"This Ghost Emperor is truly like a maggot in the tarsal bones, no matter how I try, I can't shake him off. Yan, what do you think would happen if we stopped and fought a great battle with him?"
Within the primeval jungle, the further they flew inside, the taller and denser the trees became. Some trunks were thick enough to require dozens of people to encircle them with linked arms, and were hundreds of people tall, with lush branches and leaves covering hundreds of mu in radius, pitch-black and blocking out the sun. Thick vines entwined within, and countless demonic beasts, snakes, insects, rats, ants, and primeval wild beasts lived inside, forming a unique world. A fresh world entirely different from the outside.
Fang Han had now penetrated deeply into the jungle.
He descended from among the white clouds in the sky, shuttling through the pitch-black jungle. Surges of green wood attribute energy from his body completely integrated with the jungle, not leaking a single bit of aura. His entire being seemed to merge into one with the primeval jungle stretching for hundreds of millions of miles.
This was "Wood Evasion."
His "Green Emperor Wood Sovereign Art" had been cultivated to the realm of Great Perfection, establishing its own unique style among the Five Emperors Great Demon Divine Abilities; manipulating the spiritual energy of ten thousand woods was just a matter of will. Now entering the primeval jungle, all the flowers, plants, and trees in this jungle almost became a part of his own astral energy.
If he flew in the sky, the target would be too obvious, and he could easily be caught up by the Ghost Emperor and trapped once again.
Right now, this Divine Ability tenth layer "Defying Heaven and Changing Fate" expert, the Ghost Emperor, was desperately hunting him.
And he was fleeing for his life.
Although during the encirclement just now, Fang Han took advantage of the two great bandits, "Star Extinguishing Bandit" and "Moon Piercing Bandit," not recognizing the power of the "Gate of Avici" and foolishly crashing onto the blade edge, killing them in one fell swoop and obtaining massive benefits. But the Ghost Emperor was different; he deeply knew the ferocity of the Gate of Avici and possessed extremely powerful might and magic power. If they fought, the outcome would probably be tragic.
Fang Han knew himself well. Right now, he could defeat Divine Ability seventh layer Golden Core experts, and even contend with Divine Ability eighth layer Wind and Fire Great Tribulation experts. But dealing with a Divine Ability ninth layer "Heaven and Earth Dharma Manifestation" expert would be highly strenuous. Against a great powerhouse at the Divine Ability tenth layer "Defying Heaven and Changing Fate," defeat was absolutely certain.
Although the "Gate of Avici" specifically restrained the Ghost Emperor's cultivation techniques and divine abilities, reducing his fierce might by more than half, the opponent's magic power was incomparably enduring. He was an old monster of several thousand years and still had many treasures he hadn't deployed. Facing off against him, Fang Han would still be defeated under the opponent's endless and ferocious ghost divine abilities.
Shuttling through the primeval jungle, Fang Han used the Green Emperor Wood Sovereign Art to conceal his aura, making his escape much more convenient.
Right now, he would not clash with the Ghost Emperor. When he found the Five Elements Spirit Roots, cultivated the Five Emperors Great Demon Divine Abilities to perfection, stepped into the Divine Ability sixth layer Return to Oneness Realm, and re-refined the two Golden Cores of the "Moon Piercing Bandit" and "Star Extinguishing Bandit," he didn't know to what extent his magic power would expand. In one fell swoop, bringing all divine abilities to "Ten Thousand Dharmas Return to One" and transforming them into a "Natal Talisman," meant for defense and killing enemies, would make him much stronger. At that time, turning back to deal with the Ghost Emperor again.
Entering the primeval jungle, Fang Han also felt entirely novel. He saw countless bizarre and eccentric things, like a massive centipede over a zhang long crawling among the dead branches and decayed leaves, fierce and sinister. There were also flying mice with four wings that specialized in eating snakes.
There were also fire scorpions the size of a human.
There were even spiders with a human-like face, the extremely venomous human-faced spiders. Silk spit by them could not be slashed apart by flying swords, nor burned by fire, and even if a Divine Ability Secret Realm expert were bitten once, they would probably die immediately.
There were also ants the size of a thumb, densely covering the forest. Wherever they passed, anything was gnawed into a pile of white bones.
There were also leeches that specialized in sucking blood, curling up their bodies and bounding about among the branches. Upon smelling an aura, they would bound down onto an animal's body, enter the opponent's blood vessels, and suck them dry of blood.
Other things like iron-armored beasts, cockscomb snakes, peach blossom bees, black baleful tortoises, green jade toads… fierce and vicious creatures emerged endlessly. Various swamps, deep pools, rivers, and mountain mists concealed endless dangers.
If a Divine Ability Secret Realm expert delved deeply into here, even with flying swords and magic garments for protection, they would probably be hard-pressed to escape the poisonous attacks of some vicious creatures. But Fang Han was different; his aura merged perfectly with the primeval jungle, and no demonic beast would attack him. Along the way, Fang Han also saw hundreds of rare spiritual medicines, as well as the auras of many mineral veins faintly buried deep underground, just that no one had come to mine them.
This primeval jungle was an enormous treasure trove.
For some unknown reason, the Great Xuan Empire had not come to develop it.
It was likely because the Primeval Demon Sect was hidden in the depths of the primeval jungle, along with that mysterious Primeval Ancient Temple, bearing curses from antiquity…
Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!
In the sky above the primeval jungle, a powerful gloomy wind hovered in the air. From within the gloomy wind, a pitch-black large hand occasionally stretched out, the size of a mu in area, grabbing fiercely downwards. With a single grab, no matter how sturdy the trees or rocks were, they all turned into a cloud of black smoke and dust.
Fang Han had just skimmed silently and motionlessly over a patch of swamp. Several pitch-black poisonous pythons darted about in the muddy swamp, and some venomous insects lurked within, when that pitch-black large hand grabbed down. Chila! All the water in the mud puddle evaporated entirely! Those poisonous pythons, venomous insects, and even the mud inside turned into black dust, rising up with the wind.
This demonic hand divine ability simply reached the point of destroying people upon spotting people, and destroying objects upon spotting objects; everything was completely reduced to flying ash.
Fang Han knew it was the Ghost Emperor who had caught his aura, capturing and seizing him from a commanding height with the demonic hand. But the demonic hand's power being so great also exceeded his imagination.
"This is a supreme divine ability called the Zhetian Demon Technique. The Yellow Springs Great Emperor imparted it to him back then, and he has already cultivated it to great perfection now. Furthermore, for this demon technique, he specifically refined a magic treasure. Using countless dark souls, seven types of demon metal, nine types of demon blood, eighteen types of demon spirits, and thirty-six types of demon energy, he compiled them into a palm called the Zhetian Demon Hand. It is a superlative grade treasured artifact, only a tiny bit away from transforming into a Dao artifact. The demon technique paired with the demon hand possesses boundless power! I'm afraid my Gate of Avici cannot swallow his demon hand temporarily. If we fight him now, there's a ninety percent chance we die and he is heavily injured. Or we are heavily injured and he is lightly injured! Since you haven't cultivated to the Return to Oneness Realm, all your divine abilities are scattered and lack great power. You pose no threat to him."
Yan did not approve of engaging in a death match with the Ghost Emperor now.
Fang Han also nodded: "Correct, I possess over thirty types of divine abilities now, but if I attack, the powers of the various divine abilities cannot merge. Against an expert like the Ghost Emperor, it's completely inadequate. Even the Black Sun Wind Disaster is fine against Golden Core experts, but against the Ghost Emperor, he could easily smack it out. If I can enter the Divine Ability sixth layer Return to Oneness Realm, all divine abilities condensing into a Natal Divine Talisman… then the Ghost Emperor would be in for it! Let's continue fleeing for now and enter the region of the Primeval God Temple. Believing the legend of the mysterious curse will make him feel apprehensive, and we can also escape. Peacefully search for the Five Elements Spirit Roots according to the map."
"Baby Nebula? Baby Nebula?"
While Fang Han was speaking, he saw that the Sun Moon Five Stars Bracelet had completely converged its light, hanging on his wrist, and Baby Nebula's whole person had entered the bracelet, hugging his head inside and sleeping soundly, like a tiny little suckling pig, constantly snoring. At this critical moment, he actually went to sleep!
The Sun Moon Five Stars Bracelet was a Dao artifact. It could form its own space inside and could also be used as a storage bracelet. For a person to hide inside and sleep, it was exceptionally comfortable and safe.
However, the fact that Baby Nebula could still sleep while being pursued by an expert made even Fang Han have no choice but to admire this baby's strong psychological fortitude.
"This kid actually managed to cultivate the Five Emperors Great Demon Divine Abilities, especially the Green Emperor Wood Sovereign Art, unexpectedly cultivating it to the realm of Great Perfection. Now his aura is integrated with the primeval jungle, and my ghost eye can only see a tiny bit of faint aura! Utterly abominable!" In the deepest core of that mass of gloomy wind in the sky were indeed the Ghost Emperor and the Dark Soul Throne.
The Ghost Emperor sat on the Dark Soul Throne at this moment, his face livid. In the center of his brow, a vertical eye manifested. Through the pupil of the vertical eye, in the boundless forest below, occasionally a faint strand of green color flashed past, instantly disappearing. It was very difficult to capture.
Every time that faint green color manifested, from behind him would emerge a large hand burning with black demonic flames. This large hand did not have five fingers, but nine fingers, and between the fingers was fleshy webbing, similar to a frog's claws, strange to the extreme.
This large hand grabbed downwards, and the woods and rocks below all turned into black smoke and dust. However, every time it failed to capture that strand of green brilliance.
This was his magic treasure, the "Zhetian Demon Hand."
Paired with the supreme class divine ability "Zhetian Demon Technique" he cultivated, its power was fully capable of surpassing an inferior grade Dao artifact! It could be said that if the Blood Night King were carelessly grabbed by it once, it would only have the fate of being captured.
"How did he cultivate the Green Emperor Wood Sovereign Art to Great Perfection! Even obtaining a massive amount of wood attribute sacred objects, Azure Dragon Bodhi Sun Wood, would be useless. The wood attribute vitality needed for the Green Emperor Wood Sovereign Art is too enormous! What kind of fortuitous encounter did this kid actually have?" Seeing the Zhetian Demon Hand repeatedly failing to capture, the Ghost Emperor flew into a thunderous rage in his heart.
As long as he caught Fang Han slightly, even if he didn't squeeze him to death, he could break his "Wood Evasion" and force him to reveal his physical form, then deploy a peerless divine ability to thoroughly trap Fang Han.
Right now, the Ghost Emperor already had some methods to resist the Gate of Avici in his heart.
However, he naturally couldn't imagine that Fang Han had obtained a fragment of the ancient number one "World Tree," only then cultivating the Green Emperor Wood Sovereign Art to Great Perfection, which was unprecedented and would never be replicated. With his aura integrated with the primeval jungle, even if he were grabbed in one go, it would be resolved by Fang Han deploying "Substituting Wood for Form."
Unless he destroyed this primeval forest.
Because wherever there was wood, killing Fang Han would be a monumentally difficult task.
But destroying the primeval forest was an impossible feat, something even Longevity Secret Realm experts couldn't accomplish. The primeval forest spanned an unknown number of hundreds of millions of miles. In its profound depths, there were also many, many powerful monsters entrenched, and potentially even monsters of the Longevity Secret Realm who merely hadn't established their own sects, focusing solely on secluded cultivation.
Just as the Ghost Emperor was flying into a thunderous rage, gradually, the primeval forest ahead began to thin out, and incomparably magnificent ancient temples towered within the jungle…