Chapter 143 - 143: Battle
Besides his magical power advancing to the Nascent Soul Stage, there was another thing that greatly surprised Fang Hong: his physical body strength had also achieved a breakthrough during the past six months.
During this half-year period, Fang Hong had been cultivating while seated in the Cauldron, constantly undergoing body tempering by the Treasure Cauldron. His physical body strength had once again risen a grade, reaching the level of the Nascent Soul Middle Stage.
In other words, even without using any magical power or spiritual artifact, he could, by relying on the power of his physical body, directly contend with a Nascent Soul Middle Stage cultivator. Such a powerful physical body was truly terrifying.
This was precisely the power of the top-tier spiritual treasure, the Dragon Suppressing Cauldron. Fang Hong now liked it even more.
Fang Hong hooked his finger, and two jade boxes floated out from inside the Cauldron. Inside the boxes were ten Nascent Soul Pills and five Heaven Mending Pills, meaning he had only used half for his advancement to the Nascent Soul Stage.
These remaining medicinal pills were of little use to him now and could be given to his beloved wife to help her.
Fang Hong put away the medicinal pills, waved his hand, and took out a three-legged alchemy furnace.
This alchemy furnace was the treasure obtained from the fourth floor of the Dragon Palace. It still had a layer of golden restriction on it, and with his current Cultivation of Nascent Soul Early Stage, he should be able to refine it.
He wanted to see what treasures the Dragon God had left inside. Perhaps it could greatly increase his Cultivation again.
Boom boom boom.
Fang Hong was about to begin refining the three-legged alchemy furnace when suddenly, a series of violent roars, dull and continuous, came from outside the Immortal Cave.
This roar shook the entire Immortal Cave slightly, indicating that someone was frantically attacking his Immortal Cave.
Fang Hong's expression changed slightly, and he immediately released his powerful Divine Sense, covering the entire small island.
Soon, he sensed that an extremely powerful Demonic Qi was hovering above the small island.
This Demonic Qi, wild and fierce, was clearly the aura of a Grade 8 Demon Beast, and this aura seemed familiar, making him feel a bit accustomed to it.
Cackle Cackle Cackle.
Just as Fang Hong was deep in thought, a cry came, and Little Rainbow rushed out from the adjacent Cultivation room.
Clearly, it had also been awakened by this sudden loud noise.
Little Rainbow flew onto Fang Hong's shoulder, its nimble little eyes carrying a hint of doubt and vigilance.
Seeing this, Fang Hong reached out and stroked its small head. After this period, Little Rainbow should have successfully refined the Nirvana Demonic Fire.
Although its appearance had not changed much, the aura it exuded was much stronger, far surpassing before, and it was already comparable to a true Grade 8 Demon Beast.
"Let's go, we're going out to meet an old friend." Fang Hong smiled. He already knew who was outside.
Fang Hong put away the Dragon Suppressing Cauldron and the three-legged alchemy furnace, then, taking Little Rainbow, he calmly walked out of the Immortal Cave.
At this moment, the ten layers of defensive formations Fang Hong had set up outside the Immortal Cave had all lit up, layered like a sky curtain, enveloping the entire Immortal Cave.
Above the small island, a "green-clothed wack" was frantically attacking the formation barrier.
This green-clothed wack's skin was dark gold, and he had some golden barbs on his body. It was precisely the Level 8 Golden Armor Crab that Fang Hong had seen in the Dragon Palace some time ago.
The small island Fang Hong had chosen was in a remote location, rarely passed by people or demonic beasts.
It now seemed highly likely that the celestial phenomenon caused by his advancement to the Nascent Soul Stage had attracted the attention of this great demonic beast, who had specifically tracked his aura to his doorstep.
Fang Hong clasped his hands behind his back, his figure flashed, and he flew into the air, hovering above the Immortal Cave, his gaze coldly fixed on the Golden Armor Crab.
"Hmm? It's actually you?" The Golden Armor Crab saw Fang Hong appear, and its originally ferocious face suddenly stiffened, its tone full of surprise and disbelief.
This kid didn't die in the palace, did he? How could he still be alive?
Moreover, judging by the aura emanating from him, he had actually successfully broken through to the Nascent Soul Stage.
"We meet again. Are you here to die?" Fang Hong said calmly, killing intent gradually rising in his heart.
This crab had also attacked him in the Dragon Palace. Now that he had successfully advanced to the Nascent Soul Stage, it was a good opportunity to settle old scores.
"To die? Hahahaha." The Golden Armor Crab laughed wildly, its voice filled with anger and disdain.
"Kid, I don't know what method you used to escape that sea of fire, but you've only just advanced to the Nascent Soul Stage, your realm is unstable, and you dare to speak so arrogantly?"
"Do you dare to open this formation barrier and let me see if you have real ability."
"What's there to be afraid of?" Fang Hong smiled indifferently. He raised his hand and waved, and the ten layers of defensive formations outside the Immortal Cave immediately dimmed and quickly retracted and disappeared.
He then instructed Little Rainbow to step aside and watch how he would deal with this crab.
"Seeking death." The Golden Armor Crab saw that Fang Hong had indeed removed all the formations, and the killing intent on its face surged.
It roared, and its body instantly glowed with dazzling golden light, Demonic Qi surging, as it struck towards Fang Hong.
Seeing this, Fang Hong's figure turned, transforming into a red Escape Light, and instantly flew away from the vicinity of the Immortal Cave, because he didn't want to damage his Immortal Cave.
The Golden Armor Crab saw Fang Hong fleeing and thought he was afraid, so it immediately roared, golden light shining brightly, and furiously chased after him.
Little Rainbow also flapped its wings and followed closely behind.
After flying for a while, Fang Hong landed on a desolate, huge island. The island was full of rugged rocks and overgrown with weeds, clearly an uninhabited wasteland.
Just as he stood firm, a sky-shattering roar came from above his head!
The Golden Armor Crab's figure swooped down from the sky, and a punch carrying destructive power slammed towards Fang Hong, attempting to blast him apart with one punch.
Fang Hong sneered at the corner of his mouth, slowly raised his right hand, and met the Golden Armor Crab's violent fist.
Bang.
The two fists collided, and with a thunderous roar, the ground within hundreds of feet of Fang Hong's feet instantly cracked open, shattered rocks flew, and a deep crack appeared in the ground.
However, Fang Hong's figure remained as steady as a mountain, effortlessly taking the heavy punch.
"What?" The Golden Armor Crab's face was filled with horror, its eyes wide open.
Although he hadn't used his full strength in that punch, it was enough to shatter mountains. How could this kid be completely unharmed?
"They all say demonic beasts have strong physiques, is this all there is to it?" Fang Hong said with a disappointed expression.
Then he suddenly exerted force, grabbed the Golden Armor Crab's arm, and with a vigorous swing, threw it hundreds of feet away.
Bang bang bang.
The Golden Armor Crab's body flew backward like a broken kite, smashing countless rocks and boulders along the way, and finally was fiercely embedded in a towering rock wall, dust billowing.
"This human, how can he have such great strength?" The Golden Armor Crab's face was full of shock, unable to believe Fang Hong possessed such power.
Fang Hong did not stop. His figure flashed, appearing in front of the Golden Armor Crab as if teleporting, and mercilessly delivered another heavy punch.
The Golden Armor Crab had no time to dodge and quickly crossed its arms to block, but was still sent flying by this terrifying force.
