"Cough, cough, cough..."
Fang Chen could not stop coughing. He felt as if his internal organs had been shattered. He had never expected the Golden Thread Rock Fruit to explode after the Three-Eyed Long-Armed Ape infused it with Golden Flames—and with such force.
Hum!
A scorching current suddenly surged from the Floating Immortal Sword. As it poured into Fang Chen's body, his dantian swelled, and the injuries he had suffered in the explosion healed almost instantly.
Just then, the other Three-Eyed Long-Armed Apes went berserk. They wrapped Golden Thread Rock Fruits in Golden Flames and hurled them at Fang Chen.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
One Golden Thread Rock Fruit after another, wrapped in Golden Flames, flew toward Fang Chen like flaming meteors.
"Damn it!"
Fang Chen's anger flared at the sight. These Three-Eyed Long-Armed Apes were trying to kill him.
Even a true Foundation Establishment cultivator would have struggled to withstand that last blast.
He channeled True Qi into the Floating Immortal Sword, tapped the ground with one hand, and sprang to his feet. Then he swung his sword at the incoming fruits.
As the Floating Immortal Sword struck them, the fruits burst apart, erupting into great balls of fire that swallowed Fang Chen.
"Flowing Cloud Rolls Moon, Dominates Nine Heavens!"
Fang Chen roared and unleashed the killing move of the Flowing Cloud Sword Technique once more. He spun rapidly, countless strands of Sword Qi forming a storm around him. It shredded the incoming fruits, then swallowed every burst of fire their explosions produced.
The Sword Qi storm swelled rapidly, climbing twenty zhang in just a few breaths.
Fang Chen rose to the top of the Wind Origin and burst out of it.
At that moment, his body trembled. A rumble sounded deep in his mind, and a gleaming golden turtle