Cultivating Immortality Begins with Rejuvenation.

Chapter 263 First Kill of a True Person
"Bear Two!"

Feeling the warm, sticky sweat on his face, Wu Weixiong cried out in pain.

"Bang bang!" In the next moment, Qin Henian's Heavenly Gang Cauldron and Li Ji'an's second third-tier Blood Fiend Talisman forced Fu Xiaochen back.

Looking at the Earth-Splittering Bear again, its furry head had been chopped off by a single blow, with 30% of the right side severed, and blood gushing out.

"Roar~" To Wu Weixiong's relief, the slash just barely grazed the skull. Although it seemed that the bear's head was missing 30%, it did not damage the skull. It only cut off an ear and some fur and flesh.

However, the killing intent of the magic weapon Wind and Fire Fan had already severely damaged the Earth-Splitting Bear's vitality.

Wu Weixiong quickly used his magic to seal the wound and hurriedly put it into his spirit pet bag.

Without the assistance of the Earth-Splitting Bear, Wu Weixiong's strength plummeted, barely reaching the level of a half-core cultivator.

The situation reversed again.

"The formation is about to break!" As if things weren't bad enough, when Wu Weixiong suffered a fatal blow, Li Ji'an and Qin Henian were focused on rescuing Wu Weixiong and neglected Fu Xiaochen's attack on the formation.

After successfully striking, he used the Wind and Fire Fan to strike the formation, causing the near-third-order formation to become unstable instantly.

With the nine people inside the formation attacking with all their might, breaking the formation is only a matter of time.

"Hmph! You're like a mantis trying to stop a chariot, overestimating yourselves. A fake pill is always a fake pill. Who gave you the audacity to defy the authority of a true pill cultivator?" Fu Xiaochen struck successfully, turning the tide of the battle, and immediately resumed his usual demeanor as a true pill cultivator.

Wu Weixiong and Qin Henian were seething with rage, but they were powerless to do anything about it.

If the formation below breaks, the four late-stage Foundation Establishment cultivators will be able to escape and suppress Wu Weixiong, who has lost the power of the Earth-Splitting Bear.

Five more Foundation Establishment cultivators hid behind Fu Xiaochen and launched a sneak attack...

No, once Wu Weixiong is gone, Fu Xiaochen can easily eliminate Li Ji'an and Qin Henian, the two fake core cultivators, in a short time.

"Pfft~" Just as the nine people trapped inside the formation showed joy and frantically attacked the formation, another sound of air being torn apart rang out.

Guagua finally made his move again.

Although it could not threaten the late Foundation Establishment cultivators, it could still make them wary and unable to go all out to break the formation.

Upon seeing this, Xiao Qiao's eyes flashed with joy. As long as someone could restrain the people inside the formation and buy her time to reconnect with the earth's spiritual energy for repair, there was still hope.

"Quack, quack, we're finally fighting side by side!" It smiled at quack, its eyes like crescent moons.

Wu Weixiong and Qin Henian were equally delighted. The unknown monster had disappeared after its attack, and they had initially suspected it belonged to the Fu family, so they had been on guard.

Now they finally revealed their true colors, and it was clear they were helping them.

Qin Henian looked at Xiao Qiao with a mixture of surprise and relief. He hadn't expected this girl to be so well-hidden, not only able to connect with the earth's veins but also possessing a mid-stage second-tier demonic beast.

"Hmph, how dare a mere frog demon act so presumptuously?" Having finally seen the attacking beast clearly, Fu Yuanjiang snorted coldly and told everyone to continue, while he would deal with the frog demon.

"Whoosh~" Guagua launched another sudden sneak attack.

However, before he could threaten the person who broke the formation, Fu Yuanjiang's feet shook, and a stone wall appeared in front of the person, neutralizing Guagua's sneak attack.

With this defensive technique, the power of the single demon Guagua was enough to restrain Fu Yuanjiang, while the others were still doing their best to support the magic array.

This did not reduce the difficulty of Xiao Qiao's repair much.

"Whoosh whoosh whoosh~" Just then, three more unfamiliar auras suddenly appeared.

A figure, about ten feet tall and made of solid stone, suddenly emerged from the ground and immediately launched a fierce attack on Fu Yuanjiang. Although its movements were clumsy and its attacks posed no threat to Yuanjiang, its defense was formidable, and even Fu Yuanjiang could not break through it in a short time.

Another short, skinny monkey emerged from underground, leaving an afterimage in place. With swift and ghostly movements, he launched a sneak attack on Gao Yang's fourth brother, who was the weakest among them.

The last one immediately launched white bone arrows upon appearing, indiscriminately attacking everyone within the formation.

These are the three strongest puppets that Li Ji'an has ever created.

Although they are all first-tier peak puppets, their materials are special, and they are all mindless puppets. At this moment, they are just mechanically carrying out Li Ji'an's orders, without any fear of life or death, and can hold on for a while.

"Fourth brother, be careful!" Gao Yang's mind was instantly distracted.

"Puppets! It's a puppet, be careful." The Fu family members were also unable to break the formation with their full strength.

"..." Xiao Qiao was overjoyed. She glanced at Li Ji'an out of the corner of her eye and sighed inwardly at how many hidden tricks Uncle Li had. When she followed Li Ji'an back then, she had never seen him control a puppet.

Qin Henian was even more astonished by Xiao Qiao's trump cards: "How many more trump cards does this little girl have up her sleeve!"

"It's a matter of life and death, our only chance!" After setting the instructions for the puppet, Li Ji'an dared not delay any longer and hurriedly reminded Qin Henian and Wu Weixiong.

"Fight to the death! Kill!"

In an instant, the three of them were once again locked in battle with Fu Xiaochen.

Without the help of the Earth-Splitting Bear, Wu Weixiong, even with his fist techniques pushed to the limit, was unable to withstand Fu Xiaochen, a True Core cultivator, on his own.

In a single exchange, he suffered another deep wound that reached his bone, and he fought desperately, gritting his teeth and giving it his life.

Although Qin Henian had prepared some second-tier spirit talismans specifically for dealing with demonic cultivators over the years, they were of little use to a True Person like Fu Xiaochen. Only the Heavenly Gang Cauldron, which had been passed down through generations of the Qin family, could have some effect on him.

The flames of the glass lamp in Li Ji'an's hand looked fierce, but without Wu Weixiong's weakening effect on Xiao Chen's protective shield, it could no longer pose a threat to him.

In contrast, Fu Xiaochen, holding the Wind and Fire Fan, strolled leisurely, becoming increasingly adept at fighting three opponents at once.

He was no longer worried about Qin Henian and Wu Weixiong, and instead focused most of his attention on "Huang Jie".

He still doesn't understand how the other party replaced Huang Jie's identity, and how he can't figure them out at all.

It was clearly just a fake core of magical power and strength, yet there was no trace of disguise.

Moreover, it even possesses genuine Tier 3 spirit talismans, and has already used two of them, which is extremely rare even among fake pills.

At the same time, Li Ji'an sighed inwardly.

The first Thunderclap Talisman failed to achieve its maximum effect because of the opponent's Wind and Fire Fan.

The second document, however, only served a deterrent purpose due to the rescue of Wu Weixiong.

Two true third-tier spirit talismans, worth tens of thousands of spirit stones.

Most importantly, the opponent is now on guard, and if he doesn't seize the opportunity, his remaining seven Tier 3 talismans may very well go to waste.

"Fake pills fighting real pills... it sounds impressive, but it's actually unwise. This is the way of the chosen one, not my way."

It's still best for him to crush opponents with superior skill and dominate weaker opponents with absolute advantage.

Li Ji'an secretly resolved that after this incident, he must avoid doing anything beyond his authority.

If an unavoidable conflict does occur, we can simply wait another lifetime until our strength and power completely overwhelm the other party before seeking revenge.

"Crack~" Suddenly, a cracking sound came from inside the magic circle.

The skeleton archer puppet was destroyed by Gao Yang.

Li Ji'an's expression hardened, and he exchanged a glance with Qin Henian.

"Whoosh!" Qin Henian understood Li Ji'an's intention and immediately activated the Heavenly Gang Cauldron with all his might.

"Clang!" Fu Xiaochen sneered and used his Wind and Fire Fan to fight back.

"Whoosh~" Li Ji'an simultaneously unleashed a third-tier Heavenly Thunder Talisman.

The water bucket-thick lightning bolt crackled in the void as it roared and charged toward Fu Xiaochen.

A strange light flashed in Fu Xiaochen's eyes, and he became even more suspicious of Li Ji'an's identity. In a short period of time, he had already activated three True Third-Order Spirit Talismans.

With such wealth and resources, in the entire Tiancang Domain, he could only think of Master Lingjiu of the Dongli Sect.

If one were not a third-tier talisman master, virtually no cultivator would possess such a wealth of third-tier spirit talismans.

Tier 3 spirit talismans are not something you can just buy whenever you want in the Heavenly Azure Domain.

"Sizzle~" The lightning snake stirred up thousands of bolts of electricity on Fu Xiaochen's protective magic shield, instantly causing it to change in brightness. However, Fu Xiaochen was, after all, a veteran True Core cultivator, who was already close to the mid-stage of Core Formation, and he could still withstand some of the damage.

If it were a newly formed True Core cultivator like Xiao Changfeng, this Heavenly Thunder Talisman would shatter his protective shield and damage his physical body.

"Hmph! Let's see how many third-tier spirit talismans you have left!" Fu Xiaochen sneered. Besides believing Li Ji'an couldn't possibly have any more third-tier spirit talismans, he also knew that activating third-tier spirit talismans was extremely taxing on a Pseudo-Core Formation cultivator's soul and mana. The opponent had already activated three in a short time, making it virtually impossible for him to activate any more. As the thunder subsided, Qin Henian sighed inwardly, realizing he had still fallen short.

"Clang~" But at that moment, the sound of a clashing sword rang out again.

A spiritual power, almost identical to that of the Heavenly Thunder Talisman from before, arrived in front of Fu Xiaochen once again in an instant.

At the same time, the spiritual energy in the area where Li Ji'an was located became violent. In the blink of an eye, the stable aura of the pseudo-core mana exploded and doubled, eventually settling at the early stage of core formation.

"This is..." Fu Xiaochen was shocked and could no longer care about Qin Henian's harassment. He focused all his efforts on dealing with the Golden Talisman.

"Crack!" However, it was too late. The protective magic shield shattered, and a powerful offensive force instantly pierced into the shoulder blade, leaving a bloody hole and injuring the body.

"How is this possible? How do you still have a third-tier spirit talisman? Your surging aura... Hmph, I don't care who you are, I will tear you to pieces today!" Fu Xiaochen gently touched the blood hole in his shoulder blade, his teeth clenched in fury, completely enraged.

He dared not underestimate him again.

"Die!" However, his first target for revenge was not Li Ji'an, whom he feared, but Wu Weixiong and Qin Henian.

If it weren't for the two of them holding him back, he wouldn't have been able to be ambushed by Li Ji'an.

"Bang bang!" Faced with Xiao Chen's furious attack, Wu Weixiong and Qin Henian joined forces to fight back in time.

However, in his rage, Fu Xiaochen was almost determined to kill a thousand enemies while losing three hundred of his own. In a single exchange, their protective shields shattered, and their bodies sustained further injuries.

"You insignificant insect, you deserve to die!" Having landed a successful blow, Fu Xiaochen flashed forward and pressed Wu Weixiong again.

"Boom!" Wu Weixiong, who no longer had any protective magic shield, took the blow head-on and was shoved into the ground several feet deep.

If it weren't for his near-third-tier body refinement, he would have already turned into a rain of blood by now.

Just as Li Ji'an's blazing flames got close, Fu Xiaochen's figure became ethereal again, appearing beside Qin Henian and unleashing another furious attack without hesitation.

"Crack!" Qin Henian instinctively used the Heavenly Gang Cauldron to block, but the next moment a sound of shattering came.

Spiderweb-like cracks appeared on the Heavenly Cauldron.

Qin Henian's eyes widened in disbelief. This clan's treasure, passed down for generations, had truly been destroyed by his own hands!

"I'll make you pay with your life!" Having experienced the power of a true core cultivator, Qin Henian was almost in despair. At this moment, he did not hesitate to self-destruct his ancestral artifact, which was already beyond repair.

"How dare you!" Sensing the sudden burst of violent energy, Fu Xiaochen's face showed fear, and he quickly retreated.

However, he was still swept away by the power of the Heavenly Cauldron's self-destruction.

Li Ji'an tried his best to stop Fu Xiaochen, but he couldn't keep up with his speed at all. He could only watch helplessly as Wu Weixiong was knocked into the ground, his life hanging in the balance.

Qin Henian was also forced to self-destruct his magical artifact, and was even backfired by the artifact's residual power, flying backward to the ground with his breath weakening.

"This is the strength of a veteran True Core cultivator!" Li Ji'an exclaimed inwardly. This was not just a difference in realm, but also in combat experience and supernatural abilities.

In order to activate the fourth third-tier spirit talisman, he did not hesitate to consume a magic explosion pill.

This is the ultimate version of the Blood Burning Pill, belonging to the third-tier pill category. Once a pill is swallowed, it can unleash the power of the dantian.

The price is decades of lifespan and vitality.

He thought that with the power of the early stage of True Core, he might be able to confront Fu Xiaochen head-on, but he couldn't even touch a hair on the other's head.

However, at this moment, Qin Henian detonated his magic weapon, and Fu Xiaochen's aura finally dropped significantly.

Li Ji'an had no way out; even if he was unwilling to engage in close combat, he had to step forward.

He needed to wait a while before activating the talisman. The only thing that could be effective against Xiao Chen was the burst of magic power he had just unleashed.

"Swoosh~" Li Ji'an's figure flashed as he chased after Fu Xiaochen, who had been thrown into the air, and the glass lamp in his hand emitted hundreds of flames in succession.

"Hmph! You finally fell for it!" However, before he could get close, Fu Xiaochen stopped in mid-air, turned his head and looked at Li Ji'an with a cold smile.

"Bang bang bang~" The protective shield in front of him blocked the flames of hundreds of lamps one by one.

"A bluff!" Li Ji'an's heart tightened as he realized that if the other party really was fishing, why wouldn't they wait for him to get closer?
"You're courting death!" Fu Xiaochen's protective magic shield erupted with a strange light, and the Wind and Fire Fan in his hand solidified again, fiercely slashing towards Li Ji'an.

Its speed was too fast, and Li Ji'an had no way to dodge it. At that moment, he experienced the pressure that Wu Weixiong had been under.

A peak early stage True Core cultivator plus a true magic weapon strike!
"Bang!" Li Ji'an pushed his magical power to the limit, and the glass lamp in his hand was ready at any moment.

"Crack!" After fighting for a long time, expending a lot of energy, and suffering injuries to his physical body and vital energy from the self-destruction of his magic weapon, Fu Xiaochen still managed to shatter Li Ji'an's magic power shield with a single blow.

However, that was all; the shattering of the protective barrier neutralized all its remaining power.

As Li Ji'an let out a long breath, a fiery snake shot out and retaliated.

"Boom~" Fu Xiaochen's attack just now consumed too much of his magic power. At this moment, his protective magic shield was only 30% of its full strength, and it also failed to withstand Li Ji'an's attack that activated the prototype of the magic weapon.

"Hmph!" Fu Xiaochen snorted coldly, clearly feeling extremely humiliated that his protective magic shield had been shattered by a fake Core Formation cultivator.

Immediately, the Fiery Cloud Fan in his hand swirled, and he was about to transform into a streak of light, intending to create distance.

"Still trying to run!" Li Ji'an, who had been dodging, suddenly shouted, and a dark rope, like a long snake, rushed towards Fu Xiaochen, who was about to escape.

Fu Xiaochen glanced at it and noticed the aura of the nascent magic weapon, but he didn't care much. The reason his protective magic shield had been broken was simply because that slash had drained too much of his magic power. He wouldn't give the opponent another chance now.

"Hmm?" However, the next moment, his body, which was protected by a magical shield, was suddenly bound by a strange force, and he could not move.

"Hmph! I will stay here and not move, what can you do to me?" In just a moment, he understood the binding effect of the rope. For him, it would only last for three breaths at most.

"I'll kill you!" Li Ji'an said succinctly. Before he finished speaking, he activated the glass lamp and unleashed a burst of flame that shot towards Fu Xiaochen's protective magic shield.

"Boom!" This time, despite the impact of the flames, Fu Xiaochen's protective barrier only trembled for a moment and showed no signs of breaking.

Meanwhile, Li Ji'an had already arrived nearby.

"You reap what you sow!" Fu Xiaochen was overjoyed. He hadn't expected his opponent to have such a big loophole. The opponent hadn't broken through his protective magic shield, yet he still rushed over. Moreover, the Binding God Rope that had been binding him had now been broken.

This situation is a major taboo in magical duels.

Without further hesitation, he slashed at Li Ji'an again with his fiery cloud fan.

Boom~
Li Ji'an's protective shield shattered instantly.

Moreover, Li Ji'an once again unleashed the Glazed Lamp to attack, but failed to defend, which allowed Fu Xiaochen to break through his protective barrier with this strike and then move in as if there were no one there.

A cultivator's physical body is very fragile. Even if Li Ji'an's protective magic shield has reduced the power of his current strike by seventy or eighty percent, it can still sever his physical body in two.

At that time, even a fake True Immortal will perish and his soul will vanish!

As for the attack launched by Li Ji'an using the glass lamp, it could at most shatter his protective magic shield, and then he would have no further options.

"clang!"

However, the next moment, Fu Xiaochen's expression changed instantly.

Because when his slash landed on Li Ji'an, a burst of fire suddenly appeared.

"Golden skin and jade bones... Second-tier body refinement! You're actually a second-tier body cultivator too!"

The Wind and Fire Fan struck Li Ji'an's body, but could not penetrate any further. This outcome left him dumbfounded.

At the same time, after Li Ji'an activated the Glazed Lamp to break through his protective magic shield, the flames of the Glazed Lamp dissipated, but an even stronger fire-type spiritual power erupted, surpassing even the Glazed Lamp!
"Pfft~" A tiny flame, as if alive, easily burned through his dantian, extinguishing his life force.

"This...this...the Holy Spirit of Fire?" Fu Xiaochen's Dharma body was instantly engulfed by the spiritual flames, and his eyes were fixed on the lifelike little flame, dumbfounded, and he died with his eyes wide open.

"..."

"..."

All of this happened in the blink of an eye, until the raging flames completely devoured Fu Xiaochen's Dharma body, and the entire tomb suddenly fell silent.

"Master Fu has perished?" The four Gao brothers stared at the figure engulfed in flames as if they had seen a ghost.

"Ancestor!" Fu Yuanjiang was even more terrified.

Even Wu Weixiong and Qin Henian, who had just climbed up from the ground, stared in disbelief at Fu Xiaochen in the flames!
(End of this chapter)