Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 436 - 434 Submission (Fill in the missing updates 18)_1

Chapter 436: Chapter 434 Submission (Fill in the missing updates 18)_1

The Land Mountain Turtle is a type of monster beast turtle with a bloodline far inferior to that of the Green Fire Luan.

For such a monster beast to be able to ascend to the fourth rank is indeed a rarity!

"May I ask how you should be addressed, Sir?"

Fang Xi remained silent for a moment before asking, "Did you come from the Monster World?"

"I am ’Gui Shan.’ Since the awakening of my Spirit Sense, I have been cultivating in this world... It’s just that I have always been cultivating in seclusion deep within the Ten Thousand Beast Mountain Range, hardly making an appearance, to the extent that even that little Azure Luan has never seen me..."

The voice of the Land Mountain Turtle was immensely thunderous, like a gust of wind blustering through: "Otherwise... I would not have shown mercy earlier."

’So there really are fourth rank monster beasts deep within the Ten Thousand Beast Mountain Range?!’

Fang Xi’s pupils contracted slightly, but this was something he had anticipated.

"You showed mercy?"

He laughed heartily, "Or is it that you, Sir, are clumsy in movement and slightly slower in your Escape Light?"

The Land Mountain Turtle ’Gui Shan’ did not retort: "Lord Dragon Fish came here, is it not to deal with me? I have a proposal, why not cease our fight? It was not easy for me to cultivate to the fourth rank, and the reason I instigated the beast tide was also due to the coercion from the Heavenly Phoenix Clan... Humph, we cultivate for Long Life and vision, why must we engage in incessant fighting?"

"Your proposal is indeed good..."

Fang Xi nodded again and again: "It’s just that your actions, Sir, do not give me much confidence... How about you hand over a part of your Essence Soul and let me impose a Prohibition on it, then we can talk?"

"You’re courting death?!"

The eyes of the Land Mountain Turtle narrowed slightly as he took a sudden deep breath.

Bang!

A colossal beam of light blasted out from his mouth, which was nimbly dodged by Fang Xi, who had been prepared all along: "No need for such useless talk, why not act directly?"

He laughed heartily, touched the horns on top of his head, and suddenly, Spirit Marks began to surface on his body.

Whoosh whoosh!

The roaring wind howled!

Suddenly, a layer of blue hurricane enveloped him, and then Fang Xi opened his mouth, and nine Wind Flood Dragons, condensed from the furious wind and flashing with blue runes inside, aggressively descended!

This is one of the Divine Skills from the blue Qilin Puppet’s physique that Fang Xi had inherited a portion of.

At this moment, giving it a minor test, the momentum was staggeringly formidable!

One of the Wind Flood Dragons let out a roar, its body covered in intensely luminous Wind Blades, and ferociously chopped down onto the Land Mountain Turtle’s shell.

The thick layer of earthy yellow Spiritual Power on its shell was instantly pierced through, creating a huge hole, as countless Wind Blades landed on the back of the Land Mountain Turtle, slicing off massive chunks of rock.

Thud, thud!

As Wind Flood Dragons rained down, the expression of the Land Mountain Turtle changed slightly: "Monster Clan Divine Skills... no, you are not the real Lord Dragon Fish!"

With a roar, an earthy yellow Radiance burst forth from around him, actually pushing away the remaining blue Wind Flood Dragons.

The earthy yellow Radiance shone brightly as if it were a giant earthy ball.

When the earthy ball cracked open, the enormous Land Mountain Turtle had vanished without a trace, leaving only an old man with a yellow face in its place.

He was wearing a robe of earthy yellow, carrying a massive turtle shell on his back, and his mung bean-sized eyes stared at Fang Xi with a look full of shock: "I knew something was off... So it turns out you are of a Puppet body, and this Puppet seems to be closely associated with my Monster Clan, possessing royal lineage, you Human Cultivator are truly bold!"

"No wonder you are the Land Mountain Turtle, impressive defense... Too bad the main body isn’t here, otherwise this refined Earth Attribute Demon Qi of yours wouldn’t withstand a few slashes from the Taiyi Green Wood Divine Light..." Fang Xi shook his head.

"Taiyi Green Wood Divine Light?!" Gui Shan’s expression suddenly changed upon hearing this, "You’ve indeed inherited the Taoist system of the Nine Leaves Sect!"

"It comes to mind, you’re a native demon after all! Since this is the case, you can’t be left alive." Fang Xi’s eyes flashed with blood, and he clenched his right hand into a fist.

A crimson saber manifested in his hand, its blade flickering wildly, with Blood Runes emerging – the Blood Converting Demonic Sabre!

And the Seven Kill Demon Armor also appeared concurrently, covering the body of the blue Qilin Puppet.

With such dual layered defenses, Fang Xi even felt confident enough to catch the frenzied attacks of a mid-Nascent Soul old monster who wielded Spiritual treasures with his bare hands!

"Slash!"

Fang Xi’s Magic Power surged, and he pointed at the Blood Converting Demonic Sabre.

The Demon Saber roared, countless runes exploded, and it drew a red saber light hundreds of yards long, falling like a strip of silk.

Gui Shan’s expression was somber. He clasped his hands together, and a black turtle shell appeared, which was a Spirit treasure he had refined from his very own shed shell!

The pitch-black turtle shell was embossed with an array of complex and mystical patterns, and it suddenly expanded, transforming into a mountain-sized, black, huge shield.

Slash!

The Blood Converting Demonic Sabre slashed down on it, a wild burst of blood light erupted, leaving innumerable cracks on the surface of the pitch-black turtle shell.

Gui Shan remained unfazed, casting a Magic Spell, and the cracks on the turtle shell began rapidly healing.

"Such strong regenerative ability..."

"It has a bit of the air of the Indestructible Body of Yi Wood... If even this turtle’s shell has such wondrous use, its body must also possess self-healing Divine Skills."

Fang Xi’s thoughts flared as his entire being suddenly turned into a black stream of light, rushing out ferociously.

Bang!

His fist, covered with the Seven Kill Demon Armor, struck heavily on the black turtle shell.

The tremendous Giant Strength of the Great Demon burst forth, causing the turtle shell shield to emit a more pitiful cry than before, being smashed and flung far away with a single punch.

Gui Shan’s complexion drastically changed, Divine Skills engraved on his body emerged, converging in his palm into an earthy yellow light sphere.

Hum!

A ring of earthy yellow Radiance rapidly dispersed, and the gravity within dozens of miles increased wildly at once!

Crackling sounds erupted as the Sea of Clouds Mystifying Array was immediately damaged, causing the entangled Demon Qi and Spiritual Power to surge upward, with countless horses, sheep, and livestock in the nearby cities being scared into chaos, creating a huge mess...

’A gravity-based Divine Skill?!’

Facing this beast’s innate Divine Skill head on, Fang Xi felt even more terror, as if mountains pressed down upon him, and his body plummeted straight towards the ground.

Thud!

The originally hard rocky ground was punctured as if it were tofu, and he continued to sink deeper...

’If the main body were here, I would probably have to activate the Indestructible Yi Wood...’

Boom!

With a flash of black light, the ground sunk in massively.

Roar Roar!

In an instant, a Mo Jade Kylin fiercely burst out from the earth, its singular horn ferociously slamming into the unsuspecting Gui Shan.

Bang!

The monster beast was struck so hard it turned into a beam of light that pierced through the desolate mountain behind it!

The Mo Jade Kylin that appeared in mid-air was actually Fang Xi transformed into his true Azure Kylin form, then covered in a layer of Seven Kill Demon Armor.

"This monster body... is indeed extraordinarily powerful."

Feeling how his body and giant strength had further increased after transforming into his Kylin true self, Fang Xi couldn’t help but sigh to himself.

Roar Roar!

On the ground, amidst settling dust and debris, a huge Land Mountain Turtle with a damaged back emerged.

It roared, its injuries on the back rapidly healing and ready for another round of battle, but a pitch-black small sword materialized before its eyes.

The myriad vein-like patterns on it squirmed, emitting a heart-wrenching sword’s cry, making the Land Mountain Turtle instinctively want to flee.

But Gui Shan quickly abandoned such thoughts.

Affected by his species’ innate talents, he was quite confident in his defenses, but in terms of escape speed... indeed, he was no match for a third-stage Green Fire Luan!

Bang!

A flash of black descended, and the Mo Jade Kylin, stepping on the back of the Land Mountain Turtle, commanded, "Submit... or die!"

Typically, the higher the spiritual wisdom of monster beasts, the easier they are to subdue, since they understand the pros and cons and fear death...

"Roar!"

The Land Mountain Turtle still tried to struggle, but Fang Xi showed no mercy, spraying a burst of Wind Blades that almost pierced through its shell.

Thump Thump!

The two massive beasts tussled together, or rather, Fang Xi unilaterally dominating the scene, causing the ground to continuously tremble...

As time passed by...

Having almost fallen into a dead end, the Land Mountain Turtle suddenly spat out an earthy-yellow Demon Pill, within which a vivid little turtle made a bid to escape with a blink of teleportation.

Swoosh!

The next moment, the Divine Infant Sword loomed over the Demon Pill, an aura of deadly Demon Qi overflowing, making the little turtle inside repeatedly nod its head, "This old one is willing to submit, willing to submit..."

"Wouldn’t it have been over if you did this earlier?"

With a flash of blue light.

Fang Xi reverted to human form, taking out a copper ring, the spiritual treasure ’Beast-controlling ring’, and then tossed it.

Hum!

The Beast-controlling ring flew above the earthy-yellow Inner Core, encircling it with a simple loop and fitting over the Core.

The copper ring momentarily became ethereal, leaving only the runes in the form of chains like tattoos, branded on the surface of the Inner Core.

The ’Beast-controlling ring’ was designed specifically for use on monster beast Inner Dans.

The Inner Core of a transformed great demon is akin to a cultivator’s Nascent Soul, which is the fundamental weakness.

If its Inner Core and Divine Soul escaped, merely possessing any turtle-type monster beast would enable it to cultivate back to the fourth stage in no time!

"Beast-controlling ring?!"

Swallowing back his Inner Core and transforming into human form as well, Land Mountain Turtle wore a wry smile and gave Fang Xi a bow, "Master... this old one accepts defeat!"

"Not enough!"

Fang Xi shook his head, coldly declaring, "You also need to sign a servitude contract with me... Besides that, you should contribute a part of your essence soul to this item."

He flicked his wrist, and a magic treasure, the Thousand Demon Banner, appeared, bringing a bitter expression to Gui Shan’s face.

This master was truly cautious to the extreme.

He even found the restraint of the ’Beast-controlling ring’ insufficient, putting so many prohibitions on top, that even if he advanced to the fifth stage in the future, he might not be able to break free...

But Fang Xi obviously wasn’t going to leave him any leeway.

This monster was very cautious and astute, and being a fourth-stage transformed being, not to be underestimated!

He immediately applied every method he learned from his beast-taming inheritance, as well as a variety of prohibitive techniques from the Demon Path, and countless useful and perhaps useless secret skills, one after another on Gui Shan... causing the old creature to scream miserably...

...

Jade Island.

Beneath the Ancestral Demon Tree.

Fang Xi rested his head on his hands, seemingly taking a nap.

All of a sudden, he opened his eyes, revealing a hint of amusement.

Moments later, two streaks of escape light, one black, one yellow, came falling from the sky, revealing a Heterodox Nascent Soul and Land Mountain Turtle ’Gui Shan’!

Seeing the true self of Fang Xi, Gui Shan immediately shuddered, murmuring, "To think it’s the great divine skill of the second Nascent Soul... With your unfathomable Cultivation, master, your servant certainly doesn’t feel wronged in defeat..."

"Why would you belittle yourself, Gui friend?"

Fang Xi smiled faintly, as he always valued substance over empty reputations.

Since he had placed so many prohibitions on Gui Shan, it didn’t matter to give some verbal concessions.

"Do you know how to contact the Heavenly Phoenix Clan? And what instructions do they have for you?"

He immediately asked the key question.

"A youngster from the Heavenly Phoenix Clan came looking for me once... The clan has always been too proud, viewing us as inferiors due to our lineage, never giving us much thought... The task they gave me was merely to stir up a beast tide to disrupt the rear of the Immortal Cultivators..."

Gui Shan answered with a wry smile and then glanced at the Green Fire Luan beside him, a trace of strangeness in his eyes.

"Speak your mind!"

Noticing this, Fang Xi prompted, with a thoughtful tone.

"Please forgive this servant, master, but I just noticed this spiritual pet of yours has an exceptionally pure bloodline. If the Heavenly Phoenix Clan discovers it, it could indeed cause some trouble."

Gui Shan replied respectfully.

The Green Fire Luan had awakened the ’Azure Luan Flame’ divine skill, which had caught the eye of Fang Xi before, its talent and bloodline being extraordinary. Since the Heavenly Phoenix Clan was notoriously arrogant, they had a fierce hatred for human cultivators who dared enslave members of their own kind!