After confirming there was only one early-stage Foundation Establishment Demon, Fang Yun nodded.

’I’ve never killed a Foundation Establishment Stage Demon before. I wonder how many Talent Points it will give me?’

’A Qi Refining Tenth Layer Demon provides 2,800 Talent Points. The gap between the Foundation Establishment Stage and the Qi Refining Stage is immense, so it should give me at least ten times that amount—probably around 30,000 Talent Points.’

Fang Yun was already thinking about the Talent Points.

A single early-stage Foundation Establishment Demon was much harder to kill than ten Qi Refining Tenth Layer Demons combined.

The fact that he could even think about Talent Points was a testament to his confidence in his current strength.

"Does the Shen Family know yet?" Fang Yun asked.

Patriarch Zeng replied, "The distress signal has been sent."

"As long as it’s been sent." Fang Yun, who seemed to be pondering something, thought for a moment before continuing, "Patriarch Zeng, I need you to coordinate with me. When I attack the Foundation Establishment Demon outside, open a gap in the Grand Array."

Upon hearing this, just as Patriarch Zeng was about to say something, he saw a deep yellow long sword appear in Fang Yun’s hand.

It was a Lower Grade Spiritual Artifact!

Patriarch Zeng wasn’t surprised that Fang Yun possessed a Spiritual Artifact.

He didn’t know what level Fang Yun’s Artifact Refining skills had reached or if he could refine a Lower Grade Spiritual Artifact himself. However, he knew Fang Yun was the Direct Disciple of the Celestial Cloud Sect’s Artifact Refining Elder. Even if Fang Yun couldn’t refine one, it was perfectly reasonable for his master to give him a Lower Grade Spiritual Artifact for protection.

"Aren’t Lower Grade Spiritual Artifacts difficult to control?" Patriarch Zeng swallowed the words he was about to say and asked this question instead.

"For someone with a Seven-Aperture Exquisite Body, with enough practice, even I can manage to control it at the Qi Refining Tenth Layer," Fang Yun explained.

"So the Seven-Aperture Exquisite Body can do that, too." Patriarch Zeng learned something new.

The fact that Fang Yun possessed the Seven-Aperture Exquisite Body was widely known. However, due to a lack of related Cultivation Miscellaneous Books, they didn’t know much about it.

As a Qi Refining Clan, the Zeng Family’s collection of books was decent, but it was still a far cry from that of a Foundation Establishment Influence. As for comparing it to the Celestial Cloud Sect, the two were in completely different leagues.

"If this Foundation Establishment Demon is careless, I might even have a chance to severely injure him."

"Understood, Immortal Master Fang. I will cooperate with you fully."

"Mm."

As Fang Yun moved to a position with a wide field of view, Celestial Gift Mountain shook several times.

Compared to the Demon’s assault three days ago, the current attacks were clearly more ferocious.

Patriarch Zeng was already controlling the Grand Array to defend with its full power, and ripples were spreading across the earthen-yellow barrier. At the defense level from three days ago, it wouldn’t have even taken a full strike; under just half a blow from an early-stage Foundation Establishment Demon, a breach would have been blasted open in the barrier.

After getting the Demon’s position from Patriarch Zeng, Fang Yun quickly descended the mountain.

The Foundation Establishment Demon wasn’t attacking the Grand Array from mid-air. He was likely conserving his Demon Power.

Once one reaches the Foundation Establishment Stage, regardless of whether they cultivate Spiritual Power, Demon Power, or Yin Power, they can fly.

For an early-stage Foundation Establishment cultivator, flying without the aid of an external tool consumed a significant amount of power.

Fang Yun believed he should be able to kill a single, early-stage Foundation Establishment Demon.

No matter who the opponent was, he had a massive advantage.

The buff from his Combat Talent!

Fang Yun felt that the most terrifying aspect of the buff was that it was a power that defied all expectations.

The fluctuations of any power do not lie.

This was a deeply ingrained fact.

Who would have thought that an Upper Grade Magical Artifact could unleash power far exceeding that of a supreme-grade one?

In the Magical Combat spars within the sect, everything he displayed was within the realm of expectations. But against enemies who were about to die, there was naturally no need to hold back.

Fang Yun had arrived at the position where the early-stage Foundation Establishment Demon was bombarding the Grand Array.

The Vice Sect Leader of the Stone Demon Sect had also noticed Fang Yun.

The earthen-yellow barrier could block his line of sight, but it couldn’t block his Divine Sense.

Under the probe of his Divine Sense, a Qi Refining Tenth Layer Spirit Refiner had appeared about fifty feet ahead.

’What is he doing here?’

The Stone Demon Sect’s Vice Sect Leader couldn’t understand why a Qi Refining Tenth Layer Spirit Refiner would appear here.

’Is he here to fight me?’

The moment the thought appeared, the Stone Demon Sect’s Vice Sect Leader dismissed it.

He was an early-stage Foundation Establishment Demon Cultivator. Even a typical early-stage Foundation Establishment Spirit Refiner wasn’t necessarily his match, let alone a Qi Refining Tenth Layer Spirit Refiner.

Just as his half-demonized iron fist was about to strike the earthen-yellow barrier again...

...the earthen-yellow barrier opened up a gap.

With a single glance, he clearly saw the Qi Refining Tenth Layer Spirit Refiner inside.

From the Celestial Cloud Sect, Fang Yun!

The Stone Demon Sect’s Vice Sect Leader had considered that a Foundation Establishment Elder from the Celestial Cloud Sect might appear, but he never imagined that Fang Yun would be the one here.

After all, the Celestial Demon Sect had placed considerable bounties on certain Celestial Cloud Sect disciples, and Fang Yun was one of them.

However, among the bounties for Celestial Cloud Sect disciples, his was ranked relatively low on the list.

"A Lower Grade Spiritual Artifact... Pulling this trick again?"

Facing Fang Yun’s attack, the Stone Demon Sect’s Vice Sect Leader looked at him as if he were watching a joke.

He knew Fang Yun had the Seven-Aperture Exquisite Body and was aware of some of its special properties. With a Seven-Aperture Exquisite Body, Fang Yun was indeed qualified to wield a Lower Grade Spiritual Artifact in battle, but how much of its power could he truly unleash?

’Right now, the most Fang Yun can do is probably unleash the full power of a supreme-grade Magical Artifact.’

Besides, even if Fang Yun could unleash the full power of a Lower Grade Spiritual Artifact, it wouldn’t be enough to deal with him.

"And it’s even a two-patterned one. This Lower Grade Spiritual Artifact is mine now."