Chapter 637 - 272: Bang
Chapter 637: Chapter 272: Bang
However, Huang Lie’s figure blurred as he charged into the array.
The Thirty-Six Prohibitions Sea-Boiling Grand Array was aimed primarily at Fang Shuwen. Although Huang Lie had entered the array, his presence wouldn’t disrupt its formation, and the Martial Arts he practiced would not be suppressed by it.
He wanted to kill Fang Shuwen with his own hands and avenge his sister.
Thus, his opening move was Hengyang Island’s ultimate technique, the Pure Yang Three Absolutes—First Absolute: Joint Lock, Second Absolute: Origin Seal, and Third Absolute: Total Annihilation!
The Pure Yang Three Absolutes progressed in layers, with each move chained to the next.
His attacks were as relentless as a sudden storm and as swift as the wind, each strike aimed at Fang Shuwen’s joints and vital points.
The goal was to imprison his body, lock his True Qi, and extinguish his spirit!
However, Fang Shuwen simply spread his fingers and countered effortlessly with the Plum Blossom Scattering Hand. His movements were measured, sealing off every attack.
A flicker of astonishment crossed Huang Lie’s eyes.
If they weren’t inside the Thirty-Six Prohibitions Sea-Boiling Grand Array, he might have understood what was happening.
After all, Fang Shuwen’s Martial Arts were already known to be unparalleled.
But since Fang Shuwen was now inside the Thirty-Six Prohibitions Sea-Boiling Grand Array, his True Qi and Martial Arts should have been suppressed.
The Forbidden All Things effect wasn’t just for show. Even if Fang Shuwen’s Martial Arts were too profound to be completely suppressed, it should have at least reduced his power to thirty percent of its peak.
’But what is going on now?’
Fang Shuwen’s casual moves showed no sign of diminished power.
He moved with abandon, showing no trace of fatigue.
’How utterly bizarre!’
But how could Huang Lie have known... Fang Shuwen’s True Qi was so condensed and pure that it was inherently unaffected by the Forbidden All Things effect.
Moreover, he possessed the Divine Technique of the Twelve-Gate Golden Bell Shield, which made him impervious to fire, water, blades, and spears.
For anyone else, being trapped in the Thirty-Six Prohibitions Sea-Boiling Grand Array would be a death sentence.
But for Fang Shuwen, this legendary array of Hengyang Island was completely incapable of causing him the slightest harm.
Huang Lie thought he was facing Fang Shuwen at only thirty percent of his Power, but he had no idea... The man before him had been at his absolute peak from the very start.
He was merely using this as an opportunity to sample the Divine Skills and Techniques of Hengyang Island.
Although Huang Lie didn’t know Fang Shuwen’s intentions or the true nature of the situation, he still had a bad feeling.
He abruptly pulled back, retreating out of the range of Fang Shuwen’s reach.
But just then, a powerful suction force suddenly enveloped him.
Huang Lie’s expression changed. He immediately executed a Thousand-Pound Weight technique to stabilize himself. But when he turned his head, he knew it was too late.
His Martial Arts were far superior to those of the thirty-six Elders, so he could just barely resist the pull of Fang Shuwen’s North Nether Force Field. The Elders, however, were not so capable.
Their stances were arranged according to the sixty-four hexagrams of the I Ching, a formation which, when combined with their qi flow, allowed their True Qi to connect with one another.
The Six Yang Heaven-Burning Array could shift at will, but the Thirty-Six Prohibitions Sea-Boiling Grand Array was much more intricate.
The slightest mistake in their footing would throw the entire formation off by a catastrophic margin.
The moment the North Nether Force Field activated, several Elders lost their footing. As their positions shifted, the connection between their qi instantly broke.
"This is bad!"
An Elder’s cry of alarm rang out, and even Fang Shuwen was a little surprised.
’It broke just like that?’
He hadn’t expected it to be so easy...
Of course, "easy" was a relative term.
Anyone else trapped in this array would have had their Martial Arts suppressed to less than a tenth of their normal strength. How could they possibly have been able to budge the Elders from their positions?
And if the Elders couldn’t be moved, the array was unbreakable.
They could only watch helplessly as the Pure Yang True Qi burned them to ashes.
But Fang Shuwen simply ignored the Pure Yang True Qi, effortlessly pulling the Elders from their spots.
In an instant, while the individual "Six Yang" formations remained, the "Thirty-Six Prohibitions" had been shattered, forcing each Elder to fight alone.
Seeing this, Fang Shuwen wasted no more time and suddenly clapped his hands together.
A Fire God Dharma Aspect instantly materialized behind him.
Its four arms spread wide, unleashing a torrent of flame that threatened to incinerate everything in its path.
The thirty-six Elders wanted to scramble back into position, but they were met with a spreading inferno and a Palm Technique that blotted out the very sky.
In that instant, they couldn’t even maintain the smaller six-man Six Yang Heaven-Burning Arrays, let alone the grand one. They were sent stumbling backward, coughing up mouthfuls of blood.
Fang Shuwen felt a sudden pang of disappointment. Lightning crackled under his feet as his figure zipped through the Elders like a shuttle, his hands a blur of taps, slaps, grabs, and holds...
He wove through the thirty-six men in a flash. When he came to a halt, they were all still in their places, but every last one of them was dead.
He raised his head to look at Huang Lie.
Huang Lie stood not far away, watching him in silence.
Their gazes met, and Huang Lie suddenly sighed.
"You truly live up to your name as the Human World Demon God."
These were the first words Huang Lie had spoken since their fight began.
Fang Shuwen chuckled softly.
"Surely this isn’t all you have, Island Lord Huang?"
"You shouldn’t have killed Ting’er."
Huang Lie murmured.
"From the year I saved her, she became my only reason for living.
"While she lived, perhaps I still had things to fear.
"But with her dead... what is there in this world that I would not do?"
Fang Shuwen listened, puzzled.
"That year? Which year was that?"
Huang Lie looked at Fang Shuwen, his pupils slowly coming into focus. His golden eyes shone like two miniature suns.
But just as Fang Shuwen took note of them, the gold began to fade, receding back into their natural black.
At the same time, terrifying waves of heat began to radiate from his body.
The heat mixed with the wind, creating an air so hot it would scorch the lungs of anyone who inhaled it.
The golden light that had faded from his eyes converged between his eyebrows.
It condensed into a golden mark.
Fang Shuwen could clearly feel a world-shaking transformation taking place within the man before him.
It felt as if he was using his very being as kindling to incinerate all of creation.
And that feeling was correct. Huang Lie was now burning his own essence to manifest the highest state of the Pure Yang Celestial Book: Pure Yang Unity!
He suddenly looked up.
"That year, I became the Island Master of Hengyang Island...
"I killed my own father!
"And today... Fang Shuwen, you will die with me."
As his voice fell, he appeared before Fang Shuwen, moving at a speed that was utterly incomparable to before.
He raised his right hand high and brought it chopping down toward Fang Shuwen’s neck.
At this moment, his eyes were cold and indifferent, yet filled with boundless confidence.
In his Pure Yang Unity state, Huang Lie’s Cultivation was more than three times what it had been before.
’No matter how profound Fang Shuwen’s Martial Arts are... he can’t possibly block this!’
But in that instant, a hand shot out, reacting second but arriving first. It slapped onto his face, covering it completely.
The confidence in Huang Lie’s eyes instantly shattered.
As he stared in utter disbelief, Fang Shuwen lifted him up by the head, raising him slowly into the air.
"So much pointless theatrics."
As he spoke, his five fingers tightened. CRUNCH!