Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 551 - 549: Black Taisui (Request for Monthly Tickets)_1

Chapter 551: Chapter 549: Black Taisui (Request for Monthly Tickets)_1

Whoosh!

The Sea Split Beast rode the Escape Light, flying to a region of the sea.

All around was desolate, the spiritual energy not very abundant, and there were no islands in sight.

Shui Lingxin silently closed her eyes for a moment, but a trace of joy appeared on her face, "The core of the Vast Sea Realm...the Vast Sea Palace is right here. I ask Senior to part the seas."

"This Sea Split Beast has average Divine Skills except for its talent to split mountains and part seas, which is indeed perfect for the task."

Fang Xi laughed heartily, stamping his foot.

The Sea Split Beast roared, opening its flood dragon’s maw.

A beam of strange light flew out, landing on the azure sea surface.

The next instant, a white line suddenly emerged, and then the seas on either side parted to the left and right, the area expanded by tenfold, a hundredfold more than before?

"Hmm?"

On the now dry seabed, Fang Xi saw an ancient bronze palace.

The palace was ancient and mottled, with many rust traces on the bronze walls, and it was covered with shellfish and algae.

"Something’s not right..."

He closed his eyes, scanned with his Divine Consciousness, and the palace seemed not to exist in his Divine Consciousness...

"It’s not being blocked, but rather it’s like an invisibility effect!"

Fang Xi muttered in his heart, "This seems to be some kind of Array... It’s rather interesting."

He could now be sure that although the Bronze Vast Sea Palace seemed weathered, the Array was still operational, and the overall condition must be quite good.

’That means...all kinds of Prohibitions are still in place, which is indeed a bit troublesome.’

Fang Xi retracted the Sea Split Beast, and together with Shui Lingxin, approached the great door of the Bronze Palace.

Seeing the door firmly closed, he snorted coldly, his fingers flicking gently.

Taiyi Green Wood Divine Light transformed into an extremely fine green silk thread, landing on the bronze palace door.

Humming!

Above the bronze door, runes flowed with dazzling light, forming a Prohibition, and repelled the Taiyi Green Wood Divine Light with a flick!

"This place’s Prohibition is extraordinary; I fear that even a Transcendent God would find it difficult to forcefully break through..."

Fang Xi concluded, "Next... it’ll be up to you, Fairy."

He smiled slightly, his hands tucked into his sleeves, and in an inaudible manner, planted the ’Fortune Worm’ on Shui Lingxin.

This woman not only had a Spirit Body and superior Spiritual Root, but she was also taken as a closed-door disciple by a Transcendent God, so her fortune was naturally extraordinary!

But Fang Xi did not take harsh measures, and through the ’Taiyi Sutra’, ordered the ’Fortune Worm’ to just lie dormant.

The most crucial part was to mark the woman’s location, lest she threw him off using various Prohibitions as soon as she entered the Bronze Palace, or even harbored malicious intentions.

’If this woman has any conspiracies, the Fortune Worm will be good for countering them... If her fortune gets diminished, there might be an unfortunate mishap, and she would reap what she sowed, and it would be the same regarding treasures and opportunities...’

Fang Xi watched Shui Lingxin, with her hands on the bronze door, her eyes narrowing slightly.

After a moment, Shui Lingxin opened her eyes.

The Bronze Hall suddenly roared, erupting with intense spiritual light.

The mottled walls instantly renewed, and the various shells and algae disappeared. A thick spiritual light burst toward the sky, stirring the wind and clouds, creating astonishing heavenly phenomena!

"What is going on?"

Fang Xi frowned, looking at Shui Lingxin.

Shui Lingxin bit her lip, her hands pushing forward.

Boom!

The great doors of the Bronze Palace opened suddenly, revealing an unfathomable darkness beyond.

"Reporting to Senior, strange phenomena must occur when the Bronze Hall opens... It’s impossible to conceal this. Inside the hall, Divine Consciousness is suppressed, and there are three layers... The Heart of Vast Sea is on the third layer," Shui Lingxin said.

Shui Lingxin continued, "Once we enter the Bronze Palace, we will be transported to the first layer to undergo a sort of trial..."

"A trial? It seems the inner space here has also been specially forged..."

Fang Xi murmured to himself, looking at Shui Lingxin to see if she had anything else to say.

"As soon as we enter through the great doors, we should be separated and undergo the trial individually..."

Shui Lingxin said, "Senior need not worry, I have my own protective methods. We can meet on the third layer."

Fang Xi looked at Shui Lingxin thoughtfully, then up at the sky where the unusual phenomena were occurring, and smiled, "Alright then..."

The two entered the Vast Sea Palace together, and with a flash of light, both their forms disappeared.

Shortly after, a white Escape Light swept in, and it turned out to be the Old White Bone Demon!

He looked at the ancient Bronze Palace on the seabed, suddenly gritted his teeth, and plunged straight into it.

Not long after, more Escape Lights appeared, among them both Nascent Souls and Core Formation cultivators, clearly attracted by the extremely astonishing phenomena.

"Heavenly phenomena are changing, could it be that a great treasure has been born?"

"Alas...this place has become a ground of conflict, we mere Core Formation cultivators, could we possibly snatch from the hands of those Nascent Soul old monsters? Let’s go, let’s go..."

"If we do not take a chance now, how shall we condense a Nascent Soul in the future? This treasure might be fated for me..."

Most mature and not-so-powerful cultivators, seeing this scene, shook their heads and left.

While some headstrong Core Formation cultivators followed the Nascent Soul cultivators ahead, charging into the ancient Bronze Palace...

...

Darkness surged.

Fang Xi remained composed, using the Taiyi Green Wood Divine Light to form a green light shield enveloping his entire body, with the Five Elements Ring in his hand.

After a dizzying whirl, he found himself in a different world.

He extended his Divine Consciousness outwards, yet found it as heavy as a thousand jins. His Divine Consciousness, which previously could spread hundreds of miles, could now only cover a few miles around.

"To actually be able to suppress my Divine Consciousness... A five-tier Array!"

Fang Xi murmured to himself, already preparing to use the "Treasures of All Heavens" to escape should an accident occur.

At this moment, his suppressed Divine Consciousness could only detect that this place was a swamp.

Meanwhile, Fang Xi felt an indistinct danger somewhere within.

Without hesitation, he recited an arcane spell.

In an instant, a set of armor in red and azure appeared on him, the very Heaven Phoenix Flood Dragon Armor!

The Five Elements Ring transformed into a five-colored lotus that slowly rotated above Fang Xi’s head.

The next instant, his eyes narrowed slightly and his fingers flicked rapidly, sending beams of Taiyi Green Wood Divine Light into the swamp.

Plop!

Water splashed wildly, and out of it leapt a pitch-black ’lump of flesh’!

Upon seeing this ’lump of flesh,’ Fang Xi couldn’t help but freeze, for it seemed to be a...

"Taisui?! A black Taisui? Black Taisui? Is this another bloodline variation?"

Fang Xi murmured, his expression growing solemn.

For this Black Taisui’s Demon Qi had shockingly reached the upper fourth-tier level!

’If Shui Lingxin also encountered danger of this level, she probably wouldn’t have made it... Maybe it depends on each individual’s cultivation?’

Although this Black Taisui possessed fourth-tier upper level cultivation, Fang Xi didn’t care much about it.

After all, a Taisui’s combat power is basically nil!

The one he owned had been sliced for meat for so many years and couldn’t even bother to resist, no, to move a muscle!

"After a bloodline variation, this one is quite active..."

With a mindset to try out his skills, Fang Xi sent the Green Barley Sword flying out directly. It transformed into a hundred-yard long cyan Flood Dragon, bearing its fangs and claws as it pounced down.

Hum hum!

Beams of earthy-yellow brilliance twinkled on the Black Taisui’s body, causing the ground to tremble. Several ’Mixed Yuan Stones’ emerged and smashed towards the cyan Flood Dragon.

Plop!

The Green Barley Sword, exceedingly sharp, cut through the earthen Mixed Yuan Stones that had been through tempering with ease.

The Sword Light, undiminished in momentum under the drive of Fang Xi’s Magic Power, saw the Flood Dragon’s claws reach out, tearing through the defensive barrier around the Black Taisui as if a Cloud Dragon’s claws, and then landed on the Taisui’s body.

Plop!

The Black Taisui was ripped open, revealing a deep wound.

Yet eerily, there was no sign of blood flowing out from the wound...

"Quickly!"

Fang Xi formed a Sword Table with his hands, and the Green Barley Sword suddenly transformed into countless cyan threads, continuously slicing the Black Taisui to bits.

The Black Taisui emitted a low roar, unable to withstand this ’Thread Making Sword’ technique, as chunks of Flesh and Blood were swiftly cut away...

"Gave me a scare, it seems even a fourth-tier upper level Black Taisui with a variation in strength is only at the bottom among monster beasts of the same tier..."

Fang Xi murmured, then suddenly his expression changed.

Chirp chirp!

The Heaven Phoenix Flood Dragon Armor sounded inexplicably, and flames emerged from the armor, burning the Void.

Fang Xi’s expression changed, "Tai Yi!"

"Master, the proportion of certain special particles in the Void has increased... suspected to have activity... It is recommended to avoid inhalation into the body."

Tai Yi’s sweet voice sounded.

"Really now..."

Fang Xi gave a wry smile, "I never thought that a trick often used on others would one day be turned on me... Luckily, I know the cause, so it’s not a big problem."

He changed his Sword Table, and in an instant, the Cyan Light Needle vanished from sight.

And if one were to shrink their point of view down to the Flying Rice scale, they would see countless invisible ’Invisible Needles’ piercing rapidly through spore-like entities.

These spores spread incessantly from the Black Taisui’s body, apparently filling the entire Void!

"This Black Taisui’s innate Divine Skill must be the Incarnation of Ten Thousand... If I hadn’t already considered how to counter the Green Barley Sword and worn the Heaven Phoenix Flood Dragon Armor, it would have been somewhat troublesome..."

A flash of light appeared in Fang Xi’s hand, and a small grey tower emerged, emitting a layer of grey-white light, enveloping him entirely.

The Black Taisui spores, which could penetrate the halo of the Five Elements Ring, suddenly disappeared upon entering this layer of grey-white light!

Using a Treasure of Void to defend against a Flying Rice spiritual treasure, this was also a valuable experience gained by the Demon Clan after suffering painful lessons!

This Black Taisui was simply unlucky; with this technique, it might have been able to kill 99% of cultivators in the world.

It just so happened that Fang Xi had previously also been fond of using Invisible Needles and had already pondered over countermeasures had he been thus targeted.

Now, regardless of the trace amounts of spores in the Void, or, to say, the Black Taisui’s incarnation existed, they could hardly penetrate the layer of Void light, effectively declawing the tiger.

Therefore, Fang Xi hesitated no more. The Five Elements Ring flew out, transforming into a giant five-colored lotus, heavily smashing onto that lump of Black Taisui!

The Green Barley Sword followed closely behind, countless invisible filaments cutting through the Black Taisui and suddenly converging in the middle!

The Black Taisui exploded fiercely and was then burned to almost nothing by the beams of Yi Wood True Fire in mid-air.

Fang Xi raised his hand and called back the spiritual treasures, a black Demon Pill landing in his palm.

After all this, the world around him suddenly changed.

He found himself transported inside a pavilion, in front of him a line of Ancient Seal Script, and three glowing jade platforms.

"To kill a demon and be meritorious... to choose any one of the three?"

Fang Xi murmured, reading the Ancient Seal Script.