novelraw Chapter 726: Tianshui Star Domain
Chapter 726: Tianshui Star Domain
The Locking Domain Great Array of the Yao Zong Star Region, along with the downfall of the Yao family, gradually disappeared.
Ten days later, the great array completely vanished.
The Fate Immortals and True Immortal old monsters waiting outside the Yao Zong Star Region, upon seeing the formation light disappear, immediately surged into the Yao Zong Star Region like a tide!
However, as soon as they entered the star region, these old monsters heard a shocking piece of news, and their expressions changed drastically.
Even a few Crossing Truth Realm True Immortals couldn’t maintain their composure!
The Yao family was exterminated!
The culprit was named Qianqiu!
This person single-handedly slaughtered 146 Fate Immortals and eighty thousand Void Fragmentations!
This person plundered the entire Yao family, emptying their millions of years of foundation!
"How is that possible! That Thousand Autumn Ancestor is merely at the Void Fragmentation realm, how could he have the capability to slaughter 146 Immortals!" a Fate Immortal exclaimed upon hearing this news, instantly turning pale.
He too was just a Fate Immortal, and he came to claim Ning Fan’s head for a reward; would Ning Fan counter-kill him!
"Imperial Formation! It’s the Imperial Formation! That Thousand Autumns Old Demon possesses a fragment of the formation pattern of an Imperial Formation, using it to cover the entire Yao family with a great formation!"
Another Fate Immortal discovered the reason for the Yao family’s downfall, but felt no relief.
"How is this possible! How could that Thousand Autumns Old Demon, with his mere Void Fragmentation realm, possess the formation pattern of an Imperial Formation!"
"What does it matter if you don’t believe it? The fact is, the Thousand Autumns Old Demon indeed possesses the Imperial Formation, and indeed slaughtered all the Immortals in one region, this is an undeniable fact."
"By the way, it’s said that after wiping out the entire Yao family, that Thousand Autumn Ancestor seized over a trillion Dao Crystals!"
"What, over a trillion! That much!"
The old monsters entering the Yao Zong Star Region from the Tianshui Star Domain were all greatly shocked upon hearing of Ning Fan’s terrifying war achievements.
However, upon hearing Ning Fan seized over a trillion Dao Crystals, a greedy look appeared in their eyes again.
As the Locking Domain Great Array opened, the news of the Yao family’s demise spread crazily to other star regions.
Ning Fan’s infamous name also spread throughout the Eastern Heaven at an astonishing speed!
At this moment, no one would consider Ning Fan as a sheep waiting to be slaughtered anymore.
Ordinary Fate Immortals no longer had the courage to continue hunting Ning Fan.
However, more and more True Immortals became interested in Ning Fan.
A reward of a hundred billion could only tempt True Immortals at the initial stage of Crossing Truth.
A trillion Dao Crystals, however, was enough to tempt Enlightenment Old Demons at the peak of Crossing Truth!
It is now widely rumored that Ning Fan plundered over a trillion Dao Crystals from the Yao family.
Though not guilty, holding such wealth would surely bring new troubles for Ning Fan, no question about it.
Of course, the biggest trouble was the Qing Yun Elder of the Slaughter Hall—Yao Qingyun!
This person had been expelled by the Yao family but still cared for old relations and supported the Yao family.
No one knew if Yao Qingyun would kill Ning Fan to avenge the Yao family!
In the starry sky, a Star Gate suddenly appeared at the border between the Tianshui Star Domain and Yao Zong Star Domain!
Then, a young man in white, exuding a terrifying Evil Qi, stepped out of the Star Gate and headed towards the array gate of the Tianshui Star Domain!
His Evil Qi was so dreadful that even a regular Crossing Truth initial stage True Immortal could not endure the baleful qi and devilish aura on him!
At the array gate of the Tianshui Star Domain, there were quite a few powerful beings coming and going, including Fate Immortals and True Immortals.
They all saw the young man in white!
They recognized him as Ning Fan! The Ning Fan who slaughtered the Yao family!
"That is the Thousand Autumns Old Demon! The 146 Fate Immortals of the Yao Zong Star Region were killed by his hand!"
Of the 16 Fate Immortals present at the site, 4 were responsible for guarding the Tianshui array gate of this domain, while the other 12 were Fate Immortals passing by this place.
All 16 Fate Immortals, upon seeing Ning Fan’s appearance clearly, showed varied expressions!
There was fear, shock, greed, murder intent, and dread!
There were also 2 True Immortals at the initial stage of Crossing Truth, each looking at the young man in white with cold gazes!
In their eyes, a greedy killing intent flickered!
In their view, although Ning Fan’s infamy was great, it was all due to the renown of the Imperial Formation pattern!
How rare were Imperial Formation patterns? It was absolutely impossible for Ning Fan to possess a second piece of the Imperial Formation pattern!
Of course, it could not be ruled out that Ning Fan had other heaven-defying methods...
If they could kill Ning Fan, they could seize his storage pouch and acquire 200 billion Dao Crystals, why not!
Even better if they could obtain the Dao Crystals without having to kill Ning Fan, gaining without a fight!
"Hand over all the Dao Crystals you have, and we two elders will spare your life!"
The two True Immortal elders each took a step forward, their momentum was earth-shattering, and they spoke coldly to Ning Fan.
Though they coveted Ning Fan’s Dao Crystals, they were also quite cautious.
If they could obtain the Dao Crystals without a fight, they wouldn’t mind letting Ning Fan go, lest Ning Fan exhibit other heaven-defying methods, which would be troublesome...
Ning Fan’s gaze turned cold, he stood outside the Tianshui array gate, protected by his Evil Qi, unperturbed by the pressure of the two True Immortals.
He did not say much, just slapped his Soul Bag, and suddenly released 80 thousand Void Fragmentation Nascent Souls and 146 Fate Immortal Nascent Souls!
These Nascent Souls, after special treatment, were no longer alive objects, now lifeless.
These Nascent Souls could deploy the Blast God Technique!
Fate Immortal Nascent Souls could kill a True Immortal at the initial stage of Crossing Truth, and with 146 Fate Immortal Nascent Souls plus 80 thousand Void Fragmentation Nascent Souls, it could even kill a True Immortal in the mid-stage of Crossing Truth!
The sky was filled with dead Qi, and the hollow-eyed Nascent Souls hovered over Ning Fan’s head, eerie ghost cries filled the air.
As Ning Fan’s spirit sense shifted slightly, a terrifying wave emanated from the countless Nascent Souls!
That was the sign of imminent self-detonation of the Nascent Souls!
If this many Nascent Souls self-exploded, no one here would survive except Ning Fan!
In an instant, all 16 Fate Immortals and 2 True Immortals turned pale, filled with fear!
The greed in everyone’s eyes turned into profound terror!
Especially the two True Immortal elders, who faintly recognized the Divine Skill Ning Fan was deploying, making them even more fearful!
Though they had never seen the Blast God Technique with their own eyes, they had long heard of the renowned Yao Family God-Blasting Art!
The ancestor of the Yao family, Yao Hongshen, in his most shocking battle, slightly injured an Immortal Emperor with three thousand True Immortal Nascent Souls!
It should be known that Yao Hongshen was merely at the Shedding Void Realm at that time; for a Shedding Void Realm to injure an Immortal Emperor was supposed to be a ridiculous notion, yet in Yao Hongshen’s hands, it became a reality!
Even though it was only a slight injury to that Immortal Emperor, it earned Yao Hongshen the appreciation of that Immortal Emperor!
The Blast God Technique was famous throughout the world, though with Yao Hongshen’s fall, this technique eventually was sealed away, its fame gradually forgotten by the world.
The two True Immortals could roughly see that Ning Fan was deploying the Blast God Technique!
Moreover, Ning Fan possessed too many Nascent Souls, and if he unleashed the Blast God Technique, he could probably even kill a True Immortal in the mid-stage of Crossing Truth, and if this technique was initiated, all the 18 Immortals present would die!
"This... we can’t provoke this lad! If we anger him, and he deploys the Blast God Technique, we will surely die, with no chance of survival!"
The two True Immortals were greatly shocked, exchanged looks, and hastily clasped their fists towards Ning Fan to apologize.
"Young friend, calm your anger! We were merely joking with you, young friend; hurry and retract those countless Nascent Souls, do not do anything rash!"
The 16 Fate Immortals present, as well as many Void Fragmentation travelers, saw the two True Immortals scrambling to apologize to Ning Fan and sighed endlessly.
No one mocked the two True Immortals for cowardice.
Anyone with eyes could see that if Ning Fan got angry and self-detonated all the Nascent Souls, no one at this array gate would survive...
"Scram!"
Ning Fan coldly gazed at the two True Immortals, his eyes carrying overwhelming evil qi, sending a chill through the souls of all the immortals present.
His tone was not polite in the least; he intended to project an arrogant demeanor.
The more arrogant he appeared, the more others would believe Ning Fan had many trump cards, and the more they feared him.
To be reprimanded by someone at the Void Fragmentation stage was a humiliating matter.
However, the two True Immortals did not feel humiliated, only fortunate!
Luckily, Ning Fan told them to scram rather than eliminating the both of them.
Being able to preserve their lives was more than enough...
This Ning Fan, truly an unapproachable and fierce character!
The two True Immortals dared not linger any longer, once again cupping their fists towards Ning Fan, and then transformed into escape light, swiftly departing.
All the masters present took a sharp breath.
It was the first time they had witnessed True Immortals being intimidated by a Void Fragmentation cultivator.
Every single old monster looked at Ning Fan with immense awe.
"Thousand Autumns Old Demon, his reputation is well-deserved, someone we cannot afford to provoke... even the Enlightenment Old Demon wouldn’t dare provoke him, and neither should we!"
After the True Immortals left, all the Fate Immortals and Void Fragmentation cultivators present became like cicadas in the cold, not daring to meet Ning Fan’s gaze.
With the Blast God Technique in hand, unless Ning Fan exhausted all Nascent Souls, even True Immortals of mid to late Enlightenment would not dare provoke Ning Fan!
How many could muster the courage to oppose Ning Fan?
Each Fate Immortal lowered their head, wishing to depart from this place swiftly, avoiding too much contact with Ning Fan, lest trouble befalls them.
The four Fate Immortals guarding the formation gate swallowed bitterly, feeling helplessly distressed.
They were tasked with guarding the formation gate and couldn’t easily leave.
If Ning Fan entered the formation gate, they would have to verify his identity, fearing this might anger Ning Fan and bring trouble...
The Tianshui Star Domain was merely a mid-level star domain. With Ning Fan’s Blast God Technique, he could roam Tianshui unchallenged...
"Wait, you three cannot leave! The others may go!"
Ning Fan’s gaze turned slightly cold, locking onto three Fate Immortals attempting to leave.
These three were the bounty-seeking demons!
These three, from the very beginning, harbored murderous intent towards him!
Among these three, two were at the Human Profound Initial Stage, and one at the Human Profound Middle Stage!
The most crucial was that these three bore the badge of the Fourth Revolution Dan Refinement Master, likely cultivators affiliated with his subordinates!
Being locked on by Ning Fan’s murderous intent, the three Fate Immortals felt a chill down their spines, panicked, and instead quickened their pace.
The other Fate Immortals, seeing that Ning Fan did not trouble them, heaved a slight sigh of relief, not wanting to meddle, and hurriedly left.
Ning Fan did not even glance at the other Fate Immortals; his killing intent remained fixed on the three subordinates of the Pill Sect.
The vast number of Nascent Souls had not yet been retracted; Ning Fan pointed a finger, sending one thousand Void Fragmentation Nascent Souls at the two Human Profound Initial Stages.
Another two thousand Void Fragmentation Nascent Souls were sent hurtling towards the Human Profound Middle Stage old monster!
In an instant, four thousand Void Fragmentation Nascent Souls detonated in the starry sky, the annihilating pulses engulfing the three Fate Immortals.
Amid their screams, the three perished simultaneously!
Ning Fan did not extract their Nascent Souls for spellcasting, choosing instead to annihilate them outright.
The reason was naturally because he wanted to claim the bounty on the heads of these three bounty-seeking demons.
Their heads must seal the residual power of their Nascent Souls, thus offering the heads for bounty meant he could not retain the Nascent Souls for spells.
With a mere wave of his hand, Ning Fan annihilated three Fate Immortals, his terrifying means causing the masters to shiver with fear.
The four Fate Immortals guarding the formation gate swallowed collectively, looking at the 76,000 Void Fragmentation Nascent Souls and the 146 Fate Immortal Nascent Souls surrounding Ning Fan, feeling their scalps tingle.
The four became even more certain that they mustn’t provoke Ning Fan, otherwise he could easily blow them up...
Gathering the three Fate Immortal corpses and storage pouches, Ning Fan only kept their heads, refining the other parts into blood and flesh essence and tossing it into the Cauldron Ring for Zili to consume.
The Yao Zong Star Region battle was most profitable for Zili.
One could only imagine how much Zili’s cultivation would surge upon consuming all the refined blood and flesh of the Void Fragmentation and Fate Immortals...
Having slain three subordinates of the Fourth Revolution Dan Refinement Master, the bounty on Ning Fan’s head was enough for a hundred billion. Once the task was completed, the disciples of the Slaughter Hall would trouble him no more.
Of course, this did not include Yao Qingyun’s case...
If Yao Qingyun truly came, Ning Fan could only use the Death-Exemption Token given by Wu Chen to fend off the disaster.
With this token, he could avoid any charges outside of rebellion, including the Slaughter Emperor; no one could claim Ning Fan’s life.
Even if Ning Fan were not part of the Slaughter Hall, Yao Qingyun couldn’t lay a hand on him.
It was precisely because of this token that Ning Fan dared to risk offending Yao Qingyun by destroying the Yao family.
However, even if Yao Qingyun refrained from killing him out of respect for the token, he would have still offended this person.
After joining the Slaughter Hall, Ning Fan’s life would likely become difficult.
Killing need not be done directly, after all.
Given Yao Qingyun’s status, merely assigning Ning Fan extremely perilous tasks would be enough to have him die a hundred deaths...
Leaving Yao Qingyun’s trouble aside for the moment, the bounty from the Slaughter Hall was partially settled, but a new issue arose: Dao Crystals.
The Dao Crystals Ning Fan possessed were enough to tempt even those at the peak of Enlightenment, and the Shedding Void Realm old monsters could certainly be tempted.
After passing the Tianshui Star Domain, was the Qian Emperor Star Domain, an upper starfield where the Star Lord of the main star, Qian Emperor Star, was a Shedding Void cultivator.
As the Recruitment Ceremony of the Slaughter Hall approached, it was unknown whether other Shedding Void cultivators lingered in the Qian Emperor Star Domain.
To avoid being targeted by the Shedding Void Realm old monsters, the solution was actually quite simple.
Before those Shedding Void Realm old monsters arrived, Ning Fan’s plan was to spend every trillion immortal jade publicly before the masses of cultivators!
Ning Fan aimed to spend all his money in the Tianshui Star Domain, with countless ways to spend it readily available.
His gaze turning slightly cold, Ning Fan thought of the best way to spend money, a method sure to be appreciated by the Sect Master of the Pill Sect.
Wasn’t the Pill Sect placing a hundred-billion bounty on him? He would repay their ways similarly!
Due to the great battle, Ning Fan had no time to retrieve the Silver Badge at the Slaughter Pavilion of the Yao Zong Star.
However, having destroyed the Yao family, he obtained numerous Slaughter Badges.
The Yao family prodigy, Yao Li, was not in the Yao Zong Star Region and had long gone to the Slaughter Hall, escaping the calamity, not perishing under the Chaotic Ancient Emperor Formation.
The Slaughter Badges seized by the Yao family for Yao Li had all ended up in Ning Fan’s possession.
More than 1400 Silver Badges!
Having had less than 200 Badges before, Ning Fan now possessed over 1600 instantly!
For Ning Fan, who intended to join the Slaughter Hall, this was indeed a windfall.
Ning Fan remained silent for a moment, putting aside all distracting thoughts, retracting all Nascent Souls, and approached the four Tianshui Fate Immortals guarding the formation gate.
The four Fate Immortals were extremely nervous, not waiting for Ning Fan to get close, they hastened forward, respectfully saying,
"We Tianshui Cultivators greet Thousand Autumn Ancestor!"
The four Fate Immortals treated Ning Fan with respect, as juniors would treat their elder!
Ning Fan, showing no expression, said indifferently, "Who here has an Inlaid Star Compass of Tianshui Star, sell me one."
"I have one! If Thousand Autumn Ancestor requires it, feel free to take it, no need to pay!" the four said in unison.
If they did not please Ning Fan now, when would they?(To be continued. If you like this work, feel free to recommend and vote for it at Qidian.com. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please go to m.qidian.com to read.)