“Senior Brother Lin, please let me go. I truly regret my actions. Back then, I shouldn’t have been afraid. Please, Senior Brother…” Fang Han was genuinely terrified at this moment.
Under absolute domination, Fang Han had already been overwhelmed by fear.
If there had been even the slightest chance of survival, he would never have begged for mercy, but now, even that sliver of hope had vanished.
To die like this, he truly couldn’t accept it.
The Devil Emperor’s inheritance was unparalleled under the heavens. As long as he lived, he was destined to become a supreme figure ruling over a realm. How could he die like this?
“Do you think I would spare both of you?” Lin Fan tossed the remains of the jade vial aside.
Han Lu rushed over and picked up the shattered pieces of the jade vial, his heart filled with immense sorrow.
His pillar of support was gone…
“Senior Brother Lin, please, for the sake of our days as fellow disciples, let me go. I swear I will never dare again,” Fang Han pleaded tearfully, but his heart burned with fury, as if ready to destroy heaven and earth.
How regretful…
Why was the gap between them so vast? He had inherited the power of the Devil Emperor!
“Just because of our past brotherhood, I’ve wasted so many words on you. Otherwise, you’d already be up there,” Lin Fan coldly replied.
When taking revenge, one must be decisive. If showing mercy meant letting go, then what was the point of revenge at all?
“No… no…” Fang Han shook his head violently. “Senior Brother, over the years, I’ve acquired many treasures. I’ll give them all to you. Just let me live. I really don’t want to die…”
“Treasures? Do I look like I’m short on treasures? Back then, even if you had left the sect out of fear for your lives, I wouldn’t have blamed you. But you actually slaughtered Senior Brother Wang to prove your loyalty. That, I will never forgive,” Lin Fan said with a cold smile, already having decided their fate long ago.
“Ahh…”
At that moment, Han Lu suddenly underwent a transformation. A surge of energy instantly covered the entire training ground.
Lin Fan looked on with slight surprise.
At this moment, Han Lu’s long hair flowed, and his entire body was wrapped in a swirl of white mist.
Fang Han was equally stunned. He didn’t know what had happened to Han Lu, but at this point, anything was worth trying if it meant saving his life.
“Heh, is it that thing?” Lin Fan glanced at the shattered jade vial on the ground, a faint cold smile appearing on his lips.
Han Lu trembled, his previous anger and sorrow suddenly shifting.
His aura became ethereal in an instant.
Then the strange phenomenon vanished. Han Lu looked around, then at the broken jade vial, and finally fixed his gaze on Lin Fan.
“This person is my chosen one. Spare him, and today’s destruction of my jade vial can be forgiven. How about that?” The words came from Han Lu’s mouth, but Lin Fan knew the speaker wasn’t really Han Lu.
“Oh, and who might you be?” Lin Fan smiled.
“You’re not worthy of knowing who I am. Just understand that I am an existence far beyond your current comprehension. Today, let’s form a good connection. It will benefit you in the future,” Han Lu said.
“Still trying to act high and mighty,” Lin Fan thought, realizing this person intended to show off in front of him.
Meanwhile, Fang Han, though not fully understanding what was happening, sensed something was off with Han Lu’s current state.
“No, although you are strong now, you’re still just a frog at the bottom of a well. Don’t bring trouble upon yourself,” Han Lu calmly stated.
“Boom…”
At that moment, a thunderous roar suddenly erupted from the depths of the void.
“Namo Shengdi…”
Han Lu lifted his head, a faint smile appearing at the corner of his mouth. “The Heavenly Dao.”
Lin Fan stood still, his heart slightly stirred. The situation was likely to become complicated.
The being possessing Han Lu called itself Namo Shengdi.
And that voice from the void—could it be the Heavenly Dao of the Cangling Continent?
“Namo Shengdi, I sensed your divine consciousness descend here long ago. How is the Upper Realm?” Seven-colored lights blazed from the void, condensing into the image of an ancient, venerable figure.
“You don’t need to know about the Upper Realm. But it seems you’re not doing too well yourself either. The至尊split you, and now you’re probably only a quarter of what you once were,” Han Lu said.
“Yes, I have completely separated from the Heavenly Dao of the Dongling Continent,” the Heavenly Dao replied.
Fang Han wore a dazed expression. The changes happening were simply too fast.
But he had a feeling—he might survive this day after all.
Lin Fan frowned. What were these two trying to do? Well, he might as well listen and see what they wanted to say.
The venerable Heavenly Dao looked at Han Lu, nodded slightly, and then turned his gaze to Lin Fan. “You are Lin Fan.”
“That’s right, I am,” Lin Fan replied, meeting the Heavenly Dao’s gaze.
Though it was the Heavenly Dao itself, Lin Fan was not afraid.
“Let this matter end here. The Nine Sects cannot be left without a leader, or chaos will ensue,” the Heavenly Dao’s voice rang out with authority.
“Hehe…” Lin Fan chuckled, saying nothing more.
The heavens and earth fell silent.
The figure of the Heavenly Queen, who had stood silently all this time, finally spoke. “Lin Fan, this is no longer a time for you to act recklessly. Don’t jeopardize the greater mission.”
Lin Fan glanced at the Heavenly Queen but remained silent, turning his gaze to his surroundings and then to the spirit tablets of his two senior brothers.
“Empress, I didn’t expect you to come as well,” Han Lu looked toward the Heavenly Queen, a hint of surprise in his tone, while a mysterious smile played on his lips.
“Yes,” the Heavenly Queen nodded slightly toward Namo Shengdi.
At this moment, the three great beings seemed to have completely ignored Lin Fan and the others, engaging in conversation among themselves, discussing matters of the Upper Realm.
To them, Lin Fan and the others were mere frogs at the bottom of a well—insignificant and unworthy of concern.
Lin Fan looked at the three of them and then gestured to Chick.
Chick glanced at the three figures, then approached Lin Fan.
“Chick, go inside first. I’ll let you out later,” Lin Fan said with a smile.
“Oo-oo…” Chick, who had always followed Lin Fan, understood perfectly what was about to happen. He stretched out his wing, clenched it into a fist, and gave Lin Fan a thumbs-up.
Lin Fan placed Chick into his bag and then picked up the spirit tablets of his two senior brothers. “Senior brothers, just watch. Today, whoever dares to stand in my way, I will destroy.”
After finishing these preparations, Lin Fan approached Fang Han, who stood there with terror in his eyes.
The Ultimate Destruction Divine Step instantly erupted.
A scream split the heavens and earth, and then Lin Fan hurled Fang Han toward the Celestial Pillar.
“Enough, Lin Fan!” The Heavenly Dao roared in anger, clearly displeased. “Do you dare defy me, the Heavenly Dao itself?”
“Old bastard, don’t waste your breath on me. These people deserve death,” Lin Fan said, ignoring the Heavenly Dao in the void. To him, what could the Heavenly Dao really do?
“Reckless…” The Heavenly Dao’s fury caused the destruction of ten thousand worlds. Thunder crackled in the void, as if ready to obliterate Lin Fan.
“Haha, Heavenly Dao, it seems you’re not as mighty as you claim. Your creations dare to defy you,” Han Lu laughed.
“Lin Fan, these matters are beyond your control,” the Heavenly Queen said, her gaze complex as she looked at Lin Fan.
“Shut up,” Lin Fan stared back at her. Then, he pulled out a handful of pills from his bag. “The pills you gave me back then, today I return them tenfold.”
The “Supreme Pills” flew toward the Heavenly Queen and landed at her feet.
With Lin Fan’s current pill-refining skills, crafting such “Supreme Pills” was now effortless.
The Heavenly Queen looked at the pills at her feet, her expression shifting with surprise.
“These people slaughtered my fellow disciples of the Sacred Demon Sect. You, the Heavenly Dao, did nothing. Now, my killing them is merely the cycle of karma and justice.”
“If you want to save their lives, you’ll have to step over my dead body. Even if the Heavenly Emperor himself came, I wouldn’t give him this face.”
At this moment, Lin Fan was ready for battle.
It was either their death or his.
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