Cultivating With Mutated Heavenly Spirit Roots-Chapter 99: Battle

"Combine!"

Fang Hong gently pointed, and the hundred flying needles suspended in the air quickly arranged and combined.

In an instant, they transformed into a golden, gleaming longsword, its sharpness fully revealed, emanating a chilling light!

"Scatter! Combine again!"

As Fang Hong’s mind moved, the golden sword made a crisp "bang" and instantly shattered into golden specks, rearranging and combining again.

This time, it transformed into a smooth and exquisite shield, gleaming with golden light, giving a sense of invincibility.

Fang Hong did not stop, continuously transforming; after the shield, it became a long spear, a flying dagger, a giant axe, and even short blades, hook claws...

Various Spiritual Treasure forms switched freely under the control of his Divine Sense, unpredictable and highly versatile.

This was the flying needle Spiritual Treasure that Fang Hong had recently successfully refined, crafted primarily from golden thunder bamboo.

Considering its materials originated from Tian Lei Bamboo, Fang Hong named this offensive and transformative flying needle Spiritual Treasure "Heavenly Thunder Needle."

With this set of Heavenly Thunder Needle, his offensive methods were greatly enhanced, proficient in both long and short-range combat, unpredictable in changes, and sufficient to handle various combat situations.

After practicing for a while, Fang Hong contentedly retrieved the Heavenly Thunder Needle into his Golden Core space, letting it circle around the fire cloud gourd, receiving the warmth of the Golden Core’s Qi day and night, nourishing the Spiritual Treasure’s spirituality.

Next, Fang Hong took out two spirit stone and held them in his palms, beginning to absorb Spiritual Qi to restore his magical power.

To refine this set of flying needle Spiritual Treasure, Fang Hong expended immense magical power, feeling both physically and mentally exhausted; since he began to cultivate, this was the first time he had felt so weary.

After two days of secluded meditation and recuperation, his magical power and spirit were fully restored to their peak state, and he felt completely refreshed.

He still had one golden thunder bamboo unused, and a good amount of glass sand and profound iron essence remaining.

To avoid letting these precious materials go to waste, Fang Hong decided to refine another Spiritual Treasure.

After much thought, Fang Hong decided to refine another defensive Spiritual Treasure; compared to offense, he now also needed powerful protection for unforeseen circumstances.

Without further ado, Fang Hong grabbed the remaining profound iron essence and threw it into the Soul Fusion Formation, beginning to refine the defensive Spiritual Treasure according to the design in his mind...

This artifact refining process was much smoother than the previous times; with the added experience, he was now highly skilled.

Ten days later, a gleaming golden inner armor was refined.

This inner armor was Fang Hong’s newly refined defensive Spiritual Treasure, a Fusion of golden thunder bamboo, glass sand, and profound iron essence. When worn, it could withstand some fatal damage.

Not only that, due to the presence of the Evil-warding Divine Thunder, this inner armor could also block the invasion of some evil Qi and Devilish Qi, dispelling evil and repelling demons. Fang Hong named it "Heavenly Thunder Armor."

Fang Hong patted the Heavenly Thunder Armor onto his body, immediately feeling a warmth all over, as if enveloped by a protective divine light, and a few more feelings of security in his heart.

Now, he already possessed the fire cloud gourd, Heavenly Thunder Needle, and Heavenly Thunder Armor, three core Spiritual Treasure, with a balance of offense and defense, able to advance and retreat freely.

When out and about, even if he encountered sudden danger, he could calmly handle it.

Fang Hong put away the Soul Fusion Formation and began to close his eyes to meditate.

The artifact refining was concluded for now; next, he would focus on finding Demonic Beast, collecting spirit pill, and continuing to improve his Cultivation.

After resting for a day, Fang Hong’s magical power was fully replenished. He opened his eyes and found Little Rainbow squatting beside him at some unknown time, its eyes playfully watching him.

"Oh? You little fellow, when did you sneak over to my side?" Fang Hong smiled and stroked its small head. 𝗳𝚛𝚎𝚎𝘄𝕖𝕓𝕟𝕠𝚟𝚎𝕝.𝗰𝕠𝐦

Every time he saw Little Rainbow’s appearance, he found it quite amusing.

Its feathers were colorful, every color imaginable, and especially, a small tuft of pointed hair had now grown on its head, making it look extremely comical.

"Cackle cackle cackle!" Little Rainbow chirped a few times, responding to Fang Hong’s greeting.

Fang Hong stood up and walked to Little Rainbow’s stone house, finding that the golden eggshell had been completely gnawed clean.

It seemed he needed to find new food for it to eat, so it could continue to grow.

Fang Hong put it into his Spiritual Beast bag, then came out of his Immortal Cave. With a wave of his hand, he retrieved the Formation Flag of the Four Symbols Formation, Five Elements Demon-Trapping Formation, and Profound Earth Formation.

He only left a basic small cloud and mist Formation around the Immortal Cave; after all, there was nothing valuable inside his Immortal Cave.

Subsequently, Fang Hong soared into the sky, transforming into a red light, and flew towards the west. He was now heading to the Ten Thousand Demons Ancient Forest to hunt Demonic Beast and collect spirit pill.

Two hours later, Fang Hong arrived at the entrance of the Ten Thousand Demons Ancient Forest again, stepping into the forest with anticipation.

The last time he came here for training was a few years ago; at that time, he was still a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, not daring to venture into the central area of the forest, fearing five- or six-level Demonic Beast.

But now, Fang Hong was a Core Formation Stage cultivator, and venturing into the central area to find five- or six-level Demonic Beast was his current goal.

Fang Hong maintained his usual steady demeanor, proceeding cautiously. If his Divine Sense detected any Demonic Beast, he would not hesitate to attack and kill them.

Before long, Fang Hong arrived in front of a small mountain and finally discovered the presence of high-level Demonic Beast.

On the mountain rock ahead, two massive creatures were perched, one male and one female, clearly high-level Demonic Beast of the fifth and sixth levels, Purple Crystal Ape.

The Purple Crystal Ape were five to six zhang tall, with sleek, black fur all over their bodies. Their most distinctive feature was their arms, which were covered with a layer of purple crystals, giving the Purple Crystal Ape their name.

According to Demonic Beast records, these crystals were incredibly hard and also a good artifact refining Material.

Fang Hong’s heart stirred; it was a good opportunity to test the sharpness of the Heavenly Thunder Needle.

"Roar, roar, roar!"

The two Purple Crystal Ape saw Fang Hong approaching and immediately roared in rage, leaping down and slamming their paws on the ground, causing the rocks to tremble and dust to fly.

"Come on, you beasts!" Fang Hong’s battle intent was strong, and he shouted coldly.

Before he finished speaking, the male ape roared and leaped into the air, raising its foot to stomp fiercely towards Fang Hong, with such force that it intended to crush Fang Hong into a pulp!

"Bang!"

Fang Hong’s body flickered, avoiding the heavy blow. The male ape’s foot landed on the ground, instantly creating a large pit several zhang wide.

The female ape seized the opportunity to launch a sneak attack, slamming a palm from the side and rear. A whistling and cracking sound faintly echoed in the air.

Fang Hong calmly raised his hand, and a hundred Heavenly Thunder Needle hovered at his fingertips, rotating, arranging, and combining, finally forming a sharp drill that shot towards the female ape’s palm.

"Pfft!"

With a muffled sound, the female ape’s attacking palm was instantly pierced, revealing a bloody hole. Its entire body flew backward, crashing nearby, screaming in agony.

Seeing the female ape injured, the male ape became even more enraged and tried to pounce again, but Fang Hong did not stop his attack.

Fang Hong pointed his finger at the two apes, and the drill-shaped flying needles shattered in the sky.

One split into two, two split into three; the hundred flying needles instantly transformed into tens of thousands of golden needle shadows, like a torrential downpour, swirling towards the two apes.

"Clang, clang, clang!"

The two apes quickly put their arms in front of them, using the hardest purple crystals on their bodies to defend against the flying needles’ sudden attack.

Fang Hong’s move was called "Thousand Shadows Heart Piercing Technique," a high-level spell recorded in the Essence Emperor Art at the Core Formation Stage, using flying needle Spiritual Treasure as a guide, with an impenetrable and incredibly fierce offensive.