novelraw Chapter 659: The Might of the Swirling Void!
Chapter 659: The Might of the Swirling Void!
"It’s fake, this killing aura must be fake! I’ve heard of a demonic secret art that can forge a killing aura. Many people are so terrified at the sight of an opponent’s intimidating killing aura that they flee without fighting. Hmph! Ning Fan’s killing aura must be a disguise; how could he possibly kill a rogue immortal old monster! He deliberately disguised his killing aura in an attempt to scare us off. How despicable!"
Elder Juyue snorted, the first to regain his composure.
He called Ning Fan despicable, not realizing that Ning Fan never faked his killing aura at all.
And the previous ambush on Mu Luo with Elder Taiyuan was truly despicable...
"Daoist Juyue is absolutely right, this kid’s killing aura must be fake. However, we certainly underestimated him, costing Daoist Hongsha his life... I never imagined this boy was so adept at Incarnation and Soul Extraction Techniques. Although his cultivation is at the Second Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm, he could instantly elevate his power to the Fourth Layer. We must no longer underestimate him!"
Elder Taiyuan said with a serious expression.
"So what if he temporarily boosts his cultivation to the Fourth Layer with a secret technique! This kid is definitely no match for me..."
Elder Xumi’s eyes turned vicious, but before he finished speaking, a gigantic golden vortex appeared beneath his feet, and his expression changed dramatically as he hurriedly retreated, angrily shouting in Ning Fan’s direction.
"You despicable brat, how dare you ambush me!"
"Ambush? I declared war on you long ago, didn’t I? Capture!"
Ning Fan pointed repeatedly, and hundreds of massive golden vortices appeared in the sky, blocking all escape routes around Elder Xumi.
Elder Xumi, caught off guard, stepped into a vortex that suddenly appeared, and his feet were sucked in immediately.
His expression changed, and just as he attempted to break free from the vortex, hundreds more golden vortices appeared in layers on the periphery.
All the vortices produced a violent suction, and in an instant, Elder Xumi was sucked into a vortex and sealed within Ning Fan’s Life-bound Cave Heaven.
"Where have you taken Daoist Xumi?"
Zhao Banzhi, Elder Taiyuan, and Elder Juyue all turned pale.
This Swirling Void Technique is so bizarre, appearing without any warning and is hard to defend against.
Earlier, Ning Fan easily annihilated the Red Sand Sect Master with the Swirling Void Technique, and now he used hundreds of golden vortices to capture Elder Xumi.
It seemed that Elder Xumi had been sealed into some sort of magical realm by Ning Fan.
With this in mind, the three slightly relaxed.
Elder Xumi was most skilled in spatial divine skills. If he was sealed in an immortal abode’s magical treasure, he would surely have a way to escape.
Sadly, these three severely overestimated Elder Xumi’s capability and underestimated the power of Ning Fan’s Life-bound Cave Heaven.
In the pure gold Life-bound Cave Heaven, Elder Xumi looked at seventy-two golden continents suspended inside, shocked.
He, who had always been proficient in space-type divine skills, was captured by Ning Fan’s spatial power; it was truly unbelievable!
Elder Xumi noticed that this Immortal Abode’s Magical Treasure was a high-grade Treasure, and without any formation defenses, it wouldn’t be hard to break.
An overwhelming disintegration force was gradually dissolving his body and spirit into blood water.
The dissolving speed wasn’t fast; with Ning Fan’s current fourth-layer cultivation, and himself also at the fourth layer, it would take a hundred breaths at least before he would be completely dissolved.
"A hundred breaths, enough for me to escape. I only need half a breath to break this high-grade Treasure! Shatter!"
Elder Xumi pointed out, shooting a silver beam, striking the barrier of the magical treasure.
The barrier trembled and then shattered.
Elder Xumi sneered, mocking Ning Fan for trying to confine him with a high-grade treasure without formations, calling it wishful thinking.
He shattered the treasure’s barrier, expecting to be transported out.
To his dismay, he found that after shattering the high-grade treasure, another magical abode still trapped him!
He struck again, destroying another magical abode, yet there remained endless magical spaces trapping him!
"In... Infinite Nascent Realm! Not good! If I can’t find a way out of this treasure within a hundred breaths, I’ll be dissolved into blood here!"
Boom! Boom! Boom!
He continuously smashed through one magical abode after another, but still, infinite realms ensnared him...
No escape, no escape!
With his cultivation, he couldn’t comprehend the mystery of the Infinite Nascent Realm!
...
With Ning Fan’s current cultivation in Magic Power, Swirling Void Technique, it would take a hundred breaths to dissolve a fourth-layer cultivator, an hour to dissolve a fifth-layer cultivator, but for a sixth-layer one, he couldn’t even bring them into the space, and wouldn’t be able to kill a sixth-layer even if by chance absorbed.
The speed of dissolving cultivators will increase with Ning Fan’s cultivation growth, and so will it with increased killings.
Each cultivator’s body and spirit melted into blood by the Swirling Void Realm are absorbed by the Treasure, increasing its lethal power.
If Ning Fan hadn’t comprehended the Infinite Nascent Realm, he might have set up formations in the Life-bound Cave Heaven to prevent others from shattering it.
But with the Infinite Nascent Realm, there’s no need for that. Even among rogue immortals, few can see through the marvels of the Infinite Nascent Realm!
"Strange, why hasn’t Daoist Xumi escaped yet, could he be trapped in the Treasure?"
Zhao Banzhi and others were pondering this when Mu Luo gave a cold laugh and transformed into a sharp escape light, charging at Zhao Banzhi!
Ning Fan mentioned for him to hold Zhao Banzhi, while Ning Fan dealt with the others.
Originally, Mu Luo didn’t believe Ning Fan could face two fifth-layer experts alone, but after witnessing the might of the Swirling Void Technique, he believed it.
"I’m a small-minded person by nature. An eye for an eye! Die!"
Mu Luo pointed, transforming pure wood demonic power into fierce green sword lights, stabbing towards Zhao Banzhi.
Zhao Banzhi’s face darkened, directly summoning the Divine Mountain Armor to fend off Mu Luo’s attack.
Among these Mountain Realm cultivators, Zhao Banzhi was the most formidable. His Divine Mountain Armor could withstand attacks from a sixth-layer cultivator.
Mu Luo’s sword lights were all blocked by the Divine Mountain Armor, leaving Zhao Banzhi unscathed.
He raised his hand, summoning a fiery red Treasure Bead to attack Mu Luo.
Mu Luo didn’t say a word, lifted his hand and shattered the fiery red Treasure Bead.
Mountain Realm Cultivators excel in defense, not attack!
Mu Luo and Zhao Banzhi’s faces both grew solemn.
Mu Luo had to admit that Zhao Banzhi’s defense was astonishing, one that he could not break.
Zhao Banzhi realized that he was no match for Mu Luo, at most only able to protect himself with the Divine Mountain Armor; defeating Mu Luo was simply impossible.
"I will entangle this person, you two kill Ning Fan! The crime of killing the Rain Emperor will be solely borne by me!"
Zhao Banzhi’s face turned ashen. He finally realized what a terrible decision it was to gather his allies and extort the Rain Immortal World.
With Yun Zongxuan dead, the Rain Immortal World did not become weaker, but instead became stronger!
Daoist Hongsha had fallen, Xumi was trapped... Of the five who came, only three remained in an instant...
Ning Fan, the Calamitous Emperor of the Rain Realm, was a formidable character; he truly should not have provoked this man.
But now the enmity had been formed, the other party had murderous intent, and he could only go all out.
He had no choice. Even if committing the crime of crossing realms to kill a king, even if pursued by the Four Heavens Executors, he must kill Ning Fan!
With Zhao Banzhi’s words, Elder Taiyuan stood on the Golden Compass, while Elder Juyue rode the Avoid-Water Beast, both attacking Ning Fan.
Their faces were equally ashen as they realized extorting Ning Fan was a mistake.
They had come to the wrong place, the wrong time... they shouldn’t have come to the Rain Immortal World.
But now that regret was futile, their only option was to kill Ning Fan.
Ning Fan patted his storage pouch, took out the Ancient Golden Sword, and swiftly evaded their attacks by riding the sword.
He used the Swirling Void Technique to trap Elder Xumi. Until Elder Xumi fell, he could not confront any of the Cultivators at the Fifth Level of Fragmentation.
Waiting just a hundred breaths... In a hundred breaths, Elder Xumi would die within the Swirling Void Realm, and then Ning Fan could act to wipe out another Fifth Fragmentation cultivator!
"Humph! Weren’t you just arrogant? Why are you only running away now?"
Elder Juyue sneered, raising his hand to wield the jade bowl magical treasure.
Once the jade bowl hovered in the air, its opening expanded immensely, aiming to cover Ning Fan’s head.
The jade bowl was imbued with a ’Body Locking’ divine skill, making it impossible for Ning Fan to move and escape its attack range for the moment.
"Swirling Void Shift!"
Ning Fan changed his finger spells, and beneath the Ancient Golden Sword, a massive golden vortex appeared, drawing Ning Fan into it, disappearing from where he stood.
The jade bowl magical treasure missed its target.
In the next instant, a golden vortex suddenly appeared ten thousand feet away, and Ning Fan flashed, stepping on the ancient sword, emerged in the golden light.
The Swirling Void Shift was a spatial transmission divine skill, allowing short-range transportation, and was several times more effective than void teleportation.
Ning Fan had once used this technique to directly transmit the Cultivation Technique to Long Li.
With his cultivation, he could not perform long-distance transportations, only short-range movements within ten thousand feet.
Even so, it was enough to dodge Elder Juyue’s attack.
"You rascal, meet your end!"
A sudden fierce killing intent came from behind.
Elder Taiyuan seemed to have predicted Ning Fan’s transmission location, and in the instant Ning Fan appeared, he said nothing and directly launched his magical treasure.
It was a cone-shaped magical treasure, black in color, known as the Armor Piercing Awl, used specifically for breaking defenses and ambushes.
Ning Fan flew back on the sword, pointing a finger at the Armor Piercing Awl.
Immediately in front of the Armor Piercing Awl, a golden vortex appeared, drawing the awl into it.
In the next moment, a golden vortex suddenly appeared behind Elder Juyue, and the Armor Piercing Awl shot out from it, aiming at Elder Juyue’s critical back!
Ning Fan directly used the Swirling Void transmission, sending the Armor Piercing Awl to another location!
Elder Juyue’s hair stood on end, feeling the incredibly sharp magical treasure attacking from behind.
The Armor Piercing Awl!
That had been Elder Taiyuan’s attack aimed at Ning Fan, but Ning Fan’s bizarre divine skill redirected its path, targeting him instead!
There was no time to evade the attack from the awl, so Elder Juyue gritted his teeth and summoned the Divine Mountain Armor to protect himself.
"Divine Mountain Armor, manifest!"
A deep yellow stony skin appeared all over his body, acting like armor to protect him externally.
It was as if he had turned into a stone man, with his defense reaching its peak at this moment!
The Armor Piercing Awl struck the Divine Mountain Armor with a resounding crash, breaking only the surface layer but not penetrating the entire defense.
Elder Juyue felt relieved. Although his Divine Mountain Armor was not as formidable as Zhao Banzhi’s, it was superior to Elder Taiyuan’s and would not easily fall to the Armor Piercing Awl.
Elder Juyue raised his hand and returned the Armor Piercing Awl to Elder Taiyuan.
Elder Taiyuan’s old face flushed with embarrassment. He had clearly attacked Ning Fan but ended up attacking Elder Juyue instead.
Thankfully, it did not harm Elder Juyue. If it had caused any harm, he would truly have no dignity left.
A grand Fragmentation Five cultivator, yet he had attacked his ally with a magical treasure... how humiliating!
"This child’s power is inferior to mine and Elder Taiyuan’s, yet his divine skills are bizarre, making him difficult to capture for the moment..."
Elder Juyue and Elder Taiyuan jointly besieged Ning Fan, but with the speed of the ancient golden sword and the Swirling Void technique, Ning Fan was not likely to win, yet he could definitely defend himself.
The hundred breaths passed quickly.
In a moment of despair, Elder Xumi turned into a pool of blood, falling within the Swirling Void Realm.
His blood seeped into the Swirling Void Realm, adding a touch of red to the realm.
He was the first to fall to the Swirling Void Realm’s slaughter, but he would not be the last.
The more it killed, the faster the Swirling Void Realm dissolved cultivators!
A golden flash appeared before Ning Fan, revealing a storage pouch in front of him.
It was Elder Xumi’s storage pouch!
Ning Fan put away the storage pouch, knowing that Elder Xumi was dead.
Thus, he could proceed to take down the next adversary, kill them!
"Is that not Elder Xumi’s storage pouch? How could this brat have taken it!" Elder Taiyuan’s gaze was shocked.
"Elder Xumi was greedy and stingy; he would never hand over the storage pouch unless dead... Could he have died! He must have perished within this brat’s Immortal Abode’s Magical Treasure, how is this possible!" Elder Juyue was equally astonished.
"Indeed, Elder Xumi is dead, time for the next one!"
Ning Fan’s eyes flashed with cold light, besieged by two Fracture Tier Five for a hundred breaths, now it was his turn to counterattack!
He stepped on the ancient sword’s tip, manipulating seals with his fingers, strands of seemingly tangible golden light swirling between them.
Simultaneously, four enormous golden vortices appeared around Elder Taiyuan, each shooting a golden ray, forming a cross through the heart.
The cross-through-the-heart did not harm him a bit, yet trapped him in the center of the four vortices, unable to move for a while.
Swirling Void Intersection!
Similarly, four golden vortices appeared around Elder Juyue, but he was much more decisive, instantly leaping off the Avoid-Water Beast, dodging the fate of being cross-bound by the four vortices.
However, his Avoid-Water Beast wasn’t as fortunate, pinned in midair by the cross rays.
The Avoid-Water Beast colliding under Elder Taiyuan’s feet, a massive golden vortex emerged, sucking both the person and beast into the vortex, sealing them within the Swirling Void Realm.
The Avoid-Water Beast, only at Void Refinement cultivation, screamed briefly upon being sealed in the realm, then perished into a pool of blood.
Elder Taiyuan watched the Avoid-Water Beast beside him turn into blood, his heart trembled fiercely.
He could imagine Elder Xumi, sealed in this realm beforehand, surely died similarly, truly terrifying.
"This place is quite peculiar. If a Master like me stays here for two hours, the resulting fate will be bloody death."
"However, this realm is merely a high-grade Immortal Abode, shattering it is not difficult! Trying to imprison me here, forget it!"
Elder Taiyuan snorted coldly, raised a hand, and wielded the Armor Piercing Awl, shattering the realm’s space.
His figure flickered, attempting to leave the realm, only to discover continued entrapment.
He just realized that this realm was layered over layers.
He summoned the Armor Piercing Awl again, broke a layer of the realm, only to find another realm beyond.
Time and again, breaking realms, repeatedly discovering the endless cycle of realms...
"Infinite Nascent Realm! No wonder Elder Xumi died here! My research on realm techniques is inferior to Elder Xumi’s, if he could not escape, how could I!"
"This is dreadful! If I cannot flee within two hours, I am doomed to bloody demise here!"
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Elder Taiyuan shattered countless layers of realms, yet remained trapped.
Desolation gripped his heart, despair mounting in his eyes...
...
Outside, Ning Fan was already facing off against Elder Juyue one-on-one.
Zhao Banzhi was still deadlocked in battle with Mu Luo, relying on unparalleled defense, holding off defeat.
At this moment, Zhao Banzhi and Elder Juyue’s eyes sparkled with fear!
The Master of the Red Sand Sect died under Ning Fan’s Swirling Void Annihilation.
Elder Xumi perished within Ning Fan’s Swirling Void Realm.
Now, Elder Taiyuan was also taken by the Swirling Void Realm, his life and death uncertain...
"Damn! What divine skill is that golden vortex, so formidable!"
Zhao Banzhi’s face was stormy.
He did not know the technique was the sect-defining skill of the Tri-Realm Sect in Four Heavens — Swirling Void Technique.
The Tri-Realm Sect acted discreetly in Four Heavens, with many practitioners of the Swirling Void Technique internally but rarely exposed.
At this moment, he had lost any intent to fight, only wanting to escape back to the Mountain World.
Ning Fan was too powerful, armed with the ancient golden sword, none today could harm him.
The ime capsule was driven by an escape speed akin to a Fracture Tier Six Cultivator, even if Ning Fan attempted fleeing with sword, Zhao Banzhi could not pursue, let alone killing him.
Ning Fan did not flee, merely using the ancient sword and Swirling Void Technique to tangle with Elder Juyue, that was the most formidable aspect.
Zhao Banzhi secretly speculated that Ning Fan’s realm divine skills, which captured Elder Xumi and Elder Taiyuan, had certain restrictions, possibly only able to seize one at a time within a specific period.
With this thought, his heart suddenly trembled, his urge to leave grew even stronger!
Ning Fan was evidently waiting for skill cooldown! After killing Elder Taiyuan, the next would be slain!
"Rain Emperor, calm your wrath, this time I was reckless, I shouldn’t have stirred trouble in Rain Immortal World! I plead with Rain Emperor to spare me for the sake of my relationship with the previous Rain Emperor, and let me return to Mountain World!"
Zhao Banzhi gritted his teeth, actually starting to show weakness.
Elder Juyue hesitated in expression, lacking Zhao Banzhi’s thick skin to speak words of plea.
Yet, his gaze flickered, contemplating escaping back to the Mountain World.
He did not want to linger here for two hours, only to be eradicated post-cooldown by Ning Fan.
Zhao Banzhi, entangled by Mu Luo, could not extricate himself, hence resorted to pleading.
Elder Juyue did not have that concern.
His strength surpassed Ning Fan’s, although unable to kill Ning Fan, Ning Fan could not trap him either.
He wanted to leave, reckoning Ning Fan couldn’t stop him.
"My apologies for the situation, but I must take my leave, Daoist Zhao, the rest is up to you."
Elder Juyue raised his hand, took out a Realm Gate Jade Slip, crushed it, intending to abandon Zhao Banzhi and escape solo.
If he did not flee, he could at least hold off Ning Fan, sharing some of the pressure from Zhao Banzhi.
If he escaped, Ning Fan would be able to free up his hand and naturally attack Zhao Banzhi, making Zhao Banzhi’s chances of survival even slimmer.
In the instant the jade scroll was crushed, a deep yellow massive realm gate appeared behind Elder Juyue with a flash of light.
Seeing Elder Juyue trying to abandon him and escape alone, Zhao Banzhi’s face turned livid with anger, cursing Elder Juyue in his heart.
The cultivation world is cruel; cultivators are selfish. When it comes to oppressing the weak together, they naturally collude with each other.
But when disaster strikes, it’s every man for himself, and the saying goes, "Better a dead friend than a dead self."
"It’s over. With Juyue gone, I’m doomed, I’m doomed!"
"If I die, it won’t be because of Ning Fan, the Emperor of the Rain Realm, but because of Juyue!"
Watching Elder Juyue step into the realm gate and escape along the path, Zhao Banzhi showed a look of despair.
If I had known this, why did I even come?
I shouldn’t have come to the Rain Immortal World, shouldn’t have!
All that talk about the weakest of the nine worlds and a new emperor being weak, nonsense, nonsense!
Although the current Rain Immortal World still cannot be ranked among the Middle Three Worlds, it is definitely no longer the weakest of the nine worlds!
Zhao Banzhi considered himself no weaker than the emperors of the Lower Three Worlds, yet even he struggled to survive in the Rain Immortal World.
Other emperors of the Lower Three Worlds, if they dared to confront the Rain Immortal World, would surely meet the same fate...
Death!
"Did he escape? What a pity. Although the Swirling Void Technique is perfected, my cultivation is not enough to capture all in one go against multiple Void Fragmentation at the fifth rank. Pity... Zili, go kill him, and remember to bring back the storage pouch."
Ning Fan shook the Cauldron Ring, and a flash of purple-black light appeared from the sky, revealing a massive Purple Eye Peacock.
At the moment the Purple Eye Peacock manifested, an extremely sinister aura of a fierce beast swept across the entire Seven Apricot City!
And Zhao Banzhi’s whole body began to tremble!
"A...A Sixth Rank Void Fragmentation Royal Beast! And this beast has such a ferocious aura, I fear not many in the Sixth Rank could match it!"
"It’s alarming that the Rain Emperor Ning Fan possesses such a fierce beast. Even our rare Seventh Rank Old Monsters of the Mountain World dare not tread casually in the Rain Immortal World, especially during a bitter battle with the Earth Immortal World!"
With just one command from Ning Fan, Nieli flapped its wings and transformed into a streak of purple-black demon light, flying through the realm gate, chasing after Elder Juyue.
Elder Juyue, who was desperately fleeing on the realm path, had just breathed a sigh of relief, thinking he had escaped to safety, when he suddenly sensed an extremely terrifying beast aura behind him.
He turned around to take a look, and just one glance turned his whole face white with fear.
"An...an invincible Sixth Rank Royal Beast! How is this possible!"
A hint of disdain appeared in Nieli’s purple eyes as it powerfully vibrated its wings.
In just an instant, dozens of purple-black wind blades sliced Elder Juyue into countless pieces.
All the essential blood and flesh from Elder Juyue’s corpse were absorbed by Nieli.
The storage pouch was then held in Nieli’s mouth and brought back to Ning Fan.
In the past, even at the fifth rank, Nieli could slay the Vine Emperor.
Now, Nieli’s realm was even higher, and Elder Juyue was far weaker than the Vine Emperor. He had no strength to retaliate against Nieli.
Moments later, Nieli returned with Elder Juyue’s storage pouch and handed it to Ning Fan.
Ning Fan, with a cold gaze, pointed toward Zhao Banzhi, saying, "Kill him."
"Caw!"
Nieli screeched, transforming into a streak of purple-black demon light, charging at Zhao Banzhi.
"My fate is sealed..."
In despair, Zhao Banzhi closed his eyes, knowing for certain that he was doomed.
Unable to escape, he decided not to try...
Suddenly, he opened his eyes, filled with ferocious intent, glaring at Ning Fan with utmost hatred.
"Let us perish together, Ning Fan, Emperor of the Rain!"
At that moment, Zhao Banzhi ignited his Spirit, choosing to self-destruct to death!
Even in death, he intended to take some down with him!
Nieli showed a look of disdain, opening its mouth and absorbing all of Zhao Banzhi’s self-destructive power harmlessly.
Had Zhao Banzhi reached the sixth rank, perhaps Nieli might have had some concerns.
But mere fifth rank, what was there for Nieli to fear?
Ning Fan waved his hand, collecting Zhao Banzhi’s storage pouch, and glanced around.
At that moment, tens of thousands of cultivators throughout Seven Apricot City gazed in disbelief.
In their eyes, there was also an undeniable fervor!
This is the power of Ning Fan, the Calamitous Emperor of the Rain Realm!
None of the Mountain World cultivators who invaded the Rain Realm remained alive; all perished in the Rain Immortal World!
If this news were to spread, it would surely shake the nine worlds!
From this day forth, who would dare say the Rain Immortal World is the weakest of the nine worlds!
Those foreign cultivators plotting against the Rain Immortal World would need to weigh their decisions carefully henceforth.
Ning Fan shook the Cauldron Ring, retrieving Nieli.
He pondered further.
Nieli’s exposure again would likely lead many to speculate that he was the culprit behind the Vine Emperor’s demise.
Will the remnants of the Three Realms Sect seek revenge...
The Three Realms Sect Master’s life ended on the path to assassinate ’Lu Bei’. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets at Qidian.com, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please visit m.qidian.com to read.)