"It seems I underestimated this square seal, but since you dare to flaunt it, don't blame me for taking it!"
As the Black Flame King's cold, low voice echoed, endless black flames suddenly surged from within his body, engulfing the entire Mountain River Seal. The searing flames caused the temperature of this starry expanse to rise dramatically.
At this moment, the Black Flame King was like a miniature star, containing unimaginable power within him.
"Xue Jing, attack with me!"
"Tian Hua, quickly set up a trapping formation."
As the endless black flames filled the starry sky and enveloped the Mountain River Seal, Zhang Fan felt his control over it weakening. It was now difficult to even recall it; the power gap was too vast.
"Nine Forms of the Blood Axe, Blood Abyss Form!"
"Heavenly Thunder Sword Technique, Heavenly Thunder Burst!"
Zhang Fan and Xue Jing simultaneously unleashed their most ferocious attacks. Zhang Fan even used the power of the sword through the Wordless Sword Manual, doubling the might of his sword technique.
With the sword technique unleashed by two first-grade golden cores, and transformed by the Wordless Sword Manual, Zhang Fan's attack reached the threshold of a fourth tribulation Nascent Soul cultivator.
Two streaks, the Blood Abyss that tore through the starry sky and a dazzling sword light containing heavenly thunder, simultaneously slashed towards the Black Flame King. Wherever they passed, the black flames parted like flowing water.
"Scram!"
The Black Flame King forcefully shook his arms, sending the Mountain River Seal pressing down on his head flying. He then extended his withered, eagle-claw-like hands. Black gloves materialized from the flesh and skin of his palms, fitting them perfectly.
Facing the full-power strike from Zhang Fan and Xue Jing, the Black Flame King merely extended his palms slowly, clenched his fists, and with a gentle tremor of his fist, the Blood Abyss, which had been spreading and was capable of severing tens of miles of void, dissipated with a roar.
Simultaneously, the sword light imbued with the might of heavenly thunder vanished into the void under the Black Flame King's attack.
"Golden Nascent Soul?"
As Xue Jing attacked, the Black Flame King immediately noticed that the Nascent Soul Xue Jing had formed was golden.
"Hahaha, so what if it's a Golden Nascent Soul? You dare to attack me without even having survived your first Nascent Soul tribulation, truly seeking death!"
The Black Flame King roared wildly, then charged towards Zhang Fan and Xue Jing with incredible speed.
"Too strong! He's at least a cultivator who has passed the fourth Nascent Soul tribulation, and even his Nascent Soul is extraordinary," Xue Jing said, a faint trace of blood-red light flashing in his crimson eyes.
His full-power attack had only reached the level of an ordinary third tribulation Nascent Soul. Even facing a third tribulation cultivator with a black Nascent Soul, he could only say he could preserve his life; defeating them would be difficult, let alone a powerful expert like the Black Flame King.
Seeing this, Zhang Fan's expression shifted slightly. The Black Flame King's strength far surpassed his imagination, making him dare not harbor any desire to fight further.
"Go!"
Zhang Fan took out the Golden Light Immortal Mansion. Lin Haotian and Ailiebella, having already received Zhang Fan's divine sense transmission, gathered around him. As the Golden Light Immortal Mansion appeared, they instantly darted inside.
"Go."
The Heaven-grade initial-level trapping formation set up by True Monarch Tian Hua had also taken shape. He waved it, tossing it towards the Black Flame King, and without hesitation, he entered the immortal mansion with Xue Jing.
Zhang Fan waved his hand, retracting the Golden Light Immortal Mansion and the Mountain River Seal, activated his Thunder Golden Core, and transformed into a streak of lightning, fleeing into the distance without looking back.
This was because he knew that with True Monarch Tian Hua's current strength, the trapping formation he had set up might have some effect on Nascent Soul cultivators of the third tribulation or below, but for the Black Flame King, it could likely be broken with a casual swipe.
"En?"
Zhang Fan and the others' decisive escape did surprise the Black Flame King, especially the golden, shimmering immortal mansion that appeared at the last moment, which caused a glint of excitement in his eyes.
"An immortal mansion capable of containing living beings, that's at least a Heavenly Treasure-grade artifact. Even if I can't get anything else, obtaining this mansion alone makes this thousand-year wait worthwhile."
Zhang Fan's speed was incredibly fast. In the vacuum of space, without the impediment of gravity, his speed soared to its absolute limit. He flew at nearly a hundred times the speed of sound, covering dozens of kilometers in a few breaths.
"Haha, in terms of speed, my Black Flame Eagle clan is among the top in the same realm, let alone you, a mere cultivator in the Golden Core stage."
Before Zhang Fan could breathe a sigh of relief, he heard a sharp screeching sound from behind him. He turned to see a Black Flame Eagle, shrouded in black flames, its feathers like steel, with a wingspan exceeding ten zhang, flying rapidly through space, its speed a few points faster than his.
The vast difference in cultivation realm, with both speed and strength being absolutely suppressed, made Zhang Fan feel somewhat powerless. Even using the Blood Shield technique to boost his speed by another fifty percent, he couldn't shake off the Black Flame King.
After all, the Blood Shield technique was a blood energy consuming method, and he couldn't sustain it for long.
"Stop!"
The Black Flame King unleashed his flame domain again, enveloping Zhang Fan. Zhang Fan intended to resist with his triple domain, but he discovered that within the Black Flame King's domain, his own domain power was almost impossible to unleash, and his domain was suppressed.
Within the domain, Zhang Fan's speed was reduced by nearly half, and he was quickly overtaken by the Black Flame King. He suddenly stopped, turning to face the approaching Black Flame King.
"Not running anymore?"
The giant Black Flame Eagle transformed back into a middle-aged man with cold, sinister eyes. He looked at Zhang Fan with a playful smile. In his eyes, a cultivator in the Golden Core stage, no matter how much he struggled, couldn't escape his grasp.
"Take another move from me!"
Zhang Fan's clear voice rang out, his mana surging. The Rending Sky Beast scripture within him lit up, and as endless mana spread out, a spectral beast phantom filled with primeval ferocity appeared above Zhang Fan's head.
"Chaos Fierce Beast Rending Sky Beast?"
The Black Flame King, being a demon beast who had passed the fourth Nascent Soul tribulation, possessed far greater knowledge than ordinary cultivators. He immediately recognized the phantom of the fierce beast above Zhang Fan's head as the legendary Chaos Fierce Beast, Rending Sky Beast.
"It's actually a divine ability that can evolve into a Chaos Fierce Beast. If I could obtain it, perhaps my bloodline could evolve further!"
The Black Flame King's sinister eyes turned crimson. This divine ability surpassed all the trump cards Zhang Fan had revealed before. He no longer cared about the opportunities left by True Immortal Zhiwu; he only wanted this divine ability.
"Rending Sky Horn!"
As the divine ability was unleashed, the single horn on the Rending Sky Beast's head tilted slightly and then powerfully thrust forward.
The starry sky was instantly filled with lightning, and a spatial crack a zhang long appeared above Zhang Fan's head. To the Black Flame King's astonishment, Zhang Fan transformed into a stream of light and plunged into the spatial rift.
This divine ability of Zhang Fan was not used against him; it was merely to create a spatial rift.
As a divine-grade divine ability, the Rending Sky Horn, once cultivated to the state of transcendence, could even tear apart the universe.
Although spatial techniques could only be mastered by True Immortals who had cultivated a primordial spirit, Zhang Fan was still able to create a spatial rift within the universe by virtue of this divine ability's peculiar nature.
"If you dare, come in!"
Zhang Fan's voice emanated from the mouth of the spatial rift, causing the Black Flame King's mind to briefly go blank.
"Madman! How has this madman managed to live this long?"
The Black Flame King's face turned ashen. Spatial rifts involved the Way of Space, and even a Divine Transformation True Immortal would proceed with caution when entering one.
This mere Golden Core stage cultivator could not only create a spatial rift but also fearlessly plunge into it!