Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 302 - 300 Desperate (Seeking Subscription)_1

Chapter 302: Chapter 300 Desperate (Seeking Subscription)_1

Yi Wood Divine Light swirled around Fang Xi, continuously morphing into various patterns of plants and flowers, making the transformed azure rainbow even more mystical.

Behind the azure-long rainbow, You Kun followed, controlling nine Fire Dragons.

For a moment, the azure rainbow and the Fire Dragons entangled and danced wildly, creating a rather extraordinary scene.

He was rushing to the next resource point, ready to harvest the "Transforming Jade Mud" produced there.

If he encountered any Demon Path disciples along the way, he wouldn’t mind taking them out to plunder their Storage Bags.

In these disciples’ Storage Bags, there were often treasures obtained from the Secret Realm.

It could be said that just this one haul alone was worth ten to a hundred times more than the resources he had secretly searched for over the preceding decades!

What frustrated Fang Xi was that, despite killing so many Demon Sect disciples, he hadn’t found a Five Elements Spirit Fruit in any of their Storage Bags, clearly not having encountered the Demon Sect disciples who had previously slaughtered the Tribe of Five Elements.

"Could it be... that I’m truly not fated to obtain the Gold Core Pill?!"

For a moment, Fang Xi sighed somewhat despondently.

Suddenly, his expression drastically changed as he sensed a black beam of Escape Light, with spiritual pressure far surpassing that of an ordinary Core Formation cultivator, entering the range of his Divine Consciousness.

"Hmph!"

A cold snort, as icy as if to freeze his Divine Soul, echoed.

Obviously, the other party’s Divine Consciousness was superior to Fang Xi’s, and the moment Fang Xi noticed the enemy, the enemy had likewise spotted Fang Xi.

Accompanying this was a burst of black radiance!

It came fiercely and rapidly, even slightly exceeding Fang Xi’s reaction time!

In his haste, he could only form a hand seal, causing You Kun to employ the Three Yang True Fire Cover, with nine Fire Dragons coiling on top, and placed it behind himself as a shield.

A thunderclap resounded!

The Three Yang True Fire Cover cried out pitifully as it was directly smashed apart, followed by three streaks of black light ripping through the Fire Dragons and striking You Kun.

This Core Formation Puppet’s body instantly shattered on one side, becoming Shattered.

The three beams of black light weakened slightly upon hitting the Yi Wood Divine Light Shield.

Sizzle!

Fang Xi felt his Magic Power draining wildly, and the Yi Wood Divine Light Shield struggled to hold.

Only then did he realize that the three streaks of black light that had destroyed the Puppet and nearly pierced the Yi Wood Divine Light Shield were actually a black claw-shaped magical treasure!

Its design was ferocious, with three sharp claws, covered in ancient patterns.

At this moment, a powerful and icy Divine Consciousness had already locked Fang Xi down completely.

Around him, the Void mysteriously gave rise to chains of silver light.

Below, lines of rosy light formed a grid-like pattern, as if weaving back and forth.

Fang Xi found himself seemingly standing in the midst of an enormous and illusory celestial chessboard, his face turning exceedingly grim upon spotting his pursuer.

It was an astonishingly handsome man, holding a chessboard-like treasure in hand, with a White Bone Banner and the previously seen pitch-black claws floating beside him, a surge of powerful magical aura overwhelming Fang Xi and causing the hairs on his back to stand on end, "Late Core Formation... no, possibly a Perfect Core Formation Demon Cultivator!"

"An unfamiliar Core Formation mid-stage cultivator... Which force do you hail from? The Taiqing Sect? Or perhaps Guang Thunder Temple?"

The handsome man stood with his hands behind his back, his eyes filled with cruelty, a mocking color evoking the image of a cat playing with a mouse, "Your magic power doesn’t seem too impressive... During your defense against my ’Poisonous Dragon Claw,’ I had already laid down the celestial net — ’Tianluo Dinet.’ You must have heard of this treasure, right? Under the might of this treasure, even if you have ’Higher Realm Talisman,’ ’Ten Thousand Mile Shift Talisman,’ or other treasures to break the barrier and escape, they are already useless now."

"Tianluo Dinet?!"

Fang Xi wore a look of shock, though he knew nothing of this treasure.

But looking at the surroundings, he indeed seemed to have fallen into some mysterious prison, with the Void seemingly sealed off.

Fortunately, by communicating with the ’Treasures of All Heavens’ deep within his Sea of Consciousness, he discovered he could still return to the Southern Wilderness Cultivation Realm at any moment, which caused him to secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

Clearly, even though ’Tianluo Dinet’ could seal off the Void, it had no effect whatsoever on the ’Treasures of All Heavens.’

’But if I just run away like this... any fool would know that I possess a powerful treasure capable of breaking the barrier.’

Fang Xi flicked his ten fingers rapidly, a series of Yi Wood Divine Light flew out, transforming into a protective aura around himself.

The ’Green Barley Sword’ and the ’Life-Death Seal’ two great treasures also emerged, fully on guard.

"Yi Wood Divine Light? Barely passable..."

"I can see... you are not panicking, do you still have a trump card?"

The handsome demon cultivator’s eyes flickered with devilish glints, a mocking color emerging, "Very well... after I’ve killed you, I will thoroughly search your soul."

"Go!"

Fang Xi’s expression was extremely grave as he pointed at the Green Barley Sword.

The Green Barley Sword shimmered with light, unleashing a sword qi tens of yards long, resembling a green flood dragon, charging towards the Core Formation Demon Cultivator.

The Life-Death Seal followed closely behind, its body flashing with black light, suddenly expanding hundreds of times, shaped like a small black mountain.

"Xiuxian Treasure Pattern? Hehe..."

The handsome youth saw this and displayed a contemptuous smile, supporting the ’Tianluo Dinet’ with his left hand and casually flicking a spotlessly white chess piece with his right.

Thud!

The white chess piece turned into a stream of light, instantly striking the Green Barley Sword!

The Green Barley Sword let out a sorrowful cry as the Zuxian Sword Qi dissipated, and its body was hit by the white chess piece, causing chains of silver light to emerge from the Void, binding it firmly in place.

After tossing out a chess piece, the handsome youth looked towards the falling mountain and brought his right hand’s fingers together to unleash a thunderous punch.

Thump!

The momentum of the Life-Death Seal suddenly decreased as it was struck and sent flying away.

Meanwhile, in mid-air, as the handsome young man opened his five fingers, he casually seized it.

Boom!

A vast and deep-black Demonic Hand appeared, gripping the Life-Death Seal, rendering it completely immobile.

This person had apparently cultivated some formidable body refining technique and even developed a type of Divine Skill or embodiment!

This Core Formation Demon Cultivator actually managed to catch Fang Xi’s ’Life-Death Seal’ directly with his physical body!

"This little seal is quite nice, perhaps it can be added to my collection..."

"As for you... the white pieces are for trapping, the black for killing... I wonder how many black pieces you can withstand?"

The handsome young man twirled another black chess piece in his right hand, smiling as he aimed it at Fang Xi.

But Fang Xi suddenly sighed, forming a hand seal with both hands, "Why... must you force my hand?"

Given the choice between exposing his ’cheater’ ability and dealing with this Core Formation Demon Cultivator first, he naturally chose the latter!

"Kuyong Mysterious Light!"

Atop the Life-Death Seal, a phantom of the Monster Tree materialized, its crown and branches trembling as they shed an enigmatic and profound radiance!

This Radiance even directly penetrated the Divine Skill embodiment’s giant hand, cleanly pierced through the Mysterious Light defenses formed by the Poisonous Dragon Claw and the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, and landed squarely on the handsome young man!

"What is this..."

The handsome young man suddenly felt a sense of impending doom and reached into his chest to grab several life-preserving talismans and a jade bottle.

However, before he could use them, he noticed that his originally fair and delicate palms had suddenly become wrinkled.

Locks of white hair drifted about, and the terrifying sensation of life force rapidly draining overwhelmed him, "This... what is this..."

The demonic gleam in the young man’s eyes faded, growing weaker until it vanished completely, and he collapsed forward.

With his Magic Power gone, the ’Tianluo Dinet’ let out a mournful cry, its brilliance withdrawing, transforming into a palm-sized jade chessboard that, along with the ’Poisonous Dragon Claw’ and ’White Bone Banner’, fell beside the young man’s corpse.

"Nine hundred and eighty-one years... you’ve consumed a full nine hundred and eighty-one years of my lifespan..."

Fang Xi retrieved his ’Life-Death Seal’ and other treasures, his complexion looking equally terrible.

This magical duel was perhaps the most perilous one he had ever encountered.

The opponent surpassed him vastly in terms of Cultivation, treasures, Secret Skills, and even experience in dueling.

If it weren’t for the ’Kuyong Mysterious Light’s’ mysterious enough ability to ignore all defenses, he might have had to flee in disgrace, exposing his ’cheater’ ability!

"I really didn’t want to fight you to the death..."

Recalling the process of deploying the Kuyong Mysterious Light, Fang Xi found it to be anything but a pleasant experience.

With his lifespan draining nearly a thousand years at once, even he felt exceedingly unwell.

Moreover, if it weren’t for detecting through the Mysterious Light that this person only had a little over three hundred years left to live, which he could push himself to deplete... he might have chosen not to use ’Kuyong Mysterious Light’ to avoid exhausting himself to death.

"Luckily... the outcome is quite acceptable."

Fang Xi no longer hesitated, transforming into a blue long rainbow, sweeping up the handsome young man’s corpse and treasures, dashing a hundred miles, and burrowing into the ground. With a flash of light, he disappeared.

...

In the Southern Wilderness Cultivation Realm.

"This time I killed a Core Formation Demon Cultivator... next time in the Secret Realm, I might well be targeted by a Nascent Soul Old Monster."

"But no matter... I’ve already given up on that Secret Realm."

With a flash of light.

Fang Xi looked at the corpse of the handsome young man on the ground and the several treasures with him, a hint of joy suddenly appearing on his face.

"This final haul really made it big for me..."

"Tsk tsk... a perfect Core Formation Demon Cultivator... His Divine Skills seem unfathomably deep..."

"But no matter how invincible your skills are, when it comes down to a fight to the death, you’re still doomed!"

"Alas... my original two thousand years of lifespan is now only about a thousand years left, such a heavy loss..."

"You’ll have to compensate me."

He tossed a Demon Tree seed, with his eyes swirling with shades of blue and yellow, and hastily began to search the handsome young man’s soul.

With prior experience, he did not probe the man’s techniques and Divine Skills, instead searching for fragments of other knowledge.

Even then, with the young man’s body fully dead, soul dissipated, the information Fang Xi could glean was extremely limited.

Still, as fragments of memory surfaced, Fang Xi’s expression turned joyous one moment, fearful the next, his face pale and then flush... as if he had opened a dye shop.

After half an hour, he took a deep breath, his expression suddenly darkened: "The Primitive Devil Door... Resented Spirits Trace?"

"That sect’s power is extraordinarily frightening; they likely have Transcendent Gods among them..."

"Luckily, strong though they may be, could they possibly pursue me across realms?"

"According to this Saint’s memories, the region he hailed from is called the ’Minghuan World’... a place I’ve never heard of or read about in ancient books."

"Still, every few hundred years, cultivators from that world ascend to the Earth Immortal Realm, with foundations and strengths far surpassing my own..."

"Even so... I must find a way to eradicate this Resented Spirit Trace as soon as possible, or else I can’t be completely at ease."