"Bang!"
"Yan's" sneak attack this time was again traceless and formless, a strike exhausting all its strength, using its lifelong strength, aiming to succeed in one blow. The Seven Leaves Demon Lord was extremely powerful in strength and possessed the demonic blade "Blood Firmament." If he was allowed to expel his injuries, he might just turn the tables and utterly defeat both itself and Fang Han again.
The reason the "Seven Leaves Demon Lord" was currently unable to execute earth-shattering demonic arts was because, during the first sneak attack, the Immortal Corroding Great Method had already deeply branded into his demonic path gang qi.
"You dare hurt me!"
The Seven Leaves Demon Lord was truly worthy of being a peerless Demon Lord. Against this sudden sneak attack, he was actually still able to react. Thrusting both palms upward, striking viciously, he forcibly met "Yan's" claw head-on.
Palms and claw collided.
"Yan's" claw suddenly disappeared, empty and completely devoid of any power, causing the Seven Leaves Demon Lord's double palms to hit empty air. The palm force blasted through the ceiling of this "Shadow Castle," rushing straight into the sky.
"Hehe, your experience is still a bit lacking! Somewhat tender after all; this was an illusion. The true move is right here!" The massive claw appeared again from the Seven Leaves Demon Lord's chest, leaving a vicious claw imprint.
This time, no matter if the "Seven Leaves Demon Lord" re-condensed his gang qi to resist, it was too late. With a pop, all his gang qi was completely scattered, and his body took a solid palm strike, striking him hard enough that he spurted fresh blood wildly. His entire chest caved in, nearly breaking his body directly into two halves.
Fortunately, the bodies of Heavenly Demonic Kings were highly powerful, and the claw force was mostly offset by gang qi, preventing the Seven Leaves Demon Lord from being blown apart immediately.
"Heavenly Demon Disintegrate…"
Tossed into midair, the Seven Leaves Demon Lord was also a ruthless character. Knowing he had likely stumbled this time, he roused his powerful demonic thoughts, preparing to execute the Heavenly Demon Disintegration Great Method.
But "Yan's" methods were incomparably seasoned. Having long calculated this move, acting like a ghost or god, the dragon claw reappeared above the "Seven Leaves Demon Lord's" head, grasping down viciously.
An "Immortal Corroding Grand Array" formed once again, sinking into the opponent's mind. Instantly, it corroded the Seven Leaves Demon Lord's demonic thoughts and pulled his entire person into the Yellow Spring Diagram, suppressing him deeply at the bottom of the Yellow Spring River, leaving the opponent unable to overturn the situation.
Now "it" was already capable of urging some of the wondrous uses of the Yellow Spring Diagram.
How great was the power of the Yellow Spring Diagram? It was a top-tier Dao artifact; just a tiny bit of its wondrous uses possessed infinite power, coupled with Yan's divine abilities and rich combat experience. The Seven Leaves Demon Lord was somewhat tender after all; how could he be a match for Yan.
Back then, when the Yellow Spring Great Emperor rose to power, becoming the leader of the Demonic Emperors in one fell swoop, Yan followed him fighting across all directions, experiencing who knows how many sinister battles. How could the Seven Leaves Demon Lord compare.
Evaluating the richness of magical combat experience, it would be more fitting if the Seven Leaves Demon Lord's father, the Nine Yin Demon God, had come.
Woo woo wu wu wu…
With its master abruptly suppressed, the demonic blade "Blood Firmament" seemed to know the situation was critical. With a sudden flutter, it broke free from Fang Han's capture and flew towards the sky through the void, seemingly intending to flee and hide.
"Good fellow, this treasure actually spawned wisdom; even the Five Hells King Cauldron is not as vibrant as you. How could I possibly let you escape? Yellow Spring Earth Net!"
Yan chuckled gleefully, spreading its claws, releasing streaks of Yellow Spring Gang Qi that transformed into an earth net, actually snaring the demonic blade. However, this ferocious demonic blade seemed to have its ferocity stimulated. Emitting an intense bloody scent within the net, it crashed left and right, completely unfearing the corrosion of the earth net, just like a blood demon intending to swallow heaven and earth.
"Such a formidable demonic blade, it would be magnificent if used by me."
Fang Han had never seen such a formidable demonic blade, its heavy killing intent unparalleled. Just now, it was fortunate the Seven Leaves Demon Lord was successfully sneak-attacked; if he had been allowed to unleash the full power of the demonic blade, the consequences…
Seeing that Yan had suppressed the Seven Leaves Demon Lord and found suppressing the demonic blade additionally somewhat difficult, Fang Han immediately urged several grand arrays within the King Cauldron, sweeping over and tightly binding the demonic blade. Following that, he soared up himself, entering the Yellow Spring Earth Net to wrestle with the demonic blade "Blood Firmament."
He was also intentionally training himself, unwilling to miss even the slightest opportunity. Condensing gang qi in his fists, he crashed left and right, occasionally spreading out to form a giant hand to capture, fighting joyously with the demonic blade.
Suppressed by the Yellow Spring Earth Net and further restrained by the King Cauldron's grand arrays, the fierce might of the demonic blade "Blood Firmament" was greatly diminished, hence fighting with Fang Han proved equally matched.
"Fang Han, quickly subdue this demonic blade. Although the Seven Leaves Demon Lord was suppressed by me, he still stirs up trouble; we cannot capsize the boat in a gutter and have a perfectly good situation destroyed in an instant."
"Alright!"
Fang Han consecutively executed divine abilities, simultaneously utilizing all the magic power he could muster. While urging the King Cauldron, he deployed his gang qi. Only then did he gradually suppress the demonic blade "Blood Firmament," and subsequently it was suppressed deep within the King Cauldron, fiercely pinned down, waiting for an opportunity to refine it.
"A demonic blade that lost its master is actually still this formidable; it truly opened my eyes." Fang Han suppressed the demonic blade, praising secretly in his heart, feeling increasingly that the lethal power of this demonic blade Blood Firmament was deeply suitable for himself.
"Fang Han, congratulations on your great leap in strength. I see that among our Yuhua Sect true disciples now, aside from the Five Great Senior Brothers and Sisters, few can match you. Especially after you refine this demonic blade Blood Firmament, I am afraid you will rise to fame, and our Yuhua Sect will produce another genius." At this moment, Long Xuan flew out of the King Cauldron.
"You…"
Fang Han smiled faintly, just preparing to speak.
"Yeah?" Long Xuan waved her hand, smiling mischievously: "Do not ask me, I saw absolutely nothing!" This gesture indicated she would eternally keep the secret.
"This time, naturally your share of benefits will not be lacking. As the son of a Demon God, the Seven Leaves Demon Lord's magic treasures and the collections within this castle are not small. Now, we plunder the house!" Having obtained a heavenly massive benefit this time, Fang Han would naturally distribute a share to Long Xuan. This Shadow Castle, at a glance, was the traveling palace of the Seven Leaves Demon Lord. There were surely some good things, requiring a thorough rummaging.
"Good, plunder the house!"
Long Xuan lifted her "Cold Hornless Dragon Sword" and soared out, searching in all directions. Before long, she found some medicinal materials planted in the castle garden, putting them all into the King Cauldron.
At the same time, some precious ores in the rear warehouse of the castle were also bagged by Long Xuan.
Apart from this, flying sword spiritual artifacts and magic treasures were not found at all. Fang Han inherently knew that magic treasures of the spiritual artifact level were extremely precious and certainly carried on their person. Although things like Hundred-Treasure Pouches were very precious, as the son of a Demon God, an expert of the sixth realm of the Divine Ability sequence, the Origin Return Realm, could not possibly lack items for storing goods.
"This alms bowl storing the Nine Yang Holy Water, I wonder what magic treasure it is?" Seeing Long Xuan rummage for a while, Fang Han picked up the alms bowl, divided a portion of his spirit, and probed slightly, only to discover that the inside appeared like a small pond.
"Yan actually absorbed this much Nine Yang Holy Water? No wonder it recovered so quickly, reaching the level of the Heaven-Man Realm at once," Fang Han couldn't help but say in shock.
Long Xuan took over this alms bowl, also dividing a portion of her spirit to investigate: "The inside of this alms bowl is as large as a small pond; exactly how much Nine Yang Holy Water could that hold? I fear providing a major sect of the immortal dao with Nine Yang Holy Water would amount to just this much. He truly suffered a massive loss this time. It's a pity none was left behind, otherwise, if my Myriad Water Divine Art condensed the Nine Yang Holy Water, my true qi would condense again."
"Just take this alms bowl then, it's good for storing things as well."
Fang Han said.
Long Xuan accepted it gladly.
"Under this throne, I'm afraid there's something bizarre! Although precious treasures are carried on one's person, generally, beneath the throne of an ancient castle, treasures will definitively be stored; this is a rule of our earthly demon race." The demoness suddenly flew out, inspecting all around, and finally fixed her eyes on the throne in the center of the castle.
"Oh?"
Hearing this, Fang Han's mind stirred. With a push of his hand, Wood Sovereign Gang Qi transformed into a palm with only three fingers. It was the simulated Heavenly Gang Target Breaking Hand. With just one strike, it shattered the throne. With a gentle grab, the remnants of the throne also flew up, revealing a shallow hole.
There was indeed a treasure.
Inside this shallow hole rested a giant egg the size of a millstone. The giant egg was white in color, and densely packed talismans and incantations seemed to be drawn upon it, locking down the life force of the giant egg.
"What kind of egg is this? Yan?" Fang Han asked.
"It should be the egg of some spiritual beast. The egg possesses majestic life force; it seems the Seven Leaves Demon Lord intended to absorb the life force of this giant egg for cultivation. There are spiritual beasts in the world, perhaps it's a spiritual beast from outer space. I don't know how many kinds there are, and I cannot know them all. Put it away, and just hatch it when you find an opportunity."
Yan actually did not mind it.
"Alright! Put it away!" With a wave of his hand, Fang Han collected this giant egg.
"Now, we go and collect the heavenly demon army outside. Once the Seven Leaves Demon Lord is suppressed, the heavenly demons in this blood and flesh mire amount to nothing, allowing us to collect them at will!" Yan was most interested in this.
"Let's go!"
Fang Han was also extremely interested in collecting heavenly demons, so how could he let go of this golden opportunity. He immediately flew out.
He actually was not eager to refine the demonic blade "Blood Firmament" because the more heavenly demons collected, the stronger the power of the King Cauldron. If he collected a million heavenly demons, he could casually refine the demonic blade, and even refine the Seven Leaves Demon Lord along with it.
The three flew out on the spot.
Sure enough, outside the Shadow Castle, the heavenly demons were already in great chaos! A wild dance of demons; heavenly demons flew chaotically everywhere in the sky, densely packed, reminding Fang Han of ants on a hot pan.
Originally, this "blood and flesh mire" stationed eighteen Heavenly Demonic Kings, who, alongside the Seven Leaves Demon Lord, commanded the heavenly demon army. Now that the Seven Leaves Demon Lord was suppressed and several demonic kings fled in panic, how could the heavenly demon army not explode in chaos?
Seeing this situation, Fang Han was instantly overjoyed.
This was equivalent to entering a treasure vault, taking whatever he pleased.
Promptly, he hoisted the King Cauldron, spinning fully in the void. Heavenly demons were absorbed in one by one. The grand arrays within the King Cauldron all operated; wherever it swept, a large swathe of the sky was cleared out!
Before long, there were already a hundred thousand heavenly demons in the cauldron.
But this was far from enough. Fortunately, Fang Han possessed the World Tree. With a single breath, origin qi rolled in continuously. There was absolutely no fatigue of exhaustion, and the power of the King Cauldron grew increasingly greater.
Finally, the King Cauldron hovered in the air, forming a black hole dozens of acres in size. The powerful suction force ensured that all heavenly demons within a hundred miles could not escape capture.
One hundred and twenty thousand!
One hundred and fifty thousand!
One hundred and eighty thousand!
Two hundred thousand!
More and more heavenly demons!
Capturing heavenly demons was simply exhilarating and satisfying. This reminded Fang Han of his childhood, pouring boiling water on ants; a single pour down, and a large swathe would die.
Just as he was capturing joyously, suddenly, high in the sky, within the pitch-black Guixu passage, a loud explosive bang resounded, and many golden lights flew down from within it. The powerful magic power caused many heavenly demons within this blood and flesh mire to disintegrate on the spot!
"Demonic Commander! Could it be you thought you could escape?"
Many grandiose voices sounded; the light of the flying swords was like numerous small suns!
"What a grand scene!" Fang Han abruptly lifted his head! His entire body shuddering once.