficient... while wings that are tens of meters large attract too much attention, easily damaged by an attack, hindering air movement and exposing a major weakness.

"However, they are still quite good for traveling and exploration, or for overpowering the weak."

Fang Xi provided a fair assessment.

In terms of both shortcomings and speed, Gang Qi wings were far inferior to a cultivator’s Escape Light.

Yet, in such a world, they were quite remarkable.

"She’s broken through! Left Emissary Liu has made a breakthrough!"

"The Beast Blood Pill, the Martial God Realm... it’s all real!"

The grandmasters watching the battle were no longer confused, their hearts surged with excitement.

"Liu Ruyan, are you challenging my position as the Sect Master?"

Fang Xi came before Liu Ruyan, lifted her delicate jaw with his hand, and asked coldly.

"Of course, I only submit to men who are stronger than me!"

Liu Ruyan’s mouth was bleeding as she looked at Fang Xi. She licked the fresh blood at the corner of her mouth, her eyes carrying a hint of madness: "You are stronger than me, I submit to you!"

"Madwoman..."

Fang Xi withdrew his hand, wondering if the Beast Blood Pill had too many impurities and posed a risk to the mind?

If this continued, would Great Liang turn into a world like those from the martial arts comics of his past life, where everyone spouted lines about the strong?

’To think I’m actually a bit excited...’

Fang Xi shook his head, tossing that thought aside.

...

The next day.

The Martial God Sect returned to tranquility, with only servants cleaning up the rubble and buildings damaged by the previous night’s battle.

Indeed, once becoming a Martial God, one gradually became inhuman.

And when a battle was fought, it could be described as apocalyptic.

This time it was fortunate to be in the sky; if it had occurred on the ground, Fang Xi reckoned the Martial God Sect would need rebuilding, and then half of these grandmasters would be dead...

"Sect Master... I have failed!"

Zhou Tong walked into the hall, knelt on the ground, his face full of shame.

Two precious pills made Liu Ruyan successful, yet he failed...

This sense of defeat gnawed at him incessantly, like an ant biting his heart.

"You lack sufficient accumulation, your Qi and blood are inadequate for a breakthrough to the Martial God realm..."

Fang Xi pinpointed Zhou Tong’s issue immediately: "But don’t lose heart, if one precious pill isn’t enough then take two, if two aren’t enough then three, there will be a day of breakthrough! Unfortunately... such powerful medicine can’t be given lightly, it requires contribution to silence the masses."

"Rest assured, Sect Master, I understand the gravity," Zhou Tong said as if injected with an adrenaline shot and immediately ran out towards the mission hall...