Chapter 831

In the arena, Ye Fan was locked in a life-or-death battle with several Four Extremities Secret Realm cultivators, while Fang Yu observed the scene before him.

Xu Yuan, the grandson of the Third Great Bandit, had low cultivation base—only Fifth Layer of Palace Secret Realm—and the Four Extremities cultivators beside him were under Xu Tianxiong's command, assigned to protect Xu Yuan.

In past years, Xu Yuan had roamed wherever he pleased, brazen and unrestrained; even most Holy Land Heirs dared not directly kill him, and among those below Four Extremities, few could match his strength.

Thus, in this region of Anzhou, Xu Yuan was utterly wicked, capable of doing anything.

Now Ye Fan had acted, directly slaying Xu Yuan's Four Extremities cultivators.

Next, he would kill Xu Yuan.

Xu Yuan summoned a golden ancient pagoda, seemingly to resist Ye Fan's assault, but his own strength was too weak; the pagoda was soon blasted away, and Xu Yuan fell into Ye Fan's grasp, no longer the arrogant, reckless man he had been.

"Boom."

As Xu Yuan was about to die on the spot, the golden pagoda trembled, and a luminous shadow burst forth from its fifth level—a old man materialized: "Young friend, might you spare his life?"

"Xu Tianxiong…"

Tu Fei was startled upon seeing this figure.

"Grandfather…"

Xu Yuan was also shocked, then burst into ecstatic joy, shouting: "Grandpa, kill them all!"

This bandit's grandson, upon seeing his grandfather, immediately became arrogant again.

"It's merely a phantom shadow; even if his true form arrived, it would mean nothing."

Fang Yu unleashed a Great Cutting Technique, slicing the phantom into shreds.

"How dare you strike my grandfather? He will never let you live!"

Fear flashed across Xu Yuan's face—he never imagined this newcomer would dare obliterate his grandfather's divine thought projection.

"What's there not to dare? If your grandfather truly wishes to deal with me, then he too shall die."

Fang Yu reached out and seized the shattered divine thought; a cluster of crimson Dao runes flowed forth, enveloping the broken fragment.

The Three Thousand Great Dao: Great Cursing Art!

Fang Yu had no need to curse this man now, but if anyone in this world sent a divine thought projection or similar to him intending harm, he had no objection to unleashing the Great Cursing Art once.

The Three Thousand Great Dao: Great Cursing Art, profoundly mysterious—now that he possessed this divine thought fragment, Fang Yu could directly strike the original body through these shards.

"Don't kill me, please don't kill me! Whatever you want, I'll give you!"

Xu Yuan's heart turned cold—he realized he had met a true hardliner; this man dared threaten to kill even his grandfather, so now he could only beg for mercy.

"Why beg? Better to return to the void."

Fang Yu reached out, engulfing Xu Yuan in Great Solar Fire, reducing this utterly wicked bandit's grandson to ashes.

From this day forward, Xu Yuan no longer existed in this world.

"Big brother really killed Xu Yuan…"

Tu Fei was stunned—he had heard that Xu Tianxiong, the Third Great Bandit, was stronger than the Azure Dragon King, terrifying beyond measure; yet now his young grandson had been slain. If Xu Tianxiong learned of this, it would surely spark great calamity—even the Holy Lords of major sects would avoid fighting Xu Tianxiong to the death.

Yet Xu Yuan's death was deeply satisfying; though he was a grandson of the Thirteen Great Bandits, he had betrayed the bandits' code, oppressing common folk, daring to assault women of other bandit heirs, and utterly unworthy of the name.

His death was no loss.

"Good riddance."

Pang Bo applauded loudly.

These past days, they had witnessed the cruelty of Anzhou's bandits, and behind it all stood Xu Yuan—why should only the foot soldiers die while the mastermind lived?

Xu Yuan is dead—good, excellent.

"Now we've offended both Peng Wang and Xu Tianxiong…"

Tu Fei counted off on his fingers, tallying their enemies.

"And the Yaoguang Holy Land, the ancient Ji Clan of Huanggu."

Ye Fan's expression remained calm as he added another great clan and holy land from the Eastern Wilderness.

"These aren't problems. Once I elevate my realm one more step, they're all paper tigers and clay dogs."

Fang Yu showed no concern.

"Big brother, you can still improve your strength? Isn't that too fast?"

Tu Fei was startled by these words.

He had heard that Fang Yu's strength rivaled that of Holy Lords across the lands—if he improved further, wouldn't he reach the realm of Dao-Severing Kings?

In this age, no one had ever been heard of reaching the realm of Dao-Severing Kings.

"Brother Fang is about to break through the realm?"

Ye Fan and Pang Bo were also startled.

They knew Fang Yu had come from the other side of the planet; back then, he was merely a Sea Wheel Secret Realm cultivator. In just a few years, he had reached the level of Holy Lords—now he was going to elevate further?

Would he then become invincible under heaven?

"I still need more accumulation. We can go to Shengcheng and see."

Fang Yu spoke calmly.

His single Secret Realm had only reached the "Life" stage of Four Lives and Four Deaths; to witness the effects of ancient sages, he needed at least Eight Lives and Eight Deaths—his accumulation was still insufficient.

Yet he was also somewhat eager.

The remains of the ancient Holy Body could open a small cavern realm, a miniature world, after successfully cultivating the single Secret Realm—this was worth anticipating.

"Big brother is still too strong."

Tu Fei continued praising endlessly.

"You, fellow, your strength is too low. Along this journey, I'll teach you a few Famen to help elevate your cultivation."

Fang Yu smiled as Tu Fei kept calling him "big brother."

"Ah, thank you, big brother!"

Tu Fei was genuinely delighted, never expecting that calling this big brother would actually earn him big brother's benefits.

He grinned so wide his mouth wouldn't close.

"Let's go."

The group left immediately, heading toward Shengcheng in the Northern Region.

Fang Yu did not use Great Teleportation Art to travel; instead, he walked across this land of the Northern Region, primarily because he needed to cultivate the "death" realm of Four Lives, Four Deaths, and partly because since he was here, he might as well see the Northern Region's many landscapes—perhaps even find some ancient immortal metal.

Something like Phoenix Blood Crimson Gold or Dragon Pattern Black Gold—if he could find any lying on the ground in the Northern Region, it wouldn't be a bad thing.

Of course, he had indeed taught Tu Fei several divine arts.

He cultivated too many Great Dao Arts—such as Great Five Elements Art, Great Yin-Yang Art, Great Primordial Art, Great Catastrophe Art, Great Star Art, Great Chaos Art—dozens of top-tier Great Dao Arts, not to mention others like Great Blood Soul Art, Great God-Sealing Art, Great Slaughter Art, Great Cutting Art, Great Devouring Art, all of which were immensely powerful in this world.

Fang Yu did not teach Tu Fei the Three Thousand Great Dao Arts; instead, he taught him some supreme arts he had acquired. During his journey through the Chaotic Continent, he slew several ancient titans—Flying Sky Ancestor, Heavenly Gang Ancestor, Formless Ancestor—whose mastery of these arts was why they reached the status of ancient titans.

Flying Sky Ancestor's supreme art, Heavenly Light Wings, was excellent; Heavenly Gang Ancestor's Heavenly Gang Thirty-Six Daoist Gang Qi was also excellent—once cultivated successfully, thirty-six distinct Daoist Gang Qi circled the body, making the cultivator resemble a divine king.

Of course, Formless Ancestor's Formless True Scripture was also good—formless and invisible, utterly unlike Flying Sky Ancestor's flamboyance, making it perfect for ambushes.

Fang Yu taught Tu Fei these supreme arts; Tu Fei was stunned and overjoyed upon seeing them, and Ye Fan and Pang Bo also benefited—upon seeing these supreme arts, they both felt their horizons had expanded dramatically, greatly aiding their cultivation base.

Everyone was extremely delighted.

Outside, countless rumors spread, chaotic and noisy.

Events from the Licheng underground palace leaked out; Fang Yu's name reappeared in everyone's ears, stirring hundreds of oases and spreading across half the Northern Region.

Who was Fang Yu? Past rumors had circulated his name among some Men Sects—Xuantian Sect, Xiaoyao Sect, Yaoguang Sacred Land, Huangu Ji Clan—but he remained unknown to other Sacred Lands.

This time, Fang Yu revealed his invincible demeanor before the sacred sons and daughters of numerous Eastern Wilderness Sacred Lands—Dao Yi Sacred Land, Purple Mansion Sacred Land, Great Expansion Sacred Land, Wan Chu Sacred Land—displaying powerful Dao arts and divine techniques, shocking everyone in the Eastern Wilderness.

Without doubt, the entire Eastern Wilderness would know Fang Yu's name.

"Tai Xuan Men, Fang Yu—I've never heard of him before. How did such a figure suddenly emerge, seemingly invincible among the younger generation?"

"Tai Xuan Men? I've never heard of this Sacred Land. Can a Sacred Land that doesn't even exist produce an unparalleled genius surpassing the sacred sons and daughters of major Sacred Lands? I don't believe it."

"Your information is outdated. Fang Yu's genius has gone mad across the Northern Region—he defeated the hidden supreme elder's chosen unparalleled genius from Yaoguang Sacred Land in one move, and even crushed Ji Ji Yuanqing, the previous generation's unparalleled genius of Huangu Ji Clan!"

"What? That's impossible. Ji Ji Yuanqing, the previous generation's unparalleled genius of Huangu Ji Clan—he had mastered the Void Scripture to an extremely profound level. Perhaps someone could defeat him, but killing him? Absolutely impossible. With the Void Scripture, he was inherently invincible."

Many discussed this across the Northern Region—in teahouses of every city, in gambling stone halls of every Sacred Land.

"That Fang Yu is truly terrifying. One of our Five Elements Palace's senior brothers witnessed it firsthand. Rumor says he once defeated the Yaoguang Sacred Son—no one believed it then, but now it's clearly true; before the underground palace, the Yaoguang Sacred Son dared not even strike at him."

"I heard another rumor: Jin Chixiaopeng, the unparalleled genius of central Eastern Wilderness, was supposed to attend the Yaochizhi Society, but encountered Fang Yu, provoked him, and was immediately suppressed by Fang Yu—he never got to display his own unparalleled prowess."

"What? Jin Chixiaopeng? He's a ruthless one—he dominated the entire central Eastern Wilderness's younger generation. Was he quietly suppressed by Fang Yu? This can't be real."

"Of course it's real—I have reliable sources. And which legend about Fang Yu hasn't sounded miraculous? Which one turned out false? Clearly, Jin Chixiaopeng heard about Fang Yu's past suppression of the Yaoguang Sacred Son, so he challenged him—and got suppressed. That's why the Nine Secrets spread without him showing up. Think about it: if Jin Chixiaopeng had heard the Nine Secrets were in Licheng, could he have made it? Obviously, he was suppressed."

"Whoa! Is Fang Yu really this terrifying? Is there truly no one in the younger generation who can stand against him?"

"Rumors say he's a Chaos Body. You know what a Chaos Body is—once he grows, he will inevitably attain the Dao!"

"That's too astonishing. A Chaos Body hasn't appeared in Eastern Wilderness history in perhaps hundreds of thousands of years—is Fang Yu really a Chaos Body? If he grows, the sacred sons and daughters of all Sacred Lands won't have a chance. To be born in the same age as this Chaos Body is truly the greatest tragedy for these prodigies."