txolops Chapter 75: Death at the 9th Level of Qi Refining
Chapter 75: Death at the 9th Level of Qi Refining
"go!"
Guo Chengyi shouted in a low voice, and the two meteorite rock balls spun in the air, flying one after the other towards Marshal Fu as if chasing stars and the moon.
With the power of its meteorite sphere, a mere graze would result in severe injury, and even a glancing blow would leave one half-dead. Ordinary Qi Refining cultivators would not dare to withstand it head-on.
Even defensive shields and magical artifacts dared not withstand the attack; the only option was to dodge!
This is Guo Chengyi's fighting style: powerful and unstoppable.
At the same time, he silently recited the incantation and cast the "Rock Armor Technique".
Several hard rocks on the ground rose into the air and flew rapidly toward Guo Chengyi, instantly turning into stone dust in mid-air.
Stone powder, like dust, rushed towards Guo Chengyi, covering his body with a layer of earthy blue light under the blessing of his spiritual energy.
A flash of light appeared, and a dark blue suit of armor appeared on his body, completely sealed and airtight.
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call--!
Two meteorite rock spheres fell from the sky one after the other, crashing down on Commander Fu, who was standing on the hilltop.
Without hesitation, Fu Shuai stomped his feet on the ground and "whoosh" he took off into the air.
The meteorite sphere, undeterred, crashed down onto the mountaintop.
The meteorite rock ball, weighing thirty tons, is incredibly powerful when controlled by a Qi Refining Level 9 cultivator who infuses it with spiritual energy and with the added blessing of the rock spirit.
"Rumble~~~"
The earth shook, rocks collapsed, and soil cracked.
A peak in Yangjiao Mountain collapsed suddenly, with rocks and soil of all sizes sliding down the mountain and rolling towards the foot of the mountain.
Fu Shuai flew out from the dust that rose dozens of feet high, wielding his sandalwood sword towards Guo Chengyi.
"kill!"
The sandalwood sword is very fast.
Guo Chengyi did not dodge, but hovered in the air without flinching or avoiding.
"Click!"
The sandalwood sword struck Guo Chengyi's rock armor and bounced off.
The rock armor wasn't undamaged; it had developed several cracks. However, in an instant, Guo Chengyi infused it with spiritual energy, and a flash of earthy blue light appeared, restoring the rock armor to its original state.
"That's it? Commander Fu, have you cultivated yourself into a beast all these years in the Qian Yuan Sect?"
He's inferior even to a rogue cultivator at the eighth level of Qi Refining outside, and worlds apart from sword cultivators of the same level in the Lingxiao Sword Sect.
Guo Chengyi's face was full of disdain, and also a little disappointed.
Such a powerful flying sword posed no threat to him.
He guessed that Fu Shuai had only focused on how to amass wealth and earn spirit stones in the sect over the years, and had not studied the art of combat.
"You can't hurt me, but if my meteorite sphere touches you, you'll die."
As soon as he finished speaking, two meteorite rock spheres flew up from the collapsed mountain below.
"Two Elements Void Annihilation!"
Two enormous meteorite rock spheres are spinning at high speed in the air.
Immediately afterwards, the two meteorite rock spheres began to rotate around each other and fly towards Marshal Fu.
They not only spin on their own, but also orbit each other.
Due to its high rotation speed, it generates disruptive airflow and pulling and tearing forces around it.
Guo Chengyi's meteorite rock ball was much heavier than his agile flying sword, but he had his own techniques.
This is one of his signature moves: under the swirling encirclement of two meteorite spheres, he disrupts the airflow near the enemy and even the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, interfering with the enemy's evasion.
This move was enough to kill Commander Fu on the spot.
He believed that no matter what defensive spells, defensive artifacts, or elixirs Fu used to enhance his combat power, it would be useless. Even if he suddenly broke through to the ninth level of Qi Refining in the heat of battle, it would be the same.
The meteorite sphere will blast Fu Shuai into a bloody pulp, crushing him and his robes into dust.
At the critical moment, a large number of brownish-yellow "ropes" emerged from Fu Shuai's body.
Hundreds and thousands, boundless.
The brown ropes were woven into layers of netting, firmly protecting Fu Shuai within. From a distance, it looked more like a giant ball of yarn, several meters in diameter, woven from countless long ropes.
A rapidly spinning meteorite sphere crashed into the "ball of yarn".
Snap! Snap!
The meteorite was so powerful that its fierce forward momentum snapped many ropes, but it was still managed to stop it.
Upon closer inspection, those brownish-yellow "ropes" are actually tough vines, their rough surfaces covered with tiny thorns. They are about an inch thick, like thick hemp ropes.
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"Phew~~"
Fu Shuai breathed a sigh of relief. The power of the meteorite rock ball had frightened him and made him doubt whether his Yama Vine could withstand it.
Thankfully, it is indeed a second-tier spiritual plant that I have carefully cultivated and invested a lot of resources in!
"Since you've given me this meteorite rock, I'll gladly accept it."
"Entangle!"
In an instant, the two meteorite rock spheres that had rushed into the vine web and stopped their forward momentum were heavily entangled by a large number of vines.
"What?!"
Guo Chengyi, who had been so confident of victory, was shocked to find that he was unable to recall the meteorite rock.
The layers upon layers of vines were too tough. No matter how he tried to control them, the meteorite sphere was entangled in them and struggled desperately, but it was as if it had fallen into a swamp and could not break free.
"What kind of vine is this?"
He exclaimed in surprise, a sense of fear rising within him.
The situation reversed for the two. Commander Fu looked smug, and a vine appeared beside him, twisting and turning as nimbly as a snake: "It is the Yama Demon Vine, also called Yama Silk."
"Thank you for the four thousand spirit stones. Without them, I could afford the Purple Source Dew and help it break through to the second tier."
After accepting Guo Chengyi's four thousand spirit stones, Fu Shuai had two options: First, he could add his own two thousand spirit stones and use them to buy Foundation Establishment Pills for Guo Chengyi.
Second, use these spirit stones to enhance your strength and eliminate Guo Chengyi.
He chose the latter.
A bottle of Purple Origin Dew costs 7,000 spirit stones, which is more expensive than a Foundation Establishment Pill. Commander Fu was going all in and spent all the spirit stones he had saved up over the years.
Yama's Demon Vine?
Guo Chengyi's face was gloomy. He had heard of this second-tier spiritual plant, which was a rare parasitic spiritual plant.
With Fu Shuai's Qi Refining Level 8 cultivation, how could he control a second-tier spiritual plant?
There is also Purple Dew, which is a very precious resource for cultivating spiritual plants. Its effect on spiritual plants is comparable to that of Foundation Establishment Pills for Qi Refining cultivators.
"withdraw!"
Guo Chengyi dared not linger, turned and flew away, ignoring even the meteorite rock ball.
His strongest move was countered by Coach Fu, so how could he fight back?
"Trying to leave? Too late."
Fu Shuai leaped after him, controlling the Yama Vine to entangle him.
As long as Yanwangteng controls Guo Chengyi, even if he is covered in rock armor, he will be trapped and unable to escape death.
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Half a day later, Guo Chengyi's body was destroyed by Marshal Fu, leaving no trace of his remains.
"This robe is worth some spirit stones, and so is the storage bag. The most valuable items are those two meteorite spheres."
Fu Shuai thankfully hid in a remote mountain ravine, taking stock of his gains and restoring his spiritual energy.
Guo Chengyi is indeed strong, but he is even stronger.
He dared to risk breaking ties with Guo Chengyi because he had cultivated the second-tier spiritual plant, the Yama Vine, for over a decade!
More than a decade ago, shortly after he broke through to the late stage of Qi Refining, he saw someone selling seedlings of Yama Vine in Lingxiao Market.
The Yama Vine is a parasitic spiritual plant that has no roots or leaves, only vines, and its parasitic object is not an animal, but a spiritual tree.
It clings to and twines around a tall, vigorous spirit tree, using the tiny thorns on its vines to absorb the tree's sap and grow.
Fu Shuai has a lower-grade spiritual root aptitude, but he has a wood-type spiritual body called "Yi Wood Spiritual Body", which is how he entered the Spirit Plant Peak.
The so-called "Yi Wood" refers to vine-like, yin-attribute spiritual plants.
He was a perfect match for the Yama Vine.
So Commander Fu spent three hundred spirit stones to buy the seedlings of the Yama Vine.
He could easily cultivate the Yama Vine on Spirit Plant Peak; he only needed to let it absorb the nutrients from the spirit wood unintentionally.
For more than a decade, Fu Shuai meticulously cultivated the Yama Vine, allowing it to absorb the sap and essence of the century-old spirit tree whenever the opportunity arose, and nourishing it daily with wood-based magic.
However, it has not yet reached the point where it can break through to the second tier.
Fu Shuai spent 7,000 spirit stones to buy a bottle of Purple Source Dew, which allowed it to advance to the second tier and greatly improve its toughness.
His technique of controlling the Yama Vine is called "Plant Control Technique," which is different from the ordinary sword control technique.
Sword control and stone control are spells that allow one to control inanimate objects.
Plant control, on the other hand, controls spiritual plants, which are somewhere between living and dead things—they have life, but no independent consciousness.
Because of his "Yi Wood Spirit Body", Commander Fu was able to control the Yama Vine with his Qi Refining Level 8 cultivation.
"Go to Lingxiao Market and dispose of these spoils."
After recovering his spiritual energy, he didn't rush back to the sect, but instead went to Lingxiao Market.
Guo Chengyi's storage bag, meteorite sphere, robe, and other resources are useless to him; it would be best to exchange them for spirit stones.
Fu Shuai wasn't worried about anyone investigating the origin of his "meteorite ball" because Guo Chengyi was a rogue cultivator, and no one would care whether he lived or died.
After Fu Shuai concealed his identity, he successfully sold the "stolen goods".
These resources of unknown origin were not sold for high prices; he sold them for 1,300 spirit stones.
It would cost four thousand spirit stones to buy it at market price, and even a second-hand one would be worth two or three thousand spirit stones.
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Yangjiao Mountain experienced a major battle in the late stage of Qi Refining.
The collapse of the mountain was so loud that villagers within dozens of miles felt it.
Some villagers living in a mountain village next to Yangjiao Mountain have vaguely seen the figures of immortals fighting in the sky under the cover of night.
They dared not approach, only watching from afar, and some of the more timid ones hid in their own cellars.
By daylight, the commotion had subsided, and they were shocked to discover that one of the peaks of Giethoorn had collapsed into low hills.
This incident became a topic of conversation among them, passed down by word of mouth.
It has become the cultivation dream of countless young people who are full of hope for the future.
To mortals, a late-stage Qi Refining cultivator who can destroy a mountain with a mere gesture is an unattainable immortal.
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