Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 475 - 473 Victory or Defeat (Seeking Monthly Pass)_1

Chapter 475: Chapter 473 Victory or Defeat (Seeking Monthly Pass)_1

"What?"

"That’s Yin Ji, Ghost Mother, in the mid-stage of Nascent Soul..."

Nangong Li was stepping on the only remaining head of Lord Tianlong, and when he saw this scene, he felt a chill run down his spine.

Although both were cultivators at the mid-stage of Nascent Soul, the Divine Skills and Magic Power of Yin Ji, Ghost Mother, were definitely far above hers.

Even back then, she was only slightly below Demon Lord Qi Sha.

Yet, in front of these three upper-rank fourth stage demonic beasts, she was like a child, easily torn apart and devoured...

Not even the Nascent Soul managed to escape.

"So Jin Chanzi had a taste for the aura of the divine demon mother? It truly is an undeserved disaster..."

After listening to the Four-eared Marmoset for a few sentences, Nangong Li looked at the three beams of Golden Light shooting straight towards the Seven Treasure Building Boat and couldn’t help but show a worried expression on her face.

Boom boom boom!

Golden Light flashed.

Seeing the three upper-rank fourth stage beasts from the Monster Clan charging at him, even Demon Lord Tian Du’s face betrayed a hint of horror.

Fang Xi sighed softly, a pitch-black seal appearing in his hand.

——The Life-Death Seal!

The next instant.

Above the Life-Death Seal, a phantom of an ancient tree emerged, lush with branches and stretching vines.

A mysterious light emerged from Fang Xi’s hand gestures, passed through the spinning seal, brushed out from the canopy of the Monster Tree, and lightly swept over those three Jin Chanzi.

"No matter how beautiful and powerful something is... in the end, it’s just a fleeting moment of splendor!"

Fang Xi remarked emotionally, watching as the life force of those three Jin Chanzi rapidly dissipated, their magic power fluctuations peaking in an instant, like a dazzling firework display...

Then...

Clack clack clack!

The three Jin Chanzi fell onto the deck, evidently dead!

Cause of death—exhaustion of lifespan!

’To dispel these three upper-rank fourth stage creatures of the Monster Clan cost less than ten years of lifespan, what a bargain!’

A flicker of joy crossed Fang Xi’s heart, then with a swift motion, he stepped forward, collected the corpses of the three Jin Chanzi, and shouted, "Tian Du... isn’t it time for you to make your move?"

Tian Du’s pupils constricted, then he gestured decisively without any hesitation.

"Ah!"

A piercing scream came from the cultivator known as ’Call for Demon Body’.

His entire body began to melt away inside a blood-red flame, from fur to flesh and blood, all being absorbed by the ’Summon Demon Order’ in his hands.

After feasting on fresh blood, various Blood Runes appeared on the ’Summon Demon Order’, wriggling like veins.

Then flesh and blood proliferated, transforming into a crimson door!

"Open!"

Demon Lord Tian Du, despite being weak, made a hand gesture.

Behind him, a massive Demon Shadow emerged, its huge demonic claw grabbing the door, and forcefully pushing it open.

Boom!

For a moment, Fang Xi thought he saw another world.

Thick Demon Qi spilled out from that blood-flesh door.

"Is it a descent? Is that the True Demon Realm on the other side?"

Fang Xi’s pupils slightly contracted, almost thinking that Demon Lord Tian Du was about to go down with his enemy.

"Hehehe!"

The next moment, accompanied by strange laughter, a pitch-black and ferocious head with seven horns protruded from the doorway.

Although each scale on this head appeared to be clearly defined, Fang Xi could keenly feel that it was not flesh and blood but...

’Body of Divine Thoughts? This ’Summon Demon Order’ can actually summon the Ancient Demon’s Divine Thoughts to cross the realms and descend?!’

"Little one..."

The massive head of the Ancient Demon looked at Demon Lord Tian Du, with reflections of a pupil within each of its six eyes: "You dare to summon my noble self... Are you prepared with the offerings I require?"

"Of course..."

Demon Lord Tian Du’s expression remained unchanged: "Just help us out, and the offerings will certainly not be lacking afterward..."

"Heh heh, I would actually prefer if you couldn’t provide the tribute, so that according to the contract, I could take your Nascent Soul as a delicacy..."

The head of the Ancient Demon chuckled, sticking out a purple tongue, then suddenly recited a few lines of an Ancient Demon Curse.

Woosh woosh!

The next moment, intense Demon Qi spread everywhere...

Fang Xi could even sense an indescribable force being drawn from between heaven and earth...

Heaven and Earth Primordial Energy swept up, abruptly turning into a tidal wave coming their way!

"Invoking the Power of Heaven and Earth, indeed it’s a Transcendent God Demon Lord!"

Fang Xi stepped back a few paces, and as the Demon Lord’s incantations were chanted, a series of pitch-black Demon Pearls appeared, then swiftly fell into the Blood Flesh Mud Swamp below.

Thump!

A scaly hand emerged abruptly, followed by a ferocious body, as it turned out that an Ancient Demon Tribe had climbed out from the blood and flesh!

And then, a second, a third...

Seven ancient demons manifested, their roars bellowed towards Elder Qing whose complexion had turned ashen.

Then, pitch-black wings grew from their backs, and with a strange cry, they seemed to form some sort of battle array, turning into a fierce demon light, hurtling toward the Monster Clan...

After accomplishing all this, the heads of the ancient demons gradually became illusory and eventually disappeared...

’The trump card of Departure Demon Palace is to summon a Transcendent God Demon Lord’s Divine Thought?’

Fang Xi watched the seven Nascent Soul stage ancient demons, his eyelids twitching slightly.

It seemed that shattering the barrier with Divine Thought might be easier than traversing the void with one’s flesh and blood, but it also required the deep cultivation of an ancient demon of the Transcendent God stage, the aid of a treasure, and an ally from the same realm to barely achieve it.

As for the power of this spell, it didn’t surprise him much.

It was just using the Divine Thought of a Transcendent God, drawing upon the Power of Heaven and Earth, and employing some sort of flesh and blood transformation method to create a few hastily formed ancient demons.

Although they had the strength of Nascent Souls, they were still defective products, similar to the few Jin Chanzi, not meant to last long.

’It’s just a pity, even the combination of the seven could barely compete against a late-stage Nascent Soul... they are far inferior to the three Jin Chanzi.’

Just as Fang Xi was comparing this in his mind, he heard Demon Lord Tian Du shout, "Today... the Monster Clan shall be annihilated!"

During this short moment, he had applied some secret skill to forcibly suppress his injuries, and even his magic power seemed to have recovered significantly.

"Kill!"

Bai Yunsou had already despaired, but then, he saw the three Jin Chanzi inexplicably die, while the seven Nascent Soul stage ancient demons emerged from the flesh and blood, slaughtering through the Monster Clan. He couldn’t help but show a relieved smile.

The Monster Clan was already at the end of its tether; these seven ancient demons were fresh forces capable of turning the tide of battle!

Screech!

At the critical moment, Elder Qing transformed into a huge green Heavenly Phoenix, spreading its wings to block the seven ancient demons, and shouted, "Thirteen, quickly leave!"

"Damn it!"

From atop the command platform, Feng Shisan, seeing the situation turn around, ground his teeth in frustration, but still shouted, "Sound the retreat... regroup!!"

Retreating at this time, although the low-ranking Monster beasts would suffer heavy losses, at least part of the Monster Clan’s primordial energy could be preserved!

The Nascent Soul elders from the opposite side naturally wouldn’t miss this opportunity. They each took out their most powerful talismans and spiritual treasures again, aiming to hold back the tier-four Monster Clan attempting to escape.

But these Transformed Great Demons revealed their true forms, each relying on their tough flesh and blood, and managed to stand their ground fearlessly...

...

Half a day later.

As the last Monster beast fell, this great battle between humans and monsters finally concluded.

Although... the outcome wasn’t perfect.

"Sigh... we were a bit too greedy," Fang Xi lamented with a sigh as he retracted the Green Barley Sword.

Naturally, he had his eyes set on Feng Shisan. However, the Heavenly Phoenix Clan was particularly adept at employing Void Divine Power. Once they started to flee, they were even more elusive than the Unfettered Duke.

His own Blood Kill Hall and Star Luo chessboard also possessed void attributes, but they seemed to be a notch below the Heavenly Phoenix.

Therefore, he failed to seal the escape every time, allowing his target to get away...

’If only I had the Divine Infant Sword... it would not have ended like this.’

Fang Xi inwardly vowed revenge, and looking up, he saw that Nangong Li, covered in blood-stained palace garments, was coming over. He couldn’t help but ask, "How did it go?"

He had only seen that Heavenly Phoenix Clan’s Elder Qing vanishing with the seven ancient demons and didn’t know the outcome.

"That top-tier tier-four Heavenly Phoenix fought through it all, forcibly holding back Demon Lord Tian Du and the seven ancient demons until their fleshly bodies collapsed, only then did they drift away..." Nangong Li lowered her voice: "But after this battle, the demon definitely suffered a great loss of primordial energy. Coupled with the dozen plus Transformed Great Demons left behind, along with countless lower-tier Monster beasts, this battle can be considered a resounding victory!"

"A resounding victory...?" Fang Xi’s gaze swept across the ravaged battlefield, and the Nascent Soul cultivators, seeing his glance, humbly bowed their heads, barely daring to meet his eyes.

...

Several days later.

Fang Xi turned into a green rainbow and left Icefiend Lake, still feeling somewhat sullen.

After the grand battle against the Monster Clan resulting in victory that greatly boosted the morale of the human race, Demon Lord Tian Du hosted a banquet for the Nascent Soul cultivators and settled the merits, fulfilling the promises made before the battle.

Fang Xi also obtained the ’Seven Emotions and Sorrows Script,’ other Demon Skills and secret techniques, along with many precious materials, all as compensation from Demon Lord Tian Du.

After all, Demon Lord Tian Du had implicitly guessed the Divine Power Fang Xi had employed, and even their meetings were a bit awkward.

No one could remain composed when they knew that the person opposite them held the power to control their life and death, particularly such great cultivators!

Nevertheless, Demon Lord Tian Du managed to hide this unease quite well and even provided Fang Xi many more rare materials than expected, leaving him very satisfied.

He had finally received a generous reward for the mercy shown by Tian Du.

However, as many Nascent Soul elders were enjoying their drinks, bad news came from Feng Country!

While Jiang Country’s Demon Path battled the Monster Clan, the cultivators of the Sky Pillar Alliance in Feng Country, led by Tian Xingzi, were fiercely engaging the Monster Clan there.

However, unfortunately, among the Monster Clan in Feng Country, in addition to Elder Luan, another tier-four mid-grade peak Monster beast ascended to the top-tier level in a short time!

This beast lurked aside and seized the moment when Tian Xingzi was battling with Elder Luan to strike fiercely, gravely injuring Tian Xingzi, forcing him to flee in his Nascent Soul form...

In this battle, the Sky Pillar Alliance’s largest stronghold was breached, many Nascent Soul elders were killed in battle, and only Tian Xingzi, leading a group of wounded survivors, was retreating towards Jiang Country, planning to join forces with the Demon Path...

Many Nascent Soul demons immediately slammed their cups down, cursing the Sky Pillar Alliance for incompetence.

As the news spread, Fang Xi lost all desire to celebrate. He was ready to go straight home...

But at that moment, his Escape Light shifted direction, instead flying towards the Ruyi Gate.

After all, the cultivation of his Demon Path Divine Consciousness still required the assistance of the Heavenly Concubine, and he also needed to find a Dongfu to organize his gains and go into seclusion for a period of cultivation...