Chapter 622: Chapter 418: Increasing Influence

Since Fang Yun wasn’t fully committed to his defense, it was incredibly easy for him to seize the brief opportunity to strike.

Fang Yun had his own selfish reasons for this sword strike.

Normally, this sword strike should have been aimed at the Dragon Demon Palace Master, who held the Grand Array Core Array Plate. The goal would be to kill the Dragon Demon Palace Master and simultaneously destroy the Core Array Plate in his hands.

Fang Yun saw the current situation very clearly.

Miao Qinghong was outside attacking the protective barrier of the Dragon Demon Palace’s Grand Array, and other Core Formation cultivators were steadily arriving.

If the protective barrier of the Dragon Demon Palace’s Grand Array were to break, it would be incredibly easy for someone with Miao Qinghong’s current strength to kill an Early-stage Core Formation Demon.

And if Miao Qinghong killed an Early-stage Core Formation Demon, he would lose out on nearly a hundred million Talent Points.

Furthermore, if the Grand Array’s protective barrier shattered, the other Core Formation Demons might scatter and flee. The barrier’s presence gave them more incentive to remain.

In the grand scheme of things, it was all to prevent more Core Formation Demons from escaping.

That was why he chose not to attack the Dragon Demon Palace Master.

With a single sword strike, the Late-stage Core Formation Elder from the Black Dragon Hall was killed.

This time, his life force didn’t drain particularly quickly—a result of Fang Yun’s deliberate control.

"How is this possible?"

The Late-stage Core Formation Elder from the Black Dragon Hall stared at his own body, pierced through by the sword, his face a mask of disbelief.

Even though he knew the mysterious Spirit Refiner’s Attacking Methods were incredibly potent, he hadn’t been able to put up any resistance at all.

The other Core Formation Demons were a beat slower to react.

"The mysterious Spirit Refiner is also a Sword Cultivator!"

"No, a Spirit Refiner who’s also a Sword Cultivator isn’t like this," said a Dragon Demon Palace Vice Palace Master who was quite knowledgeable on the subject.

"All our previous efforts were for nothing!"

The mid-stage Core Formation Elder from the Black Dragon Hall stared despairingly at the mysterious Spirit Refiner.

He had seen the mysterious Spirit Refiner consume a pill while striking down their Late-stage Core Formation Elder, giving the man a moment to catch his breath.

Perhaps if they had just kept up the pressure, they would have had a chance to kill the mysterious Spirit Refiner.

Now, any future chance of killing the mysterious Spirit Refiner was even more remote.

"Is this how you handle things!?" the mid-stage Core Formation Elder from the Black Dragon Hall demanded of the Dragon Demon Palace Master.

"If I hadn’t done that, the Grand Array’s protective barrier would have collapsed," the Dragon Demon Palace Master replied helplessly.

The Grand Array attacked the mysterious Spirit Refiner once more, and he defended again. However, since the power and frequency of the black-purple lightning had diminished, the mysterious Spirit Refiner clearly no longer needed to put his all into defense.

"Stay away from the mysterious Spirit Refiner!" commanded Elder Pan, the Late-stage Core Formation cultivator from the Black Dragon Hall.

He was now the only Late-stage Core Formation Demon present.

They had all now witnessed the mysterious Spirit Refiner’s Attacking Methods. A single sword strike was all it took to kill. Their vaunted physical fortitude was worthless before his blade.

As everyone was backing away from the mysterious Spirit Refiner, he moved in a flash, his sword lashing out once more. He took down the slowest to react—an Early-stage Core Formation Vice Palace Master from the Dragon Demon Palace.

With the frequency of the Grand Array’s attacks lowered, the mysterious Spirit Refiner no longer had to focus entirely on defense, giving him the freedom to move.

Two Core Formation cultivators had fallen, leaving only five of them on the field.

Unlike before, they were all now contemplating escape. Even with the protection of the Dragon Demon Palace’s Grand Array, this place no longer felt safe.

Outside, there were now three Core Formation Spirit Refiners bombarding the Grand Array.

One was at the Late-stage Core Formation, and two were at the mid-stage.

The three of them surrounded the Dragon Demon Palace in a triangular formation.

For those at the Core Formation Stage, escaping meant they absolutely had to stay as far away as possible from the Late-stage Core Formation Sword Cultivator.

「Outside the Grand Array.」

Miao Qinghong was still attacking the Grand Array with all her might.

She was starting to feel anxious.

Her anxiety wasn’t due to the reinforced defenses of the Dragon Demon Palace’s Grand Array, but because Fang Yun had killed yet another Core Formation Demon inside.

If this kept up, Fang Yun would sooner or later kill every last Core Formation Demon inside.

She had no interest whatsoever in the remaining Foundation Establishment Stage and Qi Refining Stage Demons.

In the brief lulls between her all-out attacks on the Dragon Demon Palace’s protective barrier, Miao Qinghong kept herself apprised of the situation inside.

She was paying close attention to whether Fang Yun had killed any more Core Formation Demons.

’These Core Formation Demons are so stupid. How are they still getting killed like this?’

Every time Fang Yun killed a Core Formation Demon, Miao Qinghong’s mind would race.

On second thought, she couldn’t really say the Core Formation Demons were stupid. It was just that Fang Yun was too adept at seizing opportunities.

These Core Formation Demons simply knew too little about Fang Yun, which was why they kept giving him one opportunity after another.

Miao Qinghong was certain that the Demons still alive inside the Dragon Demon Palace didn’t know the mysterious Spirit Refiner was, in fact, the Sect Leader of her own Celestial Cloud Sect.

If they knew, they would realize that Fang Yun possessed the Seven-Aperture Exquisite Body.

One needed to be extra cautious when facing attacks from a Cultivator with such a special constitution. Their lack of this awareness, combined with the assumption that they knew enough about the mysterious Spirit Refiner, was precisely why he was able to exploit their openings.

「As time passed.」

The Dragon Demon Palace Master appeared inside a remote palace hall at the edge of the Dragon Demon Palace’s Grand Array.

The information displayed on the Core Array Plate in his hand told him that only two Core Formation Demons remained.

One was himself, and the other was Elder Pan, the Late-stage Core Formation cultivator from the Black Dragon Hall.

’The mysterious Spirit Refiner is deliberately avoiding me... and that gives me an opportunity.’

The Dragon Demon Palace Master knew exactly why the mysterious Spirit Refiner wasn’t attacking him.

He had to maintain the Dragon Demon Palace’s Grand Array. The array’s continued existence gave the other Demons the confidence to stay and fight, rather than immediately trying to flee and gamble on escape.

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