Chapter 450: Chapter 450: s.h.i.+ Kun Could Not Resist
Translator: GE_Team
That was a rush of frightening baleful qi which carried the aura of slaughtering many living creatures!
Faced with this baleful qi, s.h.i.+ Kun felt his breathing become heavy and difficult. His qi instantly turned extremely chaotic. Layers of illusory scenes of carnage seem to appear before his very eyes. Inside those seas of blood were all the experts that Ning Fan had once killed.
Throughout his journey, innumerable cultivators of the Vein Opening Realm, Harmonious Spirit Realm, Nascent Soul Realm and Divine Transformation Realm died in his hands and turned into traces of baleful qi which gathered within him.
Within this immense baleful qi, there were actually the ferocious might of several tens of Void Refinement Realm experts who died in his hands. In addition to that, part of the baleful qi within him was even left by Void Inquiry Stage old monsters after they died!
s.h.i.+ Kun let out a cry and released all of his magic power. Pieces of azure scales surfaced on his body like the cracks and marks on stones. Only then did he manage to withstand the aura force. Even so, he was already covered with sweat and had an expression filled with astonishment and confusion.
He could not imagine exactly what kind of expert he was to actually take the lives of so many experts and acc.u.mulate such a frightening amount of baleful qi!
Could he be an old monster who is peerless among Void Inquiry Stage experts?!
Why would I dare to offend an old monster who is at that level?!
s.h.i.+ Kun could just barely withstand the baleful qi. His son and the five country protectors he had brought along, however, were directly injured by the baleful qi.
Blood flowed out from the mouths of the five Half-Step Void Refinement Realm country protectors. Their primordial spirits were in so much pain that they nearly pa.s.sed out.
s.h.i.+ Kun’s son had the weakest cultivation base in his group. He was only at the Peak Nascent Soul Realm. Among the young generation of the Rain World in the current era, he might probably be considered as a prodigy but in Ning Fan’s eyes, he was nothing but a dust particle, an ant!
s.h.i.+ Kun’s son felt as if he had taken a heavy blow on his chest. The immortal veins in his body were damaged. The one-thousand-year-old snow wooden seat that he sat on was literally crushed by the baleful qi, making him fall to his knees on the ground while continuously coughing out blood. He was nearly killed directly by Ning Fan’s baleful qi!
The eyes of Ju Qing, Dong Xu and several elders of the Giant Devil Clan were also filled with absolute amazement.
Ning Fan’s baleful qi did not affect them. However, by just sensing the ferocious might of his baleful qi, they felt it was difficult to breathe.
The gazes of everyone inside the pavilion fell upon the young man who was slowly walking into the Evening Snow Pavilion. All of them found this hard to believe.
It was Ning Fan who came! However, even Dong Xu who understood Ning Fan quite a bit did not expect for the current Ning Fan to have already gotten so strong!
Only Xu Qiuling’s expression remained as indifferent as usual. As she looked at Ning Fan, her tranquil eyes arched upwards like two crescent moons, making her look especially captivating.
“Big Brother, you have returned.”
Indeed, to her, Ning Fan had returned, not arrived…
It was because no matter where she was, she would always be Ning Fan’s home. No matter where she goes, finding her would be equivalent to returning home to him.
“Ling Er, let me handle the rest. Don’t worry. For your sake, I can a.s.sure the safety of the Giant Devil Clan today. No one can even think of harming it…”
Ning Fan nodded his head at Xu Qiuling with a smile. Leaving Elder Fu Bai, Yue Lingkong and Fen Chi behind, he walked towards s.h.i.+ Kun on his own.
Each step he made seemed to be trampling upon the Great Dao.
For every step he took, his aura force would grow much sharper and pierce at s.h.i.+ Kun!
Seeing Ning Fan gradually approaching him, s.h.i.+ Kun’s expression was as heavy as steel. He had already noticed that Ning Fan was not a Void Inquiry Stage old monster as he initially expected but a Half-Step Void Refinement Realm expert instead.
Recalling that he had been frightened by a Divine Transformation Realm junior who dared to interfere with his business and even hurt his own son and people, his expression turned even more grim. Gradually, immense killing intent surfaced in his eyes.
“Zhou Ming? The newly promoted revered elder of the Rain Palace? Humph! How dare a mere Divine Transformation Realm revered elder be so impolite with me? You’re seeking death with your actions! Do you know that even a Void Refinement Realm palace lord of the Rain Palace would still need to treat me as an equal? Who do you think you are?!”
s.h.i.+ Kun was not a member of the Rain Palace. Even though he had heard of Ning Fan’s ident.i.ty as a revered elder of the Rain Palace, he was not aware of how important Ning Fan was in the eyes of the Rain Sovereign.
At this moment, s.h.i.+ Kun only had his eyes on the Void Inquiry Pill. After he had seen through Ning Fan’s true cultivation base, he no longer placed him within his eyes.
Ning Fan stopped moving. From three zhang* (3.33m per zhang) away, he coldly stared at s.h.i.+ Kun.
Meanwhile, s.h.i.+ Kun also released his aura force. After all, he was an old monster that was invincible amongst Void Glimpse Stage experts. As he let out his aura force unrestrained, his aura force was naturally not any weaker than Ning Fan’s.
Wind blew as he gave a flick of his sleeve and held his son up. As he checked on his son’s severe injuries and completely destroyed immortal veins, his killing intent towards Ning Fan rose to another level.
“Father, kill him! Flatten the Giant Devil Clan and seek revenge for me!” His son shouted viciously.
“Don’t worry! Even if the Zhou Clan will be displeased or the Rain Palace holds me responsible, I will still annihilate the Giant Devil Clan and take revenge for you! Killing Stone Art!”
s.h.i.+ Kun tossed his half incapacitated son to his five country protectors and teleported them a hundred thousand li* (500m per li) away with a single swing of his hand. Then, he took a heavy step forward. With the ma.s.sive force of his Golden Body Refining Realm, he stomped on the ground.
The force of his one single stomp turned into an unimaginable crus.h.i.+ng windstorm that directly pulverized the whole Evening Snow Pavilion.
Moreover, the destructive force continued to spread beyond there. Within the vicinity of one hundred thousand li* (500m per li), countless snow mountains collapsed and got flattened.
After the force dissipated, countless pieces of rocks on the ground seemed to have been possessed by evil spirits as they got together like they were attracted to each other, forming into innumerable gigantic arms. Each of them was a thousand zhang* (3.33m per zhang) tall.
Thousands upon thousands of rock arms stretched out from the ground with their hands balled into fists. In the next moment, a torrent of punches rained down on Ning Fan and the others.
Each of the gigantic punches was capable of crus.h.i.+ng a Divine Transformation Realm cultivator!
Faced with thousands upon thousands of them at the same time, it would be difficult to stay alive even for a Void Refinement Realm old monster!
Such a soul-stirring magic technique had caused the ground of the whole Cold Northern Country that was as large as seventy million li* (500m per li) to tremble, as if an earthquake was happening.
Countless cultivators soared into the sky and gazed at the direction of the province. Their hearts were filled with shock and fear. They were, of course, aware that there were powerful experts fighting there.
Each of the old monsters made use of the teleportation formations within the country and rushed towards the province.
The old monsters who were not far away from the battlefield turned into rays of travelling light and swiftly headed towards the battlefield to find out what had happened.
Many nearby old monsters who arrived in a hurry were stricken with terror when they saw s.h.i.+ Kun summon innumerable rock arms. Some of them exclaimed in fear.
“Isn’t this man s.h.i.+ Kun, the country lord of s.h.i.+ Le Country? Why would he appear in the Endless Sea?”
“This is the technique that s.h.i.+ Kun had always been proud of. Killing Stone Art! What he has been cultivating his entire life is the Ghost Stone Divine Veins. It allows him to control rocks with the power of ghosts and spirits. With this technique, he once severely injured an Early Void Refinement Realm expert with a single move… Now, he actually dares to use such a terrifying magic technique within the Giant Devil Clan. Could it be that he intends to destroy the entire Giant Devil Clan?!”
“s.h.i.+ Kun is an unrivalled expert among the Void Glimpse Stage experts. In the Rain World, he is one of the most renowned old monsters. Why would he come to cause trouble here in the Giant Devil Clan? Both of them do not have any relations.h.i.+p with each other. They should not have grudges against each other. This is just illogical…”
“Do you guys think that his actions are for the Void Inquiry Pill? *Cough* There is no Void Refinement Realm expert backing the Giant Devil Clan but they still dared to hold the Pill Ceremony on their own and even invited pill refinement grandmasters to accomplish the missions they a.s.signed. To make this Pill Ceremony attractive, they actually took out Mid-Grade Sixth Revolution pills as rewards… *tongue click* The Mid-Grade Sixth Revolution Pill, Void Inquiry Pill, is something that will drive many Void Glimpse Stage experts crazy…”
“*Sigh* No matter what the cause of the fight between s.h.i.+ Kun and the Giant Devil Clan, the Giant Devil Clan is definitely going to be annihilated today since he himself is personally taking action. There’s no need to watch this fight any longer… The Pill Ceremony cannot be held anymore as well. In other words, us people who have come to the Giant Devil Clan to spectate the ceremony have come for nothing…”
Each of the old monsters sighed in disappointment. None of them expected the Giant Devil Clan to actually withstand s.h.i.+ Kun’s rage.
Under s.h.i.+ Kun’s manipulation, the innumerable rock arms a.s.saulted Ning Fan and the others. The ma.s.sive force pulverized all mountains and rivers there.
When Ju Qing, Dong Xu and the elders of Giant Devil Clan saw the vigorous force behind this technique, they all knew that it was impossible for them to block it.
The three ladies: Xu Qiuling, Yue Lingkong and Fen Chi, on the other hand, remained calm and composed. Each of them had infinite confidence in Ning Fan. They did not think that Ning Fan would lose to s.h.i.+ Kun at all.
“Yue Er, this time, you don’t have to do anything. Let me handle him. As for you all, withdraw to a safer distance…”
Ning Fan pointed a finger and countless traces of black smoke surrounded the people behind him, sending them out of the battlefield.
Then, he lifted his head and looked at the countless gigantic rock arms. His eyes were filled with contempt. He stood there without evading, allowing the countless rock punches to rain down upon him.
*Boom* *Bang* *Boom*
Thousands upon thousands of punches drowned Ning Fan.
The ground cracked as snow flew in the air erratically. Dust and smoke engulfed heaven and earth. No one could clearly see whether Ning Fan was dead or alive after being buried under a cl.u.s.ter of punches.
s.h.i.+ Kun smirked. He clearly sensed all of his punches directly hitting Ning Fan. In his mind, Ning Fan was dead without a doubt.
Each of the old monsters who were spectating this fight let out a dejected sigh. Although they could not see what had happened clearly and were unaware of whom s.h.i.+ Kun was battling against, they all thought that s.h.i.+ Kun’s opponent was surely dead after receiving all of those rock punches.
Wind and snow, scatter!
Smoke and dust, disperse!
Above the ruins of mountains and rivers, Ning Fan gradually appeared in a set of white robes clad with golden armor.
His long black hair was dancing wildly in the air which made him look like a devil but his dazzling golden armor also made him look like a celestial G.o.d. When the innumerable punches struck his golden armor, they only caused insignificant ripples of lightning. They could not cause any damage to his golden armor at all.
s.h.i.+ Kun was greatly astonished. He looked at Ning Fan’s golden armor with disbelief in his eyes!
What’s that golden armor? It isn’t a magical treasure. Instead, it is being summoned using a magic technique!
To think a mere armor that was just summoned using a magic technique could block my full-fledged strike so easily… How is this possible?!
s.h.i.+ Kun was not a cultivator of the Endless Sea. Hence, he naturally was not aware of the crazy accomplishments Ning Fan achieved in his past battles.
It was only then did he begin to realize that he had underestimated Ning Fan.
This young man is definitely not as simple as a Half-Step Void Refinement Realm cultivator!
Countless old monsters s.h.i.+fted their glances towards Ning Fan in the sky who had a G.o.dly appearance in his golden armor. At the next second, each of them instinctively held their breaths in trepidation.
It was only at this time that they began to see clearly that the young man who was battling against s.h.i.+ Kun was actually the strongest devil lord of the Endless Sea – Ning Fan!
Cries of surprise filled the air again. This time, however, not all of them thought that s.h.i.+ Kun would surely win the fight.
“It’s Venerated Ming! That young man who looks like a celestial being in golden armor is certainly Venerated Ming. I’m sure of it! Is Venerated Ming helping the Giant Devil Clan?!”
“Venerated Ming’s notoriety is not any weaker than s.h.i.+ Kun’s. Look! Isn’t that Venerated Moon who is standing right there? *Cough* With Venerated Moon and the strength of four Void Glimpse Stage spiritual puppets by Venerated Ming’s side, it seems like s.h.i.+ Kun is the one who will have a bad time this time…”
“Venerated Moon does not seem to have the intention of helping out and Venerated Ming also does not seem to be summoning his spiritual puppets. Is he planning on fighting s.h.i.+ Kun using his own strength? Even though Venerated Ming has once killed Lu Jiefen with his punches, s.h.i.+ Kun isn’t someone who is at the same level as Lu Jiefen. He is an invincible expert among Void Glimpse Stage experts… It is hard to predict who is going to be the winner of this fight…”
“However, the golden armor that Venerated Ming is wearing seems rather familiar. If I am not wrong, I have heard of it somewhere… Oh yes. That is… That is…!”
The devil lords of the Endless Sea revealed looks of bewilderment. Their eyes were s.h.i.+ning with enthusiasm.
They remembered what that golden armor was!
“That is the Primordial Lightning Armor! It’s the famous lost art of Lord Thunder Sovereign! It has been said that the Primordial Lightning Armor is extremely difficult to master. Other than the Thunder Sovereign in the Zhou Clan, no one else was able to attain the level of the golden armor and above. Venerated Ming, however, has actually managed to do it!”
“Since Venerated Ming has this technique, it proves that the Zhou Clan has a close relations.h.i.+p with Venerated Ming. He is a person we must never provoke! Besides, since he is able to cultivate that technique to such a high level, it means that he has incredible unrivaled talent!”
“The secret art of the Thunder Sovereign is actually going to be brought to greater heights in Venerated Ming’s hands!”
As devil lords of the Endless Sea, they all admired the Thunder Sovereign.
It was the kind of admiration that was close to fanaticism. In the past, Thunder Sovereign Bu Zhou battled against the three sovereigns of the Sword World all on his own without being defeated. That fight had established his strong reputation and it even made the name of the Rain World widely known.
He was one of the legendary experts. Now, the secret art of this kind of expert was used by Ning Fan and it obviously made countless old monsters excited.
At this very moment, these old monsters even began to wonder if Ning Fan who was so ferocious and ruthless would be the next Thunder Sovereign Bu Zhou thousands of years later!
“We have to be on friendly terms with this young man and must never offend him. His future is unpredictable!”
With the lightning armor protecting his body, Ning Fan was as still as a mountain even under the power of those punches. He did not even move a single muscle at all.
Looking at the continuous attacks of rock punches, Ning Fan’s eyes suddenly flashed with a cold light. The virtual shadows of black dragons appeared above each of his arms. All of a sudden, heaven and earth was filled with the angry roars of dragons!
“Void Technique, Double Dragon!”
When a punch is thrown, a black dragon falls. When both punches are thrown, the world ends!
The moment Ning Fan swung his fists, his right arm shone with golden light. It actually carried strength that was not at all inferior to that of the First Level of the Golden Body Refinement Realm.
Under the enhancement of his Corpse Devil Body, even though his strength was not as powerful as that of a Second Level of the Golden Body Refinement Realm expert, it was slightly stronger than s.h.i.+ Kun’s.
*Bang*
Two unparalleled punches were sent out. The innumerable rock arms all got reduced to ashes with Ning Fan’s attack!
s.h.i.+ Kun’s eyes widened with surprise. He could not believe what he had just seen.
The countless rock arms which were supposed to be his all-out attack were countered by Ning Fan with just a single strike!
He had no choice but to admit that Ning Fan’s body refinement realm was actually stronger than his!
“This is not good!”
Just when he was lost in thought, Ning Fan turned and disappeared. A split second later, he emerged behind s.h.i.+ Kun.
An immense sense of danger filled s.h.i.+ Kun’s heart. Ferociously, he turned around and hurled his fists at Ning Fan.
*Bang*
Their fists met. Both of them had exerted all of their strength in this strike!
Ning Fan continuously retreated by a few steps. Inwardly, he was surprised that s.h.i.+ Kun’s body refinement realm was not ordinary. It could even be said that he was an above-average expert among cultivators within the First Level of the Golden Body Refinement Realm.
s.h.i.+ Kun, on the other hand, fell back hundreds of steps in total!
For every step he fell back, he coughed out a mouthful of fresh blood.
And with each of those steps, mountains and rivers were also crushed beneath his feet!
The collision of his and Ning Fan’s attacks had actually inflicted severe injuries on him!
“H-How is this possible?!”
s.h.i.+ Kun could not have imagined that he was weaker than Ning Fan in terms of physical strength and the gap was actually so huge!
He could not understand why Ning Fan’s physical body would be this strong even though he had yet to completely break through to the Golden Body Refining Realm!