"Watch closely, and I'll show you how I break your phantom wind clones!"
Hundreds of Zhang Fans spoke in unison, their voices like heavenly mantras, piercing the soul.
Then, all of Zhang Fan's clones attacked simultaneously, surrounding Feng Hou's eighteen phantom wind clones. Each of his clones was weak, less than a tenth of the main body's strength, but was Feng Hou any different?
Feng Hou had no time to resist. His eighteen phantom wind clones, under the siege of Zhang Fan's Thousand Shadow Body, had no chance to scatter and escape, vanishing instantly, leaving only Feng Hou's true body standing in the void.
His aura was chaotic, and he stared at Zhang Fan with a solemn expression, his face slightly pale.
With all his phantom wind clones destroyed, Feng Hou had clearly suffered considerable damage.
"I told you, you would all die, but I will make you die a painful death!" A faint gleam of lightning and fire flickered in Zhang Fan's icy eyes, and the surrounding air began to heat up.
Feng Hou also sensed it. With his phantom wind clones gone, he no longer dared to tangle with Zhang Fan. Just as he was about to retreat, he didn't know when…
A colossal square seal appeared above his head, its immense pressure enveloping him. Combined with Zhang Fan's gravity domain, Feng Hou felt as if he were bearing the weight of a mountain.
"Crush!"
Zhang Fan's current powerful magic force was comparable to some third-tier Golden Core cultivators, and he wielded the Mountain River Seal with greater ease.
The Mountain River Seal descended with a sudden force. The heavy pressure made even Feng Hou, who prided himself on his speed, feel as if he couldn't move an inch. He could only watch helplessly as the seal descended.
The power of a high-grade spirit treasure was enough to make even a second-tier Golden Core cultivator turn pale. As the colossal Mountain River Seal descended, more than half of the island's land sank into the lake bottom and was submerged.
Feng Hou floated on the water, barely alive. Zhang Fan drifted down beside him, grabbed his throat, and lifted him up.
"A mere third-tier Golden Core cultivator, daring to boast in front of me, is truly laughable."
Lightning and fire erupted from Zhang Fan's eyes, piercing through Feng Hou's seven orifices and wreaking havoc within his body and organs.
If this incredibly violent lightning and fire were to enter a human body, it could incinerate a Condensing Core stage cultivator to ashes in mere breaths. However, under Zhang Fan's exquisite control, its power did not fully erupt.
"Ah!"
His internal organs burned by the lightning and fire, his entire body felt like it would explode. The unbearable pain contorted Feng Hou's face, and he let out an extremely piercing scream.
"Kill me if you have the guts!"
Feng Hou roared ferociously. His meridians were blocked by the lightning and fire, and his source of magical power – his Golden Core – was also engulfed by the lightning and fire, rendering him utterly powerless.
"Want to die so soon? I haven't even started yet."
Zhang Fan sneered. His wedding had been disrupted, and one could imagine the rage in Zhang Fan's heart.
Now, this rage had found an outlet.
"Soul Needle!"
Zhang Fan mobilized the power of his spiritual consciousness, condensing it into an incredibly sharp needle that pierced directly into Feng Hou's sea of consciousness.
'Soul Needle' was a vicious technique specifically targeting spiritual consciousness. This was the first time Zhang Fan had used it since cultivating his spiritual consciousness.
The physical pain combined with mental torment caused Feng Hou to transition from frantic screams to an inability to make a sound. His eyes gradually became hollow, and his contorted face slowly regained a semblance of peace.
A peak cultivator who had condensed a third-tier Golden Core was tortured to death by Zhang Fan, his methods chilling to the bone.
...
After dealing with Feng Hou, Zhang Fan turned his gaze to the other two battlefields. With Lin Yun's arrival, the thirteen Condensing Core stage cultivators who had been managing to hold on quickly collapsed.
Under Lin Yun's leadership, Lin Haotian, the Unfettered Sword Immortal, and the three Blood Clan princes formed a crushing force against the thirteen Condensing Core stage cultivators. In mere breaths, they were all annihilated, leaving none behind.
Thus, on the battlefield, only the fight between Xue Jing and the one-armed burly man remained.
The death of the thirteen Condensing Core stage cultivators did not cause the one-armed burly man any heartache; he was completely indifferent.
After all, that group of Condensing Core cultivators were merely cannon fodder he had brought, and he had never expected them to be of much use.
However, Feng Hou's death stirred a trace of anger in the one-armed man's heart.
Although Feng Hou's strength was not exceptional, his utility was immense. Whether for gathering information or distracting enemies, he served a significant purpose.
But this time, all his subordinates had died, leaving him a lone wolf. Suffering such a setback on such a weak planet made the one-armed man feel deeply humiliated.
"Haha, as expected of a planet capable of leaving opportunities for Immortal Zhiwu. I, Dao Zun, never expected to suffer such a loss upon descending here."
"I underestimated you. However, when I return, I will make you understand true fear."
The one-armed man unleashed an incredibly swift blade technique, executing nine consecutive slashes that sent Xue Jing flying.
Then, his body retreated rapidly, like a sharp blade slicing through the void, flying towards outer space.
"Trying to escape?"
Seeing the one-armed man's decisive retreat, Zhang Fan quickly pursued him.
Simultaneously, his powerful gravity domain enveloped the one-armed burly man.
"Domain of the Mad Blade!"
Feeling the obstruction of the gravity domain, the one-armed burly man immediately unleashed his own domain, shrouded in endless blade light, pushing back the area covered by the gravity domain.
"Crush!"
Zhang Fan threw out the Mountain River Seal. The palm-sized seal, upon being thrown, transformed into a square seal resembling a mountain, blocking the path of the one-armed burly man.
"Sky-Flipping Palm!"
Zhang Fan flickered and appeared above the one-armed man, unleashing a massive palm strike.
"Wrathful Heaven Slash!"
With his path blocked, the one-armed burly man ceased his retreat. He held his saber with both hands and slashed down fiercely. An incredibly solid blade aura shot out from his gleaming long saber, slicing apart Zhang Fan's palm strike. It carried a whistling gale and headed straight for Zhang Fan.
"Heavenly Water Shield!"
This strike was refined to perfection. Even after cutting through the palm strike, its power remained immense. Zhang Fan chose not to confront it head-on and unleashed a defensive divine ability to block it.
In this brief moment, less than a breath, Xue Jing and Lin Yun reacted. They moved to surround the one-armed burly man, forming a triangle with Zhang Fan, trapping him in the center.
Zhang Fan reached out and beckoned. The colossal Mountain River Seal shrunk to palm-size and landed in Zhang Fan's hand.
"Your companions are all dead. Aren't you going to stay and join them?"
Zhang Fan lightly held the Mountain River Seal and said to the one-armed man.
"They were mere trash. Dead is dead, their value ends there. They should be honored to have accompanied me to this land of opportunity," the one-armed burly man sneered. Despite being surrounded by three Golden Core cultivators, his face showed no fear.
"For me, this is a land of opportunity. But for you, this is your deathbed!" Malevolence gradually permeated Zhang Fan's eyes.
"Haha, what arrogance! If I want to leave, can a few of you stop me?" The one-armed burly man's lips curled into a mocking smile.
"Attack!"
Zhang Fan reached out and summoned the bronze ancient sword. He, Xue Jing, and Lin Yun attacked the one-armed burly man simultaneously.
Seeing this, a faint smile appeared on the one-armed burly man's face. He looked beyond the island and suddenly unleashed a slash.
"Fatal Slash!"
A terrifying killing intent accompanied the blade aura that was unleashed, causing Zhang Fan to pause slightly. Then, he glanced at the direction the blade light was heading, and his expression changed drastically!
This slash from the burly one-armed man was directed towards the area outside the island, where Qin Luoshui and his mother were observing.
If this was not blocked, not only would Qin Luoshui and his parents be in mortal danger, but the citizens of Donghai City would also suffer heavy casualties.
After all, this was a full-powered strike from a peak second-tier Golden Core cultivator, capable of splitting mountains and seas. It was already considered the peak power of a Golden Core cultivator.
Once one condensed a first-tier Golden Core and cultivated it to its peak, their strength would be comparable to some ordinary Nascent Soul stage cultivators.
Facing this feint by the one-armed burly man, Zhang Fan had no choice but to forcibly turn his body, abandoning the encirclement of the one-armed burly man, and intercept the blade light.