Chapter 608: Chapter 411: Strength Update

This was another infiltration into a Foundation Establishment Influence.

This time, the influence Fang Yun chose was the Chu Family, a Foundation Establishment Influence subordinate to the Black Ghost Cave.

His choices were almost random. He would simply look at the map and pick whichever one he saw.

He was now able to eliminate Foundation Establishment Influences very quickly.

He could basically finish the job in under an hour.

Fang Yun slipped into the Chu Family—a Ghost Cultivator Foundation Establishment—with ease. But while searching for the family’s Foundation Establishment Cultivator, he made an unexpected discovery.

’This must be a Late-stage Core Formation Ghost Cultivator.’

After his surprise, Fang Yun was delighted.

Killing a Late-stage Core Formation Ghost Cultivator would grant thirty-eight million base Talent Points alone.

After the talent bonus was calculated, the number of Talent Points he would receive would approach five hundred million.

For a Core Formation Stage Ghost Cultivator to be acting as Guardian here was a golden opportunity delivered right to his doorstep.

He took another look to see if there were any other Core Formation Ghost Cultivators.

Fang Yun searched the entire ancestral land of the Ghost Cultivator Foundation Establishment Chu Family, but he didn’t find a second Core Formation Ghost Cultivator.

Normally, only a single Core Formation Cultivator would be assigned to act as Guardian for a Foundation Establishment Influence.

Fang Yun wasn’t disappointed by this outcome.

Following his usual methods, he first dealt with the Ghost Cultivator guarding the Ghost Tokens.

The effect of Ghost Tokens on Ghost Cultivators was similar to that of Demon Jars on Demons.

Next, Fang Yun’s target was this Late-stage Core Formation Ghost Cultivator.

Late-stage Core Formation Cultivation... Based on the information he currently possessed, Fang Yun deduced that the Ghost Cultivator acting as Guardian here must be the Second Cave Master of the Black Ghost Cave.

At present, the Second Cave Master was the only Late-stage Core Formation Ghost Cultivator in the Black Ghost Cave.

’I should try to take care of this Late-stage Core Formation Ghost Cultivator as quietly as possible.’

With a thought, a miniature version of his Lifebound Magical Treasure, the Profound Jade Sword, appeared in his palm.

The Profound Jade Sword grew steadily in his palm until it reached its normal size.

Go!

Locking onto a weak point of the Late-stage Core Formation Ghost Cultivator, Fang Yun struck, aiming for a single, fatal blow.

With his current strength, especially with the element of surprise, he could easily kill not just a Late-stage Core Formation Ghost Cultivator, but even one at the Peak of Core Formation.

This was assuming the Late-stage and Peak Core Formation Ghost Cultivators had only normal life-saving measures. If they possessed superior techniques, a one-hit kill would be difficult.

Fang Yun was prepared for this possibility.

The Second Cave Master of the Black Ghost Cave was meditating and cultivating.

The mixed concentration of Yin Qi and Spiritual Qi here was substandard, making his cultivation progress exceptionally slow.

But he had no choice. Slow progress was still progress, and he was now not far from the peak of the Late-stage Core Formation.

While cultivating, the Second Cave Master of the Black Ghost Cave suddenly had a bad premonition well up in his heart.

This was the first time such a thing had happened since he had achieved Core Formation.

He immediately stopped cultivating and tried to find the source of this ill omen. Just then, he sensed a faint fluctuation of Spiritual Power.

That’s right, just a single trace. The fluctuation was so minuscule, which spoke volumes!

Just as the Second Cave Master of the Black Ghost Cave realized this, a pale golden Long Sword appeared in his line of sight, aimed straight for the spot between his eyebrows.

Not good!

Yin Power surged from the Second Cave Master’s body. Countless skulls materialized around him, each with an eerie green flame flickering within.

The numerous skulls merged into one giant skull, forming a shield in front of the Second Cave Master in an attempt to block the pale golden Long Sword.

The moment the eerie green flames touched the pale golden Long Sword, they vanished without a trace. The giant skull had just begun to exert its power when it crumbled into pieces.

The pale golden Long Sword smoothly pierced the spot between the Second Cave Master’s eyebrows, and an invisible wisp of black qi escaped his body.

’Huh, something’s wrong.’

Fang Yun didn’t immediately notice the black qi, but he realized that after killing the Second Cave Master, he hadn’t exited his combat state.

In other words, the Second Cave Master wasn’t completely dead yet.

The reason he hadn’t left his combat state wasn’t coming from the Second Cave Master’s corpse.

Making a swift judgment, Fang Yun rapidly expanded his senses.

There it is!

Fang Yun’s figure vanished, chasing after the invisible wisp of black qi at top speed.

This was the Second Cave Master’s ultimate life-saving technique.

His life was saved, but no matter how he recovered in the future, his strength would never return to even thirty percent of its original level. Furthermore, he could never cultivate again, making his dream of reaching the peak of the Late-stage Core Formation an impossibility.

’Damn that mysterious Spirit Refiner!’

Without a doubt, the one who had just attacked him was the mysterious Spirit Refiner.

Such superb stealth techniques, approaching him silently without his notice, and the Spiritual Power fluctuation from the attack was so minuscule.

What was even more terrifying was the mysterious Spirit Refiner’s power!

The Second Cave Master had been very confident in his own strength. He believed he could hold his own against an ordinary Spirit Refiner at the Peak of Core Formation. Yet, facing the mysterious Spirit Refiner’s attack, he couldn’t even block a single move and was forced to use his final life-saving technique just to buy a chance to live.

The intelligence gathered by the Black Ghost Cave had completely underestimated the mysterious Spirit Refiner’s strength, which in turn had caused him to underestimate it as well.

The Second Cave Master, while acting as Guardian here, had originally been quite confident. He was sure he could fight the mysterious Spirit Refiner for a while and hold out until reinforcements arrived. At that point, killing the mysterious Spirit Refiner shouldn’t have been a problem.

Now, he had no such thoughts. Even if reinforcements were to appear right now, they probably wouldn’t be a match for the mysterious Spirit Refiner.

The Second Cave Master didn’t know how to describe the power of that sword strike. He only knew that he had been utterly powerless against it.

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