Cultivating With Mutated Heavenly Spirit Roots-Chapter 88: Ancient Demon Forest

After setting up the defensive formation, Fang Hong took out a map from his storage bag and carefully examined it, discovering that the Spirit Vein was not far from the Heavenly Demon Ancient Forest.

At his current Core Formation Stage speed, a round trip would take less than half an hour.

Instead of sitting idly in the mine cultivating Qi, it would be better to take the initiative and go to the Heavenly Demon Ancient Forest to hunt Demonic Beasts and collect spirit pills. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

He had already consumed all the Demonic Beast spirit pills he had and needed to refine a new batch.

Having made up his mind, Fang Hong took out a jade slip, opened a gap in the formation, and transformed into a streak of light, flying towards the Heavenly Demon Ancient Forest.

...

The Heavenly Demon Ancient Forest was a famous Demonic Beast habitat within Qin Country, bearing a striking resemblance to the Ten Thousand Demons Ancient Forest where he had once trained.

Both places were rampant with Demonic Beasts, rich in Spiritual Qi, full of dangers, yet also contained abundant resources.

The current Fang Hong was an Early Stage Golden Core cultivator, and ordinary third and fourth-grade Demonic Beasts no longer satisfied his appetite.

He had to delve deeper into the forest, seeking fifth and sixth-grade Yao Beasts; only then could he use the demon gourd to refine more powerful, high-grade spirit pills to aid his future Cultivation.

Before long, Fang Hong arrived at the outer perimeter of the Heavenly Demon Ancient Forest.

Even though his Cultivation had broken through to the Core Formation Stage and his magic power had greatly increased, he maintained his usual cautious approach, never showing the slightest slack.

Fang Hong cast the Wind Control Technique, carefully moving through the mountains and forests, steadily penetrating deeper into the forest.

Along the way, Fang Hong encountered some third and fourth-grade Demonic Beasts, but he dispatched them with a flick of his finger, refining them into spirit pills...

As he gradually went deeper, Fang Hong arrived at an open clearing in the forest, where a wide pond abruptly appeared before him.

The pond water was a bizarre dark green, with large and small green bubbles constantly rising to the surface, emitting a faint, fishy smell, appearing eerie and sinister.

He stopped, his brows slightly furrowed, and his Divine Sense quietly probed the bottom of the pond.

As expected, a powerful aura emanated from the depths of the pond, clearly belonging to a sixth-grade Demonic Beast!

"Bang!"

Just then, the pond water suddenly exploded, sending waves soaring into the sky, and a colossal beast charged out of the water, landing heavily in front of Fang Hong, shaking the ground.

The Demonic Beast was over ten zhang long, with a heavy turtle shell on its back, its entire body as dark as iron, and its four limbs thick and powerful—it was precisely the legendary sixth-grade "Black Water Turtle"!

"Roar!"

The Black Water Turtle let out a thunderous roar, suddenly opened its mouth, and continuously spat out several pitch-black spherical demon blood, savagely smashing them towards Fang Hong.

Fang Hong snorted coldly, his figure transforming into several dark shadows, easily dodging by casting the Shadow Divine Art.

Amidst the rumbling, the demon blood exploded where he had stood, and several towering trees instantly collapsed.

Wood splinters flew, and the ground caved in, showing the immense power of the Black Water Turtle’s attack!

After evading the attack, Fang Hong’s figure flickered, instantly darting around the Black Water Turtle, conjuring four Formation Flags and inserting them into the ground, quickly setting up the Four Symbols Formation to firmly trap the Black Water Turtle within the formation.

This Black Water Turtle was a sixth-grade water-attribute Demonic Beast, and its demon blood could be used to enhance the power of the Four Symbols Formation; how could he let it escape so easily!

"Roar, roar, roar!"

Seeing itself trapped by the formation, the Black Water Turtle immediately became restless, frantically twisting its massive body, crashing against the formation barrier, sending mud and rocks flying, and the roaring reverberated in the forest for a long time.

However, the Four Symbols Formation set up by Fang Hong was also not weak; even with the Black Water Turtle’s astonishing strength, it was difficult for it to break free in a short period.

Fang Hong immediately circulated his magic power, activating the Four Symbols Formation Spirit within the formation, launching successive attacks from all directions against the Black Water Turtle.

The Black Water Turtle was quickly knocked to the ground, but due to its thick defense, the Four Symbols Formation probably couldn’t kill it.

Fang Hong pondered for a moment, then a thought suddenly struck him, and he conjured the fire cloud gourd Spiritual Treasure, pointing it at the Black Water Turtle and activating his magic power, causing a cloud of red mist to gush out from the mouth of the gourd.

The red mist wrapped around the Black Water Turtle’s body, only circling once before automatically returning to the gourd...

"Indeed..." Fang Hong shook his head and smiled bitterly, "This fire cloud gourd can only collect artifacts; it has no offensive capabilities."

He put away the fire cloud gourd, then conjured another Spiritual Treasure, the Skeleton Staff, and infused it with magic power.

"Puff!"

Purple light surged, and a purple beam of light shot out from the skull’s mouth, striking the Black Water Turtle hard and knocking it against the formation barrier.

The Black Water Turtle let out a cry of pain, and a bloody mark appeared where it had just been struck.

This was the full power of the Skeleton Staff, much stronger than the Thunder Thorn Talisman.

The Black Water Turtle, realizing Fang Hong was not easy to deal with, became even more agitated, crashing against the formation barrier with all its might, trying to jump back into the pond.

Fang Hong smiled; if this Black Water Turtle had stayed in the pond, it would indeed have been difficult to deal with.

But it had arrogantly jumped ashore, and now that it wanted to go back, how could Fang Hong let it have its way...

Immediately, he formed hand seals, controlling the Skeleton Staff and the Four Symbols Formation Spirit, launching round after round of fierce attacks against the Black Water Turtle.

Purple light and Array Spirits intertwined, continuously bombarding the Black Water Turtle’s body, accompanied by cries of pain, and its movements gradually slowed.

A moment later, the Black Water Turtle was finally defeated and died, its massive body crashing to the ground, legs splayed, eyes rolled back, completely dead...

Fang Hong retrieved the Formation Flags and the Skeleton Staff, quickly walked to the Black Water Turtle’s corpse, and with magic power transformed into a blade, he meticulously removed its hard shell and small pieces of skin.

These were excellent materials for artifact refining and talisman crafting.

Fang Hong then took out a jade slip and skillfully collected the Black Water Turtle’s demon blood to enhance the power of the formation.

After all this was done, Fang Hong then used the demon gourd to absorb its corpse, refining it into a sixth-grade spirit pill.

Fang Hong, feeling satisfied, left the pond area and continued to search for Demonic Beasts to hunt in the mountains and forests.

It wasn’t until evening that Fang Hong flew back to the sect’s mine.

Fang Hong sat upright in the stone chamber, took out the demon gourd, and let it spew out the day’s harvest: one sixth-grade spirit pill, two fifth-grade spirit pills, and eight fourth-grade spirit pills.

The harvest was less than he had imagined, especially the fifth and sixth-grade Spirit Pills; he had only encountered three today.

It seemed that high-grade Demonic Beasts like these were rare in the Ancient Forest and could not be encountered just by wishing for them...

Fang Hong threw a fourth-grade spirit pill into his mouth, closed his eyes, and began to absorb it; whether it was little or not, Cultivation had to continue.

Thus, Fang Hong began a busy life, occasionally visiting the mine to supervise the miners, and after supervising, he would go to the Heavenly Demon Ancient Forest to hunt Demonic Beasts and collect spirit pills.

His days were fulfilling, and his pace of Cultivation never stopped.

During this period, Elder Cao Kun frequently received reports from the front line, and the intelligence indicated fierce fighting between the cultivators of the two countries, with casualties on both sides, but the overall situation remained in a stalemate.

It was not easy for Zhao Emperor to break through Qin Country’s defense in one fell swoop, as the three sects had deep foundations and their strength was not to be underestimated.

...

One day, three months later, Fang Hong leisurely walked through the mountains and forests, his face somewhat gloomy; he found that there were fewer and fewer Demonic Beasts in the forest, especially fifth and sixth-grade Demonic Beasts.

Sometimes, he wouldn’t encounter a single fifth-grade Demonic Beast for several days in a row.

For him now, fourth-grade spirit pills had a smaller improvement effect and could only be compensated by quantity, but fourth-grade Demonic Beasts were also gradually decreasing...