Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 298 - 296: Impact (Seeking Monthly Tickets)_1

Chapter 298: Chapter 296: Impact (Seeking Monthly Tickets)_1

Pfft!

The sword light flickered but could only struggle to pierce through a layer of demon armor before being firmly blocked by countless blood-red runes.

Fortunately, the horned giant’s grab was ultimately diverted slightly, and Danya struggled to cast the "Vertical Ground Golden Light Talisman", turning into a streak of golden light and escaping the range of the Earth’s extreme magnetic divine ability.

"Brother Niu, I’ll go get help first..."

The coquettish woman had already been in grave danger, and now having escaped to safety, she immediately bit down on her silver teeth, bursting into a cloud of blood mist and turning into an escape light as she dashed away.

The blood-colored rainbow just flashed once before disappearing into the sky!

"What exquisite Blood Escape Skills!"

Fang Xi couldn’t help but exclaim as he was about to retract the "Green Barley Sword".

"Damn it, you all are going to die!"

The horned giant’s eyes were bloodshot, his expression frenzied, as if he had somewhat lost himself to madness, when he suddenly let out another loud shout.

A circle of dull yellow brilliance fell upon the "Green Barley Sword".

The blade’s radiance dimmed, revealing the sword’s true body, which now seemed somewhat unresponsive to control.

Seeing this, Fang Xi’s expression changed slightly, "The Earth’s extreme magnetic divine ability... it can suppress all metal attribute flying swords; no matter how sharp a flying sword is, once it enters the magnetic range, it will be affected... Unfortunately for you, my flying sword is actually of wood attribute!"

He pointed at the "Green Barley Sword", and a streak of green sword light vibrantly shot forth, suddenly merging with strands of Yi Wood Divine Light, transforming into a giant green sword that descended from the heavens!

Pfft!

The sword light struggled to slash open the horned giant’s breastplate and pierce into the flesh, only to be firmly caught by the giant’s bones.

"A mere flying sword, don’t think about killing me!"

The horned giant clutched the giant sword, exerting force.

Strand by strand, the Yi Wood Divine Light shattered, and even the "Green Barley Sword" let out a mournful wail.

Upon seeing this, Fang Xi’s face truly turned pale.

The horned giant’s body refining skills were truly formidable, and now, in his desperate state, even a normal Core Formation mid-stage cultivator could likely be forced into a sorry escape!

"Attack his Sea of Consciousness!"

Danya continuously chanted spells, quickly casting a series of third-tier talismans.

Zuxian Sword Qi whirled wildly.

An infinite amount of spiritual energy converged, forming a series of fire dragons...

A barrage of attacks landed on the horned giant, causing his armor to gradually become damaged...

By this time, Danya had completed her chanting, her hands forming gestures as streams of demonic light flew out, transforming into black and red ropes that once again tightly bound the horned giant.

Fang Xi snorted coldly; he had already covertly deployed the Primordial Demon Stab, but it seemed to have little effect on this horned giant.

Now, with a purple light swirling in his eyes, he looked thoughtfully at the phantom of the Mighty Buffalo Demon behind the giant.

’If this attempt fails, I’ll have to use my trump card,’ he thought to himself, and within his Sea of Consciousness, three ’Primordial Demon Stabs’ instantly disappeared, piercing into the phantom of the Mighty Buffalo Demon.

"Ah!"

The horned giant who was previously displaying ferocity immediately clutched his head, with blood flowing out of his seven orifices.

It seemed that he had a profound connection with this phantom of the Mighty Buffalo Demon.

And of course, Fang Xi would not miss this opportunity, with Yi Wood Divine Light enveloping his body, he pointed towards the top of the horned giant’s head.

Buzzing!

A pitch-black seal emerged, with Qiu Dragons coiling around it, the very ’Life-Death Seal’!

Black Qi swirled around the Life-Death Seal, revealing the phantom of a Monster Tree, unaffected by the "Earth’s extreme magnetic divine ability", and it smashed down fiercely!

Bang!

The Life-Death Seal struck right on the horned giant’s head, smashing him into the ground.

Boom boom boom!

A large pit several dozens of feet across appeared where he had been standing.

Within the pit, the horned giant’s demon armor was shattered, his head covered in blood, but he was still attempting to struggle to his feet.

Bang!

Fang Xi’s expressionless face controlled the ’Life-Death Seal’ to repeatedly smash down onto the horned giant’s head.

Not until he had completely deformed the head and extinguished the giant’s life breath did he finally stop.

He immediately went up to the horned giant, dropping a seed of the Monster Tree.

Green and yellow colors flashed across Fang Xi’s eyes, then he suddenly groaned, his face turning pale.

Danya looked on with full vigilance.

The man was disguised as the Witch King, but all the techniques he had used were of the Sky Demon.

Fang Xi had no intention of engaging further with this woman, simply collecting the horned giant’s corpse before stepping onto the Yi Wood Divine Light and flying into midair, "This place will soon be swarmed by a great number of sky demons... If you don’t want to die, run fast. They are only targeting you... Once you leave the tribe, you’ll have a better chance of survival!"

Having said this, he prepared to ride the escape light away.

Danya watched Fang Xi’s retreating figure with a puzzled look on her face.

Suddenly, as if realizing something, she shouted, "Was it you... Did you steal my Demon Mirror? Am I right?"

Unfortunately, Fang Xi had already flown out of the City of Black Nirvana.

Hearing the Divine Consciousness Transmission from behind, he just smiled without saying a word.

After all, he was still in the guise of the grim-faced Witch King and had no fear of Danya recognizing him.

In the blink of an eye, he flew out a hundred miles. After scanning the surroundings with his Divine Consciousness and confirming there were no others around, Fang Xi immediately burrowed into the ground.

...

In the Southern Wilderness Cultivation Realm.

Green Wood Sect, Emerald Bamboo Forest Cave Mansion.

Inside the closed-door cultivation room.

A flash of light, and Fang Xi’s figure appeared therein.

His gaze shifted, looking at the closed-door cultivation room’s interior with its identical arrangement and prohibitions as before, he couldn’t help but nod.

Then, Fang Xi touched his Storage Ring, and took out the corpse of the horned giant, as well as the Storage Bag and magical treasures of the black-robed Cultivator.

"Not bad, not bad... Even if it’s just these, this time can be considered a huge harvest, after all, there are also three Thousand-Year Vermilion Fruits!"

Looking at the horned giant’s body, which had shrunk to about two meters after death but still had a fierce presence and exuded pressure, Fang Xi couldn’t help feeling very satisfied, though also a bit regretful, "It’s a pity... I couldn’t extract important information through soul searching..."

When he killed the man earlier, he had tried to refine him into a wooden Puppet while using a Secret Skill for soul searching. Unfortunately, he found that in the man’s Sea of Consciousness there seemed to be some kind of wonderful prohibition. Ordinary intelligence was fine, but when it involved cultivation methods, it started to backlash, even severely injuring the Monster Tree seed.

Furthermore, the horned giant’s Sea of Consciousness also collapsed at the same time, completely destroying his soul.

It seemed to be a measure employed by the Demon Sect to prevent the leakage of their cultivation methods.

This made Fang Xi’s soul search of the man, hoping to gain divine skills, various Demon Path Secret Skills, and secret information about the Demon Sect, fall through completely.

"Luckily, the body is still here, using it to refine a ’Mysterious Fire Zombie’ is not a problem at all."

"Moreover, I now know the rules for the Demon Sect’s entry into the Secret Realm. It’s generally left to Foundation Establishment disciples to resolve on their own, and only if there are heavy casualties does a Core Formation Demon Cultivator step in..."

"With a Core Formation Demon Cultivator’s strength, it’s even enough to sweep through an entire Secret Realm..."

After pondering for a moment, Fang Xi placed a Talisman on the corpse of the horned giant.

Crack!

The temperature in the room plummeted, a layer of ice emerged, instantly freezing the man’s corpse.

This was also a method of preservation.

Having dealt with the most pressing matter, Fang Xi’s Divine Consciousness stirred, and he began to break the prohibition on the black-robed youth’s Storage Bag.

After all, the youth was only at the peak of Foundation Establishment, and the Magic Power imprints he left were too weak for a Core Formation-level Spiritual Power.

It wasn’t long before the prohibition was opened, allowing Fang Xi’s Divine Consciousness to probe inside.

"As I thought... no cultivation methods or inheritance jade slips, all to prevent the Shaman Race from obtaining them?"

He couldn’t help but be greatly disappointed.

As for the other Spirit Stones and Demon Path materials, Fang Xi simply skipped over them.

Suddenly, his expression changed, and he pulled out a jade slip.

After infusing a little Magic Power, a map appeared before his eyes.

"So this place is called the Black Witch Secret Realm?"

Fang Xi stroked his chin, looking at the landmark of the City of Black Nirvana on the map, which also had a note—’Thousand-Year Red Fruit Tree’!

"It turns out to be a Secret Realm resource map..."

He murmured to himself, his Divine Consciousness quickly scanning over it, unsurprisingly seeing the City of Five Elements and ’Five Elements Fruit Tree’!

’The Sky Demon’s descent, which is the timing for the prohibition to open, only lasts one year... The order to collect top-tier resources must be set right...’

’I already have quite a bit of information, coupled with this map, I could plan out the most convenient and efficient route...’

Fang Xi’s gaze shifted, having come to a decision.

"Five Elements Spirit Fruits are extremely valuable and must not be missed... The second stop could be this place."

His eyes focused on a part of the map, marking a location labeled with ’Bodhi Seed’.

"Bodhi Seeds are said to be ’treasures of enlightenment’, rumored to greatly increase a Cultivator’s understanding... even very useful to Core Formation Cultivators... Next, let’s go here..."

Having planned his route, Fang Xi directly put the map away.

What about the magical treasures, like the small banner left by the black-robed youth?

He had no time to deal with such Demon Path magical treasures now and could only seal them.

After dealing with other matters, Fang Xi sat cross-legged, his expression serious, and took out the box holding the ’Thousand-Year Vermilion Fruits’, sitting in silent meditation to recuperate his Magic Power...

He planned to adjust himself to his peak state and then, with the power of the ’Thousand-Year Vermilion Fruits’, break through to the mid-stage of Core Formation!

After all, Fang Xi had already cultivated his Core Formation early stage Magic Power to its peak, holding the potential to break through the mid-stage bottleneck.

"This is also ’sharpening your axe without delaying the chopping of wood’... If I were to face those three from the Demon Path alone, I might not be able to handle them without using my trump cards..."

"If it’s the mid-stage of Core Formation, where both Divine Consciousness and Magic Power increase by a good half, then handling them would be much easier."

This was always Fang Xi’s principle of overwhelming with a higher realm.

Those Demon Sect Cultivators, being at the peak of Foundation Establishment, possessed the combat power of a Jia Dan to the early-stage Core Formation, making them very difficult to deal with.

But if it was difficult to cope with early-stage Core Formation, mid-stage would be much easier.

And such a breakthrough of a minor bottleneck, naturally, would not consume too much time.

Once the breakthrough was complete, there would still be a chance to make another fortune in the Fragment World!

If not, at least he would have achieved his minimum goal, either way it was a win.

...

Three days later.

Fang Xi opened his eyes, feeling not only that his Magic Power had recovered, but also his condition had returned to its peak.

He opened the box holding the ’Thousand-Year Vermilion Fruits’, took out one of the fruits, and put it into his mouth.

The ’Thousand-Year Vermilion Fruit’ slowly melted, warm currents directly entering his stomach.

Thereafter, a warm surge of spiritual energy was generated!

This surge of spiritual energy was not only rich and gentle; it was also extraordinarily terrifying in quantity, almost giving Fang Xi the illusion that his dantian was about to burst!

He dared not delay, immediately sitting cross-legged, forming the ’Kuyong Seal’ with his hands, silently running the ’Kuyong Skills’ to attempt breaking through to the fifteenth level of cultivation!

In the closed-door cultivation room.

Bright yellow and emerald green lights alternately flashed, with spiritual energy gathering around, vying to drill into Fang Xi’s body first.

Even though this impatient approach somewhat damaged the meridians, Fang Xi didn’t care at all.

The ’Yi Wood Magic Body’ possessed an endless life force, even able to slowly recover from the backlash caused by a failed Core Formation attempt.

Such minor damage to the meridians was even less of a concern.

Almost the instant the meridians were about to burst, a streak of emerald light appeared in Fang Xi’s body, repairing everything...