Chapter 742: His Manifestation Beyond the Celestial Domain
The nine ancestral Golden Crows emerged together, vying with the sun and moon for radiance, contending with heaven and earth for longevity. Tens of millions of feather-like divine images surged toward Ye Fan, as if scattering from the nine heavens—a vast, brilliant expanse like golden snowflakes spanning the ages, falling in chaos.
Around Ye Fan, various divine phenomena connected together. Though hazy and unformed, they could grind away all external forces.
These two terrifying sights, like needle points meeting blade tips, collided, emitting a dazzling divine radiance between them. Then came endless desolation, as if a star domain were disintegrating.
The brilliant light forced everyone to close their eyes; the dreadful darkness nearly plunged many souls into its depths.
Two completely opposite transformations completed in an instant, like a firework blooming, startling many hearts.
Falling from the center of a blazing sun into the boundless dark hell—that was everyone's momentary sensation.
Ahead, Ye Fan stood as if petrified, motionless. Lu Ya's gaze blazed fiercely, his aura piercing through rainbows, a divine beam rising from his crown, connecting heaven and earth.
Had a victor been decided? At the edge of the sky, people watched intently, their gazes fixed unblinkingly.
"Lu Ya has won. His momentum is earth-shaking, like a great river surging into the sea—irresistible!"
Everyone saw Lu Ya's supreme divine posture. His golden hair flew wildly, the beams in his eyes were terrifyingly fierce, like an ancient deity standing there.
Behind him, the nine ancestral Golden Crow dharma bodies each stood arrogantly toward the sky, divine feathers dancing in a brilliant expanse, their cries echoing to the nine heavens.
In contrast, Ye Fan's divine phenomena dimmed, slowly dissolving, returning to calm, then vanishing completely.
"He lost. That young man surnamed Ye ultimately lost to Lu Ya."
This battle seemed to have drawn its curtain. Many said this, some cheering, others sighing in secret. The distant sky was filled with clamor.
"Thud"
Suddenly, Lu Ya staggered back a great step, spitting out a large mouthful of blood. One ancestral Golden Crow dharma body shattered into pieces.
"Thud"
Then, Lu Ya retreated a second step. A cracking sound came from his chest bones, clearly breaking. His soaring momentum completely dissipated, and the divine light from his crown turned into bloody radiance.
"What happened?" People exclaimed in confusion.
The Lu Ya who had been overwhelmingly powerful just moments ago now coughed blood with every step as he retreated. All nine ancestral Golden Crows collapsed before him. His bones crackled incessantly, nearly breaking inch by inch, with white bone fragments exposed in some places.
"Lu Ya lost. It was actually him who lost!"
At this moment, everyone understood: Ye Fan's divine phenomena had naturally retracted, not been shattered. He had not suffered a single scratch.
The nine ancestral Golden Crow dharma bodies were utterly defeated!
Lu Ya suffered severe injuries, his hair disheveled, his body covered in Golden Crow blood, nearly destroyed on the spot. His bones were reconnecting, or else he couldn't even stand.
"Defeated. The number one genius of the Golden Crow clan has been thoroughly defeated."
"Lu Ya was hailed as a heaven-gifted prodigy, a physique rarely seen in the Golden Crow clan for tens of thousands of years, yet now he has lost like this."
The shocking duel had come to an end. Even the nine ancestral Golden Crow dharma bodies were useless—what else did Lu Ya have to fight with?
Ye Fan activated the Weapon Art, attempting to seize the divine halberd above Lu Ya's head. He was very cautious, knowing it would be difficult to obtain.
A deity slumbered within the saint weapon. Unless an ancient sage acted, no one in the current era could subdue it, much like an imperial weapon. Even if temporarily taken, outsiders could hardly control it. Once the deity within the weapon awakened, it would be a disaster!
"Is this the Sacred Body? Among our generation, only Yin Tiande can suppress you..." Lu Ya laughed cruelly, with a beast-like ferocity.
The divine halberd hovered above his head, rising and falling, letting down divine beams like cascading ribbons. It was precisely this that prevented Ye Fan's divine phenomena from grinding him to pieces.
Ye Fan's eyes turned cold. Without a word, he stopped his action, sensing a hint of danger. This time, he did not use divine arts. Instead, he activated the Divine Maiden Furnace, preparing to unleash it. Using the Weapon Art to control it, he could unleash its maximum power.
"Your Dao heart is shattered, your path to enlightenment hopeless, but I still have a way to kill you!" Lu Ya was nearly insane.
His nine Golden Crow dharma bodies were the foundation of his path to enlightenment, but Ye Fan had severed them. This was a heavy blow to his unwavering confidence in victory.
"My Dao is far away, my foundation severed. Since that's the case, I'll drag you down to the Yellow Springs with me to accompany my nine brothers!"
Lu Ya shook the divine halberd, as if demonized. Every golden hair stood on end. Countless ripples flew out, and the divine halberd emitted the might of an ancient sage.
"With that, you think you can kill me?" Ye Fan sneered coldly. He held the Divine Maiden Furnace in his hand, completely unafraid of this great enemy.
Under normal circumstances, the two might have fought for a thousand exchanges, but he had severed Lu Ya's nine ancestral Golden Crow dharma bodies—everything was different now.
"One Day Ten Golden Crows Pill!" Lu Ya roared lowly, swallowing a thumb-sized, golden, translucent treasure pill.
When he heard that name, Yan Yixi immediately changed color and warned, "Fall back quickly! He wants to destroy everything together!"
"Truly insane—trading one day of life for the power of ten Golden Crows!" Li Tian also cried out strangely.
At the edge of the sky, everyone who saw this scene changed color. The One Day Ten Golden Crows Pill was a forbidden drug, too heaven-defying and cruel.
It drained a person's life force, allowing them to live only one day, but unlocking ten times their potential, making them unmatched in the world.
Taking this treasure pill was like a firework—blooming with the most brilliant beauty for an instant, then vanishing forever.
Ultimate sublimation, dying in splendor.
"Ah..."
Lu Ya let out a great cry. All his bones shifted, crackling like firecrackers. Every inch of his flesh and blood burst with dazzling light, as if he were burning.
"One Day Ten Golden Crows Pill! Fall back!" Yan Yixi and Li Tian both shouted.
Ye Fan retreated. "What?!" Lu Ya's hair stood on end in fury. He was a heavenly prodigy, the foremost genius of the Golden Crow clan, yet Ye Fan showed him such contempt. Swallowing the One Day Ten Golden Crows Pill was already humiliating enough, and now his blood boiled with rage.
"I'll send you on your way!" Ye Fan said nothing more. He took down the Divine Maiden Furnace, held it in his palm, and pressed forward.
The Divine Maiden Furnace's power surpassed the Crow Wing Flowing Gold Halberd, for it was forged by an ancient great emperor, possessing endless mysteries. Instantly, heaven and earth split apart, and the aura of an ancient sage filled the air!
Lu Ya's face turned ashen. From the depths of his soul, a great banner surged forth, rustling loudly. He sensed clansmen flying toward this place and shouted, "Summon the ancestral banners!"
In an instant, the sky was covered, banners fluttered, and mist churned, as if a hundred thousand heavenly soldiers and generals were attacking.
Seven more great banners tore through the sky, like seven ancestral Golden Crows descending, rustling loudly. This was the clan's ultimate killing formation!
In the past, at Tang Valley, the Golden Crow clan had displayed their sect-suppressing treasure: eight banners forming an ancient killing formation, comparable to a saint weapon, for it was left by a sage.
Unfortunately, the divine thoughts born from the Human Emperor had severed them all. Now these banners were those broken ones. Though damaged, they still possessed boundless divine power.
Undoubtedly, Golden Crow experts had arrived, trying to rescue Lu Ya.
"Rustle"
The eight banners unfurled, Golden Crows soared, vibrating together with the divine halberd, emitting the might of an ancient sage.
The Golden Crow clan had expended great effort to kill Ye Fan. Besides Lu Ya wielding the divine halberd, a group of experts had brought the ancestral banners. Now they were finally put to use.
"It's useless. Even if you summon another saint weapon today, you won't survive." Ye Fan struck, the Divine Maiden Furnace pressing down.
"I don't believe that the divine halberd and ancestral banners together can't suppress your saint weapon!" Lu Ya roared. His fourfold potential erupted, his body seeming to burn, his divine power astonishing.
"Thud"
The Crow Wing Flowing Gold Halberd and the eight ancestral banners jointly attacked the crystalline divine furnace.
"Boom"
Heaven and earth shook violently. Lu Ya's potential burned as he held a half-saint weapon against the Divine Maiden Furnace, utterly insane, as if determined to destroy everything together.
"Let this end."
Ye Fan gave a cold shout. At this critical moment, he didn't want to suffer any injury, lest others take advantage. He flipped his palm, revealing an ink-jade-like skull, pressing it forward.
"The ancient sage skull of the Yin Yang Sect!" People exclaimed.
This skull, as translucent as black crystal, immediately blocked the damaged Golden Crow ancestral banners, neutralizing this ancient killing formation.
Then, the Divine Maiden Furnace pressed down, shaking the divine halberd continuously. Lu Ya spat out large mouthfuls of blood, his body cracking inch by inch, on the verge of destruction.
At the edge of heaven and earth, in an unknown place, lay a world of flames. Everywhere was heavenly fire. In an ancient cave, it was filled with solar essence.
This terrifying place was someone's secluded cultivation ground. At that moment, a king-like demon god suddenly opened his eyes, shooting two lightning bolts from the ancient cave.
He was the Golden Crow King, an extraordinarily terrifying existence. Almost all of his contemporaries had died out. Even in their time, few could contend with him!
The moment he awakened, at the Divine Continent Yuan Ruins, the phantom contained in the treasure pill Lu Ya had swallowed suddenly seemed nourished, manifesting again, and this time, it was incredibly real.
"Am I about to emerge from seclusion?" The Golden Crow King, reappearing in the battlefield, muttered to himself. He grabbed the divine halberd with one hand, blocking the furnace's killing blow. In the sky, it was as if ten suns had shattered.
"The Golden Crow King's manifestation beyond the celestial domain!" Everyone who saw this scene was horrified.
"Father!" Lu Ya cried out. He knew this manifestation was vastly different from the last time. His father possessed formidable combat power!
This time, the Golden Crow King's body manifested with extreme clarity. He was a middle-aged man like a demon god. Just standing there, he pressed down on everyone, making it hard to breathe.
In his eyes, mountains and rivers collapsed, ages passed, stars were extinguished—an indescribable vicissitude and terror.
He stood in the void, holding the divine halberd. With a slight tremor, it was like crashing waves, as if this realm of heaven and earth would be destroyed!
Ye Fan held the furnace in his palm, his body shaking violently as he retreated a full twenty-some steps. Cracks appeared on his brow, and streams of blood trickled down, a terrifying sight.
"Bang"
He finally steadied himself, his expression utterly cold. Without a word, he stared at the fearsome king before him.
"Somewhat interesting." The Golden Crow King's voice was icy, like a demon god from the underworld.
"My body is hard, my Dao even harder. You want to sever me and shatter my Immortal Platform—that is destined to be empty. Even if you manifest here today, I will still slay Lu Ya!" Ye Fan shouted.
"With me here, you think you can kill him..." The Golden Crow King's voice was vast and distant, echoing through heaven and earth, shaking everyone's blood and qi.
Even as a manifestation beyond the celestial domain, he was still so terrifying, worthy of being a demon god-like existence in this world.
"With you here, I will still kill him without fail!" Ye Fan said with unwavering determination.
"Is that so..." The Golden Crow King said indifferently, as if nothing in the world mattered to him.
"Boom"
Suddenly, he fiercely raised his head. His eyes became terrifyingly fierce, full of demonic nature, like two black holes with stars falling inside!
At that moment, he possessed an extremely fearsome aura, as if he could make mountains collapse just by looking, and seas dry up just by gazing!
This was the style of a peerless expert—a single glance could level the wilderness, overturn mountains and rivers!
He merged with the divine halberd. The invisible pressure alone was unbearable, let alone his slight tremor.
Ye Fan's brow cracked again, lines appearing one after another, blood threads like a spiderweb. He seemed about to shatter.
A peerless expert, a great accomplished king—even his manifestation beyond the celestial domain was invincible!
"Ye Fan, flee quickly!" Li Tian and Yan Yixi called out secretly.
"It's not his true body descending. I am determined to kill Lu Ya today!" Ye Fan said resolutely, activating the Divine Maiden Furnace.
"If you had one more saint weapon, you might have hope. Otherwise..." The Golden Crow King suddenly stopped, staring sharply in another direction.
The black skull, locked in a stalemate with the ancestral Golden Crow banners, suddenly blazed with light, emitting the might of an ancient sage.
At that moment, time and space became chaotic, heaven and earth shook, as if several saint weapons were clashing. The world blazed brilliantly, and everyone closed their eyes.
When people opened their eyes again, Ye Fan was holding the furnace in his palm, coughing up blood as he retreated. His brow was nearly pierced through!
On the other side, the Golden Crow King's face was cold to the extreme. A patch of blood mist drifted not far away, and a piercing howl seemed to still echo.
Lu Ya was shattered to pieces, his form and spirit utterly destroyed!
"The skull contained an ancient saint weapon..." The Golden Crow King was cold and ruthless, not enraged by the loss of this son.
Everyone was stunned. Ye Fan truly dared to strike—killing Lu Ya right in front of the Golden Crow King!