Cultivating With Mutated Heavenly Spirit Roots-Chapter 69: Refining

Fang Hong’s heart tightened. He recognized these two demonic beasts; they were a type of Demonic Beast called ’iron toad’.

Iron toads generally only possessed a strength of level two or three, but these two in front of him had actually reached level four. Especially the male toad, which was a peak level four Demonic Beast, its strength not inferior to a Foundation Establishment peak Cultivator.

The two iron toads, having failed in their sneak attack, appeared extremely enraged.

They opened their gaping maws, leaped high again, and once more attacked Fang Hong, vowing to put this intruder to death.

Fang Hong certainly wouldn’t sit idly by. Without hesitation, he immediately activated the Formation Disk, initiating the Four Symbols Formation.

"Boom!"

As Fang Hong’s magical power was injected, the Four Symbols Formation instantly enveloped the two iron toads, and the formation barrier forcefully bounced them to the ground.

Fang Hong didn’t hesitate in the slightest. He took out spirit stones again, gripped them tightly with both hands, and fully empowered the formation.

The Four Symbols Formation Spirit reappeared, and the majestic Azure Dragon, White Tiger, Black Tortoise, and Vermilion Bird wildly crashed into the two Demonic Beasts.

"Bang, bang, bang..."

The crashing sounds were incessant, but as the fight progressed, Fang Hong gradually felt something was amiss.

The strength of these two iron toads far exceeded his imagination. Their seemingly clumsy bodies were exceptionally agile in combat, colliding fiercely with the Four Symbols Formation Spirit again and again.

What surprised Fang Hong even more was that after such intense attacks, their bodies showed no obvious damage!

Fang Hong’s brows furrowed, and he secretly marveled, it seems these two toads had eaten a lot of Heavenly Body fruit, which is why their physical body is so hard...

No wonder there were only two fruits left on the tree; it turns out they were eaten by these two.

Iron toads, as Demonic Beasts, already possess strong defensive capabilities, and now, after eating Heavenly Body fruit, their physical body has become even harder.

Fang Hong pondered a countermeasure. Relying solely on the Four Symbols Formation probably wouldn’t be enough to kill these two toads; it seemed he would need the help of Advanced Lightning Thorn Talismans.

While operating the formation, he conjured two Thunder Thorn Talismans from his storage bag.

As soon as the talismans appeared, they emitted powerful spiritual energy fluctuations, with purple electric arcs flickering and jumping on the talisman paper. 𝕗𝐫𝚎𝗲𝘄𝐞𝕓𝐧𝕠𝘃𝕖𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝚖

Fang Hong seized the opportunity and immediately activated the talismans!

"Zzz!" Two purple lightning bolts shot out, striking heavily on the bellies of the two toads.

The immense impact directly sent them flying into the formation barrier, where the collision with the barrier produced sizzling explosions!

Fang Hong had thought this strike would be enough to finish them, and a hint of joy appeared on his face.

But before he could even be happy, he saw the two iron toads staggeringly get back up from the ground.

Looking closely, only some bloody marks had appeared on their bellies.

"They’re not dead!" Fang Hong’s expression was astonished.

He knew the power of the Thunder Thorn Talisman all too well; under normal circumstances, it was enough to instantly kill most level four Demonic Beasts.

But these two iron toads in front of him were so troublesome. It seemed he had underestimated the strength of their physical body.

The two iron toads, injured by the lightning thorns, were clearly thoroughly enraged. They realized something was wrong and began to become increasingly agitated.

Constantly emitting low roars, they used all their strength to continuously crash into the formation barrier, attempting to escape the formation’s range.

But unfortunately, the power of the Four Symbols Formation was not just for show.

Although it couldn’t kill them for now, it could still send them flying.

Each collision caused the iron toads’ bodies to fall heavily to the ground, but they still didn’t give up, constantly struggling to get up and continue attacking.

Fang Hong composed himself. Since two Thunder Thorn Talismans couldn’t kill them, then throwing a few more should be able to, right?

He again took out two Thunder Thorn Talismans from his storage bag, and in the gaps of the iron toads’ attacks, he decisively activated the Thunder Thorn Talismans.

"Zzz! Zzz!" Two purple lightning bolts appeared again, striking heavily on the iron toads, and moreover, they hit the previous wounds.

This time, the two iron toads weren’t so lucky.

The powerful current instantly coursed through their bodies. They let out shrill screams, their limbs twitching uncontrollably.

Their massive bodies struggled on the ground for a few moments, and then the two iron toads finally lay on their backs, motionless, dying on the spot...

Fang Hong let out a sigh of relief and slowly retracted the Four Symbols Formation Flags. It was a good thing he had prepared Thunder Thorn Talismans; without their help, it would have been truly difficult to break through their defenses.

Fang Hong came to the corpses and took out a bottle from his storage bag. This bottle was refined from special materials and was specifically used to collect demon blood.

He began to collect the male toad’s demon blood. This male toad was a peak level four Demonic Beast, and also a water-attribute Demonic Beast, which could be used to strengthen the Four Symbols Formation.

After collecting the demon blood, Fang Hong took out his demon gourd and slowly absorbed their corpses into it to refine them into spirit pills. The effect of a level four spirit pill was several times better than a level three spirit pill.

Having done all this, Fang Hong then came to the iron tree.

He looked up at the only two Heavenly Body fruit remaining on the tree, reached out and picked them, and without any hesitation, immediately ate them.

This Heavenly Body fruit was somewhat different from other spiritual fruits; after eating them, their medicinal power had to be stimulated through combat.

Fang Hong was currently in Evergreen Blessed Herb Garden, and battles were certainly unavoidable in the upcoming exploration process. Eating the Heavenly Body fruit at this time was the best choice.

As soon as the Heavenly Body fruit entered his mouth, a cool Qi current spread from his throat throughout his body. Fang Hong could feel a medicinal power flowing within his body, waiting to be refined...

After eating the Heavenly Body fruit, Fang Hong was satisfied. Then he took out his fire dragon short sword, cut down an entire iron tree, organized them, and put them back into his storage bag.

This iron tree was also a treasure. Taking it back to refine into blank talisman paper would result in talismans with stronger power.

Subsequently, Fang Hong meticulously searched by the clear water lake, hoping to find more spirit medicine.

However, after a thorough search, there were no new gains.

Fang Hong was not discouraged and continued to wander through this oasis, looking for his next target.

...

One day later, Fang Hong drove his four-wheeled vehicle out of the oasis and continued towards the middle region of Evergreen Blessed Herb Garden.

During this day, he had almost searched the entire oasis, and his harvest was quite good.

He had collected thirty more Spirit Herbss and spirit medicines, all of which were four to five hundred years old. These medicinal materials were rare treasures in the outside world.

In terms of Demonic Beasts, he had also slain quite a few.

In addition to the red-armored scorpions and iron toads he had encountered before, he had also killed thirty other level three Demonic Beasts.

Moreover, during the battles, Fang Hong had also taken the opportunity to refine the medicinal power of the Heavenly Body fruit, greatly enhancing the strength of his physical body.

He felt as if he was now full of power, capable of taking attacks from top-tier Spiritual Artifacts with his bare hands, and even capable of killing a Foundation Establishment Stage Late-Phase Cultivator with a single punch!

...

On the third day, Fang Hong finally left the outer edge and arrived at the entrance to the middle region of Evergreen Blessed Herb Garden.

Fang Hong looked up; before him were mountains, one after another, stretching endlessly. The mountains were covered in dense forests, with white mist floating, a scene full of vitality.

Fang Hong once again sighed internally, marveling at what Divine Ability those ancient powerful Cultivators used to move these giant peaks into a stone tablet; it was truly incredible...