Chapter 623 - 174: Refining the Golden Body with Geng Metal Evil Qi, Old Demon Ghost Bone’s Killing Intent Arrives

Chapter 623: Chapter 174: Refining the Golden Body with Geng Metal Evil Qi, Old Demon Ghost Bone’s Killing Intent Arrives

A black mist surged from the bottle, splitting into three wisps. Seemingly with a mind of its own, it enveloped the three of them.

After a few breaths, the black mist dissipated without a trace.

Tang Yu said, "I have completely erased our auras."

"The Earth Vein Flame Fiend Qi here will also corrode any residual Primordial Qi, Spiritual Mechanism, and ashes from the fight. Even if a powerful expert arrives, they won’t detect a single clue."

Chu Fan glanced at her and nodded slightly.

’This Zhang Family Shadow Guard is indeed an expert in tracking and counter-tracking.’

Mo Yunzi gazed at Tang Yu, a complicated look flashing in her eyes.

’With Tang Yu here, my role as a "guard" seems rather redundant.’

"Let’s go!"

With a low command, Chu Fan led Mo Yunzi and Tang Yu, speeding away to the southwest.

Though he was temporarily abandoning this source of Earth Vein Flame Fiend Qi, Chu Fan had already marked several other unique forbidden lands of Evil Qi in his mind.

...

The moment Chu Fan forced the Zhang Family Ancestor’s Soul Division into the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, the sky above the Zhang Family Ancestral Land—hundreds of miles away in Qing Province—abruptly darkened. The clear expanse looked as if a basin of thick ink had been spilled across it.

Heavy dark clouds surged in from all directions, piling up layer upon layer above the Zhang family’s ancestral home. Within the churning masses, blood-red lightning faintly flickered.

A heart-pounding pressure, like a colossal mountain, crashed down, blanketing every inch of the Zhang family’s land and seeping into every corner.

"GRAAAAH—!"

A shrill, bone-chilling, and incomparably furious roar suddenly erupted from the deepest forbidden grounds of the ancestral land!

The sound was distinctly inhuman. It held an ancient, terrifying power, like the dying roar of a primeval Fierce Beast, and it instantly spread throughout the entire Zhang estate.

Wherever the sound waves reached, the glazed tiles on pavilions cracked and shattered, while withered branches fell from ancient trees.

Zhang family disciples with weaker Cultivation turned deathly pale and collapsed, their bodies rigid. A crushing weight settled on their chests, leaving them on the verge of suffocation.

"The Ancestor! That came from the Ancestor’s place of seclusion!"

"What happened? Why is the Ancestor so furious?"

"This pressure... Agh, I can’t breathe!"

Panicked shouts rang out from every courtyard.

The young disciples training in the Martial Arts Arena, the Elders meditating in their Quiet Chambers, the deacons managing clan affairs—all stopped what they were doing, staring toward the ancestral land in utter horror.

This pressure wasn’t merely a physical force; it carried a savage madness that clawed at the very depths of their souls.

It made everyone with Zhang family blood tremble with a fear that arose from their very bones.

WHOOSH! WHOOSH! WHOOSH!

Powerful figures shot into the sky from all over the Zhang estate, transforming into streaks of light as they rushed toward the forbidden grounds of the ancestral land, their hearts filled with burning anxiety.

Inside the South Town Demon Suppression Bureau of Qing Province, Demon Suppression Envoy Leng Qingqiu slowly raised her head, her cold gaze sweeping toward the Zhang Family’s location.

’How has that old demon gone so mad?’

’But it’s not yet time for your true frenzy.’

’Still, that time is coming soon...’

...

「Half a month passed in a flash.」

Five hundred miles southwest of Qing Province, the Fallen Star Mountain Range lay like a hideous scar sprawling across the earth.

Most of the exposed rock was a strange, dark color. Legend said it was formed from the impact of ancient stellar fragments, which had thrown the Spiritual Mechanism into chaos and extinguished all life.

Deep within the mountain range lay a barren, desolate wasteland, its air thick with an invisible, cutting aura.

This was the Geng Metal Evil Qi Forbidden Land, a place Chu Fan had painstakingly located by sifting through the vast sea of records in the Demon Suppression Bureau.

This Geng Metal Evil Qi was vastly different from the Earth Vein Flame Fiend Qi he had encountered before.

While the Flame Fire Evil Qi was primarily corrosive, the Geng Metal Evil Qi was domineering and fierce. It was sharp as a blade and as piercing as a sword, leaving no opening unpenetrated.

Once it invaded a living creature’s body, it acted like countless microscopic blades, stabbing and slicing. In an instant, it could shred meridians, bones, and the Qi Sea, reducing them to dust.

Ordinary Cultivators avoided it at all costs. Even a grandmaster of the Demon Dao who specialized in wielding Evil Qi would never dare draw it into their body unless absolutely necessary, fearing they would be devoured by it instead.

Only a great power who specialized in Sword Arrays, needing such an extremely sharp aura to temper an Array Hub Magical Artifact, would occasionally risk coming here to carefully extract a small amount.

Yet, right here on a large stone in the core of this forbidden land, Chu Fan had been sitting still for a full fifteen days.

His robes had long since been shredded to tatters by the all-pervading Geng Metal Evil Qi, leaving him nearly exposed.

Yet his exposed skin shimmered with a faint golden luster. As the formless blades assaulted him, they produced only sharp HISSING sounds, failing to leave even the slightest tangible wound.

The Heart Method of the Vajra Subduing Demon Skill rumbled within his body, like an invisible Melting Furnace.

The Geng Metal Evil Qi, potent enough to pulverize metal, was forcibly drawn into his body, where it surged through a set of unique meridians.

For any other Cultivator practicing the Vajra Subduing Demon Skill, this process would be tantamount to walking on a mountain of blades or through a sea of fire. The slightest misstep would mean eternal damnation.

But Chu Fan’s mind was focused and serene. Relying on his Vajra Undying Body, he paid no mind to the ferocious might of the Geng Metal Evil Qi.

’Even without activating the Vajra Subduing Demon Skill, how could the Geng Metal Evil Qi possibly sever the meridians and bones of his second-level Vajra Undying Body?’

Chu Fan activated his Heart Method, guiding this rampant power until it was finally absorbed into his Dantian Qi Sea.

Within his Qi Sea, a tiny, dark seed spun ceaselessly in a vortex of Primordial Qi—this was the Demon Seed, the initial fruit of his arduous cultivation.

The Demon Seed was the core secret of the Vajra Subduing Demon Skill. It was not something of the demonic or heretical paths, but rather an extremely profound energy conversion core.

Its marvel lay in its ability to devour extreme energies like Geng Metal Evil Qi and Earth Vein Flame Fiend Qi.

Using this seed as its core, the technique forcibly stripped the wild, chaotic will to destroy from the Evil Qi. It was then refined into a completely new form of energy—docile, yet resilient and dense: Vajra Gang Qi!

This Vajra Gang Qi was incomparably fierce and powerful. When released, it could strike down foes, destroying anything in its path.

It could also be used for defense, making one’s body as impenetrable as a fortress of steel.

But its greatest function, when used in conjunction with the fundamental technique of the Vajra Subduing Demon Skill, was to temper the physical body and forge the Vajra Undying Body, a form that could never be worn down by countless eons of tribulation!