Chapter 1301: Breakthrough
The icebergs had almost completely melted, revealing many bones floating in the black River of the Dead. The deep pool had also been dried up, exposing the ancient well below. A Sacred Spirit stood there, unreachable by anyone.
It was the stone man that the Overlord Dragon Queen Tuo Lan had brought from the depths of the starry sky. He was at the peak of the Saint King realm, ready to step into the Great Sage domain at any moment. His cold eyes swept across the surroundings, but he had yet to make a move.
This was undoubtedly a supreme powerhouse, invincible below the Great Sage level. Even if a Great Sage came, they might be killed by him, for he was a Sacred Spirit!
With such a powerful figure guarding the area, who could approach? His cold eyes glittered as he scanned all directions, ignoring the flashing blades and arrows, the splattering blood, and even those who attacked close to him. He did not move a single step.
The Dragon Horse and the Nine-Tailed Crocodile Dragon felt a chill run through their bodies. They had originally thought they could charge over, disrupt their plans, and stop them from opening the seal. Now, their hearts turned cold.
Of course, this was not the true reason for Ye Fan's shock. He had witnessed an even more terrifying fact.
Mist swirled around the ancient well, shrouding its mouth in a haze that no one could see through.
"Do you hear that? Someone is chanting scriptures," Ye Fan said with a frown.
The Dragon Horse and the Nine-Tailed Crocodile Dragon were stunned, then shook their heads simultaneously, indicating they didn't understand what Ye Fan meant.
"There is an unimaginable existence here, absolutely unmatched in power," Ye Fan murmured, feeling as if a great mountain was pressing down on his heart.
"Are you sure this is real?" The Dragon Horse and the Nine-Tailed Crocodile Dragon both felt their hair stand on end.
Ye Fan opened his Source Heaven Eye, elevating his spiritual perception to the limit. He heard the sound of scripture chanting and saw a hazy figure sitting cross-legged by the ancient well, surrounded by mist, working to break the seal.
The stone man at the peak of the Saint King realm stood motionless, guarding him.
An inconceivable existence was breaking the seal above the ancient well!
A great battle was raging beyond the domain. The Green Phoenix Daoist was entangled with the invincible Sacred Spirit. Who would have thought that before the dry well in the Spirit Ghost Burial Ground, there was another invincible being, utterly terrifying.
Ye Fan felt as if his divine sense was being scorched. Within that mist, it seemed like a cluster of immortal fire was dancing, taking human form, sitting on a cushion and chanting scriptures to break the well.
"A Fire Spirit—this is a Fire Clan Sacred Spirit of unimaginable power!"
When Ye Fan realized the truth, a sense of helplessness washed over him. A stone Sacred Spirit had appeared, and now a Fire Sacred Spirit had arrived as well. This was despair.
Phoenix Blood Red Gold, Immortal Tear Green Gold, and other immortal metals could transform into Sacred Spirits upon reaching immortality. Stones could nurture divine fetuses that became Sacred Spirits. Immortal Tribulation Fire could give birth to intelligence and become a Sacred Spirit...
Born from the utmost divinity and sanctity, achieving an invincible body, once fully matured, they could contend with the ancient Great Emperors. This was a Sacred Spirit!
In the past, Ye Fan had seen formed immortal metals in the Immortal Mountain, including flying swallows and a foot-long golden bull pulling a cart, suspected to have become Sacred Spirits.
In the Eastern Wasteland, there was a place called Fire Demon Ridge, where Ye Fan had used lightning tribulation to kill many experts. Legend had it that Fire Demon Ridge once gave birth to a Fire Clan Sacred Spirit, which was killed by the Ruthless Great Emperor over two hundred thousand years ago.
He never imagined that today he would personally encounter a Fire Clan Sacred Spirit, incredibly powerful, making his scalp tingle.
"Several Sacred Spirits from the depths of this universe have banded together. Their scheme is vast. The disaster might be even more severe than we imagined!"
When they approached this place, they used a Heaven-Deceiving Array to conceal their presence; otherwise, the peak Saint King stone man might have charged over to avenge his kin.
Even so, Ye Fan felt as if a scorching and terrifying gaze had swept over him. The Fire Sacred Spirit, who was chanting scriptures to dismantle the ancient well, had discovered him!
This ancient well was destined to be opened. If the human race only had one Dao Protector here, there was no way to stop it. All humans in this star domain would be killed.
This Fire Clan Sacred Spirit was too powerful. No one could stop him. With one roar, the star domain would collapse. This section of the ancient path might be doomed to destruction.
Even the Dragon Horse and the Nine-Tailed Crocodile Dragon, despite their unwillingness, dared not breathe loudly. Before such an ancestral Sacred Spirit, even if they became saints, they would be flicked to death with a finger.
Ye Fan silently withdrew and said, "Let's go to the outer domain!"
Now, the only one who could influence the battle was the Green Phoenix Old Daoist. He was one step away from the Quasi-Emperor realm, known as the human race's Dao Protector in this star domain.
No one else could solve the problem, not even the Guide Envoy of the Tenth Human City.
"Kill!"
In the Great Moon Slope, the cries of battle continued unabated. The great war raged on, with blood flowing and corpses filling the fields. All the heroes had red eyes.
"Puff," "Puff"...
Ye Fan punched one after another, blasting several alien races to pieces. Blood splattered, staining his golden fists red, then turning them to ashes.
"Clang," "Clang," "Clang"...
Various metallic sounds rang out as the Golden Divine Treasury appeared behind Ye Fan. Dao bells, divine swords, heavenly towers, sky-covering umbrellas, and more—hundreds and thousands of golden weapons shot forth together.
This was an indiscriminate attack, and immediately, screams rang out in waves. Wherever he passed, the ground was littered with corpses. No one could stop him.
Ye Fan went on a killing spree on the battlefield, creating a vacuum zone around him. All who stood in his way fell!
Whether it was the outer domain army, the humans, or the ancient beasts, all were horrified and looked toward him. In this battle, he bathed in blood, earning a fearsome reputation.
In the distance, even the Guide Envoy was startled, thinking to himself that this was indeed the physique that some old-timers on the ancient path had been anticipating.
The Sacred Spirit Mo Pu, who was fighting the Guide Envoy, had eyes as cold as an ice cellar. He roared repeatedly, dispatching experts to surround and kill him.
"It's you again! Where do you think you're going?" The Sacred Spirit Wu Gu, who had been on the outskirts of the Great Moon Slope, arrived and chased after him with all his might.
Ye Fan remained fearless, charging toward the sky. Corpses fell in droves, one after another, as if the end of the world had come.
"What can we do in the outer domain?" the Nine-Tailed Crocodile Dragon asked.
"Deliver a cauldron," Ye Fan said without a choice. At this moment, he could only rely on the Green Copper Cauldron to turn the tide; otherwise, this star domain would be shattered into pieces.
The Dragon Horse's heart jumped. "Doing this will put you in great danger on the Stellar Ancient Path. You might become the target of all living beings, including humans."
"It's not that bad. I trust the Green Phoenix Daoist. At this critical juncture, if I don't deliver it, I'll feel guilty," Ye Fan said.
"Those who achieve great things don't care about the flood behind them. Even if billions fall, what does it matter? As long as I ascend to heaven, everything else is dust," the Nine-Tailed Crocodile Dragon said dismissively.
"Everyone, attack together! Hunt this man down!" On the ground, the Sacred Spirit Mo Pu gave the order coldly. He could see that Ye Fan's bloodline was extraordinary; once he grew up, he would surely become a peerless figure among humans.
On the ground, various armies rose up, covering the sky like a swarm of locusts, flying toward the high heavens to kill Ye Fan.
Leading this group was the stone man Wu Gu, whose divine might tore through the cosmos.
This sight made the Dragon Horse and the Nine-Tailed Crocodile Dragon's scalps tingle. Saints holding pagodas, giants drawing bows... an endless army surrounded them.
The Great Moon Slope suddenly became a vacuum zone as thousands of troops charged out together to kill Ye Fan and his group. Wu Gu became the vanguard.
"The human race is finished! They will be wiped out from this starry sky!"
"How can their Dao Protector contend with a Sacred Spirit? He will fall soon!"
Such voices were common on the battlefield. Even the humans themselves were worried. Although a human who reached the Great Sage realm would surely be astonishing and extraordinary, Sacred Spirits bore the title of invincibility, making them even more terrifying.
Ye Fan fought from this ancient star all the way to the outer domain. By the end, he himself didn't know how many experts he had slain. His battle robe was tattered and soaked in blood.
At first, the Nine-Tailed Crocodile Dragon was excited, devouring large amounts of blood and flesh. The stronger the cultivator's flesh, the more nourishing it was for him. But later, just looking at the corpses made him want to vomit, and he could no longer eat.
The Dragon Horse was the same. Even seeing living beings made him want to throw up.
In the previous battle, they had turned into two ferocious beasts, consuming all the cultivators they killed as food.
"Dammit, that rotten stone, get lost! Just seeing you makes me sick. Why are you still chasing us?"
The two ferocious beasts cursed loudly, vomiting until their bile was thin. Due to their techniques and other reasons, they had to devour even when they didn't want to, and now they had reached their limit.
The stone man Wu Gu was truly powerful. Leading the army, he besieged Ye Fan and his group, fighting from the ground to the sky, relentlessly pursuing.
He was an invincible powerhouse at the Saint realm, able to contend with Ye Fan. He was an undefeated king, difficult to eliminate in one battle.
Wu Gu was actually very annoyed. He was close to the Saint King realm, yet he was being matched by someone of a lower realm. For the invincible Sacred Spirit lineage, this was a disgrace.
After all, they were the ones who usually killed enemies above their level, always invincible at the same level. Now, the tables had turned.
"If I hadn't been affected by the ancient well and injured by the scripture-chanting old Daoist's texts, I would have already killed you all!" Wu Gu said coldly, chasing relentlessly in the outer domain.
"Where did the Green Phoenix Daoist and that Sacred Spirit go?" The Dragon Horse searched the vast star domain, but the area around the life-bearing ancient star was eerily quiet, with no sign of them.
The two supreme powerhouses had fought who knows where, causing worry. After all, the Sacred Spirit's strength was legendary, built on a series of glorious achievements.
"Break through first!" Ye Fan said.
His realm was about to break through. He had just released a massive amount of death energy, and now the Taiji Immortal Diagram in his Wheel Sea had lost balance and could no longer be maintained.
"What bad luck! Why does it have to happen now?" The Dragon Horse cursed. They had devoured too much blood and flesh, and the two ferocious beasts had vomited until their bile was thin.
However, the benefits they gained were enormous. The flesh and blood of saints contained Dao principles and laws, which were indescribably wonderful and could help them break through.
"Boom!"
Ye Fan didn't give them time to think. An endless surge of life force erupted from his body, completely enveloping them. In the end, it formed two large cocoons, sealing the two ferocious beasts.
"Go!"
Ye Fan activated his array platform, opening a domain gate, and teleported the Dragon Horse and the Nine-Tailed Crocodile Dragon to the depths of the distant starry sky.
At that moment, his body felt empty. The life force had been drained away, but the field opened by his Wheel Sea did not shrink. Divine gates within his body opened one after another, automatically releasing external energy to replenish his sacred source.
"Kill him!"
The stone man Wu Gu shouted, leading the charge. Ye Fan released the last layer of death energy, causing many to scream and die on the spot.
Rumble!
At the same time, heavenly tribulation descended. This place became a sea of lightning, turning into a world-shaking catastrophe. Endless bolts of lightning struck down.
"Ah..."
Screams rose and fell. In the starry sky, thunder roared, and this place became a land of tribulation. Many alien races turned to charcoal.
"Your life is mine!" It must be said that the stone man Wu Gu was incredibly powerful. He could move through the lightning tribulation, showing the terror of his race.
He was so angry that his body trembled. He wanted to fight Ye Fan to the death and eliminate him, but in the end, he was blocked by the tribulation. The core area of chaotic sea was impossible for him to cross, even as a Sacred Spirit!
This was an unimaginable disaster. The army that had pursued them collapsed, with over ninety percent of its members turning to ashes in the tribulation, nearly all dead.
When the heavenly tribulation stopped, two cold beams shot out from the chaotic mist, sharper and more piercing than a peerless heavenly sword, locking onto the only survivor, Wu Gu.
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