Swoosh swoosh!
Two streaks of radiating light shot into the sky. Fang Han and Meng Shaobai spoke no more and both flew toward the Heavenly Punishment Platform.
Saying any more words was of no use; directly determining victory or defeat through magical combat was the true method.
Two powerful, haughty disciples were destined to have a battle. Whoever won would be able to contest with Hua Tiandu for the position of Sect Master. Of course, это would be the position of Sect Master several centuries later, after Feng Baiyu retired and became a Supreme Elder.
Becoming the Sect Master of the Yuhua Sect, holding ultimate authority, commanding dozens of secular empires, and controlling nearly a million disciple cultivators—an ultimate supreme of the Immortal Path. This kind of authority was something no one could compare to.
At this time, everyone had to admit that whether it was Fang Han or Meng Shaobai, both entirely possessed the qualifications to challenge Hua Tiandu.
One was at the ninth layer of the Divine Ability realm, possessing a Heaven and Earth Dharma Idol, and having fused with the Kunpeng giant egg, gaining the life characteristics of the ancient divine beast. He was like a human, yet not a human; like a monster, yet not a monster; like a god, yet not a god; like a devil, yet not a devil; like an immortal, yet not an immortal. His magic power was tyrannical, stretching across heaven and earth.
The other, although at the sixth layer of the Divine Ability realm, had a Natal Talisman containing fifty-five types of Great Divine Abilities. What constituted the Natal Talisman was the Five Emperors Great Demon Divine Ability, a supreme-level divine ability no less than the Doomsday Natural Disaster. He even possessed the anomaly of blowing the great conch and striking the great dharma drum, which was the quality for becoming an immortal. Furthermore, he had two Dao artifact magical treasures, and had killed several Golden Core experts, even killing a legendary枭雄 and giant like the Ghost Emperor.
This was precisely a fierce struggle between a dragon and a tiger.
Compared to the previous battle between Fang Han and Wan Luo, it was much more attention-grabbing.
At this very moment, the Heavenly Punishment Elder was sitting in the Heavenly Punishment Palace observing the battle, while the other two elders, the two giants of ten thousand ages Ruyizi and Jiang Rourou, also stood in front of the Heavenly Punishment Palace, watching the exchange between the two outstanding disciples. However, obviously they could not intervene in the battle, because the sect rules of the Yuhua Sect dictated that when true disciples fought on the Heavenly Punishment Platform after mutually agreeing to it, no one was allowed to intervene.
"Meng Shaobai indeed successfully cultivated a Heaven and Earth Dharma Idol, and it is such a powerful Kunpeng Primal Spirit, mastering the power of the wind between heaven and earth. Not only is his power incomparably strong, but more formidably, his speed is unimaginably fast. Exchanging a Lightning Bone Sarira for Yellow Springs water was also to add a few more chances of victory for you. It seems the Five Emperors Great Demon Divine Ability is indeed powerful, refining the medicinal power in ten days."
On Purple Electric Peak, Fang Qingxue's white clothes fluttered, her gaze flowing as she watched the two streaks of radiating light of Fang Han and Meng Shaobai flying toward the Heavenly Punishment Platform in the Yuhua Heavenly Palace.
Fang Han seemed to have sensed Fang Qingxue's gaze, his heart stirring, and he also understood why Fang Qingxue wanted to exchange the Lightning Bone Sarira for his Yellow Springs Holy Water; on one hand, it was also to elevate his strength.
"I must thank you for your good intentions, but even without the Lightning Bone Sarira, I can still defeat Meng Shaobai just the same. Although it is adding flowers to brocade, I appreciate the kind thought." Fang Han said silently in his heart, having already landed on the Heavenly Punishment Platform.
"Eh? That is…" Fang Han did not look at Meng Shaobai opposite him, but rather looked toward the Heavenly Punishment Palace, because he discovered two unfamiliar auras that were countless times more terrifying than Meng Shaobai. These naturally belonged to Ruyizi and Jiang Rourou.
Sensing Fang Han's gaze, Jiang Rourou, this eldest daughter appearing like a delicate lady secluded in a deep boudoir, smiled faintly with a bit of encouragement. Meanwhile, Ruyizi directly snorted coldly, a trace of a cold sneer appearing on his face. That mocking thought transmitted directly into Fang Han's mind, making him feel a bout of discomfort.
"Who is this great elder? I have never even met him face to face, yet he sneers and mocks me, as if I owe him money. This is definitely a supporter of Hua Tiandu! Hmph, although you are an expert of the Longevity Realm, if you are disadvantageous to me, I will definitely make you wish to live but be unable to, and wish to die but be unable to in the future. After I defeat Meng Shaobai this time, I must come up with a plan."
Fang Han's gaze was gloomy, but he reined it in. Inside his heart, over a thousand cunning schemes and hundreds of conspiracies were continuously brewing. In an instant, he considered hundreds of plotted calculations on how to deal with Ruyizi.
"This child, his heart is actually thinking of conspiracies to deal with me? Clever he is quite clever, but this is merely seeking death. I am a giant of ten thousand ages in the Longevity Realm. Looking at you, a cultivator in the Divine Ability realm, is like looking at an ant; with a backhand slap, I can smash hundreds to death! So what even if you killed the Ghost Emperor? I have hundreds of methods to trap and kill the Ghost Emperor!"
What kind of cultivation level did Ruyizi have? Having reached the Longevity Realm, his mind was incomparably sensitive. Seeing countless secretive thoughts seemingly brewing within Fang Han's eyes, he knew this child's heart was definitely contemplating conspiracies disadvantageous to him. He could not help but feel even more repulsed and disgusted. Frowning, a trace of a cruel smile hung on the corner of his mouth.
The way experts of the Longevity Realm viewed matters was entirely different from those in the Divine Ability realm.
Others viewed Fang Han with incomparable shock, but in Ruyizi's eyes, anyone who had not stepped into the Longevity Realm and become a giant of ten thousand ages was nothing but an ant.
Now that Fang Han seemed to harbor dissatisfaction toward him in his heart, he felt both angry and amused. The flames of fury burned.
However, given his status, he naturally could not make a move against Fang Han, not to mention that Fang Han was currently a key protection target of Feng Baiyu.
"Fang Han, at this time you still have the mood to idly look around?" A cold, austere, and chilling voice transmitted into Fang Han's ears. It was Meng Shaobai, clad entirely in white, carrying a treasured sword on his back that remained unsheathed. With his hands behind his back, his pitch-black eyes were like a demon god's, and occasionally, the wind flowed past him.
He had already withdrawn his Heaven and Earth Dharma Idol; this was his original body.
It seemed no different from before.
However, anyone could sense that within this child's body, a massive demonic aura was slowly circulating. With every circulation, the source energy within heaven and earth had a flavor of collapsing, infinitely caving inward with him at the center.
This was a manifestation of extremely majestic power. Being able to suck the heaven and earth source energy dry in an instant, and manipulating space with every casual movement to gain an infinite advantage. With such cultivation, even a casual motion could throw the enemy's posture into chaos, trapping them in rolling air currents where the sky spins and the earth turns, defeating the opponent without even launching a strike.
This kind of power that inhaled and exhaled to absorb source energy and caused space to collapse even left experts of the Longevity Realm somewhat astonished.
"The ancient Kunpeng is indeed extraordinary…" The Heavenly Punishment Elder pondered. Although his cultivation was at the first layer of the Longevity Realm, the "Myriad Lifebound Realm," he was on the verge of successfully cultivating the "Undying Body" and breaking through his realm, granting him special comprehension regarding the physical and life characteristics of certain divine beasts.
"I wonder how Fang Han will handle this? This child is full of secretive tricks and certainly will not fight a battle he is unsure of." The Heavenly Punishment Elder looked at Fang Han.
Fang Han, however, excluded the gazes of everyone else and stared at Meng Shaobai. Moving his body casually, he seemed entirely unaffected by the collapse of the heaven and earth source energy: "Meng Shaobai, since you are in such a hurry to taste defeat, it seems I have no choice but to oblige you."
"Bring out your two Dao artifact magical treasures. I never use any magical treasures, because magical treasures will affect my own cultivation." Meng Shaobai's personality seemed much more steady, but it possessed a momentum of holding total authority. His gaze constantly held an expression of looking down from above, as if his momentum had completely matured.
It was no wonder either; the ancient Kunpeng swallowed the heaven and earth and exhaled the sun and moon. A single breath could drink dry the water of a great river, and spitting it out would cause a torrential downpour across ten thousand miles. With these life characteristics plundered by Meng Shaobai, he naturally carried this kind of aura as well.
"I, on the other hand, emphasize making the best use of everything between heaven and earth. If one does not know how to use weapons, what is the difference between a human and an animal? I will speak no more nonsense with you; let us see true capability through our methods."
Clang!
The demon blade Blood Empyrean appeared in Fang Han's hand. The blood-colored blade glow roved about and suddenly transformed into a myriad of blood glows, enveloping toward Meng Shaobai. Between heaven and earth, everything was blood-colored blade glow, rendering any movement technique useless.
The demon blade Blood Empyrean, as a Dao artifact, with the artifact spirit King of Blood Night now able to cultivate, had practiced its own saber techniques to be exceedingly sharp. This was a move called the "Thousand Demons Slash," which was precisely a method for cutting air currents and disrupting heaven and earth source energy. It was highly effective in countering Meng Shaobai's method of inhaling and exhaling source energy to cause air currents to collapse.
"Too slow! Too late! My speed is not something you can imagine. In a single move, you will fall in defeat for me!"
In the split second the demon blade Blood Empyrean flew out, suddenly, six illusory wings appeared behind Meng Shaobai. It seemed to be the source energy of the Heaven and Earth Dharma Idol condensed upon his back. With a slight flap, his whole person merged into the wind. At this moment, every blade of grass, every tree, and every movement between heaven and earth seemed to turn sluggish.
Almost simultaneously as he spoke, an exquisite sword appeared in the wind next to Fang Han. Fast! Fast! Fast! Unimaginably fast, there were simply no words to express the extreme speed of it. A snap of the fingers is sixty instants, but right now, this sword strike was a ten-millionth of an instant.
Against this sword strike, there was simply no one who could dodge it.
Pfft!
A single sword thrust pierced into Fang Han's head.
"Bang!"
Fang Han's entire head turned into fine powder, and his whole person transformed into the purest source energy, seemingly an illusion. However, within the illusion, there was a real object. It was a round, extremely powerful Golden Core containing twenty-seven types of divine abilities.
As the tip of Meng Shaobai's sword stabbed onto the Golden Core, a single word transmitted from it: "Detonate!"
Oh no!
Meng Shaobai's figure manifested out, his heart shaking! Having successfully cultivated the Heaven and Earth Dharma Idol, manifesting and deploying it was a pair of Kunpeng wings, giving him extreme speed and the ability to master wind and air currents, while his magic power was earth-shattering. Coupled with the Lifeless Sword Arts, it was even sharper than the Instant Kill Great Art; killing a person was almost truly just a single move.
With this sword thrust, he originally knew Fang Han was an illusion, but by piercing this illusion with his sword, the tip of the blade could be stained with Fang Han's source energy thoughts. At the same time, he could immediately locate Fang Han's true position, launching assassinations that followed like a shadow. Even if Fang Han possessed thousands of skills, he could not escape the pursuit of a thousand or ten thousand swords in the blink of an eye.
Yet he entirely did not expect that Fang Han actually hid a Golden Core within the illusion.
And the moment it encountered the sword tip's stab, it was immediately going to detonate. This truly sent him into immediate shock. He could not withstand the detonation of a Golden Core either. Thus, without thinking, he hurriedly retreated.
However, the Golden Core did not detonate. A voice transmitted to his ear: "I am actually reluctant to detonate this Golden Core; it was merely to frighten you!"
"Swoosh!" Right when the first syllable of the voice transmitted into his ear, he felt a sharp, cutting edge at the center of his brow, shooting swiftly over, as boundless stellar power enveloped his body.
A Star-Shooting Arrow had already closed in on the center of his brow.
Fang Han's scheme had succeeded! His deception and countless variations had reached this extent!