12dz Chapter 275 - 219: Five-Colored Divine Light
Chapter 275 - 219: Five-Colored Divine Light
When faced with the five charging Illusion Beast incarnations, Qu Jianyan’s crystallization ray was not nearly as effective as it had been against the Scorpion-tailed Bees.
The crystallization ray was most effective against physical enemies. However, Fang Qingyuan’s five Illusion Beasts were formed by condensing Five Elements Power. When the ray swept over them, the affected parts would crystallize, but the beasts could simply sever those sections and reform their bodies, becoming complete War Beasts again in an instant.
The Three-legged Golden Crow flew in mid-air, spitting a blazing line of fire toward Qu Jianyan. Meanwhile, the White Tiger Golden Spirit tiptoed, circling step by step behind Qu Jianyan, appearing to prepare a sneak attack.
The Earth Elemental Bear chose to charge head-on, drawing the most attention, while the Water Spirit Xuanwu spewed a large amount of water vapor, attempting to slow and neutralize the power of the crystallization ray.
Only the Fish Dragon Illusion Beast remained by Fang Qingyuan’s side, acting as his protector.
Faced with these sudden War Beasts, Qu Jianyan’s brow furrowed deeply. He had not expected Fang Qingyuan to have cultivated this Cultivation Technique to such a degree.
He knew of this Cultivation Technique, the True Art of the Five Spirits Refining Form from Baleful Qi. He had even been to the Scripture Pavilion shared by the several branch sects, but by the time he went, he had already entered the Foundation Establishment Realm. It was not advisable to change his main Cultivation Technique.
Furthermore, the Water Marsh Grand Thousand Technique he was currently cultivating was a prerequisite for an Earth Rank Technique. In terms of future potential, it was hardly inferior to the True Art of the Five Spirits Refining Form from Baleful Qi.
’But how has the power of this Cultivation Technique become so immense?’
These five conjured War Beasts seemed to possess considerable intelligence, completely unlike the stiff White Crystal Battle Hero.
Qu Jianyan’s gaze swept over to the battlefield of the White Crystal Battle Hero and Jinbao. He saw the two ferocious behemoths locked in a brutal slugfest.
The White Crystal Battle Hero’s Ice Giant Sword struck the Tai Chi Bear Beast, but it only produced the sound of clashing metal, failing to cut through at all.
But after taking a palm strike from Jinbao, the White Crystal Battle Hero staggered back several steps, the point of impact covered in a dense web of cracks.
Although the White Crystal Battle Hero recovered in an instant, it consumed the power of its core. At this rate, the construct, which could originally last for half an hour, would be hard-pressed to endure for even a quarter of an hour.
This was another unexpected turn of events, and Qu Jianyan’s mood soured further.
He turned his attention back to the matter at hand. Facing the four War Beasts, each with its own tactics, Qu Jianyan wisely stopped his crystallization ray.
He looked down and saw that one-third of the white horn on his old partner’s head had already turned brown.
This meant that the Green Water Ring Crystal Beast had already consumed one-third of the Water Spirit Power it had accumulated. Using two techniques of the Nine Luminosities tier in succession had not been an easy feat for the Green Water Ring Crystal Beast.
The battle had been raging for less than ten minutes, yet one-third of its reserves were gone. Meanwhile, his opponent was completely unscathed. The only victory to speak of was killing those Scorpion-tailed Bees.
These thoughts flowed through Qu Jianyan’s mind in the span of a breath or two, and the Earth Elemental Bear was only just now reaching him.
Countless earth spikes shot out from the ground in an instant, converging on the Green Water Ring Crystal Beast beneath Qu Jianyan. This was a technique used by the Earth Elemental Bear.
’Thousandfold Stab,’ an Earth Middle-Level Technique. It wasn’t very powerful, but it was incredibly fast to cast.
As dozens of earth spikes erupted from the ground, the Green Water Ring Crystal Beast leaped into the air. Its hooves seemed to tread on clouds, and in just a few steps, it closed the distance to Fang Qingyuan.
Seeing Qu Jianyan charging toward him, Fang Qingyuan remained calm. He took a light step forward and landed on the head of the Fish Dragon.
This Fish Dragon had absorbed ample Wood Spirit Power, its body swelling to about thirty feet long. It had also gathered the shattered roots and stems of the Bitter Heart Grass to fill out its body, finally appearing as the Seven-Chi Grass and Wood Cyan Dragon, shaking its head and tail, baring its fangs and claws.
Without any signal from Fang Qingyuan, the Fish Dragon soared into the sky, instantly putting distance between itself and the approaching Qu Jianyan.
Among the five Illusion Beasts, the Wood Spirit Fish Dragon was the most intelligent. The intelligence of the other four Illusion Beasts combined was likely only equal to that of the Fish Dragon.
The Green Water Ring Crystal Beast was incredibly fast, leaving the Earth Elemental Bear behind in the blink of an eye. Even the Golden Spirit White Tiger could not lock onto the Green Water Ring Crystal Beast’s aura.
Yet even so, the Green Water Ring Crystal Beast couldn’t catch the Wood Spirit Fish Dragon. This was because a spiritual wind currently accompanied the Wood Spirit Fish Dragon.
Nine Luminosities Lower-Tier Technique: ’Wind Breath Soil Wood Spell’.
This was a technique the Wood Spirit Fish Dragon cast on its own. The strange thing was, Fang Qingyuan himself didn’t know it.
Five Elements Spiritual Beasts could use corresponding techniques based on instinct; this was their Divine Technique.
Back when Fang Qingyuan condensed the Five Elements Illusion Spirits, besides the living vitality he added himself, the most crucial element was connecting to heaven and earth to borrow a sliver of opportunity from the world’s will.
And now, that sliver of opportunity was manifesting here, allowing the Five Spirits Illusion Beasts to be like true living creatures, each with its own unique Divine Techniques.
It was just that the other four beasts lacked the Wood Spirit Fish Dragon’s opportunity and couldn’t yet use Nine Luminosities-tier techniques. The highest they could manage were High-level Techniques.
Unfortunately, due to the restrictions of the battle, Fang Qingyuan couldn’t ride the Fish Dragon too far out of the arena. He could only stand on the Fish Dragon’s head and fly in circles with the Green Water Ring Crystal Beast chasing him from behind.
Sensing a volley of ice spikes shooting toward him from behind, Fang Qingyuan had a thought, and the surrounding Scorpion-tailed Bees voluntarily flew up to block them.
After the spikes came sharp water blades. The Fish Dragon simply swished its tail, sending a cloud of Bitter Heart Grass flying to block the blades for a moment. By the time the water blades passed through the grass, the Fish Dragon had already carried Fang Qingyuan far away.
After this happened several times, Qu Jianyan finally lost his patience.
"Demon Suppression!"
Following the sharp cry, Fang Qingyuan suddenly felt the Fish Dragon beneath his feet slow down. Much of the spiritual wind around it was also torn away. He looked back and saw a bottle-shaped Magical Artifact aimed right at him.
This was Qu Jianyan’s Second-Order Top-grade Magical Artifact: the ’Sishui Demon-Suppressing Bottle.’ It had the wondrous abilities of Demon Suppression, barrier-breaking, and Spirit Storage. Now that Qu Jianyan had brought it out, it seemed he intended to immobilize him.
’Too bad for you. I was ready for this.’
In the next moment, Fang Qingyuan shook the Ten Thousand Beasts Qiankun Banner, and a swarm of Iron-Seeking Rats flew out. As soon as they emerged from the banner, they were involuntarily drawn toward the mouth of Qu Jianyan’s Sishui Demon-Suppressing Bottle.
Although the Iron-Seeking Rats were pulverized by the Water Spirit Power within the Sishui Demon-Suppressing Bottle the moment they reached its mouth, they had achieved Fang Qingyuan’s goal: breaking its Demon Suppression function.
Seeing his Magical Artifact fail, Qu Jianyan, seated on the back of the Green Water Ring Crystal Beast, felt his composure begin to crumble. ’Fang Qingyuan is standing atop that Wooden Dragon’s head, and I can’t even catch him!’
Just then, Qu Jianyan heard a bear’s roar. He looked down and saw Jinbao grinding the White Crystal Battle Hero’s head under its foot.
Then, Jinbao crouched and launched itself into the air, leaping toward Qu Jianyan’s position.
But in the next moment, Jinbao fell back to the ground, clutching its head. Qu Jianyan had commanded the Green Water Ring Crystal Beast to ram Jinbao down.
Even so, Jinbao just shook its head, roared, and leaped up again.
’How is it so tenacious? I can’t drag this on any longer.’
Qu Jianyan’s eyes narrowed, fixed on Fang Qingyuan’s figure ahead. He turned the mouth of the jade bottle in his hand and sprayed a massive amount of Water Spirit Power onto the Green Water Ring Crystal Beast beneath him.
At the same time, Qu Jianyan also channeled most of his own Water Spirit Power into the sharp horn on the Green Water Ring Crystal Beast’s head.
For disciples of the Beast Taming Sect, most of their abilities revolved around their Companion Beasts. Unless a Cultivator chose not to follow the path of Spirit Beasts, once they had a Companion Beast, their techniques would be centered on it.
The same was true for Qu Jianyan. This Green Water Ring Crystal Beast was a middle-grade Earth Tier Spirit Beast that he had obtained through great hardship. His entire skillset was built around this Spirit Beast.
After receiving the Water Spirit Power that the Sishui Demon-Suppressing Bottle had accumulated for many days, the Green Water Ring Crystal Beast’s body trembled. It activated its Innate Divine Technique, condensing a pitch-black saber blade from its horn.
The moment the saber blade formed, Fang Qingyuan sensed a tremendous aura. In the sky, clouds scattered. The point from which the blade emerged instantly sucked in all the surrounding Spiritual Qi, creating a massive void of Spiritual Power.
Atop the Fish Dragon, Fang Qingyuan felt himself locked on tightly. No matter how fast the Fish Dragon flew, he had no confidence he could evade it.
This was the Green Water Ring Crystal Beast’s ultimate killing move, an Upper Nine Glories Tier technique: the ’Black Crystal Godslaying Saber’.
As the color of the horn on the Green Water Ring Crystal Beast’s head rapidly turned brown, the saber blade finally took its complete form.
The moment the black saber blade struck, Fang Qingyuan felt the world fall silent. This wasn’t an illusion; his entire consciousness was focused on that blade, and all other external information was shut out.
Wherever the black saber’s shadow passed, everything shattered. A thousand Scorpion-tailed Poison Bees were merely grazed by it, yet they were instantly frozen. In that moment, they all turned into rigid sculptures before shattering with a BANG.
The wall of grass and wood didn’t hold for even half a breath this time. Over ten feet thick, it was pierced in an instant.
The flames spewed by the Three-legged Golden Crow were instantly frozen, and the techniques unleashed by the other War Beasts couldn’t block it in the slightest.
The Fish Dragon rode the magical spiritual wind, its body swaying as it circled in the sky, trying to evade the unsettling black saber blade. After a breath’s time, however, the Fish Dragon realized with dismay that its efforts were futile.
Because the black saber’s shadow was controlled by Qu Jianyan’s Divine Sense, it was impossible to shake.
Facing such a crisis, a flicker of fear arose in the Fish Dragon’s heart. By now, it possessed the emotions of a living creature.
But at this moment, the Fish Dragon sensed that its master, standing on its head, was not panicking.
Before the Fish Dragon could process this, at the very instant the black saber blade reached it, Lechuan, in the distance, flinched. He had been about to rise and intervene, but then he sat back down in shock and confusion.
With his Golden Core Divine Sense, he had instantly perceived that the black saber blade—with its overwhelming aura and peerless might—had completely vanished the moment it touched Fang Qingyuan.
The only thing he saw was a flash of Five-Colored Divine Light, and then the black saber blade vanished without a trace.