Chapter 609 - 172: Vajra Demon Subduing’s First Limit Break, Enemies Meet in the Flame Fire Forbidden Land

The room’s furnishings were simple and elegant. In an incense burner, sandalwood burned, calming the mind and steadying the spirit. Leng Qingqiu sat upright at a desk, her expression focused and cool as she flipped through a yellowed scroll. Just as Chu Fan’s Divine Sense tried to draw closer to see what the scroll contained... Leng Qingqiu, who had been reading with her head down, paused slightly. Without looking up, a hint of helpless exasperation flashed in her cool eyes. She extended a slender, jade-like finger and poked gently at the empty air. To Chu Fan’s Divine Sense, this seemingly casual poke felt as if it had struck him right in the eyes! "Ah!" In the real world, Chu Fan, who was sitting cross-legged in the Martial Arts Arena, cried out sharply. His body, as if struck by lightning, fell backward. "Young Master!" "Chu Fan!" On the other side of the Martial Arts Arena, Li Qingxue and Zhao Tianxing, who were just about to finish their practice, along with the yawning Snake Demon Sisters, were all startled. Thinking something terrible had happened, they all rushed over at once. "...I’m fine! I’m fine! It’s nothing!" Chu Fan scrambled up awkwardly, rubbing his throbbing brow and eyes as he waved his hand in embarrassment. "My cultivation just went a little awry. My Divine Sense became unstable." Li Qingxue let out a sigh of relief and said with concern, "You must not be impatient when cultivating. If there’s anything you don’t understand, you can go to the Demon Suppression Bureau and ask Lord Leng for guidance..." ’Ask Lord Leng for guidance?’ ’She’s the one who just poked me in the eyes!’ The corner of Chu Fan’s mouth twitched. He gave an awkward smile. "I understand. I just had a breakthrough and couldn’t rein it in for a moment. Nothing to worry about." "Another breakthrough?" Startled from their doze, the White Snake and Cyan Snake stared with wide eyes. "Can you please stop cultivating in front of us?" the White Snake complained. "The more breakthroughs you have, the more you make us look like idiots who do nothing but eat!" "Hey!" The Cyan Snake, listening from the side, couldn’t take it anymore and rolled her eyes. "I agree that you’re an idiot, but don’t lump me in with you! I certainly don’t think I’m an idiot." "I broke through to the Profound Demon realm long ago... But how many Treasure Plant Elixirs have you eaten from Chu Fan during this time? And you’re still dawdling at the peak of the Spirit Demon Realm! Is that even acceptable?" The White Snake: "..." She opened her mouth but couldn’t find a retort. Crestfallen, she shrank back and went back to coiling around her saber. Zhao Tianxing ignored the two demons’ bickering. His eyes, wide as bronze bells, were fixed on Chu Fan. "Which Cultivation Technique did you break through? I feel like your aura right now... is a little terrifying." He could no longer keep up with Chu Fan’s pace at all; the gap between them was like that between a firefly and the bright moon. But every time he saw Chu Fan break through, he was still the happiest one for him. "The Vajra Subduing Demon Skill has broken through..." Chu Fan stood up, not bothering to explain the changes to his Divine Soul and the Vajra Undying Body. He took a deep breath and walked straight to the edge of the Martial Arts Arena. A Profound Iron Stone, taller than a man and used for strength training, stood there. He didn’t circulate his Primordial Qi, nor did he use the Twelve True Forms Fist. He didn’t even assume a horse stance. He just threw a simple, unadorned punch. BOOM! The incredibly hard, solid Profound Iron Giant Stone wasn’t sent flying. Instead, the moment his fist touched it, its internal structure completely collapsed. It exploded with a roar, turning into countless fine stone fragments and iron dust! Dust billowed up across the Martial Arts Arena, obscuring everyone’s vision. Chu Fan’s expression was calm as he gave a light flick of his left hand. The Nine Heavens Wind Mastery Scripture activated on its own, stirring up a great wind that blew away the swirling dust. Everyone stared blankly at the pile of powdered rock on the ground, speechless for a long time. Even Mo Yunzi, who knew nothing about Body Refinement, felt his heart pound with fear. ’The Young Master’s physical body is getting more and more terrifying...’ ’Without using a shred of Primordial Qi, or the Extreme Cold Qi and Yellow Springs Death Qi... for the power to be this horrifying!’ ... ’The second level of the Vajra Undying Body gives an incredible, terrifying boost to both my power and defense!’ After shattering all the large stones in the Martial Arts Arena one by one with ever-increasing force, Chu Fan stared at his fist, his mind in turmoil. The ferocious power of the second-level Vajra Undying Body, several times stronger than before, surged through his body like lava, restless and difficult to control. ’This is only the second level... There’s still so much room for growth...’ A flash of fiery ambition appeared in Chu Fan’s eyes. At the first level of the Vajra Undying Body, he could already shatter the head of a Bright Heart Realm Body Cultivator-level Demon Puppet with one punch. Now that he’s broken through to the second level of the Vajra Undying Body, and with the Twelve True Forms Fist that fuses Extreme Cold Qi and Yellow Springs Death Qi... As long as he could get close, even a peak Bright Heart Realm expert with their powerful Protective Primordial Qi—he was confident he could shatter them with a single punch! ’Or maybe it’s just an illusion born from my increased strength...’ But at this moment, Chu Fan truly felt a heroic urge to fight a late-stage Bright Heart Realm expert. It was hard to say if he could kill the Ghost Bone Elder. But as for the Moon Worship Sect woman he encountered in the Burial Demon Marsh, he now had enough confidence to fight and defeat her. However, though his physical body was now incomparably strong, he had yet to truly master the core principle of the Vajra Subduing Demon Skill. It was time to set out for Tuo Cang Mountain, north of Qing Province City. According to the records of the Demon Suppression Bureau, a natural Desolate Land was hidden deep within Tuo Cang Mountain. Within it brewed an extremely violent Earth Vein Flame Fiend Qi. It was a deadly forbidden land that ordinary Martial Artists avoided at all costs. But for him, Chu Fan, it was a supreme blessed land for tempering his body! He just needed to use the Vajra Subduing Demon Skill to devour all the Earth Vein Flame Fiend Qi in that Desolate Land, "Introducing Evil into the Body, Refining Evil into Gang," and condense it into a "Demon Seed"... At that time, his body would generate Vajra Gang Qi transformed from the Earth Vein Flame Fiend Qi. With this Gang Qi and his Cultivation Technique, he could constantly temper his muscles, bones, and skin! If so, the speed of breaking through from the second to the third level of the Vajra Undying Body might even be much faster than breaking through from the first to the second! He acted on the thought immediately. Time waits for no one. Chu Fan immediately turned to Mo Yunzi. "Mo Yunzi, get ready. You’re coming with me on a trip to Tuo Cang Mountain."