Facing the pressure of the "Water and Fire Twin Apes", although it was not comparable to facing the "Ghost Emperor", the pressure was absolutely above the three great thieves "Immortal Punishing", "Moon Piercing", and "Star Extinguishing", and was even running neck and neck with Meng Shaobai.
If a battle broke out, Fang Han would have no problem evenly matching them. Thoroughly killing them, however, was out of the question, but seeing them vow solemnly to kill him, seize his Dao Artifacts, and leave the Land of the Five Elements, a scheme suddenly sprang to his mind.
"Oh? So you two originally wanted to leave the Land of the Five Elements? Indeed, the Land of the Five Elements is too desolate. Outside there is a vast and boundless great world, take the Profound Yellow Great World where I reside for example; the scenery is beautiful, with fine mountains and fine waters everywhere, especially on some immortal mountains, there are immortal peaches everywhere, big and red. Take one bite, ah, and sweet juice flows out, that delicious taste… You two haven't tasted it, have you? You also haven't traveled through scenic spots and historic sites, have you? To be shackled in this Land of the Five Elements boundlessly for all eternity is truly a pity ah. With the cultivation of you two, you could roam and unhindered across heaven and earth, happy and carefree, who knows how unrestrained that would be!"
Fang Han's tone was extremely enticing; in just a few words, he depicted delicious and refreshing immortal peaches, incomparably beautiful scenic spots and historic sites, the vast heaven and earth, and carefree leisure, thoroughly stirring up the "ape's mind".
The mind of an ape was originally agile and unable to remain idle.
As the saying goes, the mind is like an ape and the will like a horse.
When the water and fire twin apes heard Fang Han speak, their throats obviously trembled slightly. Having already acquired spirituality, they naturally possessed human thoughts; they were absolutely not existences devoid of emotion.
"Yes, your ape species loves eating immortal peaches the most. I wonder if you have ever eaten one?" Although Xingyun Baobao did not know what Fang Han was trying to do, he absolutely actively coordinated with the action. With a sway of his hand, he pulled out a large immortal peach from an unknown place, juicy and fragrant, and took a fierce bite.
Fang Han did not have the habit of carrying all kinds of fruits with him; he was not as gluttonous as Xingyun Baobao, but right now it came in handy.
Smelling the scent of the immortal peach, the faces of the two water and fire giant apes looked worse and worse; they seemed to have the intention of immediately snatching the immortal peach to eat it down.
"Mortal cultivator, what exactly are you trying to do?" The fire ape's voice was cold: "Are you encouraging us to come kill you?" Although they kept saying they would kill Fang Han, the fire ape and water ape had not moved the whole time; they could also see that Fang Han was not that easy to deal with.
"You tentatively still cannot kill me yet. How about this, we cooperate? Do you not want to obtain more powerful strength and break free from the shackles of the Five Elements Spirit Roots? Don't you also want to enter deeper places, kill the water attribute Black Tortoise, fire attribute Vermillion Bird, and such powerful existences to draw their power? It just so happens that I can help you, how about we join forces? I am not familiar with this Land of the Five Elements, with you leading the way, joining forces to kill some powerful existences and drawing power shouldn't be difficult, right? Since we can cooperate, why fight life and death?"
Fang Han smiled.
Although Fang Han did not know exactly what the Five Elements Spirit Roots were, he could be certain they were something massive similar to dragon veins, a titan-class existence capable of evolving out endless inexhaustible five elements demonic beasts, just like a giant ocean nurturing countless living beings.
"Why should we believe you?" The water ape bared its fangs and brandished its claws, saying fiercely; having just nearly been killed by Fang Han, it naturally would not believe Fang Han's words.
"Because believing holds benefits for both you and me." Fang Han put away his smiling face: "If you don't believe me, the worst I can do is dust off my buttocks and leave. But you will just stay here forever."
"Good! We agree with you! Leaving here, thirty-six thousand miles deeper, is a place relatively close to the Five Elements Spirit Roots, where there is a fiery mountain. Entrenched on the mountain is a Vermillion Bird; we will join forces to go kill it, and let me draw the Vermillion Bird's fire origin energy. If successful, I will believe you! Also, you must strike first. We will hold the line in the rear."
The fire ape laughed heartily and said.
"No problem! Then let us go!"
As Fang Han spoke, his body flashed and he flew toward the distance, agreeing extremely decisively.
"Hmm?" Seeing Fang Han agree, and fly away first, the water and fire twin apes could not help but blank out for a moment. Subsequently, they looked at each other: "Let us follow him."
Swoosh swoosh swoosh swoosh…
A few streaks of brilliance cut across the open sky; seemingly due to the aura of the water and fire twin apes, unexpectedly no demonic beasts came to block them along the way. Within less than a dual-hour, a giant mountain range appeared in the distance, flames soaring, rushing straight into the sky; even hundreds or thousands of miles away, one could feel the unbearable heat.
The fire ape seemed to pause here, and the water ape also felt the flames were too intense to easily enter deeply.
"This fiery mountain range is the territory of the Vermillion Bird; if I go in, I will be immediately sensed. Although I am not afraid of it, it would also be very troublesome. After you go in, you first fight the Vermillion Bird, lure it out, and then we will kill it together." The fire ape said to Fang Han.
"Good, no problem."
Fang Han circulated the Red Emperor Fire Emperor Qi, his body flashed, and he went into the fiery mountain range, completely merging into the flames. This actually gave the fire ape a start: "What fire attribute divine ability is this fellow cultivating, for it to actually be so miraculous… Fortunately he hasn't cultivated the Bing Fire Divine Thunder! Let us retreat and leave!"
"Retreat and leave?" The water ape was startled.
"Of course we retreat and leave, there is not just one Vermillion Bird in this fiery mountain range; that mortal cultivator will definitely be disastrously defeated, and will have to escape out. We ambush on the side. When that mortal cultivator comes out… we will kill him!"
"Good!"
The water and fire twin apes quietly retreated out, leaving the fiery mountain range fully three thousand miles away, and then laid an ambush, watching how things developed. But they waited for one dual-hour, and saw no movement; waited for two dual-hours, and still saw no movement… Fully more than one day passed, and unexpectedly there was no movement at all. They did not know what was happening.
"What's going on? Could it be that the human cultivator was killed?" The fire ape's temper was somewhat impatient, "I will go in quietly to take a look."
"Then I will wait here, I was condensed from water attribute origin energy, once I enter the fiery mountain, I will definitely be discovered." The water ape nodded, watching the fire ape transform into a thin streak of firelight and enter into the fiery mountain range.
Right after the fire ape entered the fiery mountain range, suddenly, the water ape felt a strong danger. Before it could react, a demonic hand had already grabbed down, subsequently, the three major Dao Artifacts also enveloped down.
"Gui Water Divine Thunder!" The water ape knew it had been sneak attacked, roaring violently: "Fire Ape! That human cultivator did not enter the mountain range, but hid in ambush, waiting for us to separate, come back quickly!"
"Too late!" Fang Han smiled sinisterly; having entered the fiery mountain range, he naturally would not go looking for the Vermillion Bird, but hid at the edge, secretly cultivating the Red Emperor Fire Emperor Qi, waiting for the twin apes to separate.
Now that the twin apes had indeed separated, he immediately executed a vicious killer move, eradicating it with the speed of lightning that gave no time to cover the ears.
Rumble!
Seemingly sensing the water ape's roar, the fire ape that had gone deep into the fiery mountain range to investigate, abruptly transformed into a streak of firelight and soared skyward, but this disturbed the powerful existences inside.
Fang Han only saw that in the distant fiery mountain range, when the fire ape rushed up, a streak of firelight was even faster than it, turning into a giant divine bird, blocking its path: "Fire Ape! You actually dare intrude into my territory!"
"Hehe…" Fang Han then felt relieved; the three major Dao Artifacts wrapped around, trapping the water ape, the Heaven Obscuring Demonic Hand ruthlessly suppressed down, and at the same time, his Five Emperors Grand Seal violently slapped onto the water ape's body.
Roar! Roar! Roar!
The water ape let out earth-shattering roars, resisting with all its might, but it was still gradually suppressed by Fang Han, slowly being pulled toward the Gates of Avici.
The fire ape, blocked by the giant divine bird inside the fiery mountain range, roared continuously, but it was to no avail. If it could rush over, it could still save the water ape from this calamity, but the divine bird blocking it was the Vermillion Bird, whose power was stronger than its own. In a short while, how could it rush over?
Rumble!
Slowly, the water ape was pulled into the Gates of Avici. Fang Han immediately utilized the power of the Black Emperor Water Emperor Fist, enveloping into it. The massive Gui Water essence qi continuously surged into the Water Emperor Astral Qi; instantly, black clouds rolled in the sky, water qi densely covered the air, rubbing against each other, faintly emanating thunder sounds.
Crackle pop!
Finally, within that patch of rolling black clouds, thunder roared and lightning flashed; the Gui Water Divine Thunder had finally been produced!
The Black Emperor Water Emperor Fist hit grand completion along with it.
Seeing such a situation, the fire ape let out a mournful roar, suddenly acting as if crazy, bombarding violently, but it was to no avail, because from inside the mountain, another Vermillion Bird divine bird flew out; the two divine birds attacked in a pincer movement, and with just one strike, tore the fire ape entirely apart!
Subsequently, the fire ape turned into countless essence qi, which was sucked into the mouths of the two Vermillion Bird divine birds.
"What a pity, I thought this fire ape would be able to run away! That way I could have picked up a bargain. I did not expect it to be killed by the two Vermillion Birds." Fang Han secretly cried pity, retracting the water clouds.
Those two Vermillion Birds, inside the fiery mountain, were not easy to kill. They possessed geographical advantage.
However, him letting the Vermillion Birds off did not mean the Vermillion Birds would let him off; having absorbed the fire ape, the power of the two Vermillion Bird divine birds swelled violently. They also saw Fang Han's group; suddenly the two large birds flapped their wings, and massive bird claws grabbed towards Fang Han from across space.
Instantly, two fiery clouds like fiery mountains tumbled and collapsed down.
"Hmph!" Fang Han's body flashed and he shuttled out, dodging the oppression of the fire clouds, fleeing towards the distance!
The two Vermillion Birds let out a long cry, swiftly chasing over, seemingly intent on killing Fang Han. Both sides sped like meteors catching the moon, flying rapidly deep within the Land of the Five Elements.
They left the fiery mountain far behind.
"I need to find a chance to kill these two Vermillion Birds!" Right while an insidious scheme was brewing in Fang Han's heart, suddenly, the earth below abruptly split open into a massive abyss. From beneath the abyss, an earth-yellow giant hand reached out. Blocking before the two Vermillion Birds, it simply flicked with a finger!
One Vermillion Bird abruptly exploded, turning into a sky full of fire rain, vanishing in ash and smoke, while the other Vermillion Bird was precisely grabbed by the giant hand, unable to move a muscle.
In the blink of an eye, the two great Vermillion Birds that had killed the fire ape were one dead and one captured!
Seeing this scene, Fang Han broke out in a cold sweat of fright!
"What is that thing! It just easily eradicated two great Vermillion Birds! An eternal giant figure of the Longevity Secret Realm!"
At this moment, inside his mind, there was only one word: flee! The terrifying existence in the earth's rift, he was absolutely no match for it!
He drove his divine abilities, just about to fly away, but he was discovered by that giant hand; with a beckon, instantly, Fang Han felt the sky spin and the earth turn, actually landing right in the center of the giant hand at once.
"Oh no!" Fang Han's entire body turned cold.
"Little friend need not panic. This old man will not harm you. I finally saw a person cultivating the Five Emperors Great Demonic Divine Ability, the supreme demonic technique. We can be considered parts of the same sect."
Right at this moment, a faint voice rang beside Fang Han's ear.
Fang Han looked, only to discover that not far from himself sat an elder in Daoist attire, with extremely long beard and eyebrows, his expression amiable.
"Who is Senior?"
Fang Han hastily offered a salute.
"I am an Ancient Demonic Sovereign who was sealed in the Land of the Five Elements…"