Chapter 15: The Fulong Sword

Qu Yi immediately unleashed his gold-element speed technique, “Ten Thousand Miles in an Instant.” His entire body transformed into a beam of golden light, appearing before Gu Xing in an instant as he thrust out the Splitting Gold Sword. Inside the Splitting Gold Sword was a “Sword Edge” formation; when his vital energy was activated, it would generate an extremely sharp and powerful golden sword edge capable of tearing through the hardest materials in the world—hence the name of the sword. At that moment, that “Sword Edge” shot straight toward Gu Xing’s chest.

Simultaneously, Wei Yan activated his unique “Swift Carving Movement,” making his body flicker again as his Sky-Slicing Knife was ready to strike at any moment. Gu Xing sneered coldly and suddenly manifested a purple-gold armor on his body. The armor covered his entire body, with streams of purple-gold light flowing around him, as if he were immersed in a world of purple light.

Ding!
The Sword Edge struck the purple-gold armor, producing only a loud noise before being bounced away like an iron bullet.

“Hmph, you two think combining your forces will break through my defense? I’m equipped with the Purple-Gold True Armor, a top-tier precious weapon that serves as defensive armor—there’s no way you can break through it,” Gu Xing shouted coldly.

Gu Xing alone possessed both the top-tier precious weapon, the Fulong Sword, and the Purple-Gold True Armor—one for offense and the other for defense—no wonder he had such an arrogant personality. In the Hundred Demons Mountain Range, it was thanks to the Fulong Sword and the Purple-Gold True Armor that he had progressed from the early stage of the Yuan Ying realm to the later stage. Now, facing life-and-death danger, he had no choice but to reveal his greatest assets.

“A wealthy man indeed,” Qu Yi sighed.

Meanwhile, Wei Yan, still moving erratically, immediately swung his Sky-Slicing Knife. A hundred-meter-long green sword instantly slashed down from behind at Gu Xing’s head. If hit, it would undoubtedly reduce Gu Xing to flesh fragments.

“Hmph, you have defensive armor on your body—do you also have a defensive helmet on your head?” Wei Yan hovered in the air and snapped coldly.

At that moment, Wei Yan activated the “Wind Blade Shattering Sky” formation within his Sky-Slicing Knife, using all his strength. It was ten times larger than the green sword before, and its power was naturally ten times greater as well.

Gu Xing seemed to have anticipated this. A purple-gold crown appeared above his head, shaped like two intertwined purple dragons with their heads facing outward, while their bodies formed the helmet, exuding an aura of dragon might.

Bang!
The green sword struck the purple-gold crown, yet it didn’t cause even the slightest damage—no trace remained. However, under the force of this massive strike, Gu Xing staggered, struggling to stand firm.

“Idiot, a defensive armor set is naturally complete. If I don’t reveal my jade crown, isn’t it to force you to make a move as well and deplete your vital energy?” Gu Xing sneered.
Immediately afterward, Gu Xing tried to fly away.
At that moment, Wei Yan had already used all his strength in his last attack, leaving him with very little vital energy left. Gu Xing also activated his defensive armor to resist, and almost all of his own vital energy was exhausted as well.
“Gu Xing, you didn’t even ask me before trying to run away?” Qu Yi laughed.
Seeing that Wei Yan’s vital energy was gone and realizing that Qu Yi’s last attack seemed to have used up all his metal-type vital energy as well, Gu Xing thought the two of them no longer had the strength to stop him.
Wei Yan’s eyes lit up.
Gu Xing looked at Qu Yi coldly and said with a smile, “Kid, you’re only at the early Yuan Ying stage—do you really think you can hold me back?”
With the Purple Gold True Armor as protection, Gu Xing wasn’t worried about his safety at all and remained as proud as ever.
At that moment, Qu Yi’s internal energy surged as he transformed all the fire-type vital energy in his heart into metal-type vital energy.
With Wei Yan around, Qu Yi didn’t want to reveal that he still had other types of vital energy. Since Wei Yan was a demon cultivator who had come to the Hundred Demons Mountain Range, he must have his own plans, and Qu Yi wanted to take advantage of them to facilitate his own actions. But he definitely wouldn’t let Wei Yan know his true cultivation level.
So, Qu Yi could only use metal-type vital energy.
“Is that so? I just used one-fifth of my vital energy just now, and you think I’ve wasted it all?” Qu Yi suddenly emitted fluctuations of his metal-type vital energy and said with a smile.
“No… it’s impossible.” Gu Xing’s face turned anxious.
Although he had the defensive armor, Gu Xing knew that using it also required vital energy to activate; otherwise, it would just be a very hard suit of armor.
“Nothing is impossible. You dare look down on me, someone at the early Yuan Ying stage? That’s a capital offense. I’ll end your life right now!” Qu Yi shouted angrily and immediately flew after him.
In an instant, Gu Xing made a desperate decision.
“Extreme metal energy, Yuan Ying blood escape, rapid departure from the body.”
With a fierce shout, Gu Xing used the blood escape technique, abandoning his physical body. He wrapped his Yuan Ying in the Purple Gold True Armor and vanished through the air.
Qu Yi, wielding the Splitting Gold Sword, quickly flew to where Gu Xing had been. Seeing Gu Xing flee using blood escape, he was momentarily stunned before immediately shattering Gu Xing’s body to vent his anger.

At this moment, the Artifact God transmitted a message to Qu Yi through his spiritual consciousness: “Qu Yi, that Lone Star has used the Blood Escape Technique to reach five thousand li away. He’s now inside a cave, gathering his body back together.” By this time, the Artifact God’s spiritual consciousness had reached the early stage of dividing his mind, with a sensing range of fifteen thousand li. Although the Blood Escape Technique was powerful, he didn’t dare to go too far—otherwise, if he ended up near a highly skilled demon cultivator, it would be troublesome. Now, Lone Star thought he was safe at five thousand li away, not realizing there was still an existence like the Artifact God.

After hearing this, Qu Yi immediately smiled and said, “Wei Yan, there are ten Green Silk Fruits here. They’ll be very helpful for your wind-type vital energy. Absorb them. I’ll be back soon—wait for me here.”

With that, Qu Yi threw out ten Green Silk Fruits and then teleported away.

The Green Silk Fruit trees inside the Inch Realm Sphere had already ripened thanks to the Artifact God pouring spiritual energy into them using the Spirit Gathering Array. Now that Wei Yan’s vital energy was exhausted, it was the perfect time for him to absorb the life energy from the Green Silk Fruits.

Qu Yi left via teleportation, unafraid of Wei Yan’s spiritual consciousness. Even at the late stage of the Yuan Ying phase, Wei Yan’s sensing range was only about three thousand li, so he surely couldn’t detect what Qu Yi was doing.

Soon, Qu Yi teleported to a deep canyon, suppressing his aura to the early stage of the Golden Dan phase, then quickly flew outside a cave.

“Lone Star, do you really think the Blood Escape Technique can let you escape?” Qu Yi stood at the cave entrance, his spiritual consciousness locking onto Lone Star’s Yuan Ying.

By now, Lone Star had taken out a young egg of the Electric-Eyed Giant Eagle from his storage bracelet. The egg was as big as a person, and he intended to absorb its life essence to rebuild his body.

But when Qu Yi’s voice rang out, it was as if Lone Star heard the sound of the Day of Judgment.

That Yuan Ying, no larger than the size of a palm, wielded the Fulong Sword and tried to rush out of the cave to escape. Time no longer allowed Lone Star to absorb the egg and regenerate.

Suddenly, Qu Yi fully manifested the fluctuations of his early-stage Yuan Ying vital energy. He flipped his palm and swung it forcefully, pushing out a palm-sized blast from the cave entrance.

A powerful golden-colored vital energy, shaped like a palm, was sent into the cave.

“No!”

Lone Star was terrified. He quickly wrapped himself in the Purple Gold True Armor and spat out some of his vital blood to enhance the armor’s defensive power.

The palm print on the Purple Gold True Armor vanished in an instant, failing to break through the armor at all.

But in that brief moment, Qu Yi teleported into the cave and grabbed Lone Star’s exhausted Yuan Ying with one hand.

“Elder… no, hero, please spare me! I’ll give you all my magical treasures and cultivation techniques,” the soul of Gu Xing appeared on his Yuan Ying and cried out anxiously.
Qu Yi smiled, but his hand already emitted dry blue true fire, instantly burning away Gu Xing’s soul.
“Hehe, now that you’re dead, aren’t your treasures and techniques mine?” Qu Yi said indifferently.
Immediately, Qu Yi put Gu Xing’s Yuan Ying into his storage bracelet, while Gu Xing’s magical treasures—Fulong Sword, Purple Gold True Armor, and the storage bracelet—all fell to the ground. Naturally, Qu Yi took possession of them as well.
“Qu Yi, bring that Purple Gold True Armor inside the Dimension Ball. There’s a soul imprint of a person at the Outward Departure stage inside it; I’ll help you remove it,” the Voice of the Artifact God suddenly rang out.
Startled, Qu Yi rushed into the Dimension Ball and placed the Purple Gold True Armor on the lawn.
The infant form of the Artifact God appeared and stood proudly on the lawn. With a snap of his fingers, a grayish gas thread drifted out from the Purple Gold True Armor and vanished instantly.
…
At that moment, in Wanlei Cliff—one of the five major demon cultivation sects on the South Demon Continent—the Lord of Purple Thunder was in his private chamber when he suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood.
“Xing’er, your father will surely avenge you!” the Lord of Purple Thunder, Gu Dianxing, shouted angrily with wide eyes.
It turned out that Gu Xing was Gu Dianxing’s son. When Gu Xing went to the Hundred Demons Mountain Range for training, Gu Dianxing had given him his magical treasures—Fulong Sword and Purple Gold True Armor. Naturally, as soon as the soul imprint in the Purple Gold True Armor disappeared, Gu Dianxing knew something terrible had happened to Gu Xing.
…
After the Voice of the Artifact God removed the soul imprint, Qu Yi immediately dropped a drop of blood on the Fulong Sword and absorbed it into his body. As for the Purple Gold True Armor, he gave it to Bai Man. Qu Yi didn’t need a defensive armor since his divine formula cards could ensure his defense, while Bai Man lacked one, so it would serve as protection for her.
“Hehe, so the Fulong Sword also contains a formation called ‘True Dragon Devouring Spirits,’ which can summon a true dragon to fight,” Qu Yi said, claiming ownership of the sword and immediately learning about the three formations sealed within it.
“Enough. We’ve already obtained so many treasures; it’s time to meet Wei Yan,” the Voice of the Artifact God complained.
Qu Yi scratched his head, too happy with his treasures to remember. Soon, he teleported back.

By this time, Wei Yan had already consumed ten Green Silk Fruits, absorbing all their essence energy. Not only had his vital energy been restored, but his magical power had also increased significantly. He had now reached the advanced stage of the Yuan Ying realm.
“Wei Yan, I’m back,” Qu Yi said with a smile from the air.
“Haha, boring. I knew it. Just talking with you on the Wind-Facing Boat, I realized you have many secrets. You’ll definitely help me in the future. As I expected,” Wei Yan exclaimed happily.