Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 529 - 527: Formation (Performing - 52 Shortages)_1

Chapter 529: Chapter 527: Formation (Performing Chapter 52 Shortages)_1

"Ao Ao!"

On Jade Island.

Xiao Qing transformed into human form, laughing as she grabbed Daqing, allowing Daqing to display the size-changing technique, appearing just like a green snake.

Daqing, however, looked towards the fast-approaching Fang Xi, and at the Biyi Tube in the master’s hands, with panic continuously transmitting from its Divine Consciousness.

"What’s there to be afraid of? Only children fear injections!"

Fang Xi said soothingly, "Rest assured, this ’Sky Demon Qi’ has been weakened and transformed, it shouldn’t kill a demon..."

"Besides, this is an opportunity to breakthrough to the fourth rank... If word got out, countless third-rank high-quality Monster beasts would be envious of you!"

"Yeah, yeah, Master, stop wasting words with this long worm!"

Xiao Qing, taking pleasure in Daqing’s misfortune, pinched Daqing’s neck and stretched it towards Fang Xi’s palm.

Fang Xi was not polite, the Biyi Tube produced a metal needlehead, which he directly inserted into Daqing’s body, then with a slight push, that wisp of ’Sky Demon Qi’ entered Daqing’s body.

Humph... "If it weren’t for the fact that my lord urgently needs the fourth-rank Jiao Dragon Blood Essence, this good fortune wouldn’t fall upon you."

He snorted coldly, gesturing Xiao Qing to toss Daqing aside.

Daqing revealed its true body, transforming into a tens of zhang long green Jiao Dragon. At this moment its body was covered in bulges, under its scales, it looked as if countless little mice were scurrying about, letting out pitiful cries!

However, its Demon Qi was steadily rising.

"Wow, Daqing has become even tougher!"

Xiao Qing also clapped her hands, laughing happily.

Upon hearing this, Fang Xi couldn’t help but cast a sidelong glance at this Green Fire Luan.

After swallowing most of the Phoenix Origin Pills left by Elder Qing, this Green Fire Luan’s Demon Qi had reached the peak of the fourth-rank low-quality, not far from mid-quality.

It seems, even if Daqing successfully transforms, it would not escape the fate of being bullied and beaten...

Boom!

Nine Heavens Dragon Roar Sky Thunder Shock!

Following Daqing’s high-pitched dragon chant, its body size suddenly broke through to a hundred zhang, its horn on its head forked, becoming even more majestic.

Accompanying this were countless fish-scale clouds that appeared in the sky, with flashes of blue lightning, turning into a fall of thunder!

Transformation Thunder Tribulation!

Fang Xi beckoned with his hand, and retreated to the side with Xiao Qing, silently watching.

The commotion on Jade Island immediately attracted the attention of numerous cultivators, but the lesson of being penalized into bankruptcy previously by a group of Nascent Soul old freaks made many cultivators dare not step over the boundary.

Only two beams of Escape Light landed beside Fang Xi, namely the Demon Lord Tian Du and Nangong Li.

"No need to be nervous, it’s just one of my Spiritual Beasts undergoing tribulation..."

Fang Xi waved his hand, looking at the successive heavenly thunders striking down.

Daqing, in turn, struggled to lift its upper body, spewing out large clumps of Demon Qi in defense, occasionally absorbing stray lightning into its Monster Body, the blue glow on its scales suddenly intensifying.

"So that’s how it is..."

Demon Lord Tian Du glanced at Xiao Qing discreetly, the corner of his eye twitching: ’If this Blue Dragon succeeds in transforming, then it would be a fourth-rank Jiao Dragon and Heavenly Phoenix... This Dragon Fish Island’s Lord Master, indeed, has an irreconcilable feud with the Monster Clan...’

Boom!

Suddenly, another thunderbolt fell.

That majestic Heavenly Might made even Xiao Qing unconsciously cling tightly to Fang Xi’s sleeve.

Crack!

The eighth thunderbolt fell, striking Daqing to the ground.

A hundred zhang long Jiao Dragon bathed in blood, emitting a mournful cry.

"This is bad, this Jiao Dragon probably won’t survive the last thunderbolt..."

Nangong Li blurted out.

Fang Xi, however, remained unmoved, looking coldly at Daqing.

Boom!

The ninth thunderbolt thundered down, fire and lightning collided, striking the body of the Blue Dragon, blasting its body to shreds!

"It failed... No, that’s not right!"

Nangong Li reached out a hand, catching a piece of Daqing’s flesh, only to find it wasn’t flesh and blood, but—a skin?!

"The Art of the Golden Cicada’s Shell Shedding..."

Fang Xi stroked his chin, "This Daqing... indeed mastered the life-saving secret skill from the ’Sky Demon Slaying Immortal Tactics’ to perfection..."

After the nine heavenly thunders, the sky suddenly cleared.

With a rustle!

The earth parted in all directions, and Daqing, looking worse for wear, crawled out, raising its Jiao Dragon head and letting out a roar: "Roar!"

In its skyward roaring, Daqing’s body coiled, and immediately, it was enveloped by mists, transforming into a giant green egg.

Crack!

Crack!

Not long after, the eggshell broke apart, and a figure emerged.

That was a half Jiao half human figure, its face covered with blue scales, with two small horns on its head.

"Master... Master..."

Daqing stuttered.

"Good, you’ve finally reached the fourth rank..."

Fang Xi nodded, "You haven’t disappointed me in wasting that tube of Sky Demon Qi... Now that you’ve advanced to the fourth rank, offer up half of your origin blood essence!"

Daqing immediately froze in place...

Indeed, even though the fish had advanced to the fourth rank, was it still destined for the pot?

...

In the Evergreen Hall.

Fang Xi played with a vial of Jiao Dragon Blood Essence, then looked toward Demon Lord Tian Du. "So you’re saying... the beast tide has already appeared within Martial Kingdom?"

"That’s right... Given the speed of the beast tide, I’m afraid it will reach Thousand Island Lake in just a few days."

A tinge of gloom colored Demon Lord Tian Du’s expression.

This beast tide included fifth-stage Heavenly Phoenixes!

He had never dared to confront them before, always fleeing directly when the opponent was still thousands of miles away.

But now, with the South Wilderness overturned, there was no way to avoid it!

No... perhaps they could hide in Great Dream Marsh; that was the last plan of the righteous and demon paths!

"It’s just right... The Great Array I’ve been working on is also complete."

Fang Xi turned into a streak of green Escape Light and arrived above Jade Island.

From the sky above, the gourd-shaped Jade Island was now mostly covered by the canopy of an Ancestral Demon Tree!

He arrived at the top of the canopy, and the ’Taiyi Sutra’ floated up in his hands!

There was no better central prohibition object for the ’Yin Yang Nine Nether Mysterious Wood Array’ than the ’Taiyi Sutra’.

"Tai Yi..."

Fang Xi spoke, "Operate the ’Yin Yang Nine Nether Mysterious Wood Array’!"

"As you wish, Master..."

The artificial intelligence Tai Yi immediately activated the program that had long been set up.

Boom!

Above Jade Island, the Monster Tree roared, and a black beam of light shot up into the sky!

Following that... were ’Dragon Fish Island,’ ’Maple Leaf Island,’ ’Golden Turtle Island,’ ’Ling Kong Island’!

Above the islands, the cultivated fourth-stage Spiritual Veins roared, transforming into beams of light, with countless densely packed runes flashing within, connecting into a series of prohibitions.

Whoosh!

A layer of black mist spread out, centering on Jade Island, steadily diffusing outward.

Within Dragon Fish Island and other dependent spiritual islands, countless black mists also emerged, forming a wall of mist that even spread to the territory of Yue Country’s Yu County!

"Is this really a super Great Array covering Thousand Island Lake?"

Demon Lord Tian Du felt the might of the Great Array, his face unavoidably solemn, "Could it be that Dragon Fish Island’s Lord Master is a fifth-stage Array Master? But even for a fifth-stage Array Master, setting up such a Great Array would require a lot of assistance from lower-stage Array Masters... How could it be done by one person alone?"

He had no idea that with ’Tai Yi’ present, it was as if he had a group of top Array Masters assisting him.

Since the ’Yellow Turban Strongman’ and ’nanomachine’ factories were established, the speed had become even faster.

"Old buddy, it’s your turn now!"

Fang Xi stamped his foot.

The Ancestral Demon Tree roared, a barrier of the Demon Realm opened, and in an instant, it enveloped the entire Jade Island!

Not only that, this Demon Realm barrier stretched far and wide, even encompassing the whole Thousand Island Lake.

If one were to look down from a great height at this moment, they would find that the whole Thousand Island Lake had turned dark, like an inky egg.

Fang Xi still took a shortcut; his true Array Taoist accomplishments were still at the fourth stage, but with the help of the ’Taiyi Sutra,’ he was already at close to the fifth stage!

With the Ancestral Demon Tree’s Demon Realm added on, this ’Yin Yang Nine Nether Mysterious Wood Array’ should have stepped into the ranks of the fifth stage!

"With a third-stage array, one could create a domain of its own, shift the void, and now it’s even more effortless..."

Fang Xi sent out one talisman after another, astonishingly all ancient jade talismans engraved with Phoenix Seal Script!

He had long incorporated his understanding of teleportation arrays and the Void into this fifth-stage Great Array.

Around the Monster Tree, several disk-like Void Passages opened up, the Ancestral Demon Tree roared, and numerous tendrils and vines burrowed into them...

Above Dragon Fish Island, a Qi Root suddenly descended, quickly drawing in spiritual energy, rapidly growing into a towering tree that blocked out the sky!

This was an offshoot of the Ancestral Demon Tree, which inherently had the ability to become a forest from a single tree.

On the other spiritual islands, various offspring of the Monster Tree rapidly grew, and even at the edge of the mist surrounding Thousand Island Lake, there were tendrils and Qi Roots, seemingly forming a colossal wooden prison!

"This..."

Outside Jade Island, a group of Nascent Soul old monsters watched with twitching eyes.

With the terrifying might of the Great Array as it was now, they felt they could be ground to dust at any moment, without even a chance to run away!

"No wonder Dragon Fish Island’s Lord Master only asked us to be laborers... Turns out he didn’t need us to make a move at all!"

An old Nascent Soul cultivator with white beard and hair sighed as he stroked his beard.

"A fifth-stage Great Array!"

Another Array Master’s eyes shone as though he’d seen a deity, "To be able to set up such a Great Array, Dragon Fish Island’s Lord Master is actually a fifth-stage Array Master... This is perfect, if so, even the fifth-stage Heavenly Phoenixes of the Monster Clan might not risk a backlash of spiritual power to forcefully break the array!"

The rest of the Nascent Soul old monsters nodded in agreement.

Cultivators were mostly selfish and self-serving, and with most of the South Wilderness now under their control, the Heavenly Phoenix Clan should not be so foolhardy as to exterminate them, the last seeds of the Cultivation World, right?

To risk their origin suffering for the sake of just over a dozen Nascent Soul cultivators would be highly unworthy.

"The Yin Yang Nine Nether Mysterious Wood Array is complete... The next step is..."

Fang Xi stepped forward, moving through the Void within the array like teleportation, and appeared instantly in the factory on Jade Island.

There, towers as tall as a thousand feet, the Star Towers, had been rebuilt.

"Prepare to ignite and ascend!"

He called out lightly, the power of the Great Array enveloped the Star Tower, and in a blink, one tower was sent high into the sky.

Following that came the second, then the third!

Fang Xi was not about to believe that the Heavenly Phoenix Clan would let him off. Not to mention the debt at Green Emperor Mountain, even the previous matter with Elder Qing meant that both sides were already locked in a life-or-death struggle.

These Origin Soul magical weapons were prepared for the transcendent gods of the Monster Race!