If Zhou Fan had truly mastered the Rules of Time and Space, and with his cultivation base and prowess in battle, he was sure that these beings wouldn't be able to help the Celestial Emperors dodge his fist.
But he had not truly mastered the Rules of Time and Space. Therefore, there was a slight flaw in his speed, and with the strength of these Celestial Emperors, that flaw could be exploited.
But he was not out of options.
The Rules of Growth, Chaos, and Karma exploded out.
Chaos and Karma combined, with the Rule of Growth expanding and increasing its strength.
A Karma Spiral, the likes of which had never been seen, appeared.
To those from the Human realm, it was simply a powerful attack, but those from the Non Human realm widened their eyes in horror.
"The power of the Karma Sovereign." One muttered in fear.
The instinctual feeling of fear had caused them to forget about the entire fight for a moment.
Zhou Fan had naturally sensed this, and the Karma Spiral shrunk to the size of Zhou Fan's two fingers.
"It's been a while. Hope I'm not rusty." Zhou Fan said as he pointed two fingers out.
"Yellow Piercing Sword Finger."
Zhou Fan had created this technique at a time when he was the only cultivator in the Universe. With all his free time, he had long made it into an Immortal Technique.
The Karma Spiral seemed to resonate with this technique, proving their compatibility. Everything happened in an instant, and when someone finally reacted, a thin hole had appeared in the forehead of a being from the Non Human realm. There were twelve Celestial Emperors left.
Zhou Fan employed numerous Rules, including the Rule of Slaughter, Yin and Yang, and Reincarnation. Each one was supremely powerful even among Rules, and although Zhou Fan could not display their full strength, each Rule still surpassed the Rules of the Celestial Emperors.
It took Zhou Fan five minutes before he was finally able to hit another Celestial Emperor, completely destroying them.
And yet, he was no longer unscathed. His injuries were minor, as he had only been slightly hit twice, but blood had been drawn. In addition, the Universe wasn't going to be able to hold on for much longer. He did not have the luxury of playing it safe.
Within twenty minutes, he and everything he knew, everything he had spent countless years creating and nurturing, would be gone.
The suppression of cultivation had been constantly resisted by the power of Path Creators, and not ordinary Path Creators. These must have come from beings like Ye Li, the God of Death, and some being in the Human realm around as powerful as them that wanted the Origin Era to be destroyed.
Unless he had another hour, the suppression of Cultivation was useless.
The Rule of Growth had also constantly been acting, which was why Zhou Fan wasn't severely injured.
With only twenty minutes before the Universe was destroyed, there was no way he could hold back anything. Zhou Fan Great Dao burst out alongside his Outer World and Divinity. It formed a suppressive force on all of the Celestial Emperors that slowed them down a bit.
He charged at the nearest Celestial Emperor. Multiple attacks attacked him and his path, trying to block him from attacking, but Zhou Fan used ten rules to create a shield around him, and the remaining twelve attacked.
His fist hit the unsuspecting Celestial Emperor head on, destroying him entirely, but the attacks sent at him all hit him.
The full force attack of ten Celestial Emperors, who had used their Rules, some of which were mastered, was nothing Zhou Fan could scoff at.
Multiple bones were broken and some flesh was carved out of his body. If not for the defending Rules, he would have died right there.
But he did not stop for a moment. He did not have the time.
He shot at another Celestial Emperor. They all understood what he was doing and why he was doing it.
They all gathered closer together, and when Zhou Fan shot at the next Celestial Emperor, he met all 10 that remained. He punched out with all twenty-two rules, but they dispersed in an instant, launching attacks from the side.
Zhou Fan locked onto a target, and completely ignoring the attacks, shot over. Half of the attacks hit him. His figure instantly turned sorry, but he reached his target and grabbed out. Yet another round of attacks interrupted him as the person dodged back, but Zhou Fan wouldn't let him.
Using the Rule of Karma, the step back turned into a step forward, and reaching through the attacks, Zhou Fan grabbed the Celestial Emperor's face.
One of his arms was blown off, while bone could be seen on the other one, but he had grabbed hold.
Pulling himself forward, his knee hit the Celestial Emperor's jaw, sending him flying back, and Zhou Fan punched out. The Celestial Emperor died.
He turned without hesitation. He only had one arm left, and had already gathered countless injuries big and small, but if he stopped for a moment, it was all over.
The Path Creators could barely spare any focus on the battle while they did their best to hold the Universe's walls, but when they saw Zhou Fan, they were all shocked. At this rate of gathering injuries, he would soon be ground into nothing.
Zhou Fan arrived in front of another Celestial Emperor, and despite the attacks defending him, the Celestial Emperor took Zhou Fan much more seriously. He shot back as far as he could.
Yet, Zhou Fan simply used the Rules of Space and Time to bring himself closer. Although that meant he had been hit by five of the nine attacks, he grabbed hold of the Celestial Emperor.
His hand crushed his throat and dispersed his body.
Zhou Fan turned and looked at the eight remaining Celestial Emperors, whose confidence was gone, replaced by the utmost seriousness.
At this point, Zhou Fan's arm and hand were only attached to him because of the Rules layered onto it. His jaw was cut halfway off, and it was hanging from the rest of his face. His nose was nearly gone, and one of his eyes had been pierced, creating a fountain of blood that ran down his face.