Mo Sha and Li Fan gazed at each other from a distance across the protective light barrier of Congyun City's Tianyuan Creation Formation.
The standoff between the two instantly drew the eyes of every surviving cultivator.
Although it was truly difficult to believe that the Lord Secret Emissary could contend with this terrifying anima of Heaven and Earth who had effortlessly slain two Soul Formation cultivators, far too many mystical halos and incredible legends enveloped "the ancient Heavenly Mechanism Sect cultivator Li Fan." Inevitably, a faint flicker of hope rekindled in the hearts of the cultivators.
Under the watchful eyes of the crowd, Li Fan stood with his hands clasped behind his back, his voice booming like thunder: "A mere spirit of Heaven and Earth dares presume so far?!
"Though my cultivation has yet to fully recover, I will not tolerate your insolence before me!"
Deliberately bolstered by Li Fan's spiritual energy, the voice roared and echoed ceaselessly throughout Congyun City.
Such incomparably domineering words, paired with Li Fan's aloof, solitary posture, truly projected the aura of a peerless master.
While the cultivators of Congyun City were awed, Mo Sha's reaction was rather subtle.
The true nature of Li Fan's avatar naturally could not be hidden from Mo Sha. Yet it seemed that even she had not expected a mere Golden Core cultivator to resist the greed and fear within his heart, much less dare spout such brazen rhetoric at her.
This indeed seemed beyond what an ordinary cultivator could achieve.
Doubting her own judgment, Mo Sha paused in place, appearing as though taken aback by Li Fan's words.
"All hail Lord Secret Emissary!"
Bursts of cheers erupted across Congyun City.
Li Fan turned a deaf ear to the clamor, his expression solemn.
He pointed a finger lightly toward where Mo Sha hovered in the distance.
"Flying Star!" Li Fan shouted softly.
His voice was chilling and stark, devoid of any emotion.
Then, a pinpoint of light appeared within the pitch-black domain surrounding Mo Sha.
It blazed with brilliance.
A terrifying force erupted from that pinpoint of light.
Under the shroud of white light, the thick, ink-black darkness began to fade and dilute.
Space warped and shuddered; monstrous waves seemed to surge across that inky ocean. Mo Sha's body trembled ceaselessly, like a leaf on a branch buffeted by a gale.
The moment they witnessed this scene, all surviving cultivators—including He Zhenghao—were utterly shaken to their cores.
The Lord Secret Emissary's might was actually so terrifying!
This unheard-of divine ability called "Flying Star" was truly formidable; even Mo Sha seemed hard-pressed to withstand it.
Catching sight of a chance at survival once more, they were seized with wild joy alongside their shock.
Yet among everyone present, only Li Fan knew that this was nothing more than an illusion.
He did not know any divine ability called "Flying Star" at all.
The dazzling white light manifesting from his fingertip was merely the result of detonating his immortal city abode, which was packed with countless precious materials, including Extinction Annihilation Thunder.
The immortal city abode was already an extraordinary magic treasure in its own right. On top of that, during its construction, Li Fan had ordered Zhou Kebao to incorporate all manner of lethal mechanisms.
When detonated to its absolute limit, even a Dao Integration cultivator caught off guard would suffer grave injuries.
Of course, Mo Sha's power far exceeded that of an ordinary Dao Integration cultivator.
Therefore, this seemingly terrifying "Flying Star" could not actually hurt Mo Sha. At most, it would cause her some minor trouble.
Li Fan was well aware of this; all he sought was to delay Mo Sha for a fleeting moment.
What followed was his true trump card.
Under cover of the brilliant white light, Li Fan silently brought out a statue with five faces and ten hands. After speaking a final phrase to it, he hurled it viciously toward Mo Sha.
Cloaked by the Covering the Sky with One Hand secret technique and masked on the outside by the endless sword light of the Sky-Breaking Heart Sword,
"Myriad Manifestations!"
As Li Fan bellowed in fury, the five-faced, ten-handed Manifest Heavenly Venerable statue arrived before Mo Sha.
Facing the repeated provocations of a mere Golden Core cultivator, the killing intent in Mo Sha's heart had reached its boiling point.
She decided to end this cat-and-mouse game.
Endless black particles converged into a black dragon and surged toward the incoming sword light, determined to slaughter this provocateur.
In a flash, beneath the sweep of the ink, the sword light attached to the Sky-Breaking Heart Sword was converted.
Immediately afterward, the squirming black particles launched an assault on the Manifest Heavenly Venerable statue.
The next instant,
the five faces and ten hands detonated with a boom.
A slender, delicate jade arm suddenly appeared, slashing a sword toward Mo Sha.
The phantom of a man in Daoist robes flicked a horsetail whisk lightly toward Mo Sha.
A white-robed cultivator dressed as a scholar hurled a roll of wooden slips toward Mo Sha.
An infant sleeping with closed eyes burst into cries.
A sheet of golden foil, light as a feather, pressed heavily down upon Mo Sha.
"Now!"
His eyes flashing with sharp light, Li Fan's avatar crushed a storage ring containing an immense quantity of Kunpeng essence blood and hundreds of Beast Soul Beads crafted from the Empire's pocket world.
In an instant, blood-red mist churned, and demonic qi soared to the heavens.
At once, a dense purple qi swept in from the horizon.
"Still not enough!"
Li Fan unsealed the Kun Devour divine ability that his true self had sealed within his body, circulated the Great Method of Devouring the Heavens and Consuming the Earth, and frenziedly absorbed the countless supreme-grade spirit stones stored in another storage ring.
He battered against the bottleneck that had already been pushed to its limit: the Heavenly Calamity!
"Evil demon and heretic!" As the purple qi came from the west, Senior Brother Zhang's chilling voice rang out.
As if sensing that the "boundary of heaven" within Li Fan's avatar was about to be breached, an enormous hand simultaneously appeared in the sky above.
"Didn't all of you love hiding away to plot against people?! This time, tear each other apart like dogs!"
With a trace of madness on his face, the Golden Core in Li Fan's dantian detonated with a roar.
His mortal body disintegrated inch by inch, yet the powerful energy temporarily kept his flesh and blood from scattering.
Eyes flashing with ferocity, Li Fan's fingers danced through the air in rapid succession, tracing out the character "Chaos" before his form completely collapsed!
This sequence of actions had been rehearsed countless times in Li Fan's mind.
Though it seemed drawn out, it had all taken place in a single breath.
"Myriad Manifestations!"
Li Fan's chilling shout still echoed in the air.
When the sword light vanished and five distinct figures emerged from the shattered Manifest Heavenly Venerable statue, Mo Sha, previously brimming with murderous intent, showed a flicker of surprise on her face.
Yet she would never evade.
Monstrous ink collided with the individual divine abilities of the five Longevity Heavenly Venerables.
Then, a bolt of purple thunder tore through the void, crashing onto their battlefield.
The colossal palm in the sky disregarded the utterly chaotic scene below and continued pressing down from above.
As for the "Chaos" formula Li Fan had unleashed with the life of his avatar, it plunged this terrifying battlefield into even deeper chaos and bizarre unpredictability.
With so many anomalies arriving all at once, a hint of shock finally surfaced on Mo Sha's face.
Yet even so, she did not retreat.
The ink-black darkness churned, raising monstrous waves that surged forward to engulf everything in its path.
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