Chapter 49: 【False Core Demon King, I Want You to Pay with Your Life】 (Second update, please follow)

That demonic beast was a Fire Vulture. Judging by its aura, it had reached a level nearing the formation of a Golden Core; it was extremely ferocious.

A single demonic beast, fighting against six Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Golden Wind Immortal Sect, was not at a disadvantage at all, and even appeared to be handling it with ease. If this fellow were to eat the spirit fruit, it might very well directly form a Golden Core and become a Demon King!

Dugu Xiu and Dugu Jing arrived almost at the same time. They saw each other first, and then looked toward the spirit fruit.

Judging solely from the spirit Qi fluctuations, this spirit fruit actually possessed fluctuations comparable to the mid-stage of Foundation Establishment.

The energy contained within it was certainly not ordinary; it was very likely a rare treasure capable of assisting in Golden Core formation.

This could also be seen from the protective attitude of the demonic beast.

Facing six human Foundation Establishment cultivators, this Fire Vulture was actually still fighting to the death to protect that spirit fruit.

"Not good, act quickly, don't let them take it!"

Dugu Xiu's expression changed, because he saw the Fire Vulture actually turn and flee.

This demonic beast was quite sensible; seeing that many more helpers had arrived on the human side, it fled immediately without the slightest hesitation.

He had originally intended to wait for the demonic beast and the few people from the Golden Wind Immortal Sect to fight it out and both suffer injuries, so that they could sit back and reap the rewards.

Who would have thought that the Fire Vulture would be so decisive and flee directly? He had to react immediately to prevent the spirit fruit from being plucked by someone else.

Before his words had even faded, he saw Chai Liyuan flick out a divine wind, directly severing the root of the spirit fruit tree, sweeping up that fruit, and in the next moment, he was about to have it in his hand.

"Put it down!"

Dugu Jing shouted loudly, and a flying sword in his hand turned into a purple stream of light, slashing toward that Golden Wind.

Wind is formless; logically speaking, it should not be cut off. But that purple stream of light was no ordinary sword light; it was a sword beam condensed from the 'Purple Qi Coming from the East Radiant Light Sword Art' passed down by the Dugu Ancestor, which was precisely the origin of the name Purple Radiance Immortal Sect.

Wherever this sword beam swept, purple light flickered, as if freezing the surrounding objects.

Even the Golden Palace Divine Wind of the Golden Wind Immortal Sect was severed and stopped, and the spirit fruit fell from mid-air.

A crowd of cultivators attacked simultaneously. With both sides added together, there were a full twelve cultivators. They truly fought back and forth, and in less than half a quarter of an hour, the surroundings had already been beaten into a basin; all trees, flowers, and grass were thoroughly destroyed.

Everywhere there were ashes, frost, broken trees, and charred gravel.

Not far away, the Fire Vulture, which these cultivators believed had fled and left, had actually transformed into human form and escaped into the ground.

This Fire Vulture was naturally Lu Chengtong in disguise, though his current appearance was that of the demon-hunting alchemist Guan Yu.

Over the past two years, he had used memory modification to control the close associates of Dugu Jing, Dugu Xiu, Chai Liyuan, and Cong Yi; those four people were all at the early Foundation Establishment cultivation level.

In their memories, they and Guan Yu were five brothers, with Guan Yu as the eldest.

The five of them had once been cultivators of a sect called the 'Tongguang Sect', as close as brothers, but later this sect was destroyed by the Golden Wind Immortal Sect and the Purple Radiance Immortal Sect working together, so they needed to stir up conflict between the two factions.

Lu Chengtong did not directly control those four people of high status; on one hand, their cultivation was high, making it difficult to modify their memories, and on the other hand, they might be carrying mental defense-type Dharma artifacts.

Just controlling these current four people had taken him a full two years to accomplish.

After all, this was a matter that required the timing to be ripe to be achieved; like some people who stayed in the immortal sect and never came out, he simply could not influence them.

Fortunately, two years was not too long, and now it was time for the harvest.

He had obtained the essence blood of the Fire Vulture Demon King and used his supernatural power to gain the 'Fire Vulture' transformation.

At the same time, he had also obtained the Demon King's inner core.

Two years ago, he had a sudden inspiration; after transforming into a Fire Vulture and swallowing the inner core, he discovered that he could actually directly utilize the energy within it.

But this thing was not obtained by himself after all; it was just an external force, and the energy within the demon core could not be replenished, only consumed.

He also did not have the Golden Core realm cultivation method to thoroughly refine it, so he could not do so.

Fortunately, this demon core could allow his 'Demon Blood True Body' to be improved. By now, he had already possessed the level of the third layer of perfection, and with one more opportunity, he could reach the fourth layer, for which he had no cultivation method.

That is to say, a physical body comparable to the spirit tool level, which even Golden Core realm cultivators would find difficult to destroy.

Relying on the demon core, without using the Golden Core realm divine soul power to release supernatural powers, his combat strength was enough to crush late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators, but it had not reached the level of a Golden Core cultivator.

It could be called the 'False Core' realm; indeed, he was a fake.

However, such strength was enough to give him the confidence to take risks, transform into the so-called 'guardian demonic beast', control the situation, and wait for the two sides of cultivators to meet.

Now they were finally fighting, but although they looked like they were fighting fiercely, in reality, they were all holding back; no one was truly acting with the intention of killing.

They had all lived for so many years, how could they not know what the other party's identity represented? Once anyone was killed, if the news leaked out, it would inevitably lead to a violent conflict between the two sides.

Especially Dugu Xiu and Dugu Jing; as the sons of the Sect Master and among the successors, if one of them were killed, it would mean tearing off the mask of civility.

How could Lu Chengtong watch them continue to act like this?

Immediately, he made his move.

Dugu Xiu slashed a sword toward Cong Yi. With the means Cong Yi had just displayed, he could completely rely on a talisman to block this attack.

But just as he was about to activate the talisman, an invisible impact directly caused his soul to vibrate, causing him to lose the ability to resist.

Dugu Xiu's sword, flickering with purple light, slashed onto his neck—a decapitation with one strike!

When they saw that head fly up, everyone was almost stunned, including the killer, Dugu Xiu.

A cultivator on the Golden Wind Immortal Sect side shouted in a rage:

"I want you to pay with your life!"

He was Cong Yi's uncle, a blood relative. Cong Yi was the clansman most likely to form a core besides the current Golden Core Master Cong Chi, representing the hope of the entire clan.

Now, someone had actually slashed off Cong Yi's head right in front of him!

This caused him to lose his sanity almost instantly.

Incomparably furious, he took out the talisman treasure he used to save his life. After activating it, a huge black cloud suddenly appeared in the sky, and then a lightning bolt as thick as an adult's waist fell toward Dugu Xiu.

Dugu Xiu hurriedly activated his Dharma treasure to block it, but after blocking one strike, when the second thunderbolt fell, he also suffered the impact of the 【Soul-Bewildering Soul-Seizing】 supernatural power used by Lu Chengtong, directly causing him to lose the ability to resist.

The thunderbolt fell, leaving no corpse behind; the second son of the Purple Radiance Immortal Sect Sect Master had been beaten until his soul flew away and scattered!

Such children of high-level immortal sect figures must have 'Life Soul Tablets' set up. The moment Cong Yi and Dugu Xiu died, Golden Core Master Cong Chi and Nascent Soul Ancestor Dugu Wenda sensed it.

They immediately rushed toward this side.

The battle between the two sides was still continuing, and the spirit fruit was already unimportant in their eyes; such hatred, it was a fight to the death!