Grasping the Evil

Chapter 1065: Human Sharks’ Fear

This little girl, like a small carrot, is actually the only person in the Sea Witch Tribe over the past million years who can communicate with the Six Calamities Sea Demon?

Ning Fan seriously observed Wuxx Na for the first time.

One must admit, though she was young, this little girl was indeed a beauty in the making; her tattered leather skirt couldn’t hide her charm. Her curvaceous figure had already begun to develop. Among the women he encountered in his life, she was considered slightly above average in looks, no wonder she was spotted by the sorcerer guard leader before.

Besides that, Ning Fan couldn’t discern any peculiarities in her cultivation.

Upon closer inspection, Ning Fan concluded that her bone age was not yet thirteen; in terms of cultivation, it barely reached the Ninth Level of Vein Opening. Achieving this level of cultivation at her age was already quite good, but this degree of cultivation was clearly insufficient to make her the most distinctive existence of the Sea Witch Tribe over the past hundred years.

Could it be that there are more unusual aspects about her that he has yet to discover... Ning Fan secretly speculated.

"Wuxx Na wasn’t lying; big brother is a good person. Wuxx Na would never lie to big brother. I truly can communicate with the Sea Demon. Because I have this ability, sister recognized me as her younger sister and adopted me... Wuxx Na is an orphan; my sister is the best person in the world to me..."

Perhaps thinking Ning Fan’s silence was due to disbelief, Wuxx Na was a bit anxious; she truly wanted to personally rescue her sister.

"An adoptive sister... Are you and Wuxx Yan not real sisters?" Ning Fan asked somewhat surprised.

Upon further thought, it made perfect sense.

Wuxx Yan is an Eternal Immortal Venerable who had lived several million years, whereas Wuxx Na was merely a little girl with a bone age not yet thirteen. If time were reversed thirteen years ago, there wouldn’t even be such a person...

Naturally, they couldn’t be real sisters.

Though Wuxx Na and Wuxx Yan weren’t real sisters, the feelings Wuxx Na had for Wuxx Yan were more genuine than familial bonds many people share in this world...

Ning Fan fell slightly silent, gazing at the sky, involuntarily reminiscing about youthful past events.

That year, he was merely the adopted son among the servants of Hai Ning’s Ning Clan.

That year, he also had an adoptive younger brother, not related by blood, but to Ning Fan in his youth, it was the only warmth of family in his life...

Indeed, there are bonds in this world that transcend blood relations.

"Since you’re not afraid of the threats in the Sea Valley Forbidden Land, I’ll bring you along with me. However, if I determine your ability is insufficient to protect yourself, I’ll send you into the World of Boundary Treasure to temporarily avoid the danger; I won’t let you act recklessly in peril." Ning Fan patted Wuxx Na’s small head, smiling as he spoke.

Wuxx Na’s face instantly reddened like a boiled shrimp; this little girl was indeed easily shy.

In just over ten breaths, Ning Fan followed the spatial fluctuations of this place, breaking open a spatial entry above the wasteland, and silently entered the space with Wuxx Na’s slender waist in his arm.

Then, the spatial entry closed.

He was greeted by an enclosed space shrouded in ominous clouds, with restrictions covering the walls, making it difficult for outsiders to intrude.

The terrain was a seemingly endless valley. The peaks here weren’t terrestrial mountains, upon careful inspection, one would realize these mountains were all formed of giant ancient coral reef fossils, embedded with various fossils of marine life.

There were shells, ancient sea beast fossils, and even a unique ancient fish fossil Ning Fan obtained from Wuxx Na...

The ancient fish fossils here indeed differed from the fossils sold in the Sea Witch Tribe market, containing an indescribable sense of Dao rhythm.

"The fossils you sold me were picked from here, weren’t they?" Ning Fan asked.

"Yes, sister, being a Witch of our clan, often comes to the Sea Valley Forbidden Land, using the ancient altar here to enhance the quality of expensive pills. Sometimes when the Sea Demon is in a foul mood, sister would bring me along to soothe its emotions. While sister is busy, I would accompany the Sea Demon, chatting away to calm it, then collect fossils here to play by myself..."

Speaking of which, Ning Fan had already led Wuxx Na across hundreds of valleys.

Ahead, the stench of decay grew increasingly intense, and an oppressive feeling discreetly seeped through, growing heavier.

As they pressed forward, suddenly, a group of sorcerer guards with painted faces flew out from the depths of the valley, surrounding Ning Fan.

These were the sorcerer guards who remained here as residents. Ning Fan hadn’t eliminated all of them before!

"Who are you! Daring to intrude the forbidden land of the Sea Witch Tribe, do you no longer wish to live!" Several dozen sorcerer guards asked Ning Fan with murderous intent.

Yet, upon noticing Wuxx Na’s presence, a sorcerer guard who seemed like a leader’s eyes lit up, then commanded his subordinates,

"Forget it; it doesn’t matter who he is! The little girl that Leader Wu Lu wants has actually delivered herself to us; some of you, go kill the masked boy, don’t harm Wuxx Na, she’s the one Leader Wu Lu wants! Heh, heh, once Leader Wu Lu enjoys the girl, he surely won’t forget to reward you and me!"

Under this order, the sorcerer guards no longer bothered with Ning Fan, immediately releasing magical treasures and Divine Skills to attack him.

But they were merely Fate Immortal and Enlightenment rank; Ning Fan didn’t even spare these small fry a glance, directly spitting out black fire. Immediately, the canyon before his eyes turned into a valley of flames. Those magical treasures attacking him and those surrounding him were all buried in the fiery sea, burned to ashes.

Wuxx Na’s complexion turned slightly pale; after all, she was just an inexperienced little girl, unable to remain indifferent to scenes of killing.

Of course, due to her affection for Ning Fan, she didn’t feel fear of him due to witnessing him kill, just unconsciously drew closer to Ning Fan’s embrace.

"Are you scared?" Ning Fan asked.

"No... I’m not afraid."

"Being afraid is not a bad thing; you and I are different. At your age, having respect for lives that have passed is not a negative trait, as long as your heart doesn’t feel lost. If your heart remains completely unmoved, that would be the scariest thing for you. You’re commendable."

"Ah... I’m so timid, can I really be praised?" Wuxx Na’s big eyes blinked in surprise.

"How many Witch Defenders are guarding this place?" Ning Fan changed the topic and asked.

"There are... about a hundred and thirty people, counting the ones you killed, that’s the entirety of the Witch Defenders and Elder Council forces." Wuxx Na counted on her fingers.

"Your Sea Witch Sect really dislikes these Witch Defenders, don’t you?"

"Yes, they are all placed here by Baihua Great Emperor, constantly bullying our clan members."

Ning Fan said no more, continuing forward, traversing dozens of canyons again, and encountering another group of Witch Defenders, who naturally were burnt into ash by his Black Dragon evil fire.

On the third encounter with Witch Defenders, a Shattered Thought Rank expert finally appeared among them, yet still could not escape Ning Fan’s evil fire blaze. At this moment, Ning Fan was fully unleashed, and a breath of Twelve Nirvana Demon Fire, rarely could any Shattered Thought level withstand. Even an Eternal Immortal Venerable must fear the power of Ning Fan’s evil fire.

Afterward, there were no more Witch Defenders encountered, counting heads, it seemed all the Witch Defenders guarding this place had been wiped out by him.

These remaining Witch Defenders held no interest for Ning Fan.

The only thing here that could make him cautious was that hidden Immortal Emperor presence in the deepest part of the Sea Valley!

Sea Demon!

The Sea Demon lurking here seemed to have sensed Ning Fan’s ongoing approach. As Ning Fan arrived at a canyon ravaged by a foul wind, the Sea Demon delivered a first warning to Ning Fan.

A Demon roar directly battered against Ning Fan’s hastily erected Body-protecting Golden Light, causing his eardrums to bleed. Yet, as for the girl Wuxx Na, facing such a Demon roar seemed unaffected, which was not something an Opening Vein cultivator could achieve.

This little girl indeed had some peculiar aspects about her. Originally, Ning Fan had separated some Body-protecting Golden Light to protect Wuxx Na, preparing to bring her into the Xuan Yin Treasure for protection. Now it seemed there was no need at all.

Ning Fan continued to fly forward, the foul wind ahead growing increasingly intense, tangible blood-red wind blades able to slice open space itself, causing the space deep within the Sea Valley Forbidden Land to be fractured, with astral wind constantly seeping out from the spatial cracks.

Twenty breaths later, a second Demon roar was heard, this time Ning Fan was well-prepared. Though still feeling some soreness in his eardrums under such Demon roar, there was no more bleeding.

Forty breaths later, the Sea Demon’s third Demon roar arrived, being its final warning.

Ning Fan disregarded these warnings and finally reached the deepest part of the Sea Valley Forbidden Land.

An imposing ancient altar came into view!

Ancient formation patterns covered the altar, with a silver cauldron standing at the center of these patterns. Above the altar, twelve massive blood-red light spheres floated.

Each blood-red light sphere sealed a creature inside, with their life force being absorbed bit by bit by the sphere.

In the twelfth sphere, Wuxx Yan lay unconscious!

Even separated by the blood-red light sphere, Ning Fan could sense Wuxx Yan’s fragility. Her bones seemed completely crushed, with severe injuries all over her body, made worse by the blood-red light sphere that continued to drain her life force, preventing her injuries from healing and worsening with time.

"Sister!"

Wuxx Na burst into tears and shouted.

But she didn’t recklessly rush towards the altar.

Ning Fan also refrained from immediate rescue to pull Wuxx Yan out.

Underneath the altar, a fearsome presence lay in wait!

Sea Demon!

An octopus-like beast with a huge mountain-like body, severely rotted, some rotted parts were pierced with unknown black rods, oozing pus blood from its wounds.

"Foreign Cultivator..."

After three warnings, at this moment, the Sea Demon faced Ning Fan with a loss of patience, rising in mind with an extremely violent killing intent, desperately wanting to swallow Ning Fan in one gulp.

However, soon its gaze fell upon Wuxx Na cradled under Ning Fan’s arm.

"Master..."

Incredibly, it called Wuxx Na its master.

One was an ancient sea fierce beast that had died in ancient times, the other was a girl under thirteen years old in bone age, why would a Sea Demon call Wuxx Na its master?

There might be some reasons behind it, but, unfortunately, Ning Fan didn’t have the time to investigate them.

As soon as the sea demon finished greeting Wuxx Na, its murderous intent locked onto Ning Fan once again!

"Lord Sea Demon! This big brother is my friend, please don’t hurt him!"

Wuxx Na, blushing, gently broke free from Ning Fan’s embrace, and from a distance of a hundred steps, shouted loudly to the sea demon.

"Master...has ordered... no disobedience... but... I... have no choice..."

In the sea demon’s gigantic beast eyes, a look of struggle suddenly appeared.

It seemed to want to follow Wuxx Na’s orders, but another force was controlling its body, and two wills within it constantly clashed, vying for control over its body.

Finally, the beast eyes of the sea demon, which were somewhat clear before, turned into bizarre compound eyes, resembling those of an insect!

And the moment they transformed into compound eyes, the sea demon’s countless tentacles, carrying the might of an Immortal Emperor’s strike, lashed out towards Ning Fan.

Wuxx Na was suddenly anxious, clearly not expecting the usually obedient Lord Sea Demon to completely ignore her plea this time.

Then the scene in front of her blurred, the scenery rapidly changed, and she was already taken into the Xuan Yin Treasure by Ning Fan.

Ning Fan confirmed one thing, which was that the little girl Wuxx Na did not lie; she indeed had the ability to communicate with the sea demon. Furthermore, the sea demon’s will itself seemed very willing to follow any command from Wuxx Na.

But strangely, another will was controlling the sea demon’s body, ultimately causing the sea demon to attack him.

In such a situation, Ning Fan naturally couldn’t let the Vein Opening realm Wuxx Na wander outside. In a duel with an Immortal Emperor, even a spell’s ripple could turn Wuxx Na into ashes.

"An attack comparable to a Sixth Calamity Immortal Emperor, if so, I have to go all out in this battle!"

Black cat, integrate!

God-Extinguishing Shield defense, activated at full strength, the Golden Flame Giant appeared in the depths of the Sea Valley!

Ning Fan’s body was instantly wrapped inside the God-Slaying Giant, holding a shield in his left hand, with the giant shield blocking, easily deflecting one tentacle attack after another, the powerful ripples spreading, collapsing countless surrounding canyons in no time.

Yet Ning Fan remained unscathed.

The God-Slaying Giant wielded the Reverse Sea Sword in its right hand, its divine skill on display, instantly enshrouded by the glow of six traces, striking towards the sea demon’s tentacles, but could only make metallic clanging sounds, unable to break through the sea demon’s defenses at all.

One person and one beast switched between attack and defense swiftly, in just a stick of incense’s time, they exchanged hundreds of attacks, neither able to harm the other.

It must be said, Ning Fan now had no problem with defense against ordinary Immortal Emperors, but his attack was a significant weakness.

Gradually, the sea beast’s gaze on Ning Fan grew solemn.

In its limited spirit awareness, the cultivation Ning Fan displayed at the moment was merely elevated to the level of a Triple Calamity Immortal King through secret techniques, yet as a dignified Immortal Emperor-level fierce beast, it was quite inconceivable that it couldn’t bring down a Triple Calamity Immortal King.

It was a Demon Beast!

All its attacks dwelled within its formidable physical body!

Its tentacles could strike with such strong force that even same-level Immortal Emperors rarely could withstand it head-on, unless they were those who refined their bodies to achieve Dao!

Ning Fan’s physical body strength clearly hadn’t reached that level, yet relying on a treasure, he easily blocked its powerful attacks time and again...

What kind of treasure is this, so incredibly strong!?

"Indeed, relying on me now, I can’t harm Immortal Emperors much... But with the God-Extinguishing Shield, it’s extremely difficult for any ordinary Immortal Emperor to injure me! With Wuxian Cloud, escaping from an Immortal Emperor is also not a problem. This is my current strength."

"Of course, it’s not like I don’t have any means to harm an Immortal Emperor. Let’s take you, sea demon, as a test for gauging my gap with an Immortal Emperor!"

The sea demon suddenly opened its mouth and spewed countless purple-black poisonous liquid, Ning Fan used his divine skill to expand the Obliteration River, taking all the poison away.

Ning Fan then turned his hand, suppressing the sea demon into the bottom of the Obliteration River, but with the sea demon’s strength, a single charge against it and it emerged from the Obliteration River, such divine skill clearly couldn’t seal it in the least.

At this moment, the sea demon had already recognized Ning Fan’s trickiness and was no longer underestimating him at all.

It opened its mouth again, this time spitting out not purple-black poisonous liquid but a droplet of pure black ink!

That was its life-bound Soul Ink!

It was its strongest trump card, continuously extracted from its body before and after death, refined to achieve the peak power akin to an Innate Treasure!

"Stain..."

Upon the sea demon’s sound, its life-bound Soul Ink suddenly exploded, transforming into millions of ink octopuses, fearlessly crashing towards the God-Slaying Giant.

Ning Fan used the God-Extinguishing Shield to block these little octopuses but was surprised to find that these octopuses had no attack power. When they hit the God-Slaying Giant, they didn’t damage it at all, but instead dyed the golden flames surrounding the God-Slaying Giant black bit by bit with their ink.

This ink seems to possess an extremely terrifying sealing power. Each time a bit of ink touches it, Ning Fan’s God-Slaying Giant loses a portion of its strength, and its defense keeps decreasing.

If at the beginning, Ning Fan’s God-Slaying Giant could withstand a blow from a Nine Tribulations Immortal Emperor, as it is gradually stained with the ink, it can only withstand attacks from Eight Tribulations, Seven Tribulations Immortal Emperors, and is even beginning to slide towards the defense of Six Tribulations...

What an eerie ink!

What a terrifying sealing power!

If a duel between Immortal Emperors was just a straightforward exchange of attacks, Ning Fan could completely ignore all attacks below Nine Tribulations using the defense of the God-Extinguishing Shield.

Yet unfortunately, if an Immortal Emperor encounters a shell that cannot be cracked open, they will find a way... The Life-bound Soul Ink used by the sea demon before his eyes makes Ning Fan feel vexed.

Seeing Ning Fan’s defenses continually weakening, the sea beast’s eyes shot out a cold gleam, just waiting for Ning Fan’s defenses to weaken to a certain degree before relying on its physical might to completely break through Ning Fan’s defenses and kill him.

However, Ning Fan is no fool, and wouldn’t just sit there waiting for his defense to completely drop before counterattacking.

The God-Slaying Giant suddenly withdrew the Reverse Sea Sword!

Then, Ning Fan, who was inside the giant’s body, made gestures with his ten fingers, and four streams exuding innate aura suddenly appeared out of thin air in front of the giant, falling towards the sea demon!

One was the Treasure-searching Compass, one was the Spirit Gathering Gate, one was the Five Elements Bottle, and one was the Wuxian Cloud!

All were Innate Treasures!

These four treasures are not of the attack type Innate Treasures, but that doesn’t mean they are completely devoid of offensive power. Just the solidity of Innate Treasures alone has unfathomable power when used to smash people. Treasures of this level are generally both offensive and defensive, just with different focuses.

Of course, simply using them to smash someone, without utilizing the divine skills contained within, a single non-attack type Innate Treasure’s damage would still fall far behind attack-type ones.

Even so, the combined power of four Innate Treasures is indeed somewhat extraordinary. At least it has already equaled an attack-type Innate Treasure.

With Wuxian Cloud, Treasure-searching Compass, Five Elements Bottle in the rear, and Spirit Gathering Gate at the front, all the force of the four treasures converged on the Spirit Gathering Gate, making its descent all the heavier.

The might of the giant gate’s fall could often snap several of the sea demon’s tentacles at once, but unfortunately, with a display of its divine power, those tentacles would reappear.

The newly manifested tentacles were a circle smaller than the previous ones, meaning Ning Fan’s attack was finally not entirely ineffective!

"Four... Innate..."

A hint of shock appeared in the sea beast’s eyes.

In its past and current life, it painstakingly refined for countless years, only to refine a single drop of Life-bound Soul Ink comparable to an Innate Treasure, which was its strongest trump card.

Yet Ning Fan has four Innate Treasures! In terms of quantity, few Immortal Emperors could match him!

If he used all four treasures simultaneously, perhaps among those below Immortal Emperor, no one could directly withstand the combined attack of all four Innate Treasures!

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The tentacles were constantly being smashed off by the four treasures, constantly regenerating, and in this cycle of breaking and regenerating, the sea demon’s aura finally began to weaken bit by bit, revealing that under such attacks, it had accumulated a certain amount of damage.

More troublesome is that these four Innate Treasures almost completely blocked all the sea demon’s attack routes, leaving the sea demon at this moment only the power to defend, unable to focus on launching another attack on Ning Fan.

In desperation, it could only recall the soul ink that had stained Ning Fan’s God-Slaying Giant, to foul the four treasures attacking Ning Fan.

The power of the soul ink was limited, and since it needed to defend against four Innate Treasures, it naturally couldn’t continue weakening the defenses of the God-Slaying Giant. As the black color dissipated from the body, Ning Fan’s God-Slaying Giant once again transformed into the state of blazing golden flames, its defense restored to its peak state.

By this time, in the duel between sea demon and Ning Fan, it had already begun to fall behind!

An Immortal Emperor falling behind in a duel with an Immortal King, such a situation sounds extremely absurd, but if that Immortal King holds four Innate Treasures, it’s not impossible.

And when Ning Fan finally used the fifth Innate Treasure, the sea demon was finally filled with dread.

Innate Mid-grade Treasure... Water-Flooding Realm Bottle!

The terrifying power exuded by this treasure faintly posed a threat of life and death to the sea demon. Treasures of this grade, even a Quasi-Saint might not possess, and yet Ning Fan actually did!

"Hold on... I... won’t fight anymore..."

At first filled with murderous intent towards Ning Fan, the sea demon finally retreated from its bloodlust after the Water-Flooding Realm Bottle appeared.

It restored the original rationale.

Rationale told it that regardless of whether it was due to the orders of its former life’s master Wuxx Na, or due to the level of threat posed by Ning Fan, it should no longer continue battling with Ning Fan...

As for the deal with Baihua Great Emperor, compared to life and the orders of its master, it seemed trivial and insignificant...

This person is just too formidable...