Treasure Gathering Immortal Furnace

At this moment, Lu Fan's Great Demonic Sky-Splitting Hand was so terrifyingly destructive that even Zhao Xun, a peak mid-stage Core Formation cultivator, couldn't withstand it in the slightest.

Moreover, the defensive armor Zhao Xun was wearing was smashed to pieces on the spot!

Fortunately, it was this precious armor that protected its master before it shattered, which allowed Zhao Xun to escape with his life.

Standing at a distance, Ye Lingxi had already witnessed the power of Lu Fan's terrifying hand, but seeing it again now still felt incredible!

"You surnamed Lu! You're not a righteous cultivator at all! Where did you come from?!" At this moment, Zhao Xun's mouth was bleeding, and he was clearly furious.

"What does it matter whether I am a righteous cultivator or not?" Lu Fan said calmly, looking down at him.

This scene was clearly witnessed by Shi Fengtian, the Blood Longevity Old Monster, and Ancestor Jing.

"What? Doesn't your Xuan Yang Sword Sect pride itself on being a righteous sect? How come you've started practicing demonic arts?" Blood Longevity Old Monster stared at Ancestor Jing and said.

"As long as we can win, what does it matter if we cultivate the righteous path or the demonic path? Who said that cultivating demonic techniques makes one a demon? The demonic path lies in the person, not the technique," Ancestor Jing retorted with great force. He didn't care what methods Lu Fan used, as long as he could win.

Old Ancestor Jing's words made Blood Longevity Old Monster's face twitch involuntarily. He felt a bit wary of Lu Fan, this newly promoted Core Formation prodigy. If he were to form Nascent Soul in the future, wouldn't he soar to the heavens? Of course, Blood Longevity Old Monster didn't know about Lu Fan's spiritual root. If he did, he probably wouldn't be worried.

At this moment, Shi Fengtian looked at Lu Fan with great interest: "Not only is he a sword cultivator, but he also possesses many magical treasures and ancient artifacts, and even has dabbled in demonic cultivation techniques. A mere early-stage Core Formation cultivator is quite a surprise."

Seeing Lu Fan become aggressive, Zhao Xun's face turned ashen. He immediately formed hand seals, and the six flying wheels in the distance began to spin rapidly. With the help of a drop of true essence, the six flying wheels turned blood red and instantly attacked Lu Fan again!

Taking advantage of the lull, Zhao Xun quickly took out several healing pills and swallowed them.

Lu Fan could clearly sense that Zhao Xun was severely injured at the moment. He needed to take advantage of his illness to finish him off and could not give him any chance to recover.

Boom!

The next moment, Lu Fan activated the Heavenly Demon Wings and rushed towards Zhao Xun at an extremely high speed, while at the same time raising his hand to release a large seal!

hum!

As the seal floated into the air, it immediately emitted waves of suppressive power, briefly fixing the six flying wheels in mid-air.

However, the seal was merely a magical artifact, while the Six Paths Flying Wheels were genuine ancient treasures. Therefore, the seal did not last long before it was flung away by the Six Paths Flying Wheels with a bang.

But in that brief moment, Lu Fan found an opportunity, wielding the Thunder Sun Sword, and went straight for Zhao Xun's forehead to slash!

"Damn it!" Zhao Xun saw Lu Fan's figure rushing towards him in his pupils, and hurriedly made a hand seal to forcibly pull the six flying wheels back.

Zhao Xun intended to pull the Six Paths Flying Wheel back and deliver a fatal blow to Lu Fan from behind, but just as Lu Fan was about to reach Zhao Xun, he suddenly changed direction and soared into the sky!

The consequence of this was that the six flying wheels flew uncontrollably toward Zhao Xun himself!

"Damn it!" Zhao Xun wanted to forcefully stop the flying wheel, but he was not a Nascent Soul cultivator after all, and he only had about 30 or 40% control over the flying wheel.

In an instant, the six flying wheels attacked Zhao Xun almost simultaneously, leaving him no time to use any defensive measures. He couldn't even erect a spiritual energy shield, and his armor was shattered by Lu Fan's Great Demonic Sky-Splitting Hand. In this state of near-total vulnerability, how could he withstand the attack of the six flying wheels?

Pfft...

As the six flying wheels flashed by, Zhao Xun's head, arms, chest, and legs were almost instantly severed!

Lu Fan immediately hovered in mid-air, looking down at Zhao Xun, whom he had dismembered.

Lu Fan had originally planned to take Zhao Xun's storage bag and golden core, but before he could even raise his hand, he saw the livid-faced Blood Longevity Old Monster in the distance. It seemed a bit too arrogant to take the storage bag in front of the old ancestor, so Lu Fan simply gave up the idea.

Moreover, they didn't try to obliterate the other party's soul, because doing so would undoubtedly have caused him to completely offend the Blood Longevity Old Monster.

As Zhao Xun was cut to death by his own Six Paths Flying Wheel, this scene astonished Shi Fengtian and the others in the distance. Zhao Xun's death was simply too outrageous!

At this moment, Ye Lingxi's eyes, as clear as autumn water, were fixed on the imposing figure of Lu Fan in the sky. She was mesmerized and seemed unable to believe that he had actually defeated Zhao Xun!

"This piece of trash! Despite all the effort our Xuanming Sect put into nurturing him, he's so useless!" At this moment, the Blood Longevity Old Monster was furious. In order to cultivate Zhao Xun, the Xuanming Sect had provided him with all kinds of rare and precious materials, as well as magic weapons, ancient treasures, and secret techniques—as many as they could possibly offer.

That's how Zhao Xun was cultivated into one of the top geniuses in the Feng Kingdom. But now, he's been killed by a Core Formation stage cultivator whom the Xuan Yang Sword Sect picked up halfway through his journey.

For the Xuanming Sect, this was an utter disgrace!

At this moment, Zhao Xun's remnant soul also floated out of the corpse, looking resentful: "Ancestor! Can you find me a physical body so I can possess it and then have another chance to fight this guy!"

"Stop embarrassing me!" Blood Longevity Old Monster roared, then raised his hand and put away Zhao Xun's soul and storage bag.

Seeing the Bloodthirsty Old Monster suffer a setback, Elder Jing felt a surge of pride and laughed loudly, "Hahaha! As expected of Lu Shizhi, it seems Senior Brother Tianhuo was right! We all underestimated you!"

Seeing Lu Fan display such terrifying combat power, Shi Fengtian nodded slightly in approval and said, "It seems I did misjudge him back then. To form a Core with a mixed spiritual root, and to defeat Zhao Xun, a peak mid-Core Formation cultivator, while only at the early stage of Core Formation, such strength means that even if he doesn't form a Nascent Soul in the future, he should still be the number one person below the Nascent Soul stage!"

Upon receiving such praise from Shi Fengtian, Lu Fan humbly cupped his hands and said, "Senior, you flatter me. I only won by luck."

"Fellow Daoist Shi, now that I, Lu Shizhi, have won, shouldn't I fulfill my previous promise?" Elder Jing said.

"Of course, let my disciple and young friend Lu become Daoist partners, and I will not interfere," Shi Fengtian promised.

Seeing that Shi Fengtian had said so, Lu Fan took out two Nine-Transformation Infant Pills and five Soul Nourishing Pills and handed them to Shi Fengtian.

Looking at the Soul Nourishing Pill that he had been longing for, even Shi Fengtian, a Nascent Soul Ancestor, couldn't help but show some excitement.

Despite his joy, Shi Fengtian still considered Xue Shou Laoguai's feelings, saying, "Fellow Daoist Xue, winning and losing is a common occurrence in cultivators' duels, so don't be too upset."

"Feeling bad? What do I have to feel bad about! I should thank you, young friend Lu, for letting me test Zhao Xun's strength and discover he's a piece of trash early on!" The Blood Longevity Old Monster emphasized the word "thank you," clearly still somewhat angry.

"Hehe, it's excellent that Fellow Daoist Xue thinks this way," Shi Fengtian chuckled.

"I won't stay any longer, Fellow Daoist Shi, farewell!" Having lost the contest, Blood Longevity Old Monster naturally didn't want to stay any longer and directly transformed into a streak of light, disappearing without a trace.