"Of course. This Heaven Hating Demon Array is a grand array composed of three million six hundred thousand Heavenly Demons and three hundred and sixty Demon Kings. Once trapped inside, unless one is a giant of the ages in the Longevity Mystery Realm, they will have to be peeled of a layer of skin. They are a part of the Heavenly Demons reared within the supreme treasure of Mount Dishi, the Heaven Hating Compass. They were ambushed here early on to eliminate the Life Reaping Scholar for the Fourth Princess."
A green light flickered in "Mr. Daxia's" eyes: "Now, the Fourth Prince and the Thirteenth Prince know our strength, right?"
"The Life Reaping Scholar, this cultivator's identity is extremely mysterious. I have always suspected that he is someone else. However, I could not be certain. Capturing this opportunity to eliminate this person, or capture and apprehend him to force his allegiance to me. Otherwise, if my Twenty-fourth Brother has this person's assistance, he will pose no small threat to me. Nevertheless, everyone must still properly guard against his supernatural powers. This person cannot be underestimated. He could destroy Patriarch Green Sheep in a single move."
The Fourth Prince, Prince Yi, pointed down with his left hand, appearing unassured that the Heavenly Demon grand array could trap the other party.
"Patriarch Green Sheep? That kind of trash can also be called a Patriarch?" A "God King" said disdainfully: "Any single one of us from Mount Dishi making a move could easily kill him ten times over. Aside from the giants of the ages in the Longevity Mystery Realm, the top ten on that Longevity Candidates List, and some with profound cultivation who possess Dao Artifacts, to tell the truth, we genuinely place no one else in our eyes."
"These words are correct." Mr. Dahe nodded. "Even if this person is formidable, he will not be a giant of the ages. Moreover, this Heaven Hating Demon Array, with its three million six hundred thousand Heavenly Demons and three hundred and sixty Heavenly Demon Kings, is only meant to exhaust his magic power. Even if he breaks out of the array, his magic power will be vastly depleted. At that time, I can make a casual move and directly suppress him for all eternity, preventing him from ever turning his fortunes around."
"Gentlemen, the fact that you can lay out an array like the Heaven Hating Demon Array with just a move and rear such a massive number of Heavenly Demons truly leaves me sighing in boundless amazement. I have heard that the number one true legacy disciple of the Myriad Stars Sect, Xing Miexie, obtained an ancient Buddhist supreme treasure, the Ancient Buddha Lantern Umbrella, within which five million Heavenly Demons are reared. Being ferried over by this Buddhist treasure, praying every day, they can continuously provide him with pure wishing power. I wonder how it compares to the Heaven Hating Compass Mr. Daxia speaks of?"
The Fourth Prince, "Prince Yi," looked down at the rolling demonic energy within the demon array below. The "Life Reaping Scholar" was inside, using a mass of starlight to protect himself, making it impossible to see exactly what supernatural powers he was executing in there. However, from the looks of it, he was struggling quite a bit.
"The Ancient Buddha Lantern Umbrella? That is a Mid-Grade Dao Artifact, refined from the supreme Buddhist supernatural power, the Great Pudu Zen Light. In terms of ferrying Heavenly Demons over, its power is no small matter. However, that Mid-Grade Dao Artifact can only ferry Demon Kings below the fifth level of the Divine Ability Realm, the Heaven-Man Realm. In contrast, the Heaven Hating Compass of my Mount Dishi can subdue experts at the fifth and sixth levels of the Divine Ability Realm! Unless one has cultivated a Heavenly Demon Golden Core, they should forget about escaping the bounds of the Heaven Hating Compass, which is precisely a High-Grade Dao Artifact!"
Mr. Dahe also gazed into the demon array and casually remarked: "This Life Reaping Scholar does not cultivate demon sect supernatural powers, but rather orthodox star power. However, it seems he cannot break this Heaven Hating Demon Array."
"A High-Grade Dao Artifact! What exactly is the background of Mount Dishi?" The Thirteenth Prince, Prince Zhan, felt a tremor in his heart and communicated mentally with the Fourth Prince, "Prince Yi": "Fourth Brother, I have always felt that these few Daoists are extremely mysterious. Finding their way to our door two months ago and suddenly joining us. To think they could eliminate the Life Reaping Scholar and even command so many Heavenly Demons! Three million six hundred thousand Heavenly Demons is one thing, but they can actually command three hundred and sixty Heavenly Demon Kings. A single Heavenly Demon King is equivalent to an expert of the Divine Ability Mystery Realm. Even true legacy disciples of ordinary major sects probably do not have this many. Even though the Heavenly Demon race outnumbers humans by hundreds of billions of times, anyone capable of subduing so many Heavenly Demon Kings already possesses the means of a giant of the ages. Also, what is the concept of a High-Grade Dao Artifact? The entire royal family of our Great Xuan Empire only has one piece. And we do not possess even a single Dao Artifact."
"I suspect these people are cultivators from outer space. Mount Dishi must surely be a mysterious and powerful sect in outer space, absolutely not inferior to the Ten Gates of the Immortal Dao. Otherwise, it would be impossible for them to possess a High-Grade Dao Artifact." Prince Yi analyzed via divine sense: "Coming to the Profound Yellow Great World, they definitely harbor some ulterior motives. But I can leverage their power. From what I see, that Life Reaping Scholar is no simple character at all. Although the Heaven Hating Demon Array is formidable, it cannot trap him. We can sit back and watch them both suffer heavy losses."
"Indeed, that is the case. This way, we can discern the true depths of these seven cultivators from Mount Dishi and the Life Reaping Scholar."
The Thirteenth Prince, Prince Zhan, stated.
"Fang Han, why did we suddenly encounter so many Heavenly Demons at sea? If there was such a force of Heavenly Demons at sea, it would have been eradicated by the Myriad Returning Immortal Island and the rogue cultivator sects long ago. There are at least several million Heavenly Demons and several hundred Heavenly Demon Kings here."
Prince Yi, currently enveloped by Fang Han within a halo of starlight, watched as Fang Han flicked his fingers repeatedly. Many streams of starlight transformed into the "Star Refining Demon Slashing Blade," dancing wildly everywhere and forcefully slashing at the numerous Heavenly Demon Kings within the array. He had executed just two star supernatural powers and successfully protected himself.
"If my guess is correct, these Heavenly Demons were all arranged by Mr. Daxia and Mr. Dahe, whom Prince Yi recruited, to orchestrate our deaths. Of course, they wouldn't go as far as to kill you, but they certainly can orchestrate my death." Fang Han turned over numerous plans in his mind.
Prince Yi's entire body shook. "That's impossible, right! Those cultivators from whatever Mount Dishi don't even have a single Golden Core among their cultivation bases. How could they possess such formidable capabilities?"
"It is their hidden cultivation! The cultivation bases of these people, every single one is ten times more formidable than Patriarch Green Sheep! They even rival the eternal giant Golden Core disciples of the Taiyi Sect. Those two, Dahe and Dashang, might even be more formidable than the Black Nether King."
"How is that possible? What rogue cultivator sect has such a force?"
"They are not a rogue cultivator sect. They are a terrifying kind of existence. The reason I haven't struck is because I don't want to end up losing everything. If even one of these people escapes and draws the attention of the terrifying existence behind them to us, we will suffer eternal damnation."
Fang Han still unhurriedly unleashed the two star supernatural powers of "Star Refining Demon Slashing Blade" and "Star Gathering Mind Refining Qi." One slashed in all directions, and the other was a defensive supernatural power. Although these Heavenly Demon Kings were formidable, they could not launch an attack to harm him in the short term.
Now that he had cultivated a Golden Core, he executed these two star supernatural powers to the point of utter perfection, achieving complete mastery. His casual deployment was much more formidable than that of the true legacy disciples of the Myriad Stars Sect.
He wanted to ponder over the situation first and had absolutely no intention of acting rashly.
"This person has been trapped in the array for fully half an hour, and there is actually not the slightest sign of magic power depletion. If this attrition continues, I fear a long night leads to many dreams; in case some righteous sect cultivator arrives, it will ruin our plans." After fully half an hour, seeing the "Life Reaping Scholar" besieged at the center of the demon array still emitting starlight, which had merely dimmed slightly, a "God King" furrowed his brow slightly.
"Very well, let the seven of us join forces and waste some vital energy to catalyze the Heavenly Demons! We will boost the power of this Heaven Hating Grand Array by tenfold! Let us see if he can still hold on."
Mr. Dahe waved his hand.
"Alright!" The other six God Kings assented in unison. They chanted a series of mysterious incantations, their complexions alternating between flushed red and green. Suddenly opening their mouths, they spewed out a stream of spooky, secretive vital energy. This vital energy did not belong to any astral qi, nor did it belong to any essence origin. It was completely devoid of the slightest gentleness; instead, it was icy, bizarre, supreme, carrying the noble aura of a ruler.
This was the Protoss's "Blood Origin of God."
If a Heavenly Demon absorbed even a sliver of this Blood Origin of God, its strength would vastly increase! Just as if a cultivator had consumed a "Mad Demon Reducing Lifespan Pill."
The Heavenly Demon race itself was manufactured by the Protoss. At that time, the powerhouse who manufactured the Heavenly Demons had originally copied the bloodline of the Protoss, but compared to the Protoss, Heavenly Demons always had flaws. If they could absorb the Blood Origin of God, they could compensate for their blood origin, and their power would increase by tenfold or even several dozen times.
"Pfft!"
A mass of the Blood Origin of God transformed into countless wisps of mist and entered the "Heaven Hating Demon Array" composed of the three million six hundred thousand Heavenly Demons.
Glug, glug!
Instantly, all the Heavenly Demons ballooned up like inflated toads.
Some powerful Heavenly Demons even began to undergo a transformation! Their originally formless and immaterial bodies actually grew scales; some even sprouted extra arms and extra heads, showing a trend of evolving into Demon Kings.
The power of the Heaven Hating Demon Array abruptly expanded, actually forming a grinding mill. Three hundred and sixty Demon Kings each led ten thousand Heavenly Demons, spinning frantically. They churned up ghostly wails and gloomy winds, intent on thoroughly shredding Fang Han. Surges of demonic energy soared into the sky, and within a thousand-mile radius of the sea area, all living souls, fish and shrimp, sea snakes, sea turtles, and even jellyfish in the deep sea, were swept up, their fresh blood melding into the demon array.
In an instant, the thousand-mile radius sea area became an Asura slaughterhouse.
"This demon array has such massive power. What exactly is the vital energy of these people! To actually cause the Heavenly Demons to transform like this, what on earth is it?"
The Thirteenth Prince, Prince Zhan, shivered. Even with his strength as a Golden Core expert, he felt his body trembling restlessly, on the verge of being drawn into the demon array.
"If I were trapped in this demon array, I am afraid I would die." The Fourth Prince, Prince Yi, secretly clenched his fists tightly, quietly sacrificing his formless sword to guard his body. He suddenly cried out: "That Life Reaping Scholar is finally unable to hold on."
Before his words even fell, Fang Han within the array had already perceived that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The seven God Kings had spewed out their vital energy to catalyze the Heavenly Demons and thus had no time to flee.
"If not strike now, then when?"
He condensed his magic power and suddenly sacrificed his Life Golden Core. With another burst of concentration, it suddenly expanded a thousand, ten thousand times! Rumble! Rumble!
It was as if thousands of stars in the heavens exploded simultaneously, blasting the entire Heaven Hating Demon Array into broken fragments.
Fang Han's body soared upward. One black hole after another appeared around his body; it was the Great Devouring Technique. Countless Heavenly Demon Kings and Heavenly Demons were swallowed within. At the same time, beneath his feet, the Bridge of Helplessness appeared, along with one Gate of Avici after another continuously opening.
His Golden Core, fully the size of a house, hung suspended in the sky, eclipsing even the brilliance of the blazing sun.