I Can Upgrade My Talent Infinitely

Chapter 366: Chapter 290: The Great War Breaks Out Again

"This haul is pretty good. It’s a good thing I brought three High Tier Storage Pouches."

Around Fang Yun’s waist, aside from the High Tier Storage Pouches, the remaining unopened ones were all from Foundation Establishment Demons.

The contents of the High Tier Storage Pouches now held items from the clan vaults of the Demon Foundation Establishment Influences, as well as the Storage Pouches of Qi Refining Demons.

For this operation in the Celestial Demon Sect’s territory, he had specifically brought Demon Stones to open the Demons’ Storage Pouches and transfer their contents.

Otherwise, he would have had to carry far more Storage Pouches.

Anything that was even slightly useful to him went into the three High Tier Storage Pouches.

’Not counting the Storage Pouches from the Foundation Establishment Demons, I’ve harvested enough Spiritual Materials to refine one Middle Grade Spiritual Artifact, two Lower Grade Spiritual Artifacts, and several Upper Grade Magical Artifacts, all specialized against Demons...’

Fang Yun calculated his gains in his mind.

The Storage Pouches of the Qi Refining Demons mostly contained auxiliary Spiritual Materials, though occasionally they would have the primary Spiritual Materials needed for refining a Lower Grade Spiritual Artifact.

The primary Spiritual Materials for refining Middle Grade Spiritual Artifacts, however, all came from the vaults of the three Demon Foundation Establishment Influences.

He could occasionally refine Upper Grade Magical Artifacts effective against Demons. Every time he put one up for sale in the Artifact Pavilion, it would be snatched up instantly.

’...There are also some Second Tier Upper Grade Spiritual Materials. They might be the primary materials for refining an Upper Grade Spiritual Artifact specialized against Demons.’

His Artifact Refining talent hadn’t been upgraded to eight-star yet, so he lacked the inspiration to refine an Upper Grade Spiritual Artifact for dealing with Demons.

Shortly after leaving the former ancestral lands of the Demon Feng Family,

a Sound Transmission Talisman appeared before him.

The situation with the Demon Shu Family had been similar to that of the Stone Demon Sect; with only a single early-stage Foundation Establishment Demon in charge, he had wiped out every Demon inside.

He received the Sound Transmission Talisman from Bai Qinying.

The message inside explained that they had intercepted the Demons’ support team. The Demons had now retreated, and they were preparing to return to the sect.

After replying with a Sound Transmission Talisman to confirm he was safe and that he had finished clearing out the Stone Demon Sect and the Demon Shu Family, Fang Yun quickened his pace back to the sect.

...

「Celestial Demon Sect.」

「A short while earlier.」

The Spirit Destruction Hall Master received a message from the Peak Foundation Establishment Demon, Elder Lv.

Receiving a message from Elder Lv at this time meant it had to be extremely important.

Without a moment’s hesitation, the Spirit Destruction Hall Master accepted the message.

"How is that possible?"

After receiving the message, four words escaped the Spirit Destruction Hall Master’s lips.

He was still in the Soul Destruction Hall, where some of the hall’s Elders who weren’t on missions were also present.

"Hall Master, what happened?" one of the Celestial Demon Sect Elders immediately asked.

"Elder Lv and his team have been ambushed!"

"What!"

The reactions of the other Celestial Demon Sect Demons were not much different from the Spirit Destruction Hall Master’s; they were all stunned by the news.

To be ambushed within their own sect’s territory... The only ones who would do so were Spirit Refiners, and there was a ninety-nine percent chance they were from the Celestial Cloud Sect.

"We thought it was just an investigation mission, but the Celestial Cloud Sect’s Spirit Refiners pulled a move like this."

"They actually dare to come into our territory and ambush us now."

"They’re getting bolder and bolder."

The Spirit Destruction Hall Master didn’t join their discussion.

After announcing that Elder Lv’s team had been ambushed, he immediately left to find the Supreme Elder.

The message said they needed a Supreme Elder’s support, and that this time they could definitely trap a large number of the Celestial Cloud Sect’s Spirit Refiners.

"The Hall Master left. Should we still wait here?"

"Wait for now. We need to be ready to provide support at a moment’s notice."

"Judging by the Hall Master’s expression, it doesn’t look like we’ll be part of the support team."

"Forget about the support for a second. The Celestial Cloud Sect’s Spirit Refiners are setting up ambushes in our territory. We should recall the Elders heading to the Dragon Demon Palace immediately."

"Right! After they return, we can launch a full-scale attack on the Celestial Cloud Sect!"

"That’s not for us to decide. It’s useless no matter how much you all discuss it."

These decisions had to be made by the Supreme Elders. At most, they could only offer their suggestions.

These suggestions would then be collected and compiled by the Spirit Destruction Hall Master to be presented to the Supreme Elders.

A streak of light shot out from the Celestial Demon Sect, flying rapidly toward Iron Tiger Manor.

A Core Formation expert from the Celestial Demon Sect had been deployed.

And it was none other than the Celestial Demon Sect’s strongest Supreme Elder, Lu Yaoling.

Upon hearing the news from the Spirit Destruction Hall Master, Lu Yaoling decided to take action personally without the slightest hesitation.

The last time the Celestial Cloud Sect’s Foundation Establishment cultivators had ambushed them in their territory was over a thousand years ago.

For that reason alone, he had to make the trip himself.

His flight path was, naturally, the shortest route to Iron Tiger Manor.

And so, Lu Yaoling, who was on his way to kill the Celestial Cloud Sect’s Foundation Establishment Spirit Refiners, ran into the retreating Celestial Demon Sect Elders.

"Supreme Elder," the leader of the group, the Peak Foundation Establishment Elder Lv, called out immediately.

Elder Lv was surprised that the sect’s strongest Supreme Elder had come as reinforcements. He had thought their Celestial Demon Sect’s Sect Leader would be the one to come.

Among the Core Formation experts of their Celestial Demon Sect, the Sect Leader was usually the weakest, as the position was held by a newly promoted Core Formation cultivator.

"What’s the situation? Why are you all heading back?" Lu Yaoling asked Elder Lv, sensing something was wrong.

"Supreme Elder, this is what happened." Elder Lv quickly explained, "During the battle with those Celestial Cloud Sect Spirit Refiners, they used a special Middle Grade Spiritual Artifact that instantly killed one of our Elders. I was afraid that if we continued, we wouldn’t be able to trap the Spirit Refiners and would end up suffering heavy losses ourselves. That’s why I ordered the retreat."

They had been caught completely off guard by the Celestial Cloud Sect Spirit Refiners’ use of a Middle Grade Spiritual Artifact that countered them.