Fire Virtue Immortal Clan

Chapter 60 Dark Cloud Python (Please read on and vote with monthly tickets!)
Before becoming a first-tier high-grade weapon refiner, Lu Cheng'an began to have his clan find suitable late-stage Qi Refining rogue cultivators to assist in refining first-tier high-grade weapon materials.

Over such a long period of time, the Lu family has successfully found two cultivators at the late stage of Qi Refining. One of them is at the seventh level of Qi Refining, and the other is at the eighth level of Qi Refining.

The main reason why rogue cultivators of this level were willing to accept the Lu family's recruitment was because Lu Wenxing's cultivation had broken through to the Foundation Establishment realm, and the Lu family had become a Foundation Establishment Immortal Clan.

They were not proficient in the methods of refining first-grade high-quality ore, so Lu Cheng'an returned to Chiyan Mountain to personally teach them. Only after the two of them refined the material that met Lu Cheng'an's requirements did Lu Cheng'an leave Chiyan Mountain.

The ores they used for refining were mostly first-grade high-quality iron mother. It wasn't until recently, when Lu Cheng'an wanted to forge his own Fiery Sword, that he mined some first-grade high-quality fire-refined gold stone from the lava river and sent it back to the clan for the two of them to refine.

There are still some Fire Refining Stones left. Lu Cheng'an plans to use them all up before mining some more from the Lava River and sending them back to his clan for the two rogue cultivators to refine.

More than two months after Lu Cheng'an forged the Fire Fiend Sword, Lu Cheng'an, who was sitting cross-legged on the bank of the lava river cultivating, suddenly stood up.

He looked at the churning river of lava before him, a solemn expression on his face.

Suddenly, a dense demonic aura surged from the lava river, followed by a giant black and red python about four or five zhang long that surged out of the lava river.

"A late-stage Tier 1 demonic beast, the Dark Cloud Python!"

The moment Lu Cheng'an saw the giant python, he recognized what kind of monster it was.

The Dark Cloud Python is a relatively common type of demonic beast in the Burning Flame Mountains. They can freely traverse lava rivers, contain potent fire poison within their bodies, and possess the innate magic of Dark Cloud Fire Fiend, making them a formidable demonic beast in combat.

Upon sensing Lu Cheng'an's presence on the lava riverbank, the Dark Cloud Python's cold, vertical pupils gleamed with excitement. Its gaze fell upon Lu Cheng'an, and its thick tail lashed out from the lava river, fiercely sweeping towards Lu Cheng'an's body.

The bodies of demonic beasts contain terrifying power, especially those of enormous beasts like the Dark Cloud Python.

Even though Lu Cheng'an's cultivation has now broken through to the eighth level of Qi Refining, he still dares not use his physical body to resist the attack of the Dark Cloud Python's tail.

Lu Cheng'an reacted very quickly. Almost the instant the Black Cloud Python's tail was flung out of the lava river, he used the Fire Shadow Technique to instantly leave his previous position.

The perfected Fire Shadow Technique granted Lu Cheng'an extreme speed; as his body left its original position, it left behind a phantom.

After the dark cloud python shattered the illusion with its thick tail, it realized that Lu Cheng'an had already dodged its attack.

This enraged the Dark Cloud Python. It roared, and a dense demonic aura surged around it. As it opened its huge mouth, dense black and red evil energy condensed into fine cones that shot towards Lu Cheng'an's body.

This is the innate spell, Dark Cloud Fire Demon, mastered by the demonic beast Dark Cloud Python. It can condense Dark Cloud Fire Demon into various types of weapons for attack.

In this situation, the Dark Cloud Fire Demon not only contains extremely violent power, but also does not affect its potent toxicity.

When Lu Cheng'an saw the Dark Cloud Python unleash its innate magic, his expression remained unchanged. He pointed a finger, and several fiery red finger marks appeared.

A fiery red fingerprint shot out, accompanied by a string of bright flames.

After Lu Cheng'an's cultivation broke through to the eighth level of Qi Refining, the power of his techniques, such as the Fire Void Finger, also greatly increased.

After these fiery finger imprints struck the massive body of the Dark Cloud Python, the finger force contained within them erupted, instantly shattering the black and red scales covering the python's body. These scales were extremely hard, with defensive power comparable to a high-grade first-tier defensive magic weapon.

Unfortunately, this dark cloud python encountered Lu Cheng'an, whose power of the perfected Fire Void Finger was far beyond what its scales could withstand.

The shattering of its scales brought the Dark Cloud Python extreme pain; it raised its head and let out an angry roar.

At this moment, the dark cloud of fire that it spewed from its mouth also landed on Lu Cheng'an, but it was blocked by the fiery red armor that appeared around Lu Cheng'an.

Lu Cheng'an had also cultivated the Fire Armor Technique to perfection. This late-stage first-order Dark Cloud Python was comparable in strength to a cultivator at the eighth level of Qi Refining. Naturally, its Dark Cloud Fire Fiery attack could not break through Lu Cheng'an's Fire Armor Technique.

After exchanging blows with the dark cloud python for a while and figuring out its strength, Lu Cheng'an took out the Fire Fiend Sword from his storage bag.

The Fiery Sword surged with fiery red light. As Lu Cheng'an activated his magic technique, the Fiery Sword flew up and pierced towards the body of the Dark Cloud Python like lightning.

This Fire Fiend Sword was meticulously crafted by Lu Cheng'an. Although Lu Cheng'an has not yet mastered any sword techniques, the power of the Fire Fiend Sword alone is enough to inflict fatal damage on the Dark Cloud Python.

The tip of the Fiery Sword sliced ​​through the scales of the Dark Cloud Python, tearing the originally hard scales apart as if they were made of paper.

At this moment, the sword penetrated deep into the broken scales of the Dark Cloud Python, and then the sword continued to slide, almost cutting the Dark Cloud Python in two.

This caused the Dark Cloud Python to suffer extremely serious injuries. Its huge body tried to burrow back into the lava river, but Lu Cheng'an did not give it the chance.

Lu Cheng'an was multitasking, continuing to stab the Black Cloud Python's body with the Fire Fiend Sword while simultaneously using the Fire Void Finger to strike the python's head.

Both attacks were fatal, and in a short while, the Dark Cloud Python, a late-stage first-order cultivator with strength comparable to an eighth-level Qi Refining cultivator, died at Lu Cheng'an's hands.

The corpse of the Dark Cloud Python, a late-stage first-tier demonic beast, is highly valuable. Its gall bladder can be used to refine antidote pills, its flesh and blood can be used to refine pills for tempering the body, and its scales and complete vertebrae can be used to refine magical artifacts.

The weapon-refining inheritance obtained by the Xu family records several defensive magical artifacts made from the scales of demonic beasts. The scales of the Dark Cloud Python can be used to refine a defensive magical artifact called the Fire Scale Armor.

However, the Dark Cloud Python scales alone cannot be used to forge the Fire Scale Armor; other auxiliary materials are also required.

The crafting difficulty of this first-tier high-grade defensive magic weapon is much greater than that of the fine iron magic sword and the blazing flame magic sword, as many of the runes are different.

"The Dark Cloud Python is enormous; its scales are enough to forge two or three Fire Scale Armors. We'll relay this message back to the clan later, asking the cultivators there to help gather the materials needed to craft the armor!"

After thinking it over for a while, Lu Chengan made a decision.

He plans to try crafting defensive magical artifacts to broaden his path in artifact crafting.

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