Stealthily cultivating in the chaotic world of demons and martial artists
Chapter 699 - 661: Settling Grudges_3

Chapter 699: Chapter 661: Settling Grudges_3

And the Purple Jade Dragon suddenly felt an immense terror descending upon it, a strong sense of foreboding flooding its heart and signaling a life-and-death crisis. It couldn’t help but be struck with intense regret: "I was careless. I never thought that a mere Transcendent God cultivator could actually..."

With a roar, its body exploded with a bang, transforming into dozens of hundred-zhang-long purple dragons. Some used water escape techniques to flee toward the Mysterious Dark Abyss, others tore through the air to escape, some used Blood Escape Skills, and others summoned a Mixed Origin Heavenly Umbrella to defend themselves. A few even charged at Fang Xi with a fatalistic ferocity.

Such a divide-and-escape strategy truly broadened Fang Xi’s horizons.

This elder dragon, having escaped the pursuit of various human race Transcendent God cultivators, indeed had some tricks up its sleeve when it came to fleeing for its life!

Alas...

The Supreme Northern Dipper Life-controlling Divine Light simply ignored all forms of hiding and escape, directly locking onto the enemy’s True Spirit!

Even cultivating a second Nascent Soul and other secret skills meant for circumventing calamities was utterly useless!

Whoosh!

A mysterious light flashed through the void.

The movements of those dozens of dragons suddenly froze.

Then...

A flash of purple light, and one after another, the dragons exploded, leaving only a two-thousand-zhang-long dragon corpse, which crashed down with a bang, smashing into the Mysterious Dark Sea!

The elder Transcendent God dragon—dead!

"Thankfully, it was already quite aged, with only five hundred years left of its lifespan; otherwise, if it were in its prime... It’s lifespan would be hard to guess," Fang Xi muttered to himself as the Mountain Sea Pearl transformed into a great radiance, his hands forming seals.

Dark roots emerged from the luminous portal, like tentacles, entwining around the massive dragon corpse before swiftly retracting back into the Mountain Sea Pearl.

He quickly cleared the battlefield, erasing any traces of aura and magical marks that could reveal his identity, and then transformed into a streak of light, vanishing into the horizon...

...

Several hours later.

A seabed in the Mysterious Dark Abyss.

The Mountain Sea Pearl lay quietly on top of the sediment, like a pearl lost in the ocean.

Inside the dongfu.

Fang Xi looked at the spiraling dragon corpse before him, still exuding a terrifying aura, and a hint of surprise flashed across his face: "This time, I really hit the jackpot..."

"Just this sixth-order dragon’s complete corpse alone, it’s hard to say how much it’s worth..."

"Not to mention, there are also the treasures from the Dragon Controlling Sect, and... that Mixed Origin Heavenly Umbrella!"

The umbrella, as it turned out, was fated to be with Fang Xi and once again returned to his possession.

"The Mixed Origin Heavenly Umbrella, adept at dissolving attacks from the Five Elements Spell, standing under it grants a bit of that taste of immunity from all laws... The most crucial point is that it can dissolve tribulation lightning!"

Just with that last effect alone, this ’Mixed Origin Heavenly Umbrella’ was a priceless treasure, one that almost caused the Dragon Controlling Sect to bankrupt itself.

Fang Xi, touching the surface of the umbrella, sent a sliver of magic power into it and discovered the magic imprint left by the old dragon.

It had already refined the umbrella, leaving behind a very stubborn imprint.

To slowly refine it could take decades of hard work!

Fortunately, Fang Xi had a broken piece of the umbrella’s surface and a spirit at hand. As long as he merged these two, refining the magic imprint would be effortlessly done.

"That Black Water Sect Transcendent God deliberately withheld the spirit, trying to covertly ruin the Dragon Controlling Sect... but he didn’t expect to dig his own grave."

"Luckily, his arrangement eventually succeeded, even if it was through my hands," Fang Xi mused.

Fang Xi did not immediately begin to refine this sixth-tier treasure of Returning to Emptiness but instead released his Divine Consciousness, searching inch by inch upon the Purple Jade Dragon’s body.

Finally, he noticed something amiss on the dragon’s right foreclaw.

"This ring of dragon scales is slightly larger..."

Fang Xi lifted the claw, grasping a dragon scale as terrifying giant strength erupted.

His physique was already exceptional, with a solid foundation, further tempered by the essence blood of various Monster Clans through the Thousands Demon Armor; his achievements in body refining were not to be underestimated.

With his full strength, phantoms of the Four Great Spirits faintly surfaced around him, accompanied by the sound of Ten Thousand Beasts Roar!

Spurt!

If the old Transcendent God dragon were still alive, Fang Xi might have some trouble pulling out a scale, but the dragon was already dead, its body no more than a lifeless husk.

With a slight effort, he immediately pulled out a purple dragon scale.

Beneath the scale, instead of tendons, flesh, and blood, there was a circle of cold, hard metal with complex and mysterious patterns.

Seeing this, Fang Xi’s eyes brightened; he quickly pulled off the surrounding scales to reveal a metal ring fitted around the claw.

This was naturally not a shackle, but the old dragon’s storage bracelet!

"Quite a tight defense..."

His Divine Consciousness probed inside, encountering a sturdy defense, and he couldn’t help but smile slightly.

When it came to cracking open Storage Bags and bracelets... he had plenty of experience.

After all, Fang Xi’s Divine Consciousness was always far superior to his peers, and he was an Array Grandmaster.

And since Storage Bags generally consisted of Divine Consciousness Prohibitions...

He was exceptionally skilled in both areas and also had extensive practical experience, making the decoding process swift.

Feeling resistance, he immediately began to decipher it.

"The Divine Consciousness of Monster beasts is considered weak; the Power of Divine Consciousness from this Transcendent God Flood Dragon seems even weaker than mine..."

A thought gradually formed in Fang Xi’s mind.

It didn’t take long before, with the help of ’Tai Yi,’ he identified several weaknesses and transformed his Divine Consciousness into a sharp spike, stabbing fiercely at a weak point in the prohibition.

Clatter!

A crisp sound emanated from the iron ring, as if something had shattered.

Filled with joy, Fang Xi gestured with his hand.

The iron ring offered no more resistance, emitting dark radiance and shrinking rapidly until it landed in the palm of his hand.