"I seem to have 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 and low voice resounded, endless black flames suddenly permeated from within his body, engulfing the entire Mountain River Seal. The scorching flames caused the temperature of this star field to rise sharply.
At this moment, the Black Flame King was like a miniature star, containing incredible power within him.
"Xue Jing, attack with me!"
"Tian Hua, quickly set up a confinement array."
As the endless black flames permeated the star field and wrapped around the Mountain River Seal, Zhang Fan felt his control over the seal weakening. At this moment, it was difficult even to retrieve it due to the vast disparity in strength.
"Nine Styles of the Blood Axe, Abyss Style!"
"Heavenly Thunder Sword Technique, Heavenly Thunder Burst!"
Zhang Fan and Xue Jing unleashed their most ferocious attacks simultaneously. Zhang Fan even used the power of the sword through the Wordless Sword Tome, doubling the power of his sword technique.
With the sword technique unleashed through two top-tier Golden Cores and transformed by the Wordless Sword Tome, Zhang Fan's attack power had reached the threshold of a fourth tribulation Nascent Soul cultivator.
The two strikes, the Abyss that tore through the star field and the dazzling sword light containing heavenly thunder, simultaneously slashed towards the Black Flame King. Wherever they passed, the black flames were split apart like flowing water.
"Scram!"
The Black Flame King violently shook his arms, directly shaking off the Mountain River Seal that was pressing down on his head. Then, he extended his dry, eagle-like hands. Black gloves appeared on his palms, fitting perfectly.
Facing the full-force attack from Zhang Fan and Xue Jing, the Black Flame King merely slowly extended his palm, clenched his fist, and with a gentle tremor of his fist, the Abyss, which was capable of severing tens of thousands of miles of void, was instantly dissipated.
At the same time, the sword light imbued with the power of heavenly thunder also vanished into the void under the Black Flame King's strike.
"Golden Nascent Soul?"
As Xue Jing made his move, 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 haven't even survived your first Nascent Soul tribulation, yet you dare to attack me. You're simply courting death!"
The Black Flame King roared defiantly, then with incredible speed, charged towards Zhang Fan and Xue Jing.
"Too strong! He's at least a cultivator who has passed the fourth Nascent Soul tribulation, and his Nascent Soul is also extraordinary," Xue Jing murmured, with traces of blood-red light flashing in his crimson eyes.
His full-force attack had only reached the level of an ordinary third tribulation Nascent Soul cultivator. Even against a third tribulation cultivator who had formed a black Nascent Soul, he could only claim to be able to survive, let alone defeat them. This was even more so for a powerful being like the Black Flame King.
Seeing this, Zhang Fan's expression also slightly changed. The Black Flame King's strength far exceeded his imagination, making him dare not have the slightest thought of fighting.
"Go!"
Zhang Fan took out the Golden Light Immortal Mansion. Lin Haotian and Ailabella, who had already received Zhang Fan's divine sense transmission, surrounded him. As soon as the Golden Light Immortal Mansion was taken out, they instantly darted inside.
"Go."
Tian Hua True Monarch's previously arranged top-grade confinement array had also taken shape. He waved it and threw it towards the Black Flame King, then without any hesitation, he and Xue Jing also entered the immortal mansion.
Zhang Fan waved his hand, putting away the Golden Light Immortal Mansion and the Mountain River Seal. He activated his Lightning Golden Core, transforming into a streak of lightning, and fled into the distance without looking back.
This was because he knew that with Tian Hua True Monarch's current strength, the confinement array he could set up might have some effect on Nascent Soul cultivators of the third tribulation or below, but for the Black Flame King, it would likely be shattered with a casual blow.
"En?"
The decisive escape of Zhang Fan and the others caught the Black Flame King by surprise. Especially the immortal mansion that appeared at the end, shining with golden light, caused the Black Flame King's eyes to gleam with excitement.
"An immortal mansion that can contain living beings, that's at least a treasure of the Celestial level. Even if I can't get anything else, obtaining this immortal mansion alone would make my thousand years of waiting worthwhile."
Zhang Fan's speed was astonishing. Without the obstruction of gravity in the star field, his speed soared to the extreme. He flew at nearly a hundred times the speed of sound, covering tens of kilometers in a few breaths.
"Haha, in terms of speed, my Black Flame Eagle clan is among the top in the same realm. What's more, you are just a mere Golden Core realm cultivator."
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 enveloped in black flames, its feathers like steel, with a wingspan exceeding ten zhang, flying rapidly in the star field, its speed even a notch faster than his.
The immense gap in cultivation, which suppressed him in both speed and strength, made Zhang Fan feel 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 consumed vital energy, and he couldn't sustain it for long.
"Stop!"
The Black Flame King once again unleashed his flame domain, engulfing Zhang Fan. Zhang Fan intended to use his Triple Domain to resist, but he discovered that within the Black Flame King's domain, his own domain power was utterly suppressed and difficult to unleash.
Within the domain, Zhang Fan's speed was reduced by nearly half, and he was quickly caught up by the Black Flame King. He suddenly stopped, turned, and looked at the Black Flame King who was catching up.
"Not running anymore?"
The massive Black Flame Eagle transformed back into a middle-aged man with cold, gloomy eyes. He looked at Zhang Fan with a playful smile. In his eyes, a Golden Core cultivator, no matter how much he struggled, could not escape his grasp.
"Take another strike from me!"
Zhang Fan's clear and cold voice rang out, his spiritual power surging. The Ripping Heaven Beast scroll within him lit up. As endless spiritual power permeated out, a phantom of a ferocious beast filled with primordial aura appeared above Zhang Fan's head.
"Chaos Fierce Beast Ripping Heaven Beast?"
As a demon beast who had passed the fourth Nascent Soul tribulation, the Black Flame King's knowledge far surpassed that of ordinary cultivators. He recognized the phantom of the fierce beast above Zhang Fan's head as the legendary Chaos Fierce Beast, the Ripping Heaven 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 gloomy eyes turned blood-red. This divine ability surpassed all the trump cards Zhang Fan had previously displayed. He no longer cared about the fortuitous encounter left by True Immortal Zhiwu, only wanting to obtain this divine ability.
"Ripping Heaven Horn!"
As the divine ability was unleashed, the single horn on the Ripping Heaven Beast's head slightly lifted, then forcefully thrust forward.
The star field was instantly filled with lightning. A spatial crack, about a zhang long, appeared above Zhang Fan's head. In the Black Flame King's astonished gaze, Zhang Fan transformed into a stream of light and plunged into the spatial rift.
This divine ability of Zhang Fan was not for himself; it was merely to create a spatial rift.
As a divine-grade divine ability, the Ripping Heaven Horn, once cultivated to the state of transcendence, could even shatter the universe.
Although spatial manipulation was something only True Immortals who had cultivated a Nascent Soul could master, Zhang Fan, with the unique nature of this divine ability, had still managed to create a spatial rift within the universe.
"If you have the guts, come in!"
Zhang Fan's voice echoed from the entrance of the spatial rift, causing the Black Flame King's mind to briefly freeze.
"Madman! How did this madman survive until now?"
The Black Flame King's face turned ashen. Spatial rifts involved the Way of Space, and even a Soul Transformation True Immortal would proceed with extreme caution when entering one.
That mere Golden Core realm cultivator could not only create a spatial rift but also dive into it without hesitation!