Lin Fan looked at the approaching figure in surprise, never expecting it to be her. Without hesitation, he quickly concealed the arm inside his backpack.
The right arm torn off by “Gengu” was regenerating.
“Gengu” sensed the severed connection with the arm, roared furiously at the sky, and glared at the newcomer. “You’re still alive.”
“You’re not dead, so how could I die…” Ni Feixue was covered in blood, with a gaping wound in her abdomen, revealing mangled flesh, a horrifying sight.
In her hand, Ni Feixue held a longsword.
Lin Fan recognized the sword instantly. Wasn’t this the giant sword from the Xuan Sword Pavilion? How had it ended up in Ni Feixue’s hands?
“Again with this sword… Damn it…” Gengu’s expression changed drastically upon seeing it, clearly wary.
“Haha, Gengu, it was this sword and the Eternal Axe that the Supreme and the War God used to sever your body back then. Are you scared now?” Ni Feixue said bitterly with a faint smile.
“Damn you! Scared? I’ll show you… Now you’re just a wisp of divine consciousness. Do you really think you can oppose me?” Gengu roared furiously, disregarding his severed right hand and launching a punch directly.
Ni Feixue made no attempt to resist—everything had already been decided.
“Boom…”
The punch shattered the heavens and earth. Under Gengu’s strike, Ni Feixue was reduced to dust, her divine consciousness vanishing entirely.
The longsword transformed into a streak of light, vanishing into the distance.
Lin Fan watched everything unfold, sighing deeply. What the hell was going on?
What were those from the Upper Realm trying to achieve?
“Human, return my arm to me,” Gengu glared at Lin Fan, already irritated by these insignificant insects.
“Gengu, are you an idiot? Do you really think I’d give it back?” Lin Fan stared coldly at Gengu, disdain evident in his tone, while internally considering how to defeat him.
His physical strength was currently at the early stage of “Indestructible.” Though Gengu’s power had diminished to a fraction of its former might, it was still far beyond what Lin Fan could handle.
To stand a chance, he could only hope to survive long enough for his physical strength to advance.
“Gengu, come on then, I’m not afraid of you,” Lin Fan took a deep breath and charged forward once more.
“Die,” Gengu roared furiously, launching another punch.
“Boom…”
“Ding! Congratulations, experience for ‘Gengu Bumie’ has increased by 500 million.”
“What the hell? Is that all you’ve got?” Lin Fan wiped blood from the corner of his mouth. At this moment, the blood of the Heavens within him boiled fiercely.
The Wutong Divine Tree provided immense life force, violently surging into Lin Fan’s body.
The ninth layer of the “Blood Sea Cultivation Method” erupted fully, powerful vitality flowing through every part of Lin Fan’s body.
“Boom…”
“Ding! Congratulations, experience for ‘Gengu Bumie’ has increased by 500 million.”
“Ding! Congratulations, experience for ‘Gengu Bumie’ has increased by 500 million.”
…
Repeatedly thrown back, yet repeatedly charging forward.
Lin Fan understood the difficulty of cultivation—greater strength meant heavier burdens.
It would never be as simple or easy as he wished.
In the distance, Ji Zai witnessed Lin Fan’s repeated defeats, let out a furious roar, flapped his wings, and charged toward Gengu. To Ji Zai, no one could harm his big brother without a fight.
At this moment, Lin Fan finally grasped Gengu’s terrifying might. Each punch remained as powerful as ever, and Gengu seemed to grow stronger with every strike, as if gradually regaining his former power.
It turned out that while Lin Fan was using Gengu to strengthen his body, Gengu was also drawing strength from Lin Fan, slowly recovering his ancient might.
At that moment, a streak of red light shot toward them from afar.
“Hmph, a mere descendant of a phoenix dares to challenge me? It’s practically asking for death,” Gengu sneered disdainfully upon seeing the red light, then thrust his palm through the air, reaching out to seize Ji Zai.
“Ji Zai, you bastard, get back! Don’t tell me you’re ignoring my orders now? If you won’t listen, I’ll never take you with me again!” Lin Fan’s face changed drastically as he roared.
Ji Zai, charging toward Gengu in boundless rage, hesitated upon hearing Lin Fan’s words, as if stunned in midair.
“Get out of the way!” Lin Fan shouted desperately. “Gengu, I’m your opponent!”
“Hmph, no rush…” Gengu wasn’t foolish. Seeing the human’s panic, he naturally understood that this phoenix chick was something dear to him.
“Ji Zai…”
At this moment, Ji Zai regained his senses, but it was already too late.
Gengu’s palm, vast as the sky, seized Ji Zai in an instant.
Lin Fan, who had been about to charge forward, stopped abruptly, his heart pounding.
“Gengu, let him go,” Lin Fan reminded himself not to panic. Ji Zai was a phoenix—he wouldn’t die so easily.
“Humans, are you blind? Can’t I tell how important this phoenix is to you?” Gengu stared at Lin Fan.
“Humans are such complicated insects. You wish to become supreme, yet you’re weighed down by all sorts of attachments. You still dare to dream of reaching the peak? Foolishness.”
“Return my arm, or this phoenix…” Gengu sneered coldly, while Ji Zai cried out in pain.
“Don’t…” Upon hearing Ji Zai’s pained cry, Lin Fan’s heart sank, and he instinctively raised his hand, begging for time.
Ji Zai was already crying from the pain.
“Wo wo wo…” Ji Zai shook his tiny head, looking at Lin Fan as if to say, “It hurts, but I’m not afraid.”
“Ji Zai, don’t…”
At that moment, Ji Zai, held tightly in Gengu’s grasp, suddenly burst into flames. Within that fire, the shadow of a phoenix soared through the heavens.
“Phoenix Nirvana? Haha, how many phoenixes have died by my hand? Do you really think a mere chick like you can succeed?” Gengu sneered coldly, tightening his grip. Ji Zai cried out painfully as the flames abruptly vanished.
“My patience has limits. Return my arm,” Gengu said coldly.
“You release him first,” Lin Fan’s breath quickened slightly.
“Hmph? Do you think you have the right to bargain with me?” Gengu snarled, tightening his grip as Ji Zai endured the torment silently, eyes shut tight.
Lin Fan’s heart was torn between two voices.
“Give him back. Ji Zai has been with me for so long, like family. How can I watch him die?”
“Don’t give in. If I do, Dong Lingzhou is finished, and he won’t spare Ji Zai anyway.”
…
“Wo wo wo…” At that moment, Ji Zai cried out.
Lin Fan looked at Ji Zai, who shook his head, signaling not to worry about him.
Lin Fan lowered his head, his eyes misty. “Ji Zai, I won’t abandon you.”
At this moment, Lin Fan had already decided—he would rescue Ji Zai and then face Gengu together, even if it meant being consumed by the Celestial Cauldron.
He had lived long enough, enjoyed life, and found love. What more could he ask for?
“Fine, I’ll give it back…” Lin Fan lifted his head, staring straight at Gengu.
“Haha, excellent…” Gengu laughed heartily.
But at that moment, a voice echoed from the void.
“One Fart to Seal Fate.”
“Poof…”
In an instant, sand and stone flew, and the heavens and earth turned bleak.
Hearing the familiar voice and scene, Lin Fan’s heart leapt with joy.
A yellow mist instantly enveloped Gengu.
“What is this? How can it smell so foul?” Gengu’s expression changed drastically. Unable to resist the gas, his grip on Ji Zai loosened.
Lin Fan seized the opportunity, vanishing instantly and grabbing Ji Zai. He infused him with a surge of life force before hurling him far away. “Master, catch him…”
“I am the Fart God, Yao Wuxie! Little thief, release that roasted chicken!” From afar, a figure stood proudly, clearly pleased with the effects of his fart.
“Damn it…” Gengu, now regaining his senses, glared at the figure and immediately seized him.
“You dare mock me? You deserve to die!” Gengu roared furiously.
Lin Fan, witnessing this, was utterly stunned. What the hell was going on? Just as Ji Zai was saved, how had that idiot Yao Wuxie been captured too?
“Poof…”
“Poof…”
At that moment, something incredible happened.
In Gengu’s grasp, Yao Wuxie kept releasing farts, and the force of those farts actually pried Gengu’s hand open.
“This…” Lin Fan could hardly believe his eyes.
Breaking free from Gengu’s grasp, Yao Wuxie immediately fled into the distance.
“Lin Brother, the enemy is too strong. I can only help this much. The rest is up to you. I’ll run for now, brother!” In an instant, Yao Wuxie vanished into the heavens.
“Still as cowardly as ever,” Lin Fan looked at the retreating figure, smiling gratefully.
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