"Using water to overcome fire? Good! Originally among the five elements, there is mutual generation and mutual overcoming, but I actually want to see just how much of my fire your water can overcome! Vermillion Bird Dance, Phoenix Cry! Red Emperor Fire Sovereign Qi!"
Seeing his "Great Sun Fire Disaster" being blocked, water and fire pressing against each other and unable to advance, Fang Han could not help but smile coldly. The three masses of flames on his body rose steadily once more. One mass of flame turned into a Vermillion Bird divine bird fully dozens of zhang long, its entire body composed of bright and colorful flame feathers.
And another mass of flame was a fire Phoenix.
There was still another mass of flame. Although it did not possess the massive power of the two flame divine birds, its essence was even more terrifying than the two great divine birds. Within the flames, a figure holding a scepter and wearing a flame crown faintly appeared. It was the Red Emperor, and also the Fire Sovereign, the supreme emperor commanding all flames and infinite heat between heaven and earth.
Currently, Fang Han's fire-element divine abilities totaled four types. The first was the Great Sun Fire Disaster, the second was the Vermillion Bird Dance, the third was the Phoenix Cry, and the fourth was the Red Emperor Fire Sovereign Qi.
Among these, the Great Sun Fire Disaster had the greatest power, while the Red Emperor Fire Sovereign Qi was the smallest.
However, the most profound and wondrous cultivation method was the Red Emperor Fire Sovereign Qi. It was just that Fang Han had not yet cultivated it to grand completion. Although he had absorbed a fire-element magic treasure, the Vermillion Bird Banner, it still lacked quite a bit of maturity.
The Five Emperors Great Demonic Divine Abilities, compared to ordinary divine abilities, cannot be mentioned in the same breath. The required five-element origin qi is also massive. Fang Han was clear about this in his heart. When others cultivated metal-element divine abilities, perhaps merely refining a few flying swords could yield minor success. But for him to cultivate the White Emperor Metal Sovereign Slash, completely refining several mountains of gold, silver, iron, and copper would still not be enough.
However, once successfully cultivated, its power would be boundless, transforming into the Five Sovereigns and Five Emperors, reigning over the world. Roaming unhindered across all heavens and myriad realms, acting as the eternal Demonic Emperor, invincible wherever it went.
Otherwise, this could not be called the headmaster divine ability of the former number one great demonic sect.
The Vermillion Bird divine bird, Phoenix divine bird, and Red Emperor Fire Sovereign Qi, the three great flame divine abilities, lunged out at once. Instantly, flames rolled across the entire Heavenly Punishment Platform. The true disciples dozens of miles away in the distance felt the heat unbearable even after using their protective magic treasures.
"Bang bang bang…" Bang bang!
Five explosive sounds!
Xuantie Zhenren, Wu Li, and the other three true disciples had all their Myriad Water True Qi shaken apart. One by one, they were shaken off the Heavenly Punishment Platform by the intense flames.
That flame wrapped around them, forming a transparent eggshell, trapping them all within it. The flames burned with a whooshing sound. However, it did not burn onto their bodies.
"What!"
Xuantie Zhenren originally thought that this time, even if he didn't die, he would be severely injured. But he never expected that the flames merely condensed into an eggshell around him, wrapping him up, yet did not seep in the slightest bit, and his body did not feel any heat at all.
This clearly showed that Fang Han's control of the flames had reached a state of utter perfection.
"The divine abilities of this person are truly inconceivable!" No matter what, Xuantie Zhenren knew that he had already lost. Had Fang Han not shown mercy, if the flames closed in and entwined upwards, he would have been turned to ashes.
At this time, he naturally could not joke with his life. Having managed to cultivate to the pinnacle of the sixth realm of divine abilities, the "Origin Return Realm," with great difficulty, holding hope for longevity, ruining his life out of a fit of pique would mean the loss outweighs the gain.
Where there is life, there is everything afterward.
"Fang Han, you have extensive divine abilities. I admit defeat this time. I will tell you where the secret of the Five Elements Spiritual Roots is. This is a map detailing the secret of the Five Elements Spiritual Roots. I will give it to you!"
Xuantie Zhenren took out a scroll of a map from his bosom and threw it out with all his might.
"Oh?" Fang Han's eyes flickered, and the flames immediately turned into a giant hand, grabbing the map and retracting it back. The Red Emperor Fire Sovereign Qi possessed this kind of exquisite utility; if it retracted its heat, it would not burn anything.
Even when cultivated to the extreme limit, it could manifest cold flames. Piercingly cold flames.
"Wait!"
Right at this moment, the term Five Elements Spiritual Roots startled Wanluo and Lingxiao. That Wanluo suddenly struck, making a fierce grab. A strong force shocked the flame eggshells of the five true disciples, including Xuantie Zhenren and Wu Li.
"Bang bang bang…" Bang bang!
Fang Han immediately felt an infinite massive force crowding in from the void in all directions. His flames actually could not be sustained and were violently forced back.
Xuantie Zhenren, Wu Li, and the other five true disciples instantly broke free from the restraint.
"What? Wanluo, what do you intend to do?" Fang Han's expression turned cold, looking at Wanluo. He did not know why he struck to disrupt the situation. This Wanluo was a Golden Pill expert, naturally different from Xuantie Zhenren. Amidst the strike just now, the formidability of his magic power was actually no less than his own. Once the Golden Pill is formed, magic power is boundless, and life undergoes a transformation, producing a fundamental difference.
"Not intending to do anything." Wanluo smiled: "I didn't expect the stakes of your magical battle to actually be the whereabouts of an earthly supreme treasure like the Five Elements Spiritual Roots. This kind of spiritual root, I want it too. Fang Han, you rely on your extensive divine abilities, having obtained extraordinary encounters in the Taiyuan Immortal Palace, successfully cultivating various divine abilities. You do not place the sixth realm of divine abilities, 'Origin Return Realm,' in your eyes. I wonder if you place me in your eyes?"
"So that's how it is!" Fang Han nodded, grasping the map in his hand: "So it turns out you, Wanluo, want to have a magical battle with me, placing a bet, is that right?"
"Do you dare or not?" Wanluo smiled sinisterly.
"Senior Brother Wanluo is actually going to strike! This is truly a good show!" The surrounding true disciples had just watched Fang Han fight one against five, executing divine abilities consecutively. They originally thought today was already exciting enough, yet they did not expect even more exciting things were to follow!
An expert of the seventh realm of divine abilities, the Golden Pill level! South Wanluo actually spoke up to challenge Fang Han!
The five great true disciples of the Yuhua Sect were all, without exception, lofty and aloof. Revered by tens of thousands of people. No matter how formidable Fang Han was, his reputation was slightly inferior to these five great disciples.
"Indeed, Senior Brother Wanluo clearly intends to suppress Fang Han's arrogance. His limelight has been too prominent. Simply just like Meng Shaobai. However, Meng Shaobai is always traveling outside and does not cultivate within the sect. If these two bump into each other, it would be even more interesting."
"Don't speak yet, guess who will win this time, Senior Brother Wanluo or Fang Han?"
"That's hard to say. Although Senior Brother Wanluo's realm is high, Fang Han has so many divine abilities. What is even more formidable is that he also possesses a Dao artifact, the demonic blade Blood Firmament! He even has legendary magic treasures like the Yellow Spring Diagram."
"I heard his Yellow Spring Diagram has already been damaged and cannot exert its power; it can only be used to refine pills or something."
"What we know, how could Senior Brother Wanluo not know? Senior Brother Wanluo daring to risk his reputation to challenge means he has seen through Fang Han's bottom line and only acts when he has absolute certainty."
"Correct, what kind of person is Senior Brother Wanluo; he absolutely will not be careless. Clearly he has a well-thought-out plan."
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Fang Han listened to all these discussions one by one, and could not help but frown slightly. Of course he knew that Wanluo, clearly knowing his strength was vigorous and that the demonic blade Blood Firmament had not yet been deployed, still dared to challenge. This clearly meant he came prepared. He had no choice but to be careful.
If Longevity Realm experts are "eternal colossi," then Golden Pill level experts are "millennial colossi." Every single Golden Pill level expert holds moving stories and extraordinary encounters, immortal destinies.
Because relying purely on bitter cultivation, without immortal encounters or extraordinary encounters, it is impossible to cultivate to the Golden Pill.
For cultivation, the first is luck and timing, the second is perceptive capability, and only then is it bitter cultivation.
As the saying goes, "When luck comes, heaven and earth both lend their strength; when luck departs, heroes lose their freedom." When luck arrives, even a fool can obtain peerless immortal encounters; when luck departs, even a peerless hero meets a tragic end.
Since Wanluo was able to cultivate to the Golden Pill, he possessed massive luck.
Toward this kind of person, Fang Han absolutely could not take it lightly. His cultivation was gradually growing profound now; he could already discern traces of luck and destiny in the unseen world. From these ethereal things, he could see Wanluo was full of confidence, seemingly possessing absolute certainty of victory against him.
Wanluo clearly also heard the discussions of those true disciples, yet he pressed Fang Han again, saying: "I wonder if you, Fang Han, dare to bet a round with me on this Heavenly Punishment Platform?"
Seeing Wanluo pushily aggressive, Fang Qingxue's eyebrows stood on end, just about to speak, but Fang Han raised his head: "Wanluo, how do you want to bet? If you want this map detailing the whereabouts of the Five Elements Spiritual Roots, you must bring out something decent to bet!"
"I naturally will bring out something decent."
Wanluo seemed to have guessed Fang Han's psychology. With a wave of his hand, two objects appeared on his hand. One piece was the color of platinum, flashing violently. At first glance, that platinum-colored light seemed capable of cutting people's eyes, making them bleed! Fang Han had never seen such a sharp metal or iron object.
And the other piece was a drop-like entity. The size of an egg, within it faintly, endless sounds of water waves resonated unceasingly, as if a single drop of water contained a great river and a grand stream.
"Supreme White Gold Star Stone! Myriad Weight Soft Water Essence!"
Jialan took one look and was immediately startled, clearly seeing the weight of these two things.
"How about it? You cultivate the Five Emperors Great Demonic Divine Abilities, needing sufficient five-element essence qi. I have already seen through it; you have not yet begun to cultivate your metal and water paths. If you obtain these two treasures, although they are inferior to the Five Elements Spiritual Roots, they are fully enough to save you at least a century of bitter cultivation. How about it?"
Wanluo laughed heartily.
"Very well! A bet is a bet." Fang Han narrowed his eyes.
"Hold on!" Wanluo shook his head.
"What is it?" Fang Han said: "You do not dare to bet?"
"I merely feel the stakes are a bit too small. Our Yuhua Sect is among the immortal dao sects of the world, not claiming to be number one, but at least number two. I, Wanluo, either do not bet, or when I bet, it must be earth-shattering. I want you to add one more thing?" Wanluo said.
"What thing?" Fang Han ground his teeth, merely sneering continuously.
"The secret formulas for the Five Emperors Great Demonic Divine Abilities!" Wanluo said: "If you lose, give me all the secret formulas for the Five Emperors Great Demonic Divine Abilities."
"Cluck, cluck." Owl-like sounds came entirely from Fang Han's throat, "With a single piece of Supreme White Gold Star Stone and Myriad Weight Soft Water Crystal, you want to bet for the map of the Five Elements Spiritual Roots? And also the secret formulas of the Five Emperors Great Demonic Divine Abilities? Every single type of the Five Emperors Great Demonic Divine Abilities is a supreme-level divine ability. Leaving a million corpses floating, able to take lives, able to annihilate countries, things that absolutely cannot be imparted. Your appetite is this massive, and you want them?"
"I will naturally add items!" Wanluo shrugged his shoulders, taking out a jade booklet: "This is the Panwu Great Strength Divine Ability I learned from Senior Brother Hua Tiandu! It is not necessarily inferior to the Five Emperors Great Demonic Divine Abilities. If you win, the Supreme White Gold Star Stone, Myriad Weight Soft Water Crystal, and this dharma formula booklet will all be given to you. If you lose…"
"Ah!"
Whether it was Jialan, Fang Qingxue, Xuantie Zhenren, Wu Li, or the other disciples, all felt their heartbeats accelerate.
This was no longer a bet; this was simply risking one's life.
"Good!"
Blood light flashed within Fang Han's eyes.