Longevity by Grinding Skills

At this moment, Rockman buried his head deep.

Xu Yunfan’s recent actions had filled his heart with terror.

’This man... He seems to have affected everyone’s perception, silently devouring every Divine Spirit on the battlefield except for me and Bosse.’

’And he claims he’s not an Outer Heaven Evil Demon.’

As he watched Xu Yunfan treading on empty air in his green Daoist robe, a bone-chilling cold instantly froze Bosse to the core.

’Even Rockman is under his complete control?!’

’Who in the world is this Outer Realm Demon?!’

’Could his power already be on par with a Main God?’

’But if he were a Main God, why would he be so furtive?’

"Trying to run?"

Xu Yunfan’s figure had silently appeared at the core of the Array, facing Bosse from across the expanse.

His face was devoid of expression, save for the calculating look in his deep eyes as he sized Bosse up.

"Too late."

Before his voice had even faded, Xu Yunfan held back no longer.

The Thundering Divine Power he had used to impersonate Tatus instantly receded. In its place, a boundless Magical Power erupted—utterly alien to this world, violent and pure to the extreme. It then began to devour measureless Essence Qi and energy like a great whale drinking the seas.

"Divine Sky Nine Heavens, heed my decree!"

Xu Yunfan’s hands blurred through a series of Spells, moving like phantoms.

In an instant, the roiling leaden clouds overhead were torn asunder by an immense, unseen force, revealing the purple canopy of the sky, shrouded by the All Heaven Profound Dome Locking Array.

Above the celestial canopy, a measureless number of Thunderbolts answered the summons and sprang into existence.

The clouds of the canopy no longer crackled with simple blue-white arcs of lightning.

Purple Gold Destruction Divine Thunder danced like furious dragons, capable of shattering the Ten Thousand Laws. Pale green Yi Wood True Thunder, containing both Vitality and its antithesis, specialized in eroding the Divine Power Origin of the wind. Inky-black Kui Water Yin Thunder spread in silence, retarding the speed of the wind.

Blood-red C Fire Yang Thunder burned the heavens and boiled the seas, while mountain-heavy Wu Earth God Thunder coalesced into colossal hammers of impossible weight that came crashing down.

Moreover, tendrils of Heaven-Eroding Divine Thunder, which twisted the threads of Cause and Effect to strike directly at the core of a Divine Format, were silently mixed in amongst them all...

Countless Thunderbolts, each with different properties, were perfectly commanded under the Divine Sky Profound Vault Undying True Intent, forming a deluge of lightning that inundated Bosse.

This was no longer the natural lightning of the Aitira World. This was the divine might of the Divine Sky, summoned by Xu Yunfan—whose power was approaching the Realm of Foundation Establishment Perfection—by channeling the Divine Sky Nine Heavens Profound Vault Undying True Scripture. It was a heavenly power born for the sole purpose of Destruction.

This technique had been custom-made for Xu Yunfan by Zhang Ziyang, who had spent a long time studying the properties of this world’s Divine Formats.

After all, Xu Yunfan was a master of the Divine Sky Thunder Technique; with its various combinations, targeting the energies of everything in existence came to him with ease.

"Outer Realm Evil Demon! You!"

Bosse’s furious roar was lost in the deafening thunderstorm, knowing that if he didn’t fight for his very life, this would be his end.

The cyan light around His body flared, and an endless Gang Wind transformed into countless tornados of Wind Blades, which howled as they met the sea of lightning.

Wind and thunder, two of nature’s most violent forces, collided and annihilated one another with rabid fury within the confines of the Array.

But the moment they made contact, the Wind Blades rapidly dissipated.

HSSSSSS!

The moment the tornados of Wind Blades touched the Purple Gold Divine Thunder, they were forcibly disintegrated by the Destruction True Intent it contained.

The pale green Yi Wood True Thunder clung to him like maggots on a corpse, boring through the gaps in his Wind Divine Power. It madly absorbed and assimilated the Origin of Bosse’s Divine Power, causing its flow to stagnate.

The black Kui Water Yin Thunder froze the space around Him, severely hampering the incredible speed of which He was so proud.

The crimson C Fire Yang Thunder burned the wind and ignited the very air, scorching His divine body and leaving charred marks in its wake.

The immense pressure of the Wu Earth God Thunder made it difficult for Him to even move.

But what terrified Bosse most of all was the Heaven-Eroding Divine Thunder. It ignored his Wind Barrier completely. It was as if it could predict every gap in the flow of his Divine Power, striking with perfect accuracy at the weakest points in his Divine Format’s defenses. Each impact made his Divine Soul waver and his Divine Format tremble violently.

A storm of disbelief raged in Bosse’s heart.

’His control over Thunderbolt far surpasses Tatus’s understanding of the Thunder Dao.’

’His Authority shouldn’t grant this much Thunder Power. A thundering might that could shake the soul—that was Tatus’s Authority. But in Xu Yunfan’s hands, it has become something completely different.’

His vaunted Authority of the Storm was being suppressed at every turn, constantly losing ground before this all-encompassing Divine Sky Thunderbolt, which contained a myriad of conflicting elements and the very Origin of Destruction.

Within the span of just a few breaths, His Storm Realm was compressed to a radius of several yards around His body.

In the span of only a few breaths, Bosse’s Divine Power began to pour out of Him like a torrent from an open floodgate. His divine body became covered in thunder scars, his cyan radiance dimmed, and his aura weakened at a rate visible to the naked eye.

"Seal!"

The very instant Bosse’s Divine Power was about to run dry, exposing the core of his Divine Format, a cold glint flashed in Xu Yunfan’s eyes. He shattered the void with a single step, his figure abruptly appearing before Bosse.

His hand, wreathed in Purple Gold Thunder Patterns, ignored the last vestiges of the storm barrier and pressed down on the core of Bosse’s tempestuous divine body—

—right upon a violently trembling, cyan, diamond-shaped Divine Format.

"Celestial-Eroding Netherworld Talisman, subdue."

VMMMM!

Countless Dark Talismans, finer than strands of hair and constantly twisting and squirming, erupted from Xu Yunfan’s fingertips. Like a billion living, venomous worms, they instantly bored their way into Bosse’s Divine Format.

Bosse let out a shrill, inhuman shriek. His storm-body twisted and swelled violently before contracting just as sharply, a testament to the unimaginable pain he was enduring.

He could feel it with absolute clarity: his very life and death were now held firmly in the palm of the Outer Heaven Demon before him.

With but a single thought from this demon, the Heaven-Eroding Talismans would detonate, utterly annihilating His existence along the very lines of Cause and Effect.

Divine Spirits possess immense lifespans; naturally, they are unwilling to simply die. The instant Xu Yunfan had him at his mercy, Bosse abandoned all resistance.

The violent storm around Him instantly subsided, and his cyan radiance vanished. What remained was a humanoid phantom composed of pure Wind Elements, appearing incredibly listless. This was His true form as a Divine Spirit.

The phantom floated limply in the air, its face a mask of humiliation, fear, and disbelieving bewilderment.

Xu Yunfan slowly retracted his hand. He lifted his fingers slightly, carefully sensing the aura of Cause and Effect emanating from within Bosse to confirm that the restriction had been perfectly branded.

He didn’t immediately refine Bosse and absorb him into the Star Spirit Banner.

A living, fully controlled Upper-Rank God was far more valuable than a Banner Spirit at the Late-Stage Foundation Establishment level.

Especially at this stage.

With the three Upper-Rank Gods of the Frosty North Plains, if used properly, he could instigate a full-blown war between Pantheons.

"From now on, the gales of the Northern Plains will blow according to my will."

Xu Yunfan’s voice was calm.

"Bosse, if you want to live, then get rid of any clever ideas you might have."

Hearing this, Bosse pressed his lips together tightly. He had never suffered such humiliation, not even in the presence of a Main God.

But under the lethal threat emanating from the Celestial-Eroding Restriction, He suppressed the humiliation and hatred in his heart. Just like Rockman before him, he slowly lowered his proud head toward Xu Yunfan.

In the face of life and death, the dignity of the God of Storm was a fragile thing indeed.

𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

"I will obey... My Lord’s... command."

Bosse’s voice was hoarse and dry, like rubbing sandpaper, filled with a bone-deep sense of powerlessness.