Who Let Him Cultivate?! (WX)-Chapter 470: The Everlasting Immortal Fairy Uproots the Laurel Tree
“Then bring it on.” The Everlasting Immortal Fairy was eager to give it a try, not afraid of Luo Hongxia’s challenge. I've dominated the ancient era for sixteen glorious years, stringing together victory after victory. Challenging beyond my level is practically a part and parcel of daily life. I’m also the inventor of the Unbeatable Golden Core. When it comes to battle, I fear no one!
Even Yun Zhi is not an exception!
No one intervened. Instead, they found the situation rather interesting, clearing space for Luo Hongxia and the Everlasting Immortal Fairy to get at it and showcase their potential. Everyone, including Qiu Jin’an, wanted to see Lu Yang’s true aptitude. During Lu Yang’s fight with Huang Ming, Qiu Jin’an had sensed that Lu Yang hadn’t shown his full hand and believed he had other trump cards up his sleeve.
Luo Hongxia opened the small circular box. It was a treasure named the Light-Retaining Treasure Box, refined from the horn of a xiezhi unicorn.[1] Chanting an ancestral incantation, she activated the box. Two beams of light shot out, enveloping her and the Everlasting Immortal Fairy respectively.
Just as the Everlasting Immortal Fairy was about to dispel the light beam, Luo Hongxia said, “Don’t resist. The treasure box will adjust our cultivation to the same level.”
The Everlasting Immortal Fairy decided to give Luo Hongxia some face and ceased resisting.
With a whoosh, the two of them were sucked into the treasure box.
The interior was boundless space, and its environment could be freely altered based on the wielder’s will. Mountains, rivers, lakes, and oceans could be conjured for terrain-based combat.
The moment they entered the treasure box, Luo Hongxia’s cultivation began plummeting all the way from the Fusion Stage to the Intermediate Golden Core Stage. Her physical strength and mental power also adjusted accordingly.
“Intermediate Golden Core Stage, huh... Truly nostalgic.” Luo Hongxia smiled. In my youth, I was a peerless prodigy whose mere presence made peers of the same level lose the courage to fight. Now that I have returned to the Intermediate Golden Core Stage with the experience of a Fusion cultivator, who could possibly defeat me?!
“Begin!”
Luo Hongxia tossed a seed, casting the Tree-Planting Mantra. It sprouted into a graceful laurel tree, its leaves swaying and shimmering with vibrant vitality. The laurel tree could provide her with endless energy.
“Bright Moon Aloft!” As she raised her hand, an argent moon appeared in the sky. It sprinkled its moonlight over the world and morphed into a light cone as it barrelled toward the Everlasting Immortal Fairy. Every light cone carried impressive power; a single strike could incapacitate an ordinary Golden Core cultivator.
The Everlasting Immortal Fairy dodged with feline nimbleness, her subtle movements evading every attack. This was the “Qilin Step” she had derived after observing the Qilin Immortal’s scurrying about with his agile footwork during their battles. It allowed him to narrowly dodge a few of her attacks—a rare feat, unlike the Heaven Mandate Immortal, who relied solely on brute defense due to his inferior footwork.
Seeing that none of her attacks were landing, Luo Hongxia performed hand seals, transforming the light cones into a ceaseless downpour.
Faced with this unavoidable attack, the Everlasting Immortal Fairy stamped her foot, causing the loess beneath to ripple like ocean waves. Layer upon layer surged forth, forming a roaring tsunami of yellow earth that threatened to swallow Luo Hongxia before the light cones could hit their target.
With a single finger pressed against the yellow soil, the entire mass instantly became incredibly hard and stopped moving, blocking the light cones that rained down.
“Pointing Ground To Steel?!” Luo Hongxia gasped, never expecting Lu Yang to be capable of this move.
She then snorted coldly. So what if he knows an ancient spell?
“Moon Mortal Descent!” The moon came crashing down toward the Everlasting Immortal Fairy, colliding with the steeled earth in an explosion that stirred plumes of dust.
As the dust settled, Luo Hongxia scanned the battlefield for Lu Yang’s figure but found no trace.
“Wait, he’s underground!” Luo Hongxia’s rich combat experience kicked in. Qiu Jin’an had often ambushed her with this move in their youth. Practice made perfect, allowing her to react in the shortest time possible.
The Everlasting Immortal Fairy had employed a bona fide Earth Escape Technique, its effects nearly identical to Lu Yang’s “Shrinking Earth.”
Luo Hongxia leaped into the sky. This way, I’ll be able to dodge no matter which direction Lu Yang attacks from.
“Bright Moon Aloft.” Another luminous hung overhead, ready to bombard Lu Yang the moment he surfaced.
Bang! The Everlasting Immortal Fairy burrowed out of the earth, not to attack Luo Hongxia but the laurel tree she had planted at the start of the battle.
Luo Hongxia’s continuous assaults demanded more power than an Intermediate Golden Core cultivator could sustain; even Lu Yang would struggle. The conclusion was obvious—the laurel tree provided Luo Hongxia with a steady stream of power.
This was a common battle technique used by the Moon Laurel Immortal Palace. Only Nascent Soul disciples could master it; even Lan Ting couldn’t cast it. Luo Hongxia had relied on her experience to execute it at the Golden Core Stage.
A flicker of panic crossed Luo Hongxia’s visage before her composure returned. She hadn’t anticipated that her opponent would be so shrewd as to identify her weak points this swiftly.
The laurel tree possessed no offensive capabilities. It only had two traits: provision of spirit energy and impregnable defense. Even if Lu Yang has several formidable offensive spells at his disposal, breaching the laurel tree’s defenses within a short time is impossible!
“Quite tough.” The Everlasting Immortal Fairy delivered a casual punch that merely made the laurel tree sway, with not even a single leaf falling. “Looks like I’ll need to use some special methods... Paraquat Fist!”
To cultivate the Immortal Fairy Fist Technique, she had studied tens of thousands of herb-related fist techniques. From them, she derived a specialized fist technique designed to counter herb-based lifeforms. With a single punch, all nearby herbs would wither, leaving no plant alive in its path. Hence, it came to be known as the Paraquat Fist—Withered Hundred Herbs.
Once the fist connected with the laurel tree, the leaves wilted yellow, and its branches drooped. In the blink of an eye, the tree had withered!
Luo Hongxia suddenly coughed out a mouthful of blood, her complexion turning ghostly pale from the backlash of the laurel tree. She didn’t expect her opponent to kill the laurel tree with one punch. What kind of fist technique is this?!
But so what? Even without the laurel tree, how could I lose to a junior?
As Luo Hongxia dove down, the Everlasting Immortal Fairy uprooted the laurel tree and swung it at her, smashing her into a daze.
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In the imperial palace, prominent figures of the righteous path clustered around the treasure box, buzzing with speculation.
“Who do you think will win?”
Since those outside couldn’t view the situation inside the box, they could only guess.
“Probably Hongxia. Her combat experience surpasses even those reforged Fusion cultivators. Lu Yang is just a junior. How is he supposed to fight her?” Yang Ding rubbed his cheek.
“I think so too,” the Xia Emperor concurred.
“Don’t dismiss Lu Yang entirely,” Qiu Jin’an cautioned, not daring to speak too definitively. After all, Yun Zhi personally trained this little junior brother; he’s bound to have a few other tricks.
“Look! The treasure box is glowing! The outcome is about to be decided!”
Boom! Luo Hongxia was blasted backward out of the treasure box, seeing stars with her mouth full of leaves.
1. Xiezhi is a mythical Chinese “unicorn.” You may have seen statues or sculptures of it. ☜
