Chapter 203
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Chapter 203: Dark Snake
Looking at the battle formation made of puppets before it, the dark snake seemed to witness the biggest joke of its life.
“The puppets are well-crafted, much stronger than those I saw in the Beast Artifact Palace.”
“Unfortunately, that’s not a good enough reason to kill me.”
The dark snake’s massive body coiled in the air, looking down at Xu Fan from above.
“Still not going to tell me your name?” Xu Fan asked lightly.
He was already clad in Spiritual Energy Armor, and a ten-meter-tall mecha appeared behind him.
At that moment, the Void Refinement Stage Puppet beside Xu Fan unleashed a fire dragon toward the sky.
The fire dragon roared as it charged into the dark clouds that were about to close in again.
‘Boom~~’
The entire sky turned red.
As the flames subsided, the sky slowly began to brighten once more.
“Jie jie jie~, a mere Golden Core Stage practitioner dares to ask for my true name.”
A massive phantom rose from behind the dark snake, radiating a chilling power that made Xu Fan’s heart beat slightly faster under the dark snake’s overwhelming presence.
“Then there’s nothing left to discuss,” Xu Fan sighed.
‘Bang~~’
The dark snake spat a glob of venom directly at Xu Fan, its dark green fluorescence instantly staining the surrounding space green.
“How dare you spit at me!” Xu Fan shouted angrily.
A Transformation Stage heavy armor puppet stepped forward, holding its Giant Shield in front of Xu Fan.
‘Sizzle~~’
The glob of venom struck the artifact-level Giant Shield, producing a hissing sound as it corroded, but the shield continued to shine with spiritual light, showing no signs of damage.
“Don’t be ridiculous. If my artifact-level Giant Shield could be damaged by your ordinary attack, I might as well quit,” Xu Fan thought.
“Activate the formation,” Xu Fan said coldly.
At that moment, the battle formation made up of the dark snake’s disdainful Nascent Soul Stage puppets instantly activated.
Deep blue Spiritual Light Pillars shot up into the sky, connecting to form a heavy water cage formation anchored by the Ten Thousand-Mile Giant Lake.
This directly trapped Xu Fan and the dark snake inside.
“Now, we can have a proper conversation. If you want to destroy my sect, you’ll have to get through me first,” Xu Fan said, looking up at the dark snake.
In response, the dark snake lashed its tail explosively, but Xu Fan skillfully dodged. Then, countless venom arrows rained down from the sky, only to be blocked by the Giant Shield.
“This is the Four Extremes Heavy Water Formation, powered by the entire Ten Thousand-Mile Giant Lake.”
“Even if you’re at the Core Formation stage, you won’t be able to escape anytime soon.”
This Four Extremes Heavy Water Formation almost caused a rift between Xu Fan and his second clone.
“This is a binding formation. No rush—I’ll deal with you first,” Xu Fan stated.
The dark snake coiled in the air like a swimming dragon, its serpentine eyes filled with an abyss of darkness.
A wisp of dark energy swirled around Xu Fan, luring his spirit and soul.
Suddenly, a massive phantom behind the dark snake lunged toward Xu Fan.
At that moment, Xu Fan, clad in ten-meter Spiritual Energy Armor, formed hand seals, summoning a Golden Crow Illusion behind him, followed by a blazing Flaming Sun Cloak.
As Xu Fan formed another set of seals, an even larger Thousand-Hand Illusion materialized behind him.
“Divine Technique: Thousand-Hand Illusion”
“Divine Technique: Golden Crow Descending”
“Divine Technique: Flaming Sun Cloak”
In an instant, the brilliance of the flames around Xu Fan nearly blinded the four viewers watching the live stream.
“My heavens, is this our master’s true power?” Xu Yuexian gasped, overwhelmed by the sheer pressure radiating from the Live Stream Light Curtain. The four of them felt utterly powerless to resist.
Xu Gang stared intently at the Thousand-Hand Illusion behind Xu Fan.
Why is my master’s illusion so much larger than mine?
Meanwhile, Ning Dao was observing the battle outside through his spiritual awareness.
When he sensed Xu Fan’s pure and radiant aura, he couldn’t help but feel uneasy.
Isn’t this guy a master craftsman? How does he possess such formidable fighting strength? He had assumed Xu Fan merely intended to trap the Core Formation stage giant snake and wait for Su Rantian to return for the cleanup.
He never expected Xu Fan to take matters into his own hands.
As Xu Fan completed his divine techniques, the disdain in the dark snake’s eyes gradually faded.
The giant snake phantom collided head-on with Xu Fan’s Golden Crow Illusion, creating a shockwave. Then, a Void Refinement Stage Puppet transformed into a several-hundred-meter-long True Sun Giant Sword and slashed at the dark snake.
The dark snake looked up, sensing a faint threat from the True Sun Giant Sword, and summoned its innate treasure, the Eighth-Grade Black Lotus.
‘Boom~~’
It was as if a wooden sword had struck an impenetrable fortress.
‘Crack~’
The True Sun Giant Sword conjured by the Void Refinement Stage Puppet shattered, dissolving into a beam of light that returned to Xu Fan’s side.
“An innate treasure… this complicates things,” Xu Fan muttered, eyeing the Eighth-Grade Black Lotus hovering above the dark snake.
At that moment, the entire Four Extremes Heavy Water Formation began to be slowly consumed by darkness.
The viewers watching the live stream felt a cold sweat break out.
“Should we go help our master?” Xu Gang asked.
Xu Yuexian shot him a sharp look. “Have you forgotten what our master said?”
“If we interfere, we’ll only make things worse. Master would have to divert his energy to protect us,” Xu Yuexian explained.
“Our master started preparing for this a month ago.”
“Knowing his personality, if he didn’t have absolute confidence, we’d already be hiding in Lin Sen Fairy City with all our belongings.”
“Absolute confidence means absolute confidence. Even the slightest doubt, and our master wouldn’t act,” Li Xingci added.
At this moment, within the Four Extremes Heavy Water Formation, as darkness began to erode Xu Fan, he calmly said,
“Grape, increase the spiritual energy reserve by twenty percent for the Refining Void Puppet.”
“Understood.”
A massive pillar of pure spiritual energy surged into the Refining Void Puppet’s body.
Instantly, flames of spiritual energy ignited around the puppet, raising its momentum to its peak.
As the pillar of spiritual energy descended, the waterfall of spiritual liquid on Hidden Spirit Island immediately decreased by half.
The Refining Void Puppet formed hand seals, while Xu Fan cast a barrier of blazing sun fire around them to shield the area from the encroaching darkness.
“Human boy, I wonder how long you can hold out. The moment darkness envelops you, your soul will fall.”
“And then your sect will also be covered by darkness, becoming part of my divine power.”
With the dark snake’s words, terrifying cries echoed from the darkness, as if hell lurked on the other side.
Xu Fan’s eyes glimmered with spiritual light as he looked into the darkened space.
In an instant, the hairs on Xu Fan’s body stood on end.
In the darkness, there were all the vengeful spirits tortured by the dark snake, including beasts, humans, and members of the beast race, each in various forms that made one feel as if they would be invaded by darkness just by looking.
“Did you kill all these humans?” Xu Fan’s voice was icy.
“Oh, those humans are the recent newcomers. You know, I slaughtered their mortal cities in the chaos.”
“I must say, the quality of human souls is still higher, resulting in more powerful vengeful spirits.” The dark snake’s voice sent chills down one’s spine.
At that moment, Xu Fan noticed a vengeful spirit of an infant in the darkness and quietly said, “Don’t worry, Uncle will send you to reincarnation soon.”
With the Void Refinement stage puppet finishing the last hand seal, a bright light appeared in the darkness.
“Divine Technique: True Form of Zhu Rong.” In an instant, the Void Refinement stage puppet seemed to be overdrawn, barely managing to remain afloat.
The newly appeared light shone like a spark, instantly illuminating the Four Extremes Heavy Water Formation.
What was once dark transformed into a powder keg, ignited instantly by Zhu Rong’s true fire, with the vengeful spirits in the darkness becoming nourishment for the flames.
Light returned to the Four Extremes Heavy Water Formation.
The dark snake looked up at the sun above, its eyes flashing with disdain.
At that moment, the eighth-grade Black Lotus atop the dark snake suddenly enlarged, pressing down towards Xu Fan.
“Human boy, I don’t have time to play with you.” The dark snake summoned its strongest technique and pressed down on Xu Fan.
“You were just playing around, weren’t you?”
“Then let’s keep playing. You’ll never have the chance to suppress me in your lifetime.”
As Xu Fan formed seals and cast spells, a True Sun Giant Hand reached out toward the descending eighth-grade Black Lotus.
The Refining Void Puppet, controlling Zhu Rong’s true form, also moved its giant hand toward the eighth-grade Black Lotus.
With one hand holding up the eighth-grade Black Lotus, the other hand of Zhu Rong reached out towards the dark snake, summoning fire dragons from its arms to coil around the dark snake.
The thousand-hand illusion behind Xu Fan also began to form seals, using Zhu Rong’s true fire to create several giant dragons that wrapped around the dark snake.
“Is this all you’ve got?”
Just as the dark snake tried to escape, the Wàn Sī Jiè that Xu Fan had set up activated rapidly, with countless fine threads resembling hair suddenly constraining the dark snake for a brief moment.
In that instant, Zhu Rong’s giant hand and fire dragons caught the dark snake, and then the dragons formed from Xu Fan’s thousand-hand illusion also ensnared the dark snake.
‘Roar~~~~~’
The dark snake’s body burned, letting out a miserable cry that echoed across the entire Ten Thousand-Mile Giant Lake.
Even the four viewers watching the live stream could faintly hear the shrieks coming from outside Hidden Spirit Island.
Just as the dark snake was struggling to break free, a strike from the precious artifact satellite hit its mark.
The dark snake suddenly looked to the sky as ten gravity rods inscribed with thunder runes accurately dropped down on it.
These ten thunder gravity rods were crafted by Sha Diao as instructed by Xu Fan.
‘Boom~~’
Before it could summon the eighth-grade Black Lotus for defense, the ten thunder gravity rods slammed into the dark snake’s vital spot.
‘Bang~~’
The dark snake’s body crashed against the surface of the Ten Thousand-Mile Giant Lake, but due to the Four Extremes Heavy Water Formation, it couldn’t sink below the water.
“Grape, increase the spiritual energy reserve by forty percent.”
In an instant, a ten-meter-wide pillar of spiritual light enveloped the Refining Void Puppet before it began to form seals with all its might.
“Divine Technique: Great Sword”
A thousand-meter-long giant sword, enhanced by the blazing sun fire, appeared above the dark snake.
“Take this, Great Sword!”
As Xu Fan forcefully swung his hand down, the fiery giant sword descended sharply toward the dark snake.
With a single strike, the dark snake’s body was cleaved in half.
Then Xu Fan took out a Thunder Pearl artifact, increasing its spiritual energy, creating a massive net made of lightning to cover the surrounding area of the dark snake.
The giant sword embedded in the surface of the Ten Thousand-Mile Giant Lake slowly rose, then came crashing down again.
