"I have to admit, you are indeed very strong, worthy of being the number one person among the younger generation in the Wushan Star Domain, but you are still far from breaking this golden divine shield."
"Without the support of a background, what good is it if you dominate the younger generation? You have offended many top forces, do you think you will have any room to survive once you leave this Great Luo Realm?"
A strange smile appeared on Qin Hao's face, but the words he spoke made Zhan Feiyang and the others' expressions change slightly.
He seemed to be threatening Zhang Fan, but he was also forcing Nangong Feng and others to join forces with him to kill Zhang Fan.
However, Zhang Fan paid no attention to Qin Hao's threat. With his current strength, even a peak Nascent Soul that had fused with rules and divine souls could hardly pose a threat to him, let alone the fact that he would soon step into the Nine Tribulations Realm. Why would he care about these forces in the Wushan Star Domain?
"Do you really think this golden shield of yours can save your life? That's too wishful thinking. Keep your eyes wide open and watch how I break your turtle shell!"
As Zhang Fan's icy words fell, everyone felt a dense primordial aura permeating the heaven and earth, as if they were in ancient times.
As his divine body was activated, the long-dormant "Heaven-Splitting Rhinoceros Diagram" within his body was illuminated. A towering phantom of the Heaven-Splitting Rhinoceros materialized above Zhang Fan's head. It resembled a rhinoceros, standing in the void, with a single horn on its head slightly upturned, as if it could pierce the firmament with a mere lift of its head.
"Divine Grade Divine Ability, Horn of Heaven Splitting!"
The phantom of the Heaven-Splitting Rhinoceros stomped on the void and galloped towards Qin Hao, its ferocious might overwhelming, making the surrounding cultivators gasp for breath.
With strength reaching the level of the Nine Tribulations Realm, a very small number of cultivators possessed special means to tear through the void and create spatial rifts.
But they discovered that wherever the giant beast phantom passed, space collapsed. The single horn slashed through the void, tearing open a huge spatial rift and revealing the dark space within.
"This is actually the chaotic ferocious beast, Heaven-Splitting Rhinoceros?"
Canglan Mingyue observed its body shape and recognized its aura. After searching her mind for a long time for information about this strange beast, she finally identified the phantom and was deeply shocked.
Chaotic ferocious beasts and chaotic divine beasts were overlord-level existences born with the universe at the beginning of chaos. True Immortals were like ants before them.
Many Nascent Soul cultivators might never even hear the name Heaven-Splitting Rhinoceros in their entire lives. Canglan Mingyue was fortunate enough to learn about this ancient ferocious beast because she had read countless ancient texts in the Canghai Palace.
"The chaotic ferocious beast, Heaven-Splitting Rhinoceros, is a chaotic ferocious beast that is born with innate mastery of the Great Dao of Space and Metal. In particular, its single horn is said to be indestructible and capable of breaking anything..."
Thinking of this, Canglan Mingyue felt a sense of retreat for the first time.
Nangong Feng, Qin Hao, and the others, although they couldn't identify the beast phantom with such terrifying might, did not fail to understand its horror.
Space that even Nine Tribulations Realm cultivators needed special means to break was as fragile as paper before it. With their strength, if they were struck by that single horn, they would likely die or be crippled.
"Let's attack together. If we can't stop it, we all die!"
Qin Hao's face could no longer remain calm. Even with the golden divine shield protecting him, he lacked complete confidence.
Taking out a pair of giant hammers, Qin Hao swung them, as if rotating heaven and earth. As the two hammers collided, a golden lightning bolt filled with destructive aura shot out from the hammers and struck towards the phantom of the Heaven-Splitting Rhinoceros.
The others clearly understood their current predicament and dared not hold back any longer. They unleashed powerful divine abilities and spells, intending to resist.
While it seemed slow, the Heaven-Splitting Rhinoceros arrived in just a few steps. Their attacks only made its phantom appear slightly illusory, unable to stop it for even half a step.
Under Zhang Fan's control, the Heaven-Splitting Rhinoceros raised its single horn and fiercely rammed into the golden divine shield.
With a low explosion, the golden divine shield, said to be unbreakable by anyone below the Nascent Soul stage, shattered under the impact of the Heaven-Splitting Rhinoceros's horn, turning into a sky full of golden light.
Nangong Feng, Fu Tianling, and Zhan Feiyang, although not directly hit, were still sent flying several kilometers away by the powerful aftershock, spitting blood from their mouths, looking extremely disheveled.
As for the other weaker Nine Tribulations Realm cultivators, they were all heavily injured and had lost their ability to fight.
Only Canglan Mingyue and Canglan Qiuyue, although also sent flying, were much more composed and unharmed.
However, such an attack had also exhausted the energy of the Heaven-Splitting Rhinoceros, and its phantom dissipated into the air.
Qin Hao stood in place, his mind momentarily stunned. He couldn't understand how a technique left behind by a Nascent Soul cultivator could be broken in one blow by an Eighth Tribulations Realm cultivator.
Zhang Fan would not give him time to think. The moment the golden divine shield shattered, he leaped forward, his body like lightning. In the blink of an eye, he was in front of Qin Hao, his fist aimed directly at his head.
When Qin Hao reacted, he tried to wield his dual hammers to defend, but it was too late.
A full-power punch from a minor accomplishment divine body was something his incomplete King Body could not withstand. His head exploded into a mist of blood in an instant. His headless body still tried to struggle, but Zhang Fan grabbed it. Before his Nascent Soul could escape, Zhang Fan dug it out of his body with a claw.
Scarlet blood flowed from his chest. On the palm-sized Nascent Soul, Qin Hao's terrified face was revealed. Zhang Fan sneered and sealed it.
"Scatter and flee!"
Seeing this scene from afar, Nangong Feng, Fu Tianling, and the others were terrified and had lost all will to fight. The three of them turned into three streams of light and fled in different directions.
The cultivators from the Flying Immortal Mansion, Black Sand Cave, Sun Shadow Cave, and Giant Spirit Hall were already pale with fear. The cultivators who had been so majestic moments ago were now utterly chilled to the bone.
"Can you escape?"
Zhang Fan unleashed his gravity domain, covering an area of hundreds of miles. Everyone within the domain felt as if they were stuck in a swamp, with mountains pressing down on them. Even weaker Nascent Soul cultivators found it difficult to fly within the domain.
Clearly, after the minor accomplishment of his divine body, the range and power of his gravity domain had increased.
"What kind of technique is this? It can form a spatial gravity field, and it's truly difficult to endure being trapped in it."
The cultivators from the Six Kings Mansion could only marvel. Shen Feichen and the others, who had been worried earlier, were now completely relieved.
Their only concern was that Zhang Fan might go on a killing spree and end up slaughtering the two from the Canghai Palace as well.