Chapter 599

The biggest gap between Luo Fu and the Holy Beast Bai Hu was in magic power.

In terms of realm, as long as the Holy Beast Bai Hu did not use the Great Dao of the Five Elements, the gap between the two was not very large.

In terms of magic power, the magic power within Luo Fu’s body was only one or two times stronger than that of an average Sub-Saint limit.

Compared to the immeasurable magic power of a Saint, it was simply heaven and earth.

And the magic power the Holy Beast Bai Hu could mobilize was comparable to that of several Saints.

If the Holy Beast Bai Hu were to erupt at full power, without needing any technique, relying solely on magic power would be enough to crush Luo Fu.

The fact that Luo Fu could persist until now was entirely because the Holy Beast Bai Hu was holding back.

The successive tests had already exhausted most of the magic power in Luo Fu’s body.

Fortunately, through the just-concluded exchange, Luo Fu had already gained insight into the method to break the Five Directions Five Elements Array.

Next, if his magic power could not be replenished, Luo Fu would have only one choice left, and that was to take action to break the Five Directions Five Elements Array.

Luo Fu was capable of breaking the Five Directions Five Elements Array.

Out of caution, Luo Fu did not intend to do so during this time period.

From the time the Five Directions Five Elements Array was set up until now, not even a quarter of an hour had passed.

To break the Five Directions Five Elements Array in less than a quarter of an hour.

It could be foreseen that Dao Ancestor Hongjun would inevitably begin to suspect him, at least suspecting his attainments in the Dao of Arrays.

The Five Directions Five Elements Array could even trap a Saint, yet Luo Fu had broken it in less than a quarter of an hour.

And he had broken it while at the Sub-Saint realm.

It was hard not to make people suspect Luo Fu’s true attainments in the Dao of Arrays.

Therefore, Luo Fu intended to wait for another period of time before breaking the Five Directions Five Elements Array.

Not only that, Luo Fu also intended to design the way to break the Five Directions Five Elements Array.

Breaking it head-on would still arouse the suspicion of Dao Ancestor Hongjun.

Breaking it inadvertently—for example, by utilizing some kind of explosive divine ability to interfere with the operation of the Five Directions Five Elements Array through a short-term eruption, and then breaking it—was relatively more reasonable.

To achieve this, one thing was necessary: magic power support.

Without magic power support, no matter how strong a divine ability was, it could not erupt with might.

Therefore, the first step to reasonably breaking the Five Directions Five Elements Array was to find a source of magic power.

This was the reason why Luo Fu was secretly swallowing the golden light and the massive dark-gold claw beams.

Situated within the Five Directions Five Elements Small World, the magic power within Luo Fu’s body could basically not be replenished; what existed all around were the powers mobilized by the five Holy Beasts.

These powers were just right to serve as a source of magic power.

Especially since the Holy Beast Bai Hu was still squandering Heavenly Dao power unscrupulously.

Under the Holy Beast Bai Hu’s squandering, the space all around was almost entirely filled with escaping Heavenly Dao power.

As long as he could deceive the Holy Beast Bai Hu, he could quietly swallow and convert these powers into his own magic power.

The Great Dao Sword Array could even swallow and digest Chaos currents; swallowing and converting some Heavenly Dao power was naturally a piece of cake.

Deceiving the Holy Beast Bai Hu’s perception was even easier.

He only needed to add some power of the Great Dao of Illusion within the Five Directions Five Elements Array.

Merely blinding a little of the Holy Beast Bai Hu’s perception required an amount of power that, compared to the entire Five Directions Five Elements Array, was more insignificant than dust.

Even if he completely controlled the Five Directions Five Elements Array, he would not be able to perceive it.

Furthermore, the five Holy Beasts’ control over the Five Directions Five Elements Array was merely at the level of barely maintaining its operation.

The five Holy Beasts were not adept at the Dao of Arrays; they were able to set up the Five Directions Five Elements Array only because they had mastered the setup method and perfectly met the setup conditions.

Without understanding the Dao of Arrays, their control over the Five Directions Five Elements Array could naturally not be very profound.

Having slightly blinded the Holy Beast Bai Hu’s perception, and coupled with the fact that Luo Fu’s speed of swallowing and absorbing was not fast, the Holy Beast Bai Hu did not notice anything unusual.

Time passed bit by bit, and several hundred breaths soon went by.

During this period, the Holy Beast Bai Hu simply treated the dozen or so Chaos-colored Great Dao swords as living targets, unleashing attacks through various means and wearing down the magic power of the dozen or so Chaos-colored Great Dao swords bit by bit.

In several hundred breaths, the Holy Beast Bai Hu himself did not remember how many claws he had swiped out.

For an average Sub-Saint peak powerhouse, every swipe of the Holy Beast Bai Hu would be something they couldn't even unleash with the magic power in their bodies, yet the Holy Beast Bai Hu had unleashed such attacks at least tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of times.

From this, it could be seen how abundant the magic power within the Holy Beast Bai Hu was and how abnormal his speed of magic power recovery was.

Relying on the blessing of the Five Directions Five Elements Array, the Holy Beast Bai Hu’s magic power consumption for the just-concluded attacks was almost equal to zero; the only thing that had been consumed was mental energy.

For a Sub-Saint powerhouse, this bit of mental energy consumption was nothing.

The higher the realm, the faster the recovery speed, and the more tenacious the life; the duration of the battle between them would also be longer.

Wanting to kill the opponent in a few moves like a mortal, unless the gap in realm was extremely large, was almost impossible to happen.

Not to mention Saints, even Sub-Saint powerhouses, with their Primordial Spirits combined with the Great Dao, possessed some characteristics of immortality.

If mortal cultivation was about pursuing longevity.

Then the cultivation of powerhouses above the Sub-Saint level was about pursuing the Great Dao, wanting to be as immortal and indestructible as the Great Dao.

If one became a Sub-Saint and was at the Primordial level, yet could still be killed by a powerhouse of the same rank in a few moves.

Then cultivation would lose its meaning.

Of course, not being killed in a few moves did not necessarily mean it was a good thing.

For a powerhouse, death is a concept, not a state.

Sometimes, being alive is not necessarily better than being killed.

Like a violent storm, after attacking for several hundred breaths, the Holy Beast Bai Hu also became somewhat annoyed.

He liked fighting, but he did not like this kind of one-sided crushing.

In order not to arouse the suspicion of the Holy Beast Bai Hu, the dozen or so Chaos-colored Great Dao swords that had been bombarded for several hundred breaths were also disguised by Luo Fu to look dim and lusterless, as if they were still at the end of their tether.

Seeing such Chaos-colored Great Dao swords, the Holy Beast Bai Hu had even less interest.

Therefore, the Holy Beast Bai Hu stopped attacking, intending to flash to the vicinity of these Chaos-colored Great Dao swords and solve them all, one claw at a time.

Hum! Hum! Hum!

Sensing the Holy Beast Bai Hu’s intention, the dozen or so Chaos-colored Great Dao swords began to tremble.

They had already stalled for several hundred breaths; it was long enough, and it was time to show their fangs.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Luo Fu’s mind stirred, and the dozen or so Chaos-colored Great Dao swords suddenly began to burn spontaneously.

Following their spontaneous combustion, an extremely grand power began to descend.

That was the power of the Great Dao of Grand Vows.

Luo Fu was proficient in all Three Thousand Great Daos, and he was naturally proficient in the Great Dao of Grand Vows as well.

Although Luo Fu had accumulated a massive amount of power through swallowing and converting the golden light and the massive dark-gold claw beams, he did not intend to expose it directly, but instead intended to cover it up through the Great Dao of Grand Vows.

The Great Dao of Grand Vows could exchange for some power by paying a certain price in advance.

These costs did not necessarily need to be paid now; they could also be paid in the future.

Of course, if they were to be paid in the future, one had to find a creditor.

This method was equivalent to taking out a loan from a bank.

The Great Dao of Grand Vows was just a medium; it did not possess the ability to directly bestow power out of thin air.

To successfully complete a loan, one had to find the party willing to bestow the power.

The two Western Saints made great grand vows, and the one they found was the Heavenly Dao.

It was precisely because they had the support of the Heavenly Dao that their great grand vows could borrow power.

Luo Fu naturally could not borrow power from the Heavenly Dao.

The one controlling the Heavenly Dao was Dao Ancestor Hongjun; even if Luo Fu could contact the Heavenly Dao, the Heavenly Dao could not bestow power upon him.

Therefore, Luo Fu directly chose to borrow power from the River of Time.