Chapter 315: Vajra Ball

The Vajra Bangle was exquisitely crafted, appearing entirely natural. It was silver-white, its ring body gleaming, with ancient, natural Dao patterns etched upon its surface.

Ye Fan stared at it, his gaze fixed. He wondered if this was the same Vajra Bangle from ancient legends, originating from the other end of the starry sky, and his heart was far from calm.

"You're quite bold, lingering here after killing and leaving a message. What insolence!" scoffed the man with the golden gourd hovering above his head.

Ye Fan realized these three must be Yaoguang disciples, all apprentices of reclusive elders, and undoubtedly three of their top ten masters.

"Om!"

The golden gourd above his head shook, instantly expanding like a massive golden peak, rushing towards Ye Fan. The man clearly had no desire for further conversation and immediately made his move.

"Crack!"

At that very instant, the ground below suddenly cracked open over a wide area, purely due to the immense weight of the golden gourd in the sky.

Invisible, pervasive pressure, like countless threads, pressed down, causing the earth's surface to crack and sending stones flying into the air.

This was an astonishing display of power; the golden gourd, though still suspended like a mountain, had already created such havoc. Red rocks flew in all directions.

Ye Fan stood firm on the red earth, unmoving, with the Cauldron of Myriad Mother Qi above his head and the God-Striking Whip in his hand. Only the ground directly beneath his feet remained uncracked.

The Myriad Mother Qi cascaded down, enveloping him and the ground beneath his feet, protecting them from any harm.

"Om!"

The void, like a wall, shook violently under the golden gourd's pressure, as if it would collapse at any moment. This mountain-sized golden gourd, radiating immense light, trembled once before forcefully descending, intending to crush Ye Fan into a pulp.

As a wave of golden light, like a sharp blade, slashed down, Ye Fan's left hand struck skyward, rising against the heavens.

"Clang!"

The Void Palm Print, activated by the Sacred Battle Technique, unleashed a sea of mana. The massive golden palm, like a golden cloud, slapped onto the golden gourd with a resounding clang.

The golden gourd, like a colossal sun filling the sky and emitting countless golden rays, trembled violently from the strike, bearing a clear palm print.

"Away!"

With a loud shout, Ye Fan struck again with the golden palm. Like a surging golden ocean, it sent the golden gourd hurtling away, soaring high into the sky and leaving a dazzling golden streak.

"Zing! Zing! Zing!" Suddenly, the golden gourd trembled violently, and from its mouth, myriad sword beams erupted. Each beam was as thick as a bucket, blazing with golden light, and struck down towards the ground.

"Hiss! Hiss! Hiss!" This was a truly terrifying sight. Bucket-thick sword beams rained down from the sky, piercing through the red earth for hundreds of zhang in every direction.

One could clearly see terrifying large holes appearing in the ground, plunging deep into the earth's strata, a chilling sight.

Myriad golden sword beams penetrated heaven and earth, creating a horrifying scene, as if countless sky-supporting pillars stood rooted in the red earth.

The cauldron above Ye Fan's head circulated Myriad Mother Qi, making his body appear hazy.

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

Thick streaks of sword qi struck the cauldron and around him. Though unable to pierce through, their immense penetrative force shook him violently.

Ye Fan remained motionless, simply using the Void Palm Print to strike skyward. The golden palm obliterated numerous sword beams.

Wherever it passed, even sword beams as numerous as the sea were annihilated, unable to obstruct the golden palm. "Om!"

The void trembled. The golden gourd's light intensified, becoming truly awe-inspiring, as if golden flames were burning, making the horizon dazzlingly brilliant.

Tens of thousands of sword beams shot from the gourd's mouth, even denser and more ferocious than before, rushing out like a tide and pressing down the golden palm.

The bucket-thick golden sword beams shattered the earth to pieces. Within a radius of a thousand zhang, no intact land remained; even the ground beneath Ye Fan's feet was splintered.

This region was turned into scorched earth, riddled with incredibly dense, bottomless sword holes, resembling a gigantic sieve. Looking around, the devastation was complete.

Ye Fan, protected by the Cauldron of Myriad Mother Qi, ascended into the air with the God-Striking Whip in hand, charging towards the golden gourd's mouth, confronting tens of thousands of sword beams.

"Hiss!"

The owner of the golden gourd gasped, deeply astonished that the Myriad Mother Qi could defend against such a dense barrage of sword qi. It truly was special.

"Zing! Zing! Zing!" Tens of thousands of sword qi burst forth, transforming into an endless rain of blades. Heaven and earth became a blazing curtain of light, and Ye Fan bore immense pressure.

Though the golden light couldn't penetrate, it possessed terrifying impact force, striking him so hard he could no longer advance. Each blow felt like a mighty hammer striking down.

"Boom!"

He vibrated the cauldron above his head. At that moment, the Myriad Mother Qi shimmered, then surged skyward in streaks, meeting the tens of thousands of sword beams.

This time, auspicious light filled the sky as the two types of beams collided, generating terrifying energy waves that swept across heaven and earth.

The Myriad Mother Qi was even more formidable than the sword beams, crushing all tens of thousands of golden sword qi and then striking towards the great golden gourd.

Ye Fan's speed increased even further. Protected by his cauldron and wielding the God-Striking Whip, he closed the distance in the blink of an eye.

Suddenly, all myriad golden sword beams vanished, and a piercingly brilliant mysterious light, like a bolt of silk, shot from the gourd's mouth, instantly wrapping around Ye Fan and his cauldron.

"Ching!"

With a flash of light, it drew him into the golden gourd. With a "snap," the gourd's mouth closed, sealing him inside.

"Hiss!"

The golden light subsided, and the golden gourd shrank to palm size, landing in the hand of the young Yaoguang cultivator.

"Haha..." Holding the golden gourd, he burst into laughter. "So much for the Ancient Saint Body," he scoffed. "He was still captured, wasn't he?"

Beside him, the cultivator with the five-colored feather fan floating above his head said, "Junior Brother's magic treasure is truly formidable. It contains Profound Yin True Light, capable of collecting anything. Even a cultivator at the Great Perfection of the Four Extremities would likely find it hard to escape."

The owner of the golden gourd forcefully shook it and declared, "In less than fifteen minutes, the Profound Yin True Light will reduce him to putrid blood."

"Be careful. He possesses Myriad Mother Qi; it's not certain he'll be turned into foul blood," warned the burly man with the Vajra Bangle hovering above his head.

"Don't worry," the owner scoffed. "Profound Yin True Light is all-pervasive and can dissolve all things. Back then, my master absorbed cultivators even beyond the Four Extremities Realm, and they all turned into a pool of blood. Even if he possesses Myriad Mother Qi, it can protect him for a moment, but not forever. Let's see how long his divine power can hold out."

"Thump!"

The golden gourd trembled violently, almost slipping from the disciple's hand and falling to the ground.

"What?! The Profound Yin True Light couldn't even subdue him? He can still struggle?"

"Be careful! Don't let him destroy this magic treasure!" the other two warned, each grasping their respective Vajra Bangle and five-colored feather fan.

"It's fine," he replied. "This golden gourd was refined by my grandmaster, with a liang of divine copper essence added. It's incredibly difficult to damage with any weapon."

As expected, the golden gourd only trembled once more before becoming completely still.

He sneered, "Hmph, just wait to be turned into foul blood." Inside the golden gourd, Ye Fan felt as if he were trapped in a quagmire. The Profound Yin True Light bound him within the gourd's core, making it incredibly difficult to move.

"This guy is only at the Fifth Heaven of the Dao Palace realm, yet he possesses such a formidable magic treasure, capable of killing Four Extremities cultivators," Ye Fan thought, frowning. "The top ten disciples trained by Elder Deshi truly have extraordinary methods." However, he wasn't flustered. Even without the Cauldron and relying solely on his physique, he could withstand the erosion of the Profound Yin True Light, let alone with the Myriad Mother Qi protecting him.

He stood in the gourd's core, searching for the treasure's weakest point, preparing to shatter it with a single strike. "Now!"

Ye Fan vibrated the cauldron, using the Myriad Mother Qi to dispel the Profound Yin True Light. Then he moved to a section of the gourd's inner wall, wielded the God-Striking Whip, and concentrated all his strength to strike forward.

"Clang!"

The golden gourd blazed with light, its owner's palm tingling with numbness. Before he could even react, there was another loud bang.

"Clang!"

"Ah..." He screamed in agony, his divine consciousness throbbing with pain, and he felt a moment of disorientation.

"Crack!"

The golden gourd cracked open, then instantly burst into pieces in his hand, leaving his palm and fingers bloody and revealing jagged bone fragments.

Ye Fan, with the cauldron above his head and the God-Striking Whip in hand, burst out. Without a single wasted word, he swung the wooden whip down.

"Thwack!"

The owner of the golden gourd couldn't even utter a grunt before being instantly torn apart by the God-Striking Whip. His divine consciousness turned to ash, and he died on the spot.

"Om!" Ye Fan swung the God-Striking Whip towards the two remaining cultivators. However, they were already prepared, having previously warned the golden gourd's owner.

"Clang!"

The Vajra Bangle gleamed brightly, shimmering with silver light. Like a mountain of immense weight, it struck the God-Striking Whip, sparking a shower of fire. Its divine power was unmatched.

The Vajra Bangle shimmered with divine radiance, appearing hazy. The Dao patterns on its surface moved like dragons, blocking the God-Striking Whip without sustaining the slightest damage.

Simultaneously, the other person's five-colored feather fan struck. Its five-colored gale turned the ground beneath Ye Fan's feet to dust and sent large rocks miles away.

"Bang!"

Ye Fan blocked with his cauldron, but even so, he was nearly sent flying; the gale was too fierce. "Thump!" Suddenly, at the moment Ye Fan was swept away by the gale, he opened his mouth and spat out a streak of Innate Essence Qi. It fused with the void, forming a Dao diagram that struck forward.

The Innate Grand Void Gale Qi transformed into a diagram scroll, densely covered with Dao patterns and possessing unmatched power. It tore through the five-colored gale and struck directly. The five-colored feather fan vibrated, flashing with light, remaining unharmed and intact as it blocked most of the Innate Grand Void Gale Qi, but a portion still managed to pass through.

"Pfft!"

A small portion of the Dao diagram, like a peerless sharp sword, shattered one of the treasure fan owner's arms, turning it into a bloody mess.

He wasn't like Gu Litiao, who specialized in body cultivation; even in the Four Extremities Realm, he couldn't block such a close-range attack. "The Ji family's Innate Grand Void Gale Qi!" he cried out in alarm. This change was too sudden; he hadn't expected Ye Fan to produce a Dao diagram from his mouth, catching him completely off guard.

"Boom!"

Ye Fan activated the "All" Character Secret among the Nine Secrets. He was originally about to be swept away by the five-colored treasure fan, but he suddenly stabilized his body, then charged forward against the wind.

His combat power increased tenfold. He had to fight with all his might; both opponents were in the Four Extremities Realm, and the other's Vajra Bangle, in particular, made him extremely wary.

The five-colored gale dissolved everything in its path, turning rocks and earth into dust and leaving a vast, desolate area. Yet, it couldn't blow away Ye Fan, whose combat power had increased tenfold. He was like a brilliant divine spear, invincible, tearing through the five-colored divine wind and closing in.

"Whoosh!"

The man vigorously waved the five-colored feather fan, unleashing a divine wind that surged like an ocean, but it was blocked by the Myriad Mother Qi cascading down from the cauldron above Ye Fan's head.

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

He opened his mouth and spat out a dazzling light: eighty-one divine feathers, each one radiant, slashing at Ye Fan like a flurry of immortal swords.

Simultaneously, the Vajra Bangle from behind also struck. It hit the cauldron like a mountain, with immeasurable weight.

Ye Fan gritted his teeth and went with the momentum, allowing the cauldron to be struck down. It fell towards the five-colored treasure fan in front, temporarily leaving his control.

At the same time, the God-Striking Whip in his hand also swung down, shattering dozens of divine feathers.

The owner of the five-colored feather fan let out a scream, his divine sense damaged. The fan in his hand collided with the cauldron, and both fell to the ground simultaneously.

"Pfft!"

Ye Fan rushed past, his fist shining with golden light, and struck the man dead. From among the shattered remains, he quickly grabbed something.

He swiftly snatched the five-colored feather fan into his hand. Simultaneously, his cauldron flew back, cascading down streaks of Myriad Mother Qi and once again enveloping him in protection.