Chapter 352 - 96: Prince Consort
A chilling sword light transformed into a massive tableau of a vast ocean, unfurling across the sky to bear down on the two women.
Now, it was their turn to experience the same pressure the giant pythons had just endured.
Incomparably sharp sword light crisscrossed as it poured down. The two women were horrified and hastily unleashed various Defensive Divine Techniques to resist. However, under the assault of the Tier Three Flying Sword, their defeat was only a matter of moments.
The seductive woman called out in a charming voice, "Fellow Daoist, please show mercy."
Above the Nether Sea Sword Diagram, Fang Cheng watched the two third-tier Demon Cultivators with an indifferent expression, not saying a word.
The cold, beautiful woman wore a resolute expression, not as quick to beg for mercy as her companion. But she had expended a great deal of energy fighting the two giant pythons, and now despair flickered in her eyes.
The seductive woman spoke again. "Fellow Daoist, we are the Dao companions of Chi Konglie, the Prince Consort of the Sea Emperor Hall’s Dragon King. If you stay your hand, I will present you with a generous gift, and Chi Konglie will not treat you poorly either."
Fang Cheng gave a faint, mocking smile, clearly not believing a word she said.
’Since Chi Konglie has already set his sights on this Primordial Qi Celestial Island, and I’ve now taken it, how could there possibly be room for reconciliation?’
’Might as well go all the way and kill these demons to silence them for good.’
When she saw that Fang Cheng was unmoved, the seductive woman grew both anxious and angry. "If you kill us," she snapped, "neither Chi Konglie nor the Sea Emperor Hall will let you off!"
Fang Cheng sneered. "So you’re allowed to attack me, but I can’t fight back?" he said in a low voice. "The Sea Emperor Hall is truly domineering. I’d like to see just how they plan to make me pay."
The moment he finished speaking, the sword light flared intensely. The Protective Spiritual Light and Magical Artifacts defending the seductive woman were the first to give way, shattering abruptly. Immediately after, she was overwhelmed by thousands of sword beams, and her life was extinguished.
The flame-black Li Hen Demon Light descended, enveloping the woman’s corpse and refining it completely. Only her storage bag remained.
Meanwhile, seeing her companion fall, the cold woman’s face filled with grief. She decisively cast a Spell, and her demonic light flared as she struggled to resist the sword beams. Then, a Talisman shot out from her like a bolt of lightning.
The next moment, she too was engulfed by the sword light.
The Talisman shot through the air in a specific direction at an incredible speed, but it was caught by a jet-black Demonic Light and instantly reduced to ash.
「A moment later.」
Fang Cheng retracted his sword light and refined the corpses of the giant pythons and the two women of the Demon Race. Only then did he calmly return to where Cang Wuya, Ye Yan, and Hua Yutang were taking shelter.
His expression was calm and unhurried, showing no sign that he had just slain four Life Soul Level experts.
Cang Wuya, Ye Yan, and Hua Yutang had all sensed the intense energy fluctuations in the sky. As they felt one powerful, vast aura after another being extinguished, they were filled with both joy and shock.
Although Hua Yutang had long known that Fang Cheng’s methods were formidable, the speed of his progress was still beyond her imagination. Today, he had slain four Life Soul Level beings relying solely on his Tier Three Mechanical Armor.
Fang Cheng wiped the restrictions from the two storage bags and handed them to Ye Yan. "Unfortunately, we only had one Third-stage Mountain-moving Talisman," he said. "Now that we’ve claimed the Primordial Qi Celestial Island, there’s no need to check the other locations."
Ye Yan, of course, had no objections.
Cang Wuya’s reverence for his new master deepened. "Master," he said, "the other locations could be chosen as future branch residences for the Yinluo Sect."
Fang Cheng nodded. "That makes sense. But let’s go to the Immortal Pavilion first. We can decide when to visit those places later."
He had used up all his Jade Dew Golden Lotus Pills. Furthermore, after returning to the Abyssal Marsh, he would need a Defense Array to protect the Primordial Qi Celestial Island—preferably a lasting Third-tier Array.
As for other miscellaneous purchases, Ye Yan would naturally handle them.
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「Wilderness Domain, Nuhai.」
This was a vast ocean, a boundless expanse of water. It was over nine thousand li wide from east to west, and two thousand li even at its narrowest point.
It stretched eighty thousand li from north to south, splitting the Wilderness Domain into two halves. This place was the boundary between the Eastern Wilderness and the Western Wilderness.
Towering mountain ranges with rolling, unbroken peaks lined both shores of Nuhai. Many of these majestic peaks soared tens of thousands of zhang into the sky. Below them, the vast, emerald sea stretched out, creating a magnificent and expansive vista.
「Under the sea.」
A resplendent palace sat atop a massive rock, the height of luxury with its Golden Court Jade Pillars.
Outside, ninety-nine Treasure Beads formed a Grand Array. Shining like stars, they pushed the seawater aside, creating a massive dome that enveloped the palace.
The brilliant light from the Treasure Beads illuminated the surrounding seabed as brightly as day, lending the scene a mysterious beauty.
Inside the palace, a young man wearing a golden circlet and magnificent robes sat cross-legged in a Quiet Chamber. Energy flowed around his body in waves of Profound Light.
Suddenly, the man’s eyes snapped open, his gaze a mixture of anger, doubt, and confusion.
He reached out his hand, and with a flash of light in his palm, two jade tablets appeared.
Each tablet was carved with a lifelike White Flood Dragon, so vivid it seemed to possess a life of its own.
Unfortunately, several cracks were now spreading across both tablets, accompanied by faint cracking sounds.
The man let out an angry shout. He formed a seal with one hand and shot several profound Spiritual Techniques into the tablets, slowing the spread of the cracks until they finally stopped.
Then, his body blurred. Like a dragon breaking its chains, he shot out of the palace, burst from the waters of Nuhai, and soared into the sky.
He glanced down at the jade tablets in his hand as an intense demonic light erupted from his body. The next moment, he transformed into a blinding streak of light that shot into the distant sky and vanished.
「Several days later.」
「The location where the Primordial Qi Celestial Island had vanished.」
A streak of demonic light arrived, then dissipated to reveal the man’s tall, sturdy figure.
He lowered his head, silently sensing the changes in the surrounding energy. His brow furrowed, and a ferocious killing intent contorted his face.
Then, he tossed the two jade tablets into the air, formed a series of hand seals, and began chanting an incantation.
A fierce wind suddenly whipped through the sky, swirling around the two jade tablets and forming an unsteady vortex.
Wisps of white spiritual light seeped from the void, gathering near the jade tablets and coalescing into countless phantoms.
The phantoms gradually merged, revealing the very images of the two women from the Demon Race who had fallen to Fang Cheng’s sword.
Strangely, within the hazy, indistinct phantoms floating near the tablets, the scene of the two women falling to the sword light began to replay.
In the final moments of the apparition, a Cultivator completely encased in Bronze Battle Armor appeared.
CRACK! CRACK!
The two jade tablets finally gave out and shattered into pieces.
The man’s expression was grim and unsettled as he stared, motionless, at the spot where the Primordial Qi Celestial Island had vanished.
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「Great Black Mountain.」
A massive Cyan Bird flew in from the distant sky. On its back, a man and two women sat side by side, their gestures intimate.
They were none other than Fang Cheng, Ye Yan, and Hua Yutang, returning from the Celestial Traveling Immortal Pavilion. Fang Cheng had an arm around each woman, looking every bit the carefree romantic.
The trio’s trip had been quite fruitful.
As he had hoped, Fang Cheng bought two bottles of Jade Dew Golden Lotus Pills, a Third-tier Defense Array, and seven taels of Geng Metal Profound Silkworm Threads.
It was Ye Yan’s first visit to the Celestial Traveling Immortal Pavilion, and she found the marketplace utterly fascinating. She had practically dragged Fang Cheng and Hua Yutang through every single shop there.
All told, she bought several hundred items of all kinds, spending over two hundred Upper-Grade Spirit Stones—a true display of wealth. Her purchases included many furnishings for their Cave Mansion, various flower and Spirit Medicine Seeds, Magical Robes, and Spiritual Robes.
Even Hua Yutang was swept up in the excitement, spending Spirit Stones on a good number of clothes and accessories herself.
In one shop, she even bought Fang Cheng three decorative pieces made from Dao Pattern Spirit Jade, which earned him over ten thousand creation points.
It was a pleasant surprise.
Now, the trio had returned to Great Black Mountain without incident. From there, they took the Teleportation Array back to Demon Lion Peak on Yinluo Island.
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