Chapter 253

"Regardless, he slapped those dozen or so Ancient Remnants to death—truly satisfying."

"Speak softly, be silent! If the Ancient Remnants hear, we're done for."

In the Initial Ground, everyone stood stunned; those who had mocked Fang Yu now fell silent. To slay a dozen Ancient Remnants with a single strike proved his control over fire had reached its ultimate limit.

With such an ultimate realm, so long as he lived, he would one day become a supreme figure renowned across this land—far beyond their ability to rival.

Thus, they had no right whatsoever to mock him.

"On the path of fire control, I've reached the ultimate realm. On the other Five Elements, I should be able to reach it too."

At this moment, Fang Yu was still pondering.

The crowd surrounding him meant nothing to him—he wished to test here the great divine art he had successfully cultivated.

One of the Eight Great Divine Arts of the Yuhuaxian Sect: the Great Golden Freedom Sword Qi.

Daoist Gang Qi flowed, shifting from the supreme divine art of Haozhen True Fire into the great divine art of Great Golden Freedom Sword Qi. The instant that sliver of sword aura appeared in the void, Fang Yu's surroundings were engulfed by the rules of the Void God Realm, isolating him from others.

The terrifying sword aura carried an edge capable of piercing through all things—especially when wielded by Fang Yu's current realm, a single sliver could unleash ten times the speed of sound.

Where the sword aura passed, it could slay anything.

Boom—

Before Fang Yu, the rule-stone of the Void God Realm reappeared, shaking everyone.

"What's going on? He just broke another record?"

"What record did he break this time? This Void God Realm is ridiculous—it blocked our view and left us unable to see what record he just shattered."

"Could it be Shi Yi's record? What record was it? I felt a terrifying killing aura just now."

"Wait—it'll be clear soon."

Once again, the denizens of the Void God Realm were stunned, all staring toward Fang Yu's location.

Soon, the stone there changed, revealing several lines of text.

"I am supreme in the Yuhuaxian Sect—ultimate realm in the path of metal."

Another primordial sacred bone descended—it was the reward for Fang Yu breaking the ultimate realm.

Primordial sacred bone. Even a king's bone.

When someone recognized it as a king's bone, everyone erupted again.

"That 'I am supreme in the Yuhuaxian Sect'—he's reached the ultimate realm in metal control too? How can one person reach the ultimate realm in both fire and metal? How old is he? How could he achieve such heights on two paths?"

Someone was baffled.

Cultivating different Dao paths is no easy thing. Most people spend their entire lives striving to reach the peak of just one path. To reach the ultimate realm on two, even three paths in youth—this surpassed his imagination.

"Heaven, he reached the ultimate in both fire and metal? Now I'm starting to believe he truly looked down on Shi Yi—Shi Yi hasn't reached the ultimate realm in either path."

"Unbelievable. Truly unbelievable. This 'I am supreme in the Yuhuaxian Sect' is utterly unbelievable."

"Why can one person reach the ultimate on three paths? The art of arrays is so vast and profound—I know several elders who spent their whole lives and barely made progress in arrays. They had no time to cultivate other divine arts, let alone metal-based ones. You must know that those whose metal-element divine abilities can achieve mastery, or even the extreme realm, are absolutely existences whose killing power is incomparably terrifying."

"Metal control—metal's path governs slaughter. This 'I am supreme in the Yuhuaxian Sect' clearly specializes in slaughter. Do not provoke him lightly, or we'll suffer unimaginable losses!"

As the crowd buzzed, a glow flashed on the great green stone. A phoenix with brilliant plumage shimmering in five-colored light arrived at the Initial Ground.

It was a formidable Ancient Remnant, its ancestors famed as the legendary Ancient Divine Bird, once feared across the land with no equal.

Behind it followed a dozen more Ancient Remnants—all extremely powerful. They should never have appeared in the Initial Ground, yet here they were.

"I heard there's a reckless human here who spoke ill of us. I've come personally—do you know what consequences you'll face?"

The Ancient Phoenix descended and spoke with a cold voice, shaking heaven and earth, its words sharp as clashing blades, radiating authority and drawing all attention.

But to the Ancient Phoenix's surprise, the surrounding crowd stared at him with strange eyes—as if he were a joke, a Bai Chi.

This filled him with deep displeasure, even rage.

He felt such stares were unacceptable—this was an insult to him.

At that moment, the Ancient Phoenix decided to kill everyone watching, everyone who disrespected him, as a warning to others.

Humans, in recent ages, had grown increasingly reckless—forgetting all respect for Ancient Remnants.

But at that instant, Fang Yu's voice rang out.

"The ultimate realm I just broke wasn't the metal one. I'm going to break another now."

Fang Yu's words reached every onlooker, leaving them stunned, then filled with disbelief.

"What? This 'I am supreme in the Yuhuaxian Sect'—he's going to break his own record again?"

"He already broke someone else's record—why break his own? How even do that?"

"Impossible to understand. Impossible to imagine. Breaking your own record after breaking someone else's."

Everyone thought they'd misheard—but the Ancient Phoenix felt terror, a threat.

In that instant, he felt he would be killed immediately.

And the next moment, that feeling became real.

Everyone saw Fang Yu strike the newly arrived Ancient Phoenix and the dozen Ancient Remnants. Terrifying sword light slashed through the void in an instant—within the air, a single leaf seemed to form, turning gently as it cleaved the heavens, shaking heaven and earth.

The entire region was shrouded in divine light; no one could see what had happened. Clearly, Fang Yu's move had once again triggered the Void God Realm's rules, causing them to shield the distant sword qi from view.

The Caozi Sword Art of the Ten Fiends revealed its terrifying power—far stronger than the Yuhuaxian Sect's Great Golden Freedom Sword Qi. The Ancient Phoenix and the dozen Ancient Remnants had no time to utter threats before being utterly annihilated.

This sight stunned everyone. No one expected such an outcome.

As the crowd prepared to speak, another glow surged in the void. The Void God Realm's rules coalesced into a stone tablet, appearing before Fang Yu, demanding he inscribe something.

"I am supreme in the Yuhuaxian Sect—again breaks the metal ultimate realm."

Fang Yu moved—and everyone clearly saw the tablet.

And from the sky, another bone descended once more.

"So it really works like that… earlier mistake…"