Chapter 380 - 166: The Advantage is Mine

Chapter 380: Chapter 166: The Advantage is Mine

Although this Demon Suppression Envoy’s cultivation realm was lower than theirs, they could both feel an invisible pressure radiating from Fang Xing.

This was the Demon Fiend who could slay Top Level Demon Kings!

Looking at the two men, Fang Xing asked, "Ready?"

The two men nodded.

With a wave of his hand, Fang Xing summoned a Low Grade Spiritual Treasure Flying Boat, which hovered in front of them.

It was a flying boat-type Magical Treasure he had acquired from a kill back in Lingyun Mansion.

He had little use for it; his Zongyi Ascension Step was more than sufficient. With the ability of Shrinking Inches, he could travel several times faster than even a Low Grade Spiritual Treasure Flying Boat.

His mastery of the Zongyi Ascension Step had already reached the Peak Realm.

As his Power Cultivation increased, this Top Level Lightweight Skill hadn’t fallen behind in the slightest; on the contrary, it had only grown more powerful.

But to carry other people, he had no choice but to use a Flying Boat.

"Get on," Fang Xing said.

The two men nodded and boarded. Fang Xing followed them, and with a surge of his Gang Qi, the Flying Boat transformed into a streak of light and shot into the heavens.

Piloting the boat was a trivial matter given his Power.

The energy consumed by piloting the Low Grade Spiritual Treasure was so minimal that he could recover it simply through the passive running of his Longevity Technique.

The quality of Tenth Grade Gang Qi was no joke.

With his current Power, he could probably unleash ten to twenty percent of a Heaven-Reaching Spiritual Treasure’s might, even if he had to pilot it alone.

Fang Xing sat cross-legged on the deck of the Flying Boat, the Longevity Technique circulating automatically within him.

Behind him, Cao Yunlong and Sun Jiang stood ramrod straight, like a pair of Divine Statues.

Fang Xing glanced back at them. "Too proud to sit? Why so tense? We haven’t even arrived, and you’re already getting cold feet?"

The two men exchanged a look before plopping down and relaxing.

"Sir, this... can this really work?" Cao Yunlong asked in a low voice.

He was still a nervous wreck.

Fang Xing’s approach to missions ran completely contrary to their own.

For such a dangerous mission, you’d normally want more men. But Fang Xing, of course, had to do the exact opposite.

Even knowing Fang Xing’s glorious track record, they couldn’t help but feel their hearts pound with anxiety.

They had never done anything like this before.

Demons and Monsters were known to be virtually unbeatable by cultivators of the same realm.

Even with Magical Treasures, it was a tall order.

At least, *they* had never operated this way.

"We’ll find out if it works when we try. The Demons and Monsters aren’t as powerful as you imagine. You need to have some faith in yourselves."

Fang Xing said coolly.

"..."

’Have faith in ourselves...’

’You’re the one who’s far too confident!’

"Have you never killed a Top Level Demon King before?" Fang Xing asked, turning to look at them.

They both shook their heads.

Cao Yunlong spoke up. "I’ve only managed to slay a High Realm Demon King before. As for a Top Level Demon King... I’m afraid I’m not strong enough."

Fang Xing was speechless. "..."

"You’ve both cultivated a Celestial Extreme Martial Art, haven’t you?" Fang Xing asked.

The two men nodded.

"Sir, I practice the Celestial Extreme Profound Yin Skill. I’ve reached the ’Entering the Hall’ stage. I haven’t had any insights into the next stage yet; I figure it will take me a few more years."

Cao Yunlong said.

"Same here," Sun Jiang added from the side.

’The gap is that huge...?’ Fang Xing was taken aback.

’They’re at the True Gang Perfection Realm, and after all these years of cultivation, their Celestial Extreme Martial Art is only at the second stage?’

"Sir, you must have cultivated many Celestial Extreme Martial Arts, haven’t you?" Cao Yunlong asked, looking at him curiously.

"Mm, I’ve cultivated a few," Fang Xing nodded.

"A... a few?!" Hearing Fang Xing’s reply, both men’s eyes went wide.

"Is that a problem?" Fang Xing asked, surprised by their reactions.

"N-no... no problem," they snapped out of it and replied in unison.

But inside, their minds were reeling in shock.

’He cultivates several Celestial Extreme Divine Skills at once? No wonder he’s such a freak.’

’A single Celestial Extreme Divine Skill already demanded their full attention; at most, they could only cultivate a few Top Level Martial Arts on the side as support.’

’Being able to simultaneously cultivate several Celestial Extreme Divine Skills wasn’t something you could accomplish just by putting in the time.’

’Different Martial Arts and Cultivation Techniques would conflict with one another.’

’The difficulty of practicing them concurrently was far from trivial.’

’This was especially true for Celestial Extreme Divine Skills, which were almost all unique. The difficulty of cultivating more than one was immense.’

The two men fell silent.

Seeing their reaction, Fang Xing didn’t press the matter.

’Everyone walks a different path.’

’He had achieved what he had today entirely through his own hard work.’

’As for pride, he’d never been arrogant about his accomplishments.’

’There is always a higher mountain, a greater heaven!’

’What he had seen of this vast world so far was merely the tip of the iceberg.’

...

「One day later.」

Within the borders of Beiyuan Prefecture, Qing Province.

A Spirit Boat descended from the sky, landing atop a mountain.

Fang Xing put away the Spirit Boat and gazed into the distance, his eyes fixed on a city dozens of miles away.

Its black walls rose from the earth like a solitary mountain peak.

The towering walls were majestic and imposing.

It stood like a great lion of black iron, coiled and waiting.

Beiyuan Pass!

It was a fortress city on the border of Qing Province.

At the same time, it was also the Southern Border City.

Past Beiyuan Pass lay the territory of the Great Wei.

Beiyuan Pass was not merely a critical fortress for Beiyuan Prefecture; it was a border city for the entire Great Jing Kingdom.

It had once been a prosperous border city, but now it was a City of Demons and Monsters.

The Demon Qi soared to the heavens, flooding Beiyuan Pass!

A vast and mighty Demonic Qi swept over the entirety of Beiyuan Pass.

Countless had died, been injured, or forced to flee.

Any survivors still within the city walls had likely become nothing more than food for the Demons and Monsters.

In the eyes of Demons and Monsters, humans were a delicacy.

Gazing through his Golden Eyes of Truth, Fang Xing could clearly see the tendrils of Demonic Qi crisscrossing the city.

It was a suffocating mass of black.

Moreover, the entire city of Beiyuan Pass was covered by an Array.

It enveloped the great city completely.

To enter, they would first have to break the Array.