NOVEL WEB Chapter 181: Perfection Skill
Platinum-colored lightning bolts surged out, continuously blasting. Countless Sword Qi crisscrossed, instantly forcing Fang Han's three Dao Artifacts back. The White Tiger's body swayed, breaking out of the encirclement. Its five fingers rotated at high speed, erupting with terrifying lightning, intending to kill Fang Han.
Fang Han instantly transformed into a phantom and once again unleashed the Heaven-Shrouding Demonic Hand. At the moment he was almost caught, the White Tiger's body rapidly shrank, turning into a small kitten and escaping through the gaps of the Heaven-Shrouding Demonic Hand.
After cultivating to the Longevity Realm and achieving an Undying Body, the physical body can change at will, even shrinking to the size of a speck of dust. Although this White Tiger was not in the Longevity Realm, it was formed from Geng Metal Qi and could change its size and form as it wished.
However, Fang Han had long been guarding against this move. His Heaven-Shrouding Demonic Hand rapidly contracted, then instantly seized the White Tiger. The White Tiger immediately erupted with terrifying platinum Geng Qi, making the surrounding air heavy.
This was a unique usage of Geng Metal Qi. By spreading it, the air would become as dense as mercury, trapping people and preventing any fast movement Divine Ability. The White Tiger had figured out this usage and demonstrated supreme mastery of its power.
However, this method was useless against Fang Han, who also cultivated the White Emperor Golden Emperor Slash. In an environment filled with Geng Metal Qi, he was like a fish in water.
Fang Han completely trapped the White Tiger. The beast wanted to activate the Geng Metal Divine Lightning within its body to directly blast him to death, but before it could make a move, over 100 great Divine Abilities blasted out from within Fang Han's body.
This truly shocked the White Tiger. Born in the Land of the Five Elements for an unknown number of years, he had seen countless intruders. People who condensed Five Elements Divine Abilities were outstanding. Condensing a dozen meant one was a genius; twenty-odd meant one was a peerless prodigy, an ancient saint. Yet, Fang Han had mastered over 100 great Divine Abilities. It was simply unheard of.
"How can you, at the Heavenly Human Realm, possess such terrifying strength!" the White Tiger cried out in its final moments. Over 100 great Divine Abilities erupted at once, directly blasting its body into pieces as Geng Metal Qi permeated the entire area.
The Heaven-Shrouding Demonic Hand firmly restrained the White Tiger. Fang Han instantly appeared, opened his mouth, and inhaled, forcibly plundering all the Geng Metal Qi to enrich his White Emperor Golden Emperor Slash.
As the White Tiger's power weakened, Fang Han's strength continuously increased. By the end, the White Emperor Golden Emperor body completely manifested, towering and immense, commanding the Metal-element Origin Qi between heaven and earth. The White Tiger erupted with Geng Metal Divine Lightning at full power, but it had no effect whatsoever, as all the lightning bolts were absorbed by Fang Han.
The White Emperor Golden Emperor body on Fang Han rapidly expanded, growing a hundred zhang tall. It then suddenly dispersed, transforming into golden clouds that filled the sky. These clouds enveloped an area of several tens of li, with thunder and lightning flashing and various Geng Metal Qi evolving into Geng Metal Divine Lightning.
At this moment, Fang Han's White Emperor Golden Emperor Slash also broke through to Great Perfection, transforming into Geng Metal Divine Lightning. After refining a White Tiger Divine Beast, Fang Han finally mastered this Metal-element Divine Ability. He felt tears of joy.
"Now, only the Water, Fire, and Earth Divine Abilities remain to be cultivated to Perfection. Once I find and refine Divine Beasts of the same rank as the White Tiger, the Five Elements will be complete!" he thought.
"Five Emperors, Five Sovereigns, entering the Return to One Realm. My Return to One Realm cultivation is truly difficult, a thousand times harder than ordinary cultivators!" Fang Han sighed.
"Hundreds of Divine Abilities, the Five Emperors Great Demonic Divine Ability reaching Perfection... I can't imagine what realm you will reach in the future!" Yan added.
When Fang Han first joined the chat group, he was at the Mana Realm, the first stage of the Divine Ability Realm. He quickly cultivated to the Heavenly Human Realm but became stuck at the Return to One Realm because he regarded the Great Five Elements Technique as his fundamental method. He could not breakthrough unless the technique reached Perfection.
He had been stuck at the Return to One Realm for almost a year. It was truly like a clever housewife unable to cook without rice. Too many Five Elements treasures were needed for the Five Emperors to reach Perfection. This was evident, as only Shi Jian among the group had managed to cultivate the White Emperor Golden Emperor Slash to Perfection. Without Five Elements Qi, even with other cultivation resources, Fang Han would have found it difficult to breakthrough. But now, his opportunity had finally arrived.
Fang Han took a picture of the White Emperor Golden Emperor and sent it to the group.
[Fang Han: "After slaying a White Tiger, my White Emperor Golden Emperor Slash has finally reached Perfection!"]
[Meng Qi: "Congratulations..."]
[Shi Jian: "Have you lured out that ancient Devil King yet?"]
[Fang Han: "I've felt peeking gazes, but he's been slow to jump out... Once I get the spirit talisman and trick him, I'll invite everyone to the Land of the Five Elements."]
[Xiao Yan: "Brother, are you only inviting me, or everyone else too?"]
[Lin Dong: "???"]
[Shi Jian: "Proceed with caution!"]
Everyone in the group responded. Fang Han smiled at this and continued to delve deeper into the Land of the Five Elements. The further he went, the stronger the Yao Beasts formed by the Five Elements Qi became.
However, Fang Han's White Emperor Golden Emperor Slash and Azure Emperor Wood Emperor Art, both Divine Abilities, had already been cultivated to Great Perfection. With a single breath, within an area of several tens of li, green clouds and platinum dense fog would appear. Thunder flashed, and Divine Lightning struck down like raindrops. Wherever it passed, all Yao Beasts would transform into Origin Qi, nourishing himself!
No matter how powerful the Yao Beasts were, they could not approach within dozens of li of Fang Han. With two dense clouds above his head, he himself almost transformed into a Thunder God in charge of lightning punishments. The Yao Beasts couldn't even see his figure before being blasted into dust by the lightning, a display of terrifying power.
Yan, seeing such Divine Might, spoke with a sense of realization. "Fang Han, if you cultivate all the Five Emperors Great Demonic Divine Abilities to Great Perfection, you will then be able to condense a Five Emperors Imperial Canopy Treasure Umbrella, invulnerable to all methods, unbreakable by all spells, and invincible!"
"Back then, when the Yellow Springs Great Emperor used this Divine Ability to Ascend to Immortality, the Five Emperors Imperial Canopy Treasure Umbrella condensed, and he tore open the Immortal Realm's gate. Countless Divine Lightning bolts descended from the sky... 129,600 tribulation Divine Lightning bolts could not harm him in the slightest..." Yan explained that the Imperial Canopy was a luxurious, umbrella-shaped cover used by emperors. When the Five Emperors Great Demonic Divine Ability was cultivated to Perfection and condensed into an Imperial Canopy, it became a top-tier Divine Ability, invulnerable to all methods and unbreakable by any attack.
Fang Han nodded, recalling Shi Hao undergoing tribulation. He had been blasted to pieces by the Lightning Tribulation. If Shi Hao had cultivated the Great Five Elements Technique to Perfection at that time and condensed a Five Emperors Imperial Canopy Treasure Umbrella, he could have directly reaped the benefits of the Lightning Tribulation Liquid without being injured! Fang Han was extremely looking forward to the Five Emperors Imperial Canopy Treasure Umbrella.
He continued to delve deeper into the Land of the Five Elements. Suddenly, he felt a gurgling sound of water from afar. "A Water-element Sacred Object? Xuanwu or that ape?" he wondered. His Azure Emperor Wood Emperor Scripture and White Emperor Golden Emperor Slash's Divine Lightning blasted onto the monster, yet it still had the strength to resist. This was definitely a Divine Beast like Xuanwu.
Eastern Jia-Yi Wood, the Divine Beast is the Azure Dragon. Northern Ren-Gui Water, the Divine Beast is Xuanwu. Southern Bing-Ding Fire, the Divine Beast is the Vermilion Bird. Western Geng-Xin Metal, that was the White Tiger he had killed. Central Wu-Ji Earth, that was the Teng Snake. From afar, water Qi surged, its aura no less than the White Tiger he had refined. This was definitely a Water-element Divine Beast. If he refined it, Fang Han's Black Emperor Water Emperor Fist could instantly reach Perfection.
Under normal circumstances, the Water-element Divine Beast should be Xuanwu, but other Water-element Divine Beasts could also arise. Fang Han knew that his original self had encountered an ape. Fang Han inhaled, and the two Wood Emperor Qi clouds and Metal Emperor Qi clouds, which were spread over dozens of li, gathered together and shrank to the size of an acre. The more concentrated the power was, the greater it became.
Just as Fang Han retracted his Divine Ability, a colossal ape appeared before him. This ape was wreathed in water Qi, held a large water staff, and looked at Fang Han with a fierce gaze. It was neither fully human nor fully demon.
"This is an Ancient Water Ape, also a Water-element Divine Beast. It devoured a Heavenly Devil King, combining its speed with itself to transform into an existence that is neither fully divine nor demonic!" Yan explained.
"Mortal cultivator, you have invaded my territory. Retreat quickly, and we shall have peace! Otherwise, I don't mind killing you on the spot!" The ape seemed to sense Fang Han's power and did not wish to fight.
However, Fang Han refused to let him go. "Kill me on the spot? The last White Tiger that blocked my way said the same thing, and now he has been refined by me... You too cannot escape death!" As soon as he finished speaking, Fang Han instantly made his move. It was still the Heaven-Shrouding Demonic Hand, which was quite useful.
After Fang Han unleashed the Heaven-Shrouding Demonic Hand, he also used another Divine Ability: the Heavenly Hidden Star Escape Technique. This was a Divine Ability for concealing one's form, ideal for assassination, which uses a celestial star magnetic field to create various illusions. Fang Han used this ability to obscure the Heaven-Shrouding Demonic Hand.
He then unleashed a Snake Sparrow Wandering Divine Qi onto the hand, which instantly gained autonomy and moved like a nimble snake. Fang Han being stuck in the Heavenly Human Realm during this period was not in vain. In the original work, he only acquired over fifty Divine Abilities before breaking through to the Return to One Realm. Now, he possessed over 100. He couldn't even imagine how powerful the Golden Core condensed from over 100 Divine Abilities would be.
Among these 100-plus Divine Abilities, many were auxiliary. If used well, they were even more powerful than offensive Divine Abilities. The Heaven-Shrouding Demonic Hand's power was originally terrifying. Adding a buff of being traceless, shapeless, silent, and invisible, as well as being flexible and slippery, made it nearly unstoppable.
"Mortal, you are too conceited!" The Water Ape laughed wildly as the surrounding water vapor spun rapidly, mocking Fang Han's overestimation of himself.
However, he did not notice the large hand carrying monstrous demonic flames that had already infinitely approached him. He had no defenses whatsoever and was instantly struck. Fang Han immediately unleashed his three Dao Artifacts, which flew out and tacitly began to encircle and attack the Water Ape!
"Despicable outsider!" the Water Ape roared. He hadn't expected Fang Han to be so cunning. "Thank you for the compliment..." Fang Han responded with a smile.
Among the entire chat group, Fang Han had the most tricks up his sleeve. Throughout his journey, he had always used the weak to defeat the strong. To do so, one naturally had to be a master of scheming. He had even tricked a master like the Ghost Emperor to his death. This Water Ape was no exception.
The Water Ape erupted with Kui Water Divine Lightning, and endless water lightning exploded from his body. Black Qi crisscrossed, instantly pushing away the three Dao Artifacts. The Water Ape had no other means, only this Kui Water Divine Lightning. Although the method was singular, its power was incredibly strong. Hua Tian Du's Kui Water Divine Lightning from the Myriad Water Divine Art might not even be as powerful as this Water Ape's.
Fang Han engaged in a fierce battle with this Ancient Water Ape. Just at this moment, a divine light suddenly shot up into the sky from afar. Another incredibly ferocious ape appeared in the distance. This ape was covered in burning flames and held an enormous fiery staff. Its cultivation was even above that of the Ancient Water Ape.
His enormous fiery staff danced in the sky, and a fiery light transformed into a fiery Dragon, spitting Bing Fire Divine Lightning as it attacked. With a single burst, the Bing Fire Divine Lightning roared, carrying monstrous Divine Might. Fang Han had already known about the existence of this Fire Ape from the script.
Seeing both the Water and Fire Apes gathered, Fang Han let out a loud laugh. "Good timing!"