Under powerful pressure, Fang Han surprisingly broke through the second realm of divine abilities, the True Qi Realm, and entered the third realm, the Gang Qi Realm. His power transformed, possessing fully thirty thousand horse power, his magic power formidable. Moreover, the Wood Sovereign Gang Qi was of exceedingly high quality, making urging the Five Hells King Cauldron even smoother.
Of the nine hundred and ninety-nine grand arrays in the Five Hells King Cauldron, each one had a wondrous use, absolutely different from ordinary treasure artifacts. In addition to the thirty-six grand arrays used for acceleration and the fifty-four grand arrays used for capturing and apprehending, there were three hundred and sixty grand arrays for enhancing power. This Great Strength Demonic God Array was one of these formidable array combinations, constructed from many smaller array formations. Once urged, it would manifest a colossal demonic god, using the King Cauldron as its heart, unleashing monstrous demonic might, churning rivers and overturning seas, swallowing up cities.
Everything else was false; only power was true and solid.
Heavenly demons particularly esteemed power, and therefore attached the greatest importance to grand arrays capable of enhancing power. This Great Strength Demonic God Array was also one of the most formidable methods within the Five Hells King Cauldron.
Although this manifested "demonic god" was vastly inferior when compared to a genuine demonic god, its explosive power was immense. Exploding in an instant, overdrawing a person's magic power, it could unleash a might nearly several times greater than the original magic power. It was somewhat similar to the "Mad Demon Lifespan-Reducing Pill", but at most it depleted a bit of origin qi and would not damage a person's lifespan.
Fang Han executed it to quickly break free from the constraints and make his escape.
Lest this Seven Leaves Demon Lord execute some formidable methods or magic treasures again, he himself would likely face disaster.
The opponent was the son of the "Nine Yin Demon God", equivalent to the son of a Longevity Realm expert. To say he didn't hold formidable magic treasures in his hands, even ghosts wouldn't believe it. Fang Han knew about the Nine Yin Demon God; back when Fang Qingxue breached the "Monster God Altar" in the underground, he heard it had been suppressed by the Monster God.
However, although the "Monster God" could suppress the "Nine Yin Demon God", Fang Han could not suppress the Seven Leaves Demon Lord.
Not being suppressed by the opponent was already good enough.
The gap in realms was too great; it wasn't something a single supreme grade treasure artifact could make up for.
"Demonic might boundless, the method of great strength… Five Hells! Five Hells!" The manifested demonic god broke the Golden Snake Dou Luo Array, letting out massive roars and bellows. These roars and bellows actually overpowered the "Soul-Suppressing Song". At the same time, the demonic god tore with both hands again, actually forcefully tearing both the "Milky Way Nine Heavens Array" and the "Dark Spirit Silk Entanglement Array" apart.
Sizzle! Sizzle!
Pitch-black gang qi and quicksilver-like gang qi scattered and shot in all directions.
It was unknown how the "Seven Leaves Demon Lord" cultivated them; of these two types of gang qi, one was densely demonic, and the other possessed majestic noble qi, one righteous and one evil.
Clearly, the "Seven Leaves Demon Lord" did not only cultivate demonic arts, but also concurrently cultivated the immortal dao. He was also a powerhouse with the fusion of the immortal and the demonic.
"Go!"
After consecutively breaking four grand arrays—the "Soul-Suppressing Song", "Golden Snake Dou Luo Array", "Milky Way Nine Heavens Array", and "Dark Spirit Silk Entanglement Array"—Fang Han did not hesitate at all and left immediately.
The Five Hells King Cauldron flew fiercely, accelerating, crashing toward the pitch-black sky.
In the pitch-black sky was the Guixu passage. Going out would be the Great North Ocean, where it could be said the sky is high enough for birds to fly, and the ocean wide enough for fish to leap.
"Can you run away?"
As the Seven Leaves Demon Lord spoke, those shattered gang qi grand arrays suddenly came alive. Streaks of gang qi turned into demonic shadows, lunging fiercely. In just one move, they formed a grand array once again, actually sealing off the Guixu passage, forbidding Fang Han to escape, attempting to catch a turtle in a jar.
When the Divine Ability Realm is cultivated to the fourth realm, the Yin-Yang Realm, gang qi possesses spirituality. The Seven Leaves Demon Lord had cultivated to the Origin Return Realm; that gang qi had even stronger vitality, possessing wisdom. Every wisp of gang qi seemed to be an independent entity, even having breath and heartbeat, even capable of speech. Precisely because of such spirituality and formidability, once routed, it immediately recombined, renewing its vitality anew.
"What Dao technique is this?"
Fang Han was just about to flee before the Guixu passage when he discovered overlapping demonic shadows pressing in from all sides, once again making it hard to move a single step. He could not help but be stunned.
"This is the Son and Mother Heavenly Demon Grand Array! Extremely formidable! The Seven Leaves Demon Lord used gang qi to transform into a horde of demons, which are the mother demons! Once gang qi transforms into mother demons, the heavenly demons in the entire blood and flesh mire will swarm over, condensing around the mother demons, becoming the son demons. The foundation inside your Five Hells King Cauldron is also the Son and Mother Heavenly Demon Grand Array!"
"Yan" looked outside and was instantly greatly shocked.
Because once the horde of demons transformed from the Seven Leaves Demon Lord's gang qi blocked in front, countless heavenly demons in the entire blood and flesh mire lunged upwards like locusts. Every several thousand heavenly demons circled around a mother demon transformed from gang qi, forming son and mother heavenly demons.
The demonic qi grew heavier and heavier, pressing down like a mountain.
Even though Fang Han had successfully cultivated gang qi, despite repeatedly urging it, there was absolutely nothing he could do, because the Seven Leaves Demon Lord also utilized the power of countless heavenly demons in the blood and flesh mire.
"If I don't break out now, once he completes the assembly of the son and mother heavenly demons, I'll be truly finished. Pity! If I had a Mad Demon Lifespan-Reducing Pill, I could risk my life! Now I can't even risk my life! Yan, what life-risking demonic cultivation methods do you have, bring them out for a try!" At this moment, Fang Han's mind was racing, but he had absolutely no solution.
"The gap in realm between us and this Seven Leaves Demon Lord is too great, and he's also utilizing a geographical advantage! There are a few life-risking demonic cultivation methods. However, none of them are suitable to use! Because once executed, you will die immediately." Yan thought it over and also felt it was highly inappropriate.
"Fang Han, I'm afraid we can't escape. The Son and Mother Heavenly Demon Grand Array has already formed, and I know somewhat about it. Once this demonic array forms, heavenly demons will gather in increasing numbers, and its power will grow larger and larger. This blood and flesh mire was originally a gathering place for heavenly demons; there are at least ten million heavenly demons inside."
Long Xuan suddenly opened her eyes.
"What is your opinion?"
Fang Han asked.
"Since we cannot escape now, we might as well not escape. Just strictly guard the King Cauldron and let him capture us. I bet he won't be able to do anything to us for a while, let him consume his magic power suppressing us! When his magic power is mostly consumed, we will strike him hard."
Long Xuan said: "Watching quietly as things develop is the course of action now. We are destined to undergo this demonic tribulation. It is also because our cultivation progressed too fast; within the unseen world, fate is bringing down disasters, borrowing the hands of this Seven Leaves Demon Lord to harm us. We must guard our thoughts and endure through it. From now on, we will all turn our magic power from offense to defense, guarding the great cauldron from invasion, regardless of how the demonic heads outside suppress, seal, or imprison us! Perhaps amidst this demonic tribulation, our cultivation can advance further, who can say."
"Long Xuan, your Daoist learning is indeed richer than mine! Very well, this might truly be a predestined demonic tribulation. I will keep guard and see how that Demon Lord tosses about!"
While speaking, Fang Han shrank all his magic power into a ball, neither releasing it outwardly nor crashing about. The King Cauldron remained quietly in the void, emitting a rather mild but highly resilient red light. Allowing the demonic qi to wrap around it, it neither struggled, counter-attacked, nor fled, adopting an entirely turtle-like defense.
Finally, in the sky, the power of the Seven Leaves Demon Lord's Son and Mother Heavenly Demon Grand Array grew larger and larger. Ultimately, it completely swallowed the "Five Hells King Cauldron", transforming into a demonic array, imprisoning Fang Han and the others.
Fang Han and the others were now unable to escape.
"Congratulations, Demon Lord, boundless magic power, to actually capture such immortal dao disciples! Regaining the supreme treasure of our heavenly demon race." Seeing the Seven Leaves Demon Lord execute his magic power and finally imprison Fang Han and the others, the eighteen Yin-Yang Demonic Kings could not help but praise in unison.
"It is still too early to tell. They have assumed a turtle-like defense; this can also be considered a good strategy to counter me. I am temporarily unable to breach the King Cauldron and take their lives. I can only imprison the King Cauldron, take it back to the Shadow Castle, and slowly refine them!"
Many thoughts flashed through the Seven Leaves Demon Lord's eyes, seemingly pondering how to thoroughly kill Fang Han and the others.
"This Five Hells King Cauldron has extremely strong defenses. How will the Demon Lord refine them?" a female demonic king asked.
"That is nothing much. Although the magic power of the person inside the King Cauldron is powerful, his realm is very average. If he had cultivated to the Heaven-Man Realm, it would truly be very thorny for me, but right now. It will at most take some time, two or three months, to thoroughly refine them! What's more, Lord Nine Yang Demon God will soon arrive. When he appears, he can refine the King Cauldron in a snap of the fingers. I heard that when Uncle Five Hells refined this King Cauldron, he spent hundreds of years and countless heavenly materials and earthly treasures, successfully forging nine hundred and ninety-nine grand arrays. It only lacks one core grand array and a bit of pure yang immortal qi to transform into a Dao artifact! When Lord Nine Yang Demon God comes, I will beg him to condense it."
The Seven Leaves Demon Lord stated indifferently, seeming as if everything was within his grasp: "Dao artifacts are pure yang, and treasures must be stained with pure yang immortal qi to attain the Dao. This King Cauldron still possesses a very heavy demonic nature. Precisely so, I have Nine Yang Holy Water on me! I can completely suppress the various demonic arrays of the King Cauldron and seep into it! It will be difficult for the people inside to control the demonic arrays!"
"The Nine Yang Holy Water is formed by the immortal qi of the Immortal Realm; it has an unparalleled effect on controlling demonic nature. By using the holy water to suppress the King Cauldron and disrupt the operation of its demonic arrays, tainting it with pure yang immortal qi, waiting until Lord Nine Yang Demon God arrives will precisely allow immortal and demonic fusions, refining the King Cauldron into a Dao artifact, thus achieving complete success immediately. The Demon Lord is far-sighted, I truly admire him!"
A male demonic king sighed from the bottom of his heart.
"Return to the Shadow Castle!"
The Seven Leaves Demon Lord waved his hand. The Son and Mother Heavenly Demon Grand Array in the sky imprisoned the King Cauldron and entered the distant Shadow Castle, completely confining it.
"Bang!"
The giant King Cauldron was suppressed and entered the central grand hall of the castle.
On the throne in the grand hall sat the "Seven Leaves Demon Lord", and beside the great cauldron stood the eighteen Yin-Yang Heavenly Demonic Kings. Now they were going to refine the King Cauldron.
The Seven Leaves Demon Lord alone could deal with Fang Han's group, let alone with an additional eighteen Yin-Yang Heavenly Demonic Kings. Now Fang Han truly had no path to heaven and no door into the earth; he could only entirely assume a turtle-like defense inside the cauldron.
Looking at the red light emerging from the King Cauldron, firmly obstructing any magic power from invading, the Seven Leaves Demon Lord merely sneered: "Blood Fiend Demonic Light? The defense is not bad indeed, I will extinguish your demonic nature! Nine Yang Holy Water!"
While he was speaking, an alms bowl that was neither gold nor iron, neither jade nor stone flew out from his sleeve.
Inside that alms bowl, there stored a constantly flowing liquid. This liquid displayed nine colors, burning like flames, yet resembling a fountain, emitting splattering water sounds, making it impossible for people to discern whether it was water or fire.
Nine Yang Holy Water!