Chapter 963: Pretender Saint Avatar! Jin Gang Empowerment, Indestructible Aura!

Swish!

Facing such a razor-sharp claw aura, Luo Fu showed not the slightest arrogance.

He was currently only at the peak of a Pretender Saint.

To ensure he was not seen through by Ancestor Hongjun, the entity appearing within the Five Directions and Five Elements Small Heaven was in fact Luo Fu's avatar.

Pretender Saints of the Primordial World could sever three avatars using the Three Corpses Method; Luo Fu, who possessed ultimate cosmic insight and mastered countless lineages, found it no difficult task to create a technique for condensing an avatar.

Indeed, if Luo Fu wished, he could create a technique capable of condensing three thousand avatars.

Yet avatars held little true significance for Luo Fu.

He chose to manifest an avatar to confront the Five Directions and Five Elements Great Array primarily to conceal his true strength as much as possible.

Thus, this avatar of Luo Fu was only slightly stronger than a standard Pretender Saint at the limit.

Compared to his true body, it was immeasurably weaker.

Had Luo Fu been less cautious, an avatar merely equal to a standard Pretender Saint might truly have perished within the Five Directions and Five Elements Great Array.

An avatar, even if slain, would not greatly affect Luo Fu.

But to be killed outright before the eyes of all celestial gods and immortals would still be humiliating.

Such humiliation, if avoidable, was better avoided.

His spirit connected with the three thousand Great Dao swords; the ever-flowing thousand Great Dao forces immediately, at Luo Fu's will, began converging toward a certain Great Dao.

The Great Dao barrier formed by the three thousand Great Dao swords shifted from multicolored to golden.

In an instant, the entire ground barrier became as if cast in gold.

The surfaces of the three thousand Great Dao swords also glimmered with a faint golden hue.

An aura of indestructible imperishability enveloped the three thousand Great Dao swords.

Through the Great Dao sword array, Luo Fu could channel Great Dao forces to amplify any one Great Dao.

The one Luo Fu had just amplified was the Jin Gang Great Dao.

The claw aura of the Sacred Beast Bai Hu was indeed extremely sharp; to counter such a piercing attack, one must choose a Great Dao force capable of restraining it.

The Jin Gang Great Dao, being indestructible and imperishable, was the perfect counter to piercing attacks.

Under the enhancement of the Jin Gang Great Dao, the Great Dao barrier formed by the three thousand Great Dao swords was layered with golden light, layer by layer, until the three thousand layers merged into one.

The entire Great Dao barrier now appeared like a wall of bronze and iron.

Pssst!

The thin claw flew with extreme speed, arriving before the Great Dao barrier in less than a breath.

No metallic clash sounded as expected—the Great Dao barrier, enhanced by the Jin Gang Great Dao, was pierced through layer after layer as easily as tofu.

Barely had contact occurred when nearly one-third of the Great Dao barrier was already pierced through.

If this continued, the entire ground barrier would soon be effortlessly pierced through by the thin claw.

Hum!

At the critical moment, the three thousand Great Dao swords vibrated in unison.

The indestructible imperishable aura within them began to coalesce and pour into the Great Dao barrier.

Besides its solidity, the Jin Gang Great Dao possessed another equally powerful trait: its imperishability.

This trait allowed the Jin Gang Great Dao to repair itself at incredible speed, so long as it was not instantly torn apart.

As long as an attack could not exceed the Jin Gang Great Dao's breaking limit and utterly destroy it, it could not damage the Jin Gang Great Dao.

This was the true essence of imperishability.

The thousand Great Dao forces flowed continuously.

The portions of the Great Dao barrier pierced by the thin claw began healing at visibly rapid speed.

Moreover, each of the three thousand Great Dao swords released a sliver of sword qi, merging together to envelop the thin claw and erode its Great Dao energy.

The thousand Great Dao forces cycled in succession; even though the Jin Zhi Great Dao within the thin claw was exceptionally resilient, it was drastically diminished.

The pierced Great Dao barrier was repairing itself while the thin claw's Great Dao energy was weakening; as one faded and the other strengthened, the thin claw soon lost its initial sharpness and gradually dulled.

A sharp blade, once dulled, had lost its value.

Under the erosion of the thousand Great Dao forces, the thin claw, after piercing through two thousand seven hundred layers of the Great Dao barrier, exhausted all its sharpness and dissipated upon the barrier.

Seeing this, Luo Fu's eyes darkened with seriousness.

He had to admit—he had underestimated the Five Directions and Five Elements Great Array, and also the Sacred Beast Bai Hu.

Just now, the Sacred Beast Bai Hu's thin claw had nearly pierced through the Great Dao sword array.

Most importantly, Luo Fu could sense that the Sacred Beast Bai Hu had not used its full strength.

With the combined power of all five Sacred Beasts and the enhancement of the Five Directions and Five Elements Great Array, the Sacred Beast Bai Hu could channel far more than just that much.

The Great Dao forces it could access were not limited solely to Jin Zhi Great Dao.

The Sacred Beast Bai Hu might not be skilled in the other Great Daos.

But if it merely summoned them briefly and fused them into the Five Elements Great Dao, it would be at least ten times stronger than Jin Zhi Great Dao alone.

Merely a test strike had nearly pierced the Great Dao sword array.

Facing such a Sacred Beast Bai Hu, Luo Fu must remain fully serious.

Otherwise, he might very well be defeated by the Sacred Beast Bai Hu.

Luo Fu's purpose in entering the Five Directions and Five Elements Great Array was to find a way to break it.

Then, at the instant he shattered the Five Directions and Five Elements Great Array, he would catch the five Sacred Beasts off guard and subdue them all.

To find the method to break the Five Directions and Five Elements Great Array, Luo Fu first needed to endure within it long enough.

The Five Directions and Five Elements Great Array was no ordinary array; even with Luo Fu's array expertise and Great Dao insight, he could not find the breaking method within dozens of breaths.

Thus, what Luo Fu most needed right now was time.

In other words, he did not need to defeat the Sacred Beast Bai Hu; he only needed to endure its attacks for long enough.

Of course, facing the powerful Sacred Beast Bai Hu, even merely buying time required Luo Fu to give it his full concentration.

Otherwise, in a moment of carelessness, he might die at the hands of the Sacred Beast Bai Hu.

Looking at the Sacred Beast Bai Hu, whose eyes brimmed with battle lust, Luo Fu quickly thought of a way to buy time.

From the battle lust in the Sacred Beast Bai Hu's eyes, it was clear he was a battle fanatic.

The most direct way to deal with a battle fanatic is to give him the battle he desires—the kind he can savor.

If he could experience such a battle, even if he suppressed part of his power, the Sacred Beast Bai Hu would be willing.

Hum!

The three thousand Great Dao swords vibrated again.

Under Luo Fu's control, the three thousand Great Dao swords began to split.

Each Great Dao sword split into one large and one small.

The small Great Dao swords remained in place, while the large ones converged toward the center of the Great Dao Sword Array.