Three months after the Blood Demon Flood Dragon emerged from seclusion, Zhang Fan, who had also been cultivating in isolation, finally concluded his nearly half-year-long training. He had finally broken through a significant hurdle and entered the Heaven Human Realm.
In fact, about a month into his seclusion, Zhang Fan had already fully transitioned into the Heaven Human Realm. He then spent another four months advancing to the middle stage of the Heaven Human Realm, thereby refining all the vast quantities of spiritual liquid.
Apart from his realm progressing to the middle stage of the Heaven Human Realm, Zhang Fan's divine sense power had also experienced a substantial boost. When fully unleashed, his divine sense could now spread to cover a radius of a hundred miles, making him considerably stronger than some cultivators in the Core Formation Realm.
A hundred-mile radius would encompass entire international metropolises like Yan Jing, placing them all under the coverage of his divine sense.
Naturally, such an extensive divine sense coverage was extremely draining. Even Zhang Fan would not deploy it casually.
This period of seclusion, which greatly enhanced both his realm and divine sense power, gave Zhang Fan greater confidence when facing unknown enemies.
However, he dared not let his guard down because of this. While he might be largely unrivaled within Earth's divine realm, he had no absolute guarantee of victory if he were to face something beyond that threshold.
After all, there was an insurmountable chasm between the Heaven Human Realm and the Core Formation Realm. Heaven Human Realm cultivators were referred to as divine realm on Earth, but in the vast expanse of the myriad realms, they were merely Foundation Establishment cultivators.
The Core Formation Realm, on the other hand, could be referred to as the Golden Core stage cultivators.
The Foundation Establishment Realm was divided into three stages: Profound Comprehension, Divine Sea, and Heaven Human.
The Golden Core stage was divided into Core Condensation and Golden Core.
From this, one could see the vast disparity between the Heaven Human Realm and the Core Formation Realm.
Once a cultivator condensed their inner core, their spiritual energy would become even purer. During combat, by drawing upon the power of their internal core, their spiritual energy would flow ceaselessly, far surpassing that of Heaven Human Realm cultivators, and certainly not something Heaven Human Realm cultivators could compare to.
Despite his caution, Zhang Fan also possessed his own confidence. His Thunder Fire Divine Eyes had been cultivated to minor accomplishment. Once his Thunder Fire Domain was unleashed, even Core Formation Realm cultivators would be significantly affected.
Furthermore, his Myriad Domain Suppressing Divine Body was immensely close to minor accomplishment, and his physical strength was incredibly formidable. His divine-tier innate ability, Heaven Rending Horn, had also seen significant progress due to his realm advancement, all of which were reasons for his confidence in facing Core Formation Realm cultivators.
Zhang Fan was quite satisfied with such results after nearly half a year of seclusion.
Upon emerging from seclusion, Zhang Fan met with everyone. He was somewhat surprised to learn that the Blood Demon Flood Dragon could now speak human language.
"It seems your strength has improved considerably. Coincidentally, I also want to test my current abilities. Come spar with me," Zhang Fan said to the Blood Demon Flood Dragon.
Upon hearing this, the Blood Demon Flood Dragon, which had been extremely exhilarated by its power increase, immediately wilted.
With its keen perception, it could clearly see that Zhang Fan's realm had already broken through to the middle stage of the Heaven Human Realm. It dared not engage in combat with Zhang Fan.
If it were any other cultivator, even one at the peak of the Heaven Human Realm, the Blood Demon Flood Dragon would not have taken them seriously. But if the person was Zhang Fan, it was unwilling to seek humiliation.
One had to remember that when Zhang Fan was only in the Divine Sea Realm, he could fight on par with it, and even by leveraging his peculiar gravity domain, it had been completely defenseless against Zhang Fan.
If it had shrunk its body, the gravity domain's impact on its strength would be minimal, but doing so would drastically reduce its own power.
"If only I could transform into human form," the Blood Demon Flood Dragon thought. Once it could shapeshift, it would no longer be constrained by its size and would naturally not fear Zhang Fan's gravity domain.
Although its current strength had greatly improved, making it comparable to a quasi-Core Formation Realm cultivator, just one step away from condensing its inner core and reaching the Golden Core stage.
But Zhang Fan's strength had also increased significantly. It knew it would gain little from sparring with Zhang Fan.
Zhang Fan also saw the Blood Demon Flood Dragon's concerns and added, "Don't worry. I just want to test my current strength, not defeat you. I won't use the gravity domain."
"Really?" Hearing this, the Blood Demon Flood Dragon's massive crimson eyes instantly brightened. Looking at Zhang Fan again, it was filled with fighting spirit.
If Zhang Fan did not use the gravity domain, it could fight wholeheartedly. Moreover, it had not had a good fight in a long time.
After all, on this lake island, aside from Zhang Fan, the strongest among the others, Ailabela, was no match for it in a single move, completely unworthy of being its opponent.
"Really," Zhang Fan nodded in affirmation.
"Then it's a deal!" the Blood Demon Flood Dragon roared.
Hearing their conversation, everyone was quite excited. The Blood Demon Flood Dragon was naturally incredibly powerful, and they were all eager to see what it would be like when it fought in earnest.
As for who would win or lose, they had not considered it, as they believed that Zhang Fan's ability to tame the Blood Demon Flood Dragon meant his strength was far superior.
"This lake island is not suitable for combat. Let's head to Kunlun Mountain!" Zhang Fan stomped his foot and landed on the Blood Demon Flood Dragon's head.
Under Zhang Fan's signal, Lin Haotian and his girlfriend Hong Binglan, Ailabela, Zhang Fan's parents, as well as Yi Feicheng and Guang Touqiang, also boarded the Blood Demon Flood Dragon's back.
Zhang Fan lightly tapped the flood dragon's back. The Blood Demon Flood Dragon understood his intention, transformed into a streak of crimson light, and soared into the sky, heading towards Kunlun Mountain.
In just over ten minutes, the Blood Demon Flood Dragon traversed nearly a thousand miles and arrived above the depths of Kunlun Mountain's primeval forest.
The battles of divine realm powerhouses were extremely destructive. Destroying a small mountain was a common occurrence.
Both Zhang Fan and the Blood Demon Flood Dragon were peak powerhouses within the divine realm, and their combat would be even more destructive. Naturally, they dared not spar on the lake island.
After all, a single flick of the Blood Demon Flood Dragon's tail could sink the lake island, and a battle between them would likely destroy the entire Bibo Lake.
The defensive formation Zhang Fan had set up could withstand ordinary divine realm powerhouses, but it could not withstand those of the Blood Demon Flood Dragon's caliber.
Above the primeval forest, it was a desolate and uninhabited area, with no structures. Everything appeared very primitive, making it an ideal location for their spar.
Ailabela and Lin Haotian, along with Hong Binglan and Yi Feicheng and the others, landed on a mountain peak several kilometers away, watching the man and beast confronting each other in the air with great anticipation.
The reason for retreating so far was the fear that the aftermath of the divine realm battle would be too intense and affect them.
"Begin!" Without further delay, once Lin Haotian and the others had retreated sufficiently far, Zhang Fan transformed into a black shadow and charged towards the Blood Demon Flood Dragon.
The Blood Demon Flood Dragon let out a roar, also appearing very excited. After such a long time, it could finally unleash its power without reservation.