Cultivating With Mutated Heavenly Spirit Roots-Chapter 55: Skeleton

"Awooooo!"

The Wolf King howled at the sky. The twenty Level 2 White Ice Wolves received the command to charge, their eyes instantly turning blood-red as they bared their fangs and lunged wildly at Fang Hong.

Fang Hong stood his ground, his expression calm and unperturbed by the sight before him.

With a flick of his right hand, fifty Intermediate Ice Spike Talismans shot out from his Storage Pouch, spinning rapidly in the air.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh..."

In a flash, these talismans transformed into a sky full of ice spikes, like silver arrows, fiercely piercing towards the wolf pack.

Though the wolf pack was naturally fierce, they found it difficult to withstand the sudden onslaught of ice spikes.

The ice spikes mercilessly impaled their bodies, causing blood to splatter and a series of tragic howls to echo through the cliff.

One White Ice Wolf after another fell to the ground, their bodies writhing and twitching in the snow.

"Awooooo!"

The five Level 3 White Ice Wolves roared in fury, witnessing the tragic state of their subordinates.

They opened their mouths and spat out sharp ice cones, which spun rapidly in the air, carrying a powerful impact force as they whistled towards Fang Hong, attempting to impale him.

Fang Hong’s expression remained calm, without the slightest panic. He waved his right hand again, and ten Intermediate Golden Wall Talismans flew out from his Storage Pouch, instantly forming a golden wall in front of him.

No matter how fiercely the ice cones struck the golden wall, they only made "bang, bang" sounds of impact, unable to break through his defense.

Seeing this, the Level 4 Wolf King became even more enraged.

It pushed off with its hind legs, leaping high into the air, and slammed its sharp claws fiercely onto the golden wall.

"Bang!" This strike was incredibly powerful, emitting a dull thud.

It had to be said that the Level 4 Wolf King’s strength was indeed formidable; a single claw strike shattered Fang Hong’s ten Golden Wall Talismans.

The powerful impact forced Fang Hong to retreat, but he reacted extremely quickly. He stomped his feet on the ground, and his entire body flew into the air.

Seeing Fang Hong fly into the air, a fierce glint flashed in the Wolf King’s eyes. It also leaped high, attempting to swat Fang Hong down with a claw.

Just as the Wolf King was about to succeed, the corners of Fang Hong’s mouth curved slightly upward, revealing an eerie smile.

An Advanced Lightning Thorn Talisman slowly appeared in front of him, and purple electric arcs on the talisman paper flashed wildly, emitting a "sizzle" sound.

"Sizzle!" A purple lightning bolt shot out from the Thunder Thorn Talisman, instantly streaking across the sky.

The Wolf King was unable to dodge, and the lightning bolt directly pierced through its head.

The Wolf King’s body stiffened abruptly, and its massive frame crashed down with a "boom," splashing a large amount of ice and snow.

It lay on the ground, its limbs twitching slightly a few times before it breathed its last.

The remaining five Level 3 Ice Wolves, seeing their leader killed, immediately trembled with fear, then turned and fled into the distance.

However, how could Fang Hong let go of the prey that was already within his grasp?

He immediately stepped onto his Fire Dragon Gourd and chased after the fleeing Ice Wolves...

Before long, all twenty Level 2, five Level 3, and one Level 4 Wolf King were completely slain by Fang Hong, collected into his demon gourd, and refined into spirit pills.

Fang Hong let out a long sigh of relief. Fortunately, he had prepared a large number of talismans, otherwise, dealing with the wolf pack would have been truly difficult.

Afterward, Fang Hong rode his Fire Dragon Gourd towards a certain spot halfway up the mountain.

While chasing the wolf pack earlier, he had inadvertently glimpsed a small, dark Immortal Cave.

The small Immortal Cave was hidden between two mountain walls; if one didn’t look carefully, it would be hard to spot.

The small Immortal Cave looked like a Cultivator’s Immortal Cave, but there were no spiritual energy fluctuations or traces of a formation around it, which made him very curious, so he decided to investigate...

Soon, Fang Hong landed beside the small Immortal Cave.

He leaned over and saw a dark stone grotto below.

Logically, the location of this stone grotto, halfway up the mountain, should be buried by wind and snow, but there was no accumulated snow inside, and the temperature was a bit high, which was why it wasn’t covered by ice and snow.

Fang Hong became even more curious. He extended his Divine Sense downwards, carefully sensing the surrounding situation.

A moment later, he found that there were no strong spiritual energy fluctuations inside, which put him at ease.

To get to the bottom of it, Fang Hong flew down and slowly descended into the dark stone grotto.

He took out a few spirit stones from his Storage Pouch. After injecting magical power, the spirit stones emitted a soft glow, illuminating the surroundings.

Fang Hong found himself on a broken circular stone platform. The ground was covered with many strange patterns, which intertwined, looking like some kind of formation.

But after careful observation, Fang Hong found that this stone platform was already incomplete.

And at the edge of the stone platform, a skeleton lay quietly on the ground.

The skeleton’s fingers tightly clutched a black token and a dark gold key, and beside it was a skull scepter.

Fang Hong was greatly surprised. He took out his Fire Dragon Short Sword, held it in his hand, and cautiously walked slowly towards the skeleton.

When he reached the skeleton, he once again carefully probed it with his Divine Sense, finding nothing unusual, which finally put his mind at ease.

Fang Hong’s gaze was immediately drawn to the skull scepter.

The skull scepter was completely black, with a smooth surface. Fang Hong gently picked up the scepter; it felt substantial.

He carefully felt the scepter’s material, estimating that it was made of black iron essence, which was a Material used by Core Formation Cultivatorss to refine Spiritual Treasures!

"Could this skull scepter be a Spiritual Treasure?" Fang Hong felt a little excited.

He gently caressed the scepter with both hands, becoming even more convinced of his guess; this was indeed a Spiritual Treasure. Top-grade Spiritual Artifacts did not have this quality.

Fang Hong calmed his emotions. Although he was not a Core Formation Cultivators and could not refine Spiritual Treasures with Dan Fire, he could still unleash one or two tenths of its power by refining it with Innate True Fire.

For him, this was much better than a top-grade Spiritual Artifact.

Fang Hong put the skull scepter into his Storage Pouch, intending to properly refine this Spiritual Treasure when he had time.

Fang Hong’s gaze turned to the skeleton.

Since a Spiritual Treasure was left here, this person must have been a Core Formation Cultivators during his lifetime.

Thinking of this, Fang Hong looked expectant. He began to search carefully, hoping to find the Core Formation Cultivators’s Storage Pouch...

But unfortunately, after searching for a while, he did not find any trace of a Storage Pouch.

Aside from the black token and the dark gold key in the skeleton’s hand, there was nothing else.

Fang Hong shook his head regretfully, a hint of disappointment on his face.

He took the token and key from the skeleton’s hand and placed them in his palm for careful examination.

The black token was made of high-grade black steel wood, with a hard and smooth texture.

The back of the token was engraved with many complex Talismans, which flickered with a faint light, while the front was engraved with four ancient characters.

Fang Hong carefully scrutinized these characters, but found that he could not understand them for now. He would have to wait until he returned to the sect to consult relevant ancient texts...