plumnovel Chapter 170 The Ruthless Bandits of the Lava Pass
Chapter 170 The Ruthless Bandits of the Lava Pass
On a hillside in the Lava Path, a young Core Formation cultivator casually killed a fire spirit.
"The Fire Pearl, not bad, not bad."
Bu Xu put away the Fire Pearl with satisfaction.
His name is Bu Xu, a cultivator with dual earth and fire spiritual roots. He reached the late stage of Core Formation in less than three hundred years.
Among the righteous Core Formation cultivators in the Chaotic Star Sea, he was quite renowned.
From the elders to the sect leader, everyone in the Hanhai Sect considered him to be the disciple with the best chance of advancing to the Nascent Soul stage in the past hundred years.
He thoroughly enjoyed the praise and the envy and jealousy of his fellow disciples.
"Sigh, I didn't expect that eight Nascent Soul stage monsters would come this time."
After putting away the Fire Pearl, Bu Xu sighed.
After learning that the Void Heaven Palace was about to open, he bought a fire dragon worm at a high price, intending to retrieve the cauldron from the inner palace.
Now, a bunch of Nascent Soul stage monsters have arrived, which has greatly diminished his confidence.
But giving up now and slinking back is clearly not an option. His current level of cultivation is not due to secluded cultivation, but rather to a stroke of luck.
Over a hundred years ago, he obtained an ancient elixir from the belly of a demonic beast he hunted. That elixir allowed him to advance directly from the Foundation Establishment stage to the Core Formation stage. (As described in the original work)
This feeling of rapidly improving one's strength without effort gave Bu Xu a taste of its sweetness.
"It is impossible to practice asceticism; seeking opportunities is the right path to cultivation."
Even if we can't get the cauldron, we'll still risk everything to get the legendary Heaven-Mending Pill.
If I succeed, my breakthrough to the Nascent Soul stage will be just around the corner. Besides, I've already traversed the Spirit Abyss; once I pass the Extremely Wonderful Illusion, I can enter the inner palace.
Bu Xu clenched his fists; he would not give up.
In his view, of the three trials in the outer hall, only the Extreme Illusion Realm was the most difficult; he didn't take the Lava Path in the Ice and Fire Path seriously at all.
He cultivates the Chaotic Star Sea, a top-tier fire-type technique that ranks among the top ten—the Taiyang Technique.
"Huh? Is someone nearby?"
Bu Xu raised an eyebrow, then summoned a fire-repelling artifact and began to walk southeast, circulating his cultivation technique.
A hundred feet away, a cultivator in the early stage of Core Formation was surrounded by five or six Crimson Fire Demon Spirits, and his situation was extremely precarious.
The spiritual energy shield erected by the cultivator flickered under the attack of the demon spirit, and could collapse at any moment.
He also noticed Bu Xu approaching.
"Fellow Daoist! Help!"
The monk, as if grasping at a straw, pleaded.
However, Bu Xu stopped and watched with interest as he showed no intention of making a move.
"Fellow Daoist! I beg you! I am a cultivator from Bitter Bamboo Island, and I will surely repay you handsomely one day!"
The monk shouted hoarsely, his magical weapon growing weaker and weaker with each swing.
"It's better to repay the debt now than to do so in the future."
Bu Xu's lips curled slightly, and he made a hand seal, sending out a beam of crimson-gold spiritual energy silently.
"puff--"
Caught off guard by the sudden attack, the cultivator coughed up a mouthful of blood and staggered.
Then the several Crimson Fire Demons swarmed forward, tearing it to pieces and burning it to ashes, leaving only a storage bag.
"Five Crimson Fire Spirits, plus that big one... um, there should be quite a few Fire Pearls."
The cultivator's storage bag also contained quite a few possessions; it was a good haul.
Bu Xu stepped forward, his hands forming a hand seal. The spiritual power of the "Taiyang Technique" condensed into a crimson-gold ball of light in his palm, ready to annihilate these few Crimson Fire Demon Spirits in one fell swoop.
Although his fireball technique is fire-attribute, it is extremely yin and cold, which is just right to counter the Crimson Fire Demon Spirit.
However, just as he took two steps...
"call--!"
A gust of wind swept in from behind, moving at an unbelievable speed!
Bu Xu's pupils contracted sharply. Without thinking, he instinctively turned to the side to dodge.
But the figure came too fast, and he didn't even have time to react before he was hit hard from the side by a terrifying force!
"Bang!"
Bu Xu felt as if he had been hit head-on by a charging monster, and his internal organs were trembling.
He was thrown into the air, tumbling three or four times before crashing heavily onto the red earth a dozen feet away. He rolled several more feet before finally coming to a stop.
"puff--!"
A mouthful of blood spurted from his mouth.
"Wh...what is that?"
Bu Xu lay sprawled on the ground in a disheveled state.
Every bone in my body was groaning.
He struggled to lift his head and look at the "thing" that had knocked him away.
Right where he had just stood, a shirtless young man was standing steadily, a deep plow mark extending into the distance beneath his feet, clearly indicating that he had rushed over at an extremely fast speed.
The young man had a well-proportioned and muscular build, with smooth and powerful muscle lines, and faint lightning-like patterns visible on his skin.
He rubbed his chest with one hand, seemingly trying to cushion the impact, but his face showed a nonchalant expression.
"Huh? Oh, you hit someone. I thought it was a speed bump."
The young man looked down at Bu Xu, who was lying on the ground.
Speed bump?
Bu Xu's mind went blank for a moment; he didn't know what those three words meant.
But he clearly saw the disdain in the young man's eyes.
It was the kind of condescending disdain that completely disregarded him.
A strong sense of humiliation and anger welled up in Bu Xu's heart.
He has cultivated for three hundred years and is considered a top figure among the righteous Core Formation cultivators in the Hanhai Sect and even the entire Chaotic Star Sea. When has he ever been treated like this?
He was about to get angry, but then he remembered something terrible.
When did this young man appear behind him?
With his late-stage Core Formation level spiritual sense, he could sense every blade of grass and every tree within a radius of tens of kilometers. How could someone have touched him from behind without him noticing?
Unless... the other party's cultivation level is far above his.
Bu Xu suppressed his surging blood and quickly glanced at the young man.
Peak of the late Core Formation stage!
"Who...who are you? I am Bu Xu of the Han Hai Sect. Why are you attacking me?"
Bu Xu took a deep breath, suppressing his anger.
"The Vast Ocean Sect?"
The young man's expression was somewhat strange.
Seeing that he seemed to know the name of the Hanhai Sect, Bu Xu felt a little more at ease and put a few healing pills into his mouth.
"Indeed! I am Bu Xu of the Han Hai Sect, and my master is..."
"Never heard of it."
The young man scratched his head.
Bu Xu's expression froze.
"I've never heard of you before, maybe you're too weak."
"Oh, by the way, I am Li Feiyu, a kind-hearted man from the Lava Path. You should have quite a few Fire Pearls on you, right? Hand over your storage bag now, and I'll let you go."
The ruthless bandit from the lava path was none other than Qingfeng.
"Fellow Daoist, are you joking? I am the youngest late-stage Core Formation cultivator in the Han Hai Sect. It's one thing if you don't recognize me, but you actually want to steal my storage bag?"
Bu Xu's mind, which had just calmed down, was once again overwhelmed by anger.
"Tsk, you talk too much nonsense. Hand over your storage bag now, and give me the spirit stones and resources."
Qingfeng's tone was becoming impatient.
"You've gone too far!"
Bu Xu gritted his teeth, made hand seals, and summoned his fire ring magic weapon.
"You have no chance."
Qingfeng took a step forward, and the ground beneath his feet cracked open. He charged towards Buxu like a cannonball.
There were no fancy spells, no magical artifacts used; it was purely about refining physical strength.
The first punch struck Bu Xu's protective aura squarely.
"Bang!"
The protective aura exploded directly.
The second punch swept across, shattering the fire ring magic weapon that Bu Xu had used to block it.
With the third punch, his head exploded.
Looking at the headless corpse lying on the ground, Qingfeng shook the blood off his hands.
"this one?"
He pouted in disappointment.
Then, take the storage bag into your hand.
"Hmm, not bad. With so many Fire Pearls, plus the ones I already have, it's more than enough."
Qingfeng put away the storage bag and looked at the ground not far away.
There was another storage bag there, but it was guarded by several Crimson Fire Spirits.
"Hmm, this is a good opportunity to test the Mystic Crystal Bead that I stole from the Crimson Flame Monster."
Qingfeng took out the Crimson Flame Old Monster's storage bag and retrieved several light blue round beads.
Before encountering Bu Xu, he had already killed several Core Formation cultivators, including the Crimson Fire Old Monster.
There was no other way; his master and junior brothers had all died at Qingfeng's hands. To nip the problem in the bud, the root must be removed, so the Crimson Fire Monster also had to die.
As for the others, they were all killed because they refused to hand over their storage bags.