Cultivating With Mutated Heavenly Spirit Roots-Chapter 101: Hiding

Fang Hong remained expressionless, still ignoring the black-clothed man’s shock. He focused his mind, manipulating the countless flying needles, unleashing the Thousand Shadows Heart Piercing Technique, and lunging forward.

The dense flying needles transformed into thousands of phantoms, assaulting the Black-clothed person like a torrential downpour, with a continuous whooshing sound filling the air.

Seeing this, the Black-clothed person dared not be careless. He hastily swung the black blade in his hand, constantly parrying the sudden attacks of the flying needles, while his body flickered, repeatedly dodging.

Fang Hong seized the opportunity to strike again. With a flick of his hand, the Four Symbols Formation Flag flew out like lightning. The four Formation Flags suddenly plunged into the ground, and spiritual light abruptly appeared.

In the blink of an eye, the Four Symbols Formation rose from the ground, enveloping the black-clothed man within the array. He then activated the Four Symbols Formation Spirit to coordinate with the myriad flying needles, forming a continuous assault, attacking him frantically.

"What cultivation technique has this kid cultivated? His magical power is actually so profound!" The black-clothed man was inwardly horrified.

He couldn’t believe that a Core Formation Stage kid could manipulate so many flying needles while also activating a powerful killing formation. This was simply incredible.

The black-clothed man conjured a shadow orb. Gradually, the shadow orb transformed into a rotating wind wall, firmly protecting him within it, fending off the flying needles and the Four Symbols Formation’s attacks.

"This guy is truly troublesome! I can only use that Spiritual Treasure to prevent him from escaping and causing endless future trouble." Fang Hong’s eyes were cold, and his killing intent surged.

Fang Hong would not allow such a dangerous assassin to escape.

Therefore, he decisively pulled out a green talisman from his storage bag and activated it with his vital essence.

This talisman was an Advanced talisman Treasure gifted by Old Ancestor Luo Jie, personally refined by a Late Nascent Soul Cultivator. Its power was astonishing, and only this item could quickly kill this person.

The Black-clothed person also seemed to sense the danger, his expression grave, and he likewise condensed his strongest killing move at his fingertips.

"It’s time to end this!"

Activating a talisman Treasure with vital essence consumed a significant amount of magical power, but the benefit was its extreme speed. In just a few breaths, Fang Hong successfully activated the talisman Treasure and threw it towards the black-clothed man in the formation.

"Whoosh!"

The green light on the talisman erupted violently. Driven by magical power and vital essence, the light was dazzling, transforming into a crescent-shaped Sword Qi that slashed straight out.

"Hmph!" The black-clothed man roared, pointing his fingertip at the crescent Sword Qi. A black beam of light shot out, colliding with the crescent Sword Qi.

This was his most damaging spell, named "Black Light Finger," an Advanced spell with extremely high penetration. He intended to pierce through Fang Hong along with the formation.

"Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle..."

Unfortunately, what Fang Hong used was an Advanced talisman Treasure, personally refined by a Late Nascent Soul Cultivator. Its power was so immense that it was simply not something the black-clothed man’s single spell could withstand.

The crescent Sword Qi, upon touching the black beam of light, instantly cut through it without any obstruction, striking the Black-clothed person at an extremely fast speed.

"Pfft!"

The crescent Sword Qi effortlessly sliced through the Black-clothed person’s body, cutting him and his defensive spell in half.

The Four Symbols Formation was also torn open by the powerful Sword Qi. The Sword Qi circled in the air once, transformed back into the green talisman, and flew back into Fang Hong’s palm, its light dimming slightly.

"Uh... Nascent Soul... talisman Treasure...!"

The black-clothed man’s eyes widened. He uttered his last words with difficulty, then his body split into two halves, dying on the spot. Even his Golden Core was cut in half.

"Hoo..." Fang Hong looked at the fallen corpse and let out a long breath.

He finally killed this guy. The power of the Advanced talisman Treasure was indeed formidable, striking down the enemy with a single, thunderous blow.

Fang Hong lowered his head and looked at the green talisman in his hand. Its light had dimmed considerably, but it should still be usable once more.

After putting away the talisman, Fang Hong quickly walked towards the Black-clothed person’s shattered corpse and began to collect the spoils of war.

However, the result made Fang Hong frown.

Apart from a Low-Grade storage bag, there were no other valuable items on his person, and it only contained a few hundred low-grade spirit stoness, which was truly meager.

How could a Late Core Formation Stage cultivator be so poor? Fang Hong immediately realized that this assassin probably didn’t have the habit of carrying all his wealth when going out. What a pity.

The only gains were the Black-clothed person’s two Spiritual Treasures: a black-scaled spear and a black blade. From their appearance, they were both good Spiritual Treasures.

Fang Hong put the black blade into his storage bag, planning to erase its spiritual imprint with the fire cloud gourd another day before using it.

Then, Fang Hong took out his demon gourd and collected the Black-clothed person’s corpse, refining it into a spirit pill.

After handling everything, Fang Hong dared not linger and quickly left the scene.

As he hurried through the dense forest, his heart remained restless for a long time.

This assassination was completely unexpected by Fang Hong.

He also didn’t expect that the Zhao Emperor would be so sinister as to directly send a Late Core Formation Stage assassin to kill him.

If he hadn’t been wearing the Heavenly Thunder Armor, he would have already become a corpse the moment the black-clothed man first attacked.

Fang Hong still felt a lingering fear now. What if the Zhao Emperor, enraged, sent a Nascent Soul Cultivator to kill him? What then?

He was no match for a Nascent Soul Cultivator.

"Forget it, forget it. It’s better to into hiding for a while first, least this Zhao Emperor truly goes mad..."

Fang Hong sighed and escaped from the Ten Thousand Demons Ancient Forest, rushing directly towards Sand Country in the north.

After much thought, Fang Hong decided it was time to use the ancient teleportation array on White Desert Mountain. As long as he hid in the Heavenly Azure Sea Domain, the Zhao Emperor surely wouldn’t be able to find him, right?

Moreover, Advanced Demonic Beast resources on the continent were relatively scarce, so he could conveniently go to the Heavenly Azure Sea Domain to hunt Demonic Beasts. Ancient texts said that Demonic Beast resources in the ocean were very abundant.

...

Just as Fang Hong was on his way to Sand Country, in the imperial city of Zhao, within a magnificent hall.

The Zhao Emperor sat cross-legged on a jade stone, eyes closed, circulating his cultivation technique, with spiritual power flowing around his body.

Suddenly, the Zhao Emperor sharply opened his eyes, as if sensing something.

He took out a jade pendant. With a crisp ’bang,’ the jade pendant shattered, and the spiritual light within it completely dissipated.

Seeing this, the Zhao Emperor’s palm trembled slightly, and his face instantly darkened.

"How could this be... Shadow, did even you fail?"

Shadow was the black-clothed man he had sent to assassinate Fang Hong. Now that the jade pendant was shattered, it meant Shadow was dead.

The Zhao Emperor found it hard to believe. With Shadow’s strength, even if the assassination failed, escaping should have been no problem, right? Unless he encountered a Nascent Soul Cultivator.

"It seems that Old Man Luo Jie most likely protected him." The Zhao Emperor crushed the broken jade in his hand into powder, his face full of unwillingness.

Subsequently, the Zhao Emperor conjured several spell Incantations out of thin air. This time, he would send a Nascent Soul Cultivator to Qin Country!

Although it was very risky, in order to eliminate Fang Hong, this major hidden danger, he had no choice but to do so.