Free Web NovelChapter 337: Debate [6]
On the pill refining stage, the atmosphere was so tense it felt as if it could be wrung out like water.
Willow Follow Wind gripped the bottle of nine-revolutions soul-returning pill tightly, his knuckles turning white.
The arrogance he had displayed earlier was gone, replaced by uncertainty and a hint of undisguised panic.
He stared fixedly at the seemingly ordinary jade bottle in Fang Hao’s hand.
The faint, chilling Aura occasionally leaking from the bottle’s mouth caused even him, a Cultivator at the Great Perfection of Golden Core Stage, to feel a sharp pain in his Divine Soul.
What the Hell kind of Medicinal Pill was this?!
"The pill duel... begins!" Pill Star Child’s voice was like a heavy hammer, shattering the dead silence.
Willow Follow Wind gritted his teeth, knowing he could not wait any longer.
He made the first move, pulling the stopper from the bottle and flicking his finger.
A nine-revolutions soul-returning pill, shrouded in spiritual light, shot out.
It spun in mid-air, emitting a gentle yet vast force of vitality that transformed into a pale green screen of light, attempting to envelop Fang Hao.
"Fang Hao! Taste the ’Qi of Life and Creation’ from my Soul-returning pill! This Qi can nourish all things, but it can also trap enemies!" Willow Follow Wind shouted sharply.
His plan was clever: use this medicinal power filled with vitality to trap Fang Hao.
As long as Fang Hao made contact, the medicinal power would stick to him like a maggot on bone, continuously eroding his Qi.
With his own strength growing while Fang Hao’s waned, victory would be his.
The crowd below held their breath, and the Disciples of Medicine King Valley looked joyous, as if they could already see Fang Hao being submerged by the green light screen.
However, facing this seemingly gentle but actually murderous attack, Fang Hao merely raised the corner of his mouth, revealing a mocking smile.
"Qi of Life and Creation? Using that to deal with my ’nine-revolutions soul-splitting pill’ is like throwing an egg against a rock."
Before his words had even faded, Fang Hao also flicked his finger.
A dark purple nine-revolutions soul-splitting pill struck first despite being launched later, slamming into the green light screen like a ghost.
There was no earth-shattering explosion or brilliant spiritual light; the moment the Soul-splitting pill touched the light screen, it was like a drop of water entering the sea, "melting" silently and transforming into countless strands of dark purple Soul threads as fine as cow hair, instantly penetrating into the screen.
Immediately after, a hair-raising scene unfolded.
The originally vibrant, pale green light screen dimmed and withered at a speed visible to the naked eye, as if drained of all vitality by some invisible force.
The vast medicinal power contained within the screen not only failed to trap Fang Hao but instead became nourishment for the dark purple Soul threads to grow!
The Soul threads writhed and intertwined like living creatures, emitting a series of scalp-tingling shrieks that reached deep into the Soul!
"No! Impossible!" Willow Follow Wind’s expression changed drastically.
He could clearly feel his connection to that nine-revolutions soul-returning pill weakening rapidly, and the spirituality within the Medicinal Pill was being frantically devoured and corrupted by that bizarre Soul poison!
"Split!" Fang Hao let out a low shout, a flash of Chaos color appearing in his eyes.
The Soul threads that had devoured the medicinal power of the Soul-returning pill suddenly converged, reforming into a phantom of a Medicinal Pill, though deeper in color and more terrifying in Aura.
The phantom shook violently, emitting an invisible shockwave that did not target the Physical Body, but instead struck straight at Willow Follow Wind’s Sea of Consciousness!
"Ahhh!" Willow Follow Wind let out a shrill scream, clutching his head and stumbling backward as blood seeped from his seven orifices!
The corrupted nine-revolutions soul-returning pill lost all its spiritual light, falling to the ground with a "plop" and turning into a puddle of pitch-black powder.
One move! With just one move, Willow Follow Wind’s pride and joy, the nine-revolutions soul-returning pill, along with his Divine Sense attached to it, had been completely crushed by Fang Hao’s nine-revolutions soul-splitting pill, even resulting in a terrifying backlash!
The entire audience was in an uproar!
"My god! What kind of Medicinal Pill is that? It can actually attack the Divine Soul directly!"
"Willow Follow Wind... is injured! His Divine Sense has been damaged!"
"This Fang Hao is too ruthless!"
The Disciples of Medicine King Valley were shocked and angry, wanting to rush onto the stage, but they were stopped by the deacon maintaining order.
Pill Star Child’s eyes flashed with a sharp light as he stared fixedly at the jade bottle in Fang Hao’s hand, muttering, "Soul poison... it is actually a Soul-poison pill specifically for attacking the Divine Soul! This youth... is truly terrifying!"
Willow Follow Wind endured the splitting headache, his eyes filled with resentment and madness.
He knew he could not hold anything back anymore, or he would surely be disgraced today!
"Fang Hao! You forced me to do this!" Willow Follow Wind acted like a madman, suddenly taking out all eight remaining nine-revolutions soul-returning pills from the jade bottle.
He formed hand seals and spat a mouthful of essence blood onto the Medicinal Pills.
"Nine Dragons Return to Origin, Soul-Returning Formation! Rise!"
With the blessing of essence blood, the eight Medicinal Pills shone with intense spiritual light, arranging themselves in the air along a mysterious trajectory to form a complex Formation.
At the eye of the Formation, the highest quality nine-revolutions soul-returning pill, nearly reaching the pinnacle grade, hovered in the center.
It drew upon the other seven Medicinal Pills, emitting a vast, ocean-like force of vitality that condensed into a lifelike phantom of an Azure Dragon in mid-air!
This Azure Dragon phantom was ten zhang long, with scales and claws fully visible and a majestic dragon Aura.
Although it was formed from the power of Medicinal Pills, it contained terrifying energy fluctuations.
Willow Follow Wind’s face was as pale as paper; clearly, executing this Formation consumed him greatly, but his eyes flashed with a crazed light.
"Suppress him for me!" The Azure Dragon roared, carrying an earth-shattering Aura as it lunged at Fang Hao!
Wherever it passed, the air was compressed, emitting booming sounds.
Facing this earth-shattering strike, Fang Hao’s expression remained calm.
He did not even look at the lunging Azure Dragon, but slowly raised the jade bottle in his hand and tilted it.
"Nine-revolutions Soul-splitting, first revolution as the lure, second revolution to shock the spirit, third revolution... split the Soul!"
Three dark purple nine-revolutions soul-splitting pills shot out from the jade bottle like three bolts of lightning from the Nine Nether Hell.
They did not collide head-on with the terrifyingly powerful Azure Dragon, but instead, as if possessing their own intelligence, traced three bizarre arcs to bypass the Azure Dragon and strike directly at Willow Follow Wind behind it!
Attacking where the enemy must defend!
"What?!" Willow Follow Wind was shocked.
He never expected Fang Hao to be so ruthless, completely ignoring the Azure Dragon’s attack to strike directly at him!
He wanted to control the Azure Dragon to return and defend, but the Azure Dragon’s energy was too strong and its momentum too great; it was impossible to turn in time!
"Pfft! Pfft! Pfft!" The three Soul-splitting pills, like maggots on bone, ignored the hastily erected Qi shield of Willow Follow Wind and plunged directly into his three vital points: the center of his brow, his chest, and his Dantian!
"Ahhh!!!" A scream ten, a hundred times more shrill than before, echoed throughout the Myriad Laws Immortal City!
Willow Follow Wind collapsed to the ground as if his bones had been removed, his body convulsing violently while black blood gushed from his eyes, ears, mouth, and nose.
His Sea of Consciousness felt as if it were being pierced by thousands of steel needles simultaneously and torn apart by an invisible force; his Golden Core, under the erosion of the domineering Soul poison, dimmed, and fine cracks appeared on its surface; his Dao foundation was collapsing at a speed visible to the naked eye!
The uncontrolled Azure Dragon phantom let out a cry of unwillingness in the air, then its energy spiraled out of control and exploded with a boom!
A violent shockwave swept across the entire pill refining stage; had it not been protected by a high-level Formation, the viewing stands would likely have suffered.
The dust settled.
Willow Follow Wind lay on the stage like a dead dog, barely breathing.
His cultivation had plummeted from the Great Perfection of Golden Core Stage all the way down to the Early Golden Core Stage, and it was still falling.
It looked as if his Dao foundation was about to be completely destroyed, turning him into a cripple!
Meanwhile, Fang Hao still stood where he was, his clothes fluttering, his expression indifferent.
Before him, the chaos pill cauldron emitted a Chaos-colored halo, blocking all the aftermath of the explosion.
Silence. A deathly silence.
Everyone was so shocked by this bloody, cruel, yet incredibly stunning scene that they were speechless.
A pill duel... this is a pill duel! The winner lives, and the loser... suffers a fate worse than death!
"Save... save me..." Willow Follow Wind stretched out a trembling hand toward the Disciples of Medicine King Valley, his eyes filled with despair and pleading.
The Disciples of Medicine King Valley finally snapped out of their stupor and rushed onto the stage like madmen, shoving all kinds of life-saving Spirit Pills into Willow Follow Wind’s mouth as if they were free, only to discover in horror that as soon as those Medicinal Pills entered Willow Follow Wind’s body, they were instantly corrupted and devoured by the bizarre Soul poison, proving completely ineffective!
"Fang Hao! Hand over the antidote!" A Nascent Soul Elder of Medicine King Valley, his eyes splitting with rage, pointed at Fang Hao and shouted sharply.
Fang Hao slowly put away the chaos pill cauldron, returning it to his Dantian.
Only then did he lift his eyes to look at the Elder, his tone flat but carrying an unquestionable indifference: "In the rules of a pill duel, life and death are fated. Besides, this Medicinal Pill... has no antidote."
The two words "no antidote" exploded in everyone’s ears like a thunderclap.
The Elder’s face turned livid, his Aura erupting as he prepared to attack Fang Hao.
"Enough!" An angry shout rang out like a thunderclap from the Nine Heavens.
Pill Star Child stepped forward, blocking in front of Fang Hao.
The terrifying pressure of the Late Nascent Soul Stage instantly enveloped the entire scene, pinning the Medicine King Valley Elder so he could not move.
"In the Debate, these are the rules! Willow Follow Wind’s skills were inferior, so he deserves this outcome!" Pill Star Child’s gaze was like lightning as he swept across the crowd.
"Whoever dares to act presumptuously here, do not blame this old man for being ruthless!"
The people of Medicine King Valley were shocked and angry but dared not act out in front of Pill Star Child.
They could only carry the dying Willow Follow Wind and slink off the pill refining stage.
Pill Star Child then turned to look at Fang Hao, his gaze incredibly complex—containing admiration, wariness, and even... a trace of imperceptible fear.
"This round, Fang Hao... wins!"
With Pill Star Child’s announcement, Fang Hao slowly walked off the pill refining stage.
Wherever he passed, the crowd automatically parted to make a path, their gazes filled with awe, fear, and complex emotions that were hard to describe.
This Loose Cultivator named Fang Hao had used the most cruel and domineering method to tell everyone—he was not a soft persimmon to be kneaded by others.
Those who blocked his Dao would be killed if gods blocked him, and killed if Buddhas blocked him!
Clear Sound stood in the crowd, watching Fang Hao’s departing back, her delicate body trembling slightly.
She realized that she seemed to have never truly understood this young man.
As for Fang Hao, his heart was calm.
He knew that after this battle, he had completely established his prestige in this Myriad Laws Immortal City.
He was only one last step away from the nascent soul pill formula.
And for this last step, no one would be able to stop him again.
