novelraw Chapter 586: Subduing Puppets, Astonishing the Dao Spirit!
Chapter 586: Subduing Puppets, Astonishing the Dao Spirit!
As the Wind-Summoning Giant finished speaking, he suddenly stomped on the thick, dark clouds beneath his feet. Instantly, a bone-chilling cold wind arose from the sky-covering clouds!
The world plunged into darkness as thousands of enormous tornados formed by the cold winds spiraled up from Qinghai, connecting the sea below with the heavens above, converging toward the Ice Island where Ning Fan was!
"This isn’t an ordinary Tribulation of Yin Wind... this is the ’Yin Dragon Tribulation’!" Luo You exclaimed in shock from within the Xuan Yin Treasure.
The so-called Yin Dragon Tribulation is a variant tribulation within the Tribulation of Yin Wind, transforming the wind into tornados, greatly enhancing the power of the wind tribulation.
The original scale of this Yin Wind Tribulation was supposed to be at the First Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm.
However, with the wind turning into tornados, the power of the heavenly tribulation rose sharply. Although it didn’t reach the might of the Second Heavenly Layer, it was not something a normal tribulation of the First Heavenly Layer could compare with!
The tornados of cold wind swept towards the Ice Island, and the layers of Mortal Void Grade light formations on the island gradually disintegrated, blown apart into countless scattered particles of light.
After the first round of wind tribulation was over, almost all of the outermost 100 layers of Yu Lei Jie Formation light were destroyed, and even many of the middle 100 layers of Yu Huo Jie Formation light were destroyed!
Fortunately, Ning Fan had laid down a 300-layered Divine Gang Wind Extinguishing Array in the innermost circle, finally blocking the first round of heavenly tribulation!
Seeing this, Ning Fan frowned.
"This Yin Wind Tribulation is very strong... With only these 500 layers of light formations, I can’t withstand many rounds of Yin Wind Tribulation. Defending with formations is just waiting for doom. Indeed, if one wants to break the tribulation, one must take the initiative!"
Ning Fan patted his storage pouch, taking out a Wind-Stabilizing Pearl, placing it in his mouth.
A faint blue light immediately rose around him, resembling a thin cocoon of light, providing significant defense against the Yin Wind Tribulation!
After holding the Wind-Stabilizing Pearl, Ning Fan immediately took out an Array Plate, simultaneously activating the 300 layers of the Divine Gang Wind Extinguishing Array!
At that moment, the over 300 layers of formation light shone brightly, piercing through the dark clouds, the blue light condensing into enormous blue pockets, numbering over 300.
Those pockets were wind-extinguishing pouches, capable of absorbing the raging winds into the pouch!
This Divine Gang Wind Extinguishing Array not only defends against the wind tribulation but can also take the initiative to attack, condensing light into wind pouches to capture the cold wind!
With a change in his spirit sense, Ning Fan commanded the 300 wind pouches to simultaneously suck in the dark clouds and cold wind from the sky!
In just a few breaths, more than two-thirds of the dark clouds were forcibly sucked away!
The originally imposing Yin Wind Tribulation was directly diminished by over two-thirds due to the 300 layers of formation light!
And with half of the Yin Wind Tribulation neutralized, the formation light of the 300-layered Divine Gang Wind Extinguishing Array all dimmed, its power exhausted.
With just the 300 layers of the extinguishing wind formation light, Ning Fan nearly dispelled this entire Yin Wind Tribulation!
"Had I known how effective this Divine Gang Wind Extinguishing Array was against the Yin Wind Tribulation, I should have made another one or two hundred array plates. Who knows, I might have been able to use the formation light to extinguish all the cold wind entirely."
Taking a step into the sky, Ning Fan stood with the Wind-Stabilizing Pearl in his mouth, and before its power was depleted, the remaining one-third of the Yin Wind Tribulation was no longer a threat!
What remained next was merely dealing with the three Dao Guardians!
The giants Wind-Summoning, Green Frost, and Mountain Collapse, were all slightly surprised that Ning Fan had dispelled over two-thirds of the Yin Wind Tribulation using only formation light.
Wind-Summoning’s gaze darkened as he cast a spell to control the remaining storm clouds, unleashing a continuous assault of cold wind tornados.
These tornados had significantly reduced power; as soon as they reached Ning Fan, it was as if a sharp blade cleaved them in half, blowing past Ning Fan on either side without a trace of cold wind touching him.
"This one possesses a treasure that dispels the wind; even with the remnant Yin Wind Tribulation, it cannot harm him!" Mountain Collapse contemplated.
"In that case, let’s attack together and kill him; it’s as easy as flipping a hand!" Green Frost stepped forward, swinging down a gigantic fist of light toward Ning Fan.
In an instant, heaven and earth froze, and the sea of Qinghai for millions of miles turned to ice!
"A Void Fragmentation Realm Strike, huh..."
A fierce battle intent flickered in Ning Fan’s eyes. With his current cultivation at the Void Fragmentation Realm, he unleashed his full power. He might just withstand a Void Fragmentation Realm Strike!
Having recently broken through the bottlenecks of Void Refinement Realm and Void Fragmentation Realm, his spirit sense had significantly increased, now fully reaching the level of the Grand Void Return, surpassing the strength of a typical Return to Origin Grand Void by one or two levels.
Stepping into the air, Ning Fan was clothed in pure white one moment, and then transformed into a dark, ink-like robe the next.
Now, with the transformation using the Soul Incarnation Chant, his cultivation directly ascended to the Grand Void Return Realm!
His fingers reached down to the depths of the ocean’s floor, pulling out the Soul Extraction, devouring the Void Realm itself.
Once again, his momentum surged, reaching nearly the highest peak that Return to Origin Grand Void could touch!
Below the Void Fragmentation Realm, there was hardly anyone who could elevate their aura to such a height!
At this moment, Ning Fan could almost be considered a peak powerhouse within the Grand Void Return Realm!
Stopping his escape light, Ning Fan suddenly stomped, shattering the void, and a black wave surged, forming a vast void ocean beneath his feet.
Standing on the void ocean, Ning Fan’s mana was endless. He looked at the icy fist of the blue frost giant, his fighting spirit surging, and suddenly pointed his finger.
"Burn!"
With one finger pointed, black fire covered the sky, and from the sea of fire emerged nine gigantic black flame dragons.
The nine dragons charged fearlessly at the icy fist. The first dragon collided with the fist and was instantly frozen into ice.
The second, third, and fourth dragons also froze into ice.
But by the time the fifth dragon exploded, it burned away a third of the icy fist!
The sixth dragon exploded, the seventh dragon exploded, finally obliterating the Void Fragmentation Realm Strike of the icy fist!
The eighth and ninth dragons roared like thunder, charging angrily towards the blue frost giant with a crash!
The blue frost giant had never expected that, despite not yet breaking through to the Void Fragmentation Realm, Ning Fan would stand at an advantage in their clash!
He naturally wasn’t harmed by the two remaining black flame dragons, spewing out a mouthful of blue cold air, freezing both dragons entirely.
Even so, the blue frost giant’s expression remained grim.
Despite having reached the First Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm, his all-out strike hadn’t harmed a Great Void junior; it was indeed a significant loss of face.
He intended to strike again, but was stopped midway by the mountain collapse giant, "This fellow has successively captured Zhi Huo and Purple Lightning. He must not be underestimated! Let’s attack together!"
"Yes, attack together!" At this moment, the gusts of wind had also calmed, recognizing Ning Fan’s power.
The blue frost giant nodded. The three giants simultaneously cast spells, and the mighty fluctuations of mana caused tidal waves across millions of miles of Qinghai.
The gusts of wind summoned twelve azure wind dragons with a spell.
The blue frost giant cast a spell, and suddenly a giant icy hand appeared in the sky.
The mountain collapse giant cast a spell, as countless shadows of crumbling giant peaks fell from the sky, aiming to crush Ning Fan!
Ning Fan withdrew all the black fire with his mouth and eyes revealing a solemn expression.
Through this confrontation with the blue frost giant, he better understood the gap between himself and a Void Fragmentation cultivator.
When he unleashed his full power, he was almost at the Return to Origin Invincible level.
His black fire of such high grade had a significant restraining effect against the icy body of the blue frost giant.
Even so, under a single clash, Ning Fan only gained a slight advantage and failed to harm the blue frost giant.
Underneath him, the void ocean had depleted by half, and if it was exhausted, it would no longer provide limitless mana.
Ning Fan considered that if he faced giants of other attributes, he might be at a slight disadvantage.
Of course, in this clash, he hadn’t used his strongest trump card, nor did the blue frost giant. If he used all his trump cards, he couldn’t confidently say he could kill the Void Fragmentation, but he could at least severely wound the blue frost giant...
Now Ning Fan was finally gradually approaching the Void Fragmentation Realm!
Seeing the three giants casting spells together, Ning Fan knew that the joint attack of the three Dao Guardians was beyond what he could handle alone.
He patted the storage pouch, summoning out Zhi Huo, and Purple Lightning puppets, and shook the Cauldron Ring, summoning Teng Xianrou.
At the moment of summoning the two puppets and a person, Ning Fan immediately sent a voice transmission command.
Upon hearing the command, the two puppets instantly performed fire and thunder divine skills.
Teng Xianrou heard Ning Fan’s voice transmission and couldn’t understand the current situation at all.
She didn’t know what was going on with the five gigantic Void Fragmentation giants standing skyward, nor did she understand why Ning Fan’s aura had increased so much in such a short time.
Seeing the spells of the three Dao Guardians approaching, Teng Xianrou knew this was not the time to ask questions. She had to follow Ning Fan’s instructions, waving the Purple Vine Sword and unleashing countless sword energies to counter the attacks of the three Dao Guardians.
The divine skills clash among the six Void Fragmentation cultivators shattered the sky nearly millions of miles long.
Both sides were three cultivators of the First Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm. In their clash, they were evenly matched.
"Zhi Huo, Purple Lightning! How dare you betray the heavens, what crime should you be punished for!" The three giants, Gusts of Wind, Blue Frost, and Mountain Collapse, were furious seeing the interference of Zhi Huo and Purple Lightning puppets.
Zhi Huo and Purple Lightning puppets remained silent, ignoring the three Dao Guardians entirely.
The two puppets and Teng Xianrou, following Ning Fan’s command, immediately transformed into three streaks of flowing light after blocking the attack of the three Dao Guardians, each charging towards one!
What they needed to do now was simply delay the three Dao Guardians!
As for Ning Fan, he was responsible for using the Life Imprisonment Technique to stealthily capture each of the three Dao Guardians one by one!
With his current cultivations, using the Life Imprisonment Technique to subdue a Void Fragmentation Realm puppet is not difficult!
Ning Fan’s figure flickered as he intended to use the Heaven Deceiving Cloak to conceal himself and launch a sneak attack on the three Dao Guardians.
Suddenly, a massive black and white ring appeared in the sky, with Dao power crashing down like ocean waves!
From within that black and white ring, a half-black and half-white sword radiance abruptly pierced out, its power comparable to a Second Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm Strike!
The sword radiance was too swift, forcing Ning Fan unable to hide. In surprise, he hastily retreated in the long sky and promptly tapped his sword pouch, commanding the five rays of sword light,
"Attack together, block that sword light!"
In Ning Fan’s view, even though the black and white sword light reached the might of the Second Heavenly Layer, it ultimately couldn’t rival the countering ability of the five rays of sword light.
"Little Fan Fan, don’t be afraid! Humph, the elder sisters have already subdued the Jinjian Sword... now the elder sisters are formidable! This level of sword light is simply no match for the sisters!"
"Little Fan Fan, when in danger, feel free to ask the elder sisters for help. The sisters will protect you!"
Whoosh!
A sound, like the sword chant of the emperor among swords, abruptly emanated from the storage pouch.
In the next instant, a golden sword rainbow shot out from the sword pouch. It was the Emperor Xia’s Sword taken from Teng Xianrou’s hand!
The five little sword spirits were attached to the Emperor Xia’s Sword, wielding this flying sword. It transformed into a golden sword rainbow, and with one slash, it cleaved the black and white sword light into two!
That golden sword rainbow’s single strike was comparable to a Void Fragmentation Realm Strike of the Third Heavenly Layer!
With one slash extinguishing the black and white sword light, the Emperor Xia’s Sword, controlled by the five sword spirits, then flew back and steadily hovered before Ning Fan.
Ning Fan froze slightly. He hadn’t realized that during the time he broke through realms, the five sword spirits had subdued the Emperor Xia’s Sword.
"Humph, Little Fan Fan, look, your big sister used her presence to oppress and subdue this Jinjian Sword!"
"Humph, to let the Jinjian Sword unleash sword light, it’s all thanks to the second sister! Praise me quickly!"
"Humph, the emperor’s Sword Intent within the Jinjian Sword was simulated by the third sister!"
"Humph, the fourth sister set up a Sword Array within the Jinjian Sword. Even if it’s Little Fan Fan, you can use this sword at will!"
"I... I... it’s me..." Tong Tong was very anxious, and in her haste, she stuttered more.
She wanted to tell Ning Fan that the Emperor Xia’s Sword initially didn’t want to yield to the five but was threatened by her; if the Emperor Xia’s Sword didn’t yield, she would break it.
She had significant merit in thoroughly subduing the Emperor Xia’s Sword, but she was too excited to speak it clearly.
Ning Fan listened to the five little girls’ chatter, shook his head with a smile.
He roughly understood that during this period, the five little girls worked together to successfully subdue the Emperor Xia’s Sword.
This sword is a mid-grade Immortal Void Spirit Flame magical treasure, originally usable only by a cultivator of the Third Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm.
Even Teng Xianrou using this sword rashly would suffer severe backlash. Under normal circumstances, if Ning Fan forcefully used this sword, he would instantly suffer grave injuries and couldn’t wield its power.
But after the collective effort of the five little girls, even with Ning Fan’s current cultivations, he could use the sword freely!
Ning Fan extended his palm, holding the Emperor Xia’s Sword, immediately feeling a mystical sense of being one with the sword.
In the moment he held the Emperor Xia’s Sword, his entire demeanor transformed, as if he had become a pure Sword Cultivator, an emperor among swords!
With the help of five sword spirits, this sword... he could wield it!
In the moment he held the Emperor Xia’s Sword, a little girl in snow-white attire suddenly emerged from the black and white ring.
She looked about eleven or twelve, holding a pitch-black ink-like golden sword. Her face was exquisite, but her eyes were pure white.
Her stature was petite and frail, but her aura reached the Second Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm!
"Humph, are you the Evil Sect Ning Fan of the Rain Immortal World? Quite daring, if I hadn’t intervened, would you have intended to take away my last three Dao Guardian puppets! You even plan to take all my Five Element puppets, too despicable!"
The little girl stepped forward with lotus-like steps, fury in her eyes, lifting her black gold sword to point at Ning Fan.
"I am the Heavenly Dao Spirit of the Lower Realm First Ring, named Life and Death! Today, I appear here to teach you a lesson!"
"Teach me a lesson?"
Ning Fan showed a playful expression, vaguely guessing that the one who had repeatedly sent excessive tribulations upon him was the white-robed black sword little girl before him.
He said nothing more, wielding the Emperor Xia’s Sword, raising it for a distant slash at the little girl.
With that strike, the sky shattered, and Qinghai was split into two!
This sword light, as dazzling as a golden sun, was filled with the majesty of a sword ruler, as if a Sword King himself had wielded it!
With this slash, Ning Fan’s mana was nearly drained by the Emperor Xia’s Sword, even with the aid of the Sword Array, it only consumed so little mana!
But the power of this slash made him feel extremely satisfied!
That enormous golden sword beam traversed a million miles in an instant, its speed beyond imagination.
The slash was directed at the little girl in white, and under the pressure of this sword power, she trembled uncontrollably!
She could tell that this sword beam was too powerful, reaching the might of a Second Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm strike, causing her face to turn pale with fear, not knowing how to defend against it.
She was merely a Heavenly Dao Spirit who drank tea, monitored tribulations, and slept, lacking any profound combat experience...
This sword light was clearly the same that shattered her black and white swordsmanship before!
She couldn’t possibly take this sword light, if she tried to force it, she would be dead or injured!
"You, you, you, you’re cheating! You just broke through to the Void Fragmentation Realm, how can you wield such a powerful magical treasure and unleash this level of sword light! I... I won’t fight you anymore! I hate you!"
The little girl showed fear, shook her body, and transformed into a half-black, half-white auspicious bird, escaping back into the Heavenly Dao’s reflection with an incredibly terrifying escape speed, hurriedly fleeing.
In the next instant, the reflection disappeared, she fled away, not even caring about the three Dao Guardian puppets...
The puppets could be lost, she could just ask someone to make more later...
She was the little bird appearing in the Palace of Controlling Tribulations before, the one who had repeatedly descended tribulations upon Ning Fan...
She originally wanted to personally come and teach Ning Fan a lesson, but who knew Ning Fan possessed such a powerful golden sword, with a single strike equaling a Second Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm, she was utterly no match for him...
So decisively, she fled... came in a rush, left in a rush.
"Ran away, huh..." Ning Fan could easily see that this Heavenly Dao Spirit had a very poor disposition, merely possessing the mind of a child, unable to withstand fright.
Therefore, he used the Emperor Xia’s Sword first, and sure enough, scared the little girl away.
What delighted him was the power of the Emperor Xia’s Sword! He hadn’t expected the five sword spirits to subdue the Emperor Xia’s Sword for him to use.
From this moment on, this Emperor Xia’s Sword could absolutely become his strongest trump card! The might of a single sword strike, comparable to a strike at the Second Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm! It was enough to severely injure an old monster of the First Heavenly Layer, enough to instantly kill a cultivator of the First Heavenly Layer!
Of course, this Emperor Xia’s Sword would nearly drain all his mana with one strike, it could only be used as a last resort in battle.
If it missed, he would suffer a great loss...
What left him speechless was that the Heavenly Dao, which had always made things difficult for him, turned out to be a little naive girl who ran away at the first sign of fear...
This was quite contrary to the dignified and aloof image of the Heavenly Dao he had imagined...
This time driving away the little Heavenly Dao Spirit, he wondered if she would dare to come back causing him trouble and descending tribulations next time.
Putting away all stray thoughts, as well as the Emperor Xia’s Sword, Ning Fan took out an expensive pill to slightly restore some mana.
He flickered, using the Heaven Deceiving Cloak to conceal himself, and approached the three Dao Guardians.
Without the interference of the Heavenly Dao Spirit, subduing the three Dao Guardians was not difficult!
The three Dao Guardians were all shocked at this moment, they never expected their master to be driven away by a single sword from Ning Fan...
The power of Ning Fan’s sword was too terrifying, if used against them, one sword could kill one person!
Teng Xianrou covered her red lips, showing a look of shock.
At this moment, she became more convinced that Ning Fan was a Sword Cultivator who had fallen in cultivation, previously at least a Second Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm.
If not, how could Ning Fan use the Emperor Xia’s Sword... And Ning Fan’s demeanor while wielding the Emperor Xia’s Sword could completely rival the three Sword Kings of the Sword World!
"Being a servant to a Sword King of the Second Heavenly Layer, doesn’t seem too humiliating..." Teng Xianrou comforted herself.
She suddenly felt that this life of being captured was rather interesting.
...
Half an hour later, the three giant figures, gusts of wind, green frost, and mountain and earth collapsed, knelt in the sky, eyes vacant, submitting in front of Ning Fan.
Ning Fan’s lips slightly curled up.
His Void Fragmentation puppets had gained three more!
It was about time to return to the Min Luo Race, but before that, it seemed necessary to take a Solid Void Pill to stabilize the Void Fragmentation Realm... (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations, monthly tickets, your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)