The group of elders who were discussing how to sanction Fang Han poured out of the Ascension Heavenly Palace in a swarm and flew to the surroundings of the Punishment Terrace.
Brilliance flashed, and waves of tyrannical power rippled out, revealing the vast divine abilities of these peerless experts. Ruyi Zi had indeed put a lot of thought into it this time, gathering almost all the elites of the sect, elders who held great power, and even calling out the three Deputy Sect Masters.
His purpose was to take this opportunity to "sanction" Fang Han.
In his calculations, he currently held the dominant position. Even if Fang Han knew clearly that it was his doing, he could do nothing about it. How could he have known that as soon as Fang Han returned, he would directly target him? This completely exceeded his expectations.
"Elder Ruyi! You have finally come out? Fang Han! This devil Fang Han, as soon as he returned, he dealt a vicious blow to Tiandu Peak. He forcefully severed the earth veins and seized the Nine-Palace Great Golden Pagoda. Then he severely injured the two of us. You must stand up for us. You cannot let this devil run rampant within our Ascension Sect."
"Fang Han, you have already fallen into the Demonic Dao, do you know that? Numerous elders, stand up for us."
Seeing the numerous elders appear, especially Ruyi Zi with an ashen face, the two great Golden Core experts, Wan Luo and Ling Xiao, felt a surge of joy in their hearts. They hurriedly flew up and let out resentful voices.
"Fang Han! What are you doing? Could it be that you want to betray our Ascension Sect."
Walking with the stride of a dragon and the pace of a tiger, Ruyi Zi directly stepped onto the Punishment Terrace. His face was full of killing intent, and an undisguised murderous aura cast over Fang Han. His eyes were entirely filled with ferocity.
And this could not be blamed on him. For the dignity of a Giant of the Ages to be provoked like this, no one could endure it.
The Longevity Secret Realm! Giant of the Ages! Every word carried a heavy weight, standing high above, granting cultivators endless superiority. The Divine Ability Secret Realm could only look up to them. Even if a Giant of the Ages killed the entire family of a Divine Ability Secret Realm expert, the person in the Divine Ability Secret Realm could only swallow their anger in silence. It would be entirely like an emperor executing an official's entire family; the surviving orphans of that official could only swallow their anger and could not seek revenge.
The disparity in strength was just that massive.
Therefore, Ruyi Zi felt that no matter how he toyed with Fang Han, there would be no problem.
But now, it seemed an accident had occurred…
"Hua Tiandu once collected my Seven-Fiend Gourd, so this time I repaid him in kind and collected his Nine-Palace Great Golden Pagoda. Ruyi Zi, you actually gathered the elders to sanction me? Good, very good. Who gave you the audacity? Where is Hua Tiandu? Call him out for me. The grievances between him and me will be settled together today. I am too lazy to wait until six or seven years later."
Fang Han narrowed his eyes, staring fixedly at Ruyi Zi, completely ignoring the intense killing intent displayed by this Giant of the Ages.
Now, having experienced the battle with God Emperor Hentian, he was fundamentally unafraid of ordinary Giants of the Ages. At present, the Undying Body Giants of the Ages of the Ascension Sect were all deep within spacetime, refining the Heavenly Emperor Mirror to deal with the God Race army. Where would they have the time to pay attention to the personal grievances between Hua Tiandu and Fang Han?
Ruyi Zi accurately calculated that he could completely suppress Fang Han, and now Fang Han also accurately calculated that he could completely suppress him.
"How can Hua Tiandu's status be something you can compare with. He is currently cultivating deep within the spacetime of the Ascension Heavenly Palace; one day outside is one month inside. His time is extremely precious, where would he have the free time to deal with you? Let me tell you, he has already received the Vacuum Yin-Yang Dao transmitted by Supreme Headmaster Feng Baiyu, do you know what that means? Do you think the position of Sect Master belongs to you? You are daydreaming." Ruyi Zi said ferociously: "It perfectly aligns with my intent to sanction you. Now, with your insane behavior, there is no need to discuss further. Tianxing, Jiang Rourou, look, has this child already lost his mind and gone completely crazy?"
"Fang Han, what do you have to say?"
The Time Punishment Elder said to Fang Han.
"I have nothing to say." Fang Han chuckled continuously: "Ruyi Zi, if you want to sanction me, you'll have to see what strength you have. Within our Ascension Sect, everything is determined by strength. Since Hua Tiandu is unwilling to come out, and you are obstructing me from settling my personal grievances with him, then you are equally my enemy. I will directly capture you, and then force Hua Tiandu to come out."
"What? You will capture me?" Upon hearing this, Ruyi Zi could instantly no longer endure the raging anger in his heart. He fiercely waved his hand, and a massive force that was difficult to resist blasted toward Fang Han. Within this massive force, a black Ruyi scepter materialized. On the Ruyi, dragons and tigers roared; this was the divine ability he cultivated, the Taiyi Ruyi Transformation. Not only did it possess boundless power, but it was also full of variations.
The massive black Ruyi crashed directly toward Fang Han; he was actually dealing a lethal blow.
"Stop!" The Time Punishment Elder gave an explosive shout and was about to intervene.
"Time Punishment Elder, do not intervene. Let me witness Ruyi Zi's divine ability. I want to see exactly how much skill this Giant of the Ages has, daring to sanction me."
Fang Han suddenly grabbed out. The palm of his half Undying Body radiated tyrannical vital energy, directly blocking Ruyi Zi's divine ability. Following that, he gave a loud shout: "Fellow elders, Ruyi Zi is deliberately obstructing my revenge. Even a Giant of the Ages shouldn't think of stopping me. Having come out of the Linglong Blessed Land and encountered the Heavenly Dao Kill Order, with quite a few Giants of the Ages hunting me down, there's nothing terrifying about it."
"Fang Han, you are courting death!"
Ruyi Zi's divine ability was actually blocked by Fang Han; it was as heavy as a mountain peak and couldn't be pushed through. He was secretly startled in his heart, but this was merely his probing; many hidden trump cards had not been unleashed. Nor had he deployed magical treasures. He still believed that once he brought out his true methods, Fang Han would not be his match.
In an instant, many thoughts spun in his mind. The mana within his body changed continuously. Ruyi Zi opened his mouth and spat out; a streak of white light flew out. Hum! Without any warning, this streak of white light pierced straight toward Fang Han's glabella.
The ultimate technique of the Ascension Sect, famous throughout the heavens, having slaughtered countless Heavenly Demons—the Instant Kill Great Method.
The Instant Kill Great Method shocked the heavens and made ghosts and gods weep. Especially when performed in the hands of a Giant of the Ages, it was even more formidable. Ruyi Zi already knew that Fang Han had cultivated half an Undying Body, so he did not seek to sever his body but directly aimed to assassinate his head.
The white light shot from his mouth was gathered from the essence of five metals and bitterly cultivated over thousands of years—a streak of "Great Freedom Profound Metal Sword Qi." It was extremely condensed, matching simply the destructive power of a Dao artifact.
What kind of figure was he? A Giant of the Ages. Any divine ability reaching his hands would have its power greatly increased. At this very moment, even an equal Giant of the Ages facing a move like his Instant Kill Great Method would have to be exceptionally cautious; getting hit would result in severe injuries if not death.
However, with his status as a Giant of the Ages, using the Instant Kill Great Method to sneak attack a true disciple of the Divine Ability Secret Realm was truly beneath his dignity.
This was also exactly where he was formidable. Knowing that Fang Han was extremely difficult to be entangled with in combat, he simply decided to finish him off in one blow to avoid tedious trouble.
How could he have known that just as this streak of Instant Kill Great Method reached Fang Han's glabella, Fang Han suddenly vanished. His speed surpassed the speed of the Instant Kill Great Method!
"Hum!"
Ruyi Zi's heart stirred, and a buzzing sound rang in his mind. He instantly felt an intense killing aura behind him. He couldn't help but be startled, hurriedly turned around, and struck out with a punch.
"Bang!"
The two fists collided, stirring up ripples. Surges of mana shot out, shaking the entire Punishment Terrace. The plaque of the Heavenly Punishment Palace emitted cracking sounds.
"Ruyi Zi! It seems your mana is indeed formidable, actually managing to escape this punch of mine. Did you think the Instant Kill Great Method could sneak attack me? I'll tell you the truth, even if it pierced my head, you could not break through the defense of my physical body. I have already cultivated half an Undying Body!"
After trading a punch, Fang Han's body swept up and flew into midair. Planting his feet firmly in the void, he looked coldly at Ruyi Zi, but in his heart, he was calculating the strength he had just probed out.
A Giant of the Ages was not to be trifled with, and a Giant of the Ages from an Immortal Dao major sect was even less to be trifled with.
A figure like Ruyi Zi possessed accumulations far more vigorous than Daoist Dragon and Daoist Wood. He also had many magical treasures on him, unlike Daoist Dragon and Daoist Wood, who only possessed low-grade Dao artifacts on them, and ones they had refined themselves at that.
When Fang Han's punch struck beside Ruyi Zi, he immediately felt that there seemed to be a magical treasure within the other party's body causing his power to distort and slide off to the side. It twisted through nine bends and eighteen turns continuously, its power vastly diminished.
This was definitely caused by an extremely powerful Dao artifact.
And it was certainly not a low-grade Dao artifact; it was possibly a mid-grade Dao artifact.
A Dao artifact in the hands of a Giant of the Ages, with its power fully unleashed, was unimaginably tremendous. Because a Giant of the Ages could extract pure yang Qi from the spiritual Qi of the Immortal Realm.
A Dao artifact that received pure yang Qi was like a person who had taken violent medicinal pills; it became unimaginably ferocious.
Although he held the assurance to defeat Ruyi Zi in his heart, Fang Han had probed out that he would probably have to pay a very severe price, and it wouldn't be a matter settled in a short while.
"Formidable! Even the Instant Kill Great Method can do nothing to this child!"
"The cultivation of this child is so terrifying! His lifespan is probably infinitely close to ten thousand years. We haven't even cultivated half an Undying Body, how did he successfully cultivate it?"
"Ruyi Zi couldn't even succeed in a sneak attack using the Instant Kill Great Method; exactly what level has this child's cultivation reached? Is this still strength that the Divine Ability Secret Realm can unleash?"
"Tianxing, did you see clearly? If Ruyi Zi hadn't relied on the mid-grade Dao artifact on his body, the Nine Bends Yellow River Map, which can distort any mana attack, he would have suffered a loss just now." Jiang Rourou suddenly transmitted her voice to the Time Punishment Elder: "The strength of this child, not to mention his realm, just purely speaking of power, is already no less than ours."
"I saw clearly. This child has already cultivated to the ninth level of Divine Ability, the stage of the Heaven and Earth Dharma Form. Moreover, he has cultivated the Great Origin Technique to the extreme, opening Nine Great Seas of Consciousness. And I heard he cultivated ninety divine abilities, and then obtained three supreme divine abilities at Immortal Venerable Linglong's birthday banquet. I am merely curious, with his ninety-three divine abilities—I don't even have that many—the vital energy required when condensing the Heaven and Earth Dharma Form is exceptionally massive. Why was he able to condense it so quickly? However, he hasn't revealed his Heaven and Earth Dharma Form yet. I really want to see exactly what shape of a Heaven and Earth Dharma Form he will refine."
The Time Punishment Elder was also endlessly shocked at this moment. Ruyi Zi failed to sneak attack Fang Han even using the Instant Kill Great Method; he knew most clearly exactly how many variations and how fast a reaction was contained within this.
With this exchange of blows, numerous Giants of the Ages were endlessly stunned.
Of course, the most shocked was Ruyi Zi.