Cultivation System: Stronger with Age

Yuan Butong walked briskly towards Feng Zhushi, his eyes filled with murderous intent and excitement.

"I believe," Yuan Butong declared, "the moment you, Feng Zhushi, die at my hands, the morale of your so-called two thousand elite soldiers will collapse immediately! As for what happens after I kill you, the Great Xia Dynasty has more than just the Great Marsh Prefecture... As long as I, Yuan Butong, get my hands on over a hundred thousand portions of medicinal materials tonight, where can't I go?"

Yuan Butong was indeed somewhat excited. He had never expected it to be a full thirty carts of medicinal materials—that was hundreds of thousands of portions! Combined, he might even be able to buy two or even three plant-type Demon Pearls! In the future, with Demon Pearls in hand, no matter where he went, the Blood Saber Sect could become a first-rate power!

Nearby, Yan Yunfei also walked towards Feng Zhushi, his eyes full of hatred.

Right at that moment, Feng Zhushi, who initially had a gloomy expression, suddenly showed a change in countenance; a mocking smile spread across his face.

"Hahaha, I've tricked you!" he laughed. "Seeing you two so full of confidence is too funny! No wonder Brother Yun Kui told me that with this transport of over three hundred thousand portions of medicinal materials, we might catch a big fish. He told me to be prepared, and he was indeed right! Just now I thought Yan Yunfei was the big fish, but now it seems the real big fish is Yuan Butong, and his famed Blood Scale Armor! It seems this time, I am going to make a fortune!"

Yan Yunfei and Yuan Butong stopped their footsteps simultaneously, their faces showing evident confusion.

With a mocking expression, Feng Zhushi reached into his robes, and a pink Demon Pearl suddenly appeared in his hand, flashing with an eerie light.

Yuan Butong's brow furrowed tightly upon seeing this Demon Pearl, his eyes showing alarm.

"It's the Feng Family's Demon Fox Demon Pearl, one of the Feng Family's only two Demon Pearls! Damn it, it's just a transport of medicinal materials, yet you brought the Feng Family's Demon Fox Demon Pearl!"

Feng Zhushi ignored him and infused True Qi into the Demon Pearl.

BOOM!

Demon Qi billowed out, and a giant Demon Fox, as tall as a two-story building and possessing five tails and five eyes, suddenly materialized near Yuan Butong and Yan Yunfei.

A demon summoned by a Fifth Layer True Qi expert was naturally a Tier Five demon. It was enormous and unparalleled, its Demon Qi surging to the sky! This Demon Fox was more than ten times fiercer than the one summoned by Prefect Liy's son, Liy Changming, in the Demon-Suppressing Valley!

As soon as the Demon Fox appeared, each of its five giant eyes shot out a red beam of light towards Yuan Butong and Yan Yunfei.

The Demon Fox's five tails also whipped through the air, creating powerful ripples as they smashed towards Yuan Butong and Yan Yunfei's bodies!

Each of those tails was so thick it would take several people to encircle one, and each was several times thicker than Yuan Butong's burly frame!

At the same time, SWISH! SWISH! SWISH! SWISH! Beams of Cyan Radiance True Qi continuously shot out from Feng Zhushi's green longsword.

These powerful and agile cyan radiances, along with the Demon Fox's red light beams, which spanned tens of zhang, continuously rushed towards Yan Yunfei and Yuan Butong!

A fierce battle immediately erupted.

Yuan Butong and Yan Yunfei frantically dodged, constantly using blood-red saber lights and Silver Sword Qi to fend off those red and cyan beams.

Saber lights, Sword Qi, cyan radiance, red light, and giant tails continuously collided; the site of their battle was instantly thrown into chaos, with dust and stones flying everywhere!

The most ferocious of all were the crimson light beams shot out by the five eyes of the Demon Fox. These beams contained terrifying power, instantly carving ravines over a zhang deep into the ground when they struck.

Yuan Butong, a mid-Fifth Layer expert, and Yan Yunfei, an early Fifth Layer expert, both dared not face those red light beams head-on. They constantly dodged to evade the attacks. Unfortunately, Feng Zhushi's Cyan Sword Qi kept attacking, coordinating with the Demon Fox. It continuously harassed Yuan Butong and Yan Yunfei, pressing them so hard they could barely defend themselves!

At this moment, Feng Zhushi, who was clearly only at early Tier Five, relying on the Feng Family's treasure—the Demon Fox Demon Pearl—was impressively suppressing both of them single-handedly!

The situation reversed in an instant. The originally imposing Yuan Butong and Yan Yunfei were forced onto the defensive, struggling to fend off the red and cyan beams!

Their eyes were filled with unwillingness. How could they have known that for merely transporting medicinal materials, Feng Zhushi would use the Feng Family's trump card? This Demon Fox Demon Pearl was ranked over five hundred on the Demon Pearl Ranking! It was priceless and far stronger than many 'animal-type' Demon Pearls, far surpassing the value of any plant-type Demon Pearl!

As they resisted, the thought of retreating had already surfaced in their minds, but now, suppressed by the Demon Fox and Feng Zhushi, escape seemed incredibly difficult!

Especially since the more than two thousand elites from the Guo Family, Feng Family, and Black Tiger Gang had already quickly surrounded them, trapping the more than one thousand Martial Cultivators, along with Yan Yunfei and Yuan Butong, in the center!

Yan Yunfei kept waving his Silver Sword Qi, unwillingness increasingly evident in his eyes. He detested Feng Zhushi's myriad shameless acts and, even more, seethed at the injustice of the world. Why could such a shameless family like the Fengs continue to prosper?

At this moment, as he resisted the attacks, he glanced at the more than one thousand disciples from the Seven Swords Sect and Blood Saber Sect who had dared to confront the Feng Family with him.

He knew that if he and Yuan Butong were defeated, everyone here tonight would likely perish; not a single one would survive!

"Don't leave a single one of these filthy rebels who dared to resist the Feng Family alive! Bring me all these thousand-plus heads here and hang them in the Feng Family's plaza! I want the entire Great Marsh Prefecture to know the consequences of resisting the Feng Family!" Feng Zhushi ordered coldly, directing the cyan radiance to attack Yan Yunfei and Yuan Butong.

Then, he slowly raised his left hand—the one not holding his sword...