chsdbacks Chapter 1186: The Wind Rises in the Zi Clan
Chapter 1186: The Wind Rises in the Zi Clan
"Now, I declare! The regional competition in the 92nd Battle Zone officially begins! Next, those whose names I call, enter the arena!"
"Confucian Cultivation Sect, Mengxx Yuan!"
"White Crane Sect, Xux Liang!"
"Thunderclap Sect, Lei Zhan!"
"Snow Sword Sect, Jian Nanxian!"
...
Cangzi True Lord called out twenty names all at once, and those who were called all entered the arena.
The regional competition in this battle zone has a total of 124 sects participating, with over two thousand contestants. Naturally, it’s impossible to have them compete one-on-one. How long would that take?
So at the start of the regional competition, a mixed battle mechanism is used. After filtering out some participants, it will then move to individual battles. In the first half of the grand competition, Purple Robe Palace, following past practices, randomly chooses twenty participants to engage in a timed mixed battle lasting one incense stick.
During the mixed battle, Purple Robe Palace also dispatches twenty judges to score participants from the outside, with each judge responsible for one participant.
The scoring criteria include: effective hits; successful defenses; defeats; and kills.
If the opponent is a Void Fragmentation cultivator: 2 points for an effective hit; 1 point for successful defense; 50 points for a defeat; 25 points for a kill.
If the opponent is a Fate Immortal cultivator, you receive ten times the points.
If the opponent is in the Crossing Truth Realm, then it’s one hundred times.
If the opponent is in the Shedding Void Stage, then it’s one thousand times.
This was Ning Fan’s first time seeing such a formal duel competition; one could truly say that Beitian was different, even their duel rules were unlike those in other places.
Ning Fan also observed that in this competition, killing opponents awarded only half the points of defeating them.
Beitian indeed does not encourage lethal actions during the competition, but it doesn’t completely prohibit them either...
The first 20 participants in the mixed battle were all Void Fragmentation cultivators. At the start of the regional competition, Cangzi True Lord clearly didn’t intend to let higher-level cultivators enter the battle too quickly.
"I declare! The first round of the mixed battle, begin!" Following Cangzi True Lord’s command, the twenty Void Fragmentation contestants on the field immediately engaged in a mixed battle.
Some engaged in duels, while others formed alliances, fighting in groups of three or five.
The battle was intense, but these participants somehow knew to hold back, not killing their opponents even after defeating them. At most, they left their opponents severely injured.
This wasn’t out of a sense of mercy, but because they wanted to score more points—a kill wasn’t as rewarding as a defeat, that’s all.
After one incense stick, only 8 of the 20 contestants remained standing within the arena.
The other 12 were all disqualified from further competition.
However, those who lost wouldn’t leave without any points. As long as they’d performed some effective hitting during the mixed battle, they’d still earn some points.
Most of the losers earned ten or twenty points, while a few only earned single digits.
The victorious eight didn’t score much higher, generally exceeding a hundred points. After all, the first round of mixed battles was merely a Void Fragmentation level clash. Even if you defeated all 19 other participants and showcased numerous impressive attacks and defenses, you could only score a bit over a thousand points at most.
What use are a thousand points? Defeating one Fate Immortal earns 500 points, defeating a Crossing Truth Realm opponent earns 5,000 points, and defeating a Shedding Void Stage opponent earns 50,000 points...
Once the first round of mixed battle ended, Cangzi True Lord began the roll call for the second round.
The second round of mixed battle also involved twenty Void Fragmentation cultivators.
The same applied to the third round.
After the initial curiosity, Ning Fan completely lost interest in these clashes among a bunch of Void Fragmentation juniors.
However, during the fourth round of the mixed battle, Cangzi True Lord called upon members of the White Demon Sect, drawing Ning Fan’s attention back to the arena.
"White Demon Sect, Lux Feng!"
"Iron Sword Gate, Zheng Lie!"
"White Demon Sect, Shen Bingguo!"
"White Demon Sect, Half-Step Void Refinement Realm!"
...
Among the 20 names called for the mixed battle, three of them were surprisingly all from the White Demon Sect by the 16th name!
"Is it possible for multiple members from the same sect to participate in the same round of mixed battle?" Ning Fan asked with a frown.
"Rules permit it, but since the mixed battle roster is determined by Purple Robe Palace, they can generally humanly avoid such situations. If it really happens, there’s only one reason—it was deliberate..." Bei Li frowned as well.
Having three members of the same sect in the same mixed battle is unfair! These three individuals can ally, can completely trust each other, and can cooperate seamlessly...
Bei Li disliked such unfairness.
But she knew that the world is never fair. Purple Robe Palace was last competition’s champion, and they could arrange this round however they liked. If you’re unsatisfied, you just need to win first place once, then you can manipulate the competition as you wish next time.
"Washing Stream Sect, Liu Yunxu."
"Evergreen Faction, Green City Taoist."
"Heaven Spirit Gate, Zhou Wei."
"Black Demon Sect, Han Shiqi."
After calling four more names, all twenty contestants for this round were decided.
When the last name pointed to the Black Demon Sect, the whole venue fell silent, then many seats began murmuring in low voices.
In Beitian, who doesn’t know about the grudge between the Black Demon Sect and the White Demon Sect!
Purple Robe Palace called upon three True Immortals from the White Demon Sect to the arena and added one Crumbled Void Seventh Layer from the Black Demon Sect; the intention was clear!
Purple Robe Palace wanted to see the White Demon Sect, taking advantage of their numbers and higher cultivation, bully the weaker members of the Black Demon Sect!
This was a blatant suppression of the Black Demon Sect! They didn’t want the Black Demon Sect to achieve good results!
A group of Black Demon Sect cultivators immediately stood up furiously!
"How despicable! Purple Robe Palace planned this! Last time, they arranged the schedule the same way, causing us to end up in the humble 71st place among 124 sects."
"The White Demon Sect has sent three True Immortals, and once the mixed battle starts, they will definitely gang up on Brother Seventeen! Brother Seventeen, let’s forgo this round; with your Crumbled Void Seventh Layer cultivation, being ganged up by three True Immortals could mean severe injury at best and death at worst! The White Demon Sect won’t care about the difference in points between killing and defeating; they will definitely kill you to weaken our sect!"
Several Void Fragmentation elders from the Black Demon Sect were all persuading Han Shiqi to abandon this match.
Han Shiqi was extremely indignant about this overt suppression, but he had no solution. If he stubbornly fought, he might very well die this round.
He wasn’t afraid of death, but he didn’t want to fall for the White Demon Sect’s and Purple Robe Palace’s scheme and die a meaningless death!
So Han Shiqi listened to the advice of his old brothers, moved to the center of the venue, and reluctantly raised his hand slowly.
He planned to forfeit.
But at this moment, he heard the ridicule from the three White Demon Sect cultivators.
"Back then, Han Yuanji would only run when in trouble, and he still hides in the lower realms to survive. Your Black Demon Sect is just the same, only knowing how to run, only knowing how to hide. Just like Han Yuanji, you are all trash!"
"How dare you insult my master!" Han Shiqi, known for his amicable demeanor, suddenly exuded intense killing intent—everyone has a reverse scale that must not be touched, and for him, the old monster was that scale!
"And what if we insult your master! If you don’t want your master’s name to be tarnished, then don’t run, don’t forfeit! Have a fair fight with us! If you evade, you are dishonoring your master, and we will definitely broadcast it widely, making it yet another laughingstock in all of Beitian!" The three White Demon Sect cultivators goaded explicitly.
This was an open conspiracy!
Anyone could see this was an open conspiracy; it was to compel Han Shiqi to fight!
But precisely because it was an open conspiracy, Han Shiqi’s personality wouldn’t allow him to avoid it! He wouldn’t let himself tarnish the old monster’s name, wouldn’t let others mock the old monster!
So he made a foolish decision!
Disregarding the advice of other Black Demon Sect cultivators, he went to the arena with the certainty of death!
After one incense stick, Han Shiqi was grievously injured, near death, and carried off the arena.
Ning Fan remained silent, his expression unchanged, looking as if nothing was amiss. However, those who knew him well would be aware that this was the expression he bore when he truly had killing intent!
He did not stop Han Shiqi’s foolish decision to accept the challenge.
He only secretly protected Han Shiqi several times when Han Shiqi was supposed to die, saving his life.
No one noticed his rescue efforts.
Therefore, many people could not understand why Han Shiqi, merely at the Shattered Void Eighth Layer, narrowly escaped death several times and survived, severely injured.
"Waste! Are you three trash? Three Immortals surrounding one Shattered Void Eighth Layer can’t kill him within one incense stick’s time! He even managed to score 34 effective hits against you! You’re utterly disgracing White Demon Sect!"
After this round ended, a reprimanding voice resounded from the White Demon Sect’s seats. The one scolding was the White Demon Sect’s Sect Master, an Enlightenment Late Stage old monster; the ones being scolded were the three thrashed Immortals.
On the other side, the Black Evil Sect’s seats were utterly silent.
No one spoke, everyone stared with blood-red eyes at Han Shiqi being carried away on a stretcher.
Despite receiving life-threatening injuries and almost losing consciousness, Han Shiqi still held his breath, eyes filled with sacred honor.
"I did not... disgrace the Sect Master... once I die... bury me at... Black Demon Mountain..."
Watching Han Shiqi about to breathe his last, all the Black Evil Sect cultivators surrounded him, attempting to save him.
But they lacked the ability to save a person with a dissipated Spirit. Even two Fate Immortal Realm deputy sect leaders couldn’t accomplish such a feat.
"Why did he still decide to participate, knowing he’d die..." Bei Li’s expression was quite shaken.
On Han Shiqi, she saw something incomprehensible to her, something many Beitian cultivators considered foolish.
Unusually, she wasn’t concerned about the Black Evil Sect because of Ning Fan; rather, she was worried for Han Shiqi. She took out a Nine Revolutions Elixir, trying to heal Han Shiqi, but unfortunately, all she had was the Nine Transformations Lead Pill, not potent enough to save Han Shiqi from inevitable death.
Instead, it just wasted a good pill...
"Old brothers... see you in the next life..." Han Shiqi tiredly closed his eyes.
The breath ceased.
All the old cultivators from the Black Evil Sect could no longer hold back, each with tears in their eyes.
But something strange happened.
Han Shiqi had indeed died.
Yet after dying, for some unknown reason, a breath appeared again.
The breath was initially very weak, but then grew stronger and more steady.
Han Shiqi actually came back to life!
The injuries in his body were healing at an astonishing speed!
"Why didn’t I die?" Han Shiqi opened his eyes, puzzled.
The other old cultivators of the Black Evil Sect were initially stunned, then cried tears of joy, thanking Bei Li immensely.
Everyone believed it was Bei Li’s Nine Transformations Lead Pill that resurrected Han Shiqi!
No one knew it was Ning Fan who secretly protected Han Shiqi with the Black Star Technique.
With Ning Fan’s current cultivation, performing the Black Star Technique secretly, even if Han Shiqi was shattered to pieces, as long as the attacker wasn’t an Eternal Old Freak, he could still come back to life!
This was because Ning Fan hadn’t yet perfected the Black Star Technique; if it were perfected, those illuminated by the black star, like the Heavenly Emperor back in the day, could stand amidst an Immortal Emperor’s attack and wouldn’t die!
"Hmph! That Han Shiqi is truly lucky, actually got saved by the third lady of Yishi Palace!" Upon learning that Han Shiqi hadn’t died, all the people from White Demon Sect were displeased.
Not just the White Demon Sect, including the Purple Robe Palace, many who harbored animosity towards the Black Evil Sect inwardly regretted: Black Evil Sect feeling uncomfortable made them happy; if the Black Evil Sect was happy, they couldn’t be happy at all.
"Hmph! Han Shiqi truly has good fortune..." Cangzi True Lord sneered coldly; he pointed out the three White Demon Sect Immortals couldn’t kill Han Shiqi; truly trash those White Demon Sect people were!
But it didn’t matter! Continuing, he had plenty of opportunities to keep suppressing the Black Evil Sect!
In the fifth round of melee fighting, Cangzi True Lord pointed out three from Ascendant Immortal Sect.
The Ascendant Immortal Sect also had a grudge against the Black Evil Sect! After selecting people from Ascendant Immortal Sect, he wouldn’t forget the Black Evil Sect and also selected another Fragmented Void Elder from the Black Evil Sect.
The Crumbled Void Seventh Layer, Han Shijiu!
After coming to Black Evil Sect, Ning Fan was only slightly familiar with Han Shiqi; he wasn’t familiar with Han Shijiu in front of him.
He wasn’t familiar with Han Shijiu’s personality.
But he was familiar with Han Shijiu’s current look!
It was a look of being agitated after one’s reverse scale being touched! Not just Han Shijiu, the entire Black Evil Sect was wearing such a look!
No need for Ascendant Immortal Sect people to provoke any further!
With Han Shiqi’s incident first, no Black Evil Sect cultivator would retreat or compromise anymore!
They wouldn’t let Han Shiqi do ridiculous things alone!
If they were to be foolish, they would do it together!
"If I die in battle, I hope my brothers would collect my remains and bury them back at the Black Demon Mountain! Someday when the Sect Master returns, tell him I didn’t disgrace him! I didn’t even in death!"
Han Shijiu only left these brief words and went to the arena, joining the melee.
Then, he was directly beaten to death by three Immortals from Ascendant Immortal Sect on the arena, his Spirit shattered, dying on the spot!
In the seats of Ascendant Immortal Sect, endless laughter suddenly emerged, seemingly celebrating the loss of an Elder from the Black Evil Sect.
But as they laughed a few times, they couldn’t laugh anymore.
Clearly turns to ashes, Han Shijiu resurrected flawlessly!
"What! How could the obviously deceased person revive again? Was his death just an Illusory Art... a mere Crumbled Void Seventh Layer can deceive us with Illusory Art, how is this possible! What level of Illusory Art is this?"
In an instant, the entire venue was filled with exclamations! And those surprised voices belonged to Fate Immortals, Enlightenment cultivators, and even Shedding Void Realm cultivators!
No one managed to understand the "Illusory Art" technique of Han Shijiu!
"Trash! Three can’t even kill one Han Shijiu! You are all trash!" Sect Leader of Ascendant Immortal Sect also scolded his disciples.
Though the Sect Leader knew, if it were him, he’d probably struggle to kill Han Shijiu as well. Because Han Shijiu’s Illusory Art was too weird, and if you couldn’t decipher it or dispel it, no matter how your cultivation exceeded the opponent, you wouldn’t be able to kill them.
"First Han Shiqi, then Han Shijiu, these Black Evil Sect ants are far too lucky..." Cangzi True Lord’s brow furrowed invisibly.
Twice he tried to suppress the Black Evil Sect, yet failed to do away with its people, Cangzi True Lord’s mood was visibly poor.
Thus, in the sixth melee round, he pointed out the people from the Black Evil Sect again.
This time, he directly pointed the deputy sect master Han Jiu of the Black Evil Sect to go on stage!
Han Jiu’s opponents were four Fate Immortals from Purple Robe Palace, among them, there was even a Ghost Immortal Realm!
Even if Han Jiu was at his peak, he absolutely wouldn’t be a match for these four. Moreover, he wasn’t at his peak; he had once responded to a conscription order, participated in the Boundary River war, but was sneak-attacked by White Demon Sect from behind, heavily injured, and near death, forced to retreat from the battlefield back to his sect.
Now, although long past the verge of death, his injuries were still severe.
In such a physical condition, he simply couldn’t be a match for four Fate Immortals from Purple Robe Palace, yet he still resolutely went on stage, choosing not to avoid.
Death was no fear! But one must not disgrace the name of the old monster! Black Evil Sect has no cowards!
"Kill!"
As soon as the melee started, the four Fate Immortals from Purple Robe Palace came to kill.
In less than half an incense stick’s time, they wiped out the heavily injured Han Jiu!
Yet the strange incident appeared, Han Jiu wouldn’t die, and wasn’t even killed though repeatedly attacked!
Until the entire incense stick’s battle time elapsed, Han Jiu remained alive!
"Why! Why is it so difficult to kill a Black Evil Sect cultivator!" Every enemy of Black Evil Sect was puzzled, even if idiots could see there was a major issue here!
But no one could find the reason behind it.
Cangzi True Lord’s expression grew even darker!
He failed to kill Han Jiu and then wanted to kill Han Wu, but likewise, despite multiple formidable opponents attacking, Han Wu remained alive.
He dealt with the remaining Black Demon Sect Void Fragmentation one by one, but none could be killed!
"I don’t believe that not a single person from the Black Demon Sect can be killed! Isn’t there still one at the First Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm? Let me try him!"
So, in the ensuing chaos, Cangzi True Lord called out Ning Fan’s name.
Ning Fan, upon arrival, engaged joyously with Bei Li, offending numerous prodigies. So even if Cangzi True Lord did not call out those Sects who had grudges against the Black Demon Sect, there were still methods to target Ning Fan.
Besides Ning Fan, of the 19 others he called out, all turned out to be Bei Li’s suitors, and were Daoists and young masters from major forces!
Since these individuals were successors of various sects and factions, the resources they enjoyed were incomparable to ordinary Masters.
They possessed more powerful magical treasures!
And had more bizarre secret techniques!
Cangzi True Lord could not believe it, could Ning Fan also not be killed? What a joke!
Thus, this round of chaos became interesting.
For the others from the Black Demon Sect, even if they were besieged, it was by only a few people.
But Ning Fan was different. As soon as he entered the arena, he was surrounded by nineteen prodigies, Daoists from various sects.
These arrogant Northern Heavens prodigies, for once, coordinated together.
They wanted to give Ning Fan a good beating, but Ning Fan clearly wouldn’t give them the chance.
Facing nineteen playboys, Ning Fan merely extended a finger, flicked it lightly, and sent all nineteen playboys flying, each spitting blood as they were hurled away.
In a mere moment, Ning Fan defeated nineteen Void Fragmentation realm cultivators! And these Void Fragmentation figures were all a notch stronger than their peers!
However, Ning Fan didn’t slaughter these playboys.
Every grievance has its source, and every debt its owner!
The glint of coldness in his eyes wasn’t for these dull playboys!
"What! This man seems to have only the cultivation of the First Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm, but has such a terrifying physical defense! With just a finger’s force, he can instantly defeat nineteen Void Fragmentation cultivators!"
Everyone was startled by the astounding strength Ning Fan displayed!
points! That’s the score Ning Fan obtained by instantly defeating all the playboys!
Having defeated these people, Ning Fan should have immediately left the arena to make way for other contestants.
But he did not leave!
With cold eyes, Ning Fan looked at Cangzi True Lord, saying, "Didn’t you want to suppress the Black Demon Sect? Keep naming, keep sending people to kill me! I will stand here, waiting for you to kill!"
"Wha-what! A mere Void Fragmentation junior, daring to be so insolent to me! Courting death!" Cangzi True Lord, provoked by Ning Fan’s words, was almost furious to the point of fainting!
Although Ning Fan dispatched 19 Void Fragmentation with one strike, Cangzi True Lord still didn’t see him as a threat, for the strength at the peak of Shedding Void Stage was far beyond the imagination of a mere Void Fragmentation!
Cangzi True Lord was confident in his pride, able to look down on Ning Fan!
But now, he, a dignified old monster of the Shedding Void Stage, was being provoked and ridiculed by a mere Void Fragmentation junior. If he didn’t respond, he’d surely become a laughing stock across the Northern Heavens!
"Young Master Ning, come down quickly! Don’t provoke the Purple Robe Palace Sect Leader, or you’ll..." Bei Li, anxious, tried to dissuade Ning Fan’s foolish actions, but it was already too late.
There wasn’t time!
Cangzi True Lord resumed naming!
Since Ning Fan still wanted to fight, they didn’t mind sending more people for him to hit! Reasonably speaking, those who just fought in the last bout should not be named for the next.
However, regarding the field rules, the Purple Robe Palace had a significant degree of arbitrariness, so if Cangzi True Lord wished, he could continually keep naming Ning Fan for dozens of rounds without issue!
"Haha! Everyone can see, this boy is so disdainful of me, disdainful of the Purple Robe Palace; it’s infuriating! But a competition is a competition, and fairness must not be compromised by my anger. Within the scope of the rules, I will suppress this lad’s arrogance fairly and justly; if any contestant wishes to come up and join the next round of chaos, tell me, and I will call your name, so you can have a go with this lad in the next round of chaos!"
As soon as Cangzi True Lord finished speaking, hundreds of contestants eagerly signed up to besiege Ning Fan in the next round of chaos.
These individuals were mainly the adversaries of the Black Demon Sect in the same battle zone!
The people of the Black Demon Sect were outraged!
They had always known the world was unfair, but didn’t realize the Purple Robe Palace would dare to perpetrate such blatant unfairness so openly!
They wanted to bring in 19 more experts to besiege Ning Fan!
Don’t they fear being held accountable by the Four Oceans Sect later?
No! The Four Oceans Sect was equally dissatisfied with the Black Demon Sect. As long as it was a matter of suppressing the Black Demon Sect, they wouldn’t bother; instead, they’d covertly support it! That’s why the Purple Robe Palace dared to carry things to the extreme! If it were any other sect, the Purple Robe Palace certainly wouldn’t dare to bully like this!
"Everyone, attack together! To hell with rules! We’ll go up together to protect Younger Brother Ning. We, the Black Demon Sect, can’t let outsiders bully us! If we must die, we die together!" The now-recovered Han Shiqi rolled up his sleeves ready to help Ning Fan.
But Ning Fan just waved his sleeve, and with the mana-born breeze, blocked the Black Demon Sect cultivators’ path, preventing them from proceeding.
All the Black Demon Sect members’ expressions changed; under Ning Fan’s mana blockade, even powerful figures like Han Wu and Han Jiu, who were Fate Immortals, couldn’t advance, not to mention Void Fragmentation! How could Ning Fan have such terrifying power!
At this moment, Ning Fan released all the mana aura he could emit from his body!
So, everyone there felt the mana aura of Ning Fan, signifying the Initial Stage of Crossing Truth!
"Initial Stage Crossing Truth! This fellow is actually a True Immortal! Why has the Northern Heavens True Immortal circle never heard of this person before!"
"A True Immortal, no wonder he could defeat nineteen Void Fragmentation with one strike!"
"The Black Demon Sect has actually recruited a True Immortal elder! Are they planning a resurgence?"
A buzz spread around.
Cangzi True Lord’s gaze shifted, not expecting Ning Fan to have such powerful cultivation, for in his view, reaching the Initial Stage of Crossing Truth was already considered a strong force amid the Era of Decline!
Yet sadly, so what if it’s Crossing Truth! For me, killing you is no more difficult than crushing an ant!
"Our Purple Robe Palace has a certain degree of discretionary power regarding field rules! Now, I’ve decided to change the chaos battle rules; henceforth, no limits on the number of participants in any chaos battle! If I call your name, regardless of the number, you may join the fight!"
With just one sentence, Cangzi True Lord instantly altered the field rules here!
No longer nineteen people besieging one Ning Fan!
But rather hundreds of people stormed onto the arena, surrounding Ning Fan completely!
Among these hundreds, there were over ninety Fate Immortals, twenty-two Enlightenment, and five Shedding Void!
Bei Li’s face turned white with fear!
If such a number of strong experts besieged Ning Fan, even with the Initial Stage of Crossing Truth, he was certain to die!
"Haha! Han Yuanji’s debts can finally be settled with his disciples and grandchildren! I’ve waited for this day for too long, too long!"
A Yellow-robed elder at the Mid Stage of Enlightenment grabbed a green light in his hand and led the charge at Ning Fan.
A swing of the yellow-robed elder’s hand, and the green light immediately transformed into a green God Spear, piercing towards Ning Fan!
No sooner had the yellow-robed elder made his move, and the surrounding hundreds of experts retreated, casting their most robust defenses, clearly extremely wary of this attack, fearing being caught up in it!
"Damn it! Xuanbingzi is too reckless! Using such a dangerous Forbidden Technique on an insignificant thousand-zhang arena, does he intend to take us all down with him?"
"It’s rumored that Xuanbingzi once used this move to severely injure an opponent at the Late Stage Enlightenment. Now that this move is unleashed, it seems that kid is doomed..."
Bang!
Before the surrounding chatter finished, Ning Fan slapped Xuanbingzi’s God Spear into pieces with one palm; with another palm, he turned Xuanbingzi into pulp, including his Spirit which was directly obliterated on the arena floor.
Silence!
A deathly silence enveloped the surroundings!
No one expected Xuanbingzi to be instantly killed by Ning Fan with a single move. And that Ning Fan didn’t employ any Divine Skills, merely casually using his physical body to slap twice and kill Xuanbingzi; this was straight out of a fantasy, but it was enacted here for real!
"What a formidable physical defense this lad has!" Even those cultivators at the Late Stage, peak of the Enlightenment, dared not underestimate Ning Fan, each regretting stepping onto the arena to besiege Ning Fan. Now that they had come up, backing down meant offending the Purple Robe Palace, a real dilemma.
"Fear not! This lad may be strong in Body Refinement, but is just a single Enlightenment, I’ll soon show him what battling at a Half-Step Mid Stage of Shedding Void is like!"
Shh!
A light almost advancing to the Mid Stage of the Shedding Void suddenly shot out from a corner of the arena, headed straight for Ning Fan.
Then...
That light was slapped...
Into a pulp by Ning Fan...
Even those who have half-stepped into the Mid Stage of Shedding Void could still be killed with a single slap!
"No, it can’t be! Even someone like me at the Peak of Shekong couldn’t achieve this..." Cangzi True Lord was shocked, his face pale for the first time.
He realized that suppressing the Black Evil Sect might have been an unprecedented mistake!
Because the Black Evil Sect seemed to have had an unbelievably lucky break, recruiting an invincible True Immortal monster!
Someone at the Initial Stage of Crossing Truth could instantly kill an existence nearing the Mid Stage of Shedding Void. What else could they be if not a monster!
No, no, that’s wrong!
This guy must be hiding his true cultivation; his level is likely higher than mine, a half-step Shattering Thought, or even true Shattering Thought!
"We forfeit! We all forfeit!" Seeing that even someone close to the Mid Stage of Shedding Void was killed by a single slap from Ning Fan, anyone with half a brain knew they needed to run.
Unfortunately, realizing this only now was a bit too late!
Ning Fan willed it, and the great power of heaven obeyed, sealing the entire arena so no one could leave!
Thereafter, all competitors watching from outside the arena witnessed a rare Beitian massacre!
Hundreds of powerful individuals were all slain by Ning Fan, not one left behind, with blood flowing like rivers on the arena stage!
Does killing earn fewer points than defeating? Ha, does the number of points even matter!
Moreover, Ning Fan accidentally even slapped the Sect Master of the White Demon Sect to death... Since the White Demon Sect Master was accidentally killed, the next step might as well be to kill the Sect Leader of the Purple Robe Palace!
Ning Fan’s murderous intent locked onto Cangzi True Lord under the arena.
Cangzi True Lord broke out in a cold sweat, exclaiming that it was not good!
"Shattering Thought! This guy is definitely Shattering Thought! He’s trying to kill me; I need to get out of here! This is a demon! A true demon who disregards celestial laws! He killed hundreds without even batting an eye!"
Cangzi True Lord had none of his usual lofty demeanor in that moment!
He wanted to run!
But it was already too late!
Ning Fan reached out from a distance and forcibly pulled Cangzi True Lord onto the arena!
"Oh? You want to come on stage and kill me too? Quite courageous." Ning Fan said coldly.
"Nonsense! You’re the one who dragged me up here; I came up half-heartedly. You can’t kill me; you can’t! If you kill me, my sect’s slumbering ancestor will never let you go, and neither will the celestial laws..."
Cangzi True Lord was trembling all over, unable to speak clearly out of fear.
But Ning Fan felt no sympathy for his fear!
If Ning Fan hadn’t secretly shielded them, Han Shiqi and the others would have at least been severely injured by the Purple Robe Palace if not killed!
Fear the consequences when you dare to suppress the Black Evil Sect!
Bang!
With another slap, Ning Fan turned Cangzi True Lord into pulp!
All the contestants in the venue were left speechless!
Ning Fan was outrageous! He had even taken down the Sect Leader of the Purple Robe Palace who was hosting this regional battle!
This act would undoubtedly anger the supreme being who slumbered at the Purple Robe Palace!
That Immortal Venerable would awaken to seek justice for Cangzi True Lord!
"Who in the ten billion green skies could be the firmament... Aye, it seems I’ve been away for too long, allowing the later generations to forget the terror of the Purple Robe Palace. Young one, I won’t bully you. I’ll give you ten breaths to escape! After ten breaths, no matter where you flee, even to the ends of the earth, I will surely kill you! Don’t blame me for bullying the weak; blame yourself for offending someone you shouldn’t have!"
Indeed, in the next moment, a coffin shadow burst from beneath the Purple Clothes Star, breaking through the ground!
Moreover, a powerful Immortal Venerable aura radiated from the coffin, sweeping across the starry sky, causing countless cultivators lacking in strength to prostrate under this Immortal Venerable aura!
The Immortal Venerable’s murderous intent locked firmly onto Ning Fan!
That Immortal Venerable had yet to appear, yet the heavens produced numerous anomalies, proving that this person possessed supreme divine skills and was by no means a weakling among his peers!
Unfortunately...
The coffin hadn’t yet reached the highest point in the sky, its lid hadn’t opened, nor had all the anomalies been fully displayed, before Ning Fan scoffed, soared into the sky, and flew right above the coffin.
Then, he met the ascending coffin with a slap!
Boom!
Unimaginable powerful force descended, and the First Calamity Immortal Sovereign inside the coffin couldn’t even make an appearance, getting pulpified along with the coffin by Ning Fan.
Who in the ten billion green skies could be the firmament...
Whoever cares could be...
"Where did that Eternal Immortal Venerable go? Why is it that neither he nor the Heaven Evading Coffin is left, only a pile of flesh..."
"Illusions, it’s all illusions..."
"Fake! That Eternal Immortal Venerable couldn’t have been insta-killed, it’s fake!"
The venue was in chaos!
The course of the entire regional battle had completely gone off the rails.
But Ning Fan could not care less about the trivial details.
He cared only about one thing: this time, he wiped out all the elite experts of the White Demon Sect in one go, including the sect master of this generation. He wondered if the Quasi-Saint slumbering beneath the White Demon Sect would be furious and come out because of this...
Forget it! Whatever happens, happens! When soldiers come, use a general to block; when water comes, use earth to cover it. At worst, I’ll tear open the seal, release the Soul-Devouring Tree, and have a grand fight with that Quasi-Saint of the White Demon Sect! It’s no big deal.
Hmm? What is this...
Ning Fan’s gaze shifted, looking at a certain place in the sky.
After slapping the Immortal Venerable of the Purple Robe Palace to death, coincidentally, an Immortal Venerable Dao Fruit appeared here.
Having discovered the hidden dangers of the Immeasurable Pill, the importance of Dao Fruits had risen sharply in Ning Fan’s heart.
The only trouble was that the formation rate of higher-level Dao Fruits was too low, but Ning Fan had heard that many places in Beitian had large-scale Dao Fruit fields... Maybe I can start here, collect some Dao Fruits to consume...
Speaking of which, it seems I still have an Immortal Emperor Dao Fruit that I haven’t eaten yet, obtained during the Boundary River battle when I killed the Different Race Immortal Emperor.
Earlier, Ning Fan had plenty of Immeasurable Pills and didn’t consider Dao Fruits.
Now that the Immeasurable Pills are not consumable, I might as well consume the Dao Fruits I have on hand, along with the Immortal Emperor Dao Fruit and some Immortal Venerable and Immortal King Dao Fruits; they should increase my mana by several hundred Calamities.
If he fully unleashes all his mana, increasing several hundred Calamities of mana wouldn’t be so significant.
But currently, his mana is only at the Crossing Truth Realm. If he could simply increase several hundred Calamities of mana without any hidden dangers, it would certainly facilitate his actions a lot...
...
Beep beep beep!
In the Four Oceans Sect headquarters, the starry sky crystal that monitored the 92nd Star District suddenly issued a violent alarm.
The person watching the crystal, an old man skinny as a monkey, was drowsy, but with the alarm, he couldn’t sleep no matter what.
"Such a nuisance, has another beast tide occurred? I wonder which star district has encountered a problem..."
The skinny monkey old man carefully checked the starry sky crystal and then his expression changed dramatically.
"A bold young lad! Daring to commit a massacre in the Purple Robe Palace! Even if such slaughter is within the allowable range of rules, it is excessive! Moreover, he even killed the Eternal Immortal Venerable installed at the Purple Robe Palace by the Zi Clan! What does he intend to do, provoke the Zi Clan? No, before the situation worsens, I must find this young lad and resolve this matter quietly..."