Chapter 121: Flaw

Meanwhile.

A thousand li away from the energy explosion, Ye Qingxuan was warily scanning his surroundings.

The seed of the minor divine ability, Heaven-Deceiving, spun continuously, tightly concealing his own aura.

Only after several massive auras in the high sky had moved far away did Ye Qingxuan secretly sigh with relief, cursing inwardly:

"A Nascent Soul-level Green Demon Clan member, is it really this stubborn? Damn hard to kill, and I don't even know if it's finally dead."

"But it was certainly thrilling, hahaha!"

By the end of his cursing, Ye Qingxuan couldn't help but burst into loud laughter.

After years of cultivation, this was the first time Ye Qingxuan had taken such a risk, venturing deep into the dangerous Demon Realm.

This was vastly different from the life his original body usually led.

The mindset and temperament cultivated over many years had vanished completely in this moment.

However, Ye Qingxuan did not mind these changes, nor did he try to restrain himself.

He had created this avatar precisely to experience different ways of life and temper his heart amidst the mortal world.

If, after creating an avatar, it remained unchanged like the original body, it would be a step down.

As long as he could control his own mindset and switch it at will, the different experiences, mindsets, and behaviors exhibited by his various avatars were of no consequence.

The experiences of the avatars would not disturb the mindset of Ye Qingxuan's original body; instead, they would allow him to experience different lives and perfect himself.

As long as Ye Qingxuan could grasp the most critical point—the ability to control and transform his own state of mind at any time—that was enough.

This confrontation with the Nascent Soul-level Green Demon Clan member also made Ye Qingxuan realize the limitations of the Nuclear Bomb Pill.

Although he could use his spiritual sense to control the movement of the Nuclear Bomb Pill, his spiritual sense speed appeared far too slow in front of high-level cultivators.

Ultimately, the user of such techniques is the cultivator themselves; if their strength is insufficient, their spiritual sense inferior to the opponent's, and their reaction time slower,

techniques like the Nuclear Bomb Pill will struggle to effectively eliminate high-level powerful enemies.

In fact, when the opponent is prepared, attempting to ambush them solely with techniques like the Nuclear Bomb Pill is simply too difficult.

As long as the opponent remains vigilant, possesses higher cultivation, more sensitive spiritual sense, and faster reactions, how can one hope to injure them with a Nuclear Bomb Pill? Therefore, a scene where a low-level cultivator relies solely on the explosive damage of the Nuclear Bomb Pill to slaughter enemies far beyond their realm is almost impossible.

Unless, of course, it is paired with talismans possessing suppression effects to restrain the opponent's movements, only then is success possible.

Thinking of this, Ye Qingxuan's eyes instinctively narrowed.

Talismans above the fifth tier come with suppression effects, so this need not be considered.

Talismans of the fifth tier and below, although limited by the cultivator's strength and inferior materials, do not possess suppression effects in their attack talismans.

However, among fifth-tier talismans, there are also separate auxiliary talismans—the Sealing Talisman—which can possess suppression effects.

If a fifth-tier Nuclear Bomb Pill were used in combination with a Sealing Talisman, perhaps it could... However, Ye Qingxuan shook his head, dismissing his own thought.

Although the fifth-tier Sealing Talisman possesses suppression effects, its impact on a fifth-tier Nascent Soul-level Green Demon Clan member would be extremely limited.

Or rather, all talismans pose very limited threats to cultivators of the same realm.

If talismans alone could ignore years of hard cultivation by others and directly eliminate them, the price of talismans would surely skyrocket.

Therefore, the true target for talisman deployment is cultivators one realm lower.

For example, the effective killing targets for fifth-tier talismans are actually cultivators at the Golden Core realm.

Talismans require time to activate and draw upon the energy of heaven and earth.

Although this time is merely an instant or even shorter, if the opponent's movements are not restrained, talismans of the same tier are easily dodged.

Furthermore, when a low-level cultivator activates a high-tier talisman, the burden on their own spiritual power is also significant.

Thus, cultivators generally purchase talismans of their own tier for combat assistance, or at most, talismans one tier higher than themselves.

No cultivator would rely on talismans as their primary means of fighting; talismans serve at most as assistance or deterrence. What cultivators can truly rely on is their cultivation base, solidly built through their own practice; external tools are ultimately a minor path.

This is also the reason Ye Qingxuan has not conducted in-depth research on the Nuclear Bomb Pill series.

Recalling the recent battle, Ye Qingxuan said with slight regret:

"If I had known, I would have equipped this avatar with a few sixth-tier talismans."

The sixth-tier talismans he had previously purchased were all given to his external avatar currently heading to the Dongji Domain.

If he had possessed a sixth-tier talisman, utilizing its built-in suppression effect, and paired it with the fifth-tier Spirit-Cleansing Nuclear Bomb Pill,

Ye Qingxuan was confident he could have directly eliminated that Nascent Soul-level Green Demon Clan member in the previous battle.

Even if activating a sixth-tier talisman across three realms would exhaust this avatar's spiritual power and leave him completely drained,

as long as he killed that Nascent Soul-level Green Demon Clan member, obtained its corpse and cultivation source, and brought them back to the Qingxuan Grotto-Heaven, his gains would have been immense.

A Nascent Soul-level Green Demon Clan member, whether used for sacrifice to boost his own cultivation or to enhance the Qingxuan Grotto-Heaven, would yield significant rewards for him.

What a pity! Ye Qingxuan shook his head with a look of deep regret, complaining angrily:

"Next time I return, I will make sure to equip this avatar with several sixth-tier talismans, no matter what."

As for the Nuclear Bomb Pill, Ye Qingxuan felt that in a world like the Demon Realm, the effect of the Spirit-Cleansing Nuclear Bomb Pill was far stronger than that of ordinary Nuclear Bomb Pills containing only destructive energy.

However, what puzzled Ye Qingxuan was that he had never heard in the Di Xuan Realm that the Spirit-Cleansing Nuclear Bomb Pill possessed such special effects within the Demon Realm. If the effects of the Spirit-Cleansing Nuclear Bomb Pill in the Demon Realm were to spread, as the main sales point for the Spirit-Cleansing Nuclear Bomb Pill, his Tianfu Shop could not have failed to receive corresponding information.

Once the effects demonstrated by the Spirit-Cleansing Nuclear Bomb Pill in the Demon Realm were publicized in the Di Xuan Realm, backed by the Xuantian Sect, he might even become incredibly wealthy again.

With the Xuantian Sect backing him, he feared not getting any benefits; at worst, he could simply give up the vast majority of the profits to the Xuantian Sect.

On this point, Ye Qingxuan was very open-minded; he had already enjoyed many benefits from being backed by the Xuantian Sect, far more than others.

Therefore, Ye Qingxuan was not greedy; if the Xuantian Sect could give him a share, he would be content.

The problem was, why had no one spread the news of the Spirit-Cleansing Nuclear Bomb Pill's effects in the Demon Realm? One Spirit-Cleansing Nuclear Bomb Pill was far more effective than hundreds of low-level Spirit-Purifying Trees.

Actually, it was not surprising that no one had spread the news of the Spirit-Cleansing Nuclear Bomb Pill's effects in the Demon Realm.

The main reason was that the Nuclear Bomb Pill series currently sold by Ye Qingxuan's Tianfu Shop was only at the third-tier level.

Additionally, the Spirit-Cleansing Nuclear Bomb Pill had not yet spread throughout the entire Di Xuan Realm; those who knew were limited to some low-level disciples of the Xuantian Sect and cultivators near Xingzhou.

Most purchasers were merely at the Golden Core realm or below.

These cultivators, who lack even Nascent Soul realm cultivation, would mostly not lose their heads and venture into the Demon Realm or the nine fallen minor worlds to train.

These cultivators would at most train in other minor worlds that have not yet fallen, so naturally they would not know the effect of the Spirit-Washing Nuclear Bomb Elixir in the Demon Realm.

Previously, in the Outer Battlefield, the Spirit-Washing Nuclear Bomb Elixir had indeed demonstrated remarkable effects.

But although the environment of the Outer Battlefield was harsh, everyone's main target was the demons born there.

The demonic qi in the Outer Battlefield, suppressed and neutralized by the primordial source of the Earth Mystery Realm, was extremely thin, naturally far inferior to the current Demon Realm, causing many cultivators to overlook the environmental purification effect of the Spirit-Washing Nuclear Bomb Elixir.

The cultivators who had used the Nuclear Bomb Elixir in the Outer Battlefield had cultivation bases that were too low and had never been to the Demon Realm.

The cultivators who had been to the Demon Realm had never used the Spirit-Washing Nuclear Bomb Elixir.

As a result, the excellent effect of the Spirit-Washing Nuclear Bomb Elixir in eliminating demonic qi in the Demon Realm naturally would not be spread around.

Even among the high-level members of the Xuantian Sect, some knew of the existence of the Nuclear Bomb Elixir, but since the Nuclear Bomb Elixir was ultimately just a low-grade elixir, their attention was limited, and they did not deeply understand the series of Nuclear Bomb Elixirs.

This led to the current situation where the Nuclear Bomb Elixir was being used in the Demon Realm for the first time, and the user was the developer of the Spirit-Washing Nuclear Bomb Elixir himself.

Touching his own chin, Ye Qingxuan pondered, "Could it be that I must personally go out to promote it this time?"

(End of this chapter)