Ning Fan pointed using one of his fingers which had a bit of black snowflakes revolving around it. Amidst the silver snowstorm, it looked unusually eye-catching.
His Mid Divine Transformation Realm aura spread out slowly. At the moment when it dispersed, the silver snowflakes were dyed black with his body as the center.
“Mid Divine Transformation Realm?! Impossible! When I saw this man seven days ago, he was still at the Early Divine Transformation Realm! There is no doubt about it!”
Lu Jiefen eyes twinkled with unease while a wave of astonishment struck his heart.
Isn’t it too fast for him to have improved his cultivation level?!
Qu Shun was feeling the aura force that was being released by Ning Fan as his eyes turned grim.
The technique of blackening the snowflakes had made him quiver without any reasons.
As a matter of fact, he had felt that feeling before. It was during the time when Ning Fan displayed the Wind Mist Finger before his very eyes for the first time.
Today, however, the black snowflakes which were revolving around Ning Fan’s fingertip gave Qu Shun a more threatening feeling.
In fact, a misconception blossomed infinitely within Qu Shun’s mind: the current Ning Fan was not someone he could defeat!
If he confronts the current Ning Fan who had attained the Mid Divine Transformation Realm, he estimated that he had twenty percent chance of winning the fight, forty percent chance of it ending in tie, and forty percent chance of being killed!
“He could actually give me such a strong sense of danger… He really is the most formidable rival that I have ever met in my journey of ascension!” Qu Shun’s eyes were brimming with battle intent, and he really wished that he was the guy who was going to battle Ning Fan right now.
Previously, when Ning Fan was still at the Early Divine Transformation Realm, he failed to arouse Qu Shun’s interest to fight him.
Currently, however, Ning Fan had already made Qu Shun feel that the former had a slim chance of winning against him!
As for Lin Su, Qu Shun did not even bother to dart a glance at him at all.
A Late Divine Transformation Realm expert? A member of the White Devil Sect? A man with 1200 years of bone age?
None of these deserved Qu Shun’s attention!
In Qu Shun’s eyes, Lin Su was just someone who was not even as good as Wang Xiao in combat!
“Lin Su does not deserve his reputation as a proud son of the heavens! If he were to be born in the mortal world, perhaps he won’t even be able to attain the Divine Transformation Realm at all. He is not qualified to be an opponent to test my skills.
Behind Qu Shun, among the seven Divine Transformation Realm cultivators from Immortal Demon World, the person with the highest cultivation level was a Mid Divine Transformation Realm old man who was just half a step away from breaking through to the Late Divine Transformation Realm.
This old man had spent his whole life cultivating the abilities of the ice element. With his ‘Natal Ice Qi’ that he had tempered and refined over thousands of years, he was even more powerful than some of the Divine Transformation Realm cultivators who possessed the Heavenly Cold Qi.
But at the current moment, when Ning Fan pointed using one of his fingers which brought upon wind and snow, an irresistible black-colored power had invaded his body, nearly freezing his ‘Natal Ice Qi’ which he had been practicing for multitudes of years into black ice!
“What kind of ice magical technique is this?! With just his aura, he could cause any ice-elemental cultivators’ demon power to be frozen within the vicinity of ten thousand li* (500m per li)!”
In the past, he didn’t understand why Prince Qu Shun would consider Ning Fan who was just at the Early Divine Transformation Realm to be his greatest rival.
At this moment, however, he seemed to have realized… that Ning Fan’s capabilities were beyond all doubt. Especially after he had broken through to the Mid Divine Transformation Realm, his strength had gone up to a whole new level. Now, even though he was also a Mid Divine Transformation Realm who was just half a step away from attaining the Late Divine Transformation Realm, he probably could not withstand a single round fighting against Ning Fan!
He wasn’t the only one who noticed how horrifying Ning Fan’s move was.
The two Half-Step Void Refinement Realm experts, the hundreds of Nascent Soul Realm cultivators of the White Demon Sect as well as Lin Su felt a suffocating feeling at the same time, as if their magical powers had been frozen!
The core element which the members of the Black Devil Sect cultivate was fire, while the core element of the White Demon Sect was ice. Thus, all the cultivators of the White Demon Sect present were ice elemental cultivators without exception.
After Ning Fan cast a snowstorm with just one single finger, all the Nascent Soul Realm cultivators began to shiver uncontrollably at the same time!
It was a feeling that they felt after being affected by Ning Fan’s ice power. To them, it made them feel like all of their magical power which each of them had been cultivating for their entire lives were not even able to match that of a single piece of snowflake that Ning Fan conjured!
Among the experts in the White Devil Sect, the stronger the cultivation level of the cultivators, the deeper the fear they had on Ning Fan!
Six experts who were at the Early and Mid Divine Transformation Realm were only able to remove the abnormal force of coldness after retreating one hundred steps in unison!
The two Half-Step Void Refinement Realm experts standing behind Lin Su felt an immense sense of danger from the single move that Ning Fan made!
Only Lin Su who acted as if nothing had happened continued to wear an arrogant look.
All of this was certainly because Ning Fan purposely didn’t let his power affect Lin Su.
“Junior Brother! You must never fight this person! You aren’t his match! If you insist, you will die!”
The two old men advised at the same time. Their faces did not have the slightest hint of calm at all.
They couldn’t describe how strong the feeling of danger they felt from the snowstorm to Lin Su!
“Hmph! Don’t tell me that my two senior brothers think that I will lose to a mere ant of the mortal world!” Lin Su was displeased, extremely displeased!
At the moment he said he wanted to battle with Ning Fan, the members of the opposite group stared at him blankly as if he was a fool. This kind of reaction made him especially upset. To him, it was like they had concluded that he, a dignified expert of the younger generation of the White Devil Sect, would be incapable of withstanding a single move from Ning Fan.
Ironically, when each of the disciples of the White Devil Sect saw Ning Fan crushing a few pieces of black snowflakes, they were scared to the core of their being. Even the two Half-Step Void Refinement Realm senior brothers also refused to confront Ning Fan.
What was even worse was that his own two senior brothers believed that he would be killed by Ning Fan in just one move!
What a joke! Indeed, after meeting Ning Fan in person, Lin Su was slightly astonished as Zi Chuan said that Lu Bei was an Early Divine Transformation Realm cultivator while the current him was at the Mid Divine Transformation Realm.
But in the eyes of Late Divine Transformation Realm experts like Lin Su, there was no difference at all facing an opponent at the Early Divine Transformation Realm or a Mid Divine Transformation Realm!
“Hmph! My two senior brothers, no need to say much. I won’t lose to a mere ant of the mortal world! You all think that I can’t handle one of this guy’s moves, don’t you? Good! I will display my trump card and let all of you see how powerful my attack is! However, by doing so, I won’t be able to show any mercy. Probably, Lu Bei will be dead in my hands… in just one move!”
Lin Su waved his hand and stopped the two old men from persuading him any further.
Actually, there was a saying which goes like this: If one does not seek death, then they won’t die.
After seeing that Lin Su paid no attention to their advice, the two old men gave up in persuading him. They just took out their respective most powerful treasures. Both of them were Half-Step Void Grade.
One of them was holding a turquoise turtle ice shield, whereas the other was holding a multi-colored vitrified bottle containing snow and wind.
Both of them readied their stance. Once they notice Lin Su’s life is in danger, they will then hurriedly get into action to save him.
Lin Su was seething with anger!
Zi Chuan looked down on me. Each of my own senior brothers is also like him, underestimating my capabilities!
All of them said that I wasn’t a match for Lu Bei. But regardless of their opinions, I, Lin Su, will prove to everyone that I can kill Ning Fan just like crushing an ant!
With an incredible speed, Lin Su continuously made two hand seals in an instant, leaving afterimages of his fingers!
“Lin Clan Secret Technique – Breath Regulating Spell!”
“The Dao of the White Devil, Nine Dances of Ice Phoenix Technique!”
After displaying the ‘Breath Regulating Spell’, Lin Su’s magic power increased by nearly ten percent.
When he was displaying the cultivation method of the White Devil Sect, he performed a series of hand seals. On the sky above the nine heavens, silver snow congealed into an ice phoenix which was one thousand zhang* (3.13m per zhang) long. Every time it moves, it’s size would grow one thousand zhang* longer(1 zhang = 3.13m). After moving 4 times, the ice phoenix was already four thousand zhang (3.13m per zhang) long! Every breath it took could bring upon gusts of extremely cold wind to the vicinity within tens of thousands of li* (500m per li)!
“It’s the Four Dances of the Ice Phoenix! Unexpectedly, Senior Brother Lin Su could actually perform such a great secret technique! With such capabilities, he could place at least within the top ten experts among the younger generation of the White Devil Sect! Below the Late Divine Transformation Realm, who would be able to withstand this technique!”
“Breath Regulating Spell. It’s the secret art of the Lin Clan Bloodline! It allows one to temporarily raise their magic power by 10%. Such a powerful secret art is also considered precious in the Four Heavens!”
When Lin Su displayed magical techniques which were as graceful as an elegant swan, some of the Nascent Soul Realm experts who failed to see through the situation began to change their minds and support Lin Su.
On the other hand, the six Divine Transformation Realm experts had also begun to have confidence in Lin Su.
Only the two Half-Step Void Refinement experts’ faces were still filled with solemnity. Looking at the ice phoenix which had swirled four times in the sky, both of them frowned and exchanged glances with each other. Each of them was able to see through what each other had in their minds.
“The technique which Junior Brother Lin Su displayed now is comparable to a High Grade Divine Transformation Realm magical technique. However, an attack at such level might not be enough to withstand a single attack from Lu Bei!”
As Lin Su made another hand seal, the four thousand zhang* (3.13 m per zhang) long ice phoenix flapped its wings as countless gusts of icy wind rushed towards Ning Fan.
Under such coldness, all things on the surroundings were frosted over. Even all the Honorable Demon Generals and the women at the scene hurriedly distanced themselves from Ning Fan.
“This Lin Su is not weak… It’s not that he is weak. In fact, it’s just Lu Bei is too overpowered…”
Yuan Yao let out a gentle sigh and shut her eyes. At the next moment, Ning Fan spread his five fingers into the shape of a claw and clawed at heaven and earth without even darting a glance at the incoming bone-chilling gale. In the twinkle of an eye, the spiritual qi within the vicinity of one hundred thousand li* (500 m per li) of the confusing valley was immediately drained. The frozen rivers cracked and the icy mountains collapsed. The earth split and the trees and grasses withered.
It was as if whatever life force that area had was extracted by Ning Fan with his palm and was turned into an unstable mass of primordial orb of light. Without showing any hesitation, he opened his mouth and shoved it into his throat!
Just as he consumed that light orb, his qi rose sharply!
Seventy thousand units of demon power, thirty thousand units of devil power and five thousand units of magic power. After combining these three types of powers into one, Ning Fan was only forty thousand units of magic power away from achieving the level of a Late Divine Transformation Realm expert!
After performing Soul Extraction, his aura had experienced a sharp boost. In a flash, his power had reached the highest state of the Late Divine Transformation Realm.
If his aura were to be a little stronger, he would then reach the Peak Divine Transformation Realm!
“Sou… Soul Extraction Technique!”
Lin Su’ facial expression greatly changed. As for the others who did not know Ning Fan’s background, each of their faces were filled with absolute shock!
The Soul Extraction Technique was one of the three Void Fragmentation Realm abilities. By extracting souls with a single palm, one could greatly enhance their magic power. For any cultivators below the level of Immortals, the Soul Extraction Technique could be said to be the strongest technique for boosting one’s magic power. No other techniques could rival it!
The Breath Regulating Spell is indeed very powerful. However, when comparing it with the Soul Extraction Technique, what can it do?
You’ve raised your magic power by a small cultivation realm higher, yet I’ve just increased my power by 10%!
At this moment, Lin Su finally felt some fear towards Ning Fan.
However, there was no way for him to back down now as he who rides a tiger finds it difficult to dismount it. It was impossible for him to give in now… Where could he put his face if he were to concede defeat at a moment like this?
When Ning Fan’s hand seals changed, Lin Su immediately felt an enormous bone-chilling force rushing against him, suppressing and overwhelming him! It allowed no room for him to resist!
His devil intent congealed into a tree trunk while his rain intent formed into bloody plums which adorned the tree. As for the violet light which lingered around Ning Fan’s body, it was without a doubt the manifestation of his demon intent.
Three different types of intent realms formed a peerlessly beautiful picture. Within that picture, Ning Fan gently lifted his fingers as if he was picking up the flowers and feeling the falling snow. His every move was soft and gentle.
However, when he pointed using one of his fingers, all the snowflakes which were drifting in the sky came to a halt and were literally being frozen in the air. Besides, under a weird ambience, all the silvery snow within a vicinity of ten thousand li* (500m per li) turned black.
An awe-inspiring darkness which was totally irresistible to Divine Transformation Realm cultivators spread out in the atmosphere. Within a breath’s time, the ice phoenix which had made four swirls became frozen. At the next moment, it let out a mournful shrill and then burst into pieces.
The Ice Phoenix Technique which was powerful enough to make a Late Divine Transformation Realm expert find it hard to go against it was… crushed just like that!
*Puke*
After Lin Su’s magical art was cancelled, he felt a sharp pain in his chest, causing him to cough up a mouthful of fresh blood. Amidst the fresh blood, however, there was some black icy sludge.
There was no way he could see it wrongly. Neither did everyone present!
That darkness was void power which could only be comprehended by Void Refinement Realm experts! Even a Half-Step Void Refinement Realm expert would never be able to learn it before they experience Void Inquiry.
“The Soul Extraction Technique of a Void Fragmentation Realm old monster and the Art of Void of a Void Refinement Realm old monster! T-This… is impossible! Ahh!”
Lin Su raised his head, staring at Ning Fan’s finger. For the first time, he tasted…terror!
What was that magical technique?
When he displayed the technique, it felt like he could manipulate the fleeting time, freeze the whole world and even put an end to samsara!
Pieces of black snowflakes were blown towards him by the wind. To his horror, Lin Su realized that one of his arms was instantly frozen into black icy crystals, while standing amidst the black snow. Moreover, when the gentle wind brushed past it, it broke, shattering into pieces ice.
The black-colored force was still spreading to his body. Once it spreads to his whole body… Lin Su would certainly die!
“Lif… Life Jade, protect me!”
He was already in a flurry, feeling helpless and defenseless!
Using his only remaining arm, he quickly crushed a jade stone with ferocity. At once, an aura that was comparable to a Void Refinement Realm strike dispersed from his body, trying to get rid of the snow!
However, before the aura of the strike he unleashed could condense, Ning Fan had already coldly muttered a single word, “Crush!”
The word he uttered made the Void Refinement Realm strike which had yet to condense become frozen by the snow and was then completely destroyed!
“Help… Help me!” Fear overtook Lin Su.
He finally realized how formidable Lu Bei was as an enemy.
The black snow which Ning Fan conjured was not only enough to freeze and kill a Peak Divine Transformation Realm expert, but also inflict severe injuries on a Half-Step Void Refinement Realm expert!
He now regretted his actions. He cried for help. As for his two senior brothers who had been standing on guard, they finally went into action!
“Black Ice Tortoise, appear!”
“Pure Flask of Wind and Snow, keep!”
In a flash, they both emerged in front of Lin Su, trying to block Ning Fan’s black snow with their own magical weapons.
However, after seeing them intervene in the fight, would Ning Fan let them be without doing anything?
Almost in a twinkling of an eye, a dragon and a puppet turned into black shadows and eerily appeared before them during their intervention.
Under the camouflage which Ning Fan deliberately put on them, the black dragon and the black puppet barely revealed any trace of their auras. Apart from the people who had known about the existence of the black dragon, the other people that were there at that time, especially the members of the White Devil Sect were certainly unaware that Ning Fan actually owned Half-Step Void Refinement Realm fighters.
The appearance of the dragon and the puppet were just too bizarre!
One claw and one punch were thrown at the two old men. Both of them who were caught off guard were literally pounded by the black dragon and the black puppet on their chests, causing them to fly in the opposite direction over ten thousand zhang* (3.13m per zhang) away.
Besides, along the way where they were sent backwards, a trace of black snow seeped into their bodies without being noticed by others.
Similarly, a trace of black snow had also entered Lin Su’s body without being seen by anyone.
“Half-Step Void Refinement Realm refined corpse and spiritual puppet! He actually has two Half-Step Void Refinement Realm fighters!”
Lin Su could not help but tremble uncontrollably in fear. He had a feeling that he was probably going to die.
At this moment, Lu Jie Fen and Qu Shun could no longer sit by and watch without taking any actions.
They both showed up in front of Lin Su in a flash. One of them wielded a golden flame while the other manipulated a purple flame. With great effort, they set up a two-layered wall of flames, blocking Lin Su from the incoming attack.
When the snowy gale collided against the wall of flames, no noise was emitted. But at the next moment, a tremendous aura exploded and swept across the surroundings in all directions, turning the land within the area of one hundred thousand li* (500m per li) into ruins.
Both Qu Shun and Lu Jie Fen’s countenances changed. Each of them grabbed Lin Su and retreated ten thousand zhang* (3.13m per zhang) backwards. Only then could they stabilize their postures. Towards the might of Ning Fan’s technique, they now had a rather complete understanding.
Between the two of them, neither one of them could withstand his Wind Snow Finger alone!
“General Lu Bei, killing the sleeping Wolf King is our priority. Both of you agreed to just compete with a single move. Before bringing the wolf king down, it is better not to kill anyone.”
Their tones sounded like they were negotiating with Ning Fan.
In order to kill the Wolf King, it was of course better to have greater combat power. Both of them were unwilling to see Ning Fan falling out with the White Devil Sect.
“I have already stopped at the point where I should. Or else Lin Su would have already died…”
Ning Fan spoke in a flat tone as he withdrew his Wind Snow Finger, as if he was not concerned about the life and death of the experts from the White Devil Sect.
Qu Shun, Lu Jie Fen and the two Void Refinement Realm experts of the White Devil Sect… The battle formation of the opposite group was not weaker than Ning Fan’s. If their trump cards were to be taken into consideration, Ning Fan’s party was still a bit weaker.
Ning Fan had already expected that Qu Shun and the others would save Lin Su. Throughout the fight, what he had been doing was none other than waiting for them to rescue him.
There was no way he could let the White Devil Sect go.
On the surface, he might look soft-hearted as he did not kill Lin Su. But in private, during the time he ordered the refined corpse and spiritual puppet to ambush the two elderly men, he had separated three traces of black snow from his power and planted them into their bodies, secretly plotting against them.
These traces of snow were the finest and purest pieces of snowflakes among what he had. They possessed the effect of samsara. With just the three of them, they would not be able to notice it at all.
Before killing Tan Lang, Ning Fan would not activate the power residing in their bodies as he still wanted to take advantage of the White Devil Sect.
When whatever that needs to be done is done, he would then activate the Wind Snow Technique, causing the black snow to wreak havoc within them. None of them should be able to survive that attack!
Nobody was able to see through his plot, except for Yuan Yao who had extremely keen eyes.
“Lu Bei, do you have such a deep enmity against the White Devil Sect? It does not seem like your style to kill the members of the White Devil Sect just because of personal disputes … Wasn’t it… a little vicious?” Yuan Yao could not understand. According to the impression that Ning Fan gave her, he was a person who had no interest in venting his anger on others.
“The White Devil Sect is my nemesis. If you think that it’s vicious, then I can’t help it…” Ning Fan said with an indifferent tone. He did not give much explanation. However, his eyes flashed with a touch of sadness.
He did not have any ideas about his past grudges.
However, when he thought of how Old Devil’s cultivation was incapacitated and how Wei Xuan and his family were forced by the White Devil Sect to abolish their immortal cultivation…
In the past, both Old Devil and Wei Xuan must have endured extreme humiliation.
It is never enough to just kill a Lin Su! If I kill Lin Su now, the other two Half-Step Void Refinement Realm experts would definitely flee with anger!
Ning Fan would not let anyone from this group of experts from the White Devil Sect escape… Once Tan Lang is killed, they would then die together with that wolf!
The sadness shown on Ning Fan’s expression had softened Yuan Yao’s heart. Her eyes turned gentle and kept quiet.
Lin Su, who had fortunately survived, breathed erratically. With a pair of hateful eyes, he glared at Ning Fan grudgingly.
The same hatred rose in the eyes of the two Half-Step Void Refinement Realm experts from the White Devil Sect.
“My Senior Brothers! Your junior brother’s arm was crippled and both of you were badly injured. We can’t just tolerate it and let him go!”
“Absolutely! Once the sleeping Wolf King is killed, we shall take the opportunity of the chaotic situation and kill this Lu Bei as well! Even though he is just a nobody from the mortal world, his innate talent is heaven-defying and his combat power surpasses many. However, he doesn’t seem to know that he has failed to show his restraint! As the saying goes, the stiffest tree is the most easily cracked. It is seeking death for whoever offends us, the White Devil Sect!”
However, they certainly still had no idea about who was actually going to die in the end…
After the confrontation between Ning Fan and Lin Su, no one ever dared to underestimate Ning Fan anymore.
The current Ning Fan who was at the Mid Divine Transformation Realm could put up a fight with Half-Step Void Refinement Realm experts!
Translated by Tommy, edited by Roel.
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