Chapter 277 - 277: Disguising
"Who is it? Who killed Phoenix Yin?" A furious roar echoed through the heavens and earth.
A beautiful woman in red overlooked the sea, flames burning in her eyes, her killing intent soaring.
She was the Second Elder of the Phoenix Clan, and also the biological Elder sister of the Third Elder.
When she saw the lingering bloodstains on the sea, her mind trembled, as if struck hard by a heavy hammer.
That crimson color was clearly the fresh blood of a close relative.
A heart-wrenching sorrow surged into her heart, instantly transforming into boundless hatred and killing intent.
"We'll search separately. Perhaps that culprit hasn't gone far."
"No matter who the opponent is, anyone who dares to kill a member of my Phoenix Clan will surely pay a heavy price." Phoenix Tian ordered coldly.
Fifteen high-ranking Phoenix Clan members immediately formed teams of two, transforming into streaks of light, quickly scattering to search the surrounding sea and continent.
However, they searched for an entire month without discovering any suspicious traces.
In the end, they could only return to their clan with towering rage and unwillingness.
When the high-ranking Phoenix Clan members learned the details of the incident from Phoenix Yang, their rage completely spiraled out of control, and they immediately annihilated the entire Black Bear Clan.
At the same time, they issued a warrant throughout the entire continent, vowing to capture the murderer.
The ironic thing was that the warrant offered a reward for a Black Bear Demon Beast, not the real Fang Hong himself.
At this moment, Fang Hong had already hidden in a remote sea area.
He manipulated the Myriad Beasts Tower to escape into the seabed, reaching depths of tens of thousands of miles.
He even used the Locking Chain to seal the void, preventing all detection.
No matter how the Phoenix Clan powerhouses searched, they would never be able to find his traces.
Within the space of the Myriad Beasts Tower, Fang Hong sat cross-legged, his eyes tightly closed, surrounded by raging flames, as if heavenly fire was burning the heavens and earth.
Suddenly, with a soft buzz, a pair of golden-red wings abruptly appeared behind Fang Hong, shimmering with flowing light, radiating brilliance, illuminating the entire space.
"It's done. Hahahahaha."
Fang Hong suddenly opened his eyes, laughing loudly, his face filled with joy.
Within this month, Fang Hong had been immersed in refining treasures, and he had already refined the Third Elder's Phoenix Wings into his own Swift Wind Wings.
The Swift Wind Wings did not disappoint him, advancing once again, reaching the level of a high-grade heavenly spiritual treasure.
Fang Hong reached out and touched the Swift Wind Wings, his face full of affection.
With these wings, even a Mahayana Late Stage Cultivator would find it difficult to catch up to his speed, unless the opponent also possessed a heavenly spiritual treasure like the Swift Wind Wings.
In addition to the Swift Wind Wings, Fang Hong also refined the Third Elder's Demonic Soul into the demon soul banner.
The demon soul banner also advanced again, now being a middle-grade heavenly spiritual treasure, and its soul-capturing power had once again greatly increased.
However, there were also some minor regrets.
Fang Hong had originally wanted to take the opportunity to search the Third Elder's soul, thereby uncovering more secrets about the four great Divine Beast clans.
Unfortunately, the Third Elder's Demonic Soul had strong restrictions placed on it early on; if he forcibly searched the soul, it would immediately turn to ash, likely to protect the clan's secrets.
Fang Hong did not want to waste such a powerful Demonic Soul, so he did not search its soul and directly refined it into the demon soul banner.
As for the Third Elder's relics, Fang Hong did not find any storage artifacts, only obtaining a low-grade heavenly spiritual treasure, which was the Fire Phoenix Bottle.
All in all, Fang Hong only obtained two heavenly spiritual treasure: a pair of Fire Phoenix Rings and a Fire Phoenix Bottle.
Fang Hong had no use for these two treasures, so he simply used the Spirit Devouring Secret Art to feed them to his nirvana divine thunder sword.
The power of the nirvana divine thunder sword increased significantly, but it was still a bit short of being a top-grade heavenly spiritual treasure.
If it could devour a few more heavenly spiritual treasure, a breakthrough to top-grade would be just around the corner.
After the treasure refining came to an end, Fang Hong took out a dark, black spirit pill.
This spirit pill radiated light, and its Heaven and Earth Origin Qi was extremely rich; it was precisely refined by the demon gourd using the Third Elder's corpse as a catalyst, and its quality was extremely high, a Mahayana Middle Stage level spirit pill.
Fang Hong stared at it for a moment, then swallowed it without hesitation, circulating his cultivation technique, and began to refine it with all his might.
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Another month passed, and Fang Hong finally emerged from seclusion, successfully refining that Mahayana-grade spirit pill.
It must be said that the effect of a Mahayana-grade spirit pill was excellent; Fang Hong's magical power had now increased by a large margin, and he was not far from the Mahayana Middle Stage.
Fang Hong couldn't help but think to himself, if he had a few more Mahayana-grade spirit pills, his cultivation would undoubtedly skyrocket.
Thinking of this, Fang Hong couldn't help but chuckle softly.
If other cultivators knew his current thoughts, they would probably think he was crazy.
After all, being able to hunt a Mahayana Cultivator was already shocking, let alone continuing to seek more.
Collecting his thoughts, Fang Hong took out that mysterious spherical bead.
Within the spherical bead, light and shadow flowed, faintly revealing an ancient map, which pointed to a location within the Dragon Clan's territory.
Previously, he had been hesitant due to insufficient strength.
Now that he was a Mahayana Cultivator and his strength had greatly increased, it was time to explore the secret of this spherical bead.
He always felt that some secret was hidden behind this spherical bead, and if he could uncover it, there would surely be unexpected gains.
Subsequently, Fang Hong manipulated the Myriad Beasts Tower to break out of the sea and rapidly fled towards the Dragon Clan's direction.
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After two months of flying, Fang Hong traversed more than half of the Wilderness Continent and finally arrived at the Dragon Clan's territory, reaching a magnificent giant city.
Tall walls stood, city gates were majestic, and Demonic Qi converged from all directions.
This city was named Heavenly Dragon City, and it was the most prosperous place within the Dragon Clan's territory, with tens of thousands of Demon Beasts gathered within the city.
Fang Hong cast the Transformation Technique, transforming into a goat-headed man, and mingled among the Demonic Cultivator group, successfully entering the city.
He strolled leisurely along the streets, pondering how to infiltrate the Dragon Clan's heartland.
The safest method would be to capture a Dragon Clan disciple, use his identity to sneak into the Dragon Clan's main headquarters, and thereby explore the secret of the spherical bead.
As he wandered, Fang Hong arrived in front of a shop, where he saw a blue-robed youth walking out of the shop.
This blue-robed youth had a rather handsome appearance, and his cultivation was only at the Nascent Soul Middle Stage.
However, within his body, Fang Hong keenly detected a faint, ethereal fluctuation of Dragon Qi.
Clearly, this was a genuine Dragon Clan disciple.
A slight smile played on Fang Hong's lips; the candidate for infiltrating the Dragon Clan's main headquarters had been found.
The blue-robed youth did not notice anything unusual and continued to stroll leisurely on the street.
At this moment, Fang Hong intentionally walked towards him, brushing past him.
The blue-robed youth's body trembled slightly, a faint purple light flashed in his eyes, and his expression instantly became dull and blank, then he unhurriedly followed behind Fang Hong.
The two, one in front and one behind, passed through several streets and alleys, eventually turning into a secluded, uninhabited area.
Fang Hong waved his hand, directly sweeping the blue-robed youth into the Myriad Beasts Tower, the entire process silent, not alarming anyone.
After completing the task, Fang Hong rented a quiet small courtyard in the city and began to seclude himself to read the blue-robed youth's memories.
Before long, in a room in the small courtyard, Fang Hong had already used the Transformation Technique and Blood Spirit Technique to transform into the appearance of the blue-robed youth.
In his current state, as long as it wasn't a Mahayana Late Stage Cultivator carefully investigating, it would be difficult to discern his disguise.
