Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 299 - 297: Mid-stage of Core Formation (Seeking Subscriptions)_1

Chapter 299: Chapter 297: Mid-stage of Core Formation (Seeking Subscriptions)_1

The passage of time was unknown.

Inside the closed-door cultivation room.

The now empty box was casually discarded to one side, with the three ’Thousand-Year Vermillion Fruits’ having disappeared without a trace.

Fang Xi’s body radiated a blinding cyan and yellow radiance, flickering to the extreme, when suddenly it was all retracted into his body, and a new wave of magic power emerged.

"Finally reached the mid-stage of Core Formation... succeeded!"

Feeling the ’Kuyong Skills’ cultivation following the new pathway opened on the fifteenth layer cycling over and over, ceaselessly transforming magic power and infusing it into the now larger ’Kuyong Golden Core’, Fang Xi couldn’t help but show a faint smile on his face.

This breakthrough, ultimately, was a success!

Yet, recalling the specifics of this breakthrough, the joy on Fang Xi’s face gradually faded.

’Indeed, I was still somewhat too eager for quick success... Perhaps it would have been better to polish my magic power further before breaking through, but opportunities are hard to come by, so I had to seize every second and minute!’

This time, his breakthrough was quite difficult.

Even after swallowing one ’Thousand-Year Red Fruit’, he initially remained stuck at the bottleneck.

Fang Xi steeled his heart and consecutively ingested the remaining two ’Thousand-Year Red Fruits’. Relying on the ’Yi Wood Magic Body’ with its ceaseless vitality, he finally managed to force his way through the bottleneck and advanced to the mid-stage of Core Formation!

"However... it was all worth it."

He introspected and felt the spiritual power of his Core Formation that had increased by a small margin, and a look of happiness appeared on his face once more.

The stronger the magic power, the more potent the power of the magical treasures and spells naturally!

Moreover, Fang Xi’s limit of Divine Consciousness also broke through once more, from over twenty li to thirty-six li!

The enhancement of Divine Consciousness directly extended the maximum range at which he could utilize the ’Primordial Demon Stab’ secret skill and control Puppets!

"What’s even more delightful is this ’Kuyong Mysterious Light’!"

Fang Xi exhaled a strand of Mysterious Light, revealing the ’Life-Death Seal’ within, as light flickered in his eyes.

The ’Kuyong Mysterious Light’, one of the most formidable Divine Skills and Secret Skills within the ’Kuyong Skills’, had been painstakingly cultivated by him for over twenty years.

Finally, after breaking through to the mid-stage of Core Formation, he pushed it to the realm of Small Accomplishments in one go!

This Mysterious Light still needed a treasure to be deployed, but Fang Xi’s foundation with the ’Life-Death Seal’ was profound enough to sustain even the ’Kuyong Mysterious Light’ of the Mahayana Level!

"That is to say, when I deploy the Kuyong Mysterious Light now, by consuming three years of my own lifespan, I can reduce the lifespan of any Core Formation cultivator by one year... Excellent! With this, I dare encounter anyone in this trip to the Secret Realm, unless they are Nascent Soul old monsters!"

"Combining this with the incomplete information I obtained before, I should be able to plan even more safely."

Fang Xi smiled faintly.

This ’Kuyong Mysterious Light’ was the trump card he had prepared for himself.

After all, the opponents were all Demon Sect Foundation Establishment cultivators, who, even if they possessed Core Formation battle power through the aid of External Pills, Body Refining, and magical treasures, their actual cultivation was still only at Foundation Establishment!

Now that he himself had crossed a major realm, deploying the ’Kuyong Mysterious Light’ against Nascent Soul old monsters could, due to backlash, possibly cause him to lose hundreds of years and still not reduce the opponent’s lifespan by one year.

But what about deploying it on Foundation Establishment cultivators? Heh...

There would be no backlash, and it might even be stronger!

Precisely because such a powerful trump card existed, Fang Xi dared to move fearlessly within the Secret Realm, not apprehensive of any Demon Sect true inheritances!

After all, his lifespan of over two thousand years was there for all to see!

Now, having enhanced the ’Kuyong Mysterious Light’ further, its power had increased even more!

"Changing the original ten-for-one exchange against Core Formation to three-for-one, huh?"

"My life-saving trump card is even more potent now, at least I have no fear of any Golden Core cultivator..."

Fang Xi pressed his brow and immediately chose to traverse!

...

Fragment World.

Bodhi Holy Land.

The outer periphery of the Shaman Race’s cities had already fallen into a sea of flames.

Strangely, amidst such a tragedy, many of the Shaman Race were still deliriously engaged in various acts of killing and venting.

It was almost as if... they had all simultaneously gone mad from demonic cultivation.

"The Seven Emotions and Six Desires... are for me to command."

A woman clad in a white garment with a dignified appearance, akin to a holy maiden, lifted the hem of her skirt and gracefully entered the Bodhi Holy Land.

Her skin was very white, pale as jade, carrying a demonic aura.

On her forehead, she bore a hexagonal pattern resembling a snowflake.

She was the ’Aunt Waner’ whom two Core Formation Demon Cultivators were paying attention to!

The white-garbed female cultivator walked directly to the center of the holy land, where she saw a verdant and towering Bodhi Tree.

This Bodhi Tree, lush and thriving, required ten people to wrap their arms around it, its time in this location unknown.

Walking beneath the Bodhi Tree, inhaling the woodsy fragrance, one instantly felt refreshed, their wisdom greatly enhanced.

"This Spiritual Root must be at least ten thousand years old, right? Truly inconceivable..."

The white-garbed female cultivator murmured to herself as she looked at the Bodhi Tree’s Spiritual Root.

Suddenly, the ground nearby cracked open, and a figure flew out from within!

It was a very aged Witch King!

His body flickered with Battle Marks, apparently having been hidden here for an unknown amount of time, ready for a life-or-death strike!

Whoosh!

But before the Witch King could pounce, a ghostly claw materialized out of thin air, piercing through his back and protruding from his chest. In the sharp claws, there was a pulsating red heart ensnared.

"This is... my heart!"

The Witch King’s mind was briefly seized by a notion, and then he fell into an eternal darkness.

"The Bodhi Tree possesses the remarkable effect of enlightening wisdom... these oak-headed Shaman Race, having stayed around for so long, even know how to ambush..."

"What a pity... As long as there’s emotion and desire, one cannot hide from my sight. The intent to kill was too obvious."

The white-robed female cultivator muttered to herself, and suddenly, a shadowy figure with a pale complexion and sharp claws and teeth appeared around her.

It was a ’Six Desires Mixed Sky Demon’!

"Enough, the sacrificial refining of the devil corpse can wait; I should complete Aunt Waner’s task first... otherwise..."

A rare look of fear appeared on the face of the white-robed female cultivator as she took out a token from her storage bag and approached the base of the Bodhi Tree.

"Swift!"

As she extended the token, a circle of pitch-black radiance shone upon the Bodhi Tree. The prohibition around the tree immediately cracked, revealing a small passage.

"The last century, Aunt Waner came here and only took a Six-eyed Bodhi Seed... Yet with her vast divine skills, she left a fail-safe here which can influence the formation and acquisition of the next Bodhi Seeds..."

"This time, the one that falls must surely be the ’Nine-Eyed Bodhi’!"

The white-robed female cultivator chanted incantations under her breath as she ceaselessly cast magic spells onto the token.

The Bodhi Tree swayed, and among its crown, several Bodhi Seeds trembled as if about to fall at random.

A Six-eyed Bodhi was teetering on the brink, positioned right above the cracked prohibition.

And at that moment, something unimaginable happened!

Amongst the verdant foliage, a Bodhi leaf suddenly flipped over, revealing a fragment of a silver seal script on its surface!

Strings of silver seal script emerged, faintly taking the shape of a ghostly face.

The Six-eyed Bodhi, as if frightened, retracted back into the canopy of the tree.

"Excellent... Aunt Waner’s fail-safe is truly extraordinary; it’s the ’Phoenix Seal Script’ from ’Dragon Chapter and Phoenix Seal’! To think that Aunt actually delved into such profound rune scriptures... These scripts follow the ultimate principles of heaven and earth and can even easily influence a fourth-order prohibition..."

Just as she reveled in her delight, her expression changed once more.

Another Four-eyed Bodhi emerged, seemingly about to fall at the opening.

The white-robed female cultivator below saw this and knew she couldn’t let it fall; otherwise, once this harvest ended, the prohibition would close again.

She instantly channeled more magic power into the token, causing the silver ghostly face to reappear, continuing to intimidate the Bodhi Seed...

...

In a Shaman Race city.

"Kill... the Sky Demon!"

"Sky Demon... I, Hu Hao, will fight you to the death!"

One after another, shaman warriors charged forward fearlessly, only to be reaped by invisible blades.

"Haha... Cattle remain cattle!"

A young demon cultivator, wielding a soul flag in his hand and dissatisfaction on his face, said: "Too few, too few... I need more... many more souls!"

Suddenly, his expression changed, and he clutched his head.

On a nearby wild grass, a vibrant green hue imbued with vitality flickered.

A figure charged out, brandishing the Green Barley Sword in hand!

The Core Formation mid-phase magic power, combined with a powerful treasure, transformed into a terrifying sword light that soared to and fro, in one freezing slash!

A Core Formation-level ghost creature instantly turned to ash, with the sword light’s momentum unabated, it pierced through three layers of defenses, decapitating the head of the demon path cultivator!

Yi Wood True Fire flew out at the same time, reducing his body to ashes.

Fang Xi then calmly stretched out his hand and collected the storage bag.

"Using my mid-phase Core Formation cultivation, casting Divine Consciousness secret skill, combined with a full-force sneak attack with a treasure on a mere peak Foundation Establishment... you died worthily," he murmured.

After breaking through in his cultivation and returning to the Fragment World, Fang Xi naturally went straight to the Tribe of Five Elements.

Alas, it was already in ruins, and the Five Elements Spirit Fruit within the sacred ground had been taken by someone unknown.

Fang Xi had no choice but to leave in disappointment, heading towards his second target—the Bodhi Tree!

On his way, he also slaughtered a few demon path cultivators.

With his current strength in mid-phase Core Formation, and attacking sneakily without a hint of shame, except for one demon path cultivator who had refined a strange life-saving secret skill, the rest were all easily beheaded, becoming ghosts beneath his sword!

"This place... seems to be the Blood Dragon Tribe?"

After slaying the demon cultivator, Fang Xi checked the map and made his way to the sacred site of the Blood Dragon Tribe.

"This place... produces a kind of ’Blood Dragon Fruit’, which, if eaten raw, can enhance the physique and vitality. It’s beneficial even for Core Formation body cultivator... and for monster beasts, it is an unparalleled delicacy."

Fang Xi stood before a weakened prohibition, looking at the dragon-shaped blood vines within and the grape-like fruits atop them.

After thinking for a moment, he did not attempt to break the prohibition but instead took out the storage bag of the previously deceased demon path cultivator, retrieving a token from it.

This token was made of strange materials, crafted from at least a third-order spirit material, with an ancient ’Holy’ character etched on the back! Fang Xi had only seen such writing in some of the oldest scriptures of the Cultivation World, while the front had a line of names.

When this token approached the prohibition, it flickered a few times and then unexpectedly opened directly.

This was also a small discovery for Fang Xi; the identity tokens of these Demon Sect disciples seemed to have some effect in unlocking treasure prohibitions.

’Well... Although the Demon Sects grant the Shaman Race a bit of equality, they invariably still favor their own people a bit more...’ he thought.

Fang Xi promptly harvested the ’Blood Dragon Fruits’, and then carelessly tossed the token aside.

This kind of identification token might well contain secrets; discarding it after use was the best option.

After all, with many demon path cultivators along the way, he wouldn’t be short on tokens!