Chapter 534: Ascend

"What are you looking at me for?" Gu Zhentian's mind trembled violently at the look in Gu Haitian's eyes, as if something within him had been spied upon.

"What are you going to do?" At that moment, Gu Zhentian suddenly noticed that Gu Batian had appeared on his right without him knowing when. The heavy, panting breaths spewed hot air, and when that hot air sprayed onto Gu Zhentian's face, it made him shiver.

...

"What's wrong with the legion commanders..."

"Why are they all standing there motionless?"

The ancient clan soldiers looked at the scene in the distance, their hearts filled with doubt. They had no idea what was happening. How could the mighty legion commanders all be frozen in place?

But just then, they saw the First Legion Commander and the Third Legion Commander suddenly sandwich the Second Legion Commander between them, and their hearts also leaped violently.

Especially the thing between their legs, which stood erect like a pillar, causing even greater terror among the ancient clan members.

It couldn't be that... could it?

At that moment, the beings of the myriad races, seeing the scene before them, were all utterly dumbfounded.

Although they didn't know how the three legion commanders had ended up like this, they knew that it was all inseparable from that great human.

That human must have used some technique to bewitch their minds, forcing them to commit these heinous acts.

"Legion commanders, you cannot do this! The dignity of our ancient clan must not be defiled!" A member of the ancient clan, seeing the sight before him, suddenly spat out a mouthful of black blood.

The three legion commanders, representing the supreme command of Despair City, were now doing such things before the eyes of tens of thousands of ancient clan members.

Lin Fan also found it a bit hard to watch. Three pitch-black fellows engaging in such unsightly acts was truly disgraceful.

"Reverse the Course of Events!"

The void trembled. Countless hands pierced through the void, grabbing toward the ultimate place.

The three legion commanders were bewitched by 'Big Fan Ge'. If he rashly approached and provoked their potential, things could get tricky.

Creatures bewitched by 'Big Fan Ge', if prevented from venting, would be like snatching food from a tiger's mouth—asking for trouble.

With the use of 'Reverse the Course of Events', the three legion commanders instantly lost their combat capability.

"Annihilation!"

A flash of axe light appeared, splitting heaven and earth, directly cutting apart the three legion commanders.

"Ding, congratulations on killing Gu Haitian, ancient clan, Desolate Heaven Stage Great Perfection."

"Ding, congratulations on gaining 100,000 experience."

"Ding, congratulations on killing Gu Batian, ancient clan, Desolate Heaven Stage Great Perfection."

"Ding, congratulations on gaining 100,000 experience."

...

The three legion commanders instantly croaked, and experience poured in like a waterfall.

"Ding, congratulations on leveling up."

"Ding, cultivation level increased to: Desolate Heaven Stage Initial Level."

At that moment, the barrier that Lin Fan had sensed suddenly shattered. His power surged step by step, and the True Dharma Seed within him began to spin and expand, becoming much stronger than before.

Indeed...

The Desolate Heaven Stage and the Azure Heaven Stage were worlds apart.

These four legion commanders were all veteran experts at the Desolate Heaven Stage Great Perfection, constantly striving to break through to the Divine Heaven Stage. But perhaps due to insufficient accumulation, they had been unable to breach this barrier.

Thus, they could not enter that mysterious and profound realm.

Lin Fan now speculated about what the Divine Heaven Stage realm truly was.

It was recorded in Poison King's 'Secret Records of the Ancient Saint Realm', but the records were not comprehensive.

The Divine Heaven Stage would be an entirely new world, the true path to scaling the nine heavens.

"No need to think too much. My current cultivation is only at the Desolate Heaven Stage Initial Level, still a distance from the Divine Heaven Stage. Thinking so much is just idle speculation," Lin Fan thought to himself.

At that moment, the True Dharma Seed within him stopped spinning, having increased several times over compared to before.

If he were to encounter the so-called four legion commanders now, Lin Fan was confident he could kill them on the spot, without the trouble he had earlier.

Then, Lin Fan released the 'Demon City'.

The ancient great demon's sky-reaching hand grabbed the corpses of the three legion commanders, then swallowed them in one gulp, refining the three bodies.

These three legion commanders had profound cultivation, and their essence, energy, and spirit were at their peak. For the ancient great demon, they were truly great nourishment.

Boom!

Just then, a brilliant light burst forth from the ancient great demon's body. This light pierced through heaven and earth, then gradually faded.

"Eh..." Lin Fan looked at the ancient great demon and noticed that its power had increased significantly.

The top-grade spiritual artifact 'Demon City' seemed to be on the verge of breaking through.

Perhaps the power was still insufficient, and it hadn't devoured enough ancient clan members.

At that moment, Lin Fan turned his gaze to the entire Despair City.

Those ancient clan members were now terrified, collapsing to the ground. They were completely frightened by Lin Fan, this human.

The four legion commanders, whom they had considered invincible, had been slain by this human before their eyes. If they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, they would never have believed it.

"Despicable human! You killed our legion commanders! Let's fight him to the death!" The ancient clan members of Despair City roared. Though terrified, they became frenzied at this moment.

"Perfect timing." A smile appeared at the corner of Lin Fan's mouth.

"Ancient great demon, devour them!"

He hadn't collected all five elements, but after devouring the four legion commanders, 'Demon City' showed signs of breakthrough. Now, stuck at this threshold due to insufficient power, Lin Fan wanted the ancient great demon to swallow all the ancient clan members here, elevating it to a Dao Artifact.

"Swallow Heaven and Devour Earth!"

The ancient great demon roared, its eyes flashing with light. Opening its mouth, it seemed to swallow the entire world.

A storm formed, and the ancient clan members were uncontrollably swept into the air.

The ancient clan's ten-thousand-man commanders, thousand-man commanders, hundred-man commanders... all these ancient clan members appeared so insignificant before the ancient great demon. Even those who tried to struggle and escape were instantly dealt with by Lin Fan.

Power was rising.

The ancient great demon's skin and flesh emitted light, growing stronger and more blinding, covering the sky and the sun.

"Eat... eat, the more you eat, the better." Lin Fan floated in the void, watching the ancient great demon's feat, his heart surging with excitement.

The beings of the myriad races stared at the figure in the void, all of them stunned.

A peerless demon god, slaughtering countless ancient clan members.

But to these beings of the myriad races, they were not afraid of Lin Fan; instead, they regarded him with reverence and respect.

Those ancient clan members who had tormented and trampled upon them were now screaming miserably, yet to the beings of the myriad races, this sound was so beautiful.

At that moment, their hope blazed like the sun at its zenith, piercing through the despair of Despair City.

The despair crystals floating in Despair City, under the force of this hope, shattered one by one, turning to ashes.

A million ancient clan members were all devoured by the ancient great demon.

The power generated by this million ancient clan members was only comparable to that of the four legion commanders.

At that moment, Lin Fan sensed that the power of 'Demon City' had reached its peak, and he let out a fierce shout.

"Ascend! Artifact spirit comprehends the Dao, achieve Dao Artifact!"

Boom!

A pillar of light shot into the clouds. The ancient great demon roared, and a formidable power burst forth violently.