Chapter 308

Chapter 308: Resurrection

Beside him, a Purple Palace realm cultivator dressed in the attire of the Penglai Sword Sect immediately responded to the man’s question, saying, "This gathering has four invitations for the Mo Sect. Two of them won’t come, but the two who are coming are a man and a woman. Since this gentleman is here, he must be the recently famous Fang Lie!"

"Fang Lie? This kid’s last name is Fang?" The wealthy young man immediately changed his expression and quickly asked, "What is his relationship with Fang Gang from over a decade ago?"

"It seems that he is the only descendant of that person!" the cultivator replied promptly.

"Ah~" The white-clad boy immediately became furious upon hearing this, unleashing an incredibly fierce and terrifying aura that even pushed the nearby Purple Palace cultivator away.

"So it’s the illegitimate son of the Fang Family! Die!" The white-clad boy shouted in rage, raising his hand to unleash a small, exquisite Linglong skull hammer!

As soon as the hammer appeared, a terrifying aura filled the surrounding area. It flew toward Fang Lie, transforming automatically into a one-zhang-sized skull with a menacing and horrifying appearance. It roared wildly, revealing sharp fangs in its large mouth. Although no sound emerged, a dreadful force descended, pressing directly down on Fang Lie.

Even though Fang Lie was quite powerful, he found himself powerless under such terrifying pressure, unable to resist as he watched his opponent charge right in front of him!

Then, the skull’s huge mouth snapped down and swallowed Fang Lie whole!

The event transpired too quickly and unexpectedly. Everyone present was taken by surprise, as no one had anticipated such a fierce reaction from the boy. As soon as he heard about Fang Lie’s background, he immediately exploded in fury, disregarding everything to attack.

At that moment, Fang Lie was still pondering how to retaliate against the verbal insult. Even someone as arrogant as him would not have considered attacking on someone else’s turf.

However, he never imagined that the boy would do just that, showing no concern for the Penglai Sword Sect’s reputation and launching a deadly attack right away.

The small hammer could transform from a hammer into a skull, indicating its power as an Eighth-rank Treasure, as only Eighth-rank Treasures can undergo transformation.

Transformation refers to altering form, usually changing from a treasure’s appearance into that of some living being or morphing into a demon beast like a dragon or phoenix, or turning into monsters like a skull or demon.

Since the original forms of living beings contain the secrets of the Heavenly Dao, once the treasure transforms, it can better use the power of the Heavenly Dao laws, unleashing even more terrifying might.

Although Fang Lie was a minor expert, facing the Eighth-rank transformed treasure from the White Bone Demonic Sect made him as helpless as meat on the chopping board, with no chance to fight back.

This treasure, called the White Bone Soul Devouring Hammer, possessed the terrifying ability to consume souls, and especially after transformation, anyone swallowed by it would typically face body and soul perishing, never to be reborn!

Even the Seven Dragon True Immortals were a moment slow to react, as they thought this place would be extremely safe, being the territory of the Penglai Sword Sect. They had not prepared enough and were caught off guard by this incident.

Upon witnessing Fang Lie’s instant death, they all erupted in anger, shouting fiercely as they revealed their Seven Star Soul Locking Flag, which emitted thousands of star-like lights resembling a starry nebula, and pressed heavily against the combatants.

As the saying goes, if the master is humiliated, the servants die. Such an incident filled them with shame and rage, making them desire to fight to the death against their enemies.

However, the bodyguard behind that boy clearly could not allow this to happen. Although he was frustrated and didn’t want to resort to violence here, with the young master having committed murder, things could not just end peacefully; he had no choice but to intervene.

With a wave of his hand, countless bone chains appeared, blocking the starry lights from advancing.

Taking this opportunity, the white-clad boy known as True Young Master laughed loudly, retrieving the White Bone Soul Devouring Hammer. At the same time, he arrogantly shouted, "Fang Gang, oh Fang Gang, do you see this? I just ended your bloodline! Hahaha!"

He laughed, while Li Jingyun and another Purple Palace cultivator felt utterly defeated.

They never dreamed things would escalate to this point. A noble guest of the Mo Sect had just died right before their eyes; what a huge matter this was!

Regardless of the circumstances, the Penglai Sword Sect had to give the Mo Sect an explanation, and they would undoubtedly become the perfect scapegoats.

While they wouldn’t be handed over for punishment, internal consequences would surely be severe. The best outcome would likely be to have most of their cultivation wasted and be expelled from the sect.

They could even be put to death, especially Li Jingyun, as the direct cause of this incident was that he led them the wrong way!

However, just as the True Young Master was laughing maniacally and Li Jingyun stood in shock, suddenly, a stunningly beautiful rainbow fire appeared in the air, not far from the True Young Master.

As the light flickered, a figure emerged from within the flames, faintly resembling Fang Lie.

The appearance of such an eerie phenomenon instantly captured everyone’s attention. They could hardly believe their eyes; how could someone who had been killed reappear?

It is clear that this is all thanks to the divine skill, the Nirvana Fire Seed, that Fang Lie had just mastered. The Nirvana Fire Seed, barely noticeable, escaped the fierce bite of the White Bone Soul Devouring Hammer by transforming into a powerful current of flame when Fang Lie was struck down.

As the White Bone Soul Devouring Hammer returned, the current created by the hammer blew it closer to the True Young Master. Just as the True Young Master laughed maniacally, the Nirvana Fire Seed suddenly exploded, igniting a blaze of Nirvana fire. It immediately fulfilled its purpose, allowing Fang Lie to be reborn from the divine fire!

Reborn, Fang Lie was filled with fury and wasted no time. Seizing the opportunity while the True Young Master was stunned, he unleashed his most powerful combat technique. First came the Chaos Sky-Devouring Halberd. As Fang Lie unleashed it, it shot toward the enemy, piercing through while launching every last Minor Formless Chaos Divine Lightning hidden within!

The Minor Formless Chaos Divine Lightning was immensely powerful and silent—a perfect sneak attack. Over time, the Chaos Sky-Devouring Halberd had devoured numerous fire-element treasures, raising its rank to Sixth-rank low-grade, while accumulating two to three hundred Minor Formless Divine Lightnings.

The power of these divine lightnings was terrifying, enough to erase even the Wind Tribulation Immortal! However, the True Young Master, a bona fide second-generation immortal, was not so easily defeated.

Even though he was still dazed and did not react to Fang Lie’s sudden attack, a flash of blue light appeared around him, and a shield-shaped treasure activated on its own. This treasure, a triangular shield made from a whole set of dragon scales, was already attuned to spirit and was a Seventh-rank upper-grade item.

In truth, it was only a sentient treasure like this that could automatically protect its master in a critical moment. Without it, this so-called True Young Master would have been obliterated long ago. Yet, the Minor Formless Chaos Divine Lightning was not to be underestimated, especially as the combined might of two to three hundred of them was extremely powerful.

The barrier created by the dragon scale shield suddenly rippled under the silent but horrifying attack, and in an instant, it blocked ninety percent of the divine lightning, but ultimately, the barrier shattered.

Fortunately, the dragon scale shield itself was incredibly tough, successfully stopping the remaining Minor Formless Chaos Divine Lightning. Although it suffered and trembled fiercely, it caused not a single hair on the True Young Master to be lost!

However, the dragon scale shield became dull and slightly damaged. While it could recover with some nurturing time, its power had diminished at this critical moment. Seizing this opportunity, the Chaos Sky-Devouring Halberd charged forward, and the Taotie beast on it suddenly came to life, opening its big mouth and swallowing the shield whole.

Then, the Chaos Sky-Devouring Halberd struck forcefully at the True Young Master’s chest. A Sixth-rank treasure’s full attack was certainly no trivial matter; an ordinary Cultivator would be doomed if it struck them directly.

Yet, the second-generation immortal would not die so easily. The rich True Young Master had countless treasures for survival, and with just one attack hitting him, he was assured to be fine. Suddenly, a white light glowed from his chest, and within the soft radiance, a necklace of white bones around his neck came to life.

This necklace was made of 36 finely-crafted skulls, each the size of a thumb. One skull opened its mouth and bit down on the pointed tip of the Chaos Sky-Devouring Halberd, halting its advance!

In fact, this necklace of skulls was a special one-time white bone talisman designed for protection. Each skull could block a lethal attack, meaning the Chaos Sky-Devouring Halberd would need to stab him at least thirty-six more times to succeed!

But time was of the essence; Fang Lie’s goal was to catch the enemy by surprise. If it took more than a breath’s time, the Wind Tribulation Immortal by his side would clear the entanglement with the Seven Dragon True Immortals and save him, making it almost impossible to kill him afterward!

Fang Lie certainly did not allow this enemy, with whom he had deep-seated enmity, to survive; he struck without mercy. After launching the Chaos Sky-Devouring Halberd, he didn’t even look at the result—he immediately unleashed his second killing move.

A thin purple light suddenly shot from behind the Chaos Sky-Devouring Halberd and entered the True Young Master’s body silently. Strangely, the white bone necklace around his neck showed no reaction at all!

Seeing the purple light enter the True Young Master’s body, Fang Lie immediately felt relieved. He withdrew while urging the Chaos Sky-Devouring Halberd to return.

The Seven Dragon True Immortals were stunned to see Fang Lie come back to life, but soon, they were overjoyed and hurriedly activated the Seven Star Soul Lock Formation to protect him. The White Bone Sect’s Wind Tribulation Immortal did not attack Fang Lie; instead, he guarded his young master.

He actually wanted to eliminate Fang Lie as well, but under the watchful eyes of the public, if he oppressed the weak, it would be a huge embarrassment, and he couldn’t guarantee that the elders of the Mo Sect wouldn’t take action against his master.

In this situation, he could only let Fang Lie go and focus on his master’s safety. Though the purple light was small and hidden, even the True Young Master did not notice it, but it did not escape the eyes of this expert!