Chapter 602: Eight Bans

Ye Fan stood with his golden battle spear, its tip dripping with blood, glinting dazzlingly in the sunlight. He was like a war god emerging from ancient times.

“You are… Ye Fan!” Jin Chixiao cried out, his face filled with shock. Although the other person had changed their appearance, their aura was unmistakably the same.

“Jin Chixiao, you’ve attacked me three times. Today, let’s see how you escape!” Ye Fan held the golden spear point-down, dragging it across the rocky ground, sending sparks flying. He covered hundreds of meters with each stride, stars appearing and vanishing in his eyes as he rapidly charged forward.

“Everyone, attack him together! Elders, act quickly!” Jin Chixiao shouted.

Beside him, a man wearing a golden crown roared, summoning a scroll. Within it, ancient demonic mountains stood tall, dark clouds pressed down, and lightning flashed with thunder.

Two other individuals also struck, simultaneously unleashing magic treasures to block Ye Fan and buy time for the elders.

Behind them, four old men, like comets, streaked down with long tails of light in pursuit, but they could not match Ye Fan's speed.

Ye Fan, holding the dripping golden battle spear point-down, appeared before them in a few flashes. He moved like a mountain, each step landing with a resounding thud that made the surrounding peaks tremble.

“Demon Cloud Mountain Lock Scroll, suppress him!”

The scroll flew into the air, instantly unfurling like a real world. Within it, seventy-two demonic mountains towered into the clouds, black mist surged, and lightning intertwined.

The moment Ye Fan charged, a large mountain within the Demon Cloud Mountain Lock Scroll flew out, filling the sky, as black as ink, pressing down.

“Buzz!”

Ye Fan wielded the golden battle spear like a massive club, swinging it towards the sky. The golden spear shaft, under immense force, nearly bent.

“Bang!”

With an unimaginable surge of power, Ye Fan swung his golden battle spear, instantly shattering the black mountain descending from the sky. Huge rocks rained down everywhere.

Like a raging flood, a torrent of chaotic, plummeting black rocks and debris, with terrifying momentum, surged in all directions.

It was clear that one peak within the Demon Cloud Mountain Lock Scroll had dimmed and nearly vanished.

“Nine Peaks Pressing Together!” The man stood beside the demonic scroll, pointing his finger, and nine massive black peaks shot out, flying towards Ye Fan.

The nine mountains emerged simultaneously, overwhelmingly dark and menacing, obscuring the sky like black clouds and casting a vast shadow over the land, possessing the power to move mountains and fill seas.

With a soft cry, Ye Fan raised his battle spear to the sky, unflinchingly meeting the nine ancient great peaks.

He was like a sovereign ruling the world, with the power to uproot mountains and rivers, unstoppable. The golden spear in his hand continuously swung, colliding with the demonic mountains in the sky.

“Thump!” He held the spear with both hands, lifting it with force. The spear tip arced, directly impaling and lifting a great peak, sending it flying towards the horizon.

In front, several people widened their eyes in astonishment. How much strength did it take to impale and throw a black mountain with a spear tip?

“Smash!” Ye Fan raised his battle spear a second time. This time, the spear tip plunged into the mountain body. With a roar, he forcefully shook it, sending it flying out again.

“This…” Jin Chixiao and the others’ faces changed color. The opponent lifted mountains as if lifting people; such powerful physical strength was terrifying.

“Boom!”

This was an earth-shattering strike. Ye Fan thrust his spear, instantly shattering a great peak. Rocks rained down in all directions, filling the heavens and earth.

He continuously swung the golden spear. The nine great peaks were either impaled and thrown, or pierced and shattered, all destroyed in a flash, giving no time for reaction.

Ye Fan transformed into a divine rainbow, swooping down. Wherever his spear point aimed, the ground below shattered, sending up clouds of dust. Even before he arrived, his imposing aura descended like an ocean.

“Whoosh!”

The man wearing the purple-gold crown vigorously shook the scroll. It unfurled like a vast black ocean, covering the sky and earth, intending to engulf Ye Fan.

“Whoosh…”

The fierce gales raged as the scroll unfurled. Ten thousand acres of clear sky vanished, transforming into a world that swallowed Ye Fan, making him disappear.

Several people jointly refined the Demon Cloud Mountain Lock Scroll, while the elders also approached from afar.

“Rip!”

Suddenly, the scroll tore apart, and a section of the golden spear tip pierced through, stabbing directly towards the scroll's wielder. Its cold light was bone-chilling, and killing intent permeated the air.

With a loud crash, the treasure scroll, interwoven with principles of Dao, developed cracks. Ye Fan broke free, his spear striking out like lightning.

“Puff!”

Blood spurted out as the golden spear tip pierced through the scroll's wielder, emerging from his back. With a forceful shake, the body instantly exploded, scattering flesh and bone.

“You…”

Jin Chixiao and the other two, who were nearby, all recoiled, transforming into three streaks of light speeding into the distance. Close combat was certain death; no one could fight the Sacred Body at close quarters.

At the same time, the boundless magical power of the four elders in the sky descended, enveloping like a world and causing the ground to sink by dozens of feet.

Ye Fan leaped, surging several miles forward, targeting one individual and giving chase. His feet barely touched the ground, each leap covering thousands of feet, cutting off their escape.

“No more escaping. I’ll send you back to your hometown!”

Although this person resisted desperately, he was only at the third transformation of the Dragon Realm, utterly incomparable to the Sacred Body at the same level. He was shattered into a mist of blood almost immediately upon engaging.

In the distance, Jin Chixiao and the man in purple robes halted. At this point, they finally joined the four elders, filled with killing intent, pressing closer.

Ye Fan did not flee. He stood calmly on a stone mountain, took out the Myriad Misery Bow, and drew the bowstring with all his might. His essence burned, divine flames surged, and the sky turned brilliant.

“Whiz!”

A golden light shot forth, piercing through the sky and clouds, directly targeting the man in purple robes with extreme speed.

“Bang!”

An elder intercepted, meeting the golden divine arrow. Magical power erupted, refining the rainbow-like light several miles long.

“Whoosh,” “Whoosh,” “Whiz…”

Ye Fan continuously drew and shot arrows. One golden rainbow after another, several miles long, shot out, intertwining like streaks of lightning, forming a blazing world of arrows.

Finally, he infused all his divine power into one arrow and shot it straight towards the man in purple robes. The others were preoccupied and could not assist.

“Ah…” The divine arrow, several miles long, streaked through, shattering his magic treasure and piercing his glabella. With a “puff,” he exploded, body and soul utterly destroyed.

At this point, only Jin Chixiao and four elders remained. Everyone else had been killed by Ye Fan. Three elders channeled their magical power, forming a screen of light that enveloped one old man. Then, with a roar, they forcefully launched him.

“Whoosh!”

This elder rushed forward like a meteor, enveloped by boundless magical power. No arrows could penetrate him, and his speed reached its extreme.

“Four Symbols Converge, Magical Power Concentrated! Shrink Ground to an Inch!”

This was a secret technique where four individuals empowered one, granting him extreme speed in an instant, solely to catch up to Ye Fan, bringing him swiftly before him.

Such speed genuinely startled Ye Fan. These individuals indeed possessed some extraordinary techniques. Had he not been prepared, he would have suffered greatly.

He activated the Movement Secret and retreated, avoiding the elder's sharp edge. He waited until the elder's dazzling radiance faded and his divine power was nearly depleted before stopping to confront him.

“Boom!”

Killing intent flowed in the elder's eyes. He opened his mouth and spat out a surge of primal essence, bringing down his full magical power, with runes flickering within it.

He knew Ye Fan's physical body was unparalleled, but his cultivation realm was not yet sufficient. Therefore, he sought to suppress him with boundless magical power, intending to refine him with the laws of the Grand Dao, taking advantage of his Dragon Transformation Realm.

“Early stage Elder,” Ye Fan's eyes flashed with light. He did not flee but instead charged upwards, meeting the attack.

“Bang,” “Bang…”

At this moment, he exerted all his strength, displaying his most formidable power. With his body at the third transformation of the Dragon Realm, he resisted an elder of a sacred land.

“Roar…”

With a dragon's roar, a green dragon flew out. Ye Fan formed the Dragon Seal with both hands, unleashing the One True Dragon, which raised its head and swung its tail, piercing through the surging magical power and ascending.

“Boom!”

A great peak materialized across the sky, majestic and towering, suppressing the eight directions. Ye Fan then formed the Mountain Embracing Seal, directly confronting the boundless sea of magical power, ascending against the current.

“What? He’s only at the third transformation of the Dragon Realm. How can he fight across so many realms?” In the distant sky, the others' faces changed color as they rushed over.

Within the boundless magical power, various runes flickered, forming threads of laws that interconnected, becoming a Grand Dao rule pressing down on Ye Fan.

“Boom!”

From Ye Fan's body, various lights emerged. A Chaotic Azure Lotus shot out, and with a gentle sway, those laws could not touch him!

Following this, the Vision of the Immortal King Descending to Nine Heavens also manifested. Nine layers of heaven rose and fell, drawing in the surging magical power, absorbing and devouring it frantically.

“Be careful! That’s the Sacred Body's vision. Do not touch his physical body!”

Ye Fan attacked with seals and visions, tearing a gap in the boundless magical power of the elder, who had surpassed the Dragon Transformation Realm, and charged upwards against the current.

“Bang,” “Bang…”

He fought with seals, delivering over a hundred continuous strikes in this brief instant, engaging in more than a hundred exchanges with the elder, the combat being extremely fierce.

“Boom!”

Ye Fan first unleashed the Dragon Seal, then displayed the Mountain Embracing Seal, and finally activated the Human King Seal, all in one fluid, natural, and terrifying sequence.

A colossal figure merged with him; the illusory body of the Human Co-sovereign appeared, condensing into a divine power law, fusing with his palm and fingers as he struck outwards.

“Bang!”

Everything happened too fast. At the 150th move, Ye Fan used the Human King Seal to break through the final layer of magical power light screen and struck inside.

“Crash!”

The elder spat out a mouthful of blood and was sent flying backward, his eyes showing an expression of disbelief. Ye Fan, merely a cultivator in the Dragon Transformation Realm, had defeated him, an elder.

He was at the third transformation of the Dragon Realm, a full eight realms below him. This made no sense!

The so-called combat across a major secret realm referred to realms like Wheel Sea, Dao Palace, or Four Extremities, which only contained a few minor stages. A realm like Dragon Transformation, however, had as many as nine minor stages, and no one could possibly cross them all.

“Nine is the extreme limit of numbers; no one can fight across nine minor stages. Eight is already the absolute limit. From ancient times to the present, only a few defying individuals have been able to fight across eight minor secret realms.”

“The Sacred Body! He has actually entered this rank, becoming one of those who broke the Eight Taboos!”

Everyone's faces changed color. Those who broke the Eight Taboos were all heaven-defying figures, destined to grow to incredibly terrifying heights in the future.

The legend of the Eight Taboos held too many secrets, encompassing various body types and having immense implications.

“Boom!”

After exhausting the Human King Seal, Ye Fan formed another seal, unleashing the Sky-Overturning Seal!

At this moment, heaven and earth inverted, stars and moon shifted, everything was turned upside down as the great seal, representing the will of heaven and earth, descended!

“Puff!”

The elder resisted with all his might, but he was still crushed and exploded, his bones shattering and his body turning into a heap of flesh and mud, ceasing to exist.

By the time the others rushed over, it was too late; the battle was over.

“The Eight Taboos! Someone who broke the Eight Taboos!” No one's expression remained unchanged.

When Ye Fan was in the Dao Palace Realm, he could only fight individuals a few minor stages higher. It was only after entering the Four Extremities and then the Dragon Transformation Realm that he gradually approached the Eight Taboos, though he was hearing of it for the first time now.

“Hmph!”

Ye Fan let out a cold snort, drew his bow, and aimed an arrow at the approaching individuals. This time, one arrow blotted out the sun, its tail light stretching for dozens of miles before vanishing into the void.

“Ah…” Jin Chixiao screamed. The divine arrow spiraled back, piercing him through and shattering his left shoulder into a bloody pulp. His expression was incredibly distorted.

“You…”

Ye Fan sneered, saying, “You’ve ambushed me three times now. The first two times, only your avatars died. Today, it ends here. Your true body will perish.”