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Chapter 250 - 249 Heavenly Corpse Bead (For book-reading and debt-paying leader He!)_1

Chapter 250: Chapter 249 Heavenly Corpse Bead (For book-reading and debt-paying leader He!)_1

Whoosh! Whoosh!

Streams of Escape Light chased one another above Dragon Fish Island, finally arriving at a deserted wilderness.

"This is..."

Zhong Hongyu also rode a red ribbon that encircled her body and flew to midair, looking at the confrontation between Fang Xi and Kuang Tianxing with a face full of surprise.

Yan Changkong and other Foundation Establishment cultivators were regarding the woman with veiled hostility, just waiting for the Law Enforcement Elder to give the order, perhaps to slaughter all the cultivators on the island to extinction.

"Dragon Fish Island’s Lord Master... I will give you one last chance. Do you intend to defy the orders of the Upper Sect?"

Kuang Tianxing’s body erupted with flashes of spiritual light, his face blurring for a moment before suddenly transforming into a fierce, green-faced, fanged visage that was startling.

"A body cultivator?!"

Fang Xi sighed inwardly, "Indeed, an excellent material for refining Wooden Puppets... it’s a pity..."

He chuckled and responded, "That’s right, what can you do to me?"

As soon as these words were spoken, even Yan Changkong felt a cold sweat for Fang Xi.

The last time a cultivator dared to provoke a Law Enforcement Elder like this, it seemed that he was sent to the Sect’s medicinal fields to become a ’Medicine Man’, right?

As a Law Enforcement Elder, Kuang Tianxing naturally had a deep understanding of various punishments and tortures.

Among them were several cruel techniques that even Demon Cultivators would dread upon hearing of them.

"Good, very good... this old man wants to see if your magic power is as tough as your mouth," said Kuang Tianxing.

Kuang Tianxing formed hand signs, and from his eyes shot out two beams of ink-black evil light.

In that instant, Fang Xi, who was locked in a gaze with his opponent, felt a moment of dizziness, a rare kind of Divine Consciousness attack secret skill.

Fortunately, through continuous communication with the Fragment World and training, Fang Xi’s Divine Consciousness had surpassed that of an average Foundation Establishment cultivator.

His mind was briefly confused, but he quickly recovered and his figure flickered.

Thud!

A claw with dark scales suddenly burst through Fang Xi’s chest.

Fang Xi lowered his head, his face showing an expression of disbelief.

The next moment, his entire body turned green as if he was a fake man weaved from vines.

The vines entwined the scaly arm, stretching continuously backward...

This was also one of the secret skills attached to the Kuyong Skills, which Fang Xi called the Wooden Puppet Substitute Technique!

"Hm? A fake body?"

Kuang Tianxing, who had launched a sneak attack, saw the encroaching vines, and though he exerted force, he was unable to tear them apart, his expression changing slightly.

He opened his fanged mouth wide, and a grey-white Spiritual Flame spewed forth, which was his own Life’s Refining Flame.

This was a Spiritual Flame cultivated from the Corpse Transformation Spell, very different from an ordinary Foundation Establishment cultivator’s Innate True Fire, its power much more terrifying.

Crackle!

The grey-white flame landed on the vines, burning voraciously as if fiery oil had met an open flame, erupting into a fierce blaze.

This Corpse Flame of his was not only hotter than an average Foundation Establishment cultivator’s Innate True Fire but also notably malicious. Even other Foundation Establishment peak cultivators wouldn’t dare come into contact with it.

By the time the vines were burned to ashes, Kuang Tianxing finally saw Fang Xi not far away.

The man was leisurely standing with his hands behind his back, surrounded by a green shield, seemingly quite relaxed as he watched him perform.

"Hmph!"

Kuang Tianxing snorted coldly and patted his Storage Bag, from which a grey-white bead flew out.

As soon as the bead appeared, it began to spin, releasing layers of white misty radiance with copious runes flickering within, unleashing strong fluctuations of magic power.

"A top-grade Spiritual Instrument—Corpse Pearl!"

Yan Changkong’s eyes lit up as he identified this renowned treasure of Kuang Tianxing’s.

As the white radiance surged dangerously toward him, Fang Xi let out a light laugh, and a strong surge of magic power’s presence rippled out from him, astonishingly reaching the level of a late-stage Foundation Establishment.

Crackle!

With a flick of his sleeve, twelve streams of green light flew out, transforming into extremely fine Yi Wood Spirit Swords, and from the swords surged Yi Wood God Thunder, pouring into the midst of the radiance bursting forth from the white Corpse Pearl.

Crackle!

This Divine Thunder and the white misty light were like natural enemies when they collided, creating explosions as if Heavenly Thunder had struck Earth Flames, rapidly combusting...

In a strict sense, the lively Yi Wood Divine Thunder and Kuang Tianxing’s Corpse Divine Skill indeed restrained each other.

"Indeed... you’ve advanced to the late-stage of Foundation Establishment!"

Kuang Tianxing observed this scene, his expression changing slightly, then transforming into a cold sneer: "If so, you think you can defy the Upper Sect, but you are gravely mistaken!"

He formed hand signs, chanting an eerie and piercing mantra continuously.

Amid the sharp chanting, the white Corpse Pearl suddenly burst into brilliance, violently smashing towards the Yi Wood Spirit Swords.

"Yi Wood Divine Thunder Sword Array, rise!"

Fang Xi plucked at the air as if strumming strings, and under the control of his Divine Consciousness, Yi Wood Spirit Swords turned into pillars of light ascending to the sky, faintly forming an array that trapped the Corpse Pearl within.

Crackle!

A thunderbolt, ten times thicker than before, suddenly crashed down ferociously, striking upon the Tiān Corpse Pearl. It actually scattered the majority of the white halo emitted by the pearl, leaving it seemingly on the verge of collapse.

Witnessing this scene, Yan Changkong and other Foundation Establishment cultivators were extremely shocked.

"I didn’t expect the Dragon Fish Island’s Master had already secretly advanced to the late stage of Foundation Establishment... I knew it," sneered Yan Changkong to himself, relieved that he didn’t say anything unpleasant last time.

Otherwise, if Fang Xi turned against him, he would have definitely suffered a severe loss.

Compared to him, Zhong Hongyu’s clenched fist finally relaxed slightly.

Seeing his own superior spiritual instruments were suppressed, Kuang Tianxing’s expression changed subtly.

His chant became more plaintive, and suddenly, behind him, a pair of purplish-red wings burst through his clothes and unfurled.

Swish!

With a single flap of those wings, his escape speed increased by a full thirty percent, transforming into a streak of light, seemingly attempting to reach Fang Xi and decide the battle in close combat!

He had great confidence in his ’Corpse Transformation Body.’

This Corpse Transformation Body was indeed beyond ordinary refining corpses; even the spiritual instruments of Foundation Establishment cultivators would hardly harm it!

Moreover, it came with an array of sinister divine skills such as natal corpse fire and corpse poison!

In the blink of an eye, Kuang Tianxing had arrived in front of Fang Xi, and his pitch-black claws ferociously descended.

Crack!

The Yi Wood Divine Light Shield emitted a cry of being overwhelmed and was clawed with cracks.

Just as Kuang Tianxing was delighted and intended to continue, Fang Xi rapidly flicked his ten fingers, directing streams of Yi Wood Divine Light onto the shield.

The Yi Wood Divine Light Shield immediately began circulating unceasingly, its surface revealing patterns of vines and flower designs with wooden textures, effectively blocking all of Kuang Tianxing’s divine skills.

"How is this possible?"

Kuang Tianxing’s eyes widened in disbelief as he watched the continuously repairing Yi Wood Divine Light Shield, feeling the difficulty of this opponent for the first time.

"Watch my Green God Hand!"

Fang Xi didn’t bother to waste words with this man. He shouted ostentatiously, and a stream of Yi Wood Divine Light flew out, transforming into a massive green hand that fiercely grabbed Kuang Tianxing and slammed him onto the ground.

Boom!

The ground shook, and a large pit appeared immediately with dust flying everywhere.

At the bottom of the pit lay Kuang Tianxing. His zombie body was indeed tough enough that another cultivator with ordinary physical constitution would have likely been broken and dead from such a blow.

Crackle!

Meanwhile, within the Yi Wood Divine Thunder Sword Array, Yi Wood Divine Thunder continuously struck down, finally scattering the last remnants of the protective halo around the Tiān Corpse Pearl and directly landing on the pearl itself.

The Tiān Corpse Pearl let out a wail as a crack appeared on its surface.

"Uh..."

At the instant the Tiān Corpse Pearl was damaged, Kuang Tianxing, who originally seemed unharmed, suddenly turned pale. He spat out a mouthful of essence blood, reverting from his green-faced and fanged zombie appearance to that of an old man: "Stop... I... concede..."

Fang Xi waved his hand, retracting the twelve Yi Wood Spirit Swords, curiously looking at the trembling Tiān Corpse Pearl.

It seemed that the pearl was indeed connected to Kuang Tianxing’s divine consciousness and was bound with his life; otherwise, the damage wouldn’t have caused Kuang Tianxing to spit blood immediately.

But if it was such a vital treasure, why was it kept in a storage bag and not within the dan tian?

Fang Xi didn’t dwell on it; after all, there were countless strange and unique arts in the cultivation world.

He was unaware that this Tiān Corpse Pearl was an object Kuang Tianxing had diligently sought for decades, only finding it during the battle to eradicate the Situ Family, from within the belly of the strongest Flying Rigidity. It was crafted into a superior spiritual instrument with many precious materials added.

Since the pearl had such strong corpse energy, he dared not swallow it and cultivate it day and night.

Aside from when he transformed into a zombie, had he rashly ingested this pearl, he probably would have suffered internal decay and death.

However, if Kuang Tianxing’s ’Corpse Transformation Spell’ broke through a certain barrier, then he could successfully refine this pearl into a life-bound spiritual instrument to keep within his body, thereby turning it into his natal Tiān Corpse Pearl. There might even be a glimmer of hope for advancing to the Golden Core stage.

But by then, he wouldn’t become a Master Golden Core but would have completely transformed into a zombie, becoming a third-tier Corpse King.

It was precisely because he had always been attempting to refine the ’Tiān Corpse Pearl’ into a life-bound spiritual instrument that part of his divine consciousness had already connected with the pearl. This connection caused immediate repercussions to himself once the pearl was damaged.

"Go away!"

Fang Xi looked at Kuang Tianxing and coldly snorted.

"Let’s go..."

Kuang Tianxing dared not say more, leading Yan Changkong and the others away, fleeing Dragon Fish Island as streaks of light, in a sorry state.

"Island’s Master... we have thoroughly offended the Mysterious Heaven Sect this time."

Zhong Hongyu flew near him, her face showing some worry: "What shall we do now?"

"No need to worry, having defeated that man, unless Elder Zhang himself takes action, who else from the Mysterious Heaven Sect can do anything to me?"

Fang Xi laughed heartily: "Moreover, Dragon Fish Island is not the Song Family, we have no ambitions nor are we interested in benefits... Elder Zhang will not trouble himself over such a trifling matter!"

In fact, even if Zhang Zhusheng came, he would only fall into a trap and might even perish...

But such astonishing words, naturally, Fang Xi would not share with Zhong Hongyu.

He simply stood with his hands behind his back, watching the crimson sunset, and continued: "Moreover... recently, the Mysterious Heaven Sect has taken Baize Immortal City and is at a peak, but what rises must fall... what happens next is hard to say... At the very least, the Green Wood Sect has always been an enemy of the Mysterious Heaven Sect, and they will not sit idly by."