Chapter 346: Tempering the Apertures

The intervention of the two quickly caused a disturbance within the entire Fire Demon horde.

“Roar!!”

Terrifying roars echoed out one after another, forming shockwaves of sound that shook at the soul.

At this moment, if it had been a cultivator of the True Yang Realm, their soul would have been shattered to dust directly by the sonic assault.

Gu Fan waved his hand, and a golden Taiji circular diagram appeared before him, blocking all of the soundwave bombardments.

He then quickly placed Fang Xue upon a stone platform.

“Can you handle the rest on your own?”

Fang Xue nodded. For some reason—perhaps the crisis made her instinctively want to rely on another, or perhaps it was simply because she was a woman—she no longer carried her usual cold aloofness.

Instead, she earnestly reminded Gu Fan:

“If the situation turns dire, then abandon it. Even if I don’t achieve perfection this time, after my breakthrough I can still seek another opportunity to mend it.”

Gu Fan was briefly stunned, then smiled and nodded.

“Don’t worry. I’m not that noble. If things don’t work out, I know what to do.”

The next instant, Gu Fan’s figure flickered and vanished.

Meanwhile, Fang Xue dared not waste any time.

She quickly sat cross-legged within her protective barrier. Above her head slowly rose an imperial canopy, radiating countless rays of light that enveloped her form.

“I must condense all of the major apertures as quickly as possible…”

With her determination set, Fang Xue wasted no hesitation and entered cultivation directly!

On the other side, Gu Fan had already lured over a siege of more than a thousand Fire Demons.

Each of these Fire Demons possessed the strength of the Yang Spirit Realm.

Fortunately, none of them had intelligence. This also meant that apart from basic attacks, their strikes contained no traces of Dao Intent.

This, in turn, lessened the pressure considerably.

Gu Fan spread open his domain. The black field tore relentlessly at the Fire Demons. Whenever he shattered one, its pure fire-element energy would be slowly absorbed into his domain, replenishing himself.

Though the conversion rate wasn’t high, it was enough to prolong his endurance in battle.

“Domain Suppression of Myriad Phenomena! Force to Shatter All Laws!”

Boom!!

A terrifying explosion resounded through the secret realm.

Gu Fan unleashed the sixth layer of the Domain Suppression of Myriad Phenomena, which he had only recently broken through.

Like a meteor crashing down, his fist smashed heavily into the ground.

Stone erupted and rolled, sweeping countless Fire Demons into the shockwave!

“Die!”

“Roar! Roar! Roar!”

The remaining Fire Demons, without fear, charged at Gu Fan without hesitation!

Just then, Gu Fan’s divine sense picked up dozens of Fire Demons appearing near Fang Xue.

Without time to think, he stepped forward. Instantly, countless bolts of lightning descended, obliterating all the Fire Demons that had neared Fang Xue.

Qilin Step!

The terrifying technique, once ranked by Gu Fan as one of the Four Great Battle Arts, once again erupted with boundless killing might.

“Damn it… their numbers are still too many…”

For a moment, Gu Fan thought of using his cultivation nuclear bomb… but he quickly dismissed the idea.

Its destructive power was far too terrifying, and he had never once used it here in the Destiny Continent.

Furthermore, he did not yet fully grasp its level of control.

Just how powerful an explosion would be produced by a certain dose—he had yet to figure it out.

Frankly speaking, what if, by mistake, he blew this secret realm apart entirely?

Would he and Fang Xue even make it back alive?

The cultivation nuclear bomb was something he would only unleash when he was determined to annihilate all enemies without regard for consequences.

Now… he still wanted to walk out alive.

At this thought, Gu Fan grit his teeth. He would just have to keep killing with his fists…

Though Fang Xue was deeply immersed in tempering her apertures, she was simultaneously keeping constant watch over the battle outside.

The instant she saw Gu Fan showing signs of collapse, she would—without his prompting—voluntarily halt her transformation process.

They would leave this place together.

At this moment, an aperture in her lower abdomen was glowing faintly.

A surge of cold energy seeped out, swiftly covering her entire body, as countless layers of ice froze her within.

Subconsciously, Fang Xue began to tremble. This chill affected not only her flesh, but also her soul.

Sensing that the timing was right, Fang Xue quickly withdrew her protective barrier. Waves of heat surged in from outside.

She seized the moment to absorb the surrounding fire-element energy, using it to balance out the cold energy within her body.

At last, she felt slightly relieved.

“Next comes tempering the apertures… may it end smoothly!”

She once again spared a glance at Gu Fan in the distance. Seeing him still in decent condition, she quickly entered the tempering state.

Meanwhile, Gu Fan estimated that he had already slain over a thousand Fire Demons.

Yet their numbers showed no sign of dwindling.

Frowning, he paid closer attention.

At that moment, one Fire Demon was smashed apart by him.

His domain absorbed part of its energy, while the rest forcefully dispersed.

That scattered energy converged at a magma core far away, condensing into yet another Fire Demon.

Witnessing this, Gu Fan’s heart tightened. He finally understood why their numbers had not decreased despite his slaughter.

So they could recondense by borrowing energy. Though he had absorbed a small portion of it, the impact was negligible.

The reborn Fire Demon then rejoined the battle, continuing its siege against him!

“Damn it! Looks like I can only keep killing, until they don’t have enough energy left to revive.”

Gu Fan cursed inwardly.

He then decided to hold nothing back—unleashing his full firepower!

In an instant, the Green Lotus Phenomenon erupted, magic immunity activated, and his domain expanded!

Behind him, the phantom of a giant elephant manifested. Atop his head spun a golden Taiji Yin-Yang Fish, releasing profound laws that safeguarded his body.

Gu Fan took a deep breath.

Then he hurled a punch into the immense horde of Fire Demons.

Rumble!!

As though heaven and earth were being split apart, a terrifying pillar of light burst forth.

From the sky above, it looked as if the land had been cleaved open by an invisible plow.

The thick fog of heat in the air was divided into two halves.

This punch obliterated a full thousand Fire Demons into smoke.

“Absorb for me!”

Gu Fan expanded his domain to its maximum, erupting with devouring force to contest the energy that was gathering to reforge new Fire Demons.

Every strand of energy he seized weakened the reborn Fire Demons by a margin.

It was a process of mutual depletion.

However, that full-power strike had consumed him heavily as well.

Gu Fan panted slightly as he refined all of the seized energy within his domain. Meanwhile, the black refining phantom within his root bone began transmitting spiritual energy across realms.

This timely replenishment eased his burden somewhat, gradually restoring the emptiness in his body.

“Roar! Roar!!”

Yet, unexpectedly, this time the Fire Demons did not immediately resurrect!

Instead, their energy slowly converged together—gradually forming into a Super Fire Demon!

Its body soared to over a hundred meters in height, and its aura reached the Three Blossoms Realm!

Gu Fan’s pupils contracted slightly.

So… they had realized he was robbing their energy, and now they were going all in?

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