Chapter 395: Eliminating Fu Daimu (Part 2)

Yuan Chengdun's reputation was killed staff by staff. When demonic cultivators ravaged the Xun Lin Plain, the number of demonic cultivators who died in Yuan Chengdun's hands reached three digits. The demonic cultivators gathered three Foundation Establishment cultivators to ambush him alone, but he forcibly killed his way through the array and left calmly.

In comparison, 【Feather Mountain Old Man】 Xiao Yongling also fought one against three, at least with a process of serious injury, and his reputation was not as good as Yuan Chengdun's.

"You!"

Fu Daimu recognized him and was terrified in his heart, shouting:

"Fellow Daoist Yuan! I also have a backer in the sect, don't make a mistake!"

Li Tongya's sword-slaying of Mohe and one-sword killing of Yu were shocking and world-shattering, which could be said to be one or two. Yuan Chengdun's 【Subduing Qingshan】 reputation could rank in the top ten among the Foundation Establishment cultivators who had newly promoted in the past hundred years. No wonder Fu Daimu lost his footing for a while.

Yuan Chengdun didn't answer him at all, shook his head with a smile. The Yuan family's connections in the sect were much more than the Li family's. How could they not see the key to this? He only felt funny in his heart.

"'Subduing Qingshan' excels in attacking and subduing evil spirits, and this person's staff technique is also of a high grade..."

Fu Daimu's expression was gloomy, his magic power surged, and he already had the intention to retreat. But with the array covering him, whether he could retreat was one thing, and his Dao companion was still in seclusion in the Great Jueting to break through. The monk could run, but the temple couldn't. I fear he would be planted.

Li Yuanjiao and the others would not give him a chance to breathe. All kinds of magic techniques and sword energy smashed over. Zhe Ledai operated the incomplete double swords to resist, and whispered:

Fu Daimu's spiritual sense wandered in the air again and again, trying to find the disappeared Fei Luoya. Black energy surged in his hands, and he slapped the incoming sword energy to pieces, his expression becoming more and more gloomy, gnashing his teeth:

"I underestimated this Fei Luoya. He kept flattering and begging for mercy, but in his heart, he was thinking of ambushing and killing me... If I had known this, I shouldn't have trusted this fellow lightly!"

Zhe Ledai remained focused, a burst of magic light rising as he turned his sword sideways, bracing it against the mouth of the lunging water dragon, and whispered through a magical seal:

"Senior Brother! Things have come to this; it is difficult for both of us to be saved. Senior Brother, you possess the Profound Brightness Evasion Art, please leave quickly; I will cover your retreat."

Zhe Ledai was originally a servant of Fu Daimu, steady in character and highly gifted. It was only through Fu Daimu's promotion and recommendation that he was able to join Wushan. Loyal and devoted, he had already resolved himself to die.

Fu Daimu gritted his teeth and shook his head. On the other side, Yuan Chengdun had already struck the 【Human-Headed Mountain】 until it creaked, unable to bear the weight. Just as he was about to speak, a red light suddenly erupted before him, startling Fu Daimu so much that he clapped his hands together, his soul flying out of his body in terror.

Instantly, his Foundation Establishment base 【Soul-Descending Hear】 was activated, and a black light, like gauze and mist, radiated from his entire body, drifting outward. A shrill whistle echoed, causing the few people at the early stage of Foundation Establishment to freeze slightly.

"Clang!"

Fu Daimu's hands surged with dark light, pinning down Fei Luoya's magic sword. Red light swirled on the sword, burning his hands until black smoke rose. He spat out a mouthful of dark light to force Fei Luoya back, only then letting out a sigh of relief.

Although Fei Luoya was highly gifted, he was, after all, from an unorthodox background. Aside from Wushan's witchcraft, the few second-grade spells he had learned were not very powerful. He relied solely on the profoundness of his Foundation Establishment base to make Fu Daimu wary. Not disappointed, he simply withdrew and vanished.

Zhe Ledai breathed a sigh of relief, blocked Li Wushao's attack, and urgently whispered:

"Senior Brother, do not wait any longer!"

Fu Daimu also understood that he could not delay any longer, so he had to pinch a seal to cast a spell. The black light of the Human-Headed Mountain flared, for a moment covering Yuan Chengdun's golden light. He cast three talismans from his hand, shining with golden brilliance, and began to channel his witchcraft.

As Fu Daimu unleashed a series of techniques, a blood-colored light rose from Zhe Ledai's body as well. His lifespan and essence blood burned, and the magic light on his twin swords became dazzling. Changing from his previous defensive stance, he attacked ferociously, like a wolf or a tiger.

Fei Luoya suddenly revealed his form, his magic sword dancing in his hand, red light surging as he shouted:

"He is about to use an evasion technique! Do not let him run!"

When the Li family suffered a disaster years ago, a demonic cultivator had also used an evasion technique, turning into a red light and leaving. The Li family had no way to stop him and could only let him go.

An evasion technique is different from an evasion art. Most evasion arts only provide a boost in speed, while evasion techniques primarily involve changing form and shuttling back and forth, and can even traverse dangerous lands and grand arrays; they are very difficult to cultivate.

Seeing Fu Daimu cast talismans for protection, Li Yuanjiao guessed his intent almost simultaneously. He pressed forward and said in a deep voice:

"Leave Fu Daimu behind first!"

Yuan Chengdun roared, forcibly flipping over the 【Human-Headed Mountain】 pressing on his head. His face slightly flushed, he dared not stop for a moment and immediately rode the wind to pursue.

Li Yuanjiao pressed forward with his sword, throwing a Foundation Establishment talisman without hesitation. He channeled the 【Jing Dragon King】, and the blue-gray dragon-snake crashed forward madly, exploding a series of magical water splashes.

This Fu Daimu had some cultivation in the way of talismans, and the three Foundation Establishment talismans he cast were very tough. The series of attacks from Li Yuanjiao and Fei Luoya had only managed to strip away two layers. Fu Daimu remained motionless, only seizing the time to cast his spell.

Fei Luoya's face turned slightly pale, his teeth clenched tight. He bit off a piece of his tongue, his cheeks bulging, and spat out an arrow of blood with a 'pfft' sound, making the golden light shield hiss and teeter on the brink of collapse.

Li Yuanjiao seized the opportunity, his Green Ruler Sword leaping up to stab viciously.

"Boom!"

A ball of blood-colored light exploded out of thin air. It was the loyal Zhe Ledai, who, relying on his own strength, had repelled Li Wushao and Zhu Xian. Still having energy to spare, he turned back, joined his twin swords, and stabbed with all his might toward Li Yuanjiao's back.

Li Yuanjiao had rarely seized such an opportunity and was unwilling to give up. Behind him, the 【Six-Stone Cloud Disk】 suddenly appeared. As the earth-yellow light swirled, the 【Profound Pattern Bottle】 added its support, and the Profound Pattern Spirit Mist was channeled to block the twin swords.

"Clang!"

The Green Ruler Sword easily pierced through the magic shield, the blue-white sword light surging toward Fu Daimu's face.

"Pfft!"

The Green Ruler Sword was forcibly caught by Fu Daimu's hand. The sword energy was sharp, piercing straight through the back of his hand. The old Shanyue was so furious that his eyes turned blood-red, and the spell in his hand was already broken.

Li Yuanjiao did not have it easy either. His entire magical essence was concentrated on the Green Ruler Sword. The 【Six-Stone Cloud Disk】 and 【Profound Pattern Bottle】 were only channeled casually. The magical power from Zhe Ledai's twin swords came through, shaking him until he spat out a mouthful of blood.

Fu Daimu was filled with rage, but after this delay, Yuan Chengdun, who had flipped over the 【Human-Headed Mountain】, was already before him, murderous intent soaring as two golden rods smashed down upon him.

'The situation is settled.'

Li Yuanjiao rode the wind and retreated, took a healing pill, and watched quietly.

Under the siege of Li Wushao and Zhu Xian, Zhe Ledai was already struggling, and Fu Daimu was retreating repeatedly under Yuan Chengdun's increasingly heavy blows, while also having to guard against Fei Luoya. The decline was already apparent.

'Just have to guard against a desperate counterattack before death.'

Li Yuanjiao stepped forward with his sword, the Profound Pattern Spirit Mist added to his body, wandering on the edge, threatening Zhe Ledai with his sword, silently waiting for the two to exhaust their strength.

Zhe Ledai had used a secret technique, and his aura was gradually plummeting. After being besieged by the three, he was soon covered in wounds and blood holes, listless. Li Wushao transformed into his true form, smashing his lower body to pieces with one tail, while Zhu Xian pulled with a vine whip, tearing off his gritted-teeth head.

"Junior Brother!!"

Fu Daimu had a friendship of over a hundred years with him. Tears streamed down his eyes, and he appeared crazed. The spell and Foundation Establishment base in his hands were running desperately, but he could not break free.

Yuan Chengdun on this side was becoming increasingly fierce. Every strike was stacking the destructive power of his Foundation Establishment base 【Subduing Qingshan】. Fu Daimu could not form the hand seals, his face showing despair and madness.

Seeing Fu Daimu's face change several times as if he were about to risk everything, Li Yuanjiao stood far away in the air, hoping only that this old Shanyue would not break the array in his madness; his family could not afford the compensation.

Kong Tingyun's array disk was very durable. It belonged to the Yu Zhen lineage and could maintain the level of the mid-Foundation Establishment stage well whether in water, fire, sky, or earth. After a battle, it only cost five or six spirit stones and a dozen pieces of jade. Li Yuanjiao liked it very much and was extremely envious.

'I wonder how many spirit stones it would take to buy this array disk. If I were to break this thing, I would truly be bankrupt.'

After he had these thoughts, Fu Daimu was already rising with blood mist, fighting desperately. Li Yuanjiao pulled away, hiding in the Profound Pattern Spirit Mist, waiting hazily for a while. A gust of blood-colored wind blew past, and the old Shanyue's head had already been smashed into fragments.

"Brother Jiao, are you alright?"

After the battle, Yuan Chengdun had consumed a great deal of true essence, but he still rode the wind over with concern. Li Yuanjiao shook his head slightly, thanked him, and put away the array disk.

The grand array that isolated the inside from the outside had just been put away. Outside, the mountains and plains were full of white insects, densely packed so that there was nowhere to step. Fei Luoya nodded and said:

"He is indeed dead. Such a strange phenomenon is the sight of the 【Soul-Descending Hear】 being damaged."

Li Yuanjiao drew his sword and said in a deep voice:

"We must root out the evil. We have been fighting here for a while, and there are still remnants in the Great Jueting. Let us go and exterminate them quickly, lest anyone learn the news and seek revenge."

Fei Luoya nodded and threw out Fu Daimu's storage bag. Li Yuanjiao took it as well and said in a deep voice:

"Once this matter is resolved, we shall divide the spoils."

The Great Jueting was an ancient city, magnificent and spectacular. At its peak, it had a population of one hundred thousand. After being used by Fu Daimu for decades, only less than ten thousand remained, mostly women specialized in reproduction, cold and desolate.

The giant stones were polished smooth and flat. A few Shanyue soldiers stood scattered on top, cold and desolate. When the group of Foundation Establishment cultivators rode the wind over, not even a single Qi Refining cultivator rose; there was only a patch of mortals busy kowtowing.

When they reached the royal court of the Great Jueting, they finally saw hundreds of large bronze pillars standing, with people tied scattered on them. Most were already dried corpses, while a small portion still had a breath left; they were all Embryonic Breath cultivators.

Li Yuanjiao and the others rode straight into the palace, broke the array, and searched several secret rooms. Opening them one by one, they finally found Fu Daimu's Dao companion in the deepest part. It turned out to be an old woman. Fei Luoya stepped inside and twisted off the head of her, who was sitting cross-legged.

Fu Daimu had been very careful; the shielding array in the room was exquisite, so much so that they did not know it until they were in front of her. She had a smile on her face; she must have been at a critical point in her cultivation.

In front of this woman were a host of evil blood objects. Li Yuanjiao swept a glance over them, and they were all collected by Zhu Xian.

The group searched separately for a while. Fu Daimu had no intention of founding a lineage; his witchcraft and secret techniques were all kept in his head, which made Fei Luoya curse incessantly. They only found a few spells in Zhe Ledai's secret room, better than nothing.

They took apart the two Shanyue storage bags and scattered spirit objects all over the floor. Fu Daimu and Zhe Ledai were Shanyue after all; there was nothing else strange, only a total of five treasure medicines, five jade boxes shining brightly, making people envious.

The group of Foundation Establishment cultivators gathered together, first exchanging and recording several small secret techniques, and then laying out the spoils, all looking at the 【Human-Headed Mountain】 that had returned to its original form and suffered heavy damage. Now it had become the size of a human head, densely packed and black, chilling to the bone.

Although Fu Daimu's talent in artifact refining was truly not very good, his entire cultivation was focused on refining this object. The number of human lives spent was at least eighty thousand, if not one hundred thousand, worthy of the attention of the Foundation Establishment cultivators.

'Even when encountering the 【Subduing Qingshan】 that perfectly countered it, it held on for a full incense stick of time... It is truly a sharp weapon.'

Yuan Chengdun picked up the object without hesitation and said:

"This object should not be used again. I will take it back to the clan to be refined."

Yuan Chengdun had attacked the most in this siege, so there was naturally no objection to him choosing first. Fei Luoya on the side only cupped his hands and said:

"Brother Jiao, please!"

Li Yuanjiao was not polite either. He swept his gaze over them and spoke first:

"I must first take out a few treasure medicines to handle the connections of the 【Fu Chen Peak】 in the sect. If that Peak Master has any need for treasure medicines in the future, I will have to trouble the two fellow Daoists."

"That is only natural."

Zhu Xian and Fei Luoya nodded in agreement, while Yuan Chengdun was thoughtful. Li Yuanjiao put away three treasure medicines, indicating they were for handling relationships, and then took a 【Clear Cloud Elk Fruit】. This object could solidify true essence and allow severed limbs to regrow.

Seeing Li Yuanjiao take this fruit, Li Wushao, who had been watching eagerly, finally breathed a secret sigh of relief. He was definitely the last to choose, so how could he get any treasure medicine? He thought to himself:

"As long as this medicine is in the master's hands, there is at least hope of getting it... Perhaps I won't have to spend decades just to repair the tail hook..."

Fei Luoya took the last treasure medicine, 【Wall Mountain Origin Flower】, as a matter of course. It could assist cultivation and increase magical power. The remaining miscellaneous items were divided equally between Li Wushao and Zhu Xian. The value was not high; it could only be said that they did not make the trip in vain.

Excluding these two, Yuan Chengdun obtained a Foundation Establishment magic artifact, and Fei Luoya's territory had doubled. Both were in a very good mood.

The group rode the wind out. Yuan Chengdun cupped his hands with a smile to say goodbye. Fei Luoya stared at the furnishings of the Great Jueting with satisfaction. Li Yuanjiao was afraid that he would learn from Fu Daimu, so he reminded him:

"Fellow Daoist... if you have any intention of cooperation, do not learn from that Fu Daimu. My family... that person... hates this way the most. You must be careful."

Fei Luoya was slightly startled and hurriedly said:

"That is natural! That is natural!"

A few readers urged me to speed up the progress, saying it was too watery. Yesterday I sped it up a little, but it seems everyone thinks it's too fast again. I'll adjust it slowly^

(End of chapter)