Chapter 553: Chapter 254: Nine Profound Sealing Array, Destruction of the Purple Mansion, Abundant Gains

"No!"

In an instant.

The Gongsun Clan Leader was completely engulfed by the flames.

"This is...."

The Shadow Guard’s pupils shrank while watching from the side, swallowing hard. He wasn’t mistaken; this was the Red Lotus Earth Core Fire from the anomalous fire rankings.

A Foundation Establishment Cultivator could actually refine this anomalous fire.

The Shadow Guard lost his desire to fight.

Instead, he suddenly transformed into a surge of blood light, which directly broke through the Four Symbols Black Tortoise Array, beyond which, the blood light gathered and reverted to its original form.

Suddenly.

An overwhelming life-and-death crisis enveloped the top of his head.

Then, in the void, dawn light suddenly appeared, followed by a Phoenix descending as if from ancient voids:

"Chirp!"

The Phoenix flapped its wings.

With a wave of its claws towards the void, it tore open the defensive light shield of the Shadow Guard.

"To think it could even summon the will of a Phoenix!"

The Shadow Guard never expected to encounter such a formidable foe.

He changed his technique.

The Shadow Guard instantly employed a spirit technique, disappearing ghost-like:

"If I had known, I wouldn’t have taken this commission."

He had only intended to fulfill his yearly task quota but couldn’t have imagined meeting a monster like Fu Changsheng.

Not only did he possess the Nine Yang Divine Sword, but he had also refined the Red Lotus Earth Core Fire. Now he could even summon the will of an Upper Realm Phoenix.

Such power.

Could even spar with true Great Cultivators of the Purple Mansion:

"That was close!"

The Shadow Guard was somewhat terrified.

Today, he nearly perished at the hands of Fu Changsheng.

He never thought that the first task after advancing to Orange Level would be this perilous.

He ran without stopping.

Until his mana was exhausted, only then did the Shadow Guard halt.

Using the Ghost Shadow Step spirit technique consumed a lot for him, but once executed, not even a Great Cultivator of the Purple Mansion could catch up.

Just when he thought he had escaped with his life.

Breathing a sigh of relief.

Suddenly.

A spot of purple dawn light appeared beneath his feet:

"Damn!"

The Shadow Guard’s body flickered, transforming into a black light to evade, but the purple dawn light behind him was persistent, faster than him.

"Damn it, what other hidden abilities does this Fu Changsheng have?!"

Being able to catch up.

Showed that Fu Changsheng must have mastered a step technique spiritual art.

But he was supposedly only at Foundation Establishment Peak.

Yet it took him reaching Half-Step Purple Mansion to barely learn the Ghost Shadow Step spiritual art:

"Fu Clan Leader, it’s a misunderstanding, just a misunderstanding. Fellow Daoist, please listen to me, you and I..."

At this moment, the Shadow Guard had no dignity of a Half-Step Purple Mansion, only wanting to plead for his life.

In his view.

He and Fu Changsheng bore no mortal enmity.

There was no need for a fight to the death:

"Fellow Daoist Fu, I belong to the Shadow Sect, which even Great Zhou fears. If you dare..."

The Shadow Guard, with his mana exhausted.

Could only rely on the sect to intimidate the opponent, yet before he finished speaking, the Nine Yang Divine Sword let out a whistle, swiftly breaking through his Valley Armor with a tearing sound, piercing through his Dantian.

Simultaneously.

A flame in the Dantian ignited with a puff and blazed fiercely.

"No!"

The Shadow Guard didn’t even have a chance to beg for mercy.

In an instant, he was consumed by the Red Lotus Earth Core Fire, reduced to white ash and scattered.

With a clang.

The orange mask on his face fell to the ground.

Engraved with complex ancient runes, with faint array patterns, it was obviously no ordinary item.

"Oh?"

A hint of surprise flashed in Fu Changsheng’s eyes.

That the mask couldn’t be melted by the Red Lotus Earth Core Fire startled him somewhat; with a wave of his hand, he collected the mask into his storage bag. He had no time to examine it now, with another flick of his sleeve, he collected the Shadow Guard’s storage bag, instantly disappearing from the scene, rushing towards the original direction of Qianya Mountain.

Simultaneously.

The interface in his Sea of Divine Sense trembled lightly.

A large amount of yellow light surged.

Immediately after.

A familiar voice sounded:

"Ding!"