Grasping Evil - Chapter 278

Chapter 278: Chapter 278 Retribution from Luo Yun (2.0)

Zou Teng claimed that Ning Fan was not his opponent. The result, however, showed that the strength of his fist was inferior to Ning Fan’s.

That outcome was no different from giving himself a slap right in the face. It caused Zou Teng who was a member of the Freesia Race to have his pride be deeply hurt.

Strong wind gushed across the sky, blowing the clouds and mist away. Ning Fan remained still like an immovable mountain. He breathed in deeply while his expression was indifferent.

Looking at Ning Fan’s nonchalant expression, Zou Teng’s face turned gloomy with his teeth clenched and kept quiet.

“You are indeed much stronger than experts like Zhu Qin…” Ning Fan coldly spoke.

“Hmmph! Don’t talk big! You’ve just received a single punch from me! What I have as a member of the True Spirit Races from the Upper World is more than that. Now, I’ll let you taste my true power! Don’t think that you can take my following punch head-on again! Innate ability of Freesia, Drawing Ice Technique!”

The scrawny Zou Teng’s fists collided against each other. Under that collision, his demon power turned into green frost which encircled his fists and then spread throughout his body. Currently, his body seemed to be covered by a layer of ice armor, emanating immense cold qi.

When his fingers moved, countless images flickered on the tips of his fingers. Traces of the power of ice were guided by his demon power and were absorbed into his body, making the hardness of his physical body increase rapidly.

The green frost was like azure jadeite. It gave off a sense of extreme coldness which would make one be filled with apprehension. At the moment it appeared, green snowflakes abnormally fell from the sky. His green frost was so cold that it was able to alter the weather!

As the cold qi entered into his body, be it his strength, defense or aura force, everything was greatly enhanced to a terrifying level. In his current condition, he was just slightly weaker than a cultivator who was at the Third Level of Jade Life Body Refining Realm. As for his aura which was impulsive at first, it gradually became tranquil making him seem like a ten thousand-year-old profound unmelting iceberg.

When the onlookers outside the arena witnessed that scene, all of them were instantly filled with astonishment. Sounds of surprise echoed throughout the crowd.

“Freesia Ice! The Heavenly Cold Qi that is specially possessed by the Freesia Race!”

“It’s not just that… This cold qi is the essential item for displaying the innate divine ability of Freesia Race – Drawing Ice Technique. It’s a technique which allows one to absorb the power of ice to strengthen their physical bodies. For this particular ability, the stronger the ice power, the greater its destructiveness!”

As Ning Fan overheard the discussions of the onlookers, his expression darkened.

So the green frost in Zou Teng’s hands is the famous Freesia Ice!

It’s ranked eighth among the 12 Heavenly Cold Qi, a rank higher than the Profound Yin Qi.

Of all the enemies Ning Fan encountered, Zou Teng was the first one who possessed any of the Heavenly Cold Qi or Earth Flame.

It’s beyond my expectations that this Zou Teng would actually have one of the Heavenly Cold Qi.

Besides, Zou Teng’s secret technique of enhancing the hardness of his physical body by borrowing the power of ice caused Ning Fan’s eyes to lit up.

What an strange secret technique. It actually lets the cultivator absorb the power of ice to enhance their physical body… It’s indeed an extraordinary technique. However, if it’s just a technique that relies on the power of cold ice, what should I fear?

The lips of his mouth curved into a cold smirk. He made a step forward seemingly unperturbed.

When Zou Teng’s body which was thin like bones moved, it transformed into a ray of green light and dashed right at Ning Fan. His fists were glowing with cold light.

Ning Fan leaned to another side in order to avoid the incoming attack when his eyes became serious. Zou Teng missed his target but as his fist hit empty air, the sky ten thousand li around them was frozen by emerald green ice!

The strength of his punch was comparable to a punch of a cultivator who was at the peak of the Second Level of the Jade Life Body Refining Realm. Afterwards, the green ice congealed into a winged ice dragon which was ten thousand li* long. As the dragon flapped its wings, thousands of pieces of green snow rained down like falling flowers. Every single piece carried a cold lethal aura.

As a gust of cold wind blew, the snowflakes flew towards Ning Fan. In just a single breath, he was already surrounded by thick green snow from all sides.

Zou Teng not only enhanced his physical body through the Drawing Ice Technique but also casted a Mid-Grade Divine Transformation Realm demonic technique.

As for the winged ice dragon, it was without a doubt summoned by him.

“This dragon isn’t weak, your body refining technique isn’t weak and the same goes for the innate ability of your Freesia Race. However, all of these aren’t enough to defeat me! Incinerate!”

As he uttered that single word, there was a sudden ‘whoosh!’. Blazing grey flames filled his entire body. The current Ning Fan had completely turned into a man made entirely of grey flames!

Zou Teng sneered with his eyes filled with disdain.

“Grey flames? What kind of flame is this? Don’t tell me it’s a Fourth Grade Spiritual Flame? Fire restrains ice but it isn’t necessarily so that ice can’t restrain fire. You’re just courting death by trying to withstand my Fifth Grade Heavenly Cold Qi with your Fourth Grade Demonic Flame!”

“Really?”

Ning Fan calmly walked through the sea of green snow as his white robes drifted in the wind.

When the pieces of green snowflakes which were capable of instantly killing a Gold Core Realm expert each fell upon the vicinity of three zhang* around Ning Fan, they would immediately be melted into mist by the grey flames and disappear into thin air.

Outside the arena, Qu Shun’s countenance experienced a drastic change. The divine abilities he cultivated were all related to flames. However, just by looking at Ning Fan’s grey flames, the Earth Vein Demonic Flame residing within his body was showing signs of going out of control. To him, that situation was completely and unimaginably strange!

Lu Daochen’s eyes turned solemn. He had done a deep research about demonic flames. The types of demonic flames at the Fourth Grade and below were more than tens of thousands. Despite that, he had nearly witnessed every last one of them. As for Fifth Grade Earth Vein Demonic Flames, he was lucky enough to personally encounter 7 types of them. Besides, he had even seen one type of Sixth Grade demonic flames.

However, he was certain that the grey-colored flames in front of him was clearly not one of those he had seen before.

It’s not just a single demonic flame. Apparently, it’s a combination of multiple types of demonic flames using a fusion technique. But this method is too ingenious.

Meanwhile, Lu Daochen also felt a trace of cold qi from that combination of demonic flames…

“There is actually ice within the flames?… What exactly is that flame ability?!”

No matter how knowledgeable Lu Daochen was, he had never heard of Yin Yang Flame before.

Yin Yang Flame. Ice and flames fuse together; Yin and Yang combined into one. It was a supreme technique of controlling flames!

Using the repelling force between the two extremely different elements to create a more powerful force. It was a secret technique inherited from the Ancient Chaos Immortal Emperor!

As the grey flames began to grow stronger, the winged ice dragon in the sky which was just a manifestation of a demonic technique showed fear within its eyes.

The next moment, Ning Fan moved one of his feet forward and directly flew towards the head of the ice dragon. The coldness of the dragon was enough to cause any Early Divine Transformation Realm expert who physically touches its body to be frozen into cold ice. However, Ning Fan was unscathed even though he was stepping on the dragon, let alone have any signs of being frozen. In stark contrast, the ice dragon was being burnt by his grey flames, gradually melting into cold qi.

“Exterminate!”

As Ning Fan uttered that word, the ice dragon thawed, turning into green mist and vanished!

Zou Teng’s facial expression changed. His body fell back immediately. But just as he was retreating, Ning Fan speedily approached him with a body of flames.

Zou Teng’s action was actually out of instinct!

But after retreating more than ten zhang* away, he stopped and felt angry from embarrassment. He had clearly displayed the secret technique to enhance his body. However, due to his demonic technique being blocked, he instinctively grew fearful of Ning Fan, a mere Early Divine Transformation Realm expert!

“Detestable! I don’t care what kind of spiritual flames you possess. One must know that in a battle which involves physical confrontations, there’s one single principle that will never change: the strongest person will break all kinds of tricks!”

He opened one of his palms wide and his five fingers bent, turning into a claw. His entire arm turned into cold green ice. Its hardness was comparable to that of an Intermediate Grade Spiritual Treasure. He reached out his claw, grasping at the direction of Ning Fan’s skull.

Without retreating or avoiding, all the grey flames gathered on his fist and heavily threw it at Zou Teng.

Although it was just a punch, after it was thrown out, it refracted into a hundred rays of fist light and eventually dispersed into ten thousand images of grey punches.

When Zou Teng was bombarded by a barrage of punches, the cold qi within his body dissipated at a speed that was visible to the naked eyes. The power of his physical body which was enhanced by the Drawing Ice Technique collapsed on itself without being attacked!

*Boom*

Ning Fan’s fist collided with Zou Teng’s body once more. This time, Ning Fan’s attack was much more ferocious than before. After that collision, he only fell back for 50 steps. As for Zou Teng, his state of mind was in chaos, showing signs of defeat. Moreover, after taking Ning Fan’s fire fists head-on, his body was burnt by the grey flames. He only managed to extinguish the flames on his body after using most of his techniques and had his face overwhelmed by terror afterwards.

He was a member of the Freesia Race, a demon race of the vegetation type. Naturally, he feared the fire element.

Although he was not as fearful as the Min Luo Treants towards flames, his injuries were definitely not light after being burnt by the grey flames.

“This… What is this flame?!”

At first, Zou Teng intended to rely on his body refining techniques to suppress Ning Fan. However, since his Drawing Ice Technique had already been crushed just now and realizing that his own body refining techniques were not as good as Ning Fan’s, the only thing he could rely on was his demon power.

In order to win against him, I’m afraid I have to depend on my demon power now. If I am burnt by that grey flames again, I will clearly suffer more grievous wounds.

His body refining techniques might be strong, but the cultivation level of his demon power was still just at the beginning of the Early Divine Transformation Realm. With his Early Grade Spiritual Treasure, there’s no way for him to slash through my rattan armor.

After all, my cultivation level is higher than his. There is nothing to be afraid of.

Gradually, Zou Teng’s state of mind calmed down. However, this time, the contempt he had for Ning Fan earlier could no longer be seen in his eyes.

This kid is clearly a formidable expert. I believe he is even capable of killing one or two ordinary Mid Divine Transformation Realm experts…

“Boy, you aren’t weak. But I am under orders from General Wang. It’s unfortunate but I must kill you!”

“Don’t worry. You aren’t weak either. Compared to Wang Xiao, you aren’t as distasteful as him. I’ll only kill you in this life!”

“Very well. Let’s see who will be the last one standing between the two of us!”

An immense Baleful Qi surged around Zou Teng’s body. It was much stronger than Ning Fan’s.

Putting aside the issue with regards to his attitude, his determination for killing was beyond compare among the other generals like Li Ban. Even if he is captured by his enemy, he would never behave like any of them who pathetically begged for their lives before they breathed their last.

For enemies who weren’t too loathsome, Ning Fan would only kill them in this lifetime!

Zou Teng was undeniably a powerful cultivator. It was not mere luck that he was able to kill a wounded Late Divine Transformation Realm expert.

If it wasn’t because of the nature of his Freesia Race and his ice technique which was coincidentally restrained by my fire technique, I would really have to use the Wind Mist Technique to finish him off.

Unfortunately, there were no “ifs” in this world.

In the next confrontation, Ning Fan intended to take his enemy’s life with his next move.

Each of their aura force rose greatly, developing their demonic techniques.

After the power of ice within Zou Teng grew stronger, the surprise, fear and arrogance within his eyes subsided, leaving only tranquility which one would only display when facing the deciding moment in a life or death battle.

When he moved his hands to perform hand seals, green ice mist trailed after them. As his hand signs changed, demon power flowed out in all directions from his entire body, turning into green crystal-like orchids which floated around him. There were at least tens of thousands of them.

He knew that it would be impossible to defeat Ning Fan with this technique. Frowning with savagery, he drew out a sword from his storage pouch and literally severed his left arm!

Countless demon cultivators were baffled after witnessing such a shocking self-mutilating act. However, only a minority of them knew that the self-harming act was actually for displaying another secret art of the Freesia Race.

“Killer Orchid Blood Sacrifice!”

Zou Teng’s face turned pale. After letting out a cold shout, his severed arm exploded into blood mist, fusing into the ice orchids and dying each and every one of them a light blood-red.

The next moment, the level of his demon power nearly reached the peak stage of the Mid Divine Transformation Realm all of a sudden. He was going to display a Mid-Grade Divine Transformation Realm demonic technique with his current demon power which was just a hair’s breadth away from breaking through to the Late Divine Transformation Realm. Even ordinary Mid Divine Transformation Realm experts would not be able to resist that technique with ease!

The Earth General, Bai Wuzun gulped in dread. If he were the one who was faced with that technique, he would at most have 40% confidence of receiving it head-on even after he activates his Star of Bestowal…

“This Zou Teng sure is merciless. In order to kill his enemy, he is willing to sever his own arm… I’m really not as good as him! I’m afraid Lu Bei won’t be able to withstand that skill… However, it’s still a good thing anyway. If he dies in Zou Teng’s hands, we, the members of the Lie Tu Tribe, will be considered to have been indirectly avenged…”

The Earth General immersed himself in his thoughts. But what happened next made his eyes widen in shock.

That look of surprise did not just emerge on his face. In fact, at the same moment, Imperial Concubine Zi rose up from her seat as if she had forgotten herself. Her phoenix eyes which were used to be filled with disdain were now full of disbelieving amazement.

Inwardly, Ning Fan was aware that if he wants to win against Zou Teng using demonic techniques, he could either display his Wind Mist Technique or temporarily enhance his demon power.

My Parting Sun Spear isn’t any weaker than Zou Teng’s technique. Moreover, with the help of the Yin Yang Flame, the power of the spear would have natural restraint in terms of attributes towards the ice orchids.

But my weak point is my demon power. Besides, if that weakness were magnified to a certain extent, no matter how strong my grey flames is, it will likely to be overcome by his cold ice.

Therefore, I need to have greater demon power and there is only one method to boost my demon power!

Now, I don’t have to be afraid in displaying it in front of everyone anymore. Since I’ve already attained Divine Transformation Realm, I am now competent enough to publicly show it!

“Soul Extraction!”

He bent his palm and stretched out his fingers in the shape a claw. It looked like he was about to extract the soul of Luo Yun Province’s land which was hundreds of thousands of li* wide!

As he grabbed the hollow air, he seemed to have taken out something ancient from the vast earth and eventually, he swallowed it down from his mouth.

At the next moment, his demon power rapidly increased up to fifty thousand units, shortening the gap of demon power between him and Zou Teng!

That ancient item was the soul of the great land. It contained the soul of the land which was as large as hundreds of thousands of li* and now, it was turned into the power on Ning Fan’s finger!

“It’s Soul Extraction!” Qu Shun’s eyes were burning with passion!

When Ning Fan consecutively murdered three Divine Transformation Realm experts, he did not regard him as important.

When Ning Fan displayed the grey flames, he also did not consider him as an important person.

But when he saw Soul Extraction, he was unable to remain composed any longer.

After all, that technique was one of the three Void Fragmentation Realm divine abilities. Those who could learn that technique would definitely be able to attain the Void Fragmentation Realm in this lifetime if there were no mishaps!

“This man isn’t just an insignificant ant. In fact, he is a powerhouse who has high hopes of achieving the Void Fragmentation Realm! I’ve really misjudged him. Apparently, in this world there isn’t just Lu Daochen, an intellectual freak but also such a monstrously talented being… Lu Bei…”

Zou Teng’s state of mind which was calm like a mill pond was interrupted once more after witnessing the Soul Extraction displayed by Ning Fan.

“Soul Extraction… Soul Extraction… This kid’s keen insight shouldn’t be underestimated in the future. People like him should only be roped in, not provoked or eliminated. General Wang has made a blunder… Once this kind of person is offended, he would become a great enemy to General Wang Xiao if he is given enough time… I must remove such a menacing threat now for General Wang! Demonic Technique, ‘The Sigh of Ice Orchid’!”

As Zou Teng’s hand signs changed again, a deep audible breathing echoed in the vast sky.

As it inhaled and exhaled, the tens of thousands of ice orchids seemed to have been imbued with life force. All of them transformed into ice rainbows and flew towards Ning Fan while emitting deafening shrills. When they were only one hundred zhang* away from Ning Fan, every single one of them was ignited by green cold flames.

With the flames, the collision force of each of the ice orchids was comparable to that of an extraterrestrial meteorite.

Ning Fan’s countenance remained calm as usual even though the ice orchids which approached him like falling meteors got closer.

Suddenly, he lifted his finger. At the same time, all the grass and trees within the vicinity of hundreds of thousands of li* within the Luo Yun Province withered. Their souls and life force had been extracted and absorbed.

The earth cracked. The river dried up. The great land which had lost its soul began to deteriorate.

His five fingers grasped the air and traces of sunlight were extracted from the sky by Ning Fan like silk. Gradually, a giant spear emanating golden light was congealed in front of him.

The spear was brilliant and dazzling. It gave off terrifying heat that was seemingly able to melt everything away. The reason why that heat was impossible to resist was because it contained a trace of the power of True Yang!

No Divine Transformation Realm expert were able to master that power. As such, they could only wield it by means of borrowing.

But when Ning Fan willed it, two dark red divine stars appeared on his glabella!

The first star was solidified while the second star was slightly illusory. The illusory star, however, was no longer in the form of a half star. It was the star that Ning Fan congealed by chance when he was practicing the Parting Sun Spear in the Dragon Pond.

It was the reason why he was late for the match but it was also one of his strongest abilities. At first, the massive Parting Sun Spear had a trace of power of True Yang. But after activating his second divine star – the Star of Eroding Yin, it would convert his power of lightning into the power of True Yang and thus, increasing the power of True Yang within the spear up to twelve traces!

Because of the increase of the power of True Yang, the Parting Sun Spear now had similar destructive power to a High Grade Divine Transformation Realm demonic technique.

As Ning Fan inserted his grey flames into the Parting Sun Spear, the body of the spear which was shining with golden light began to be shrouded by a layer of grey flames, making it become a High-Grade Divine Transformation Realm technique.

Meanwhile, the size of the spear continuously grew bigger, nearly turning into a one hundred zhang* long spear.

“Exterminate!”

An immeasurably huge demon power gathered in his palm. With a forceful slap on the spear, it transformed into a beam of light which was partially golden and grey and shot directly at Zou Teng.

The ice orchids immediately melted when they came into contact with the light of True Yang shot out by the spear.

That spear was too fast. With an unimaginable speed, it refracted into countless golden thread-like rays of sunlight and entered his body.

After Ning Fan’s magic power reached a level which was nearly on par with him and with the Parting Sun Spear having upgraded to the High Grade Divine Transformation Realm, Zou Teng finally understood one thing – he lost.

The barrage of ice orchids all disappeared. When the spear of sunlight penetrated his body, he tried to escape with his demon soul. But before he could do that, his demon soul was filled with holes by the rays of sunlight and became seriously injured.

Enclosed with the Freesia Cold Qi, Zou Teng managed to escape from the range affected by the sunlight in his demon soul. However, before he could run far, he was already overwhelmed by exhaustion and was caught by Ning Fan in his hand.

Zou Teng knew that he would certainly be killed because if he was the one who caught Ning Fan, he would also do the same in order to avoid a potential threat in the future…

Despite that, he could tell that even Wang Xiao might not be Ning Fan’s match.

There’s nothing to worry about if this man dies. But if he survives and takes revenge on the members of my race when he ascends to the Immortal Demon World in the future, it would be extremely disastrous…

“I…have a request…”

“You should know that it’s impossible for me to let you go!” Ning Fan tried to extract the Freesia Cold Qi from Zou Teng’s soul. But alas, he failed!

That Freesia Cold Qi seemed to have been completely merged into his soul using some kind of unique secret technique. Unless he surrenders it of his own free will, there was no way it could be separated from his soul. If his soul is destroyed, the Freesia Cold Qi would then perish along with him.

“*Cough*… This old man isn’t pleading for his life. I just want to beg you… not to hurt the Freesia Race. They are innocent… This is the Freesia Cold Qi. It is my compensation for having offended you…Please… don’t hurt the Freesia Race… They are innocent…”

Zou Teng’s demon soul frowned and expelled the Freesia Cold Qi from within. Then, he detonated himself!

He committed suicide… He knew that he was going to die no matter what. But instead of being disgracefully eaten by Ning Fan like food, he chose to detonate himself to death…

He did not know whether Ning Fan was going to fulfill his request or not, but what he wanted was just a peace of mind.

A cloud of green cold qi in the form of an ice crystal settled on Ning Fan’s palm and blossomed. Gently, he closed his eyes.

At least, Zou Teng was really brave…

If he didn’t voluntarily hand over the Freesia Cold Qi, I might not be able to obtain that item on my own.

“As long as the Freesia Race does not cross me, I won’t hurt them…”

Ning Fan muttered to himself. He shook his Cauldron Ring and kept the Freesia Cold Qi within.

His words were not for consoling the deceased Zou Teng. In fact, he was telling the truth. If the Freesia Race does not offend him in the future, he would not mind letting the entire race off the hook.

After dispersing the soul of the great land, Ning Fan felt his body devoid of strength. But his gaze was still looking down on Wang Xiao from the purple platform.

“Wang Xiao! Fight me!”

“Zou Teng… That rubbish!”

Wang Xiao clenched his jaws. He of course knew that Zou Teng had already done his best. Moreover, in a situation like that, perhaps no other Mid Divine Transformation Realm experts present could do any better than Zou Teng.

Still, Zou Teng lost and died. However, what made Wang Xiao feel more hateful was because Zou Teng actually conceded defeat to Ning Fan before he died.

It was like giving a hard slap on Wang Xiao’s face.

The reason why Zou Teng did that was because he knew that there would be an inevitable battle between Wang Xiao and Ning Fan and he foresaw that Ning Fan would come out as the winner of the fight. Therefore, he begged Ning Fan to show mercy on the Freesia Race instead of requesting Wang Xiao to avenge his death!

“The two of you, go and finish him off!” Wang Xiao ordered while pointing his finger at the two Mid Divine Transformation Realm experts behind him.

“We…” They hesitated as their eyes revealed a hint of fear.

In terms of power, neither of them was as good as Zou Teng. In terms of attitude, they were not as decisive and as fierce as Zou Teng, let alone have the unbending will to commit suicide upon losing.

After knowing that Ning Fan had the capabilities of killing Mid Divine Transformation Realm experts, they became timid. None of them dared to confront him anymore…

“Trash!” Wang Xiao ruthlessly struck their chests using his two palms. Immediately, they coughed out blood incessantly but neither of them dared to resist.

On the Cloud Platform below Ning Fan, deathly silence fell upon the crowd. There was only Ning Fan standing alone on the purple platform and anyone was allowed to go up there and fight him. If they manage to defeat Ning Fan, they would then get two pieces of the map of the World Passage connected to the Third World. However, in spite of that, none of the Divine Transformation Realm experts who participated in the fight was daring enough to challenge him.

Especially the Earth General from the Lie Tu Tribe who was now completely petrified. His palms were dripping with cold sweat as his shoulders shuddered uncontrollably…

Zou Teng is dead! He is dead!

If I go up there and provoke Lu Bei, I’m afraid I am going to suffer the same fate as him – death!

“Luckily, it wasn’t me who went forth to challenge Lu Bei… It’s obvious that he harbors enmity against Wang Xiao. I suppose it’s better for me not to interfere. But at the end of the day, I don’t think that Lu Bei is going to win against Wang Xiao.”

Wang Xiao’s eyes darkened.

Since it is so, I’ll have to do it myself.

He made a stomp forward and caused the entire Cloud Platform to quake violently, publicly demonstrating his pent-up frustrations and rage.

The next moment, before his image disappeared on the Cloud Platform, his true self had already emerged above the purple platform. With a pair of cold-piercing eyes, he stared at Ning Fan.

“Among the group of ten generals who came with me, seven of them died in your hands. You really deserve death to pay for all that! Tell me, why are you defying me?!”

“Because you’ve hurt Wan’er!”

Ning Fan’s left eye glowed with purple light which was so brilliant that it seemed to have replaced the light of heaven and earth at the moment it shone, unintentionally causing the sky to be tinged with purple shade.

The prestige of the royal bloodline. The Half-Step Void Refinement Realm aura force. The tiny trace of immortal’s prestige… All these kinds of aura force were acquired by Ning Fan on his own along his path of cultivation. However, at this moment, due to the extreme wrath within his heart, he dyed the blue sky purple with just his aura force!

Ning Fan did not know what would happen to Wan’er if he were to even be late for a single moment… But he knew that it was all Wang Xiao’s idea! Therefore, how could he, the mastermind, be allowed to get away with it?!

Layer upon layer of aura force pressed against Wang Xiao’s body. However, he only took three steps back in succession to neutralize it.

Despite that, his complexion became extremely pale.

Before the fight had even started, he had already shown the impression of weakness towards Ning Fan. For Wang Xiao who had a proud demeanor, it was indeed detestable.

His white hair floated in the air despite the absence of wind and his killing intent surged.

The battle between the two of them was inevitable. But one corner of Wang Xiao’s mouth curved upwards into a malicious smirk.

“Lu Bei. I have a secret which I felt compelled to tell you… I’ve already learnt about your identity through the Pure Flame Tribe. You are a human. Moreover, I also know that you are Zhou Ming from the Endless Sea! As long as I expose that secret, there will be no room for you anymore in this world!”

“…” Ning Fan frowned.

It’s beyond my expectations that this Wang Xiao would be such a cowardly person who would say those words in order to intimidate me and mess with my mind before the fight.

He said he knew Ning Fan’s identity? Ning Fan had long realized that there was something fishy between the Pure Flame Tribe and the Demon Sealing Sect. Therefore, it was not strange at all for them to find out his true identity.

His mind was not filled with the slightest hint of surprise, other than calmness.

So what if my identity cannot be concealed anymore? So what if there is no place for me anymore in this world after this fight?!

So what if all the members of the nine divisions of the Lu Clan are going to see me as their enemy after this fight?!

Ning Fan gave him a scornful smile.

“Wang Xiao, your words have failed to agitate me. But I too have a secret for you. I suppose your state of mind will be in chaos after hearing it… Do you still remember the day when the World Passage of the First World collapsed which caused your demon body to be destroyed? I am the one who did it! And I am standing right here in front of you! What can you do to me?!”

“What did you say?!”

Wang Xiao was deeply enraged. His words did not intimidate Ning Fan. On the contrary, he was provoked by the latter’s words which completely messed up his state of mind.

So it turns out that this kid was the one responsible for the collapse of the World Passage!

My demon body was actually destroyed by this insignificant ant!

“Purple Lightning Hammer, appear!”

With a flick of his sleeve, a silver hammer which glistened in starlight emerged in his palm.

It was a High Grade Spiritual Treasure, an Immemorial Divine Weapon!

As he wielded the hammer, purple lightning flashed. A giant mountain ten thousand li* away was instantly pulverized into fine powder.

“I know that you have a weapon which could attack one’s Nascent Soul by striking one’s treasure. However, that treasure of yours will have no effect against my Purple Lightning Hammer! Today, you will die!”

Translated by Tommy, edited by Roel.

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