Cultivating Immortality: Starting from Ferrying Passengers

Chapter 112 Ruthless Massacre
On the water after dawn, the morning mist in the forest had not yet dissipated, and the withered reeds made a soft rustling sound in the breeze.

Fang Jingxuan sat coiled on Tuoyuan's back, the tortoise shell patterns beneath him gleaming with a bluish-gray luster in the morning sun, subtly echoing the basalt formations that abruptly rose from the distant hills.

This river bend was once a vibrant place, but now it was eerily quiet. Even the flocks of birds that usually foraged on the mudflats were nowhere to be seen. Only a few fish carcasses floated belly up in the shallow ditch, their eyes staring eerily at the sky.

This was supposed to be a beautiful day, a day of good harvest, and if it weren't for the impending life-or-death battle, everything would have been wonderful.

As Fang Jingxuan's mind connected with the source, a water elemental shield suddenly appeared around Tuo Yuan, constantly drawing water from the river below to replenish it.

Clearly, the Sea-Suppressing Divine Power has been activated, and the strength of this protective shield is three times that of the usual effect of Tuoyuan.

Tuoyuan's protective shield was originally designed for survivability, and now with this triple amplification, it will be a source of utter despair for the opponent.

'Bang bang bang! '

Several sounds of magical artifacts hitting their targets rang out, but Fang Jingxuan merely glanced at them and then ignored them.

The water-like protective shield gleamed with a glassy luster under the sunlight, remaining as stable as deep-sea rock layers no matter how the magical weapon slashed at it.

“There’s something strange about this protective shield. Wu Laosan, didn’t you say that this turtle was only at the fifth level of Qi Refining?”

The leader of the tribulation cultivators frowned, staring intently at the lingering ripples on the light shield.

Beside him, the twin brothers, the "Iron Brothers," were each making hand seals to summon back their magical artifacts, whose spiritual light had clearly dimmed somewhat.
In the distance, the only female cultivator had sweat on her forehead, and she dared not use all seven bone-piercing nails hidden in her sleeve.

She knew very well that with the power she had just tested, even if it pierced the light shield, it probably wouldn't harm the person inside the shield in the slightest.

These four were seasoned veterans who made their fortunes by robbing and killing rogue cultivators outside Red Leaf Village. They had long known that Fang Jingxuan was only at the fourth level of Qi Refining, and they were confident that with their "two attackers, one controller, and one support" formation, they would be able to capture him easily, just like the rogue cultivators they had robbed and killed in the past.

However, this first test was beyond their expectations; the protective shield that the Water Spirit Turtle had deployed was surprisingly resilient.

Just now, when the turtle cast its protective shield, the shield light was still thin, but now, the water curtain has condensed into nine overlapping images. No matter how their magical weapons smashed the bowl-sized dents, they were instantly healed by the water ripples.

"That turtle must have awakened an extraordinary talent! But that makes it even more valuable."

Wu Laosan spoke up angrily, feeling that Fang Jingxuan had deceived him. He clearly said that he was at the fifth level of Qi Refining, so how could he be so strong?

"Hmph, everyone, keep attacking. A mere Qi Refining Level 4 cultivator is no match for us in terms of magical power. We must wear him down until he dies."

The leader of the Jie Xiu calmly issued the order, but the next moment, his heart skipped a beat, and then he saw several black and white chess pieces vaguely appearing under the cover of the water curtain.

'What's this? ’

Before he could even understand what was happening, his soul felt as if it had been thrown into an abyss, and an endless, oppressive force pressed down on his brain through his protective shield and talismans.

'boom! '

A jade ring at his waist suddenly shattered. This was a magical artifact he had specially prepared to defend against soul magic. However, this artifact, on which he had placed great hopes, only served a small purpose, allowing him to see the appearance of those black and white chess pieces.

The next moment, a dark light, accompanied by a whooshing sound, crashed down. It was a bronze mace as thick as a bowl, with indistinct mountain patterns engraved on its body. It shimmered with spiritual light and was clearly an extremely ferocious high-grade magic weapon.

"Boss, watch out! Get out of the way!"

The cultivator standing nearby couldn't help but offer a reminder, but then realized that he was worrying too much. If he could think of something, how could his boss not think of it?
However, the next moment, a huge impact was heard, followed by a splash of warm liquid.

He turned his head and saw that the boss, who used to inspire fear, was now smashed into the sand. His head was gone, and blood gushing from his chest soaked the fine sand in front of him. He was clearly dead beyond any doubt.

"How is this possible? Has the boss gone mad? Why didn't he dodge or evade? And why didn't any of his defensive measures work?" These questions arose in the minds of the remaining four people. If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they wouldn't have believed that their boss, who was at the sixth level of Qi Refining and had all sorts of trump cards, had his head blown off in one strike.

A moment later, the remaining few finally realized that something was wrong, Fang Jingxuan was wrong, and everything was wrong.

"Ahhh!"

The two brothers once again summoned their magical artifacts and simultaneously pulled out various talismans, which they then frantically scattered outwards.

The only female cultivator gritted her teeth and resolutely unleashed all seven bone-piercing nails. The tips of these nails gleamed with a poisonous blue light; anyone who touched them even slightly would suffer a fatal attack of the poison.

However, none of the seven bone-piercing nails managed to penetrate the water curtain protective shield.

Suddenly, the female cultivator realized the situation was dire. Taking advantage of the brothers' frenzy, she quietly retreated.

Behind the water curtain, Fang Jingxuan observed the expressions on everyone's faces, remaining calm in his heart.

With his amplified and powerful divine soul, the Flying Head Suppression Technique he unleashed was even more brutal than the methods of an ordinary Qi Refining Level 9 cultivator.

Even though the leader of the tribulation cultivators was at the sixth level of Qi Refining and had layers of magical artifacts and talismans protecting him, he still lost his composure for several breaths because of this.

Once a cultivator loses their mind and becomes confused, both protective magic shields and protective magic artifacts will become as fragile as paper during that time.

Therefore, when faced with Fang Jingxuan's follow-up Zhenyue Mace, the leader of the Jiexiu was completely unprepared and thus suffered a fatal blow to the head.

Fang Jingxuan felt that this leader posed the greatest threat to him, so he had to deal with him first.

Sure enough, with the leader's death, the others lost their composure.

However, all of this is meaningless under the protective water curtain of Tuoyuan, which is three times larger.

So, Fang Jingxuan repeated the same method, killing one of the brothers with a single mace.

Over the past six months, Liu Gu has not been fed for nothing. Although he has not yet reached the point of opening the second bone acupoint, he can now perform the flying head suppression technique three times.

Unlike in the beginning, when using the "Flying Dragon Seizes Calamity Slash" would leave one half-dead.

"boom!"

Another corpse fell to the ground, and the three headless bodies were still twitching—a natural reaction of the flesh.

At this moment, less than twenty breaths had passed since the group first appeared.

Seeing that the three most threatening cultivators were all dead, Fang Jingxuan was slightly relieved. He first used magic to retrieve all the storage bags and scattered magical artifacts from the three of them, and then took out three Flame Talismans to destroy the evidence.

But at this moment, Fang Jingxuan thought for a moment and then stuffed the two back. He put in a little effort to gather the three of them together before activating the Flame Talisman.

Watching the flames burn the corpses to ashes, Fang Jingxuan nodded in satisfaction. "Very good, killing and burning at the same time, that's much safer."

As for burying the body deep underground or throwing it into the water, Fang Jingxuan felt that was too risky.

After finishing up here, Fang Jingxuan glanced at Wu Laosan, who had escaped, and the direction in which the female cultivator had gone. After only a moment's hesitation, he chased after the female cultivator in that direction.

(End of this chapter)