"Whoever comes to kill me, I have the King of Blood Night and you to protect me. Even Golden Core experts cannot do anything to me. Although I chose the vast grasslands, I am not without preparations. If someone comes to spy on me, Yan, just handle them for me! I am at the most critical moment of cultivating My divine abilities and cannot spare even the slightest bit of magic power. Just one more quarter of an hour, one more quarter of an hour, and I will be able to open up the second mind!"
Fang Han was devoting his entire heart and soul to guiding the astral power and fusing it as one with the Battle Soul Sariras to open up the second mind. He could not afford the slightest distraction, but as Yan's intent was transmitted into his mind, he sensed it. However, with his meticulous mind, after a slight calculation, he knew it wouldn't be a major issue because he had "Yan" and the "King of Blood Night" to protect him. Even Golden Core experts could do nothing to him, so why would he be afraid?
How many Golden Core experts in the world would specifically run to the vast grasslands to ambush him? Wouldn't that be like a wealthy man running into a pile of beggars to beg for food? Moreover, he had used the "Mirage Qi Technique" to alter his form, making it impossible for anyone to perceive anything.
"This time I am afraid it cannot be handled, because those who have come are probably three great Golden Core experts! Furthermore, the magic power of these three great experts is extremely powerful, not inferior to Wan Luo in the slightest. One is even above Wan Luo and has cultivated at least twenty divine abilities! We wouldn't be able to handle just a single one, let alone three joining hands. We only have the path of death. You must quickly open up the second mind. Otherwise, a catastrophe will likely fall upon our heads." Yan said anxiously.
"What?"
Now it was Fang Han's turn to be utterly shocked.
"Three Golden Core experts coming to kill me! How did this happen? Did I provoke the wrath of heaven and the resentment of men? Has my luck begun to decline?" Fang Han's thoughts shifted intensely. He knew "Yan" would absolutely not lie. After all, having previously been an expert equivalent to the Longevity Secret Realm, its insight was extremely sharp and seasoned. Having discovered the aura of three great Golden Core experts, it was absolutely not mistaken.
If it were one Golden Core expert, one-on-one, without the opponent possessing a Dao Artifact, Fang Han could defeat them, but he could not kill them. Defeating and thoroughly killing were two different concepts. For a Golden Core expert fleeing for their life, there would always be a way.
One against two, Fang Han would certainly lose. One against three, there was no suspense at all; Fang Han would undoubtedly die.
Regarding his own capabilities, Fang Han was very clear. Before the Five Emperors Great Demon Divine Ability was successfully cultivated, his foundation was still unsteady. Facing genuine experts, he would reveal huge flaws.
With three seasoned Golden Core experts coming to kill him, Fang Han's only choice right now was to "run", to run as far as possible. But he could not run now, because the second mind had not been successfully opened. Once he fled, all his efforts would be completely wasted, and there was the danger of his mind exploding due to the disharmony between the Battle Soul Sariras and the astral power.
Running meant death, and not running also meant death. A dilemma from which he couldn't extricate himself.
"Just a little bit more, just a tiny bit more. I hope those three great Golden Core experts have a little bit of scruple. If they launch their attack a bit later, my second mind will be successfully opened, and I will be able to extricate myself and leave." Fang Han gritted his teeth and fiercely circulated his full spirit, guiding the stellar power once more. Instantly, the gossamer-like rays of starlight in the sky abruptly thickened, becoming the size of a finger. Streak by streak, of an unknown length, crystalline and translucent.
This was him striving with all his might to successfully open up the "second mind" in the fastest possible time.
Above the clouds in the sky, three figures were hiding, lingering, and lying in ambush. A tall figure among them looked at Fang Han absorbing the astral power below and couldn't help but say: "Is this the person Young Master Ling wants to kill?"
Another person said: "According to the scent, there is no mistake, only the appearance is somewhat different. But this person has placed an illusion on his appearance, using some wondrous technique, seemingly the Mirage Qi Technique of the Linglong Fortunate Land. Moreover, the essence of this divine ability is extremely powerful, seemingly refined by a Golden Core expert. With this person's cultivation base, it is impossible for him to cultivate such a powerful divine ability. This is strange. It is as if someone cultivated the divine ability and forcibly infused it into him. Could it be that he is the son of a sect headmaster, and someone else painstakingly cultivated the divine ability to directly impart the power to him?"
"Indeed, there is something peculiar about this person. A blood light faintly flickers around his entire body, seeming to have some sort of extremely formidable magic treasure guarding his body. We must be careful and must succeed in one strike. It won't be good if he escapes." A female voice spoke softly. One of these assassins was surprisingly a woman.
"We are the Thief of Star Extinguishing, Thief of Moon Piercing, and Thief of Immortal Slaying. If the three of us make a move and still cannot kill a lowly person of the fifth level of Divine Abilities, the Heaven and Human Realm, our reputation will be completely ruined, and we will never be able to receive business again."
Just as the three Golden Core experts were communicating with each other, they suddenly saw the originally gossamer-thin lines of astral power thicken, turning the size of fingers. The three immediately shook: "We have been fooled. This person discovered us long ago. Furthermore, he is not engaged in ordinary cultivation; he is cultivating a very dangerous divine ability and cannot extricate himself. If we do not strike early to kill him, he will escape once he successfully cultivates the divine ability…"
"Kill!"
The three great experts among the Forty Great Thieves of the overseas, the Thief of Star Extinguishing, the Thief of Moon Piercing, and the Thief of Immortal Slaying. They struck simultaneously!
That Thief of Star Extinguishing was exactly the tall man. Upon striking, a massive expanse of resplendent starlight pressed down. Within the stars were countless grains of sand. Every grain of sand emitted rumbling sounds of thunder, as if capable of blasting myriad things apart. This was a grand divine ability called the "Star Sand Refining Thunder Astral". It was also cultivated by gathering the various starlights from beyond the heavens and using a secret technique to refine them into sand-like objects. Every grain of sand was a grain of divine thunder. Striking out at once, millions of grains of star sand would wrap around a person and then detonate together, turning any hard object into powder.
But that Thief of Moon Piercing opened his mouth and spat, and infinite yellow clouds rolled out, covering a radius of dozens of miles like a sandstorm. This was an earth-attribute divine ability, the "Ten Thousand Mile Yellow Sand Art".
The Thief of Immortal Slaying was the second-ranked great thief, second only to the first-ranked "Thief of Forsaking Heaven", and possessed the highest magic power. She was a woman. Upon striking, she spread her five fingers open, and from every finger, a streak of sword qi shot out. Every streak of sword qi displayed a different color, respectively red, green, blue, yellow, and purple. The five streaks of sword qi, after shooting out, condensed in the sky into a lotus flower the size of a water vat. The five-colored lotus flower, surging with thousands of layers of light, surprisingly possessed a massive stabilization power, freezing the void within a radius of dozens of miles. It was as if in an instant, the air turned into steel, into mercury. On the grasslands spanning dozens of miles, all animals flew up into the air, bleeding from their seven orifices, because that frozen air was incredibly heavy, squeezing all the blood out of their bodies. And all the plants completely withered away, their sap all squeezed out as well.
In just this instant, the grasslands where the autumn grass originally met the sky suddenly turned into a desolate Gobi desert spanning dozens of miles, as if this piece of the world had been destroyed and wiped clean.
This was surprisingly a supreme divine ability, a supreme divine ability on the same level as the Black Sun Wind Disaster and the Great Sun Fire Disaster, rather than a grand divine ability of the Heavenly Wood Great Method category.
"World-Purifying Lotus Flower!"
The moment Yan saw this five-colored lotus flower, its eyes almost popped out of its sockets, "This is a supreme divine ability of the extraterrestrial Buddhist sect. The existence of the Buddhist sect simply does not exist within the Profound Yellow Great World, and the Buddhist sect would not come to the Profound Yellow Great World to preach. A secret agreement was made on this a hundred thousand years ago. Why would this woman have cultivated a supreme divine ability of the Buddhist sect on her body! Fortunately, this old Yan knows a lot; if it were anyone else, don't even think about knowing such things! Quick! We cannot let that World-Purifying Lotus Flower reach its peak limit, otherwise, it truly possesses the power to wipe clean a piece of the world. King of Blood Night! Break open that lotus flower! I will handle the Star Sand Refining Thunder Astral and the Ten Thousand Mile Yellow Sand Art!"
The King of Blood Night, this true spirit of a Dao Artifact, was an avatar of Fang Han, yet it also possessed an independent will. It could cultivate on its own, although the slowness of its cultivation was staggering. A Dao Artifact being a Dao Artifact, a magic artifact that had attained the Dao, inherently possessed the ability to grow on its own. As a clone, the King of Blood Night naturally obeyed Fang Han's will unconditionally, but as an artifact spirit, before Fang Han issued commands, it could also make independent judgments.
Actually, without "Yan" needing to say much, the King of Blood Night knew that the moment that five-colored lotus flower manifested, the threat was immense. Instantly, its whole body surged up, turning into a blood-colored blade gleam hundreds of feet long, ferociously cleaving towards that five-colored lotus flower.
At the same time, it also split out two slightly smaller blade gleams, specifically slashing towards the "Thief of Star Extinguishing" and the "Thief of Moon Piercing".
"King of Blood Night, you brat, are you still afraid I can't handle it? You are truly underestimating me far too much. I'm furious. If my power was restored, dominating both the immortal and demonic paths wouldn't be a problem. You are simply angering me to death. All you scumbags, die for me. Nine Heavens Nine Earths Immortal Putrefaction Grand Array!" Seeing that the King of Blood Night still split out two blood-colored blade gleams to help it, Yan's face twisted with anger.
It knew the King of Blood Night was afraid it couldn't handle it.
But just how formidable had Yan once been? Facing the good intentions of the King of Blood Night, not only was it unappreciative, but anger rose from its heart and malice grew from its courage.
From the "Yellow Springs Diagram", two grand arrays fiercely flew out, one murky and one distinct. Both had nine layers, behaving like heaven and earth. It was exactly the "Nine Heavens Nine Earths Immortal Putrefaction Grand Array", one array representing the nine heavens and the other representing the nine earths.
Slash!
The blood-colored blade gleams first broke open the "Star Sand Refining Thunder Astral" and the "Ten Thousand Mile Yellow Sand Art", while Yan's Nine Heavens Nine Earths Immortal Putrefaction Grand Array directly drew all the star sand thunder and sandstorm inside.
And that five-colored lotus flower was also shaken instantly by the blade light. Although it did not shatter, the pressure had already lessened.
"It is surprisingly a Dao Artifact! A lowly person in the Heaven and Human Realm at the fifth level of Divine Abilities dares to take out a Dao Artifact; this is courting death! An innocent man is not guilty, but keeping a treasure is a crime! Kill this person, snatch the Dao Artifact. Even if it means offending a giant of the Longevity Secret Realm, we will not hesitate!"
The Thief of Star Extinguishing and the Thief of Moon Piercing, these two great experts, had their divine abilities broken open unexpectedly, yet were delighted instead of startled. Immediately, they looked at each other, and two Golden Cores rose from the tops of their heads, bombarding ferociously!
Bang bang!
The two blood-colored blade gleams were blasted into fragments, and Yan's two grand arrays were also blown apart. Yan's entire body was blasted into the Yellow Springs Diagram, its skin torn and flesh gaping! Its claws fell off.
The current Yan was only equivalent to an expert of the Heaven and Human Realm. Although it could unleash some marvelous uses of the Yellow Springs Diagram, how could it be a match for Golden Core experts. With this bombardment, its form and spirit were almost battered to destruction.