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Chapter 279 - 231: Battle with the Golden Core (Please Subscribe)

Chapter 279: Chapter 231: Battle with the Golden Core (Please Subscribe)

Yun Qingmiao felt a sudden heaviness in her sea of consciousness.

When she regained her senses, she saw three corpses falling from mid-air.

"What... What happened?"

She was completely bewildered, turning to look at the equally clueless twelve elders.

Their survival was mostly thanks to Fang Xing.

To him, Foundation Establishment cultivators were now mere ants, not deemed high-level cultivators, and thus not worthy of even one palm force from him.

Otherwise, today would have marked the Yun Family’s annihilation.

Whoosh!

As if just coming to their senses, the gathered Foundation Establishment cultivators scattered like birds and beasts, each fleeing for their lives.

Originally, they were only there to fight a winning battle due to an edict from the Xuantian Sect.

When facing death, the first choice was certainly to escape.

After all... the Immortal Path values self-preservation!

Fang Xing couldn’t care less about these ants and instead turned his attention to Huo Moqing, "Not bad, you’re very good..."

Although it was just a greeting, the way he nonchalantly caught Fang Xing’s palm, he did have some abilities!

Indeed, coming from the Xuantian Sect made a difference!

"Third Rank, Top Grade Body Cultivation... Quasi Fourth Rank divine sense attack method, and it’s wide-ranging too... Are you the Daoist Guardian of the Immortal Golden Core? Which power do you hail from?"

Huo Moqing fixed his gaze on Fang Xing: "Among the eight great Nascent Soul sects of Da Jing, you should not exist... So, is it a secluded single-vein inheritance?"

Countless fortunes could be found within the Cultivation World, and anything could happen.

Even among the eight Nascent Soul sects, there had been changes throughout history.

Huo Moqing even knew that the Cultivation World had once seen several Nascent Soul loose cultivators who did not establish sects or Immortal Cultivation families, but chose master-disciple succession, sometimes taking only one or two per generation, forming a special hidden lineage.

"Or perhaps... from the Hanhai side?"

He was not one to observe the sky from the bottom of a well; he was well aware of the Immortal Cultivation World on the Hanhai side and knew that Nascent Soul cultivators could initially come into contact with Void Power.

And above the sect’s secret scriptures, it recorded occurrences of the Void Storm suddenly descending, tearing apart the void, and taking several cultivators millions of miles away!

While in such events, most cultivators were more likely to die in the Void Storm.

There were also fortunate survivors, and such cultivators, often favored by great fortunes, would go far on the path of cultivation.

’The more this is so, the more he must be killed!’

Huo Moqing, looking at those fleeing cultivators, revealed a chilling, cruel smile on his face as his hands suddenly formed a gesture.

"Ah!"

At one of the spirit vein nodes, a Yun Family disciple responsible for guarding an Array Flag suddenly screamed, "It... it’s madly drawing my mana, my foundation is being destroyed..."

Before his words finished, his sea of qi shattered, and the man seemed to age ten years.

Not only that, but even after the mana was depleted, the suction within the Array did not dissipate and crazily devoured the person’s qi and essence blood, turning him into a dried-up corpse.

The same scene unfolded at various Array Flag and Array Plate deployment sites.

Originally, the Yun Family and Daluo Alliance cultivators, keen to please Elder Jin Liu, sent forth elite disciples and even Foundation Establishment cultivators, in charge of guarding various Array nodes and even actively poured in their mana to reduce spirit stone consumption.

Now, they all became sacrifices!

As many lives vanished, the moon above in the sky dome also took on a layer of blood.

"Hm?"

Fang Xing suddenly noticed a touch of blood within the swirling mists around him.

A beam of Foundation Establishment spiritual light shot into the Array and was instantly corroded, turning into a pool of liquid.

A Spiritual Artifact fell and immediately dimmed its light, and with a thunderous shatter, collapsed in mid-air.

"Is this... a Demon Array?"

Yun Qingmiao, fleeing the scene, seemed to realize something and her expression changed, "No good... this is not the life gate previously directed by that man, but... a death gate!"

The next moment, a thick fog rolled in and swept her away.

As Yun Qingmiao met her demise, a look of regret flashed across her beautiful face: "That person... is definitely not Elder Jin!"

Hiss!

The scarlet mist rolled, swallowing up a vast number of Yun Family, Daluo Alliance, and even loose cultivators.

In an instant, Three Python Mountain transformed from a blessed Immortal land into a place of ghastly horror!

"A Demon Array? Quasi Fourth Rank Array? Seems lacking still..."

Fang Xing sighed as he looked around.

"You’ve surprised me, I can no longer hold back."

With a sigh, Huo Moqing’s hands suddenly revealed a White Bone Demon Banner.

The banner was made of bone as a pole, beast skin as the banner, and had countless ferocious souls whirling and wailing on it.

With a light wave, numerous living souls appeared and rushed towards the banner to be absorbed inside.

Among those souls, Fang Xing saw several faces he had just encountered, including those of Luo Tian and other Jiedan Cultivators.

"My ’Ten Thousand Soul Banner’ here is both a Magic Treasure and an Array Treasure... Combined with the external Third Rank, Top Grade grand array, its power could rise further! Approaching Quasi Fourth Level!"

Huo Moqing touched the White Bone Banner pole affectionately: "With the assistance of so many cultivators’ essence blood from this place, the power of my treasure will surely advance further... Aren’t you worried about your junior? He has only just achieved Core Formation and might not be able to withstand the might of my Ten Thousand Souls Blood Transformation Array!"

As his words faded, thick viscous red mist began to erode the peaks of the mountains.

Outside Fang Xing’s Cave Mansion, the Quasi Third Rank Array that served as a disguise was continuously corroded until it finally burst apart with a loud bang.

Crash!

A layer of azure water ripples emerged, endlessly entangling with the scarlet fog, a deadlock that neither could overcome.

"A quasi fourth-rank Array?"

Fear flickered across Huo Moqing’s face, "You indeed have an extraordinary background..."

His mind stirred, and he suddenly thought of his own mission. Initially, knowing that the other party had just reached Core Formation, he didn’t harbor a shred of doubt.

After all, how could a Foundation Establishment Cultivator possibly kill Junior Brother Shi?

But if this Daoist Guardian were also involved, then it would be a different story.

"Was it you who killed my junior brother?"

With a burning heart, Huo Moqing activated the Ten Thousand Soul Banner, and the power of the great Array thundered down, as one ghost after another, each with fierce green faces and ferocious teeth, leaped out, all at the third level!

Fang Xing brought his five fingers together, and golden Divine Mountains emerged in the void.

The Divine Mountains suppressed the prison, crushing the ferocious ghosts!

This cultivator gave him a feeling vastly different from the weaklings he had encountered before.

Not only did he withstand his Martial Arts Will but he also possessed an Array and top-grade Magic Treasures.

’Indeed... sometimes the gap between Core Formation Cultivators is wider than that between heaven and earth... Is this person actually a seventh-realm combatant?’

’If I do not resort to using the hidden move of the Great Sun Tathagata Divine Palm, then I can only hope to break through to Vajra on the spot or master the reduced version of the third move of the simplified Tathagata Divine Palm beyond Sky-covering Hand and Five-Finger Mountain.’

Clad in the Ten Thousand Beasts Armor and wielding the Ghost Head Saber, Fang Xing pondered in secret.

These two treasures were actually somewhat lagging behind his progress, but at least they provided some assistance.

’Forget it... I’ll just play around with him casually... Once the Cultivation Avatar comes out of seclusion, it will be a true eighth-realm combat power, and I will cut him down with a single sword.’

With that thought, Fang Xing infused mana into the Ghost Head Saber, making the ghost head of the saber roar.

Then, together with the Martial Arts Will, he charged grandly towards Huo Moqing, "I’ve killed too many, which one is your junior brother?"

Whoosh!

With a swift motion, Fang Xing beheaded a third-level fierce ghost with his saber.

The Ghost God Saber—meant to cut down ghosts and gods, found fitting use here in slicing through fierce ghosts.

A drop of blood pearl emerged between Huo Moqing’s eyebrows, turning into a blood streak.

Two beams of demon light shone from his eyes, though his face still maintained the visage of Jin Liu, "Mo Yun Immortal City!"

"Haha... so that’s how it is."

Fang Xing burst into loud laughter, the Myriad Beasts Armor on his body resonating with the roars of countless beasts. He stomped his foot, and the void seemed to solidify into tangible steps at that moment, which he used to rush forward, reaching right in front of Huo Moqing, holding the saber with both hands, and slashing down thunderously.

Huo Moqing revealed a hint of a smile, "It’s really you!"

He flicked his finger, and a crystal-like round shield materialized, which happened to be yet another top-grade, third-rank Magic Treasure.

The crystal round shield stably blocked the Ghost Head Saber, sparking a trail of fire.

Not just that, Fang Xing felt an intense cold sensation travel along the blade, the handle... all the way to his palms.

Seeing this, Huo Moqing’s joy grew even more intense.

This ’Mystic Ice Shield’ of his was forged from the East Sea’s Eternal Ice, and within, he had even cultivated the ’Deep Sea Ghost Flame’!

This flame was of a yin nature, ranked among the top ten cold flames of Da Jing. Although it was closer to the last on the list, even a touch of it would freeze a Golden Core Cultivator’s Magic Body stiff.

With this move, he had secretly killed countless rival cultivators.

But soon, the smile on Huo Moqing’s face froze.

"It’s quite chilly..."

Fang Xing nodded, and the Tiger Head Saber cleaved down again, seemingly unaffected by the prior cold.

Huo Moqing’s expression darkened, his figure light as a dandelion puff, flying backward as he tossed out a handful of Talismans.

Various colorful lights formed a defense, which was cleaved in two by Fang Xing’s saber.

However, he soon frowned.

Because suddenly, behind him, two ghostly claws appeared!

It was the fierce ghosts from the Ten Thousand Soul Banner that had somehow escaped the suppression of the ’Five-Finger Mountain’, the dark green claws viciously pressing down onto the Myriad Beasts Armor, leaving two abhorrent black palm prints.

Huo Moqing himself was enveloped in a shield formed by condensed Golden Core True Essence, with the ’Mystic Ice Shield’ and ’Ten Thousand Soul Banner’ Magic Treasures floating around him.

Seeing the ferocious Fang Xing, who was outrageously strong, his previously dark face now wore a hint of gentleness, "Such a strong physique... if taken for corpse refining, I’m sure our Corpse Refining Department would be most delighted."

"I must deal with this one quickly, then kill that Golden Core Cultivator... otherwise, the people from Xuantian Sect are almost here."

With this thought in mind, Huo Moqing stopped holding back and touched his Heavenly Spirit.

Amidst the flickering blue light, the ’Nine Infant Pearl’ flew out.

"Go!"

He chanted complex and obscure incantations, and several drops of Essence Blood, along with his mana, were all infused into the ’Nine Infant Pearl’.

The Nine Infant Pearl suddenly shone brightly, turning into a green Meteor, hitting Fang Xing instantaneously!

Fang Xing’s expression changed, as the Myriad Beasts Armor cracked inch by inch, revealing a chest that emitted a layer of golden light.

Bang!

He was sent flying like a cannonball, crashing heavily into the mountain summit, creating a huge crater.

"Another top-grade Magic Treasure... no, seems even stronger."

Fang Xing wiped the corner of his mouth, circulating the ’Dragon Elephant Vajra Invincible Divine Power’ around his body, standing up as if nothing had happened.

"Not bad for a Body Cultivator, but alas, there will be no next time."

Huo Moqing’s eyes were cold as he formed hand seals.

From the ’Nine Infant Pearl’, suddenly there came a shriek like the wail of an infant...

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