"This sword technique is so secretive? It seems I viewed too little information from the Longevity Reserve List. The assault of this sword actually causes my heart demons to swarm. This kind of sword technique holds far more terror compared to the Lifeless Killing Dao and Formless Sword Qi! Since when did the Heaven Communication Sword Sect possess such a Dao of the Sword?"
Fang Han only felt a flying sword impending over his head. Immediately, within his five seas of consciousness, there was a wave of chaos; heart demons arose in swarms, and illusions were constantly born and destroyed. Deep in the inner core of his Golden Core, the Wind and Fire Great Calamity became restless, showing a tendency to break through the Great Vow Technique's seal.
Such a scene was simply unprecedented. Heart demons were not like heavenly demons, earthly demons, or human demons. Heart demons were the most secretive things for a cultivator. No matter how high their cultivation base was, they possessed heart demons. Because the heart demon was oneself. Oneself was the heart demon, and once a cultivator generated doubt about their own Dao, heart demons would be born.
The Wind and Fire Great Calamity was also a tribulation created by the combination of heart demons and external essential qi.
Heart demons, secretive existences, their origins unknown, their destinations unknown. As long as the "self" existed, the "heart demon" existed, and even those at the tenth tier of the Longevity Realm were no exception.
Even an expert at Immortal Venerable Linglong's level had the existence of heart demons.
According to legend, only upon cultivating to the true Great Luo realm could one truly eliminate and kill the heart demons. Reaching the pure Good Fortune realm. Eternal and unbound, impervious to a myriad calamities.
Jiao Fei's sword technique could actually draw out heart demons.
This was exactly the bane to Fang Han now. If it were before his Wind and Fire Great Calamity, Fang Han would fundamentally not fear heart demons at all. But now, although the heart demons could not harm him, they could trigger the Wind and Fire Great Calamity.
"Fang Han, this set of sword techniques of mine is called the Heart Demon Great Curse Sword. It means condensing one's own supreme heart demons and blending them into the sword; it is the essence of my lifelong cultivation base. It was taught to me by a stranger with unique abilities I met while traversing the world. There was no such sword technique during immemorial times, nor is there such a sword technique in the present Dao of the Sword."
In Fang Han's vision, illusions arose in swarms, and numerous heart demons appeared. Those heart demons actually emitted Jiao Fei's voice.
And inside Fang Han's eyes, not a trace of Jiao Fei's voice could be seen. His mouth, eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and body—his six senses were completely blinded by the heart demons. At this moment, even if it were the end of the world outside, he would be unable to sense it.
In other words, with the flying sword impending over his head, he also had absolutely no way to defend against it.
"Om Mani Padme Hum!" At this moment, Fang Han did not utilize his own Life-Bound Divine Powers. Instead, his mind recalled the profoundness of the six characters on the Five Elements Place spirit talisman. A wave of resonance swept through the mana in his mind, emitting six types of sounds. All his heart demons were immediately thoroughly swept away. The real world appeared before his eyes, and right at this very moment, a stream of sword qi violently slashed down upon his head.
Thud.
The sword qi collided with his head, and the sword qi exploded. His head remained completely unharmed, not even a single strand of hair fell off.
With Fang Han's current physical body, even Dao weapons could not slice it open.
Even when Wan Lianshan blasted his body apart, it was because his Golden Core was condensed onto his palm without protecting his body. Furthermore, it was only through a sudden surprise attack using a medium-grade Dao weapon—a fierce thunder condensed from the evil souls of hundreds of millions of vicious sharks—that it achieved the effect.
Of course, if Fang Han were prepared and used his Golden Core to protect his body, this fierce thunder would be useless; it would at most blast open some skin and would definitely not harm his fundamental essence.
"Heart Demon Great Curse Sword? What kind of sword technique is this? However, the sword qi doesn't seem that sharp, inferior to the Formless Sword and the Lifeless Killing Dao. It is only that the sword technique can induce heart demons, which is truly miraculous. If it weren't for the Buddhist Dao technique I cultivate, I really would have been restrained by the heart demons. Triggering the Wind and Fire Great Calamity!"
Buddhist great magic possesses unique wondrous uses in restraining heart demons.
"Heart demons are actually useless against him?" Jiao Fei slashed his sword upon Fang Han's head, only to see that Fang Han was completely unaffected. His gaze was perfectly clear, and with a grim smile on his face, Jiao Fei realized his heart demons had failed against him, which genuinely startled him.
Although his Heart Demon Great Curse Sword was formidable, its formidability lay in the heart demons; the sword qi was not particularly formidable. Unless he cultivated to the Longevity Realm and comprehended the Dao of condensing sword qi with supreme heart demons, only then could he truly run amok through many worlds, freely coming and going, inducing all kinds of heart demons in all living beings.
"The Heart Demon Great Curse Sword is indeed a supreme divine power sword technique, an original creation carrying on the past and opening up the future. But it seems your proficiency is lacking. You are still far from being able to trigger my Wind and Fire Great Calamity. How can my own tribulations be induced by an outsider?"
Fang Han slipped in silently, leaving no trace. He utilized the Ghost Emperor's Ghost Snake Great Magic, as well as the Linglong Blessed Land's Snake and Sparrow Roaming Divine Energy. Of course, he also used the speed of the White Emperor Metal Sovereign Slash.
Approaching Jiao Fei, Fang Han stamped out a palm toward his ribs. Although this was a purely silent palm strike, if it hit, even a mountain would be turned to powder.
"Fang Han, you've been fooled. This is not my actual body; it is formed by heart demons. My true body is hidden within the Heart Demon Great Curse Sword technique; I am everywhere, yet I am nowhere. No matter what, you absolutely cannot attack me. As long as your heart demons are not eradicated for a single day, I am a true Undying Body."
"Pop!"
Fang Han's palm struck Jiao Fei's body, but the body of this number one true passed-down disciple of the Heaven Communication Sword Sect twisted into a mass of formless phantoms, seeming as if he had struck a mass of air.
This form was actually a phantom created by Jiao Fei utilizing Fang Han's heart demons, confusing Fang Han's mind. This caused a deviation in his soul. Jiao Fei's Heart Demon Great Curse Sword was indeed worthy of being an original unparalleled sword cultivation technique carrying on the past and opening up the future. The person who created this sword technique was strictly a figure of stunning talent and supreme extreme intelligence, an outstanding talent among Eternal Giants. Manipulating supreme heart demons was as simple as drinking water. Among the cultivators residing between heaven and earth, who wasn't trembling with fear regarding their own heart demons? Walking on thin ice? They were absolutely not at the stage of utilizing heart demons to confront enemies.
"You thought the Heart Demon Great Curse Sword could confuse my intellect? Too naive!" Fang Han hunched his body and spun round and round. Across the entire arena spanning three thousand feet, his phantoms were everywhere, securely latching onto Jiao Fei and engaging in a hunt. At the same time, from above his head, waves of five-element essential qi continuously erupted, unleashing Geng Metal Divine Thunder, Kui Water Divine Thunder… Five Elements Divine Thunder washed over the ground everywhere. Every inch of space was thoroughly filled with violent divine thunder, preventing Jiao Fei from having any place to hide eternally.
Fang Han intended to use absolute power, keeping Jiao Fei with nowhere to hide. Regardless of how he used his heart demons, it would be to no avail.
Sure enough, as the divine thunder bombarded, in a corner of the arena, Jiao Fei's body shuddered, revealing his actual form. Without thinking, Fang Han opened his mouth and spat, and a black hole came out dancing and swirling. With a powerful devouring force, it firmly sucked Jiao Fei's entire person in.
"Fang Han, did you think I only know how to utilize heart demons? Do not forget, the power of my sword techniques also dominates the experts of the Divine Power Realm!" Jiao Fei's whole body shook, and brilliant crystal rays violently shot out from his entire body, forming into a sword! His whole physical body formed a single sword. Man and sword united as one.
"Heaven Communication Profound Gate Great Dao Sword Qi!" As soon as man and sword united, the precious sword formed by Jiao Fei's body slashed down directly. Its sharpness strictly highly condensed, causing a ripping sound; it actually completely split apart the devouring pull of the Great Devouring Technique, pressing fiercely toward Fang Han. Upon this flying sword, a sword spirit faintly formed. It was a Daoist, wearing a high crown and strange clothing, his body drifting while his gaze was remarkably piercing, "Take this move of mine, Heaven and Earth Killing Calamity!"
His precious sword was surprisingly also a Dao weapon, and a medium-grade Dao weapon at that. Its power was tyrannical. This precious sword was called "Killing Calamity!" The Killing Calamity Sword, and its sword's artifact spirit was called Taoist Killing Calamity. The sword qi was extremely highly condensed; even if the Great Devouring Technique swallowed it, it would be difficult to digest.
This sword was pure killing intent. However, unlike Meng Shaobai's Lifeless Killing Dao, within the intense killing intent, it contained an aura of calamity. Calamity was precisely an intensely severely dangerous aura, making one spend their days in unending fear, as if a sharp sword hung over their head, threatening to fall at any time.
"Good, able to utilize heart demons while possessing extremely intense power. The Heaven and Earth Killing Calamity is indeed thoroughly extraordinary. This single sword is sufficiently capable of splitting open my head. If I could use the Yellow Springs Diagram, I could also resist it, but taking it head-on with my physical body will definitely not do!"
The hair on Fang Han's head stood on end, root by root. Millions of streams of five-colored radiance burst out, but to absolutely no avail. He could not completely block this Heaven and Earth Killing Calamity move of Jiao Fei's.
When the "Killing Calamity Sword" was executed, it possessed a might capable of splitting heaven and earth. Anything blocking its path ahead would be slashed apart and smashed to powder, falling into a tribulation.
Knowing its severity, Fang Han didn't dare take it head-on even with his half Undying Body. He hastily flew out his own Golden Core and viciously bombarded against the "Killing Calamity Sword."
Jiao Fei's full-force sword clashed against Fang Han's Golden Core of ninety divine powers. The Heaven and Earth Killing Calamity sword remarkably suffered obstruction. Hitting against the Golden Core, an eruption of fiery light spun endlessly. The two powerful existences continuously confronted each other using their respective tyrannical force.
"Kill!" Amidst the sword light, Jiao Fei emitted a wild roar again, sounding like a bull or a tiger. The sword light of the Killing Calamity Sword changed unpredictably, and space shattered to pieces. This was a medium-grade Dao weapon; a single sword could split apart the void just like the Great Cutting Technique, drawing forth powerful spatial storms.
Woo woo woo woo, streams of spatial storms were guided out from the void by the Killing Calamity Sword, bombarding against the Golden Core. It seemed to entirely cover the light of Fang Han's Golden Core, trying to thoroughly crush Fang Han's Golden Core into pieces.
"Jiao Fei, although the Killing Calamity Sword is formidable, it falls far short compared to the Great Chaos Thunder Sword. Moreover, lacking the Longevity Realm, you fundamentally cannot completely utilize the full power of a Dao weapon. Even the spatial storms you drew out cannot possibly destroy my Golden Core!" Fang Han was utterly fearless. His Golden Core shrank to the size of a sesame seed, and then abruptly expanded. With a single movement, it forcefully blasted away Jiao Fei's "Killing Calamity Sword", comprehensively erasing those spatial storms in an instant.
Subsequently, under the protection of his Golden Core, Fang Han charged forward furiously like a tiger or a wolf. His palms changed into ten million palm phantoms, completely enveloping Jiao Fei. Within the palm phantoms, all the various divine powers on his Golden Core completely transformed into a demonic hand. Shining with five-colored brilliant light and trembling with the large conch and great dharma drum, it grabbed at the top of Jiao Fei's skull.
Beneath the demonic hand, Jiao Fei was exactly like a small chick encountering an eagle. Trembling and shivering, completely unable to escape in any way.
This strike from Fang Han unleashed his absolute full power, determined to firmly suppress this first true passed-down disciple of the Heaven Communication Sword Sect. He thoroughly calculated that against this move, Jiao Fei strictly had no path to escape.
However, right at the moment the demonic hand approached his head, Jiao Fei suddenly revealed a secretive smile. His face unexpectedly altered, becoming exactly the same as Fang Han's.