Chapter 532 - 373: Increasing Influence
Cao Yuchen, a mid-stage Core Formation Demon, had already been injured during his battle with Fang Yun.
This strike from Fang Yun was fatal.
Compared to an early-stage Core Formation Demon, his mid-stage cultivation gave him stronger resistance, and his life force drained more slowly.
"Everyone, run..."
With the extra time he had, he only managed to say two more words than the Celestial Demon Sect Leader.
Cao Yuchen fell!
No longer supported by his power, his body reverted from its state of Half-Demonization and plummeted straight to the ground.
Of the two mid-stage Core Formation Demons, Cao Yuchen had been significantly stronger than the other.
The Celestial Demon Sect’s assault team—composed of Lu Yaoling as the lead, supported by two mid-stage Core Formation Demons—had just lost one of its powerful supporters.
Only the weaker one was left.
The advantage had now shifted to Fang Yun’s side.
Just then, a violent tremor shook the entire Celestial Demon Sect.
The Grand Array was broken!
At that moment, the Celestial Demon Sect’s Qi Refining Demons descended into utter chaos.
"The Grand Array... it’s broken, just like that..."
"It’s over! It’s all over!"
"I just became a sect disciple, and now the sect is about to be destroyed."
Most of the Celestial Demon Sect’s Foundation Establishment Demons were prepared, so their situation was much better.
Some wanted to flee, while others were resigned to perishing with the Celestial Demon Sect.
The former constituted the vast majority.
"Run!"
"What are you standing there gawking for? Staying here is a death sentence!"
"Time to use the Secret Technique I’ve been cultivating for so long."
Miao Qinghong and the other six had all entered.
Honestly, at this point, it was hard to see how someone as meticulous as Fang Yun could possibly lose.
His mindset now was completely different from before.
Before, he had been focused on how to best annihilate the Celestial Demon Sect while ensuring he took minimal damage himself.
’Now, how can I get more Talent Points?’
’An early-stage Core Formation Demon provides a base of seven million Talent Points.’
’With my current talent bonus, the final amount I get is 68.6 million Talent Points.’
’I’ve already killed one early-stage and one mid-stage Core Formation Demon.’
’So how can I kill all the remaining Core Formation Demons?’
Soon, Fang Yun had a plan.
’First, I’ll go all out to kill the other mid-stage Core Formation Demon.’
’Lu Yaoling, who is at the late-stage of Core Formation, is closest to me, but I can’t kill him quickly.’
The Celestial Cloud Sect higher-ups who had come in after breaking the array had already decided on their course of action.
Miao Qinghong was heading straight for his position.
"Elder Miao, I’m leaving the Demon Lu Yaoling to you for now."
With the late-stage Core Formation Demon Lu Yaoling running interference, it took Fang Yun three strikes to finally kill the mid-stage Core Formation Demon.
Miao Qinghong arrived just then.
He sent a quick voice transmission to Miao Qinghong before immediately rushing off to kill the early-stage Core Formation Demon with the surname Ye.
With Miao Qinghong’s level of strength, it would be difficult for him to kill Lu Yaoling alone, even with Lu Yaoling being heavily injured.
His plan was to kill the early-stage Core Formation Demon and then return to help Miao Qinghong deal with Lu Yaoling.
’He’s coming for me!’
The early-stage Core Formation Demon with the surname Ye was terrified to see the mysterious Spirit Refiner. Three of the Celestial Demon Sect’s Core Formation experts had already died by his sword.
’Once that mysterious Spirit Refiner gets here, I’m dead for sure.’
The Core Formation Demon surnamed Ye tried to flee, but Duan Qingyun wasn’t about to give her the chance.
"Where do you think you’re going!"
With a cold snort, Duan Qingyun flicked his sleeve, and seven dark-silver Star Rings shot out. Runes shimmered on the rings as the engraved characters for the seven stars of the Big Dipper lit up one by one, trailing seven streaks of faint blue starlight as they coiled around the Core Formation Demon like chains.
The Demon with the surname Ye had just turned to defend herself when two of the Star Rings, Dubhe and Merak, clamped around her feet. A chilling cold instantly invaded her meridians, mingling with her Demon Power.
Her body froze. Before she could struggle, the remaining five rings had already wrapped tightly around her.
This Magical Treasure was called the Seven-Star Ring. It was one of the more common Magical Treasures Fang Yun had crafted after reaching Core Formation, and it was quite effective at immobilizing enemies.
The term "Big Dipper" didn’t exist in this world, but the *Star Record* in the Library Pavilion documented some of this world’s celestial bodies. Fang Yun had used this knowledge to create a localized version.
Trapped though she was, the Core Formation Demon surnamed Ye was not about to simply wait for death.
A powerful surge of Demon Power erupted from her body as she tried to break free from the Seven-Star Ring and escape.
At that moment, before Fang Yun himself had even arrived, his Lifebound Magical Treasure—the Profound Jade Sword—was already upon her.
"No—"
The Profound Jade Sword pierced effortlessly through the head of the Core Formation Demon surnamed Ye. Its tip emerged carrying a Demon Core that was already cracking, and the core disintegrated completely the moment it left her body.
Demons cultivated an impure form of Demon Power. The Demon Cores of Core Formation Demons contained a chaotic mixture of energies that made them difficult to use, completely unlike the Demon Cores of Demon Beasts.
As for the Golden Cores of Core Formation Cultivators, those were valuable treasures. However, no Cultivator who used Spiritual Power would ever consider absorbing one.
But for Demons, Blood Demons, and Ghost Cultivators, they were exceptionally rare treasures.
Duan Qingyun recalled his seven dark-silver Star Rings and was about to say something to Fang Yun, but he saw that Fang Yun was already rushing toward Miao Qinghong.
Just moments ago, when he had trapped the early-stage Core Formation Demon, he had considered using his own Lifebound Magical Treasure to kill her.
When he saw Fang Yun coming to help, he abandoned the idea and instead focused all his power on restraining her, giving her absolutely no chance to escape.
If Fang Yun hadn’t come over, there was still a ten or twenty percent chance that the early-stage Core Formation Demon could have escaped from him.
His Lifebound Magical Treasure, unlike Fang Yun’s, couldn’t have killed the early-stage Core Formation Demon so quickly.
The destruction of the Celestial Demon Sect today was already a certainty.