"If not leaving now, then when?"
Sacrificing out the Eight Divisions Pagoda and using all his strength to force Daoist Dragon to display the "Arhat Blood Explosion Great Art" and abandon five of his fingers, Fang Han knew that with his current strength, in a one-on-one, relying on numerous magic treasures, it was really possible to defeat an eternal giant at the first layer of the Longevity Secret Realm and make them suffer a loss.
With the two magic treasures of the Sun Moon Essence Wheel combined, not to mention other miraculousness, just the comparatively pure lethality could almost match a high-grade Dao Artifact. Mixed within the various precious lights of the Eight Divisions Pagoda, the power of a million heavenly demons, a thousand Demon Kings, and the Wheel-Turning Holy King, under one strike, it indeed shook the earth and swayed the mountains.
Furthermore, driven by Fang Han's magic power, even eternal giants had to temporarily avoid the sharp edge.
Not to mention, there was a genuine high-grade Dao Artifact, the Yellow Spring Diagram, among it. The Yellow Spring Diagram, with the Gate of Avici and the Bridge of Helplessness opened, was already a true high-grade Dao Artifact. If the Disc of Reincarnation was opened again, it would be a supreme-grade Dao Artifact like the Mount Sumeru Golden Mountain. Dominating the primordial era, peerless in the mortal world.
However, right now it was two eternal giants, Daoist Dragon and Daoist Wood uniting; Fang Han was absolutely not a match. More importantly, there were still many people below eyeing him like tigers watching their prey, ready to rush up at any time and deal him a fatal blow.
To thoroughly resist the joining of hands of Daoist Dragon and Daoist Wood, unless Fang Han took a step further, accumulated a massive amount of origin qi, refined the Heaven and Earth Aspect of the ninth layer of Divine Ability, or even reached the Defying Heaven and Changing Fate realm of the tenth layer of Divine Ability.
Forcing back Daoist Dragon, Fang Han shook the Yellow Spring Diagram, and Avici Demonic Qi permeated a space of dozens of miles, approaching a hundred miles in radius. He thoroughly hid inside it, spun the Eight Divisions Pagoda, and retracted all the precious light back into the pagoda body. Even the blood mist produced by the explosion of Daoist Dragon's five fingers was swallowed in by the Great Devouring Technique, turned into pure origin qi, and wholly poured onto the Golden Core.
Once his Golden Core condensed from ninety-three kinds of divine abilities absorbed this blood mist, it tempered even more dazzlingly. Inside, there was vaguely a feeling of forming a spirit embryo and transforming into a Heaven and Earth Aspect.
"Truly a great tonic. If I could swallow this Daoist Dragon completely, my Heaven and Earth Aspect would immediately achieve grand completion. I could even break through to the peak realm of Defying Heaven and Changing Fate, and step into the Longevity Secret Realm at any time."
A crazy thought flashed through Fang Han's heart.
After passing the Wind and Fire Tribulation, as long as there was enough origin qi, the Heaven and Earth Aspect could be easily condensed. And for the tenth layer of Divine Ability, the Defying Heaven and Changing Fate realm, one could also use powerful force to vibrate the sea of consciousness and comprehend the origin. It wasn't very difficult. This was what Fang Han knew from asking the mysterious person and many giants.
What was the most important thing for Defying Heaven and Changing Fate? It was power.
The ninth and tenth layers of Divine Ability were both a process of accumulating power.
"Let's go back to the Yuhua Sect first and rest for a period of time. At the same time, I can also look for trouble with Hua Tiandu; take advantage of his illness to take his life! Now I have a 70% certainty of defeating Hua Tiandu! A 50% certainty of killing him! It's just that the guy Ruyizi is troublesome!"
In his heart, Fang Han still gave up the thought of killing Daoist Dragon, deciding to return to the Yuhua Sect to find trouble with Hua Tiandu or to bitterly practice Dao techniques again. Accumulating origin qi, attempting to advance further.
Running about outside for so long, he was indeed tired.
"White Emperor Metal Sovereign Slash, using the body to turn into a sword, the Bridge of Helplessness, connecting space-time!" Within the Avici Demonic Qi, Fang Han once again urged an escaping method; golden light shot in all directions, the Bridge of Helplessness extended into the void, and with a boom, the person disappeared without a trace, truly escaping away.
Detestable!
Daoist Dragon and Daoist Wood flew up with full strength at this time. The two displayed their power together, dispersing the sky full of Avici Demonic Qi. But Fang Han inside the demonic qi had completely disappeared.
"This kid caused me to lose five fingers. I can only go back, find suitable experts, sever their fingers, and attach them with Bone-Connecting Golden Cores. But to refine them back to the original miraculousness will require at least ten years of bitter effort." Daoist Dragon said viciously.
Towards Fang Han, he simply hated him to the bone!
"Daoist Dragon, the loss of fingers is nothing. You and I are both eternal giants, our time is still long." Daoist Wood's gaze was gloomy: "That magic treasure of his just now, what was it? A precious pagoda storing countless magic treasures, a full three mid-grade Dao Artifacts, the magnitude of its lethality was simply shocking to see!"
"That seemed like the legendary magic treasure of the Heavenly Dragon clan, the Eight Divisions Pagoda! However, on the pagoda body of the Eight Divisions Pagoda, there seemed to be a spirit talisman. That spirit talisman was extraordinarily miraculous, seeming to be refined by a supreme mighty figure of the Buddhist sect. Also, the Sun Moon Essence Wheel was in this pagoda. How could he have so many magic treasures? Even in our hands, we do not have a single mid-grade Dao Artifact."
Mid-grade Dao Artifacts were extremely hard to come by. Like Daoist Dragon and Daoist Wood, although they were eternal giants, they were only experts at the first layer, lacking the ability to refine mid-grade Dao Artifacts. Much less things like the Sun Moon Essence Wheel.
"This magic treasure, given time, its lethality will be even more massive! If we don't kill this kid now, wait until his cultivation increases further and his magic treasures become more powerful, we won't be able to kill him."
"Then pursue!"
Suddenly, Daoist Dragon and Daoist Wood had a stream of cyan and a stream of white origin qi fly out from their bodies, intertwining together, actually joining hands. With a boom, the Nine Heavens Astral Wind within a thousand miles all extinguished, and their persons disappeared. Following Fang Han's aura, they pursued over.
"So fast? To actually catch up to me? Could it be this Daoist Dragon and Daoist Wood are dual-cultivating Dao companions? Their magic power mutually communicating? Joining hands to pursue?"
Fang Han flew and escaped with all his might, shuttling through the Nine Heavens Astral Wind. Almost in the blink of an eye, he reached over three thousand miles away; a distance of ten thousand miles was only the time of a breath. He did not fly towards the ground, but soared upwards, fully wanting to fly out into outer space. This way, it would be helpful for him to see the directional position of the entire Xuanhuang Great World clearly, so he could fly to the Yuhua Sect as soon as possible.
Being pursued and kept in mind by many, many experts was not a good thing.
With a few bounds, Fang Han fully flew ten thousand miles, breaking away from the Nine Heavens Astral Wind layer at once and entering true outer space. In outer space, it was eternal nothingness; the sky was like a bizarrely boundlessly large curtain dotted with densely packed stars. In the infinite distance, deep in the universe that one couldn't fly to the end of in a lifetime, there were brilliant starry rivers emitting dazzling light, proclaiming the miraculousness and secrets of this world to all cultivators.
This was Fang Han's first time flying out of the Nine Heavens Astral Wind layer. Looking at the vast starry sky and majestic universe, heroic feelings rose in his heart. His soul seemed to be purified, and just when he seemed about to comprehend something, the Nine Heavens Astral Wind layer below surged with continuous vortexes, and the shadows of Daoist Dragon and Daoist Wood surfaced within it.
Fang Han was immediately greatly shocked. He didn't expect these two Daoists to be so fierce. To actually have their magic power connected and join hands to pursue him.
Fortunately, he had exchanged blows with Qiu Xiyu and knew the power of eternal giants. Without caring to appreciate the wonderful scenery of the starry sky, he slightly regulated his origin qi, clearly recognized the direction of the Yuhua Sect, his whole body turning hazy for a burst, and amidst flickering, disappeared again.
Boom!
The astral wind within a thousand miles disintegrated again; Daoist Dragon and Daoist Wood descended together. The entire space shook unsteadily, and the stars in the sky seemed to flicker.
"Detestable, let this kid run again. This kid's flying escape is really fast." Daoist Dragon said viciously.
"Among the Five Emperors Great Demon Divine Ability, the White Emperor Metal Sovereign Slash's flying escape speed is hailed as number one in the Demonic Sect; within the Immortal Dao, only the Taiyi Flying Heaven Phantom Great Art can rival it. Moreover, the Bridge of Helplessness can pierce through space-time and shuttle freely. But this kid hasn't cultivated to the Longevity Secret Realm, unable to unleash the full power of the Bridge of Helplessness; otherwise, we fundamentally wouldn't be able to find him." Daoist Wood emitted a divine sense, "However, the aura of the Cyan Emperor Wood Sovereign Skill on his body, as well as the aura of a wood-attribute holy object, I sense deeply. No matter where he runs, I can find him. Let's pursue."
"What if he escapes back to the Yuhua Sect, what do we do? The Yuhua Sect Leader Feng Baiyu possesses the Heavenly Emperor Mirror; we are not matches."
"Then catch him before he escapes back to the Yuhua Sect! Besides, this place is extremely far from the Yuhua Sect; even with this kid's speed, he has to fly for days and nights. His magic power simply cannot support him flying for so long at this speed, while our magic power is much more drawn-out and vigorous than his."
While speaking, Daoist Wood flew up again.
The Linglong Blessed Land was far overseas. Ordinary cultivators would need to fly for months or even a year; Fang Han indeed needed days and nights to be able to fly back to the Yuhua Sect.
"These two giants are really like maggots attached to the bone, can't be shaken off at all." Fang Han's flying escape changed, continuously altering routes, attempting to shake off the Daoists Dragon and Wood behind him, but it was of no use. A few times, he nearly let these two Daoists snatch in front of him, forcing him to fly in the opposite direction.
Fang Han couldn't even figure out why these two Daoists were biting onto him so tightly.
His speed also gradually slowed down. Flying at three thousand times the speed of sound instantly was merely his explosive power; he couldn't sustain the flight. Moreover, his Golden Core now was too powerful, and the Immortal Realm origin qi of the World Tree gradually couldn't replenish it. If he exploded for too long, there would be a danger of losing strength.
"Fang Han, originally we could completely shake off Daoists Dragon and Wood, but that Daoist Wood is highly sensitive to your aura, because your Cyan Emperor Wood Sovereign Skill, and the World Tree at your glabella, have both let him grasp many clues. If we keep going like this, we will definitely be caught by these two Daoists before we can fly to the Yuhua Sect."
"Hmph, it doesn't matter if they catch up, I'm not afraid of what they can do to me, at least they can't do without me. But right now, there are many people who want to pick up a cheap advantage from me. In case both sides suffer, I will definitely die." Fang Han was crystal clear in his heart: "I have a strategy to avoid their sharp edge, Yan, assist me! Reincarnation!"
In his incantation, the Yellow Spring Diagram suddenly morphed, like a heavenly garment, covering his body. Instantly, Fang Han transformed into an individual with another temperament, the Life-Seizing Scholar. All auras were covered up.
In the midst of the transformation, he dropped downwards, falling into the secular world.