novelraw Chapter 734: Slaughter Emperor’s Secret Technique, Heaven Seizing Seal!
Chapter 734: Slaughter Emperor’s Secret Technique, Heaven Seizing Seal!
In the Realm of Fragmentation, treasures that can enhance mana limits do exist, but they are extremely rare.
This golden Dao Fruit, capable of enhancing mana limits, is undoubtedly a rare treasure.
No wonder the cultivators in the Slaughter Hall can often be invincible at the same level; the secret might lie in this golden Dao Fruit.
Since there are such opportunities within the Tower of Heaven, Ning Fan feels compelled to give his all to challenge this Tower of Heaven.
Having opened the First Aperture of the Ancient God, the medicinal power of the golden Dao Fruit can double for him!
Determined, Ning Fan stepped into the Teleportation Formation, entering the third level.
On the third level, there were three Loose Immortal Golden Men.
The moment Ning Fan appeared on the third level, the three golden men started casting shadow-like finger moves, the Seven Seals as One, striking out with a Sky Covering Golden Palm.
That palm print had an indescribable mystery, and the palm prints struck by the three golden men seemed each different.
Three completely different palm prints, as if having something in common, yet upon closer inspection, were vastly different.
"What a strange palm print... burn!"
Raising a finger, he exterminated the three golden men, swallowing the three golden Dao Fruits, Ning Fan continued upwards to the upper levels.
Fourth level, fifth level, sixth level...
With each ascending level, there were more Loose Immortal Golden Men,
On the tenth level, ten Loose Immortal Golden Men guarded it, and all were turned to ashes by Ning Fan’s Black Fire Palm Print.
By the time he reached the tenth level, Ning Fan had swallowed a total of 55 golden Dao Fruits, enhancing his mana and its upper limit by about three percent.
As he moved forward, Ning Fan discovered that each golden man exhibited the same Divine Skill, their finger moves were clearly the same, yet the palm prints were all different.
This was different from the Execution Devil Palm, which was of a very low level and had been split into countless palm moves by those giants, thus looking vastly different.
The level of the palm prints exhibited by the golden men here far exceeded Ning Fan’s cultivation level.
Each golden man performed a complete Divine Skill, but each manifested the Divine Skill differently.
Standing on the tenth level, Ning Fan remained silent for a long time, not in a hurry to move to the eleventh level.
He suddenly became interested in this high-level Golden Palm technique.
Imitating the finger techniques of those golden men, gradually, layers of palm prints condensed in his palm, and when the seven layers of palm prints appeared, Ning Fan combined the seven palms into one, striking out with one palm.
This palm transformed into a Sky Covering Golden Palm, grandeur in appearance, yet it was superficial, and its power was extremely weak.
This palm might not even be able to kill an ordinary Loose Immortal.
"It has the form without the essence..."
Ning Fan shook his head helplessly; this palm print was not a physical technique, he couldn’t use Mo Luo’s Eye to copy or learn it secretly.
Without mastering the essence, the power of this palm print was far inferior to Ning Fan’s casual Black Fire Palm Print.
Ning Fan considered that he had stayed on the tenth level for a bit too long, and with a flicker of his body, he flew into the Teleportation Formation, entering the eleventh level.
The golden man guarding the eleventh level was only one, yet it had Human Profound Initial Stage cultivation!
This golden man still executed the Seven Palms as One, striking with a palm print attack at Ning Fan.
Because it was a Human Profound Initial Stage golden man, its attacks were naturally much faster than the Loose Immortal golden men.
The palm prints executed by this golden man seemed to possess more than those of the Loose Immortal golden men.
Ning Fan flicked his finger, the Sky Covering Black Fire engulfed the golden man and palm print.
The eighth-grade middle-ranked Yin Yang Devil Flame could not be stopped by a golden man with Human Profound Advanced Stage, let alone one with Human Profound Initial Stage, unable to resist Ning Fan’s Black Fire.
After the golden man was destroyed, a golden Dao Fruit appeared.
This was a Fate Immortal Dao Fruit, and the energy it contained was far beyond that of a Void Fragmentation Realm Dao Fruit!
Ning Fan captured the Dao Fruit in his hand and swallowed it in one gulp.
Just one Dao Fruit increased Ning Fan’s mana and its upper limit by about five percent compared to before!
Not lingering on the eleventh level, Ning Fan’s body flickered as he flew into the twelfth level.
After two Human Profound Initial Stage golden men struck out a Sky Covering Golden Palm, Ning Fan flipped his hand, sending out two Black Fire Palm Prints, annihilating the two golden men, and swallowing two golden Dao Fruits.
Thirteenth level, fourteenth level, fifteenth level...
All the way to the twentieth level, facing the siege of ten Human Profound Initial Stage golden men, Ning Fan still had a calm and breezy demeanor.
Progressing all the way here, his mana greatly increased, although not yet breaking through to Fate Immortal, his mana could almost compare to Human Profound Initial Stage!
Ten Human Profound Initial Stage were simply insufficient to stop his steps!
With the Black Fire Palm flying, all ten golden men turned to ash!
Swallowing ten golden Dao Fruits, Ning Fan’s mana advanced once again. At this moment, in terms of mana alone, he was not weak compared to an ordinary Human Profound Initial Stage!
Not in a rush to enter the next level, Ning Fan closed his eyes, replaying scenes of the golden men executing palm prints from the first twenty levels in his mind.
It seemed he realized something, yet felt there was always a barrier he couldn’t break through.
He stood on the twentieth level, for a long, long time...
...
Outside, the first ten levels of the Tower of Heaven had successively been illuminated with golden light, yet the eleventh level had yet to light up.
At that time, Ning Fan was still comprehending the hand seal on the tenth floor, something that people outside naturally couldn’t know.
No one thought Ning Fan would stop at the tenth floor. Many speculated that he was spending time recovering his mana, intending to enter the eleventh floor in peak condition.
However, when Ning Fan broke through the twentieth floor and delayed entering the twenty-first floor, many old monsters began to gossip, believing that Ning Fan was likely about to stop at the twentieth floor.
Even though Ning Fan had quite a few stored attack jade slips and he possessed the Divine Blast Secret Technique, his cultivation was still low.
The golden men on the twenty-first floor have a Ghost Profound Mid-stage cultivation, and they strike extremely fast. If Ning Fan doesn’t have time to display his trump cards, he might not avoid defeat.
"It seems that the Thousand Autumn Ancestor is struggling on the twenty-first floor. Having not cleared it for such a long time, he likely has a small chance of passing. Even if he does pass this level, the next level will certainly be difficult to break through... Twenty layers, huh, huh, for his cultivation, reaching this layer is already not bad."
The voice belonged to a young man in golden armor, his expression carrying a hint of disdain.
His name was Jin Guang, possessing a Human Profound Peak cultivation, a celestial practitioner from Eastern Heaven who joined the Slaughter Hall in previous competitions.
Back in the day, he also won first place in the grand competition, but the practitioners in their session weren’t as fortunate as this session’s participants.
In this grand competition session, the Minghai Celestial King spared no expense to open the Tower of Heaven, such a benefit for the younger participants this session.
Three hundred years ago, Jin Guang spent all the Slaughter Values he accumulated for a thousand years to challenge the Tower of Heaven once.
At that time, he reached the thirty-third floor with his Human Profound Late Stage cultivation, and after attaining the golden Dao Fruit, he closed off to cultivate for a hundred years and broke through to the Human Profound Peak.
Jin Guang slaughtered for a thousand years, completing countless slaughter missions to save enough Slaughter Value to enter the Tower of Heaven once.
This session’s juniors don’t have to do anything and can enter the Tower of Heaven for free.
In contrast, Jin Guang really couldn’t balance himself mentally.
He naturally had no good feelings towards Ning Fan, this session’s best performer in the grand competition.
His words carried a hint of sarcasm.
"Brother Jin’s words resonate with me. Even if the Thousand Autumn Ancestor doesn’t stop at the twentieth floor, he will certainly stop at the twenty-first."
Another tall young man at the Ghost Profound Early Stage nodded in agreement.
His name was Gao Yuan, also a previous Eastern Heaven’s chosen who joined the Slaughter Hall, hoarding Slaughter Value for seven hundred years to enter the Tower of Heaven once...
He was insanely jealous of this session’s practitioners’ dumb luck!
Why could this session’s practitioners enjoy the privilege of entering the Tower of Heaven!
With raging jealousy, he harbored endless grievances against Ning Fan, who ranked first this session.
He just couldn’t see anything pleasing about Ning Fan.
As the two were speaking, a timid female voice suddenly sounded.
"I... I think that the Thousand Autumn Ancestor won’t stop at the twenty-first floor, he’s so powerful, and he has so many trump cards... at least, at least he can reach the thirtieth floor..."
The speaker was a young girl in blue clothing, at the Human Profound Mid-stage, formerly the cherished daughter of Eastern Heaven’s Lu Clan, named Lu Xiner.
After the Lu Clan was annihilated, she escaped alone, winning first place in the grand competition two thousand years ago to join the Slaughter Hall.
The girl’s appearance wasn’t too beautiful, yet she was still considered to be neat and pretty.
Seeing that the speaker was no one of significance or power, both Jin Guang and Gao Yuan snorted disdainfully.
In their view, only a fool would think Ning Fan could reach the thirtieth floor.
Lu Xiner’s face flushed red. She just believed Ning Fan could reach the thirtieth floor.
She completely and blindly trusted Ning Fan. This young girl was already captivated by Ning Fan’s black attire and the prowess that defeated all the Celestial prodigies.
With the Lu Clan annihilated, this girl joined the Slaughter Hall. Being able to enter the Slaughter Hall proved her potential and cultivation wasn’t bad, but after all, she was too inexperienced...
Ning Fan’s dazzling prowess in defeating every celestial prodigy was too overwhelming, attracting more than just Lu Xiner to be infatuated with him.
Of course, there were quite a few little friends intimidated by Ning Fan’s fierce reputation as well...
"Lu Xiner, since you think Ning Fan can reach the thirtieth floor, why not make a bet with us?" A sly-eyed, short young man walked over.
His name was Sun Nian, having joined the Slaughter Hall tens of thousands of years ago as a celestial practitioner from Eastern Heaven, now in the Ghost Profound Mid-stage.
Upon seeing Sun Nian, both Jin Guang and Gao Yuan dared not neglect him, clasping their fists in salute.
Sun Nian waved his hand and sneered, "What’s this? Lu Xiner, don’t you think Ning Fan can reach the thirtieth floor? Why don’t you dare to bet with me! I’ll specifically bet that he can’t reach the thirtieth floor; I bet 5 billion Dao Crystals!"
With that, Sun Nian signaled to Jin Guang and Gao Yuan, and the two understood, saying,
"Mr. Jin also bets 5 billion! Betting Ning Fan can’t reach the thirtieth floor!"
"Mr. Gao also bets 5 billion! Betting Ning Fan can’t reach the thirtieth floor!"
After the two spoke, Sun Nian nodded in satisfaction and said to Lu Xiner, "See, the three of us each took out 15 billion to bet with you. Don’t you believe Ning Fan can reach the thirtieth floor? Dare you bet with us? If you win, the 15 billion Dao Crystals are yours, if you lose, heh heh..."
Sun Nian’s sly eyes swept over Lu Xiner’s delicate body, making her hold her body tightly and take a half step back, timidly saying, "I... I won’t use my body to make a bet."
"Who wants your little frame! Do you think your little frame is worth 15 billion?! Sun wants the Flowing Sand Pearl you got at the Flowing Sand Secret Realm; that’s a pretty powerful high-grade Immortal Treasure, almost comparable to a Pinnacle Immortal Treasure, at least usable until the Enlightenment Realm."
"I... I don’t want to bet the Flowing Sand Pearl, I want to sell the Flowing Sand Pearl; it can sell for 20 billion Dao Crystals..."
"It’s not up to you to decide whether to bet or not, it’s up to us!"
Sun Nian grunted in annoyance, scaring the little girl into silence.
"Alright, hand over the Flowing Sand Pearl; let me keep it first, anyway, you’re bound to lose sooner or later! If you happen to win, I’ll hand over the pearl and the Dao Crystals to you!"
Sun Nian glared at Lu Xiner. Gritting her teeth, she took out a purple treasure bead and handed it to Sun Nian.
Sun Nian took the Flowing Sand Pearl, his sly eyes curling with laughter, he chuckled, immensely pleased with himself.
He naturally didn’t believe that Ning Fan could reach the thirtieth level and wasn’t interested in Ning Fan’s attempt to break through the Tower of Heaven.
Just as he was about to turn and leave, he suddenly stopped in disbelief and turned around.
He saw that the twenty-first floor of the Tower of Heaven suddenly burst into a golden light.
After that, the twenty-second and twenty-third floors lit up one after another.
The tower steadily lit up with golden light as it ascended, finally, the thirtieth floor also burst into golden light!
"That Ning Fan is just a Void Fragmentation cultivator, but he can actually reach the thirtieth floor!" The expressions of Golden Light, Gao Yuan, and Sun Nian all changed.
At this moment, in the entire Inner City, there were quite a few old monsters who were mildly surprised.
...
From the twenty-first floor onward, Ning Fan faced gold men at the Mid-Human Profound stage.
With Ning Fan’s surging mana, he executed the Black Fire Palm Print with full force, still able to instantly kill those at the Mid-Human Profound stage!
Relying on the power of the Yin Yang Fire, Ning Fan fought his way to the thirtieth floor, even facing ten Mid-Human Profound cultivators, Ning Fan wiped them all out with a single palm strike!
His strength was no longer as weak as when he first entered Eastern Heaven.
Having consumed 55 golden Dao Fruits of Mid-Human Selection, Ning Fan’s mana surged again, almost reaching the peak of the Human Profound Initial stage!
Not yet an immortal, his mana was already close to the Mid-Human Profound stage.
Once he becomes immortal, his mana will surge once more, probably directly leaping from the Human Profound Initial stage to break through to the Mid-Human Profound stage realms!
On the thirtieth floor, Ning Fan, as before, closed his eyes, replaying the scenes of the gold men using palm strikes in his mind.
His insights grew ever deeper, but there was still a barrier preventing him from fully understanding them.
"If I’m not mistaken, there are two great opportunities within this Tower of Heaven. One is the golden Dao Fruit, and the other is the golden palm print. Dao Fruits are easy to obtain, but the palm print is difficult to comprehend... Just what is this insurmountable barrier..."
Ning Fan opened his eyes, cleared his mind, sat cross-legged on the ground, and began to restore his mana.
Once his mana had been restored to full, he flickered into the thirty-first floor.
Guarding the thirty-first floor was a gold man at the Human Profound Advanced stage.
Someone at the Human Profound Advanced stage was beyond Ning Fan’s ability to kill with one palm strike.
To annihilate a Human Profound Advanced cultivator, Ning Fan could only rely on the Swirling Void Technique and the Art of Gathering Three Flowers at the Top.
Unleashing the Lotus Shadow Defense of a million, no matter how strong this Human Profound Advanced gold man was, he couldn’t penetrate Ning Fan’s defense.
Ning Fan relied on the formidable Swirling Void Technique, opened a black hole with his palm, forcibly taking away the gold man and killing him in the Swirling Void Realm.
After swallowing the golden Dao Fruit, Ning Fan stepped into the Teleportation Formation and entered the thirty-second floor.
Within this level, there were two gold men at the Human Profound Advanced stage stationed, whose combined forces were not much less formidable than Bei Qinghan.
Fortunately, as Ning Fan fought his way up to the thirty-second floor, his mana increased more than tenfold compared to before entering the tower.
Thus, after a hard-fought battle, he managed to take down the two gold men.
Thirty-third floor, three gold men!
This battle was definitely not easy for Ning Fan, as it was not easy to use the Swirling Void Technique to outsmart the three gold men.
The three gold men joined forces, and often as soon as the Swirling Void black hole appeared, it was shattered.
However, unfortunately for them, Ning Fan’s Art of Gathering Three Flowers at the Top was too powerful, and no Human Profound Advanced cultivator could harm him.
Facing the gold men at the Human Profound Advanced stage, Ning Fan was naturally in an invincible position.
Though it was difficult to win with the Swirling Void Technique, it was still possible to emerge victorious.
Thirty-fourth floor, thirty-fifth floor, thirty-sixth floor...
Ning Fan continued to fight his way up, though each floor took increasingly longer to clear, he ultimately reached the fortieth floor.
After consuming multiple golden Dao Fruits, Ning Fan’s mana was now comparable to a mid-stage Mid-Human Profound cultivation level.
Replaying the spirit sense skills of each gold man in his mind, he opened his eyes long after.
Gazing at the Teleportation Formation leading to the forty-first floor, Ning Fan hesitated slightly.
Guarding the forty-first floor must be a gold man at the Human Profound Peak.
Such a level of gold man would be difficult for Ning Fan to defeat, even with his surging mana.
Despite his powerful mana, his divine skills were too weak due to his limited realms...
Unless he breaks through to a Fate Immortal and learns some powerful Second Step divine skills, he won’t be able to defeat the Human Profound Peak.
"If I use the attack stored in the jade slip, the Array Plate, or the Immortal Talisman, I could pass the forty-first floor, perhaps even the forty-second. If I use the Hongshen (Divine Blast) Secret Technique, I’m confident I can reach higher..."
Ning Fan frowned deeply, his spirit sense sweeping over the Cauldron Furnace World.
Zili had already formed a cocoon, with her aura growing ever stronger.
Now Zili’s aura was close to the Human Profound Peak, and it is likely that when she truly awakens, she will be at the Human Profound Peak, if not at the Ghost Profound Early Stage.
If only Zili were awake, given Zili’s unrivaled strength at the same level, Ning Fan could at least reach the fiftieth floor.
With Zili yet to awaken, Ning Fan could only find another way.
Either abandon techniques, and go all out, fighting to reach higher levels, and gain golden Dao Fruits to boost his mana.
Or preserve his trump cards for survival, decisively give up, and forfeit this opportunity within the Tower of Heaven.
Ning Fan’s mind spun a hundred times, finally coming to a decision.
The Blast God Technique is currently the most powerful life-preserving card and must not be used casually, as the Fate Immortal Nascent Soul is too difficult to gather.
Those jade slips, Immortal Talismans, and Array Plates with Ghost Profound Strikes or even the Enlightenment Strikes can be used, as they can be purchased again after use.
The golden Dao Fruit is a major opportunity, and the more, the better.
Having made up his mind, Ning Fan stood up, stepped into the Teleportation Formation, and appeared on the forty-first floor!
The golden man on the forty-first floor was completely different from the previous giants!
His body was of pure gold, but his eyes were made of black crystals, lively as if they were alive!
"Heaven Seizing Seal!"
With a cold rebuke, the golden finger technique shadowed, instantly condensing seven hand seals, merging them into one, and striking down at Ning Fan!
This was the first golden man Ning Fan encountered in the tower who could speak!
In his gaze, there was an emotion that no other golden man had!
That emotion was contempt for the heavens!
The hand seal he displayed was called the Heaven Seizing Seal!
Seizing the heavens is more rebellious than defying the heavens!
To conform to the heavens, avoid the heavens, conceal from the heavens, deceive the heavens - such cultivators lack the intention to rebel, and thus their path is difficult to prolong, for cultivation itself is an act against heaven.
People who go against the heavens act and cultivate against the heavens, though having an intention to defy, daring to oppose heavenly laws, ultimately are below the heavens.
It is only when heaven decrees something that man can rebel against it.
Rebellion, however, is not the highest state.
The highest state is to seize the heavens!
The opportunity to seize the heavens, to usurp the position of the heavens, declaring oneself as the heavens!
Those who cultivate to seize the heavens stand at a height equal to the heavens!
Thus, to display this Heaven Seizing Seal, one must have a will to seize the heavens.
The heavenly sky regards all beings as ants; to seize the heavens, one must view the celestial sky as ants, to be able to stand above it.
Flashes of insight arose in Ning Fan’s mind, and he finally understood what that barrier was.
Without saying a word, Ning Fan successively sacrificed two Immortal Talismans of Ghost Profound Strikes, annihilating the golden man and the hand print.
A single Ghost Profound Strike was not enough to destroy a Human Profound Peak!
After consuming the golden Dao Fruit, Ning Fan sat in silence for a moment, suddenly his ten fingers danced, forming a finger technique.
The finger technique was completed in an instant, his palm spread open, revealing seven layers of golden hand prints gradually emerging from his palm.
The seven-layered hand prints merged into one, as Ning Fan struck with one palm, the Sky Covering Golden Palm immediately descended from the heavens!
The power of this palm instantly drained all of Ning Fan’s mana!
And the power of this palm was equivalent to the strike of a Mid-stage Ghost Profound!
"What level of divine skill is this! With my mana comparable to the Mid-Human Profound stage, I can exert the power of a Mid-Ghost Profound strike!"
"The Heaven Seizing Seal, the Heaven Seizing Seal... The creator of this hand seal, just what kind of person dares to have the will to seize the heavens!"
"Now, I’ve barely grasped the essence of the Heaven Seizing Seal, but my understanding of the exact hand seal technique is still far from sufficient. I have a feeling the Heaven Seizing Seal I comprehend isn’t complete, is it just an illusion..."
...
Outside, upon the jade platform, the Minghai Celestial King’s gaze suddenly flashed, as if seeing something inconceivable.
"Heaven Seizing Seal! This child has such high comprehension, actually able to unravel the must-learn divine skill of successive Slaughter Emperors, the Heaven Seizing Seal! Could this child possibly have the aptitude to wield death and proclaim himself emperor!"
"This child seems to have already noticed that the Heaven Seizing Seal he grasped isn’t complete. The Seven Seals of Heaven Seizing, holding the will to seize the heavens, refining the heavens into a palm, transforming the palm into a seal. The complete practice method of this technique is only in the hands of successive Slaughter Emperors. In the Tower of Heaven, there’s only the initial practice method for this technique, that’s all. Tower of Heaven, Tower of Heaven, all the way to the heavens, and then seizing the heavens..."
Minghai Celestial King smiled with satisfaction, finally closing his eyes, and no longer paying attention to the Tower of Heaven.
Ning Fan was able to initially grasp this seal, which already satisfied him greatly, making it worth the considerable resources spent to open the Tower of Heaven.
Half a day passed, suddenly, the forty-second floor of the tower blazed with golden light!
Countless Fate Immortal Old Monsters’ eyes immediately changed, even many True Immortal Old Monsters were slightly shocked.
"Forty-second floor! Did this child not use some kind of trump card to consecutively destroy two gold men of Human Profound Peak! Could it be... that this child finally resorted to the Blast God Technique!"
On the forty-second floor of the Tower of Heaven, Ning Fan’s hand radiated with world-blinding golden light, akin to a golden sun.
His just replenished mana was once again depleted!
No one could have guessed that he annihilated two Human Profound Peak figures with one hand!
His will to seize the heavens was actually unmatched by any golden man!
The Heaven Seizing Seal he displayed was boundlessly powerful!
"Will to Seize the Heavens!"
Ning Fan swallowed two golden Dao Fruits, sitting cross-legged on the forty-second floor, taking expensive pills, rapidly restoring his mana.
He wanted to use his singular will to seize the heavens and climb to even higher floors!
(The difference between Human Profound and Ghost Profound is a small realm difference, while Fate Immortal is a big realm. The gap between each level from Human Profound Initial to Ghost Profound Peak is like the difference from First Heavenly Layer to Second Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm. Human Profound cultivators and Ghost Profound cultivators are not of the same level. Void Fragmentation realm struggles to win against Fate Immortal, but many Human Profound can defeat Ghost Profound.) (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to visit Qidian.com to vote for recommendation tickets, monthly tickets, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)