Chapter 1155: Indestructible Golden Body
Ye Fan left the seaside and appeared on a towering mountain tens of thousands of zhang high. Here, snow blanketed everything in white, a bone-chilling cold permeated the air, and icy mist swirled everywhere, piercing to the marrow.
He carefully studied the mech in this place, finally completely erasing the Qi family's brand. As for that jade tablet, he had utterly discarded it at the coastline, having no intention whatsoever of contacting Qi Kun.
"Eh..."
He spotted a massive mothership streaking across the sky, flying deep into the wilderness, its Dao aura surging to the heavens.
"It bears the Cao family emblem. Could it be coming for me?" Ye Fan's vigilance was extremely high.
He pondered for a moment, then flew back toward the seaside. Stopping several hundred li from where he had discarded the jade tablet, he opened his Heavenly Eye to carefully observe and wait.
Ever since killing Cao Qing, every time it was mentioned, those who spoke would marvel at the Cao family's power, naturally making Ye Fan take notice and delve deeper into understanding them.
This was a great clan, incredibly fearsome. Among the many powerful factions standing side by side on the Eternal Main Star, they held significant weight, a colossal behemoth. Otherwise, Cao Qing could not have transferred two types of auxiliary divine materials to the Fan Clan.
The seaside was beautiful, with no unusual developments. Ye Fan waited most of the day without seeing anyone arrive. Yet he did not leave. Instead, he buried the crystal wall inside a cliff face within an uninhabited zone, repeatedly setting it up and carving Heaven-Deceiving Array patterns, deliberately leaving a slight flaw.
The crystal wall could evade the mothership's scans but would emit a faint wisp of aura, allowing others to deduce his presence here. Then, he began to wait patiently.
The next day, a barely perceptible ripple came from afar. Dozens of warships appeared, dark and oppressive like leaden clouds, suffocatingly vast. Many figures flew out and began deploying in this area.
"Quite cautious. They stopped five hundred li from the seaside." A hint of grim killing intent curled at the corner of Ye Fan's mouth. This was definitely aimed at him.
A group of people used a special technique to conceal their forms, then advanced another two hundred li. At a position three hundred li from the crystal wall, they began their setup, burying many forbidden artifacts.
This was a great Dao slaughter formation. Once activated, a monstrous killing aura would surge up, leveling and utterly shattering everything within three hundred li.
"We want him alive. This kid has an Indestructible Golden Body, with golden blood inside—it will be of great use!" A young man licked his lips, revealing a bloodthirsty expression.
Ye Fan muttered to himself from afar: "The Cao family, you are truly overbearing. I kill one Cao Qing, and you bring out such a group of experts, not hesitating to cross star domains, wanting to refine my golden blood?"
"Hmm, this kid really has some tricks. Even the mothership can't scan him; we can only deduce the crystal wall's aura here." A middle-aged man mused.
Ye Fan watched coldly from the sidelines, using the Heavenly Court's secret arts to conceal himself a dozen li behind them, silently observing their preparations.
"What role did the Qi family play? Did they have people guiding them?" he wondered inwardly, his gaze turning cold.
A thousand li away, a massive mothership sank into the sea, closely monitoring all movements in this direction, ready to provide support at any moment with devastating strikes.
"Heh, just a foreign ascetic cultivator. Does he really think he's one of those ancient terrifying beings who could command wind and rain, devour sun, moon, and stars? Unless Wan Qing is reborn, no one can run wild in the Eternal Star Domain." A young man from the Cao family sneered, clearly of high status. He was Cao Qing's cousin, named Cao Feng.
"Enough. The ancient taboo killing divine patterns are all buried underground. Once activated, they will sweep this place clean and scatter that kid's soul to the winds. We must be careful with the intensity, or we'll waste the golden blood." A middle-aged man spoke. This was Cao Qing's uncle, named Cao Delin.
"Don't worry. Leave him with one breath, beat him until he begs like a dog, make him kneel on the ground." Cao Feng said with a chuckle.
"Killing him isn't enough to show our might. We should keep his blood for proper use. Even his bones and flesh are treasures for refining artifacts, worth preserving." Beside him, another young man named Cao Jin spoke, also a direct descendant.
The Cao family had mobilized in force this time, naturally needing an explanation. Cao Qing's death and the loss of an important ancient sacred mech—such a great enmity could not go unavenged.
"Activate!" The middle-aged man Cao Delin waved his hand.
The Cao family members revealed cruel smiles and acted together, activating the divine patterns buried underground. The area instantly changed. In a flash, winds surged and clouds churned, and a killing aura soared thirty thousand zhang into the sky!
Boom!
Black clouds pressed down like a myth. Was this even human?
A dozen warships were sunk!
"Buzz!"
Suddenly, intense energy fluctuations came from a thousand li away. The mothership, hidden in the sea, shot into the sky and fired a crimson beam at Ye Fan, spanning over a thousand li.
This was absolutely a thunderous strike. If hit, even an ancient saint would have their physical body shattered.
Ye Fan shifted his position, teleporting a dozen li away, and turned to gaze at the colossal object. Its entire body gleamed with azure light, thousands of zhang long, like an iron steel city, eternal and indestructible.
Almost instantly, it closed to within eight hundred li, moving at an inconceivable speed, bearing down on Ye Fan.
At the same time, four ancient sacred mechs flew out, charging at Ye Fan. One held a blood-red dragon lance, another drew a purple sacred great bow, and another pulled out a golden giant axe from its back. They all attacked the great enemy together.
Swoosh!
Ye Fan retreated again, quickly entering his own water-blue ancient sacred mech, then vanished from the void. He used the Heavenly Court's secret arts to launch a surprise attack.
Crack!
A flash of five-colored divine radiance. Behind him, five Chaos swords soared into the air, nearly cutting a purple mech in half at the waist, severely wounding it in an instant.
"So powerful! Even more terrifying than imagined!" Inside the mech, a woman and an old man exchanged horrified glances, quickly activating a forbidden array to summon the mechs back.
The four powerful ancient sacred war tools came and went swiftly, sucked into a divine gate. But Ye Fan, refusing to let go, pursued and attacked fiercely from behind.
Using the five-colored divine radiance to restrain them and the Six Paths Reincarnation Fist to strike, he broke the leg of a golden mech, the arm of a red mech, and the great bow of a purple mech, tearing them off bodily.
"This... fighting alone, only an ancient saint could match him. Perhaps only a few freaks on the main star can contend with him!"
The people on the Cao family mothership were shaken, all dumbfounded, chills running down their spines.
"Swoosh!"
Ye Fan vanished again, piloting Qi Meng's ancient sacred mech while using the Heavenly Court's secret arts to merge into the void, further aided by the Heaven-Deceiving Array patterns to hide his aura. Even the mothership could not scan him.
"Damn it, he escaped! We mobilized in force and suffered heavy losses. This is hard to swallow!" Someone clenched their fists in anger.
"Boom!"
However, to their shock, Ye Fan had not fled. He actually closed in on the mothership itself. The five-colored divine radiance swept across, shearing off a corner of the hull weighing dozens of tons.
"Clang!"
A terrible sound rang out. Ye Fan swung the Six Paths Reincarnation Fist, shattering all obstacles, and tore off another large chunk of the hull, trying to break inside.
"This... he's not human! Activate the energy shield!" Everyone was stunned.
He was a god of slaughter, a malevolent spirit that had broken free from hell's chains, invincible, daring to attack even a mothership.
"Boom!"
The energy shield activated, enveloping the entire mothership. Even attacks at the ancient saint level could no longer be effective.
Ye Fan had no choice but to retreat, standing in the distant sky, coldly confronting them.
Inside the ship, a young man was nearly driven mad. His name was Cao Tian, and he roared hoarsely: "Damn it! He almost destroyed one of our mothership's Dao rune power systems! That was a sacred artifact, and he shattered it! The ship is in a terrible state now. We need to return to the main star immediately. If other hostile major powers catch us, it will be extremely dangerous!"
Beside him, a seductive and beautiful woman also had an ugly expression. Her name was Cao Lin, Cao Qing's elder sister. She had never imagined that coming to demand justice would result in such a crushing defeat.
"We underestimated him too much. This is a very dangerous and terrifying ascetic cultivator. We must never underestimate him again." An old man sighed.
"Return!" Cao Lin reluctantly gave the order.
That day, the Immortal Feather Star was in an uproar. Everyone who received the news was horrified. One man, one mech, repelling the Cao family mothership fleet—what a glorious achievement!
"Crazy! Is this real? This ascetic cultivator named Ye Fan is too powerful, isn't he?"
"An unbelievable battle. Could he actually contend with the freaks on the main star? Is this the rise of another legend?"
The Immortal Feather Star shook, and all parties were alarmed.
After the battle, Ye Fan's expression was very cold. While the outside world buzzed with commotion, he took further action.
He made extensive inquiries, thoroughly investigating the Qi family, and learned what kind of person Qi Yun was. It was he who had provided assistance to the Cao family, nearly causing Ye Fan to fall into the killing formation.
Ye Fan responded to this. He began to track down Qi Yun's youngest son, eventually finding him in an ancient city deep in the wilderness, dragging him out of a pleasure house and nearly beating him to death with supreme divine power.
"Go tell your old man that I have no fear of him. If he provokes me again, I won't hesitate to settle accounts with him personally." Ye Fan warned, sending the message through him.
"Bang!"
On a Qi family divine island, Qi Yun smashed his teacup to pieces. Staring at his severely injured beloved son, he shot to his feet, gritting his teeth: "This is the Immortal Feather Star! Even if you're a dragon, you'll have to coil here!"
Suddenly, Qi Kun's voice came from afar, ordering him not to act rashly: "Lao Yao, stop causing trouble for me!"
Qi Yun's face turned ashen. He said nothing until Qi Kun had gone far away, then he gritted his teeth: "Even if he has an Indestructible Golden Body, so what? Can he compare to Wan Qing?!"