Cultivating With Mutated Heavenly Spirit Roots-Chapter 72: Two Against One

On the sixth day, Fang Hong was by a small stream, having just killed a peak Level 4 "Azurewood Marten" and was currently collecting its demon blood.

Azurewood Martens are wood-attribute Demonic Beasts, and their demon blood can be used to strengthen the Four Symbols Formation.

In the past few days, Fang Hong’s harvest in Evergreen Blessed Herb Garden had been fruitful.

His storage bag already contained several hundred precious spirit medicines, each a top-grade specimen of seven or eight hundred years, including all the medicinal ingredients needed to refine Solid Essence Pills.

In terms of Demonic Beasts, Fang Hong’s harvest was equally astonishing.

He had already collected three types of peak Level 4 demon blood, and with the newly collected Azurewood Marten demon blood, the four attribute demon blood needed to refine the Four Symbols Formation were finally complete again.

Recalling his experiences of the past few days, Fang Hong couldn’t help but sigh, confirming that Evergreen Blessed Herb Garden was indeed a blessed land, with resources far richer than he had imagined.

Next, he needed to find a safe place to re-refine the Four Symbols Formation.

As long as the Four Symbols Formation was successfully refined, its power would increase by a level, enough to contend with Level 5 Demonic Beasts, which would be of great help to his subsequent exploration in Evergreen Blessed Herb Garden.

After storing the demon blood, Fang Hong used his demon gourd to absorb the Azurewood Marten’s corpse, refining it into a spirit pill.

"Senior Brother, help!"

Just as Fang Hong was about to leave, an urgent cry for help came from not far away.

Fang Hong followed the sound and saw a woman in green clothes running towards him in a panic from nearby, her face full of terror.

Her hair was a bit disheveled, her steps urgent, and she kept looking back.

Behind her, a Black-clothed person was chasing unhurriedly, a playful smile on his face, continuously casting spells from his hand, clearly intending to kill her.

Fang Hong frowned, his gaze falling on the ring on the woman’s hand, which was flashing with a faint light.

A thought stirred in his mind, and he infused a trace of magical power into the ring on his own hand; the ring instantly lit up, echoing the ring on the woman’s hand.

It seemed this woman was also a disciple of Danxian Valley.

The woman quickly ran to Fang Hong’s side, stopping breathlessly.

Fang Hong sized her up; the woman had a round face, and her strength was also at the Foundation Establishment Stage.

"Senior Brother, my name is Li Lu. That scoundrel is a disciple of Taiyi Sect. He wants to kill me. Let’s deal with him together!" Li Lu pointed at the Black-clothed person in front, her face filled with indignation.

Fang Hong followed her finger and saw the Black-clothed person slowly approaching, his eyes cold, exuding the aura of a Foundation Establishment peak Cultivator.

He secretly estimated that Li Lu’s ability to escape from such a strong enemy meant she had some skill.

"Scoundrel, I have Senior Brother with me now. Two against one, let’s see if you still dare to be arrogant!" Li Lu shouted loudly.

She took out a silver longbow from her storage bag; it was clearly not an ordinary item, but a high-grade Spiritual Artifact.

"Hmph! What can two against one do? Just two Foundation Establishment Stage Cultivators!" The Black-clothed person snorted coldly, then took out a red long spear and thrust it towards Fang Hong.

Seeing this, Fang Hong could only engage in battle for now. He had to deal with this Black-clothed person first.

He turned to Li Lu, who was beside him, and instructed, "Li Lu, you shoot arrows at him, and I’ll find an opportunity to eliminate him."

"Oh, yes!" Li Lu was momentarily stunned, then quickly reacted.

She quickly mobilized the magical power within her body, gripped the silver longbow tightly with both hands, and the bowstring was rapidly drawn. Streaks of magical light arrows condensed and shot towards the Black-clothed person.

"Die, you scoundrel! Die! See if you still dare to chase me!" Li Lu shouted angrily while shooting arrows.

Perhaps because Fang Hong was beside her, the two-on-one situation made her much bolder, and her arrow-shooting speed became faster and faster, causing no small amount of trouble for the Black-clothed person.

Seeing the light arrows approaching, the Black-clothed person had no choice but to stop, brandishing the long spear in his hand, striking down the incoming light arrows one by one.

Fang Hong, meanwhile, took out a Thunder Thorn Talisman and quietly activated it, waiting for the moment the Black-clothed person revealed a flaw—that would be the moment to take his life!

"How annoying, this woman!" The Black-clothed person looked exasperated, a hint of ruthlessness flashing in his eyes, and then he took out a bronze mirror to block in front of him.

After infusing magical power, the bronze mirror emitted rays of green light, forming a sturdy light shield that deflected all the light arrows shot by Li Lu.

Fang Hong felt a secret joy at this sight.

The Black-clothed person was busy defending; now was the best time for him to strike. This bronze mirror was at most a high-grade Spiritual Artifact and could not withstand his Thunder Thorn Talisman at all.

Just as Fang Hong was about to activate the Thunder Thorn Talisman, an unexpected change suddenly occurred.

The Black-clothed person, who had been defending, instantly widened his eyes, his face showing an expression of incredible horror.

A crescent dagger had directly pierced his heart!

"Uh... how is this possible..." The Black-clothed person uttered a few words with difficulty, his eyes filled with terror and unwillingness.

Then, his body fell heavily to the ground, dead, his eyes wide open in disbelief.

"There’s someone else!" This sudden scene left both Fang Hong and Li Lu greatly surprised.

At this moment, a black shadow slowly emerged from where the Black-clothed person had fallen. The shadow twisted and shifted, eventually transforming into a man in black armor.

He had a hideous scar on his face, extending from the corner of his eye all the way to his chin, his eyes as cold as blades, and he tightly clutched a crescent dagger in his hand.

"Foundation Establishment peak, Zhao State Cultivator!" Li Lu exclaimed in a low voice.

She clearly remembered that the attire of Zhao State Cultivators was precisely like this, and the aura emanating from this person was quite sharp, clearly indicating a difficult opponent.

Fang Hong stared intently at the scarred man, his gaze falling on the crescent dagger in his hand, and then he recalled the strange ghost shadow from earlier.

Fang Hong made a certain deduction: this person was skilled in assassination techniques, and the ghost shadow just now should have been some profound shadow spell, capable of moving freely in shadows and launching surprise attacks...

The scarred man expressionlessly took the storage bag from the Black-clothed person’s waist.

His gaze was sinister and cold. He glanced at Fang Hong without a word, then immediately lunged towards Fang Hong with a stabbing attack.

The scarred man transformed into streaks of black shadow, moving very quickly, arriving in front of Fang Hong in a few breaths, and thrusting fiercely at Fang Hong’s throat with vicious and decisive movements.

Fang Hong’s expression changed slightly. Without time to think, he immediately took out his Spiritual Treasure, the Skeleton Staff, to block the dagger’s fatal blow.

Fang Hong suddenly exerted force in his wrist, and magical power flowed from his arm into the Skeleton Staff. With a muffled ’bang,’ the scarred man was shaken back!