"If you resist, you should guess how I will treat your wife. I'll say it one last time, hand over the Samsara Divine Cauldron yourself, or don't blame me for not warning you."
Yuan Wu Heavenly Venerate threatened him openly.
"You dare!"
Ling Fan shielded Xue Yi, who was still undergoing tribulation, behind him, his eyes radiating endless cold light.
Yuan Wu Heavenly Venerate's tone turned cold: "What is there that I dare not do? There's an old saying, 'The winner is king, the loser is a bandit.' Ling Qingyun... No, you should be called Ling Fan now. You are no longer the omnipotent and invincible Azure Cloud Emperor you once were. Don't speak to me in that tone!"
Boom!
Yuan Wu Heavenly Venerate struck abruptly.
Instantly, a terrifying power that dominated the universe surged forward like a torrent.
Bang!
Without any suspense.
Ling Fan was sent flying backward, his body emitting cracking sounds. Countless divine crystals on him were shattered.
One must know that Ling Fan's current physical body was even more resilient than ordinary Dao artifacts, yet he couldn't withstand Yuan Wu Heavenly Venerate's casual blow!
The gap between him and the Eight Heavenly Venerates was still too vast.
And this was even with Yuan Wu Heavenly Venerate not going all out.
After all, Yuan Wu Heavenly Venerate was hesitant. Before he could obtain the Samsara Divine Cauldron from Ling Fan, he dared not kill him. He could only push Ling Fan to a dead end step by step, and then plot for the Samsara Divine Cauldron.
"Heh heh, Ling Fan, haven't you refined the Supreme Ancestral Dragon Seal? Use it! And your proud Thirty-Six Sky-Peering Techniques, use them all. I want to crush your confidence bit by bit, plunge you into the most desperate situation, and finally make you obediently hand over the Samsara Divine Cauldron to me, hahahaha."
Yuan Wu Heavenly Venerate laughed maniacally. He truly enjoyed this process.
Imagine the former number one person in all the heavens and myriad worlds, a supreme existence he could only look up to, now being toyed with and manipulated like a cat playing with a mouse. This thrill was incomparable to defeating a Nine Heavenly Venerate.
"Yuan Wu, you're seeking death!"
Ling Fan was furious.
He unleashed the Supreme Ancestral Dragon Seal, the Nirvana Tribulation Body, the Thirty-Six Sky-Peering Techniques, and his command over the power of heaven and earth. This formed a force that would make even a Seven Heavenly Venerate tremble. However, as Yuan Wu Heavenly Venerate said, his current realm was still too low. Therefore, even with his extraordinary means, he could not bridge the vast chasm between them.
Bang!
Ling Fan was repeatedly sent flying in a sorry state.
His injuries grew more severe.
Several times, Ling Fan was completely dismembered by Yuan Wu Heavenly Venerate, his body struggling to reassemble.
If not for the Nirvana Tribulation Body's monstrous recovery ability and the power of the Supreme Ancestral Dragon Seal, Ling Fan would not have been able to hold on for so long.
Behind him, Xue Yi, who was undergoing tribulation, was extremely anxious, wishing she could finish her tribulation quickly to help Ling Fan.
However, the more anxious she became, the less smoothly she could undergo tribulation. She even almost suffered a backlash, pushing herself into a state of eternal damnation.
At this moment.
Her expression suddenly stiffened. She turned her head with difficulty to look at the Phoenix Divine Robe floating and sinking in the Phoenix Divine Fire.
The temptation emanating from the Phoenix Divine Robe reached its peak at this moment.
She had a premonition that as soon as she put on the Phoenix Divine Robe, she would immediately possess the powerful strength to save Ling Fan.
Once this thought appeared, it could no longer be dispelled. This thought grew wildly as if she were possessed, luring her to put on the Phoenix Divine Robe.
"As long as I can save Brother Fan, I don't fear death."
Xue Yi gritted her teeth fiercely, her eyes firm. She stood up and took a step into the terrifying Phoenix Divine Fire. The human-shaped Phoenix Divine Robe immediately flew over and instantly draped itself onto Xue Yi.
At that instant.
Xue Yi's body instantly stiffened.
Her eyes revealed extreme terror, as if something incredibly terrifying was desperately drilling into her body from the Phoenix Divine Robe.
The power was so immense that even though she was about to pass her seventh death tribulation, with one foot already in the Heavenly Venerate realm, she still had no power to resist, only able to let it continuously erode her body.
"Xue Yi!"
When Ling Fan caught sight of Xue Yi being possessed by the human-shaped Phoenix Divine Robe, his mind exploded. He ignored everything else and was about to rush over to save Xue Yi, but a terrifying palm appeared silently behind him. With a series of cracking sounds, countless crystalline divine crystal fragments exploded from Ling Fan's chest, pierced through from front to back by the large hand.
"Ling Fan, oh Ling Fan, you still have the leisure to worry about others? You yourself are like a mud bodhisattva crossing the river, unable to save yourself."
Yuan Wu Heavenly Venerate, with a divine halo floating behind his head, appeared behind him. An ancient black jar appeared in his hand.
The black demonic shadow flickered at the mouth of the jar, as if containing something most terrifying and evil, wanting to drag all living beings into the jar and devour them.
Yuan Wu Heavenly Venerate tilted the mouth of the black jar, aiming it at Ling Fan, who was impaled on his hand and hanging there, and enveloped him.
"Not good! This is a forbidden artifact from the Nether Ancient Void God Realm!"
The moment Ling Fan saw the black jar, his heart was filled with alarm.
"As expected of the Azure Cloud Emperor, nothing escapes your eyes. Indeed, this is the supreme forbidden artifact that His Majesty Dao Yi found in the Nether Ancient Void God Realm. It imprisons ten ancient souls, six of which are Seven Heavenly Venerate ancient souls, three are Eight Heavenly Venerate ancient souls, and one is a Nine Heavenly Venerate ancient soul! These ten ancient souls are enough to kill you completely, and at the same time, they can strip the Samsara Divine Cauldron from your body and keep it within this black jar!"
"Get lost! You dare to stop me from saving Xue Yi, I'll make you regret being born into this world!"
Ling Fan completely disregarded the immense threat of the black jar. His expression became ferocious as he roared at Yuan Wu Heavenly Venerate.
"Heh heh, you're anxious, you're anxious. I truly love your current expression. I'll be merciful and tell you the truth, to make you even more desperate. Your previous worry was correct, the Phoenix Ancestor did not die, and is indeed recuperating within this Phoenix Divine Robe! Your wife is the Nine Death Spirit Phoenix Body, isn't she? To the Phoenix Ancestor, this is the hope for it to recover its strength, and it might even advance further! Do you think it will let your wife go?"
Yuan Wu Heavenly Venerate looked at Ling Fan triumphantly, his laughter extremely unrestrained.
Ling Fan's expression turned completely cold. He punched his own chest, shattering it. Although this worsened his injuries, it allowed him to temporarily break free from Yuan Wu Heavenly Venerate's grasp and fall from his arm.
"Good one, Azure Cloud Emperor, you're still so ruthless to yourself." Yuan Wu Heavenly Venerate's face darkened. To avoid any further complications, he directly poured his formidable Eight Heavenly Venerate power into the black jar. Instantly, a dense black light erupted from the jar, like the maw of a giant monster, enveloping Ling Fan.