Fang Han and the Little Stone Emperor faced each other sharply, but neither made a move.
As he spoke, his expression remained perfectly at ease, yet his true qi began to extend outward, probing to see if there was any ambush within this stone hall, what kind of existence was suppressed beneath the stone hall, or if the Little Stone Emperor Song Tengfei had some sort of scheme.
The Little Stone Emperor before him was absolutely no ordinary figure; it could be said he was the most difficult character Fang Han had encountered at the same realm. Seeing his aura merged with the Heaven Sealing Stone Monument, emitting waves of the aura of a King Grade Immortal Artifact, Fang Han felt that something was slightly amiss.
However, amiss as it might be, Fang Han had encountered countless great storms and towering waves in his life; he cared little for this minor issue.
"The Saint Son of the Taiyi Sect is not here. I have cultivated the Dao of the Origin Immortal and do not need anyone's help. The dignity of a King Grade Immortal Artifact is not something you can understand," the Little Stone Emperor Song Tengfei said quietly. "Moreover, Feng Yuan, you are strong on the outside but weak on the inside. If you truly dared to single-handedly challenge all the Saint Sons of my Taiyi Sect, you would not have contacted the Little Rain Emperor, the Little Axe Emperor, and so many other Saint Sons to besiege me. This fully proves that you have no confidence in defeating me in your heart, that you fear me. You have already lost before even fighting me."
"Is that so? Your psychological assault is quite formidable," Fang Han smiled slightly. "I have always acted with great stability. Without absolute certainty, I never take risks. Right now, it is precisely because I have ten parts of certainty that I sought you out, which means you are finished. After this time, the person known as the Little Stone Emperor will absolutely cease to exist in the Taiyi Sect."
"Little Stone Emperor, obediently hand over the Heaven Sealing Stone Monument, as well as the King Grade spirit veins you have on you, offering them up one by one. Otherwise, we truly will slaughter you here today."
The Little Rain Emperor Xia Zhiqiu said, "If you hand over the Heaven Sealing Stone Monument and the King Grade spirit veins, and allow us to extract half of the laws from your body so that you pose no threat to us, I can let you off this once. Allowing you to leave is a great choice given to you; do as you see fit."
"That is correct. We also do not wish to forge a blood feud with the Taiyi Sect. As long as you hand over your wealth and magical treasures, and are willing to cripple your own dao arts, we truly can spare your life. You do not have the slightest chance right now, do you understand? You probably have not yet survived the Origin Immortal tribulation and become an Origin Immortal," the Little Axe Emperor Xuanyuan Po laughed loudly. "Your tribulation is imminent. Perhaps in the midst of battle, the tribulation will erupt. When that time comes, killing you will be even simpler for us."
"Ignorant and foolish. Do you truly believe that if I hadn't survived the Origin Immortal tribulation, I would release stone qi and make such a grand display? You are all gravely mistaken. I have long since survived the Origin Immortal tribulation and am now a true Origin Immortal. Perhaps you do not know this, but I have a secret technique that can conceal the aura of the tribulation within my body. Very well, let you ignorant people witness my true strength."
The Little Stone Emperor Song Tengfei suddenly opened his mouth and inhaled.
Wuwuwuwu… The sounds of ghosts wailing and gods howling instantly resounded on the ground. That diagram of the Heavenly Court's hundred thousand great provinces and the nine King Grade spirit veins were actually sucked into his body all at once.
Following that, an imperishable spiritual light appeared above his head, and all laws condensed into an origin point. This was the symbol of an Origin Immortal.
The Little Stone Emperor Song Tengfei had actually already cultivated to become an Origin Immortal.
It turned out he had been enduring silently, not revealing the slightest bit of his aura, preciseley to invite the enemies into the urn and kill the Saint Sons who came to plot against him.
"Origin Immortal, you actually cultivated to become an Origin Immortal a step ahead!"
The Little Rain Emperor Xia Zhiqiu's expression changed.
The Little Axe Emperor Xuanyuan Po's expression also changed.
Even when the Little Stone Emperor Song Tengfei hadn't cultivated as an Origin Immortal, he was already extremely fearsome. Once he achieved the Origin Immortal state, his fearsomeness would increase by more than tenfold; how could he be restrained? The reason why many experts wanted to prevent this person from advancing to an Origin Immortal was because once he advanced to the Origin Immortal realm and refined the main body shell of the Heaven Sealing Stone Monument, he could transform it into a King Grade Immortal Artifact, kill all the Saint Sons present, and sweep invincibly across the field.
This was a threat to every single Saint Son.
But now, the Little Stone Emperor Song Tengfei had actually achieved his goal unknowingly. It was simply shocking. In an instant, whether it was the Little Rain Emperor or the Little Axe Emperor, both birthed the desire to retreat.
The Little Stone Emperor Song Tengfei, having cultivated to an Origin Immortal and refined the Heaven Sealing Stone Monument, could almost only be restrained by a true Saint. Other than that, he was already invincible.
"Brother Feng, let us retreat quickly! A delay will be too late. No matter how powerful we are, we cannot kill this person. Rather than engaging in a pointless struggle and letting others take advantage, it is better to retreat completely unharmed," the Little Rain Emperor Xia Zhiqiu immediately transmitted his divine sense to Fang Han while bowing his body, preparing to spring away.
"Go!"
The Little Axe Emperor was even more decisive, directly leaping into the void.
"Hmph, you want to leave? Can you leave?" The Little Stone Emperor Song Tengfei moved his hands, and immediately the space trembled. A stone spear shot out into the air, clashing heavily with the Little Axe Emperor Xuanyuan Po. It exchanged thousands of blows with his great axe, and a massive force forcibly pushed him back.
"You!" The Little Axe Emperor Xuanyuan Po's face looked exceptionally ugly. As he swung his axe to parry the stone spear, he felt that the surrounding space had been entirely locked down by a kind of stone talisman. With his own strength, he could not leap out at all. This shock was by no means trivial.
"I said today, all of you people will die here without the slightest suspense. If you have any final words, just speak them directly. After you finish speaking, I will send you on your way and use you as the first batch of sacrifices to celebrate my achievement of becoming an Origin Immortal." The Little Stone Emperor Song Tengfei moved his hands again. Behind his back, many stone weapons and magical treasures appeared. There were long spears, javelins, stone halberds, stone axes, stone hooks, stone locks… each one was ancient, majestic, full of power and vicissitudes, rotating with history and civilization.
"You need not be so panicked. Even if he has cultivated to become an Origin Immortal, I can still completely restrain him," Fang Han smiled coldly and spoke again. Suddenly, he threw a punch like a cannonball, his footsteps stomping fiercely on the ground. Countless cracking traces immediately appeared on the floor of this stone hall. "Little Rain Emperor, Little Axe Emperor, along the way, I have never displayed my strongest power, which is why you have no confidence in me and are so fearful of the Little Stone Emperor Song Tengfei becoming an Origin Immortal. Now I will tell you what the strongest power is. Stone hall, shatter for me!"
Rumble!
The power on Fang Han's body began to be completely released. The realm of Heaven and Earth as One was deployed. His hands transformed into runic scripts, a Taiji Divine Diagram, loosely enveloping the form of the Little Stone Emperor Song Tengfei. Myriad giant dragons formed of origin qi rose and fell, a host of dragons without a leader, and one civilization after another manifested behind his back.
"Heaven Sealing Stone Monument, refine for me!"
Fang Han's origin qi transformed into an eggshell-shaped celestial canopy, shrouding toward the Little Stone Emperor Song Tengfei. He actually seemed to be refining the fragments of a Good Fortune Divine Artifact, aiming to refine the opponent's Heaven Sealing Stone Monument.
Facing the Little Stone Emperor who had advanced to the Origin Immortal realm, Fang Han actually struck fiercely, directly refining him. This could be described as majestic and domineering, invincible, his imposing manner directly piercing through the past, present, and future.
The firmament of the entire stone hall was broken through at once, and rolling malicious qi descended from the outside.
The pillars of the stone hall collapsed piece by piece, and the roof beams also showed cracking traces. Many stone restriction laws and runic scripts were shattered by Fang Han in this single shock.
"Such powerful strength, how can it be this strong!" The Little Rain Emperor and Little Axe Emperor were greatly frightened. Even though they had highly overestimated Fang Han, seeing Fang Han truly unleash his full power now almost scared them into a cold sweat.
"How can this person be so strong!"
Even the Little Stone Emperor Song Tengfei's expression changed instantly. He originally thought Fang Han was only at the Ancestral Immortal realm, and no matter how formidable he was, he could not be that strong. But now, Fang Han's power had thoroughly exceeded his estimation. This was a kind of power he simply could not imagine.
Here, the entire stone hall was formed from his origin qi, or rather, evolved from his innate stone qi merged with the Heaven Sealing Stone Monument. Its power was immeasurable. Anyone who entered the stone hall simply could not exit; even an Origin Immortal at the same realm as him would be helpless.
But now, it was shattered instantly by the explosion of Fang Han's power.
Immediately, his innate origin qi was shaken, and he suffered minor injuries.
However, these minor injuries were nothing to him. With a slight movement of the refined King Grade Immortal Artifact within his body, the Heaven Sealing Stone Monument, more origin qi rolled forth, not only completely healing the injuries but also tempering his own physical form further.
His body could be said to have surpassed any Origin Immortal realm because he was the reincarnation of a King Grade Immortal Artifact and had found his own shell. Every time he was injured, it would instead stimulate the source of the King Grade Immortal Artifact to replenish it. In a way, he already possessed an immortal, imperishable, and eternal body.
"Stone Emperor Blade!"
His hands clasped together, and in an instant, boundless stone qi condensed into a holy blade bearing the tyrannical air of an emperor. He cleaved down towards Fang Han's head with a single slash. This slash tore apart the origin qi, concentrating power. Many divine lights of laws condensed into sawtooth-shaped runic scripts, flowing ceaselessly on the blade's body. With one pull, he intended to cleave Fang Han in half!
Fang Han opened his mouth wide, let out a roar, and threw out a palm strike. On his palm, a layer of gem-like pure light appeared, directly clashing head-on with the sharp edge of the stone blade. Palms and fingers intertwined, and with a bang, he unexpectedly shattered this Stone Emperor Blade into pieces. All the stone qi on it was swallowed by Fang Han.
"Careful!"
In the instant Fang Han shattered the Stone Emperor Blade with one palm, a stone spear, guided by the unseen world, came from nothingness and arrived directly at Fang Han's chest. The other end of the spear was grasped in the palm of the Little Stone Emperor. The spear tip surprisingly flashed with an imperishable spiritual light; it was an Origin Immortal law.
Puchi!
This spear, carrying majestic power, actually stabbed straight into Fang Han's heart and poked out from his back.
The Little Stone Emperor skewered Fang Han with a single spear thrust.
"Stone Emperor Spear, this spear strike is called the Heaven Sealing Strike. Whoever is struck will have their entire body shattered, and their soul will be sucked into the Heaven Sealing Stone Monument to become a god and slave within the monument. Obediently serve as my slave!" A smile appeared on the face of the Little Stone Emperor Song Tengfei.