"Only being able to use three-tenths of my power is truly frustrating. If I could utilize all my power, I would have long beaten this Wan Lianshan so thoroughly that not even dregs remain. Why would I bother getting tangled in a fight with him?"
Fang Han fought this battle with immense frustration. Although the inner core of his Golden Core was sealed by the Great Vow Technique, allowing him to temporarily use full power, he couldn't guarantee that striking fiercely wouldn't shatter a bit of the Great Vow Technique's power, causing the Wind and Fire Great Calamity in the inner core to completely erupt. That would be incredibly dangerous.
If he could use the power of the Yellow Springs Diagram, he could also casually exterminate Wan Lianshan, but as luck would have it, the Yellow Springs Diagram couldn't be used either. If the Yellow Springs Diagram were summoned, the Sun and Moon Essence Wheels would fly away and break through the void, which would be a far too massive loss.
However, despite being frustrated, Fang Han's eyes swiveled, radiating fierce glares. Anyone who saw the ferocity in his gaze would be startled, looking exactly like an evil ghost crawling out of hell, ready to devour whatever it saw, or like a lone wolf on the prairie, finding prey and biting it to death in one snap.
"Fang Han, you seem to have lost your fierce might. Is it because your Golden Core is too powerful, having reached the peak and is about to trigger the Wind and Fire Great Calamity? Is that why you cannot exert all your power?"
Wan Lianshan utilized his "Incarnation of the Sea God" Life-Bound Heaven and Earth Dharma Form, enveloping Fang Han within it and applying fierce pressure with divine powers. Meanwhile, his true body remained safe and sound under the protection of the "Profound Heaven Spirit Returning Armor". He had also noticed Fang Han's irregularity and immediately understood what was going on.
After all, he was also an expert who had cultivated for hundreds of years, the first true pass-down of the Wangui Immortal Island, rich in cultivation experience, and a figure who had survived the Wind and Fire Great Calamity. How could he not understand why Fang Han suddenly became weak? However, he did not relax his vigilance. On one hand, he mocked to stimulate Fang Han's mood; on the other hand, he secretly prepared, brewing and accumulating power to crush Fang Han in one swoop.
He also saw that although Fang Han couldn't use all his power, to subdue Fang Han was still a difficult task. The opponent was too slippery, and the Five Emperors Great Demon Divine Power restrained all five-element Dao techniques. His own Incarnation of the Sea God and Life-Bound Heaven and Earth Dharma Form were faintly restrained.
His current power was that of fifty or sixty million galloping fiery horses. Originally, there was no way to compare with Fang Han, but since Fang Han's power was currently suppressed, able to use only three-tenths of his strength, he managed to trap him.
"Fang Han! To enhance your power, you forcibly plundered various divine powers, leading to an unstable state of mind. Almost all the ninety divine powers in your Golden Core weren't cultivated by yourself, but plundered from others. You lack a deep comprehension of divine powers; the greater the divine powers, the more the calamities, not to mention you didn't cultivate them yourself. Therefore, your Wind and Fire Great Calamity will let you know what the rules of the Heavenly Dao are; you fundamentally cannot pass the Wind and Fire Great Calamity! You will be completely obliterated into flying ash. You still have one chance now: quickly admit defeat and step down from the arena. Otherwise, if the fight continues, you fundamentally won't be able to suppress the Wind and Fire Great Calamity in the inner core of your Golden Core. At that time, when wind and fire envelop your body, without me lifting a finger, you yourselves will turn into dust."
Seeing Fang Han lingering and circling here, Wan Lianshan shouted again. His voice contained a demon-subduing tone, the "Tide Sound Fury" of the Wangui Immortal Island.
"Wan Lianshan, I have been playing around with you, yet you actually took it seriously. If I tell you to die, you die!" Fang Han's body shook, vibrating more than a hundred thousand times again, and a powerful will erupted: "What is heaven? What is Dao? What are rules? Can a petty tenth tier of the Divine Power Realm like you understand? Natural selection, survival of the fittest, the law of the jungle; I plunder divine powers, advance bravely and diligently, crush with immense power, and traverse unhindered through heaven and earth. How could you possibly comprehend the realm within this?"
Rumble!
At this moment, Fang Han couldn't be bothered to waste words with Wan Lianshan. Above his head, ten thousand rays of golden light shone, and streams of golden auspicious breath draped like bolts of undyed silk, spreading in all directions and spanning north, south, east, and west.
Conches blew loudly, and great drums were struck heavily.
The Golden Core vibrated out.
Fang Han finally summoned his own Golden Core. He no longer cared that using divine powers at full strength might shatter the seal of the Great Vow Technique and trigger the Wind and Fire Great Calamity; he would beat this Wan Lianshan to death first.
He seemed to have understood some reasoning; his Wind and Fire Great Calamity was an extremely heavy tribulation, one that he feared would be very difficult to pass. This time, Immortal Venerable Linglong arranging this competition and using the Great Vow Technique to temporarily block his Wind and Fire Great Calamity might be an act of helping him, allowing him to thoroughly stimulate his potential in these successive battles to cross the Wind and Fire Great Calamity.
With this enlightenment of thought, Fang Han lost all scruples. He held absolutely no fear of the impending Wind and Fire Great Calamity. He precisely wanted to see just how formidable the Wind and Fire Great Calamity triggered by his Life-Bound Golden Core cultivated with ninety divine powers truly was.
Facing the impending calamity, meeting the difficulties head-on, he possessed great courage in his heart.
"Bang!"
As soon as the Golden Core emerged, it instantly shook "Wan Lianshan's" Incarnation of the Sea God into pieces everywhere, causing the massive water essential qi to run rampant in all directions. Fang Han's body shifted constantly, the Golden Core was sucked back into his body again, and with a hum, he disappeared without a trace.
"Oh no! This guy can actually exert his full power!"
Wan Lianshan was greatly startled. His Incarnation of the Sea God Life-Bound Heaven and Earth Dharma Form was suddenly shattered by the shock. He immediately recognized the severity of the situation. Fortunately, the Heaven and Earth Dharma Form was condensed from essential qi divine powers; after being shattered, it could be coalesced again, at most consuming some essential qi.
In this instant, he retracted all the shattered incarnations back into his body, emitting brilliant blue light all over, and soared into the sky, intending to clash head-on with Fang Han.
However, Fang Han's speed was much faster than his. Just as he flew up, a massive fist broke through the void, looking as if an Immemorial Demon God in the dark obscureness had thrown a punch capable of destroying heaven and earth.
Boom! This punch landed on Wan Lianshan's body. The "Profound Heaven Spirit Returning Armor" on him erupted again with intense milky-white brilliance, but to no avail. Under this world-destroying punch of the Immemorial Demon God, the white brilliance shattered inch by inch. On the hard armor, one grand array after another violently burst apart, while Fang Han forcefully "squeezed" out from the chaotic airflow. His entire body was tall and large, his eyes like those of an eagle. His back figure dragged out a long halo behind him. One hand struck out as a fist, while the other hand spread open like a winnowing basket, the five fingers propping up, and the palm pressing down heavily. In the center of the palm, rings of golden brilliance and various divine powers flowed.
He had actually concentrated his Golden Core onto his hand. He clawed downwards like a goshawk catching a rabbit, aiming at the top of Wan Lianshan's skull, intending to shatter the opponent's brain with one claw.
As long as one hadn't cultivated an Undying Body, having an open skull meant certain death without a doubt.
Fang Han was clearly infuriated by Wan Lianshan's remarks. His strikes were fatal moves upon execution. Shattering the opponent's Heaven and Earth Dharma Form, blasting open the armor with a punch, condensing the Golden Core onto his palm, to claw open the opponent's head.
With this move, Fang Han truly descended like an Immemorial Demon God, his killing intent overwhelming the heavens. The violent aura on his body almost coalesced in the sky into wailing evil ghosts.
The sinister wind howled dolefully, ghosts weeping and gods howling.
"Fang Han, you've been fooled. Did you really think I only had these few tricks? I will let you know why I am ranked fourth on the Longevity Reserve List!" During Fang Han's counterattack, a bizarre smile suddenly appeared in Wan Lianshan's eyes, as if Fang Han had fallen into a trap.
Above his head, a brilliantly radiant precious pearl suddenly rose. Within the precious pearl, Wan Lianshan's own shadow faintly became visible. It was actually a precious pearl similar to the Azure Sea Divine Pearl, yet nowhere near as powerful as the Azure Sea Divine Pearl, but it was surprisingly still a low-grade Dao weapon.
Sea Soul Pearl! Second Origin Spirit!
This was actually an essence precious pearl condensed from sea souls, and subsequently, Wan Lianshan had refined it into a Second Origin Spirit. This was the reason he ranked fourth on the Longevity Reserve List; he had unexpectedly refined a Second Origin Spirit just like Yan Shuiyi.
The Second Origin Spirit blocked the hand Fang Han was clawing toward his head.
Crack, crack! This Second Origin Spirit refined from the Sea Soul Pearl shattered, unexpectedly unable to resist the grabbing motion of Fang Han's demonic hand, but it managed to stall for a moment anyway.
In this instant, Wan Lianshan's eyes flickered, he opened his mouth and spat out, and another powerful magic treasure flew out. This powerful magic treasure resembled a shark, a precious sword, a flying knife, and somewhat like a treasure boat. From within the treasure boat, streaks of lightning light sprayed out.
Tiansha Divine Shark Boat! Medium-grade Dao weapon!
This was Wan Lianshan's secret magic artifact, a powerful Dao weapon refined by the Wangui Immortal Island. Utilizing who knew how many hundreds of millions of vicious shark souls and absorbing thousands of years of Heavenly Astral and Earthly Fiend qi, they finally forged this medium-grade Dao weapon. Its might was tremendous, especially the ferocious and evil aura of the hundreds of millions of vicious sharks, which possessed immense power. It could blast apart the protection of all Daoist astral qi magic treasures.
Rumble!
As soon as this medium-grade Dao weapon flew out, piercing clouds like lightning and erupting with thunder, it struck Fang Han's body with a single blow, leaving everyone utterly caught off guard.
This thunder was no ordinary thunder; it was a ferocious and evil thunder, a thunder of destruction, a thunder of violence condensed from the souls of hundreds of millions of vicious sharks. Every explosion required absorbing hundreds of millions of vicious shark souls to coalesce, and its blast was far more powerful than the explosion of a Golden Core.
At this moment, Wan Lianshan revealed his true methods. The Second Origin Spirit blocking the large hand, spitting out the "Tiansha Divine Shark Boat" to bombard Fang Han; who knew how much wisdom and tactics this consolidated.
Striking Fang Han forcefully, it actually blasted away the majority of Fang Han's body! Flesh and blood flew everywhere; the might of that ferocious and evil thunder, the thunder of destruction, was inconceivably vast.
"Blown to death! I succeeded! Body destroyed, this Fang Han is absolutely dead!"
Seeing the "Tiansha Divine Shark Boat" he spat out blast apart Fang Han's body, Wan Lianshan was overjoyed in his heart, knowing he had succeeded. However, the loss was also massive; for every thunder the Tiansha Divine Shark Boat unleashed, hundreds of millions of vicious shark souls had to be consumed.
"Fang Han's body was blasted apart!"
"He actually failed! Defeated by Wan Lianshan!"
"How is that possible!"
"It seems his realm was too low. Being shattered physically in one strike is also normal."
"Now Immortal Venerable Linglong can only help him reincarnate to tide over a calamity anew. Pity, what a pity."
This sudden change caused everyone present to be greatly shocked. Fang Han was blasted apart by this strike, leaving only a single head. Everyone knew that this time, Fang Han was absolutely dead!