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Using the Light Body Technique, Fang Huai moved rapidly through Refining Corpse Peak.

His new face naturally attracted the attention of many Disciples.

The Disciple handbook stipulated that those who had not reached Foundation Establishment were not allowed to trespass on other peaks; violators would be dealt with at the discretion of the peak's residents.

Seeing the burning gazes of the Disciples, Fang Huai simply drew out the crimson heavens cry and injected Spiritual Qi into it.

The blue and red sword light frightened away the ordinary Disciples. The reputation of the master of the crimson heavens cry, who had withstood a strike from a Foundation Establishment Late Stage Cultivator, had long since spread throughout the outer Sect.

It was one thing on Refining Corpse Peak, but on Blood Sea Peak, the rumors were even more miraculous.

They claimed that Fang Huai had been possessed by a Foundation Establishment Cultivator, and while he wore the skin of a Qi Refiner, his strength was already above Foundation Establishment.

With great difficulty, he neared the foot of the mountain, only to be blocked by four Refining Corpse Peak Disciples.

"You are Junior Brother Fang, right? I am Chen Fan of Refining Corpse Peak, and I wish to experience your techniques," the leader said.

"This Fang admits defeat," Fang Huai said, seeing the other's cultivation was decent and not wanting to get entangled. "Senior Brother is two Realms higher than me; you can naturally win easily. This Fang won't make a fool of himself."

But Chen Fan's eyes were filled with a desire for battle: "Junior Brother, don't be so modest. Chen just wants to experience what kind of strength a Disciple who can participate in the True Dragon Assembly actually has!

Seven Baleful Soul-Nailing Seals!"

He used a killing move right from the start.

Fang Huai saw that the Disciples beside Chen Fan were also full of a desire for battle. He knew that if he didn't show his strength, he would likely be plagued by endless trouble.

"Since Senior Brother wishes to test me, then This Fang will not be polite!"

He injected the Spiritual Qi from his entire body into the crimson heavens cry, withstood Chen Fan's demonic move, and returned [Depleted Spiritual Power (White)] to Chen Fan.

At the same time, he charged towards Chen Fan with his sword.

Seeing the opponent wanted to engage in close combat, Chen Fan snorted coldly.

Refining Corpse Peak not only refined corpses from others' bodies but also tempered their own Physical Bodies. The stronger the Spiritual Qi, the stronger the Physical Body.

For Fang Huai to engage him in close combat with an Eighth Layer of Qi Refining cultivation was no different from an egg hitting a stone.

But just as he confidently circulated his Spiritual Qi to strengthen his Physical Body, he found that his Spiritual Qi was almost entirely gone.

He hurriedly absorbed Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, only to find that after absorbing the Spiritual Qi into his body, it would instantly vanish without a trace.

Seeing Fang Huai's sword light slashing toward his head, Chen Fan's eyes nearly split from the strain, his heart filled with the fear of death.

Fang Huai's sword did not stop, heading straight for him.

When the sword's edge was about to slash him, he finally became afraid: "Junior Brother, I admit defeat!"

Fang Huai's sword stopped, the edge only a few inches from his head.

"I've made a fool of myself!"

Fang Huai put away the crimson heavens cry. "Senior Brother is from Refining Corpse Peak yet did not use a Baleful Corpse to attack; clearly, you did not want to make things difficult for me."

He looked around at the other Cultivators. "Is there anyone else who wants to have a go with me?"

The crowd consciously made a path.

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At night, Fang Huai activated the Insect Concealment Art and lay in wait in the darkness.

He wrapped Evil Qi around the crimson heavens cry to disguise its original appearance, ready to strike at any moment.

There are a total of two hundred and six bones in a Cultivator's body. To strengthen the Physical Body to its limit, one must replace every bone in the body before the Breakthrough to Qi Refining Perfection.

Now he had only replaced eight bones; the remaining one hundred and ninety-six must be replaced quickly.

He wouldn't consider Qi Refining demon bones, as they provided too little improvement to cultivation. foundation establishment stage demon bones were too expensive; relying solely on the tasks in the Skinning Room, it would be impossible to gather enough contribution points before the True Dragon Assembly.

Now, taking advantage of the karma mother mirror being destroyed, it was the perfect time to find some windfall.

Seeing a Qi Refining Seventh Layer Cultivator who had just finished robbing a low-level Cultivator, he immediately jumped out.

"This Junior Brother seems to be in a good mood. I wonder what you've gained?"

That Cultivator couldn't see through Fang Huai's cultivation and was secretly alarmed. "What gains could there be? Senior Brother, don't joke."

"Robbing a Disciple of this Sect in broad daylight—I see you treat the Sect's laws as nothing!"

Fang Huai pressed closer step by step, and the Cultivator finally lost his nerve, taking out a Storage Pouch.

"Senior Brother, it's my fault. This is the Storage Pouch I stole; please accept it, Senior Brother."

Fang Huai approached him, opened the Storage Pouch, and said with satisfaction, "Go on then, consider yourself sensible."

As the Cultivator turned to leave, the crimson heavens cry swung, severing his head.

"As expected, he had more hidden away."

Fang Huai searched and found several more Storage Pouches, then took out his soul banner, collected the Cultivator's soul, and burned the Physical Body... The Sect was becoming increasingly chaotic, but the Patrol Guards and Law Enforcement Hall Disciples who should have appeared were rarely seen.

It wasn't that the Sect didn't want to manage things, but there were too many places that needed management, and the protection forces didn't reach the low-level Cultivators.

Fang Huai's new target was a Qi Refining Perfection Cultivator from Blood Sea Peak. This Cultivator also seemed to have learned that the karma mother mirror was temporarily unusable and was unscrupulously slaughtering four Middle Stage Qi Refining Disciples who were traveling together.

Fang Huai did not choose to sneak attack but jumped directly in front of him.

[Wang Teng]

[Qi Refining Perfection]

[Cheerful (Grey)], [Qi Deviation (White)]

"This Junior Brother, please step aside. I do not wish to create any more slaughter."

After the frantic killing, Wang Teng not only didn't feel weak but instead became more and more excited. If he hadn't been unable to see through Fang Huai's cultivation, he would have pounced on him immediately.

"Does the feeling of killing feel good?"

Fang Huai approached step by step; he wanted to test just how much of a gap remained between him and a Qi Refining Perfection Cultivator.

Wang Teng laughed. "It's great! Why wouldn't it be? In the Corpse Fiend Sect, yet bound by so many rules. Now that I've drained the blood and Qi of these few unlucky bastards, I finally know how wonderful cultivation can be."

After saying that, a blast of Baleful Poison surged toward Fang Huai. "Final warning, get lost!"

Fang Huai dodged it and found the power of the Baleful Poison was within an acceptable range, immediately forming a plan.

"I've heard that the Blood Sea Peak Cultivators' Body Tempering Art is profound, and the higher the cultivation, the fewer the physical weaknesses. I wonder if we could have a match."

Wang Teng was in a state of Qi Deviation and didn't have much rationality left. Seeing Fang Huai approach, he finally went mad.

"Damn it, I'm from Blood Sea Peak; why would I be afraid of close combat?"

He exerted sudden force and charged straight at Fang Huai.

After estimating the opponent's impact force, Fang Huai chose to meet it head-on.

"Bang—"

With a loud sound, the two collided.

Wang Teng's body shook, while Fang Huai retreated several steps, his chest feeling a bit tight.

With just one test, both sides understood each other's strength.

"So you're just a show-off."

The corners of Wang Teng's mouth curled up. "Then go die! Blood Baleful Claw!"

Finger bones burst out from his flesh, surrounded by Blood Baleful Qi, and clawed straight at Fang Huai.

"Just in time to test the defensive power of the new skin combined with the Blood Jade Worm."

Fang Huai condensed the Blood Jade Worms into a mass beneath his skin. When Wang Teng's finger bones clawed at the new skin, they actually failed to break the defense for a moment.

"One breath, two breaths... five breaths, this is the limit," Fang Huai thought to himself.

The finger bones finally tore through the new skin and pierced into Fang Huai's flesh. Wang Teng gave a wild laugh.

"Your foundation is good, but you've overestimated yourself. I'll tear you to pieces right now!"

Before he could finish, he saw a blue and red sword light flash, and his head moved further and further away from his body.

"You... didn't you want to fight in close combat?"

Wang Teng's head rolled on the ground, his eyes full of resentment.

Fang Huai pulled Wang Teng's finger bones out of his body. Seeing the new skin heal rapidly, he said:

"Who said I wanted to fight you in close combat? I only said I wanted to test how your Blood Sea Peak's body tempering was.

Now it seems it's nothing special!"

"You!" Wang Teng wanted to say something more, but Fang Huai strode toward his head and stepped on it.