The two were incredibly fast; after all, there are no shortcuts to honing one's physique, unless one has a cheat code like Fang Xiu, one can only rely on hard work and talent.
Their talents are beyond question; one is a demigod, and the other is a descendant of Nuwa. With such a vast supply of resources, it would be a miracle if they couldn't achieve higher levels of spiritual growth.
After her transformation, Fang Yao no longer looked so thin and small. She had grown quite a bit taller. Although she still looked somewhat frail, she already resembled a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl. Her chest muscles had also become slightly more prominent, transforming her from a flat-chested woman to a fried egg.
"Your Excellency True God, something has happened!" Xu Ruohai strode into Fang Xiu's secluded cultivation place, his face grave.
"What is it?" Fang Xiu asked calmly.
"Several barbarians who came from the east to gather poisonous herbs have just reported that they saw the tracks of a large army in the Red Earth Mountains. It looks like the army of the Canglan Kingdom, with an estimated strength of at least 100,000 men, and the banner they are carrying is a dragon banner!"
Only when the emperor personally leads an expedition will he raise the dragon flag. The emperor of Canglan Kingdom... has arrived!
The emperor personally led the expedition?
Fang Xiu slowly rose to his feet, his gaze remaining calm and composed, seemingly unsurprised by the arrival of the Canglan Emperor.
"It seems this emperor wants to resolve all the troubles at once."
Perhaps influenced by Fang Xiu during this period, Xu Ruohai was no longer intimidated. Facing the emperor's personal expedition with an army of 100,000, he seemed somewhat eager to try.
"Your Excellency, after your guidance, I understand now. Some things cannot be avoided. Since the other party is already on their way, let's take the initiative and make sure they don't return!"
Fang Xiu looked at Xu Ruohai with the gaze of someone looking at an idiot, not understanding why the other party had gone from one extreme to the other: "Do you think that with just tens of thousands of barbarians, you can defeat the other side's hundred thousand elite troops? Or do you think that you, a demigod, can deal with the Canglan Emperor, who may possess the power of the goddess Nuwa?"
Xu Ruohai's hard-won courage was extinguished by Fang Xiu's cold water.
"........"
"Your Excellency, how should we respond?"
"wait."
Several hours later, the emperor of Canglan Kingdom led his army to the Wilderness Royal Court. The reason for the slow progress was that along the way, they also dealt with many ignorant and unruly wild villages, thus expanding the territory of Canglan Kingdom.
Meanwhile, Fang Xiu's side was already on high alert. Tens of thousands of barbarians gathered together, standing scattered like a rabble, each with unease written all over their faces.
The leather armor he wore and the stone axe he carried seemed to belong to a completely different era compared to the heavy armor and spears of the Canglan army.
The 100,000 Canglan troops stood ready, their ranks perfectly aligned. Their heavy armor and long spears gleamed with a chilling light, and an aura of murderous intent permeated the air. Even before they approached, the barbarians were already terrified.
At the very center of the army was a very conspicuous, enormous chariot made of gold, and on the chariot sat a man dressed in a dragon robe, exuding an imposing aura.
His gaze was calm and deep, as if it had traversed a vast sea of people before finally settling on Fang Yao and Fang Xiu.
As someone who would give his all even in the face of a potential threat, Emperor Ling Xinghe of Canglan didn't waste any words before the battle, simply uttering one word: "Kill!"
In an instant, the deafening sound of war drums, the sound of charging, and the shouts of battle pierced the sky, and 100,000 soldiers poured towards Fang Xiu and his men like a black torrent.
The sheer force of their charge was enough to frighten some of the barbarians into dropping their weapons and fleeing.
Xu Ruohai hurriedly rebuked them and even killed several deserters, but to no avail.
The barbarians weren't fools; faced with an invincible opponent, they naturally wanted to flee.
At this moment, Fang Xiu said calmly, "There's no need to stop them."
"But Your Excellency, are you just going to let them collapse? We haven't even started the fight yet!"
"Their role was never to kill the enemy, but rather... to serve as nourishment."
The next moment, Fang Xiu murmured ancient and obscure sacrificial incantations.
Buzz!
The Taotie statue trembled violently, and terrifying demonic power descended upon it.
The statue's enormous mouth suddenly opened, and a bottomless black hole appeared out of thin air, frantically devouring the scattered barbarians around it.
A cold glint flashed in Emperor Ling Xinghe's eyes. He slapped the golden chariot and soared into the sky, standing in the void as if he were the ruler of heaven and earth.
He stretched out his palm, and the surrounding light seemed to be drawn by an invisible hand. A mysterious power quietly gathered in his hand, eventually transforming into a translucent rhomboid crystal.
It seemed to contain some kind of supreme power, and under Ling Xinghe's urging, the crystal burst forth with billions of rays of light.
The Taotie statue, illuminated by the light, slowly lost its mystique and turned back into a stone statue.
Fang Xiu stared at the crystal in the other person's hand, his brows furrowing slightly. He clearly sensed that just moments ago, his connection with the Taotie statue had been severed.
Nuwa's divine status?
No, that's not right!
Having possessed the divine essence of Ba Hui, he knew very well that what Ling Xinghe held in his hands was not the real divine essence of Nuwa, but a projection of the divine essence, similar to a key to unlock the power of the divine essence.
After all, not just anyone can obtain a divine title. Just like when he tried to obtain the Moon God's divine title, unless he gained the god's recognition, he couldn't keep the divine title at all.
If the Moon Goddess's divine status is like this, then what about Nuwa's divine status? Ordinary people probably don't even have the right to touch it. He guessed that it was a part of Nuwa's original authority that allowed later generations to use the power of the divine status.
This realm is, after all, an overlap between the Nuwa Divine Kingdom and the Taotie Divine Kingdom. With the help of Nuwa's divine power, Ling Xinghe briefly severed the connection between Taotie and the Taotie statue.
In this situation, unless Taotie takes the initiative to intervene, no one can stop Ling Xinghe. But the problem is that Taotie only knows how to eat and doesn't do anything extra.
Without the help of the Taotie statue, the 100,000-strong army charged in like tigers into a flock of sheep, unstoppable and unstoppable.
The barbarians were slaughtered in a frenzy, and in the blink of an eye, they were in front of Fang Xiu and his group.
Xu Ruohai and Fang Yao also joined the battle, but Fang Xiu did not move. Instead, he observed Ling Xinghe in mid-air and discovered something very strange.
Ling Xinghe could borrow the power of Nuwa's divine essence. This power was enough to make someone walk sideways below a true god, not only in this world but also in the Nine Provinces. Logically speaking, with such great strength, he could have personally taken action and eliminated them all in one fell swoop. But instead, he chose to send his subordinates.
Could it be...?
Fang Xiu glanced at Fang Yao, who was fighting the enemy under Xu Ruohai's protection, and already had a guess in his mind.
Nuwa's divine status cannot be used against Nuwa's descendants!
Furthermore, if used against the descendants of Nuwa, there is a risk that it might be taken away.
This is why Ling Xinghe was determined to kill Fang Yao, because he would not allow anyone to take away the divine power in his hands.
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