Chapter 286

This time, he came to the Five Elements Land to cultivate the Great Five Elements Art, perhaps leading Chi Yuan, the Devil Sovereign, to believe he was a successor of the Huangquanmo Sect, so he was given leniency.

Fang Yu had some suspicions in his heart, yet he pressed forward.

"Such immense killing intent!"

At that moment, another powerful beast appeared.

Roar!

A low, deep tiger roar echoed from afar, dull and heavy, filling one with unease.

On the horizon, a streak of white-gold appeared; then a tiger materialized within Fang Yu's spiritual perception—its entire body was white-gold, its white-gold mane flowing in the wind, each step it took flattening the earth, compressing the land infinitely beneath its paws.

Bai Hu!

A golden-element divine beast, forged from Geng Jin Qi—Bai Hu!

The moment this Bai Hu appeared, Fang Yu's expression grew solemn, for he sensed its power reached over a million Xuan Huang Li, comparable to a Golden Core Realm expert—and even a genius within that realm.

Ordinary Golden Core experts possessed magic power ranging from five hundred thousand to one million Xuan Huang Li; this Bai Hu, brewed from endless Geng Jin Qi, was equivalent to a genius among Golden Core cultivators, its strength terrifying.

In fact, the very existence of such a sacred entity was exceedingly rare.

Condensing Geng Jin Qi into a Bai Hu was immensely difficult; even the largest ore veins in the Xuan Huang Great World, after tens of thousands of years, could hardly produce such a divine beast. None of the Three Great Sword Sects—Tongtianjian Sect, Ri Yue Jian Sect, Dandingjian Sect—within Xiandaozhi Sect had ever birthed a Bai Hu.

"You are powerful, which is excellent. You entered the Five Elements Land unharmed—I am delighted. With your body, devouring your flesh and blood, I shall surely break free from the constraints of my Golden Root, leave this Five Elements Land, and see the outside world, becoming a free being."

At that moment, the Bai Hu spoke—its voice ancient, imbued with a mysterious magic that compelled one to lean in and listen closely to every word.

"Indeed excellent. If I devour you, my divine arts can also reach perfection."

Fang Yu gazed at the Bai Hu, his expression calm; yet the next instant, he activated the Five Prison Wang Ding, unleashing the Great Divine Demon Array—immediately, the demonic god rose slowly and descended to crush the Bai Hu.

"Too slow!"

The ancient voice rang through the void; the Bai Hu instantly erupted into countless hazy afterimages, dreamlike and illusory.

Its speed rivaled the Instant Kill Technique; just as the demonic god's hand neared its body, it vanished—then a claw struck the body of the Five Prison Wang Ding. Each claw was sharper and deadlier than a peerless treasure-grade sword, capable of extinguishing all life.

Fang Yu felt that even the Five Prison Wang Ding, a peerless treasure, would have its formation disrupted by this strike.

Yet his expression remained calm. As the claw descended, Fang Yu seized the air—a torrent of Chi Di Huo Huang Qi surged forth. The terrifying Chi Di Huo Huang aura collided with the claw, instantly igniting flames across the Bai Hu's entire body, its white-gold form beginning to melt.

This was Fang Yu's strongest divine art—Chi Di Huo Huang Qi. Even Bai Hu, a golden-element sacred beast, would be melted by this Chi Di Huo Huang Gang Qi.

The Bai Hu roared, its body splitting into two, then transforming into two Bai Hus, charging again toward the Five Prison Wang Ding.

It was determined to sacrifice its own power to shatter the Five Prison Wang Ding's defenses!

It had long realized Fang Yu's weakness lay in his physical body. As a sacred beast forged from Geng Jin Qi, unlike human experts, it could coalesce or disperse at will, a level of flexibility only attainable by humans in the Longevity Secret Realm's second stage—Immortal Body.

The Bai Hu split its power into two, launching a terrifying assault on the Five Prison Wang Ding.

At that moment, the Five Prison Wang Ding vanished—yellow mist erupted instantly, striking both Bai Hus.

"What is this?"

The Bai Hu had assumed Fang Yu was mad for retracting the Five Prison Wang Ding, but the next instant it sensed danger—the yellow mist touched its body, and it felt its spirit corroding, its power utterly paralyzed.

To it, this was unimaginable.

In all past ages, such a thing had never occurred!

In that instant, Bing Huo Shen Lei exploded, and Bai Di Jin Huang Zhan erupted, transforming into a cluster of runes that clung to the Bai Hu's body.

Simultaneously, Fang Yu's body retreated violently.

He wore a top-grade treasure armor—the very armor he had obtained from Dong Xuan Dao Ren's cave, protecting his physical body. This was why he dared to release the Five Prison Wang Ding.

The Dong Xuan Xuan Ling Armor's defensive power far surpassed that of the Five Prison Wang Ding; after all, this armor had once belonged to a seventh-stage Longevity Secret Realm World Sovereign, and though now only ranked as a peerless treasure, it had once far exceeded treasure-grade in ancient times.

"Aaaah, damn it! I'll kill you!"

At that moment, the Bai Hu let out a terrifying roar—it had been corrupted by Fang Yu's Huang Quan Sheng Shui, burned by Bing Huo Shen Lei, and sealed by Bai Di Jin Huang Zhan. In an instant, it suffered irreversible damage; its swirling white-gold aura streamed away, absorbed and refined.

The Bai Hu let out a deafening roar. Its body was entirely forged from Geng Jin Qi, immune to destruction—even if sliced into fragments, it could reassemble and recover.

But Fang Yu had turned Bai Di Jin Huang Zhan into a seal and driven it into its body—striking its weakness. The seal continuously drained its Xu Yuan Qi, growing stronger like a parasite.

It felt its Xu Yuan Qi weakening, tried to muster power to extinguish the seal within—but the yellow mist clouded its mind, leaving it hollow, unable to summon any strength.

"I am a mighty spirit born from the Five Elements Roots. As long as the Five Elements Roots endure, I endure. I command creation—I am immortal! You, insignificant creature, dare to kill me? Aaah!"

As the Bai Hu boasted of being creation and immortality, countless white-gold auras erupted from the void—Fang Yu had once again summoned Bai Di Jin Huang Zhan and the Cao Zi Jian Jue. The nine-leaf grass from the Perfect World appeared in the void, transforming into an eternal, indestructible rune that surged forward, relentlessly draining the Bai Hu's Geng Jin Qi.

Meanwhile, Bai Di Jin Huang Zhan accelerated over tenfold the speed of sound—in an instant, the Bai Hu was sliced into countless segments, all absorbed.

The Bai Hu's strength plummeted wildly, its Geng Jin Xu Yuan Qi surging in all directions.

At this moment, the Bai Hu's power continuously weakened, while Fang Yu's power surged ever higher. Eventually, the two imperial figures of Bai Di Jin Huang Zhan fully manifested, commanding all golden-elemental Xu Yuan Qi in heaven and earth.

The Bai Hu stared in terror at Bai Di Jin Huang, sensing its end was near. It struggled to resist—but Bai Di Jin Huang executed an instant kill, slicing through the Bai Hu, which vanished entirely. Then Bai Di Jin Huang's form swelled, swelled, swelled further, expanding to a hundred zhang, then shattered into a sky-spanning sea of golden clouds, covering dozens of li in every direction.

Boom—

Countless thunderbolts descended—Geng Jin Shen Lei manifested.

At this moment, Fang Yu's Bai Di Jin Huang Zhan reached perfect completion, evolving into Geng Jin Shen Lei.

After absorbing this immensely powerful Bai Hu, Fang Yu finally perfected Bai Di Jin Huang Zhan.

At this moment, both Bai Di Jin Huang Zhan and Chi Di Huo Huang Qi had been cultivated to perfection.

Fang Yu felt an overwhelming surge of excitement.

It wasn't easy. Truly not easy.

This Bai Hu was incredibly hard to kill—even using the Huang Quan Sheng Shui given to him by his brother Fang Han was necessary to slay it, absorb its full power, and perfect Bai Di Jin Huang Zhan.

At that moment, a voice reached him.

"Please, young friend, come for a chat."