"It indeed is the legendary demonic implement of immense power, the demonic blade Blood Firmament."
"It actually fell into the hands of this lowly Yuhua Sect disciple!"
"This person cannot be underestimated! Did you see? That magic treasure of his, called the Five Hells King Cauldron, is also a supreme grade treasure artifact! The absolute best among pill furnaces. With this pill furnace to refine pills, his cultivation will be smooth sailing!"
"Rumor has it that the Blood Flesh Mire is inhabited by eighteen Heavenly Demonic Kings, as well as a Demon Lord who is the son of the Nine Yin Demon God, the Seven Leaves Demon Lord. Many disciples who went in for trials suffered great losses. To think he was actually slain by him! How can his strength be so high? Looking at his appearance, his gang qi is rigid; he absolutely has not cultivated to the Yin-Yang Realm! A mere third realm of the Divine Ability sequence, our Ten Sects of the Immortal Dao can grab a handful of them at random! How could it be possible for him to kill the Seven Leaves Demon Lord?"
"Do not underestimate him. Although this person has only cultivated to the Gang Qi Realm, his magic power is extremely strong! Who knows what miraculous encounter he had or what miraculous pills and marvelous medicines he consumed. Look at the magic power fluctuations around his body; I fear he possesses the galloping force of tens of thousands of fiery horses! How could an ordinary Gang Qi Realm cultivator have such strong magic power?"
"Regardless, the Yuhua Sect has produced another genius. In the Immortal Dao Assembly three years from now, I am afraid this person will be a formidable rival for you and me…"
Fang Han displaying the demonic blade "Blood Firmament" at once, and proclaiming his merits of slaying the Seven Leaves Demon Lord and eradicating evil, immediately shocked the entire audience. Many experts besieging the Demonic Commander turned their attention this way.
Even "Zhao Xuanyi" of the Taiyi Sect, who was evenly matched with the Demonic Commander and had successfully cultivated the Daoist Golden Pill, cast his gaze over. It was not because of Fang Han's few words, but rather the boundless blood-thirsty slaughter of the demonic blade "Blood Firmament" had transmitted into his mind.
"Zhao Xuanyi! You actually dare to be distracted while crossing hands with me!"
The Demonic Commander was originally trapped in the middle by the crowd, crashing left and right but consistently failing to break out. Resisting a hundred people with his solitary strength was truly formidable; being able to protect himself was already good enough. Wanting to escape was a delusion.
Of course, among the people besieging him, not all exerted their full strength; everyone held back to protect themselves. If everyone risked their lives to besiege him, he would not be able to withstand it either.
However, among the experts besieging him, some were disciples of other sects. Throwing a few opportunistic punches was fine, but risking their lives to seek revenge for the Taiyi Sect was out of the question. But many ants can bite an elephant to death. Especially with an expert like "Zhao Xuanyi" present, the Demonic Commander was not having an easy time either. He did not even dare to execute the Great Disintegration Art casually, lest his magic power be consumed excessively and he be taken advantage of by scoundrels.
If the Demonic Commander was slain by a lowly divine ability expert, the one who killed him would become famous in one fell swoop. Setting aside anything else, the rewards from the Taiyi Sect would be incredible.
In this instance, because of the dangerous aura of the demonic blade "Blood Firmament" causing everyone to be distracted, the Demonic Commander immediately seized the opportunity. With a cold sneer, he raised both hands, surprisingly unleashing two strikes of the Great Disintegration Art!
The Great Disintegration Art emitted by the Demonic Commander this time was much more formidable than when dealing with "Yao Dian," "Xia You," and "Yu Fen." In a single move, Fang Han immediately felt his vision run black. Centered around the Demonic Commander, a collapsed void actually formed. His own soul and spirit stirred restlessly, falling toward the center of the collapse.
"Buzz!"
Fang Han hurriedly circulated the spirit-condensing techniques of the Wood Sovereign Art, only then managing to suppress his spirit.
"Bang bang bang…" Bang…
The nine dragon-shaped golden lights emitted by Zhao Xuanyi disintegrated on the spot under the impact of the Great Disintegration Art.
For several disciples holding flying swords and emitting sword arrays, their flying swords were instantly breached. Several flying swords of excellent quality were shaken into powder on the spot, and the people also disintegrated within the Great Disintegration Art. Watching these disciples turn into powder inch by inch, then scatter with the wind, truly turning into flying ash, Fang Han felt a burst of shock in his heart.
"You!"
Seeing this scene, the two great experts "Fushou Zhenren" and "Luming Zhenren" glared angrily at Fang Han. They immediately perceived that Fang Han deliberately displayed the demonic blade Blood Firmament, intentionally or unintentionally lending the Demonic Commander a helping hand! This kind of help did not show the mountains nor reveal the water, but astute people naturally felt it.
"Good, very good. I knew early on that you were not a person of the immortal dao, having entered the demonic path. It seems my judgment is not poor! You actually secretly aided the Demonic Commander!"
"Fushou Zhenren" abruptly struck. A streak of golden light twined toward Fang Han; it was a flying sword. Its speed was incredibly fast. Although it could not compare to the Instant Kill Great Method, striking suddenly at close quarters, it was the most secretive and unpredictable.
And that "Luming Zhenren" also struck almost simultaneously, grabbing with both hands! Two masses of Daoist gang qi condensed into form within his palms, forming streaks of talismans possessing spirituality. Subsequently, wind and clouds circulated, transforming into two grand arrays pressing toward Fang Han.
Of these two grand arrays, one shaped like a tiger, and the other shaped like a dragon. Clouds follow the dragon, wind follows the tiger; the convergence of dragon and tiger changed the color of wind and clouds. This was exactly the Dragon Tiger Wind and Cloud Great Method painstakingly cultivated by "Luming Zhenren."
Experts who had cultivated to the "Heaven-Man Realm" certainly concurrently possessed multiple divine abilities. A strike involved grand arrays covering and crushing with the force of a thunderbolt; compared to the first four realms of divine abilities, it was a difference like heaven and earth, clouds and mud.
Ordinary divine ability cultivators facing the grand array crushing of a Heaven-Man Realm expert were simply no matches. Even if Fang Han currently possessed the magic power of fifty thousand galloping fiery horses, if a Heaven-Man Realm expert had a magic power of ten thousand, they could still defeat him.
Equally possessing the magic power of a hundred fiery horses, condensed into a grand array versus not condensed into a grand array is a difference like heaven and earth. It is equivalent to the difference between elite soldiers and refugees in the secular world.
A million unorganized refugee bandits encountering an army of ten thousand heavily armed, well-trained elites would almost instantly collapse upon impact!
The strikes of these two were extremely malicious. The moment "Luming Zhenren" struck, the targets of the two grand arrays from the Dragon Tiger Wind and Cloud Great Method appeared to be Fang Han, but were actually the demonic blade Blood Firmament and the Five Hells King Cauldron.
As long as these two demonic implements were sealed, Fang Han would immediately become a turtle in a jar.
"I am already ruthless enough; I didn't expect these two to actually be more ruthless than me! I am, for better or worse, a true disciple of the Yuhua Sect, yet they actually dared to strike!" Encountering the sudden assault, Fang Han was also shocked in his heart. He had not anticipated these two to be so ruthless. He indeed had secretly aided the Demonic Commander just now.
The Demonic Commander had a very good relationship with Fang Qingxue, and he himself was currently still Fang Qingxue's person. Moreover, the Demonic Commander could be considered to have helped him twice. Showing the demonic blade Blood Firmament to distract others' attention and lending him a helping hand without showing the mountains or revealing the water wasn't much of a big deal.
Besides, the Taiyi Sect was too arrogant. Weakening their strength a bit was also beneficial to the Yuhua Sect. Fang Han considered this as thinking for the sect.
He originally thought this little trick, even if the Taiyi Sect knew it clearly in their hearts, lacking proof and evidence, would not do anything to him. But he never expected the Taiyi Sect disciples to be more ruthless than he imagined. Relying solely on the conviction in their hearts, without proof or evidence, they dared to slay a dignified true disciple of the Yuhua Sect on the spot!
Of the Dragon Tiger Wind and Cloud Grand Arrays, one flew onto the demonic blade "Blood Firmament", directly sealing this demonic blade, while the other sealed the King Cauldron!
Fang Han's mind immediately sensed the connection. The demonic blade Blood Firmament and the Five Hells King Cauldron both lost their connection with him. Although there was still a faint spiritual link, and he could regain mastery over the two supreme grade treasure artifacts through this spiritual link, time did not permit it.
To seal these two supreme grade treasure artifacts, relying on the strength of "Luming Zhenren" alone could not achieve it. But sealing them for just a few breaths was enough for them to unite and kill Fang Han.
Sword light flew over!
Slashing furiously at his waist!
The flying sword of "Fushou Zhenren" was a high-grade treasure artifact with immense power. Although inferior to the demonic blade Blood Firmament, it was more than enough to slay a Gang Qi Realm expert.
However, Fang Han was not an ordinary expert. In this critical juncture, dense Wood Sovereign Gang Qi suddenly sprayed out from the pores of his body to guard it, forcefully enduring the sword light.
The sword light was like splitting bamboo! Layer after layer of gang qi was slashed open, but it at least delayed for the blink of an eye. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Fang Han let out a wild howl, leaping upwards and dodging the slash of the flying sword.
Even so, a spiritual artifact dharma robe on his body was completely slashed apart.
The situation was perilous to the extreme.
"What kind of gang qi is this, of such high quality? It is not the Heavenly Wood Great Method of the Yuhua Sect!" Fushou Zhenren originally thought this strike would definitely succeed. His sword, seemingly careless, was actually executing his full strength.
This sword of his, called the "Great Marsh Sword", gathered the essence of the heaven and earth great marsh, and the quintessence of five metals, refined for a full sixty years in the pill furnace before emerging. The sword technique he cultivated was also the ultimate learning of the Taiyi Sect, the Heavenly River Slash.
After cultivating to the Heaven-Man Realm, one possessed at least eight hundred years of lifespan. He was already fully over three hundred years old now, his sword techniques overwhelmingly superior. He had once, single-handedly with one sword, slain an elder of the earthly demons, thereby making a name for himself in the world and gaining the appreciation of the Taiyi Sect. Recently, his Dao arts vaguely showed signs of breaking through to the level of the Origin Return Realm.
However, this one sword slashing over, upon encountering Fang Han's gang qi, actually met immense resistance. Having finally slashed in with great difficulty, the opponent escaped far away.
He, however, did not know that what Fang Han cultivated was not the Heavenly Wood Great Method, but the number one miraculous art of the wood element, the Green Emperor Wood Sovereign Art. Moreover, it was gang qi that had absorbed the essence of the World Tree, the ancestor of myriad woods; its quality was so high it was rare in the world.
Otherwise, he could not possibly have contended against the Seven Leaves Demon Lord.
"As disciples of the Taiyi Sect, you actually commit murder and plunder! For the sake of my two petty demonic treasures, assassinating me! What kind of orthodox disciples are you! I will report to the supreme headmaster of my Yuhua Sect and expose your ugly faces to the public!"
Once Fang Han broke free, he roared wildly, making it known to the entire audience instantly.
This entire bout of action was like a rabbit rising and a falcon swooping, a matter of the blink of an eye.
"You!" Fushou Zhenren and Luming Zhenren had not expected Fang Han to make a false countercharge. However, they were not fuel-efficient lamps either, roaring loudly: "You secretly aided the Demonic Commander, possessing the wild ambition of a wolf! A person of the demonic path!"
"You framed me first, and tried to silence me to eliminate the witness later! I see you are the ones of the demonic path." Fang Han roared louder than anyone else, "If you have the capability, let us not fight, but jointly kill the Demonic Commander! See who succeeds first! Ah! You still want to strike! It seems you are dead set on killing people to seize treasures!"
Amidst his roaring, Fang Han fully unleashed his Wood Sovereign Gang Qi and maximized his spiritual sensing. Crack! The demonic blade Blood Firmament was the first to shatter its seal, leaping out. Blood light flashing, it met Fushou Zhenren's Great Marsh Sword head-on.
And the Five Hells King Cauldron subsequently shattered its seal as well.
His sudden roaring had long alerted the entire audience. The people besieging the Demonic Commander retreated in succession, leaving only "Zhao Xuanyi" fighting the Demonic Commander. What was originally a suppressive advantage turned into an even match.
"The Taiyi Sect is truly fierce? Actually striking to kill directly… Even if this person secretly aided the Demonic Commander, he is after all a true disciple of the Yuhua Sect. Killing him just by saying so, could it be the Taiyi Sect is the master of the Daoist portals?"
"I see it may not necessarily be secretly aiding the Demonic Commander. Flashing the demonic blade to show off a bit is also human nature. The Taiyi Sect is very likely genuinely framing him in order to kill him and seize his treasures."
Some of the retreated disciples discussed animatedly among themselves.
Among the people besieging the Demonic Commander, there were disciples of other sects, throwing opportunistic punches. When the Demonic Commander displayed his might, they retreated, remaining unharmed. Those who just died under the Great Disintegration Art were all disciples of the Taiyi Sect, and they did not feel any pity either.
Rather, the struggle between Fang Han and Fushou Zhenren, Luming Zhenren made their hearts turn cold.
"Changchun! Dafang! Kunyuan! Kanli! I will tie down the Demonic Commander with all my strength. You go besiege that person, make sure to kill him! Do not let him open his mouth to slander!" Zhao Xuanyi also heard it and hurriedly ordered the other four Zhenren attacking the Demonic Commander.
Swoosh!
The four great Zhenren also struck out to kill Fang Han.
Fang Han's expression changed slightly! Feeling pressure rolling over!
Right at this moment, a streak of lightning transmitted in from the Guixu passage…