novelraw Chapter 1018: The First Battle That Shook the Middle State
Chapter 1018: The First Battle That Shook the Middle State
Ning Fan dared to accept the challenge, naturally because he had some reliance.
Though there was a huge gap in cultivation between him and the Baihua Great Emperor, he also had his advantages: at the very least, his Dao Image was of a higher grade than that of the Baihua Great Emperor.
Ning Fan did not know the specific grade of the Baihua Great Emperor’s Dao Image, but with his eyesight at the Second Realm of Tianren, he could confidently determine that the Baihua Great Emperor’s Dao Image grade was far inferior to his!
He could keenly sense that when he faced the Baihua Great Emperor, there was a slight suppression from a higher Dao Image, but unfortunately, since the Baihua Great Emperor was not a Heavenly Immortal Practitioner, she could not perceive this.
This made Ning Fan have a certain degree of confidence when facing the Baihua Great Emperor!
Of course, a Dao Image duel is not simply a comparison of grades. Although Ning Fan had an advantage in grade, in terms of actual application, he would definitely not compare to the Baihua Great Emperor who had lived since ancient times. Overall, he was at a disadvantage in this duel, but by his principles, even at a disadvantage, he could not possibly ignore Duolan.
His dao has always been strong, ever since the beginning of cultivation!
Moreover, Ning Fan had the Flame Ancestor’s Golden Palm Command. If he fell at a disadvantage in the Dao Image duel, Ning Fan had confidence that he could find a means to protect himself before suffering a severe injury.
Therefore, he didn’t mind fighting a proper Immortal Emperor, as this was indeed an opportunity to prove his Dao Image, though there was certainly some risk.
The battlefield would naturally not be selected in the cave abode but rather on an isolated cliff on the main peak. This cliff was a thousand zhang wide, with Ning Fan and the Baihua Great Emperor each occupying one side, while along the cliff, True Immortals from different peaks gathered under summons to watch the battle.
The rocks trembled slightly, as if they were afraid of the Baihua Great Emperor’s hidden and unexpressed fury.
The fog was originally very dense, but with a single glance from the Baihua Great Emperor, it receded frantically as if in fear.
The sky was clear, but suddenly thunder rumbled—this was a unique spectacle of the Dabei Clan—the Emperor’s Wrathful Thunder Greeting!
Each True Immortal expert arriving at this place was astonished upon seeing the thunderous phenomenon filling the sky. This celestial spectacle suggested that an Immortal Emperor had truly become angry! The one who incited this wrath was this seemingly unimpressive foreign cultivator?
"Who is this person! Why did he anger the exalted one?"
"This person is a foreign cultivator, who arrived together with Chulie Duolan!"
"So it’s the companion of Chulie, that vile servant, and still an insignificant foreign cultivator!"
"Though this person is a foreign cultivator, he does not act with the restraint of other foreign cultivators in our Dabei Clan. Instead, he is brazen, openly causing trouble on the main peak, killed Master Changran, wounded the Peak Master of the Sixth Peak, and brazenly barged into the forbidden ground at the summit of the main peak. The exalted one initially did not want to punish this person, but he acted wantonly, openly defying the exalted one, leading to the current battle!"
"He must be tired of living! Daring to make trouble at Baihua Peak, and openly defying the exalted one, today he shall not leave Baihua Peak alive!"
"I’ve also heard that this person is so arrogant as to have boldly accepted the Dao Image duel proposed by the exalted one, intending to use his Immortal Venerable Dao Image to contend with the exalted one’s Immortal Emperor Dao Image! Ha, ha, ha, one should know that in battles of images, no lower-ranked cultivator has ever defeated an Immortal Emperor! Though the exalted one is heavily injured and finds it difficult to heal, it does not affect the manifestation of her Dao Image. In a battle of Dao Images, this foreign cultivator is undoubtedly doomed!"
"But I’ve received some news... this foreign cultivator seems to be from the same group as those who came here some days ago..."
"Hiss, if he is with those people, whether the exalted one will kill him is uncertain..."
There were continuous discussions around, which was understandable. A thousand years ago, after the Baihua Emperor returned heavily injured from the Sanyan Continent, the entire Baihua Peak domain had been sealed off from the outside, sinking into silence, and it had been a thousand years since people had seen the exalted one take action.
Many Baihua True Immortals stared intently, awaiting the incoming duel. Some people were not eager to watch the battle and instead glared at Duolan with clenched teeth.
Those gazes carried undisguised hatred. If the Baihua Emperor hadn’t ordered that no action was to be taken against this woman until after the duel, some Baihua cultivators would likely have been unable to contain their anger and sought retribution from Duolan.
Duolan was standing alone outside the crowd, with countless hostile gazes behind her, including some from the Fragmented Thought Elders, making her feel as if she were on pins and needles.
Faced with these hostile gazes, Duolan was not unafraid, yet she couldn’t afford to fear them. What she worried about more was Ning Fan’s situation at this moment.
Blame her, it’s all her fault. If not for her, how could Senior Ning rashly confront the Baihua Emperor in a duel... Duolan felt incredibly guilty and self-reproachful in her heart.
She did not believe Ning Fan could overturn the situation and defeat the Immortal Emperor, but the changing circumstances were beyond her ability to stop. She could only silently pray for a miracle to occur, wishing that Ning Fan would not lose too terribly and would not be injured too severely by the Baihua Emperor...
At this moment, the Baihua Emperor stood gracefully at one side of the cliff, her posture elegant, yet exuding an aura of absolute dominance. As if standing on this mountain, the mountain belonged to her! As if standing in the sky, the sky belonged to her! As if upon gazing at the mountains and rivers, everything within sight belonged to her!
Her imperial might was slightly revealed, possessing a momentum that could swallow mountains and rivers, making the weather change color, altering the terrain, with birds lowering their heads and beasts crouching! This prompted many True Immortal Elders to gaze upon her with fright and fervor, reigniting their reverence for the Baihua Emperor!
That imperial might grew ever stronger, continuously rising, rushing straight to the sky, shockingly tearing through the sky, further expanding the phenomenon of the Emperor’s Wrathful Thunder Greeting, exposing more sky cracks from where thunder escaped!
The thunder roared, deafening, and the lightning in the sky was so bright that it made the assembled immortals unable to open their eyes!
As that imperial might turned into a violent wind, True Immortals found it difficult to stand firm, yet Ning Fan was not moved an inch by the imperial wind. He secretly activated the Secret of the Character ’Weixx’, causing most of the imperial might impacting him to dissipate insignificantly. This was not his first direct confrontation with an Immortal Emperor, but the second time, thus he was still handling it calmly.
The first time was during the encounter with Great Emperor Chonghe at Zhaoyao Mountain, which resulted in being easily subdued by Great Emperor Chonghe. Although he eventually escaped, it was still considered a complete defeat for Ning Fan.
It was also that battle that made Ning Fan deeply aware of the immense gap between himself and an Immortal Emperor.
This time, he faced a Baihua Great Emperor severely injured and not competing in cultivation but in a Dao Image duel where he had some advantage. A surge of heroic spirit welled up in Ning Fan, igniting the flames of battle in his eyes!
What of an Immortal Emperor, it was nothing but a battle!
Since his Blood Lightning was sealed, the power within Ning Fan was dominated by the Ancient Demon, and Ancient Demons are unafraid of fierce battles, having a natural fervor for them! With the grounding from the Baihua Emperor’s imperial might, Ning Fan’s inner Demon World birthed defiance, rebellion, and noncompliance! That Demon Qi transformed into a black wind, erupting with Ning Fan’s monstrous gaze, surging across the domain with the bloodshed Ning Fan had accumulated in his cultivation path, plunging this area momentarily into an ocean of Demonic Qi.
That Demon World surged continuously, becoming powerful enough to defile this Buddhist realm, colliding without yielding against the Baihua Great Emperor’s imperial might!
Numerous True Immortals well-versed in Buddhist Law gasped collectively. Such a practitioner with overwhelming Demonic Qi was quite rare in the Dabei Clan!
"Ancient Demon..."
The Baihua Emperor gave Ning Fan a deep glance, her demeanor suddenly changed, her previously harsh features instantly turning dignified and kind, with hands clasped, a slight smile, surrounded by Buddha Light symbols, radiating compassion like an Avalokitesvara saving the distressed, as lovely as an ancient exiled immortal, her voice melodious and clear, enchanting, reciting softly,
"In our Dabei lineage, lightning is empty, and flame is the earth, Emperor’s Wrathful Thunder Greeting, Emperor’s Death Fire Burial... There are ten Flowers of Buddha, the first being Jinlei Tamo, born in the supreme lightning void, extinguishing all living dreams, blooming once every hundred thousand years, withers in the blink of an eye, when the flower blooms, mountains and rivers are entombed..."
As she chanted, golden light radiated from her body, condensing into the form of a giant golden lightning flower behind her.
The giant flower, formed from golden lightning, exuded a solemn Buddhist nature, with an indescribable aura of compassion within, causing those who saw it to be drawn toward Buddhism.
Upon the emergence of this flower form, Buddhist hymns arose from nowhere, echoing between mountains and rivers, resonating in the ears of every listener. These hymns were ancient, obscure, difficult to discern, with a mournful and solemn tone, imparting a sense of immense, timeless weight. Amidst the rhythmic cadence, there seemed a capability to entice and enchant.
Some of the spectators, lacking firm spirit sense, were directly lost in the chants, while others who weren’t lost were even more fervent, marveling in amazement.
Golden Lotus Flower Form! Among the thirty-two forms of Buddhism, it ranks twenty-ninth! In the earthly grade Dao Image ranking, seventeenth! These chants are, in fact, the universal Buddhist sound evoked by the Golden Lotus Flower!
The exalted one rarely uses this form, after all, an Immortal Emperor participating in a Dao Image duel is extremely rare. To personally witness this form today, how fortunate!
Yet this mere foreign cultivator, wishing to battle this form of the exalted one, is like shaking a tree as an ant, laughably overestimating himself! Courting death is all it is!
"Here it comes!"
A sense of foreboding stirred in Ning Fan’s heart as Baihua Great Emperor took a small step forward, at the very moment the flower condensed.
Her graceful and elegant lotus steps were unfathomably dangerous. With just a small step, a billion rays of pure Buddha Light surged into the sky from where she stepped!
The golden light reached the heavens above and the earth below, spreading madly towards the heavens and earth behind Baihua Great Emperor, submerging the mountains and rivers behind her in gold!
Ten li, a hundred li, a thousand li, ten thousand li!
Under the full exertion of Baihua Great Emperor, the power of her Dao Image had extended beyond ten thousand li of the Baihua Peak’s boundaries. The ten thousand li sky visible behind her turned golden; the distant grasslands turned golden; beasts, birds, masters, and even cities... anything touched by the power of her Dao Image turned golden, leaving only this one color across ten thousand li of mountains and rivers behind her.
It gave an inconceivable feeling, as if in this world covered by gold, Baihua Great Emperor was the sole sovereign!
The myriad immortals of Baihua Peak were drowned in this gold too. In this gold, their Dao became uncontrollable, drawn out by an invisible force, assimilated and absorbed by Baihua Great Emperor’s Dao, becoming a part of her Dao.
Seizing the Dao of all living beings for her use, such was the method of Baihua Great Emperor!
All the Dao under the heavens can be for my use! All beings for my own! When all beings harmonize with Dao, Dao can obscure the heavens!
"You, can you block me!"
Baihua Great Emperor’s voice bore an indescribable conviction. With a mere thought, the ten thousand li of golden light, with the power of the mountains and rivers, crashed towards Ning Fan.
Where the ten thousand li golden light passed, the intertwining Dao traces in the heavens and earth collapsed entirely, demonstrating the destructive power of this strike against Dao.
This strike was a Dao Image attack; if Ning Fan didn’t take it head-on, he wouldn’t be injured, but it would mean admitting defeat.
Ning Fan naturally wouldn’t admit defeat. At the moment the golden light collided, he raised his hand, pointing towards the air in front, a mysterious spot of black ink left behind in the heavens and earth. Initially just a speck, it spread out, forming a black mirror wall of sky-reaching height and a zhang in thickness, blocking the approaching ten thousand li golden light.
This was a barrier formed by Ning Fan with the power of Dao Image, something that even the Mingfeng Immortal Venerable couldn’t shatter using Dao Image.
Yet Baihua Great Emperor’s ten thousand li golden light crashed into the mirror wall, shattering it to pieces, advancing once more!
With this trial, Ning Fan determined the gap in Dao Image between himself and Baihua Great Emperor. The Dao force around him surged, manifesting even more endless mirror walls before him.
Astonishingly, there seemed to be a hundred of them!
The ten thousand li golden light remained savage, forcibly shattering each mirror wall, but as a result, its momentum waned. After breaking through the forty-sixth mirror wall, the momentum of the golden light was completely blocked. Ning Fan pressed down with five fingers, causing the remaining mirror walls to shatter suddenly, merging into a massive black palm, striking the ten thousand li golden light back towards Baihua Great Emperor.
Outside the cliff, the crowd of masters were astonished, hardly expecting that Ning Fan could withstand an attack from Baihua Great Emperor.
To withstand one strike meant he could endure ten, a hundred, thus earning the qualification to engage Baihua Great Emperor as an equal!
An outside Heavenly Immortal Practitioner, indeed managing to face an Immortal Emperor’s Dao Image at a lower level—if this news were to spread, it would surely cause a sensation in Dabei!
Ning Fan, however, sighed inwardly. While he barely parried a strike from Baihua Great Emperor’s Dao Image, the amount of energy expended between the two was vastly different.
Baihua Great Emperor attacked using the Dao of all beings, with negligible personal expenditure. In contrast, Ning Fan fought against the Dao of ten thousand li of mountains and rivers with his own power, expending an overwhelming amount.
He could withstand one strike forcibly. He might even withstand ten. But what about a hundred, a thousand...? If this continued, he would eventually be exhausted of Dao force by Baihua Great Emperor and thus be defeated.
"Not bad, you..." Baihua Great Emperor gestured with her delicate hand, and the ten thousand li golden light rumbled back towards him.
Ning Fan discerned the implicit meaning in Baihua Great Emperor’s words. He was good, but merely good; still inadequate to contend with an Immortal Emperor!
The second strike, Ning Fan repelled it again.
The third strike, fourth strike... By the twenty-first strike, Ning Fan finally showed signs of fatigue, as the circulation of Dao force within him began stalling.
The thirtieth strike, fortieth strike... the seventy-ninth strike!
Baihua Great Emperor remained composed, while Ning Fan showed signs of Dao force exhaustion!
"He is defeated... nonetheless, he is worthy of pride. To withstand seventy-nine strikes of an Immortal Emperor’s Dao Image at a lower level—no one in my clan could possibly do this..."
"Overcoming the superior with the inferior is only a fantasy. Without reaching that realm, one can’t comprehend the terror of an Immortal Emperor."
Amidst the surrounding discussions, the eightieth strike howled forth, carrying the heaviness of mountains and earth, still as overwhelming as before!
"The disparity between our levels is vast. Start anew... You can’t meddle in the matter of Chulie Duolan."
Of course, Baihua Great Emperor had restrained herself. This final strike would severely wound Ning Fan but would definitely not endanger his life.
The golden light engulfed Ning Fan, submerged the ten thousand li of mountains and rivers behind him, yet unnoticed was Ning Fan’s still, calm gaze within the golden light.
No, saying it was calm would be inaccurate—it was a look of understanding.
"Using one’s Dao to contend against the Dao of all beings, especially when facing an Immortal Emperor, the odds of success are slim unless I too possess similar means to transform the power of all beings for my use to have a glimmer of winning... I used one strike to gauge the gap in the Dao Image with Baihua Great Emperor. Another seventy-eight strikes granted insight into Baihua Great Emperor’s way of gathering the Dao of all beings... Regrettably, such art of Dao gathering wasn’t easy to learn, even more so due to being a Buddhist supernatural power that contradicted the Ancient Demon will within me, making mastery doubly difficult..."
"The Ancient Buddhists enlightened all beings, thus could borrow the Dao of all beings to subdue enemies, while the Ancient Demons were different. Ancient Demons wouldn’t enlighten beings; they fight, kill, and give no grace to beings, hence using the Dao force of all beings was exceptionally difficult for them. The Ancient Demon path is one of breaking and annihilation... Destruction is will, seeking to break all constraints and seek the true self; Annihilation is power, without it, all rebellion is empty!"
"Destruction and annihilation... Previously, when I used the power of the Ancient Demons, I lacked this heart of destruction and annihilation, thus lacking the Path of Destruction..."
"The Demonic Night Transformation is originally a Demonic Dao Image, lacking the realization of the Path of Destruction, its power becomes an empty shell!"
The golden light pierced his body, tearing Ning Fan’s Dao, breaking his Dao, no wounds, no blood, but constant agony.
Yet beneath this agony, Ning Fan smiled—a demonic smile.
Confronting an Immortal Emperor-level powerhouse proved to be an excellent opportunity to test Dao Image. For the first time, Ning Fan grasped the essence of the Ancient Demon lineage.
All Ancient Demonic skills were mere appearances; the true difference of Ancient Demons from other races lay in their Dao!
The Path of Destruction!
Ning Fan’s bloodline pulsed, ignited! His spirit sense advanced, ascended!
A part within his Dao, belonging to the Ancient Demon lineage, improved!
The golden Buddhist light that pierced his body was repelled by the boiling Ancient Demon force within him, expelled outside, unable to invade again.
For the first time since their confrontation, Baihua Great Emperor furrowed her brow.
She had long since gauged Ning Fan’s depth; accordingly, Ning Fan shouldn’t have withstood past the eightieth strike, yet now, Ning Fan hadn’t fallen, even bounced back her Buddha Power...
Boom!
A loud boom rang out, and a figure shrouded in black Dao light appeared, breaking through the golden Buddha light beside him.
It was none other than Ning Fan, who was previously engulfed by the Buddha light!
"This foreign cultivator is still holding on..." Some True Immortals, who had asserted that Ning Fan would be defeated, were caught off guard and at a loss for words.
There were also those who persisted in their belief that Ning Fan’s Dao power had been exhausted, and surviving the eightieth strike was only because the Baihua Great Emperor held back; the eighty-first strike, however, was deemed impossible for him to withstand.
Unless the Baihua Great Emperor continued to hold back...
But Ning Fan’s smile was extraordinarily sinister, instilling a sense of dread in many True Immortals who were well-versed in Buddhist law.
Fear! Is it possible for someone among the Buddhist disciples to fear just the mere smile of a devil cultivator!
But it was not altogether surprising, because at this moment, the Demonic Qi emanating from Ning Fan was fundamentally different, extremely dangerous, and an existence that, since ancient times, Buddha cultivators sought to destroy!
The urge to destroy is a manifestation of fear!
"Destruction... those two words encapsulate the essence of the Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor. The more depleted the Dao power, the closer to doom, the stronger this Path of Destruction becomes..." Ning Fan felt the Ancient Demon Bloodline boiling within him, gaining more understanding.
The Baihua Great Emperor frowned, flipping her hand to unleash the eighty-first strike. Mysteriously, she felt that Ning Fan seemed to have transformed and become different, so this attack was infused with thirty percent more power than her previous ones!
"It appears that Baihua Great Emperor hadn’t used her full strength before. But then again, when have I ever used my full power? My intention was only to comprehend the Dao Image within the realm of all beings... yet at this moment, there is no need to hold back anymore!"
Demonic Night Transformation!
With a single thought, Ning Fan set the boundary at a zhang before him, and in an instant, the mountains and rivers stretching back for ten thousand miles plunged into a black night.
Behind the Baihua Great Emperor, for tens of thousands of miles, was a world of dazzling golden light!
Behind Ning Fan, for tens of thousands of miles, was a world shrouded in darkness!
Golden Sky and Black Sky stood as equals!
This was the first time since entering Baihua Peak that Ning Fan fully revealed the Dao Image of Demonic Night Transformation!
Moreover, this was after understanding the Ancient Demon Destruction Dao, and the Demonic Qi within the black night made even the Baihua Great Emperor reveal a shocked expression.
As Ning Fan pointed forward, ten thousand miles of black light collided with ten thousand miles of golden light, and the result caused everyone to change their color!
Boom!
The ten thousand miles of black light remained motionless, while the ten thousand miles of golden light frantically retreated, with cracks forming!
Ning Fan surprisingly reversed the situation in the eighty-first strike, beginning to gain the upper hand!
The crowd of immortals gasped in shock!
This foreign Immortal Venerable, against an Immortal Emperor, had gained the upper hand! Was it the Baihua Great Emperor’s negligence, or was it this foreign cultivator’s luck, or perhaps...
Boom!
The Baihua Great Emperor furrowed her brows tightly, furiously launching the eighty-second strike, again suffering a minor setback from Ning Fan.
It wasn’t luck!
This foreign cultivator truly suppressed the Baihua Great Emperor!
"What has this boy done? His Demonic Qi seems to have changed... and his Dao Image..." the Baihua Great Emperor’s heart stirred.
Ning Fan’s Demonic Qi was far from ordinary!
His Dao Image was even more extraordinary!
A brazen young man! Facing an Immortal Emperor powerhouse, he endured up to the eighty-first strike before beginning to fully unveil his Dao Image.
What kind of Dao Image is this, its level impossible to discern! But it’s definitely higher than her Heavenly Grade of Seventeen Levels!
The records about the Dao Image during the Era of Decline are too few, and some powerful Dao Images are absolute secrets of the world; even in ancient times, not everyone had the privilege to know them.
This Era’s Slaughter Emperor had the qualification to know Ning Fan’s Dao Image of Demonic Night Transformation, but the Baihua Great Emperor was not yet qualified!
"Blossoming Thunder Resounds!"
With a delicate shout, the Baihua Great Emperor’s massive flower image behind her immediately began to turn, and millions of golden thunder Dao power merged into the ten thousand miles of golden light.
In an instant, the power of the Baihua Great Emperor’s Dao Image exploded several times over!
The battle of Dao Images is not a simple battle of levels; there are numerous techniques involved, and the Baihua Great Emperor undoubtedly mastered her Dao Image thoroughly. To this, Ning Fan had to admit and be amazed.
With the added thunderlight, the ten thousand miles of golden light not only surged in power but also brimmed with a violent impact force; the Dao traces were chaotic as if tearing.
The ten thousand miles of golden light hadn’t even reached him, yet the scattered Dao traces already sliced Ning Fan’s face, drawing blood. Normally, Dao Images couldn’t harm people, but evidently, this Dao Image surpassed that limit!
This was truly the Baihua Great Emperor’s full-strength strike! Only by overcoming this strike could Ning Fan truly claim victory over the Baihua Great Emperor!
The Baihua Great Emperor pressed down on the ten thousand miles of golden light with her slender hand, her voice icy as she spoke,
"This is my Dao Image’s full display, and its outcome is beyond my control. Think carefully, stepping back now is still possible!"
Otherwise, she might not be able to control it, and might not hold back!
Because she wanted to take advantage of Burying Moon, the Baihua Great Emperor certainly didn’t want to kill Ning Fan, but she couldn’t allow herself to be defeated by an inferior!
If this battle must end with no one retreating, a result must be decided...
Then it must be her victory!
"As an Ancient Chaos Grand Emperor, how could I run away!"
Ning Fan laughed demonically, pressing his demonic palm, and within his ten thousand miles of black light, bright stars began to emerge.
Dao-Manifested Big Dipper! This was Ning Fan’s second Heavenly Grade Dao Image, though not fully mastered, yet at this moment, he utilized it!
When the two Dao Images merge, it becomes a super-heavenly grade! The resulting effect also causes Ning Fan’s Dao Image’s power to multiply by more than tenfold, after all, it is a sublimation in level!
Facing an all-out strike from a dignified Immortal Emperor, if Ning Fan still held back, he would be a fool!
The Dao Image’s oppressive force from the Baihua Great Emperor left the spectators in awe!
Ning Fan’s ten thousand li of demon might also made the spectators’ faces change!
This was definitely not a Dao Image battle they could intervene in, definitely not!
Even the Immortal Venerables and Immortal Kings of the seven auxiliary peaks trembled internally, with all but the heavily injured Mingfeng present. If their Dao Images got involved in this struggle, they would surely be directly obliterated!
Who will win!
Is it His Highness, or this foreign cultivator!
At that moment, even Baihua Great Emperor herself was unsure of her ability to secure a victory.
Yet Ning Fan did not retreat, so how could she retreat? This duel must have a winner!
"A World of Buddha Mountains Descend!"
The Baihua Great Emperor gently pushed with her soft palm, and within the ten thousand li of Buddha Light behind her, shadows of Five Fingered Mountains appeared. The Buddha Light roared and collided with the force of moving mountains and overturning seas.
This was her strongest Dao Image attack, this was... the strongest!
In Ning Fan’s heart, there was not as much concern about victory or defeat as the Baihua Great Emperor. He had long since forgotten about winning or losing, only the desire for challenging the strong existed within the Ancient Demon Bloodline!
Only... the ever-echoing words of Ancient Demon Annihilation!
The coming Buddha Mountain could not hope to suppress his demonic way!
He must destroy everything, must... break through everything, to be the true Ancient Demon!
"Ancient Demon Mountain-Shattering Strike!"
Ning Fan condensed all the black light of ten thousand li behind him into a single punch, striking fiercely.
His use of Dao Images was not as refined as the Baihua Great Emperor’s, but his demon heart, his path, even if Baihua Great Emperor cultivated for another ten lifetimes, she could not compare!
Bam! Bam! Bam!
Shadow after shadow of the Five Fingered Mountain was shattered by Ning Fan’s punch, followed by the total defeat of the Baihua Great Emperor’s Dao Image, and the ten thousand li of Buddha Light instantly vanished!
The powerful shock wave directly sent the observing True Immortals flying.
The Baihua Great Emperor spat blood and flew backward, like a withered flower drifting, her aura rapidly weakening. Ultimately, her injuries worsened, she lost, completely defeated, even if any other among the Central Continent’s Five Emperors faced Ning Fan in a Dao Image duel, they too would inevitably lose.
No matter what else the child didn’t have, his Dao Image was terrifyingly strong. And he hadn’t even grown into an Immortal Emperor yet, if he became an emperor...
Pfft!
She coughed up blood once more, and in the endless shattered Buddha Light, her form suddenly became illusory.
No one saw this moment of illusion, as everyone else was sent flying by the shock wave.
Only Ning Fan suddenly witnessed this incredible scene!
In that instant of becoming illusory, the Baihua Great Emperor seemed to have stepped out of human form, transforming into a withered flower...
Could that flower be the true form of the Baihua Great Emperor? Could she have tread the path of cultivation as an essence of flowers and plants?
No...
It was just an ordinary flower, without any traces of cultivation...
It was even a flower long withered and dead, devoid of life...
And the supernatural power bestowed upon that flower...
Could it be...
Ning Fan’s thoughts raced, and in an instant, the withered flower transformed back into the Baihua Great Emperor.
Simultaneously, in a marketplace of a certain city in Central Continent, an old man haggling with a customer suddenly showed a hint of surprise and exclaimed softly.
"Hey, Old Niu, are you selling this water tank or not! My master ordered ten water tanks, since a new residence needs many things. If you don’t want to do this business, I’ll find another vendor!"
"Selling, three hundred coins." The person called Old Niu concealed his astonishment and answered.
Inwardly, he wondered... who was dueling with that dead bee’s Phantom Puppet, to drive the puppet to depletion and reveal its true form...
In Liuli City of Central Continent, inside a song and dance hall, seven or eight dancers were performing for guests.
Suddenly, one dancer missed a beat, a slight look of surprise on her face.
She was a dancer nearly perfect in appearance, without a flaw to be found, exuding an inner grace, her form naturally divine, giving off an aura of purity. It seemed she was not merely a dancer, but a bodhisattva walking among men...
"The taste of the Vast Expanse Butterfly..." The dancer unexpectedly licked her lips unconsciously.
The secretion of saliva in her mouth also intensified in that instant...
"I wouldn’t have expected the famed first courtesan of Liuli to make such a small mistake, but even if she missteps, she’s still the love in my heart!"
"Humph! Afeng is mine, anyone who competes with me is against my Hex Family!"
"Your Hex Family’s wealth may not even suffice for Afeng’s offerings for a month! How can you compare with my Lei Family!"
"Afeng, my Afeng..."
Below the stage, voices of competing young masters clamored over the flower.
The dancer named Afeng cast a deep look at the young masters below, then with a sweet smile, continued her dance unperturbed...