Chapter 1038 - 1138: Clanging Chaos

At this moment, Ye Tianfan already felt that he could get through this challenge, and quite easily at that!

Ye Tianfan smiled as he looked at the still motionless Fire Butcher. Since you didn't stop me from summoning the Flame Sword, that was your biggest mistake. Now that I have the Fire Lotus Sword, you can no longer harm me so easily, and I might even be able to hurt you!

Immediately, Ye Tianfan performed three techniques with the Fire Lotus Sword and then stared at the Fire Butcher, trying to determine the best place to attack him shortly!

Because Ye Tianfan already had the Fire Lotus Sword in his hand, he wasn't nervous anymore and started overthinking. He wondered what was going on with this Fire Butcher. Why does it have no consciousness of its own, remaining here with only one hand, showing not the slightest fluctuation even when facing an adverse situation created by me!

Moreover, the starfish brute I encountered at that lake, even though it had low intelligence and only a killing instinct, it at least had some basic capacity for thought. Even if reduced to mere slaughter, it still retained the simplest cognitive ability!

But as for this Fire Butcher, it has absolutely no ability to think, behaving purely as if following orders, like a robot. If you are outside the parameters it recognizes, no matter what you do, it won't bother with you. But if you fall within those parameters, whatever you do—even just approaching it—it will tear you into shreds.

Furthermore, Ye Tianfan had also noticed that when he first entered, this Fire Butcher wasn't standing as it is now but was sitting cross-legged on the ground, with the large machete by its side. It wasn't until Ye Tianfan rushed toward the opening behind it that some pre-set program seemed to activate, and the Fire Butcher began to stand, guarding there like a robot!

As Ye Tianfan looked at the Fire Butcher, he pondered whether he should summon the Xiao Yao Sword too. After all, the Xiao Yao Sword had the Power of Elimination. Although he wasn't sure if this power would harm the Fire Butcher, the Power of Elimination was also the Power of Laws and should cause some damage!

He also thought about summoning the Xuanlong Seal, which could provide an additional layer of defense. Thus, it would be challenging for the Fire Butcher to harm him with a single strike. However, he couldn't rule out the possibility that the Fire Butcher had other tricks!

But Ye Tianfan felt that if he summoned the Xuanlong Seal, he wouldn't need to worry about any other tricks from the Fire Butcher. With his current strength, even if the Fire Butcher had a trump card, it couldn't break through both layers of defense. Even if it did, it wouldn't be able to inflict serious harm on Ye Tianfan, as he was quite confident in his own abilities!

Ye Tianfan hesitated slightly but decided not to summon the Xuanlong Seal, as he felt that the current combination of the Xuanhuang Tower and the Fire Lotus Sword was sufficient. Even if he summoned the Xiao Yao Sword and the Xuanlong Seal, it wouldn't add much to his strength. The main reason for considering summoning the Xiao Yao Sword was its unique Power of Elimination, while its other power wasn't necessarily higher than the Flame Sword. After all, the Fire Lotus Sword had special enhancements for fire-attribute Immortal Techniques, whereas the enhancements from the Xiao Yao Sword were minimal!

As for the Xuanlong Seal, although it could greatly increase Ye Tianfan's defensive ability, it would also rapidly deplete his Spiritual Power. Moreover, Ye Tianfan didn't want to waste time here, as summoning a Magical Treasure took half a day. Ye Tianfan thought that since he could already feel the Magical Treasure in the second scene and summon it slowly, it should be much easier to summon it in the third or fourth scene. At that point, he would start summoning Magical Treasures, as Ye Tianfan felt a Fire Lotus Sword and a Xuanhuang Tower were sufficient to face the Fire Butcher.

There was no need to summon other Magical Treasures, and Ye Tianfan realized he might be overly reliant on them. Although this is a common issue in the Immortal Cultivation world, he felt his strength was too weak without the Magical Treasures, even believing it could be halved. Although cutting it by half seemed excessive, he believed it was necessary because the strength he could exert with the Magical Treasures was twice that without them, not only in terms of pure strength but also in various extreme situations that could arise from using the Magical Treasures!

Ye Tianfan felt the aura emitted by the Fire Lotus Sword and compared it to the aura he exuded when using his three techniques. Although not as disparate as heaven and earth, the difference was at least like sea and lake—a massive gap. Additionally, using the Magical Treasures inflicted no aftereffects, whereas using them without the right protection would damage his meridians and muscle tissues!

Although Ye Tianfan had healed those injuries, he knew he still couldn't use the Taihuofeng secret technique that treats the body as a Magical Treasure—it was too early for him.

Perhaps only when his physique reached the level of Big White Beard could he use his body as a Magical Treasure, employing the Taihuofeng secret technique without any aftereffects perfectly.

Ye Tianfan focused on the Fire Butcher, trying to find a weakness, but couldn't locate any. Or rather, the entire body of the Fire Butcher seemed like a weakness, yet Ye Tianfan knew these were not genuine weaknesses. Given the Fire Butcher's speed, any attempt to exploit these would likely be blocked effortlessly.

After searching for a long time without finding any weaknesses on the Fire Butcher, Ye Tianfan rushed forward directly, deciding to find them through combat since he couldn't find them otherwise.

Ye Tianfan flashed in front of the Fire Butcher and slashed with the Fire Lotus Sword.

The Fire Butcher reacted swiftly, immediately blocking Ye Tianfan's strike with its large machete before pulling it back and turning to attack Ye Tianfan fiercely!

Ye Tianfan used the Fire Lotus Sword to parry the large machete, counterattacking in turn.

"Clang clang clang!"

The constant clanging sounds echoed non-stop as the Fire Lotus Sword clashed with the large machete!

Both Ye Tianfan and the Fire Butcher exchanged attacks at an increasing speed, with Ye Tianfan clearly sensing that as he sped up, the Fire Butcher would match his speed. If he slowed down, the Fire Butcher would also slow down accordingly!

This meant that the Fire Butcher's strength was proportional to Ye Tianfan's displayed strength. To truly harm the Fire Butcher, he would need to unleash a level of power that the Fire Butcher couldn't enhance itself to match.