I Contracted All Ancient Divine Artifacts

Chapter 153: Chapter 52: The Great Escape

Third stage?

What kind of joke is this?

The Feng Qi Wood, which inexplicably mutated again, brought with it a violent tremor across the entire earth.

Massive fissures cracked open, and all the lava sought new outlets to gush forth before quickly vanishing.

In their place were jet-black roots!

These roots burst from the ground, connecting to the body of the twice-mutated Feng Qi Wood, and with a thunderous roar, the Feng Qi Wood ”stood” up!

Countless roots supported the Feng Qi Wood, pulling it out from the soil, its dense crimson eyes on the trunk locked intently on Han Zhan, its ”enemy.”

The next second, it moved.

The giant ”tree-man” took a step, its massive body moving terrifyingly fast under the support of innumerable roots.

On the crown layer, all the lush green leaves and vines had withered and decayed, leaving only bare tree trunks, which were like living, thick arms smashing down fiercely!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Every punch left a massive crater in the ground, which was then trampled into pieces by the Feng Qi Wood transformed tree-man.

Without a second thought, Han Zhan turned and ran.

The realm of the Feng Qi Wood was still rising with the increase of those crimson patterns, now reaching the Tier Eight Peak!

With his current means, he could hardly contend with even a Tier Eight novice, let alone a Tier Eight Peak.

Han Zhan could run, but the Celestial Snake Battle Spirit, still entangled with the Phoenix Remains in the sky and nearing victory, wasn’t so lucky.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

Dozens of ”arms” struck towards the sky, one after another ferociously pounding the Celestial Snake Battle Spirit. The Celestial Snake Battle Spirit, caught off guard, didn’t last long before being pummeled into a dispersed glow, returning to the Ancient Resentful Sunset Array.

Unable to be summoned again for a short time.

The defeat of the Celestial Snake Battle Spirit bought Han Zhan quite some time.

The Ancient Resentful Sunset Array was canceled; Fu Xi’s Zither Tune switched directly to Joyful Wind. In wind-riding state, he retreated rapidly towards Fengbai Village.

The Feng Qi Wood, now in its third-stage ”tree-man form,” was no slower, even slightly better as it pursued Han Zhan.

Only now did Yi Fan, maintaining a faint smile, reveal his true form from the side once more.

He watched the direction in which the Feng Qi Wood and Han Zhan were distancing themselves, then strolled over to the severely injured Phoenix Remains.

After suffering the Celestial Snake Battle Spirit’s attack, the Phoenix Remains was critically wounded, lying unable to rise in its weakest state.

Noticing Yi Fan’s approach, the Phoenix Remains reignited the scorching flames on its body.

”No need for a futile struggle,” Yi Fan snapped his fingers, countless lights emerging in his eyes, weaving, reorganizing, constructing, analyzing.

With the emergence of a certain light, Yi Fan seemed to complete some ritual, and a faint light film covered his hand.

When the hand wrapped in the light film reached into the Phoenix Remains’ fire that could scorch the Eight Desolations,

the burns it caused vanished completely!

Yi Fan successfully used the Power of Lies to deceive the Phoenix Remain’s flames.

”Good thing someone helped gravely wound you; otherwise, just dealing with this Burning Embers that could injure even the Immortal Talent would give me a headache for a while.”

It’s not that the Immortal Talent isn’t strong enough, but the user’s realm isn’t sufficient.

If both were at the Tier Seven Peak, then the Immortal Talent could definitely withstand the Phoenix Remain’s Burning Embers.

As Yi Fan talked to himself, his hand pressed on the Phoenix Remains’ head.

”Well then, goodbye.”

Crack!

A crisp sound rang out as Yi Fan smashed the Phoenix Remains’ head with his hand!

After the Phoenix Remains’ head shattered, its entire body began to disintegrate bit by bit, quickly turning into a pile of ash and vanishing without a trace.

Only one drop of fiery red blood remained, floating in the air.

Yi Fan calmly grabbed the drop of blood with his hand.

”Phoenix Blood,” Yi Fan nodded contentedly.

The Phoenix Blood contained the bloodline of the extinct Ancient Divine Beast, the phoenix, and the Insect Race excelled at continually devouring the bloodlines of other races to evolve and proliferate into new entities.

Whether devouring and merging with the Burning Embers or Nirvana Rebirth, either would be a significant boost to the current Insect Race.

Satisfied, Yi Fan put away the Phoenix Blood and looked up at the distant, still-pursuing tree-man, feeling in good spirits.

”A hunter while hunting never lacks patience.”

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Han Zhan’s speed was at its peak, but the distance between him and the Feng Qi Wood was steadily closing!

Beneath the Feng Qi Wood, tens of thousands, even millions of roots transformed into tentacles, and its speed was not at all inferior to Han Zhan’s.

Moreover, its tree trunks, often stretching hundreds or thousands of meters, could still significantly disrupt Han Zhan even while in pursuit.

The gap between the two further narrowed.

And even if he kept running, the entire Qinse World was only so large; where could Han Zhan possibly escape?

This was also why Yi Fan prioritized dealing with the Phoenix Remains over delivering a ”coup de grâce” to Han Zhan.

In his view, the battle’s conclusion was already evident.

Without any suspense.

Truly without any suspense?

Han Zhan abruptly sidestepped, dodging a strike from the Feng Qi Wood’s tree trunk, but the second strike already anticipated his evasive direction.

A blow from a Tier Eight Peak crashed solidly into Han Zhan.

His Celestial Serpent Body defense shattered instantly, and the armor formed by the Urgent Lock white mist dissipated; despite double force mitigation, Han Zhan was still struck through the body by the blow.

He was sent flying like a cannonball, hurtling thousands of meters away!

”It’s over.”

Han Zhan lay on the ground, spitting blood, this being his most battered and wretched state since the battle began.

Gravely injured, he seemed to give up on resistance and escape.

A kilometer away, the Feng Qi Wood that landed a direct hit had accelerated again, rushing to finish off Han Zhan.

Just ten seconds.

In ten seconds, it could personally execute this damned human.

Just as it took its first step,

the once-flat ground suddenly collapsed entirely, and the collapsing ground sank down without giving it any time to react.

Deep black water gushed out from the collapsed ground, turning the vast land into a sea in the blink of an eye!

The Tier Eight Peak Feng Qi Wood, upon contact with the dark seawater, screamed a sharp, painful screech from within its trunk, carrying unmistakable emotions in its shriek.

It was afraid!

The engulfing of the deep black seawater continued.

Such a massive, terrifying tree-man could not last even ten seconds within the deep black seawater before being entirely dissolved and disappearing!

Witnessing this, Han Zhan lowered his head again, exhaling a heavy breath.

This time, he genuinely felt relieved.

”It’s over.” Han Zhan repeated those words.