Immortality Cultivation

Chapter 255: Power [1]

Several violent figures filled with an Aura of destruction, like Vicious Beasts released from their cages, tore through the gray mist. With greed and killing intent, they lunged from different directions toward Fang Hao, who had just put away the battle axe and whose Aura had not yet fully settled!

Charging at the very front was that Demonized Giant Ape, five zhang tall, pitch-black all over, with hideous bone spikes growing from its back. It beat its chest and let out a deafening roar, each step causing the ground to shake and mountains to tremble. Foul-smelling saliva dripped from its bloody maw, and its crimson eyes stared fixedly at Fang Hao as if it wanted to swallow him alive. This was a Fifth-order Early Stage Demonic Beast with infinite strength and towering Devilish Qi!

Following closely behind was a Magma Lizard monster, mountain-like and covered in flowing dark red magma. It crawled extremely fast, leaving scorched black marks on the ground wherever it passed, the high temperature it emitted causing the air to distort. It opened its massive mouth, with a scorching fiery light brewing deep in its throat. This was also a Fifth-order Early Stage fire-attribute demonic creature!

Besides these, there were two other strange creatures whose Auras were slightly weaker but had also reached the Fourth-order Peak. One was a "Shadow Demon" shrouded in black mist with only two points of ghostly green fire for eyes, and the other was a "Giant Skeleton Statue" made of countless bones, slow-moving but with astonishing defensive power.

Four great vicious creatures lunged to kill simultaneously! Any one of them would be enough to make an ordinary Golden Core Cultivator despair; even an Early Nascent Soul Stage would have to retreat when facing such a combined attack!

"Damn it!" Fang Hao’s expression changed. Having just undergone the Formation’s trial, although he had obtained the Legacy and the battle axe, his physical and mental exhaustion was immense, and his injuries had not yet fully recovered. This was his weakest moment. He hadn’t expected these beasts to be so cunning, seizing this opportunity to swarm him!

Escape? The basin was only so large, and the surrounding area was filled with even more dangerous gray mist and Unknown Forbidden Land; there was nowhere to run! Moreover, he had just obtained the "battle heaven axe." How could he run away without a fight and disgrace the name of "War Heaven"?

"Then let us fight! I’ll just use this chance to test the power of the battle heaven axe!" A fierce light flashed in Fang Hao’s eyes. Instead of shrinking back, a boiling Battle Intent surged within him! Inside his Dantian, the dark gold battle axe that had just fallen silent seemed to sense its master’s intent and let out a low hum. A stream of pure, scorching Battle Intent instantly flowed through his entire body, suppressing his fatigue and pain by a few degrees.

"Come!" Fang Hao growled low. With a thought, a flash of dark gold light appeared, and the five-foot-long "battle heaven axe" was already in his hand! It felt heavy, but when he swung it, it felt perfectly compatible, as if it were tailor-made for him. He didn’t use any fancy Moves; he simply gripped the axe with both hands, causing a sliver of the "force-pooling" Profound Truth he had just comprehended from the complete version of the War Heaven Scripture, along with his own Physical Body strength from Earth Fire Burning Body and Cold Ice Bone Erosion, to explode. He swung the axe down fiercely toward the head of the Demonized Giant Ape charging at the front!

"Splitting Mount Hua!"

It was a simple and unadorned strike, yet it carried a tragic Aura of world-splitting and indomitable momentum! The dark gold axe blade sliced through the air with a low whistle. On the axe’s body, the nine crack-like patterns lit up slightly, as if an ancient war soul was awakening and shouting within the axe!

The Demonized Giant Ape clearly hadn’t expected this human with a weak Aura to dare to counterattack actively, and that the Aura of this strike would be so terrifying! It roared, and its massive fist covered in bone spikes and wrapped in pitch-black Devilish Qi smashed toward the incoming battle axe like a meteorite, intending to crush Fang Hao along with his axe!

Boom—!!!

A deafening explosion! At the point where the fist and axe met, a blinding light and a terrifying shockwave erupted! Fang Hao’s whole body shook violently, the webbing between his thumb and forefinger split open, and blood stained the axe handle. He was sent sliding back a dozen steps like he’d been hit by a battering ram, his feet plowing the ground. The blood and Qi in his chest churned, a sweet taste rose in his throat, and he almost spat out blood.

As for the Demonized Giant Ape, it let out a howl of pain! Its massive bone-spiked fist, which was strong enough to withstand a Magic Treasure, was actually sliced open like tofu before the "battle heaven axe"! A huge wound, deep enough to see the bone, spread from its fist all the way to its forearm, and pitch-black demonic blood gushed out like a fountain! Furthermore, a domineering and scorching Battle Intent invaded its body through the wound, frantically destroying its Devilish Qi and vitality!

One strike heavily injured a Fifth-order demonic ape! Although he had taken advantage of the "battle heaven axe’s" peerless sharpness and the opponent’s carelessness, it was enough to prove the terrifying power of this newborn Spiritual Artifact! Moreover, Fang Hao could feel that the moment he swung the battle axe, a strange power came from within it, as if it were absorbing and converting the enemy’s strength and Battle Intent to feed back into himself, making the strength consumed by this strike far less than expected!

"Good axe!" Fang Hao’s spirits were greatly lifted, ignoring the numbness in his arms and the pain in his hands. However, the attacks from the other three vicious creatures followed one after another!

The Magma Lizard monster opened its massive mouth, and a stream of dark red magma as thick as a bucket and with a terrifyingly high temperature swept toward Fang Hao like a Dragon! Everywhere it passed, the air was scorched into distortion, and deep gullies were melted into the ground!

The "Shadow Demon" turned into a formless black smoke, silently circling behind Fang Hao. Two ghostly claws reached out, aiming straight for Fang Hao’s heart and head, moving as fast as a specter and carrying a cold Aura that eroded the Divine Soul!

Meanwhile, the "Giant Skeleton Statue" took heavy steps and blocked the direction where Fang Hao might put distance between himself and the demonic ape. Its massive bone palm, carrying the weight of ten thousand jun, slapped down toward Fang Hao’s head, sealing off his space to dodge!

Three major attacks sealed off all of Fang Hao’s paths of retreat, intending to kill him right there!

"You want my life? It won’t be that easy!" A cold light exploded in Fang Hao’s eyes. In this moment of life and death, his potential was completely stimulated! Instead of retreating, he moved forward, facing the incoming magma Dragon head-on. Gripping the "battle heaven axe" with both hands, he frantically pushed the ice and fire power, Chaos Spiritual Power, and the newly obtained War Heaven Scripture circulation technique within his body, pouring it all into the battle axe!

"Break for me—!"

On the battle axe, the dark gold light shone brilliantly, and those nine crack-like patterns seemed to come alive, faintly forming an ancient axe shadow! Fang Hao roared, swinging the battle axe in a wide arc, a "Sweeping Thousands" strike that fiercely slashed toward the magma Dragon!

Shhh—!

Like a hot knife through butter! The dark gold axe blade sliced into the magma Dragon. The terrifyingly high temperature that could melt gold and iron was unable to cause the slightest damage to the "battle heaven axe"! Wherever the axe blade passed, the magma Dragon was sliced in half, with scorching magma splashing to both sides! Fang Hao’s figure didn’t stop, passing through the middle of the split magma Dragon. The battle axe’s momentum didn’t decrease as it drew a dark gold arc, meeting the "Shadow Demon’s" ghostly claws attacking from behind and the bone palm slapping from the side!

Clang! Rip!

The sounds of clashing metal and tearing rang out almost simultaneously! The "Shadow Demon’s" ghostly claws collided with the "battle heaven axe’s" blade, producing a piercing friction sound. The black smoke tumbled violently from the slash, letting out a shrill scream—it was clearly seriously injured, with visible cracks appearing on its ghostly claws. As for the "Giant Skeleton Statue’s" bone palm, it was struck by the residual force of Fang Hao’s axe strike, and several thick finger bones snapped!

But Fang Hao didn’t have it easy either. Resisting the attacks of three major vicious creatures simultaneously, even with the advantage of the "battle heaven axe," the terrifying counter-shock force caused the bones in his arms to groan under the strain. His internal organs were shaken, and he could no longer hold back a mouthful of blood, which he spat out with a "wah," his face instantly turning pale.

"I can’t fight them head-on! I must defeat them one by one!" Fang Hao’s mind raced. He might not fear these vicious creatures individually, but under a combined attack, he would eventually die of exhaustion. His gaze swept around and instantly locked onto his target—the injured Demonized Giant Ape! It was the greatest threat, but also the most heavily injured at this moment!

"I’ll deal with you first!" Fang Hao forced a breath, suppressing his churning blood and Qi. He instantly activated the Divine Spirit Steps, his figure moving like a ghost. In the blink of an eye, he dodged the magma sprayed again by the Magma Lizard and the other bone palm slapped by the Giant Skeleton Statue. His target was straight for the Demonized Giant Ape, which was roaring in pain and trying to use Devilish Qi to repair the wound on its arm!

"Die!"

Fang Hao pushed his speed to the limit, instantly appearing at the side of the demonic ape. Gripping the axe with both hands, he concentrated all his strength and all his Battle Intent into this one strike! On the axe blade, the dark gold light almost condensed into substance, carrying a determination to cut through and destroy everything, as he slashed fiercely toward the demonic ape’s relatively fragile neck!

The demonic ape sensed the fatal crisis and hurriedly swung its single arm to block, while simultaneously opening its massive mouth to spit out a Devilish Qi bomb. But Fang Hao was too fast, and the battle axe was too sharp!

Puchi—!

The dark gold axe blade, like cutting through rotten wood, sliced through the demonic ape’s blocking arm without any resistance, and then, without losing momentum, it slashed heavily into its thick neck!

Roar—!

The demonic ape let out a world-shaking wail of agony as its massive head, accompanied by a spray of pitch-black demonic blood, soared into the sky! Its huge body stood frozen for a moment before crashing to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust!

One strike to kill a Fifth-order demonic ape!

But Fang Hao also paid a price. The forced explosion of power aggravated his internal injuries, and he spat out another mouthful of blood. Seeing the demonic ape killed, the other three vicious creatures didn’t feel fear; instead, they became even more frenzied, lunging at Fang Hao recklessly! Especially that Magma Lizard, its eyes were blood-red, clearly entering a berserk state, and the magma it spat out became even more violent!

"Three more left!" Fang Hao wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth, his eyes flashing with a frenzied Battle Intent. That strike that killed the demonic ape had given him a new sliver of understanding regarding the use of the "battle heaven axe" and the War Heaven Scripture. He took a deep breath and quickly put away the demonic ape’s corpse (the Fifth-order magic core and Materials couldn’t be wasted). Then, instead of retreating, he moved forward, proactively meeting the Magma Lizard charging at the front!

The true bloody battle had only just begun! In this "Unknown Forbidden Land" at the deepest part of the Secret Realm, Fang Hao, who had just obtained the supreme Legacy, would use the "battle heaven axe" in his hand to carve out a path to survival!