Chapter 726 - 188: Is This a Human or an Ancient Fierce Beast?

Chapter 726: Chapter 188: Is This a Human or an Ancient Fierce Beast?

A spiderweb-like crater several meters in diameter appeared in an instant as a mixture of dust and blood shot into the sky!

The black scales it took pride in, so tough that blades and spears could not pierce them, shattered and flew apart under the force of the punch. Mangled flesh was exposed beneath as blood gushed out like a fountain, dyeing the earth red!

The Iron Armor Crocodile let out a pained roar that was cut short. Its limbs twitched frantically and its tail thrashed against the ground, sending shattered stones flying, but it was completely unable to pull its head out of the earth!

Chu Fan’s eyes were cold. Without a moment’s pause, he sank his stance and threw another punch!

BOOM!!!

The second punch followed right after, landing precisely on the same spot!

The earth quaked violently again, and the crater sank several feet deeper.

The Iron Armor Crocodile’s last ounce of stubborn life, along with every bit of vitality in its skull, was utterly crushed and annihilated by this punch!

All its struggles ceased. Its massive body went completely stiff, with only the occasional, faint twitching of its nerve endings remaining.

Chu Fan straightened up. He circulated the Nine Heavens Wind Mastery Scripture, and a gust of wind blew away the flames spat by the Fierce Lion.

He dodged through the siege of several other Fierce Beasts, grabbed the Fierce Lion by its front leg, and swung it around, smashing it into the pouncing Winged Tiger!

The Winged Tiger and the Fierce Lion screamed in unison. Their bodies felt like they had been torn apart as they coughed up mouthfuls of blood and were sent flying backward!

Afterward, Chu Fan moved swiftly around the field. With one punch for each, he killed all the remaining Fierce Beasts on the spot!

Just as he had once said in the dungeons of the Demon Suppression Bureau...

"Below the Ruyi Realm, I am invincible."

As long as they hadn’t broken through to the Ruyi Realm, it didn’t matter if they were human Martial Artists or from the Demon Race.

Once he got close to them, there was only death!

Among these Fierce Beasts, only the Iron Armor Crocodile, with its thick hide and heavy scales, had forced him to use an extra punch.

The heads of the other Fierce Beasts had all exploded after a single punch!

Chu Fan wasted no more time. With a thought—

WHIR!

A simple but magnificent Giant Cauldron materialized out of thin air.

It radiated a five-colored light—green, red, yellow, white, and black. Runes flickered on its body, and it descended with a boom, carrying a heavy aura capable of suppressing the entire world!

The Five Elements Cauldron!

Its mouth faced downward, like a giant, inverted bowl.

It completely enveloped Chu Fan and all the Fierce Beast corpses within its own self-contained space.

All external light and sound were instantly cut off.

The inside of the cauldron was filled with the distinctly heavy and stable aura of Five Elements Spiritual Qi.

Chu Fan paid no mind to Su Wenqin, who had long since fled without a trace.

Under the absolute protection and isolation of the Five Elements Cauldron, he directly summoned the Ten Thousand Souls Banner.

The pitch-black banner unfurled silently, as if it were a gateway to the Nine Nether Hell.

In an instant, a sinister wind howled, and the sound of wailing ghosts and howling wolves filled the air!

An aura of death, resentment, and cold, so thick it felt tangible, swept through the space inside the cauldron like a tide.

Countless blurry, tormented souls appeared around the banner, struggling and letting out silent wails.

"Wooooo... Aoooooh..."

The souls of the thirteen Fierce Beasts and Ah Linglong were all swallowed by the Ten Thousand Souls Banner!

In just a few moments, the souls were completely refined by the Ten Thousand Souls Banner!

Chu Fan could clearly sense that the Ten Thousand Souls Banner had grown even stronger...

Even when he just summoned it without actively channeling it, he felt his heart palpitate with fear!

’To control this ever-growing Ancient Treasure freely, I’ll need to make my Primordial Qi and Divine Sense even stronger.’

’Otherwise, a single misstep could lead to a backlash from the Ten Thousand Souls Banner!’

After finishing all this, he used the Ten Thousand Souls Banner to read Ah Linglong’s memories, quickly browsing through key information—about the Four Symbols Palace, the Secret Realm, and her Cultivation Techniques and Secret Skills.

A moment later, he put away the Ten Thousand Souls Banner, a flash of understanding in his eyes.

He then pulled an inconspicuous, ancient bronze bracelet from Ah Linglong’s left arm.

The bracelet was cold to the touch and covered in tiny, hard-to-decipher beast-shaped Runes. A faint Spiritual Light flowed across it, proving it was no mere ornament.

This was the core Magical Artifact for controlling the thirteen Fierce Beasts—the Ten Thousand Beasts Ring.

[Item ’Ten Thousand Beasts Ring’ discovered. Refinement requires fifty points of Spiritual Essence. Refine?]

[Refinement will grant the Beast Taming Skill ’Hundred Beasts Refining God Map’.]

Chu Fan felt nothing and chose to refine it directly.

He currently possessed 5,765 points of Spiritual Essence.

Other than using it for Breaking Limits on Cultivation Techniques and refining treasures, he hadn’t discovered any other use for it.

This small cost was just a drop in the bucket.

As the fifty points of Spiritual Essence were silently consumed, the Ten Thousand Beasts Ring in his hand suddenly became scorching hot, then returned to its icy coolness. A wondrous sense of connection, as if through blood, had been established.

At the same time, a massive, complex, and profound torrent of information rushed into his Sea of Consciousness.

The Hundred Beasts Refining God Map... one of the supreme Secret Techniques of the Ten Thousand Beasts Sect, not to be taught to anyone but core disciples.

This was not a simple Beast Taming Mantra, but a Profound Skill that used the Visualization of the divine aura of a hundred beasts to temper one’s own Divine Soul, ultimately condensing a "Beast God True Form" in the Sea of Consciousness to command all beasts!

’Control beasts with the spirit; where the mind goes, the beasts will follow.’

Its might directly suppressed a creature’s very essence!

It was by this method that Ah Linglong had initially cultivated her Divine Soul Power, which, combined with the Ten Thousand Beasts Ring, allowed her to control the thirteen Fierce Beasts as if they were her own limbs.

’No wonder...’ Chu Fan thought, understanding dawning on him.

His gaze fell upon the corpses of the thirteen Fierce Beasts, and the Ten Thousand Beasts Ring in his hand twitched slightly.

The rings on the necks of the Fierce Beasts instantly flew up, transforming into streaks of light that all merged into the Ten Thousand Beasts Ring in his hand.

He now understood why those Fierce Beasts had fought so fearlessly to the death.

Even though Ah Linglong was dead, the contract and its restraints remained.

’Avenge the master, never betray’—this was a fixed rule within the contract.

Even if the Fierce Beasts wanted to submit, they had no control over their own bodies!

Unless someone refined the Ten Thousand Beasts Ring, learned the "Hundred Beasts Refining God Map," and released their bonds, they could only fight to the death!

Even if their hearts were filled with terror, they had no way to resist!

’The restraints of this "Hundred Beasts Refining God Map" and "Ten Thousand Beasts Ring" are truly tyrannical!’

Chu Fan glanced at Ah Linglong’s corpse on the ground.