novelraw Chapter 596: Transformation!
Chapter 596: Transformation!
This is a purely golden spellbound space, in this desolate realm, there are golden continents floating around.
Ning Fan, Teng Xianrou, and the heavenly tribulation puppet were all sealed within this world, along with the Tree Demon and Baili King, affected by the sealing skill, were also sealed in this space.
Ning Fan and the others stood on one of the many floating continents, where golden ancient vines were densely intertwined everywhere.
As Ning Fan stepped onto this golden continent, the endless golden vines immediately began twisting eerily, binding towards his feet.
"Burn!"
Ning Fan took a step down, and a sea of black flames extended from beneath his feet, burning all the golden vines within ten thousand feet to ashes.
He swept his spirit sense across this golden world, and his gaze turned solemn.
He then looked at the sky-roaring Ancestral Bamboo Tree Demon, and his eyes grew even more serious.
This purely golden world was a spell-created space formed by a sealing technique, capable of sealing all cultivators absorbed into the golden vortex within this realm.
This sealing skill held the power of the Sixth Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm, and even an ordinary Void Fragmentation cultivator would find it difficult to break open this golden world and escape.
Ning Fan’s Wind Mist Finger was potent enough to break open this realm, but it would take at least several hours to open a breach.
During the hours spent breaking open the breach, Ning Fan must focus entirely on casting Wind Mist Finger, unable to divide his attention for battle spells.
In this realm, strong enemies like the Tree Demon surrounded them closely; they wouldn’t stand idly by and let Ning Fan break open the realm to escape.
Roar!
The Ancestral Bamboo Tree Demon roared skyward, carrying a chilling intent to kill, rushing swiftly towards Ning Fan and the others.
Ning Fan’s gaze was decisive, speaking to Teng Xianrou and the Five Puppet Command, "You six hold off the Tree Demon; I’ll handle the others!"
Although the five heavenly tribulation puppets were only at the First Heavenly Layer of the Fragmented Realm, they each aligned with one of the five elements, each commanding a form of heavenly tribulation, and when combined, they could even contend against a cultivator of the Second Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm.
The five puppets, along with Teng Xianrou, if only to block the Tree Demon for some time, was not difficult!
Teng Xianrou gritted her silver teeth, decided to follow Ning Fan’s order, and with a flash of escape light, she partnered with the five heavenly tribulation puppets to intercept the rampaging Tree Demon.
Ning Fan’s figure flickered, disappeared from his original place, and reappeared ten thousand feet away, next to Baili King, Zhux Hong, and others!
At this moment, Ning Fan’s mind raced, having figured out many things.
Why did the Baili King repeatedly send unreasonable battle challenges, why did all the Baili clan members have no spirit, why did Sunx Yu become rude after his respect, why did all these Fifth Revolution and Sixth Revolution Pill Masters suddenly submit to Wan Changkong...
Why did he feel a tremendous sense of crisis facing Wan Changkong...
Because Wan Changkong is the owner of the Mourning Demonic Bloodline, he refined the Baili King, Sunx Yu, and numerous Alchemists into living puppets!
Time had long passed, Ning Fan was no longer the young boy who knew nothing of cultivation matters.
From Luo You’s mouth, he had heard of many secrets about the Ancestral Emperor of the Northern Heaven and the Mourning Deceased Clan!
Having personally seen Wan Changkong activate the silver line secret technique, Ning Fan was somewhat confident that the silver line Wan Changkong wielded was indeed the Living Puppet Art of the Mourning Dead Clan.
And Wan Changkong’s demonic lineage is without a doubt the Mourning Demonic Bloodline!
"That Wan Changkong is definitely the owner of the Mourning Demonic Bloodline, his divine skills are extremely dangerous; with your current Absolute Void Stage cultivation, if you duel this person, be very cautious! A single moment of distraction could result in you being refined into a living puppet by this person... Besides Zhux Hong, everyone here, including the Tree Demon, has already been refined into living puppets by Wan Changkong!"
"The frightening aspect of the Mourning Clan’s Living Puppet Art is that if a perfect living puppet is crafted, those refined won’t differ from living people, making it hard to tell friend from foe in battle... However, the living puppets crafted by Wan Changkong have some flaws; none of them have a spirit or Demon Soul within. This indicates that Wan Changkong hasn’t mastered the Living Puppet Art perfectly..."
Luo You’s voice carried some concern, reminding Ning Fan in his mind.
"I see."
Ning Fan nodded, sweeping his spirit sense towards Ling Zhuzi, Baili King, and others.
Among these people, aside from Zhux Hong who had a spirit, none of the others had spirits or Demon Souls within them.
Being Divinity Transformation or Void Refinement cultivators without a spirit or Demon Soul, it was unmistakably clear that these people were all living puppets refined by Wan Changkong.
Were they flawless living puppets, there wouldn’t be such a defect.
Wan Changkong’s Living Puppet Art isn’t perfect, but with this defect, Ning Fan could judge whether people were living puppets refined by Wan Changkong based on the absence or presence of spirits or Demon Souls.
"I once imparted you the Life Imprisonment Technique, a skill I stumbled upon by chance, it’s the strongest divine skill of the Mourning Deceased Master, the Ancestral Emperor of the Northern Heaven! Unfortunately, what I found was a fragment of that skill. Were it complete, dealing with the Mourning Clan’s living puppets would only take a glance to make them all submit... you haven’t learned the complete Life Imprisonment Technique, you can only subdue puppets at the first step of cultivation with it, but you can’t subdue these living puppets..."
"These living puppets still retain some consciousness of the living, but their bodies are beyond self-control. Once refined into a living puppet, they forever lose the chance to reincarnate... Living is torment, under the puppet master’s orders, they would even kill their own kin. If they die, they vanish completely, which would be a form of release for them..."
Luo You spoke again.
"Release, huh..."
Ning Fan recalled Baili King’s strange actions, sighed gently.
Baili King was Wan Changkong’s living puppet, his repeated assassination attempts on Ning Fan were likely orders from the Vine Palace.
He couldn’t resist Wan Changkong and had to send clansmen to assassinate Ning Fan.
Even though he couldn’t resist Wan Changkong’s orders, he intentionally sent clansmen lacking power to their deaths.
This gesture was to liberate the clansmen made into living puppets while also warning Ning Fan to be cautious of the Vine Palace.
The Baili King sent out the fourth battle challenge, hoping for a life-or-death fight with Ning Fan, not to kill Ning Fan, but to be killed by Ning Fan...
He also warned Ning Fan of a great catastrophe to come today...
Baili King warned Ning Fan not because of any personal relationship, but simply because Ning Fan was a formidable enemy to the Vine Palace, thus gaining his liking and hope.
Baili King hoped to be killed by Ning Fan, hoped that Ning Fan would grant him release...
Even if it meant his soul would scatter, the Baili King was unwilling to remain a living puppet, manipulated by others!
"Die!"
Ling Zhuzi, Baili King, Sunx Yu, and all the Alchemists except Zhux Hong coldly glared at Ning Fan with murderous intent.
Their expressions were menacing because they received Wan Changkong’s orders that Ning Fan must die.
However, their hearts were full of pleading, begging Ning Fan to kill them and set them free!
It seemed that Ning Fan could hear the deepest pleas from the heart of the Baili King and others!
Kill me! Liberate me!
Kill Vain Inquiry Stage! Avenge us!
Ning Fan’s consistently indifferent heart was touched at this moment!
He could empathize with the sorrow of those who had become living puppets, and feel their boundless hatred towards Void Inquiry Stage!
Something deep within his heart seemed to be subtly changing.
His principles were often selfish, but at this moment, he felt an impulse, without seeking any cost, only wanting to liberate those who had become living puppets!
It was a feeling of grief for another’s misfortune.
"Today you have become living puppets, yearning for death as liberation; I will free you, cremate your bodies..."
"Someday, if I die in a foreign land, my body abandoned in the wilderness, I hope there will be someone later to bury my body and relieve me of my suffering..."
"We hold no friendship, nor enmity, but today I will send you off with my sword..."
Ning Fan stepped forward, transforming into a figure clad in black, raising his hand to grasp at the golden continents, seizing and swallowing the soul of earth and void.
A golden dragon illusion coiled around him, sovereign qi enveloping him!
His momentum rose steadily, reaching the realm of Return to Origin Invincible!
"Kill!"
At the moment Ning Fan’s momentum soared, Ling Zhuzi, Baili King, Sunx Yu, and all the masters who had become living puppets surrounded him to attack!
Only Zhux Hong dared not approach, for Ning Fan gave him a sense of insurmountable height!
At this moment Ning Fan was neither seeing good nor evil, nor grudges, but rather reincarnation!
Today I relieve you of your hardship, may someone relieve mine in the years to come... This is the sentiment of sending someone off to death, containing the meaning of reincarnation!
"Freeze!"
Ning Fan pointed down, employing the Heaven Sealing Technique.
With his Return to Origin Invincible cultivation, he exerted this technique to its fullest, its power naturally boundless!
Even Ling Zhuzi of the First Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm was frozen momentarily in the sky!
As for the Baili King at Return to Origin Invincible, he was held for a breath’s time by Ning Fan’s seal!
As for Sunx Yu and other pill masters of Divinity Transformation and Void Refinement cultivation, who were much weaker than Ning Fan, they were all frozen in mid-air, unable to move a fraction!
"Sunx Yu, we have only shared a glass of wine, but today I send you off to death, to relieve your hardship!"
"To all fellow pill masters whom I hold no acquaintance with, but today I gift you a demise where Tao vanishes and humanity perishes!"
Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!
Ning Fan suddenly clapped his hands together, causing the space of eight hundred thousand miles around him to shatter!
In the endless dark void, countless Minor Void Swords shot out like locusts, slaying all 25 Fifth and Sixth Revolution Alchemists including Sunx Yu!
This was the first time Ning Fan killed not out of enmity!
All 25 alchemists were cut into pieces by countless Minor Void Swords, and in the instant their puppets’ bodies shattered, everyone’s eyes showed a look of liberation, gratefully gazing at Ning Fan.
In the next moment, the souls of Sunx Yu and others scattered, Tao vanished, humanity perished...
Ning Fan stepped forward, and suddenly a rolling black fire appeared in the sky, burning the bodies of the 25 pill masters to ashes.
He cast his gaze towards Ling Zhuzi and the Baili King, whose Heaven Sealing Technique precisely broke one after another.
"Kill!"
Ling Zhuzi raised the golden dust whisk, and as it swept, a myriad of golden haze immediately swept towards Ning Fan.
The Baili King raised the Grinding Disc Treasure, which after being offered to the sky, grew enlarging in the wind, immense as half the sky, pressing down on Ning Fan’s Tian Ling!
These two unleashed their killing moves on Ning Fan, yet in their hearts they hoped to be killed by Ning Fan, seeking liberation!
"Ling Zhuzi! You call yourself a Profound Sect cultivator and have been hostile towards me. Since you are now a living puppet, I shall not hold past events against you and show mercy today, help you find liberation!"
"Baili King! Though you repeatedly send people to kill me, your intentions were not evil, and you reminded me of today’s tribulation. Considering this cause and effect, today I will help you fulfill your wish and send you off to death!"
"Void Ignition!"
A giant black fire map suddenly appeared in the sky, extending from beneath Ning Fan’s feet, stretching over eight hundred thousand miles, black fire filling the sky!
Millions of black fire butterflies soared from the fire map, converging into a giant black butterfly with wings hanging down from the sky!
At the moment this black butterfly appeared, both Ling Zhuzi and the Baili King showed overwhelming shock deep inside.
And Zhux Hong hiding at the side almost fainted in terror.
This person was the second elder of the Western Sea Fire Tree Clan, well versed in fire elemental magical spells.
But he had never seen a fire technique with the astonishing might like the Butterfly Fire Void-Burning Technique!
The void fire power of this fire technique, the flame power contained within, was comparable to the sum of all flame power within Zhu Rong Spring!
"What level of fire technique is this!"
At that moment, the great black flame butterfly flapped its wings for the first time!
As the smoke of fire dispersed, all the golden vines on the Golden Continent turned to ashes!
Ling Zhuzi, the Baili King’s whisk and grinding disc treasures both suffered the Butterfly Fire’s strike, recoiling with great damage!
As for Ling Zhuzi and the Baili King, both were forcefully struck by the Butterfly Fire, retreating within the sky, severely injured...
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