novelraw Chapter 581: Slay Them All and Await the Challenge!
Chapter 581: Slay Them All and Await the Challenge!
"Is this young man actually the one wanted by the Vine Emperor?!"
All the Void Refinement experts present were stunned, their eyes filled with surprise and doubt. Although they had not seen Ning Fan’s wanted notice with their own eyes, they had heard some rumors.
Now, the matter of ’Lu Bei’ offending the Vine Emperor is causing more and more commotion in the Tree Realm. According to rumors, among the subordinates sent by the Vine Emperor to hunt down ’Lu Bei’, four Great Void experts have already been confirmed dead, and one Void Fragmentation expert has mysteriously disappeared...
Many people suspect that the disappearance of this Void Fragmentation expert is due to ’Lu Bei’s’ mischief.
For a time, ’Lu Bei’s’ notorious reputation gradually spread in the Tree Realm, and even some Void Refinement Realm masters dared not underestimate ’Lu Bei’.
"Ancestor... This person is likely Lu Bei! I have seen Lu Bei’s wanted notice, and this person’s appearance is exactly like Lu Bei! He has the strength to slay the Great Void; we should not offend this person! The annihilation of the Ming Luo clan must be reconsidered!" The Void Glimpse Stage cultivator who had exclaimed earlier was from the Cedar Clan. He spoke now to persuade the ancestor to let the matter rest.
Three of the Cedar Clan’s Great Void addressed angrily, "Utter nonsense! How could this young man, merely at the Void Inquiry Stage, possibly slay a Great Void! This man cannot be the ’Lu Bei’ wanted by the Vine Emperor. No more words, today we will surely exterminate the Ming Luo, and no one can stop us!"
Among the three Great Void of the Cedar Clan, a Great Void wearing a green robe strode forward, glaring angrily at Ning Fan.
He is Ao Long, ranked second in strength among the Cedar Great Void!
"Youngster! Return Ao Wang’s spirit to me, and I can spare your life by making you my slave. Do not attempt to resist me. With your mere Void Inquiry Stage cultivation, in the eyes of us Great Void cultivators, you are like an ant, easily crushed with a flick of a finger."
Although Ning Fan’s sword sense swept through, annihilating 300,000 Golden Core cultivators.
Although Ning Fan’s supernatural abilities were bizarre, instantly killing the Cedar Clan Leader Ao Wang of the Void Refinement Realm out of nowhere.
Although a mere glance from Ning Fan seemed imbued with boundless evil qi.
But in Ao Long’s eyes, Ning Fan was still just an ant at the Void Inquiry Stage, with strength barely comparable to a Void Refinement Stage, not worth mentioning!
As a Grand Void Realm Ancestor, Ao Long held his pride and would not place a nameless nobody like Ning Fan in his eyes!
The masters of the four clans, seeing Ao Long personally confronting Ning Fan, all calmed down, and the panic caused by Ning Fan’s sudden appearance subsided.
The members of the Ming Luo clan raised their heads and looked at Ning Fan, who was alone facing the armies of the four clans. They felt admiration, gratitude, and worry.
The six priests’ eyes were heavy; they were prepared to sacrifice their clan’s extinction to guard the ancestors’ honor, fighting to the death against the four clans’ masters.
But Ning Fan was merely an outsider, a friend entrusted by the Last Tree Emperor to protect the Ming Luo clan.
Now that the Ming Luo clan faced catastrophe, there was no reason to let a friend stand in front and die.
Six priests did not believe that Ning Fan could stand alone against the formidable cultivators of the four clans, after all, the four clans had six Great Void experts, even a Return to Origin Grand Void Realm expert would need to retreat when facing such a force!
Qingdai bit her lips; she had witnessed Ning Fan slay the Return to Origin Tree King in Tang Gu, naturally aware of Ning Fan’s prowess.
But with the mobilization of too many Cedar clan forces today, their combined battle strength was evidently more daunting than the Return to Origin Tree King.
Qingdai was equally worried, fearing Ning Fan might not be a match for the four clans’ cultivators.
Her eyes were resolute, deciding to do what little she could to help Ning Fan resist the mighty foe.
At that moment, Ning Fan’s commanding order reverberated throughout Siluo City.
"By my command, Lu Bei, the defensive formation of Siluo City must be activated immediately. No one is allowed to leave the city to engage the enemy! I alone am enough for this battle!"
Ning Fan was not being arrogant but confident; with his current cultivation, along with Teng Xianrou by his side, exterminating the four clans was a simple task.
He had developed some goodwill toward the Ming Luo clan and did not wish for their low-level cultivators to be drawn into this battle, losing their lives in vain.
He was entrusted by Treant Ming Luo to protect the Ming Luo clan, and today, with his presence, the Cedar Four Clans would surely be destroyed!
His command echoed in the ears of Qingdai and the six priests, causing all seven to show signs of struggle, wanting to help Ning Fan but not daring to disobey orders.
The lower-tier clan members were unaware, but they knew.
Ning Fan was the Ming Luo Tree Emperor of this generation, and the words of the Ming Luo clan must not be defied!
"Activate the formation array!" Priest Xuluo sighed, ordering the clan members to activate the defensive array of Siluo City.
Qingdai clenched her fists, unwillingly gazing at the night sky, never before feeling such hatred for her own weakness.
If she were stronger, she wouldn’t be left behind in the city by Ning Fan and could fight alongside him.
But now, in a battle of this magnitude, she is nothing but a burden to Ning Fan...
Seeing the grand formation of Siluo City activated, Ning Fan’s last bit of hesitation faded away.
Although the Ming Luo Clan has declined, the protective formation was set up by the First Tree Emperor and reinforced by successive Tree Emperors over generations.
This formation’s power has greatly waned, yet even the Return to Origin Grand Void Realm cannot easily invade the city.
Ning Fan can fight freely, unleashing a killing spree tonight!
He nearly ignored the threat from Old Ancestor Ao Long, casually sealing Ao Wang’s Spirit and storing it in his storage pouch.
Without even glancing at Ao Long, he took a step forward, his white robe suddenly turning black, his long hair wildly fluttering in the night, and raised a finger, pointing at Old Ancestor Ao Long from afar!
He and Teng Xianrou engaged in Dual Cultivation, his spirit sense almost reaching the Return to Origin Grand Void Realm!
At this moment, he transformed into a Soul Incarnation, and his cultivation didn’t require the use of the Soul Extraction Technique, already nearing the Return to Origin Grand Void Realm, comparable to when he once killed the Return to Origin Tree King!
This finger combined Sword Sense and Rain Intent, a technique he borrowed from Teng Xianrou’s Sword Sense.
Teng Xianrou is a genius Sword Cultivator; to strengthen her sword sense, she infused Divine Intent into it.
Ning Fan’s sword sense is not weak, and his Rain Intent is even stronger, capable of melting Void Inquiry Stage Masters with just the Rain Intent!
As he pointed down, the sword sense immediately turned sky-blue, spreading out suddenly under the moonlight and above the bamboo sea!
Rain Intent and sword sense combined into a Rain Sword!
A million Rain Swords swept across the night sky towards Old Ancestor Ao Long, and in an instant, Ao Long was aghast!
"How is it possible! This child was just at the Void Inquiry Stage, how did he reach near the Return to Origin Grand Void Realm in an instant!"
"Such powerful sword sense, Ao Kong, Ao Mie! Help me quickly!"
Although Old Ancestor Ao Long was shocked, he remained calm, retreating while waving his hand to summon a golden book.
The pages of that golden book flipped in the wind, scattering countless golden symbols that clashed with Ning Fan’s Rain Sword.
After calling for help, two other Snow Cedar Grand Void experts were also shocked, stepping forward to assist Old Ancestor Ao Long.
Ao Kong Old Ancestor waved and summoned a purple flag, which contained the souls of 400 million; a gesture sent those souls flying from the flag, condensing into a giant ghost in the night sky, punching at the million Rain Swords.
Ao Mie Old Ancestor spat out a silver cold light, a Divine Skill of Peak Mortal Void known as Qianyuan Snowlight, where a trace of snowlight could freeze and kill Void Pierce Stage Masters!
The three Grand Void experts attacked together, all their Divine Skills clashed with the million Rain Swords.
A tremendous roar echoed through the night sky, the million Rain Swords shattered, the golden book cracked, the giant ghost disintegrated, and the Qianyuan Snowlight was slashed to pieces by the Rain Sword!
The three Grand Void experts barely managed to block Ning Fan’s Rain Sword attack, yet all coughed up blood, retreating a hundred steps each in the sky!
Still, Ning Fan remained composed and calm, the disparity between them was clear!
Now, Ning Fan merely summoned a Soul Incarnation without using his trump card, yet managed to repel three Grand Void experts with one strike!
Seeing the three Snow Cedar Grand Void experts attack together, only to still fall short against Ning Fan, both the Ming Luo race in Siluo City and the Snow Cedar Clan along with the three other clans were all shocked!
No one expected that Ning Fan was such a formidable force, one not easily opposed by ordinary Grand Void experts!
"He must be Lu Bei, he absolutely is! Only a cultivator of such power could have slain the four Grand Void subordinates of the Vine Emperor and orchestrated the disappearance of the Purple Vine Palace Master!" exclaimed the Void Glimpse Stage cultivator from the Snow Cedar Clan, once again in shock.
The three Snow Cedar Ancestors hastily consumed expensive pills to stabilize their injuries, exchanged glances with the three Grand Void experts from the other three clans, all seeing the fear in each other’s eyes.
Ning Fan is very strong, exceptionally strong! Had they known the Ming Luo clan had invited assistance of this caliber, the four clans would never have so rashly decided on the bloodbath plan for Ming Luo!
But now, since the four clans have already invaded Ming Luo and torn faces with the Ming Luo clan, there’s no possibility of a truce.
From Ning Fan’s demeanor, he doesn’t seem like someone who would simply let things go...
"We from the four clans are already riding the tiger, we must unite and kill this child! If we can kill this child, the remaining members of the Ming Luo clan will be of no consequence. If we cannot kill him, our four clans will surely be slaughtered by him!"
"Let’s strike together and kill this boy!"
The ancestors Shi Zhan from the Stone Tree Clan, Lei Tong from the Thunder Cypress Clan, and Qiaogong from the Shenqiao Clan all exchanged glances and stepped forward, standing alongside the three ancestors from the Snow Cedar Clan.
Six Void Refinement experts joined forces, surrounded by an array of 700,000 low-level clansmen, plus 23 Void Fragmentation experts lying in ambush.
It’s not just that Ning Fan’s cultivations are approaching the Grand Void Realm. Even if he were a true Grand Void expert, he would find it hard to resist the four clans’ combined attack.
700,000 cultivators of the four clans assembled in the night sky, simultaneously pulling out formation flags, their feet forming a giant four-colored array pattern!
From the pattern suddenly emerged a four-colored giant hand, punching towards Ning Fan with a force as powerful as a Void Pierce Stage attack!
Eleven Void Glimpse, seven Void Inquiry, and five Void Refinement Stage experts launched their strongest assaults on Ning Fan from all directions.
All six Void Refinement experts unleashed their most dazzling divine skills, lighting up the night sky!
The combined attack from all these experts is one even a Grand Void expert would avoid!
A cold gleam flashed in Ning Fan’s eyes. He reached out to the earth and the void, extracting the soul of the great earth and the Void Realm, devouring them!
He did not need to retreat!
Now, his power was fully unleashed, surpassing that of a typical Grand Void expert!
He stirred up a tempestuous aura, his black robe flapping like thunder in the wild winds!
His aura at that moment shattered the Grand Void barrier, his mana stronger than ordinary by thirty percent!
"How is this possible!" All six experts were shocked, and in that moment, Ning Fan unleashed his divine skills!
He formed a giant fire pattern beneath his feet with his fingers, and suddenly, a million black fire butterflies appeared in the night sky, dancing gracefully!
The million fire butterflies fused into one, forming a gigantic fire butterfly with wings overhanging the sky!
Its wings like clouds hanging from the sky!
Its breath like fire blazing to the heavens!
Its gaze, defying reincarnation, ignoring mortal and immortal alike, not even fearing the Immortal Emperor!
"Void Ignition!"
Ning Fan shifted his hand signs, the fire butterfly flapped its wings, black flames sweeping across the sky, breaking all techniques, destroying all the divine skills of the four clans under the butterfly fire!
With the first flap, 700,000 cultivators reduced to ashes, all eleven Void Glimpse perished!
With the second flap, the seven Void Inquiry couldn’t react in time, also incinerated to ashes!
With the third flap, the five Void Refinement let out earth-shattering screams, all perished!
With the fourth flap, the six Void Refinement experts, even their Demon Souls and Spirits, couldn’t escape, all buried in the butterfly fire!
This fourth flap of the butterfly fire was enough to seriously wound the Return to Origin Tree King, how could ordinary Void Refinement withstand it!
Now Ning Fan’s spirit sense surged, his power greatly increased, his understanding of the void significantly enhanced.
With his current strength, using the Butterfly Fire Fourth Fan would only leave him slightly weakened, no longer suffering backlash injuries!
If he advances further in his cultivations, he would be able to wield the Butterfly Fire Fifth Fan, at that time, in the Grand Void Realm, he would be truly unbeatable!
One move of Void Ignition, the butterfly fire burns the sky, all cultivators of the four clans turned to dust!
Thick layers of ash fell from the sky, covering the ground of Siluo City, making the scene extremely horrifying.
Among the 320,000 Min Luo Clan in Siluo City, no one dared to speak out loud!
At that moment, Ning Fan’s powerful figure was imprinted firmly in the eyes of all Min Luo Clan members!
This figure was just like the past Tree Emperors of the Min Luo Tree Clan!
Each generation of Tree Emperors were supreme warriors who fought alone against the world!
"Brother Lu is so powerful...so powerful..." Qingdai quietly let out a breath of relief, and her eyes were filled with admiration.
She had been worried that Ning Fan, fighting alone against the cultivators of four clans, would get trapped in a bitter battle.
Now it seemed her worries were completely unnecessary...
Amidst the Siluo Bamboo Sea, within the thickest Xiangfei Bamboo, faintly echoed a voice filled with wistful admiration.
"Was he the one Mu Luo invited to protect the Min Luo Clan? His silhouette, so much like Mu Luo’s."
"Back in the day, Mu Luo also dominated the Tree World alone, fighting thousands, sweeping through the four major tree oceans..."
In the night sky, Ning Fan was slightly exhausted. With a wave of his sleeve, he gathered all the spoils of war into his pouch.
Under the Butterfly Fire Fourth Fan, many storage pouches of fallen cultivators were destroyed. Those that remained were all taken by Ning Fan.
Slaying so many cultivators formed innumerable Dao Fruits, which Ning Fan collected one by one, even acquiring a Void Refinement Realm Dao Fruit.
Later, he planned to lead the Min Luo Clan to wipe out the Snow Cedar Clan and the other three clans.
After this night, the four clans would no longer exist in Hancang Kingdom! And Ning Fan would probably become infamous throughout Eastern Tree Ocean...
Ning Fan did not immediately descend to the ground, nor was he in a hurry to disperse his clone and Soul Extraction Technique.
Suddenly, his gaze darkened, looking up at a certain black cloud in the night sky.
"Who are you, hiding here for so long? Do you intend to join the four clans in slaughtering the Min Luo?"
A flash of Killing Intent emerged in Ning Fan’s eyes, and a muffled groan immediately came from behind the black cloud.
Then, a Taixu old monster, infinitely close to the Grand Void Realm, stumbled, revealing himself.
He was dressed in purple, his old face full of wry smiles. As soon as he appeared, he immediately clasped his fists towards Ning Fan and said, "This old one is Wei Feng, the ancestor of Wei Zi Clan. I came here today with no malice. Fellow Daoist, please don’t misunderstand..."
Ancestor Wei Feng came for two reasons.
First, he’s always been at odds with the Snow Cedar Clan, and he came tonight to cause trouble, to disrupt the four clans’ plan to wipe out the Min Luo Clan.
If he couldn’t prevent the Min Luo Clan’s extinction, sneaking an attack and injuring one or two Snow Cedar Void Refinement experts when they were off-guard would be quite rewarding.
Second, he received a request from Chief Bai Li to deliver something to Ning Fan.
"Oh? So it’s Ancestor Wei Feng of the Wei Zi Clan, I’ve long heard your name."
Knowing the visitor’s identity, the hostility in Ning Fan’s eyes gradually faded.
He had already heard from the Great Elder of the Qinnan Clan that the Wei Zi Clan was not on good terms with the Snow Cedar Clan.
The fact that Ancestor Wei Feng came to the Siluo Bamboo Sea today most likely meant no harm to the Min Luo Clan, but rather held malice towards the Snow Cedar Clan.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Though Ning Fan wouldn’t consider Ancestor Wei Feng a friend, there was no need to treat him as an enemy either.
"Fellow Daoist Lu, you jest. It is I who have long admired your fame...I received news that tonight the Snow Cedar Clan would unite the four clans to annihilate the Min Luo, so I hid here, hoping to help some Min Luo people escape at the critical moment, showing some goodwill...Of course, I also came here for another reason. I was entrusted by someone to deliver something to you."
Though Ancestor Wei Feng spoke pleasantly, Ning Fan naturally wouldn’t fully believe him.
Upon hearing that Ancestor Wei Feng was entrusted to deliver something to him, a glimmer crossed Ning Fan’s eyes.
When Ancestor Wei Feng finished speaking, he pulled a jade box from his storage pouch and flicked it over to Ning Fan.
Ning Fan caught the jade box and, seeing the item inside, his gaze subtly intensified.
He took out the item, swept his eyes over its content, and his gaze deepened even further.
"May I ask, what does this mean?"
It was a challenge letter! A challenge letter from the Baili Clan!
(The count was wrong in the last Chapter. It’s 30 Void Fragmentation, corrected. Forgive me for miscounting. Guess, why did the Baili Clan issue a challenge to Ning Fan) (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)