Roar!
With a dragon's roar, a five-clawed golden dragon, several miles long, appeared on the snowfield. Its body stretched for kilometers, twisting and turning in the air, exuding an extremely powerful aura.
"It's actually a golden dragon condensed by a formation. To be able to break my formation, you must indeed have some skill."
Zhang Fan turned his head to look at the five-clawed golden dragon, saying with some surprise.
Although he had been in seclusion all this time, he was not ignorant of the events happening outside, and naturally knew who had broken the "Earth Fiend Illusory Fox Formation" he had set up.
Zhang Fan could see at a glance that this five-clawed golden dragon, several kilometers long, was condensed from an extremely powerful formation, at least a high-grade Earth-tier formation, enough to contend with Nascent Soul cultivators.
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This five-clawed golden dragon was controlled by Heavenly Splendor True Monarch, combined with the efforts of nine of the strongest individuals below the Heavenly Ranking to set up the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon Formation.
The Five-Clawed Golden Dragon Formation was divided into five parts: the dragon head, the dragon body, the dragon claws, the dragon tail, and the dragon pearl.
The dragon head was controlled by two body-refining experts who had cultivated King's Body. The dragon body and tail were controlled by two Golden Core realm experts skilled in movement techniques.
The five dragon claws were controlled by five attackers skilled in combat, such as Blade Venerable, Marquis Wen, and Sikong Xia. Heavenly Splendor True Monarch held the dragon pearl, stationed at the "formation eye of the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon Formation," overseeing the entire operation.
The combined powerful aura emanating from the "Five-Clawed Golden Dragon Formation," set up by nine of the strongest individuals below the Heavenly Ranking and a True Monarch of formation arts, shocked everyone present.
Even Lin Yun, who had already broken through to the Nascent Soul stage, was somewhat amazed. A grand formation combined with the attacks of nine top Golden Core realm experts was no longer something he, a newly advanced Nascent Soul cultivator, could resist.
However, thankfully, with Zhang Fan present, he didn't need to worry about these matters.
His and Xue Jing's mission was to slaughter all the ordinary Golden Core realm cultivators. Although these Golden Core realm cultivators were of average strength, that was only relative to them.
If these Golden Core realm cultivators from the Wushan Star Domain were determined to wreak havoc on Earth, scattering and escaping into the cities, it would be extremely troublesome.
After all, even a third-tier Golden Core cultivator possessed the power to destroy cities and nations on Earth.
If they escaped into the cities, they could slaughter the entire population of a city in a very short time, a scene Xue Jing did not wish to see.
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In front of the five-clawed golden dragon, several kilometers long, Zhang Fan's body was as small as an ant. But when he looked up at the golden behemoth, his eyes held only a trace of surprise, with no fear at all.
"Attack!"
Although Heavenly Splendor True Monarch's individual strength was ordinary, his attainment in formation arts was indeed extremely high. By controlling the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon Formation and combining the power of nine top Golden Core realm cultivators, he could unleash power exceeding that of a first-tribulation Nascent Soul cultivator through the formation's transformation, no weaker than Nine Swords True Monarch in his divine ability state.
Furthermore, with the continuous supply of spiritual energy from the nine experts, their attacks were more sustained than Nine Swords True Monarch's.
With the aid of the formation disk, their defense was also stronger, making it extremely difficult to break through the formation.
Blade Venerable transformed into a dragon claw, using claw techniques instead of blade techniques, slashing towards Zhang Fan in the air with a stream of golden light, like water.
Zhang Fan clenched his fists, condensing fierce fist energy, and unleashed a punch that collided with the golden dragon claw.
The immense force sent Zhang Fan flying back, but his divine body was strong, and he only felt a surge of blood, not suffering any injuries.
"Such power!"
Zhang Fan inwardly marveled. The Five-Clawed Golden Dragon Formation was far more formidable than he had imagined, and he also understood that breaking this formation in a short time might be unrealistic.
Zhang Fan glanced at the battlefield. Among the hundred or so Golden Core realm cultivators, more than half had already been eliminated under the assault of Lin Yun and Xue Jing, with their numbers falling below eighty. If given enough time, they should be able to finish off all those weaker Golden Core realm cultivators.
If they were to confront them head-on, facing over a hundred Golden Core realm cultivators, even with Lin Yun and Xue Jing working together, they would not have the upper hand.
But fortunately, Lin Yun's cultivation of the Way of Shadows made his movements elusive and difficult to track. He moved in the shadows, and some Golden Core realm cultivators were killed before they even saw Lin Yun's figure.
To end the battle quickly, Xue Jing also spared no expense, unleashing his Blood Demon True Body, transforming into a monster over ten feet tall with a pair of silver wings on its back.
After unleashing his Blood Demon True Body, Xue Jing's strength was no weaker than Lin Yun's, and his speed surpassed Lin Yun's. Moreover, his specialty was domain control. Once he unleashed his domain to cover the battlefield, those Golden Core realm cultivators would have no escape.
"Let's deal with him first then!"
Zhang Fan's gaze finally fell on the youth holding the giant divine sword in the distance. Although this youth was powerful, compared to the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon Formation, his weaknesses were too obvious.
"Gravity Domain!"
"Thunderfire Divine Eyes!"
After his divine body achieved minor completion, the power of Zhang Fan's domains also grew exponentially. However, the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon was ultimately just a formation, its massive body condensed from the energy of formation disks, so the gravity domain had little impact on it.
But under the shroud of the dual domains, it still significantly affected the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon's movements.
Zhang Fan flipped his hand and took out the Mountain River Seal, tossing it lightly. The Mountain River Seal transformed into a colossal mountain thousands of meters high, pressing down on the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon.
The triple restraint of pressure slowed the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon Formation to an extremely slow pace.
At the same time, he unleashed the "Cracking Heaven's Horn" divine ability and charged towards Nine Swords True Monarch in the distance!
All actions were completed in an instant.
Although this divine-grade divine ability, which had achieved complete minor completion, was still far from being able to unleash its full power due to his current strength limitations, Zhang Fan believed it was sufficient to deal with a Golden Core realm cultivator.
A massive phantom of the Cracking Heaven Rhinoceros materialized above Zhang Fan's head, exuding a terrifying aura from the ancient primordial era, causing Nine Swords True Monarch to feel fear.
"How can he be so strong?"
Nine Swords True Monarch felt the terrifying might, a fatal threat that made his hair stand on end. He couldn't understand how a cultivator who hadn't yet condensed a Golden Core could be so powerful.
It was very normal for Nine Swords True Monarch not to understand. After all, in the Wushan Star Domain, let alone divine body techniques, even saint body techniques were probably extremely rare. Naturally, they would not know how terrifying a cultivator with a minor completion divine body could be.
Such a being was capable of contending with peak cultivators who had condensed a first-grade top-tier Golden Core.
In the Wushan Star Domain, although there were a few first-grade Golden Core cultivators in every era, they were basically first-grade low-grade Golden Core cultivators, so they did not understand how terrifying the ultimate power of Golden Core realm cultivators could be.
"Nine Swords!"
Facing the oppressive space and the unavoidable powerful attack, Nine Swords True Monarch could only grit his teeth and unleash his Nine Swords divine ability.
The massive phantom of the Cracking Heaven Rhinoceros, with its invincible might, crushed down towards Nine Swords.
"Fast!"
Heavenly Splendor True Monarch also saw Nine Swords True Monarch's predicament, desperately controlling the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon Formation, resisting the suppression of the dual domains, blasting away the Mountain River Seal, and rushing rapidly towards Nine Swords True Monarch.
However, their speed was still a step too slow.
As Nine Swords True Monarch's Nine Swords divine ability took form, the phantom of the Cracking Heaven Rhinoceros had already reached Nine Swords True Monarch's front. The colossal divine sword appeared somewhat fragile before the Cracking Heaven's Horn, dissipating into countless sword energies under their collision.
"Bang!"
The divine ability was instantly torn apart. Nine Swords True Monarch had no power to resist. He could only watch as the giant horn, imbued with boundless primordial energy, slammed into his body.
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