"Indeed, Xing Miexie has always been scrupulous about whether he should deal a killing blow. If the five million Heavenly Demons pass into nirvana together, the generated might would be inconceivable and could harm experts of the Longevity Secret Realm, but after the Heavenly Demons pass into nirvana, he would have to go and collect new Heavenly Demons to support, which wastes quite a lot of effort. Looking at it now, Xing Miexie will not execute such a method. He still possesses some means to overcome the enemy and achieve victory. Moreover, I can feel that Fang Han's Yellow Springs Diagram seems to be in a stage of transformation, temporarily unable to display its might. If he does not use the Yellow Springs Diagram, Fang Han fundamentally cannot defeat Xing Miexie."
That shifting, void creature-like Elder spoke again.
This Elder was called the "Galaxy Shifting Elder", in other words, an exceptionally formidable character whose sole purpose was to regulate the power of the stars in the sky, and even make some small-sized stars alter their positions.
In the sky beyond the Xuanhuang Great World, there were many densely packed small-sized stars that obstructed the brilliance of the fixed stars. It was necessary to make them form an array so that the disciples of the Myriad Stars Sect could better absorb the power of the stars. The Galaxy Shifting Elder was the one who did this kind of thing, which would be impossible if his magic power was not massive.
Of course, what he shifted were all dead and silent objects that did not emit light and possessed no star power.
A celestial body capable of emitting star power was called a fixed star. They were incomparably colossal existences within the universe, unparalleled by any sect.
Fixed meant eternal and permanent. With majestic might, no one could shift them, unless it was that kind of immortal.
Naturally, even if it was not shifting fixed stars, shifting some minor stars with a radius of a thousand or ten thousand miles, like the "Flesh Mud Swamp", required outstanding magic power, countless times more immense than Hua Tiandu's mountain pulling and earth tearing. It surpassed the Undying Body realm of the second tier of the Longevity Secret Realm and began to comprehend various laws of the universe.
Therefore, this "Galaxy Shifting Elder's" vision was extremely accurate, and what he said compelled people to believe him.
Indeed, just as he said, under the circumstance of not employing the Yellow Springs Diagram, although Fang Han relied on his origin talisman refined from "ninety divine abilities", he was still unable to defeat Xing Miexie.
The "origin talisman" hung above his head, enveloping his physical body. Fang Han pushed his movement speed to the maximum, appearing in all directions and positions in the blink of an eye, launching attacks at Xing Miexie. The power of every punch shook the mountains and peaks, blasting apart the origin energy within a radius of dozens of miles.
However, it was of no use. The more formidable he was and the faster he attacked, Xing Miexie's Primordial Spirit Starlight Body also rose in power accordingly. The spear momentum grew fiercer, every thrust accurately meeting his fists, neutralizing his power completely in every collision.
"Man and Talisman Merging into One!"
While maneuvering, Fang Han's body shook, and that "origin talisman" contracted once more. Compressing intensely, it actually transformed into streaks of talisman runes that tightly adhered to the skin of his physical body. All the magic power of the origin talisman entered the meridians of his physical body. His whole being intimately combined with the ninety-nine divine abilities, draping his entire body in a layer of talisman clothing. Instantly, his attack power skyrocketed anew. Taking a step through the void, the airflow exploded repeatedly, and origin energy collapsed. With a wave of his fist, he shockingly knocked aside the battle spear of Xing Miexie's Primordial Spirit Starlight Body, preparing to charge in, absolutely suppress Xing Miexie, and force him to admit defeat and surrender.
"The tyranny of my physical body rivals a Dao artifact, my internal organs are as deep as an abyss and as vast as the sea! Man and talisman merge into one, heaven and earth shatter! Xing Miexie, just admit defeat!"
Another punch!
Fang Han actually shattered the majority of the golden light protection of the "Ancient Buddha Umbrella of the Burning Lamp", even reaching to grab Xing Miexie's physical body.
As long as he broke the protection of the "Ancient Buddha Umbrella of the Burning Lamp" and captured Xing Miexie's physical body, he could force him to admit defeat, thereby not hurting this person. Right now, this was an exchange of blows between two people, stopping at the designated point, with neither dealing a killing blow.
"How could it be so cheap!" Xing Miexie's entire spine stood tall and upright, and a golden light actually radiated from his physical body, circulating all over. His skin entirely converted to a pure gold color, the exact same color as that ancient Buddha artifact spirit in the lamp flame of the Ancient Buddha Umbrella, like a golden man emitting tyrannical power. Shockingly, it was also a divine ability for body tempering.
For typical dao cultivators, although their physical bodies were tough, very few practiced specific body tempering divine abilities like the Great God Sealing Art. Cultivation methods of this kind were exceptionally rare. Fang Han had the Yama Golden Body as a foundation and had consumed many pills. He had the Five Elements Astral Qi of the Five Emperors Great Demon Divine Ability protecting his internal organs, and after refining the Six-Eyed God Sealing Stele into his body, coalescing his internal organs into one piece, only then did he meld the Sky Shrouding Demonic Hand and the Sky Shrouding Demonic Art.
Otherwise, anyone who tried to imitate him would just die. A fragile physical body could not be randomly tempered.
But now, like Fang Han, Xing Miexie had also cultivated a certain body tempering divine ability, rendering his physical body tyrannical.
"Vajra Arhat, Bodhisattva Ancient Buddha, Pure Land of the Ten Directions, Indestructible Golden Body! Fang Han, do you think my physical body is also very fragile? I have cultivated the mysterious Buddhist sect's Indestructible Golden Body. Once I step into the Longevity Secret Realm and fuse my Heaven and Earth Dharma Idol with my physical body, it will be far easier for me to achieve the Undying Body compared to ordinary giants of the ages."
Xing Miexie's body let out an angry roar like a majestic lion. The Indestructible Golden Body struck out with a punch, exquisitely ingenious, perfectly rounded in angle, and highly condensed in power, like a launched cannonball. With just one punch, it obstructed Fang Han's assault. At the same time, his Primordial Spirit Starlight Body illuminated from behind, surprisingly forming a grand array that wrapped Fang Han within it in reverse.
"Ancient Buddha Umbrella of the Burning Lamp!"
Xing Miexie's thoughts erupted, and the Ancient Buddha Umbrella of the Burning Lamp burst forth with tens of millions of golden lights. Within the golden light, there were incantations again, suppressing down upon Fang Han's head, forcefully collapsing downwards.
The five million Heavenly Demons within this Ancient Buddha Umbrella chanted Sanskrit in unison. The melodious sound transformed vow power into suppressive force, delivering a violent head-on strike.
"En? So formidable?" Having charged into the core, Fang Han noticed he was actually blocked by Xing Miexie executing the Indestructible Golden Body. The Primordial Spirit counterattacked, urging the power of the Ancient Buddha Umbrella to suppress him. This instant placed him in a predicament. Dense starlight surrounded him in all directions, preventing him from seeing any situation outside at all. Especially from within the dense starlight, waves of Sanskrit scripture chanting transmitted over. Every sound of the Sanskrit chant heavily suppressed his mind, making his heart feel unspeakably heavy.
"This Ancient Buddha Umbrella of the Burning Lamp forms a space of its own inside, much more formidable than my Five Hells King Cauldron. After collecting eight million Heavenly Demons, the might of my Five Hells King Cauldron chases right after a Dao artifact, but it cannot convert the Heavenly Demons into believers to provide a continuous stream of vow power. Furthermore, if this Ancient Buddha Umbrella of the Burning Lamp were to collect Heavenly Demons at full capacity, the number would definitely exceed five million, even fifty million is possible. But Xing Miexie only has the origin energy to support five million Heavenly Demons. If this magical treasure were given to me, how wonderful that would be. By raising Heavenly Demons and utilizing their vow power, cultivating the Panwu Great Power Divine Ability would yield twice the result with half the effort."
Despite being suppressed, Fang Han held not a shred of fear in his heart. With a twirl of the Dao artifact demonic saber Blood Sky in his hand, in a flash, it merged anew with the blood of his physical body and his White Emperor Metal Sovereign origin energy. Instantly, blood light blazed immensely, and golden light boiled over. Using his body as a saber, he slashed out directly. At once, like a primeval God of Creation splitting heaven and earth to distinguish the pure and the turbid, all the starlight was cloven wide open.
Cleaving waves and severing tides, roaming unfettered through heaven and earth.
With a single move, Fang Han broke through the suppression and regained his freedom.
Although Xing Miexie was formidable, to suppress Fang Han, who had cultivated ninety great divine abilities and possessed a Dao artifact, was not an easy task.
Although the King of the Blood Night lacked the ability to collect objects, its pure lethal power was earth-shaking, especially after combining with Fang Han's White Emperor Metal Sovereign Slash, the might was even greater. Furthermore, Fang Han's blood now contained dragon power, urging the King of the Blood Night to slash with saber glints, sweeping tyrannically in all directions.
After escaping confinement.
A deceitful streak of blood light flickered, merely two or three zhang long, yet the saber qi inside endlessly darted in and out. The surrounding airflow continuously shattered. Every time the saber light roved past a place, it generated a pitch-black cavity that madly absorbed all origin energy.
"Weng…" Saber edges vibrating like thousands of bees, the saber glint of the King of the Blood Night appeared all around every part of Xing Miexie's body, yet it did not execute a killing slash. Instead, it formed a thousand pitch-black cavities, surrounding and trapping Xing Miexie within, tearing away the origin energy around him.
The moment he escaped confinement, he executed the Great Devouring Art to devour origin energy, creating thousands of origin energy black holes in the blink of an eye. Fang Han's body hid within the saber glints, striving to contract his physical strength, seeking an opportunity to erupt with the strongest strike.
Indeed, this move unexpectedly achieved an effect. The thousand black holes generated due to the drastic outflow of origin energy bound Xing Miexie, causing the treasure umbrella's lamp flame above his head to waver, as if it was about to be blown out.
"Fang Han, you are indeed formidable. Since it is like this, I will win by unfair means. This is the grotto-heaven of the Myriad Stars Sect, I will just apply the art of merging with the myriad stars! To urge the grand power of heaven and earth!" Stifled by these origin energy black holes, Xing Miexie's expression changed. He suddenly erupted with powerful divine thought, scanning all directions, as his whole person entered a state where heaven and earth merged as one.
"Pu!"
Instantly, countless stars suddenly twinkled within the sky of this Myriad Stars Sect's grotto-heaven. The star power accumulated by the Myriad Stars Sect over thousands and millions of years poured onto Xing Miexie's body free of cost. The vigorously boundless star power merely vibrated once, and the thousands of origin energy black holes all exploded, swept completely away! He actually mobilized the grand power of heaven and earth! The essence of the myriad stars!
This was borrowing the power of the Myriad Stars Sect's grotto-heaven.
Ever since it was opened, no one knew exactly how much star power the Myriad Stars Sect's grotto-heaven had absorbed over tens of thousands of years. When Myriad Stars Sect disciples faced enemies within the grotto-heaven, they could mobilize the power of the stars for their own use, aligning with heaven and earth; this was utilizing the advantage of the heavens and the terrain!
Although winning by unfair means, it was never stated beforehand concerning the duel that such a method could not be used, right? At the crucial moment, Xing Miexie could not care about anything else and utilized his terrain advantage to mobilize the power of the stars to oppress Fang Han. With his cultivation, having cultivated inside the Myriad Stars Sect's grotto-heaven for countless ages, his degree of alignment with the entire grotto-heaven reached a completely intimate level.
By fully mobilizing the star power inside the grotto-heaven this time, his strength doubled a full fold. His entire Primordial Spirit Starlight Body swelled infinitely to the size of a mountain, looking down upon Fang Han from high above, just like a deity from the nine heavens looking at an ant.
The giant battle spear struck downwards.
The void surrounding Fang Han constantly split apart.