The Eight Divisions Pagoda was promoted once again amidst the slaughter, evolving into the Great Desolate Divine Dragon. Fang Han nodded secretly, feeling very satisfied. This marked that this magical treasure of his had stepped into the level of ancient magical artifacts, possessing the power of "Desolation."
Originally, as he grabbed onto the Blood-Stained Garment, the Black Wood High Priest resisted with all his might, his entire being attempting to escape into the void and break free from Fang Han's capture. In his eyes, Fang Han was too terrifying, far more robust than some of the ancient emperors in the Heavenly Court, and even more frightening than Emperor Feather, whom he had encountered before.
In fact, Fang Han's current strength had completely surpassed Emperor Feather, making him the rightful number one person in the Feathered Ascension Sect.
"Want to run? I'm afraid it won't be that easy."
Fang Han immediately sensed the intentions of the Black Wood High Priest, so how could he possibly allow him to escape? With a grab in the air, dense dragon scales instantly appeared everywhere, forming a world of its own. The crystal wall system consisted of dragon scale runes. When the Black Wood High Priest crashed into it, sparks actually exploded, rendering him unable to penetrate it.
Stripping the Blood-Stained Garment was a long-planned method of his, so he naturally wouldn't let the Black Wood High Priest unassumingly slip away. Furthermore, the Black Wood High Priest was also in his bag. Such an expert, equal to heaven and earth and comparable to an ancient emperor, once refined, would have an efficacy simply equivalent to a Holy Grade Immortal Pill. Gaining the comprehension of his laws of heaven and earth and accumulating vast reserves would make the breakthrough to the realm of "Equal to Heaven and Earth" much smoother.
"Dragon God Descending to the World!"
Locking down the void in one fell swoop, Fang Han's attacks unfurled comprehensively. Like a violent storm, a large hand repeatedly tore down, hooking onto the Blood-Stained Garment. Subsequently, the "Gate of Many Wonders", the "Gate of Punishing Immortals", the "Gate of Law", and the "Gate of Heaven and Earth" all appeared by his side, bombarding and annihilating the Black Wood High Priest.
In an instant, the bloody glow of the Blood-Stained Garment dimmed. Fang Han's offense was too fierce, and even the remnants of this Holy Grade Immortal Artifact could not withstand it.
Rip! A large swath of bloody glow was torn apart, revealing the true face of the Blood-Stained Garment. It was a red hemp garment covered in bloodstains, but every single bloodstain held a legend, a myth.
"Brat, you are courting death! I am going to obliterate you!" Although the Black Wood High Priest of the barbarian race was at an absolute disadvantage, his ferocious aura remained undiminished. With狂暴 power, he spat out a mouthful of fresh blood and actually began using his own essence blood and lifespan to urge the Blood-Stained Garment, launching a life-and-death assault against Fang Han.
Fang Han remained expressionless. Forming hand seals and stepping on the four voids, his large hand shook. Ten thousand gates manifested, rising one after another, thoroughly suppressing the bloody glow of the Blood-Stained Garment. Then, he walked within this Dragon Kingdom as the ancestor of creation. Chaos shattered and primal energy appeared, with Daoist techniques emerging endlessly. Upon contact, he suddenly pinched the arm of the Black Wood High Priest, lifting his entire person up into the air.
"Ah!"
The Black Wood High Priest let out a miserable shriek.
Hovering in mid-air, the man was abruptly rent asunder by Fang Han.
The Blood-Stained Garment was completely peeled off the Black Wood High Priest's body and was then sucked into the Totem Can. Meanwhile, the Black Wood High Priest himself was deeply dragged into the can amidst continuous, miserable screams.
"This brat is too savage."
The Spear of Vengeance, who was fighting against an ancient emperor of the barbarian race, just happened to witness this scene and started trembling all over. "This brat actually tore the Black Wood High Priest apart directly. How did he become this powerful? If this goes on, when he kills more barbarians and subdues the Blood-Stained Garment, then the Spear of Judgment will be in grave danger."
"The Spear of Judgment is glaring at this brat like a tiger at its prey. I'll just watch the two dragons fight. If both sides suffer heavy casualties…"
An evil smile appeared on the face of the Spear of Vengeance: "This time the Heavenly Court is being besieged, which could perhaps be an excellent opportunity for the two of them to strike. Humph! As long as both suffer, I can devour all the essence of both individuals. By doing so, I will be one step closer to the Dao of Heavenly Monarch. Securing this great fortune, attaining the Heavenly Monarch status in the years before the great destruction of heaven and earth will not be a difficult task."
He drooled over the myriad of magical treasures on Fang Han's body, only lacking a suitable opportunity.
Once power reached a realm like Fang Han's, it was already difficult to annihilate.
In a split second, this primeval magical artifact had already devised thousands of venomous schemes to deal with Fang Han. He needed to use all possible means to ascend to the position of Heavenly Monarch; otherwise, no matter how great his magical powers or how equal he was to heaven and earth, when this heaven and earth perished, he would simply collapse. He would not survive past a single era or a great destruction of heaven and earth.
"Buzz!"
Just as he was contriving these vicious plots in a flash, a vast power was born from the void, causing all times and spaces to fall still. The Spear of Vengeance trembled all over and frantically fled toward the restricted formations of the Heavenly Court without caring for his life.
Within the intention of his flight, he caught sight of that towering and majestic Heavenly Monarch of the barbarian race, the Miao Li Heavenly Monarch, making a move again from deep within infinite time and space.
Another flick of a finger!
Killing across space.
A finger force arrived across the void, crushing all antiquity, causing the gods to sink, the Buddhas to fall, the immortals to die, and the demons to scatter into thin air! This was a strike from a Heavenly Monarch; the target was neither the numerous ancient emperors of the Heavenly Court nor the Spear of Vengeance, but Fang Han.
Under normal circumstances, a Heavenly Monarch would not attack any existence beneath them out of disdain. Even when armies clashed, there were unspoken rules between Heavenly Monarchs that they would only compete among themselves, letting their subordinates slaughter each other. They would only intervene when encountering special situations. Generally, anyone worthy of a Heavenly Monarch's strike would consider it a great honor even if they died. To have a Heavenly Monarch personally move to kill you highlighted just how formidable you were!
Now, Fang Han was an extremely valuable figure. Killing the Black Wood High Priest in one blow and snatching the Blood-Stained Garment finally incited the wrath of the Heavenly Monarch, who launched another finger strike to destroy him across the void.
Fang Han's true test had arrived.
This time he had gained a tremendous tremendous harvest from slaying enemies. First, he killed dozens of saints and tens of billions of troops of the barbarian race, then directly executed the "Gate of Punishing Immortals" to blast five emperors to death, and further slayed the Black Wood High Priest to steal the Blood-Stained Garment. The achievements made in this instant completely eclipsed the rewards of the Heavenly Court's Genius Battle.
The refined Black Wood High Priest far surpassed the Lord of All Heavens Pills.
As for the Blood-Stained Garment, it was unimaginably stronger than the Blade of Glory. The clothing transformed from the Yellow Spring Diagram that Fang Han was currently wearing possessed no profound properties. If he put on the Blood-Stained Garment, he would truly become a God of War, a Primeval War God, a great power of the wilderness.
Moreover, no one anticipated that the combat prowess Fang Han exploded with in that fleeting moment would be so terrifying. Not even the barbarian Heavenly Monarch foresaw it, otherwise, he would have attacked long ago instead of waiting until this precise moment.
Fang Han's destiny could not be calculated even by Heavenly Monarchs, and his various combat abilities were now utterly immeasurable. The Dao practices of the Reincarnation Daoist were sufficient to obscure all heavenly secrets.
However, facing this remote finger strike from the Heavenly Monarch, he had to withstand it and hide inside the restricted formations of the Heavenly Court to absorb the fruits of this battle.
As that Heavenly Monarch flicked his finger, energy erupted, spanning the north and south through time and space, immeasurably massive, crashing down like a collapsing celestial pillar. In a split second, utilizing the Dao practices of the Reincarnation Daoist, Fang Han calculated hundreds of millions of times, yet felt that besides taking it head-on, there was no other way. He absolutely could not enter the restricted formations of the Heavenly Court before the finger force arrived.
That Heavenly Monarch was in an unknown and distant place. With one flick of a finger, he had entirely locked down the time and space around him, twisting the rules of the universe and producing new changes. Layer upon layer became fully twisted, turning short distances into vast expanses. Initially, Fang Han could have flown into the Heavenly Court's restricted formations within an instant, but now he could only gaze in despair, akin to a person facing a boundless sea of suffering with no shore in sight.
"Tens of thousands of portals, prop up the void, protect my life. The finger of the Heavenly Monarch shall not befall my body!" Fang Han roared repeatedly, unleashing all his power. He knew that there was no room for error now; this was an unprecedentedly perilous moment. Even the slightest misstep would mean instant death. The one striking him was no ordinary being, but a Heavenly Monarch, an existence he could only gaze up at.
Although the opponent didn't use full force—merely flicking a finger effortlessly—this power was enough to rend multiple ancient emperors and destroy a massive province.
As the finger force bore down heavily, numerous gates manifested on Fang Han's body once again. Layer after layer, they were all crystallized from his supreme intentions and true qi. "Gate of Punishing Immortals", "Gate of Many Wonders", "Gate of Heaven and Earth", "Gate of Law", "Gate of Void"… all the gateways that had appeared during his heavenly tribulations materialized one by one, rotating around him. Each emitted boundless power, drawing strength from mysterious spacetimes as if the ancient gates were making their presence known. Furthermore, Fang Han executed the Lesser Destiny Technique, burning his own lifespan. The state of unity with heaven and earth was exerted to its limit, pouring streams of destiny power into the numerous magical treasures, ready to strike.
Boom!
That finger force carried an unimaginable might, undeniably incomparable to any ancient emperor. The invincible myriad of portals evolved by Fang Han simultaneously shattered the moment the finger force crashed down! It was just like a titanic primeval divine mountain crushing an egg; this was striking an egg with a mountain.
Even if the Spear of Vengeance had to break through Fang Han's layered portals, he would probably need to deploy countless methods and waste his lifespan. Yet, with a single flick of a finger, this Heavenly Monarch crushed the layered portals without the slightest effort.
Crack crack crack!
The garment morphed from the Yellow Spring Diagram on Fang Han's body was ruptured directly by the tremor of the finger force, turning into streaks of yellow spring qi that permeated into his crystal divine kingdoms. Concurrently, the myriad of protective astral armors around him completely shattered.
Crystal divine kingdoms were annihilated one after another. Originally sturdy and formidable, containing countless martial arts intents and robust like true hegemons of heaven and earth, a third of the divine kingdoms were now crushed in an instant by the finger force.
"Ah!" Ah! Ah!
Fang Han's fighting intent boiled over. Channeling his entire being, he unleashed all of his potential: "Even if a Heavenly Monarch strikes, they cannot annihilate my invincible fighting prowess. I will reverse the heavenly monarch and drag an immortal monarch down from the eternal throne. Only I have the qualifications to sit upon that eternal throne!"
"Buzz!"
The Eight Divisions Pagoda cloaked his whole body, draping layers of dragon scale armor tightly over his figure.
Fang Han was going to resist this very finger of the Heavenly Monarch to prove his Great Dao and elevate it once again!