Chapter 2886: Fierce Battle

Chapter 2886: Chapter 2886: Fierce Battle

When Fang Bai heard the words "escape quickly," he immediately fled into the distant starry sky with the Five Elements Origin Qi Cauldron.

However, he was ultimately a step too slow. The speed of the Star-Devouring Beast was beyond imagination. In the blink of an eye, it appeared before Fang Bai, opening its massive mouth and spitting a black liquid toward him.

The black liquid seemed capable of corroding even the starry sky. As it was expelled, it emitted a "sizzle" sound and billowed white smoke, creating a terrifying scene.

All the strong fighters believed that Fang Bai would be enveloped by the black liquid, along with the cauldron, and then dissolve into nothingness.

But unexpectedly, when the corrosive black liquid fell on the ancient cauldron where Fang Bai was hiding, it was like water droplets hitting stone, simply scattering without causing any harm.

The Divine Realm experts witnessing this were greatly surprised and found it somewhat unbelievable.

After all, even Divine Emperors would suffer injuries if they touched or were splashed by the corrosive liquid spewed by the Emperor Realm Star-Devouring Beast. Yet the ancient cauldron, covered by a significant amount of black liquid, was unscathed. How could this not surprise them?

From this, it was also evident that the ancient cauldron was an extraordinary Divine Artifact, not much inferior to the ones used by Divine Emperors.

Even the attacking Star-Devouring Beast was stunned upon failing to harm Fang Bai, and it became increasingly furious.

Since the black liquid couldn’t harm Fang Bai, the beast charged forward, opened its mouth wide, attempting to swallow Fang Bai and the cauldron together.

However, the Divine Emperor who came to assist Fang Bai had already arrived ahead of Fang Bai, blocking the further assault from the Star-Devouring Beast, and engaging in a fierce battle with it.

Fang Bai finally managed to escape, holding the Five Elements Origin Qi Cauldron, quickly flying thousands of miles away.

Initially intending to find a "quiet place" to stabilize his realm before joining the battle against the Star-Devouring Beasts, Fang Bai didn’t expect that wherever he flew, the beasts would launch frenzied attacks at him, regardless of the cost.

Fang Bai felt something was amiss, wondering if there was something on him attracting the Star-Devouring Beasts. Otherwise, why would they target him?

Suddenly, Fang Bai realized that the Star-Devouring Beasts that emerged from the Black Hole in the Purple Crystal Sea were heading towards the Chaos Gate in the starry sky, which made him have a sudden thought.

He tried releasing a trace of Chaos Divine Power from his Qi Sea, and then noticed even more attacks from the Star-Devouring Beasts, becoming increasingly frenzied.

"It seems the Chaos Divine Power I cultivated is somehow related to the Chaos Gate," Fang Bai thought to himself, simultaneously gaining greater interest in the Chaos Realm behind the Chaos Gate.

Facing the relentlessly attacking Star-Devouring Beasts, Fang Bai held the Five Elements Origin Qi Cauldron in one hand and gripped the Blood-Drinking Mad Blade in the other, charging forward and backward, balancing offense and defense.

The dozens of Emperor Realm Star-Devouring Beasts were entangled by the dozen Divine Realm experts in fierce combat. Thus, those attacking Fang Bai were merely Divine Emperor Realm Star-Devouring Beasts.

Despite the strength of the Divine Emperor Realm Star-Devouring Beasts, they were vastly inferior in combat power compared to the Emperor Realm ones. Since advancing to the Divine Emperor Realm, Fang Bai, wielding the Five Elements Origin Qi Cauldron and Blood-Drinking Mad Blade, feared no threat from any Divine Emperor Realm Star-Devouring Beast.

The black liquid spewed by the Star-Devouring Beasts would be blocked by the Five Elements Origin Qi Cauldron, incapable of harming Fang Bai.

The drawing and pulling power generated by the beasts’ breath would be shattered by Fang Bai’s swinging Blood-Drinking Mad Blade, constituting no threat.

Thus, despite the numerous attacking beasts, Fang Bai neither tangled with them nor stayed still, fighting while retreating, creating a peculiar scene— numerous Star-Devouring Beasts pursued Fang Bai, yet countless Divine Emperor Realm experts chased the beasts to rescue Fang Bai.

"Kill!"

Occasionally Fang Bai would turn around, shouting angrily, slashing backward with all his might using the Blood-Drinking Mad Blade. If a pursuing Star-Devouring Beast was slightly weaker, it might be split in half with a single strike, blood raining down across the starry sky.

Within the Purple Crystal Sea region, hundreds of thousands of miles around, tens of thousands of Divine Realm experts were engaged in a chaotic battle with thousands of Star-Devouring Beasts, mutual casualties incessantly increasing, yet neither side opted to retreat.

Fang Bai took a brief moment, his Divine Sense spreading out, discovering the ferocity of this battle far exceeded his imagination.

The Star-Devouring Beasts, at the cost of hundreds of their own, caused over twenty thousand Divine Realm expert casualties—a ratio exchange underscoring the formidable power of the beasts.

Even among the dozen or so Emperor Realm experts, some fell alongside the Emperor Realm Star-Devouring Beasts, resulting in an outcome that shocked the remaining Divine Realm experts.

Fang Bai noticed that even the Spirit Sea Divine Emperor had already sported several colorful injuries. If not for promptly consuming several Healing Divine Pills to stabilize his wounds, he might also have perished.

Overall, in this grand battle between Divine Realm experts and Star-Devouring Beasts, the Divine Realm side suffered greater losses.

Moreover, there were continuous appearances of Star-Devouring Beasts from the Black Hole, whereas for the Divine Realm experts, each fallen was one less fighter.

It was foreseeable that following a temporary lull in this battle, the Emperor Realm would have to continue summoning large numbers of Divine Realm experts for reinforcements, otherwise, given the trend of the increasing appearances of the beasts, resistance would become increasingly difficult in future encounters.

Even though Fang Bai’s intervention came late, possessing the body-protecting Five Elements Origin Qi Cauldron which rendered him fearless of Star-Devouring Beast attacks and harm, coupled with the Blood-Drinking Mad Blade in hand allowed him to successfully slay Star-Devouring Beasts effortlessly; thus, including the dozen Emperor Realm experts, Fang Bai would undoubtedly rank among the top three in terms of the number of beasts slain.

Fang Bai’s scenario caught the attention of the dozen Emperor Realm experts, surprised by Fang Bai’s combat prowess despite having just advanced to a Divine Emperor Realm fighter.

Fang Bai single-handedly held off at least a dozen Star-Devouring Beasts, and could even counter-kill them while being pursued. It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that he alone was as formidable as dozens of Divine Emperor Realm experts.

The observing Emperor Realms were thoroughly astounded, acknowledging that despite Fang Bai leveraging the power of a Divine Artifact, his own capabilities shouldn’t be underestimated. If he could ascend to become a Divine Emperor in the future, his combat power would certainly surpass these veteran Divine Emperors.

Among the thousands of Star-Devouring Beasts, some managed to slip through, and Fang Bai himself witnessed dozens breaking through the encirclement of nearly ten thousand Divine Realm experts, fleeing into the distant starry sky.

According to the prior words of Spirit Sea Divine Emperor, those beasts fleeing into the far starry sky aimed primarily to search for the Chaos Gate within the starry sky and find means to enter it.

During this process, the Star-Devouring Beasts would swallow some stars along their path to enhance their realm and power.

Hence, the Divine Realm experts in the Purple Crystal Sea would often dispatch some experts to hunt down the escaping Star-Devouring Beasts.