Chapter 513 - Ninth-Level Core Formation Realm

“Don’t bother wasting your breath on him. Let’s strike together and kill him, in case things go awry!” growled Xue Cang, a one-revolution Golden Core blood demon, with a savage expression.

He decided to take the lead and attacked immediately. With a swift motion, he materialized a colossal, bloody hand from thin air, which descended on Chen Fan with overwhelming power.

Although Xue Cang wasn’t as strong as Young Master Xue Jia, his cultivation allowed him to mobilize a small amount of the primeval qi of heaven and earth. This enabled him to strike with formidable momentum.

Heaven fell and earth cracked as a terrifying aura appeared.

The blood-colored hand swept down, threatening to crush Chen Fan and everything around him into oblivion.

But Chen Fan wasn't one to passively face death. He had subdued a peak one-revolution Golden Core expert, Xue Jia, so there was no way Xue Cang could kill him with such a simple attack.

He thrust his arm, and a terrifying spear light flew out. It destroyed everything in its path as it hurtled toward the large bloody hand.

Rumble!

A terrifying force erupted, ripping that large bloody hand apart and turning it into boundless blood-colored primeval qi, which dissipated into the air. The bloody light dyed half the sky red as if the heavens were weeping tears of blood.

“It seems you don’t intend to join our holy cult. Fine, destruction it is, then!”

Although Chen Fan had injured Young Master Xue Jia, it wasn’t anything severe. His combat strength didn’t dip by much. He immediately channeled his cultivation and erupted with absolute pressure and attacked.

His axe descended violently. It unleashed a devastating energy that surged through space, aiming to crush Chen Fan with the power to move mountains and part seas.

The force contained in this ax was much more terrifying than the blood-colored hand.

If Chen Fan only had to face Young Master Xue Jia, he would have had nothing to fear. However, Duan Jingtian and Xue Cang had also launched their attacks simultaneously. Their techniques were earth-shattering and tore the skies apart. If they landed on Chen Fan, he would be crippled even if he survived.

Chen Fan knew he couldn't afford to take their combined assault head-on, despite his immense strength.

Boom!

As the mountains trembled and the seas roared, Chen Fan acted swiftly.

“Break!” With a decisive stab, he shattered Young Master Xue Jia’s attack, then summoned the Purgatory Divine Halberd with his left hand to cleave through Xue Cang’s onslaught.

But as Duan Jingtian’s formidable strike bore down on him, Chen Fan had no choice but to summon the Wind and Cloud Banners for protection.

Rumble!

The clash was thunderous. Duan Jingtian’s relentless assault battered the defensive banners, designed to withstand such onslaughts. Yet even they struggled against the ruthless power of a ninth-level Core Formation expert like Duan Jingtian.

The force seeped through the Wind and Cloud Banners, striking Chen Fan and making him cough up blood.

The Spring Autumn Sect members looked to be in despair, unable to assist their champion against such overwhelming odds.

The Blood Demon Cave’s experts held back the grand elders. The enemies held a numerical advantage, so the elders simply had no way to aid Chen Fan.

“Blast through the Wind and Cloud Banners and kill him!” Young Master Xue Jia’s gaze emitted an eerie chill as he glanced at Chen Fan, protected by the Wind and Cloud Banners. He slashed several times violently with his ax, each of them containing the power to split heaven and earth apart, falling on the banners.

Rumble, rumble!

The three attacked the Wind and Cloud Banners frantically. Even though the Wind and Cloud Banners was an exceptional Grade-4 treasure, under such fierce bombardment, it broke and its defensive strength fell sharply.

Young Master Xue Jia’s Heaven Splitting Ax was a Grade-5 treasure, and Duan Jingtian possessed numerous treasures. Even though Chen Fan had taken his Purgatory Divine Halberd, the halberd he wasn’t all that inferior to it, being an exceptional Grade-4 treasure.

As for Xue Cang, he wielded two blood-colored Chinese swordbreaker, named Blood God Swordbreaker. [1]

𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

Although they were only replicas of the real Blood God Swordbreaker, they were still ordinary Grade-4 treasures capable of shattering mountains with their strikes.

The Wind and Cloud Banners failed to withstand the trio’s indiscriminate bombardment.

However, Chen Fan didn’t have time to feel heartache over it. He needed to sacrifice the Wind and Cloud Banners to buy precious time for himself.

If he advanced to the ninth level, he could deal with his dangerous situation instantly.

Blood demon cores were refined one after another, transformed into rolling vitality essences, spreading to his limbs like a flood and boiling.

His aura kept boiling and rising.

He was already at the doorsteps of the ninth level. He would be a peak existence under the Divine Nascent realm after crossing that threshold. Taking on a one or two-revolution Golden Core realm expert wouldn’t be a tall task for him.

Boom, boom!

Chen Fan felt a furnace burning fiercely with the intensity of heaven and earth inside him. Magma-like energy surged within him as blood demon cores were rapidly refined into pure vitality essence. He was working the Heaven Seizing Furnace to its limit.

Inside his dantian, his golden core spun rapidly, emitting a humming sound. Wisps of true primeval converged and entered his golden core, making it swell and expand continuously.

Powerful true primeval flowed in his meridians, burning up and blowing up as it circulated, constantly refining itself.

Hurry! Faster!

Chen Fan roared furiously in his heart.

The Wind and Cloud Banners were about to give way. It would be dangerous if he failed to advance to the ninth level.

Blood demon cores and regular demon cores were being refined away. An enormous number of primeval stones shattered, releasing a storm of primeval qi around Chen Fan. It was as if he had become a black hole, swallowing the massive amounts of qi.

“Not good, he’s trying to break through! Hurry, destroy the Wind and Cloud Banners’ protection at once. We’ll be in big trouble if he breaks through!”

Although the trio couldn’t see Chen Fan since he was surrounded by the Wind and Cloud Banners, they could sense the shocking fluctuations coming from within.

Chen Fan was already so terrifyingly powerful while at the peak of the eighth level, strong enough to fight a peak one-revolution Golden Core expert. So, he would only become stronger with each advancement. They might not be able to suppress and defeat him then.

Therefore, the trio immediately attacked without reservations, sending devastating attacks to destroy the Wind and Cloud Banners.

Crack, crack, crack!

The Wind and Cloud Banners began shaking under the bombardment.

Both parties were fighting for time. Every second mattered.

Boom!

Boom!

Boom!

Chen Fan’s true primeval struck the barrier that stood before the ninth-level Core Formation realm. Though it was a sturdy wall, under Chen Fan's relentless assault, it began to tear like paper.

“Open for me!” Young Master Xue Jia roared furiously. His Heaven Splitting Ax expanded and attacked the damaged Wind and Cloud Banners. With a rumble, the Wind and Cloud Banners broke.

Boom!

In that same moment, the energy inside Chen Fan erupted like floodwaters breaching a dam, shaking heaven and earth. The barrier to the ninth-level Core Formation realm collapsed.

It was like a thousand-mile-long dam crumbling from a single ant's hole, shattering instantly and disappearing like smoke. A surge of momentum exploded into the sky, forcing the trio to pull back.

“

Roar

!” Chen Fan roared to the skies. A wave of strength surged through him, burning and boiling like a towering wave.

An invisible wave of qi stormed out. The surrounding space boomed, and the air exploded by the inch, forming a vacuum.

Chen Fan had finally advanced to the ninth level.

1. The 锏/jian, also known as Chinese swordbreaker or Chinese truncheon is a type of quad-edged straight mace or club specifically designed to break weapons with sharp edges. The traditional Chinese weapon has a rectangular cross section with sharp corners, making it ideal to focus on damaging other weapons with brutal impact. ☜