Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 301 - 299: Externalization (Making up for the Missed Updates 5)_1

Chapter 301: Chapter 299: Externalization (Making up for the Missed Updates 5)_1

Time rewind a little.

Fragment World.

Outside the Bodhi Holy Land.

Beams of Yi Wood Divine Light shot up into the sky, and within the great array, Fang Xi retracted the "Life-Death Seal" and held a white storage bag in his hand.

After rummaging through it, he opened a certain jade box and saw a Nine-Eyed Bodhi seed inside; his face couldn’t help but reveal a trace of surprise, "It’s actually a Nine-Eyed one?"

He immediately closed the box and affixed several spirit talismans onto it.

"Hm?"

Just then, Fang Xi’s Divine Consciousness caught a certain scene, which darkened his expression once more.

Surrounded by Yi Wood Divine Light, he arrived at a battlefield.

You Kun was expressionless, but one of his arms had vanished into thin air, and judging from the stump, it seemed to have been forcefully torn off.

The Core Formation Puppet opponent, whose countenance was gray and had grown sharp nails, appeared emotionless; it held You Kun’s severed arm and suddenly opened its ghastly wide mouth, chewing it as if it were sugar cane.

"Without its master’s manipulation, is this Devil Corpse now driven by instinct?"

Fang Xi muttered to himself.

This Devil Corpse had previously performed exceptionally well, capable of invisibility and even resistant to the scorching of Yang attribute True Fire.

Its combat power even surpassed that of the Core Formation Puppet enhanced by two magic treasures!

If not for its master being merely at Foundation Establishment, the ferocity of this Devil Corpse would have been even more profound.

Now that Fang Xi had a decent understanding of many Demon Path secret skills, he naturally knew that the mightier the Devil Corpse, the more exquisite the prohibitions required, and at the same time, the cultivation realm of the practitioner was of utmost importance!

For a Foundation Establishment cultivator to control a Core Formation level Devil Corpse was already quite an incredible feat.

What’s more, it had to be continuously suppressed to prevent it from backfiring.

What he didn’t know was that this "Six Desires Sky Demon Corpse" had many more remarkable abilities that had yet to be displayed.

"It’s similar to that Ox Demon; both are excellent materials for refining Devil Corpses..."

Fang Xi smiled faintly, taking out a gray-white talisman from the storage bag.

——Corpse Binding Talisman!

This was specially crafted after obtaining the Corpse Refining Inheritance from the Situ Family, when he intentionally sought out materials to refine a Mysterious Fire Zombie.

It’s specifically designed to seal powerful corpses, restrict their movements, and prevent them from violently harming others.

The Devil Corpse on the opposite side roared, sensing danger and instantly vanished, aiming to flee.

But in the next moment, beams of Yi Wood Divine Light appeared nearby, descending like a green net from the sky and forcing the Devil Corpse back out.

"Hehe... you are still within my Yi Wood Divine Light Formation, how could you possibly escape?"

Fang Xi sneered, manipulating the magic spell.

Hisss!

Beams of Yi Wood Divine Light fell, like pillars of light, slotting into the gaps in the Devil Corpse’s limbs and forming a cage that tightly trapped it.

Fang Xi approached expressionlessly, the gray-white "Corpse Binding Talisman" in his hand flashed, sticking to the forehead of the Devil Corpse.

The struggles of the Devil Corpse ceased, and it slowly closed its eyes, becoming like a dead thing.

"Not bad, not bad... This method of refining corpses in the Demon Path really has many subtleties."

Fang Xi talked to himself:

"Even... it ought to be superior to what I’ve learned."

He waved his hand, dispelling the cage formed by the Yi Wood light pillars and was about to disassemble the Yi Wood Divine Light Formation, but then a thought struck him.

Fang Xi sized up the Devil Corpse once more, a flash of purple light in his eyes, and suddenly his face changed and he made a forceful incantation gesture!

A layer of verdant Yi Wood True Fire emerged, falling upon the Devil Corpse and beginning to burn intensely.

"Senior, spare my life, senior, spare my life!"

The next moment, the Devil Corpse suddenly opened its eyes, but its gaze was lucid, gone was the previous madness.

It opened its bloody mouth, but instead of a terrifying sound, out came the crisp voice of a woman.

"It’s you!"

Fang Xi showed a look of astonishment, which then turned into a cold smile, "Good... very good... I had never realized that this Devil Corpse was actually your externalization!"

The secret skill of externalization, passed down within the Demon Path, allows one to refine a second body, almost as if possessing two lives!

Even though the female cultivator in white had already been reduced to pulp under the "Life-Death Seal", she had astonishingly come back to life atop this ’external incarnation’!

Remembering the earlier performance of her nonchalantly consuming a human arm, Fang Xi’s expression turned very ugly.

If he hadn’t whimsically used the "Purple Gas Heavenly Eye" for a closer inspection, he might indeed have been deceived by this woman, mistakenly thinking she was an ordinary corpse and even bringing her back to the Green Wood Sect!

By then, all secrets would have been exposed.

Furthermore, there was a chance this female cultivator could take advantage of his unguarded moments to attack him.

With this thought, Fang Xi’s intent to kill suddenly surged.

"Senior, spare my life... I was helpless... only then did I attach myself to this ’Six Desires Sky Demon’..."

"I am willing to be subjected to prohibitions, please spare my life, senior..."

The Devil Corpse pleaded in that crisp female voice.

"Hmph... you indeed have a good plan. If it weren’t for my having laid out the great array early on, including this corpse refining within it, I might have overlooked you and you could have possibly escaped to life."

Fang Xi’s eyes were frigid, the Green Barley Sword flew out, transforming into a stream of azure light, aiming straight for the head of the refining corpse!

The woman cultivator in white clothes had no choice but to clench her hands in a spell, and the devil corpse let out a roar, "Do you really want to bring about mutual destruction, senior?"

Pfft!

Two strands of grey-white corpse aura burst forth and actually blocked the Green Barley Sword’s light from the outside world!

Above her forehead, that precious ’Life-Death Seal’ burned fiercely, quickly turning to ashes as if it had no effect whatsoever, leaving Fang Xi quite depressed.

Indeed, these major sects of the Demon Path all possess strange and secretive skills.

My little tricks are simply not enough.

The more this was the case, the more determined he became in his heart, he must not leave this woman behind!

"The fish might die, but the net might not break... however if you’re willing to surrender the Externalization technique, I might consider sparing your life!"

Fang Xi answered with a cold snort.

"Externalization?" The woman cultivator in white was stunned, "This cultivation method has long been prohibited by the Transmission Elder, it can’t be leaked..."

But immediately, she realized that the unfamiliar Golden Core cultivator opposite her had no intention of stopping, but rather his great array was intensifying.

One after another, verdant beams of light descended, each carrying Divine Thunder and flames.

The woman cultivator was utterly helpless, and could only open her ghastly wide mouth to spit out a grey-white corpse bead.

This was a third-grade corpse bead that emitted grey-white corpse aura, forming a defensive layer that fended off both the Yi Wood Divine Thunder and the Yi Wood True Fire.

Fang Xi let out a few cold laughs and continued to drive the formation, beckoning with his hand as the Life-Death Seal reappeared.

Seeing this, the woman cultivator’s eyes filled with despair.

The next instant, her hands formed a seal, and suddenly cracks appeared on the surface of the heaven corpse bead.

"Detonating the corpse bead?"

Fang Xi’s face changed, and he hastily made a gesture.

A thick layer of Yi Wood Divine Light transformed into a massive shield, emerging in front of him while the Life-Death Seal also turned into a myriad of protective lights, guarding his entire body.

Boom!

The next moment, a terrifying impact came, actually shaking the Yi Wood Divine Light Formation to pieces...

Amidst the overflowing corpse aura, the remnants of the zombie’s limbs flew chaotically everywhere, appearing as though it had truly perished.

Purple light flickered in Fang Xi’s eyes as he transformed into a cyan rainbow, letting out a cold snort.

A trembling white light orb emerged from the zombie’s distant arm, transmitting a voice: "You will face retribution for killing a disciple of the Holy Sect!"

Without any mercy, Fang Xi dropped a Yi Wood True Fire, completely eradicating the woman cultivator’s form and spirit.

After extinguishing her persisting soul, he stood up tall and suddenly sighed.

Looking at the chaotic scene, Fang Xi shook his head, "The magic of the Demon Path truly is tricky and tough to deal with. If a Core Formation Demon Cultivator were to come, it would indeed be troublesome... I must quickly move to two more places, then make haste to flee. It’s better not to return to this Secret Realm for hundreds of years."

...

Almost at the same moment.

Accompanied by the flash of silver light, a handsome man holding a White Bone Banner also arrived at the Black Witch Secret Realm.

"Once again, such a treasure of a place..."

A look of intoxication surfaced on his face as he thought of his previous gains.

Even though he had a Heaven Grade Spiritual Root and didn’t need the ’Five Elements Spirit Fruit’ for Core Formation, the Spirit Fruits he had plucked had been exchanged for a vast amount of resources.

Now, he had finally found another opportunity to descend into this world!

"Where should I go first?"

The handsome man shook the ’Ten Thousand Souls Banner’, and tens of thousands of Yin Souls emerged, seemingly as numerous as hundreds of thousands!

These ghost creatures even vaguely formed an array, each led by a Core Formation level ghost creature!

"Eight Divisions Ghost Crowd, heed my order, slaughter any third-grade slaves you find within the Secret Realm, and bring the spirit materials to me!"

The handsome man sent a series of Magic Spells into the ’Ten Thousand Souls Banner’, and immediately, a large number of ghost creatures flew out in different directions, once again bringing deep suffering to the Shaman Race of the Secret Realm.

This person, however, was somewhat moved. He took out a broken bead, which instantly transformed into a black thread-like Escape Light, flying towards a certain location.

...

Hundreds of miles away.

The black thread stopped, revealing the handsome man’s figure.

With an expressionless face, he waved his sleeve, and several black lights flew out to explode on the edge of the chaotic battlefield, creating a large pit.

Within the pit, a tattered robe floated up, clearly belonging to a disciple of the Holy Sect!

The handsome man uttered an incantation, striking the robe with a spell.

The robe buzzed as threads of blood-red light surfaced, and even mysterious energy gathered, forming a twisted and ferocious human face.

That human face mumbled as if struggling to say something, but no sound came out.

The handsome man understood and his expression changed slightly, "Unexpectedly... on the very first location, a likely culprit was found! Has the culprit been marked by the ’Resented Spirit Trace’? Good... then he can’t escape. However... the Nine-Eyed Bodhi is of utmost importance."

He uttered a cold snort, again transforming into a pitch-black Escape Light.

Soon, he arrived outside the Bodhi Holy Land, finding that battlefield and the remains of the woman cultivator in white.

After duplicating the process, the handsome man’s expression slightly changed, "Good, very good... the culprit turns out to be the same person! Heh, still a mid-stage Core Formation with little experience, daring to slaughter the juniors of my Holy Sect so recklessly... Endless River of the Underworld, Ten Thousand Mile Soul Chasing, arise!"

He shrieked, and a mysterious blood-light suddenly emerged from the remains of the woman cultivator in white, turning into a beam of light that shot forth.

The handsome man, expressionless, followed closely as an Escape Light, heading straight in the direction Fang Xi had left!