Grasping the Evil-Chapter 767: Mux Tu’s Strangeness
The Black Gold Sword Light is precisely Ning Fan’s Dao Weapon - the Memory Severing Dao Sword!
With Ning Fan’s Mana, comparable to the Ghost Profound Late Stage, driving this sword, there is almost no Ghost Profound Late Stage that can withstand the power of this sword!
At the moment this sword appeared, not only did Lalu sense danger, his face greatly changed.
Countless cultivators watching in the Golden Metropolis likewise had their expressions change drastically.
They all saw the might of Ning Fan’s Dao Weapon Divine Ability!
Without any hesitation, Lalu’s gaze turned cold, and he grabbed the Ghost Profound Early Stage subordinate behind him and fiercely threw him towards the Black Gold Sword Light coming face to face.
Previously, he had acted as if he wanted to stand up for his subordinates.
At the moment of life and death, he showed no hesitation in using his subordinate as a human shield.
That Ghost Profound Early Stage Golden Guard never imagined he would be used as a human shield by Elder Lalu.
He was like a sandbag, fiercely tossed by Lalu towards the Black Gold Sword Light.
But as the Black Gold Sword Light flashed a myriad of phantom black swords, they sliced towards the Ghost Profound Early Stage Golden Guard.
A multitude of phantasms blinded his eyes, drawing out his most painful memories.
Within those memories, he vaguely saw the person he most regretted towards in life taking steps towards him, and with one sword, severed off his head...
"Instant kill of Ghost Profound Early Stage!" At that moment, countless cultivators simultaneously cried out, shocked by the power of the Memory Severing Dao Sword.
After slaying the Ghost Profound Early Stage Golden Guard, Ning Fan flicked his finger, and the light from myriad phantom swords flashed, sealing all retreat for Lalu.
With a wave of his sleeve, Ning Fan claimed the spirits of nineteen Golden Guards, searching and destroying their memories.
After hurriedly viewing their memories, there was nothing invaluable within them.
The secret art killed these spirits, temporarily sealing them into the Soul Bag, to be used later with the Divine Blast Technique.
Ning Fan took all nineteen Golden Guards’ storage pouches, only then leisurely looked at Lalu trapped within the Sword Array.
Lalu was no weakling, and even trapped within the Phantom Sword Formation, he was not instantly killed by the phantom swords.
His danger sense was exceptionally sharp, and he acted with particular decisiveness.
Upon seeing the might of the Memory Severing Dao Sword, he used his subordinates as human shields without hesitation, showcasing a glimpse of his ruthless nature.
Unfortunately, his strength was finally inferior to Ning Fan’s, though not instantly killed by the Phantom Sword Formation, he was still encircled by countless phantasms, struggling in vain.
As the illusions grew ever more numerous, Lalu gritted his teeth and patted his storage pouch, taking out a golden jade slip and crushing it forcefully.
He loudly incanted,
"Forbidden Technique, Sun God Mirror!"
As his voice fell, countless golden light flowed from the broken jade slip, condensing three feet above his head into a divine mirror secret treasure, its golden rays impressive, like the sun!
A streak of golden divine light swept outward from the mirror, carrying the power of a peak Ghost Profound strike!
Under this divine light’s sweep, the myriad phantom swords immediately sizzled in sunlight, turning to smoke and dispersing.
In just an instant, all the phantom swords were shattered, and the true form of the Memory Severing Dao Sword appeared, emitting an urgent sword cry, flying back to Ning Fan’s hand under the golden light strike.
"This is the Forbidden Technique Jade Slip of the Flowing Sand Clan! Each Flowing Sand Clan member gets one chance in their lifetime to acquire a Forbidden Technique Jade Slip from their clan temple as a trump card for protection. Who would’ve thought, Lalu was forced to an absolute standstill and even used his only Forbidden Technique Jade Slip!" Some cultivators exclaimed.
"So, the Forbidden Technique Jade Slip of the Flowing Sand Clan..." Ning Fan furrowed his brow.
If not for Lalu’s use of the Forbidden Technique Jade Slip at a critical moment, he would surely have found it difficult to preserve his life under the Phantom Sword Formation.
The Sun God Mirror above his head emitted a strike and then vanished into golden light.
Lalu’s expression was extremely unsightly, and after Ning Fan had displayed his strength, he was completely sure he was not a match for Ning Fan.
The Forbidden Technique Jade Slip was singular, and for the next strike, he would likely be unable to preserve his life from Ning Fan’s attack.
Indeed, alone he was not Ning Fan’s match, but if he were to rally the Flowing Sand Clan members in the city, they might not be unable to defeat Ning Fan!
"Where is the City Guardian Beast? Quickly come to slaughter this villain with me!" Lalu said, after which he took out a golden flute and blew it.
The eight Master-faced Sphinx beasts guarding the city gates immediately transformed into eight divine lights, flying towards the center of the Golden City.
"Get lost!"
Ning Fan’s gaze turned harsh, his mere gaze sweeping towards the eight beasts.
Within that gaze was an unimaginable pressure, pressing down on the eight beasts forcefully, known only to them!
That was the overwhelming pressure from the fusion of the prestige of the Fu Li ancestor blood and the Yu Shenwang’s Blood!
The divine beast is a product of the fusion of the demon race and the gods, restrained by both types of pressure, it simply cannot contend against Ning Fan’s force!
The eight sphinxes, startled, suddenly fell from the sky into the city, crashing into houses, lying on the ground, trembling...
Numerous old monsters were utterly shocked, unable to imagine why the always arrogant sphinx would display such fear before Ning Fan.
"How is this possible! Even in death, the sphinxes would not bow to anyone, let alone show fear! Why do they fear you?!" Lalu’s eyes were filled with disbelief, and he gritted his teeth and roared to the sky,
"Elder Leitu, Elder Wu Sen, Elder Aimo, quickly assist me in killing this beast, afterward, I’ll reward you with twelve ’Red Essence Stones’!"
"Twelve Red Essence Stones!" Three voices immediately echoed from within the Golden City, astonished by Lalu’s generous reward!
Among the spectators in the Golden City, there were members of the Flowing Sand Clan, yet none were willing to step forward to aid Lalu.
But upon hearing the reward of Red Essence Stones, three late-stage Ghost Profound old monsters instantly flew in from three different directions, joining Lalu and surrounding Ning Fan at the center.
These three decided to help Lalu for the hefty reward of Red Essence Stones.
All three were bare-chested, adorned with golden ornaments.
These three were also elders of the Flowing Sand Clan, and their other identity was as one of the twelve alliance leaders of the Exterminate Demon Alliance.
"Lalu! Honestly, I don’t approve of your actions against the Alliance of Ming Assassins! However, for the Red Essence Stones, I’ll lend you a hand today to kill this arrogant one!" Elder Leitu, short in stature, sneered.
"This punk dares to kill our Flowing Sand Clan’s Maester, without joining the Exterminate Demon Alliance. For this, killing him a hundred times would not be too much!" Wu Sen, thin and gaunt, with sunken eyes, glared with cold killing intent.
"Twelve Red Essence Stones, each person can get four... Hehe, if I gain four more Red Essence Stones, the power of the True Sun in my body will increase significantly, and within a thousand years, I’ll surely break through the mid-stage of Ghostly Profound!" Elder Aimo’s eyes flashed with greed.
Seeing three late-stage Ghost Profound elders aiding him, Lalu regained confidence, smiled grimly, and pointed at Ning Fan, "Kill him!"
As soon as Lalu’s words fell, Leitu and the others immediately took action, unleashing golden secret techniques, bombarding towards Ning Fan.
Lalu himself also unleashed a golden divine skill, all four’s divine skills were intricately linked to the power of the True Sun.
The combined force of the four attacking is something even a peak Ghost Profound would struggle to withstand!
Being besieged by four late-stage Ghost Profound cultivators, Ning Fan showed no fear, his gaze swept towards the direction of the golden palace, appearing contemplative.
His momentum in slaying the Golden Guards was something that couldn’t be concealed, surely the four Exterminate Demon Alliance leaders within the golden palace were already aware of the commotion outside.
Yet until this moment, none of the four alliance leaders have stepped in to halt this slaughter...
Are these people tacitly allowing Lalu and the others’ actions, or are they wary of Ning Fan’s strength, not daring to intervene...
The four deadly secret techniques approached closer and closer, and Ning Fan’s eyes grew colder and more intense.
As he stepped down, lead lotuses sprouted from the ground, turning into a million shadows!
The million lotus shadows provided protection, and even an initial-stage True Immortal may not shatter this vast lotus shadow defense.
Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!
The four secret techniques struck the lotus shadow barrier, only causing faint ripples, unable to break through the lotus shadow defense!
"Ancient God Technique, Three Flowers Gathering at the Top, and this guy even mastered the first flower to a perfect state... if so..."
Suddenly, an elder’s surprised voice came from the golden palace, the speaker, a cultivator at the initial stage of Crossing Truth, was the Clan Leader of the Flowing Sand Clan...
The Art of Gathering Three Flowers at the Top is not an uncommon technique in the Eastern Heaven Immortal World, yet few can cultivate it, and even fewer can cultivate the first flower to a perfect state.
In the Golden Metropolis, countless old monsters recognized Ning Fan’s display of the Art of Gathering Three Flowers at the Top, each stunned and speechless.
Although there were many old monsters here, none had seen the first flower reach the state’s perfect success!
At this moment, Ning Fan was surrounded and protected by a million lead lotuses, even an initial stage True Immortal of the Enlightenment realm may not be able to harm him!
At this moment, even though Ning Fan only possessed the early-stage Ghost Profound cultivation, with the Art of Gathering Three Flowers at the Top, he was undefeated in battles beneath the Crossing Truth stage!
Seeing that their combined strike couldn’t injure Ning Fan in the slightest, Lalu and the four Flowing Sand Clan elders’ expressions drastically changed.
In the next instant, Ning Fan flicked a finger, and 108,000 phantom swords sealed the sky, trapping the four elders within the sword formation!
Lalu and the others’ expressions changed, having already witnessed the power of the Memory Severing Dao Sword, they dared not slack off.
Elders Leitu, Wu Sen, and Aimo each took out their life-saving trumps—the Forbidden Technique Jade Slips, crushing them one by one!
"Forbidden Technique, Flame Killing Sword!"
"Forbidden Technique, Paint the Ground as the Sun!"
"Forbidden Technique, True Yang Armor!"
Elder Leitu summoned a Giant Sword formed by golden flames, slashing open the Phantom Sword Formation with fear on his face, and fled towards the golden palace!
He knew that his clan leader was in the golden palace.
But he didn’t understand why the Golden Guard was killed by Ning Fan, and why he and the other three elders were attacked by Ning Fan, while his clan leader just watched everything coldly from within the golden palace.
At this moment, Leitu was deeply convinced that even if he teamed up with Lalu and others, they would not be a match for Ning Fan. Just Ning Fan’s Lotus Shadow Defense alone was something they could not break.
Leitu escaped from the Phantom Sword Formation, while Wusen and Aimo were not so lucky.
The Forbidden Technique Jade Slips they obtained from the temple of their clan were all defensive divine skills, at most keeping them safe temporarily within the sword formation but could not help them break through it.
Lalu was even more unfortunate; his trump card jade slip had already been used up, and at this moment, relying on his strength alone, he was entirely unable to withstand the power of the Memory Severing Dao Sword.
Illusions appeared one after another in front of him.
In the depths of those illusions, he saw scenes from the past.
For some unspeakable secret, he had caused the death of countless Alliance of Ming Assassins Masters.
Those tragically killed Alliance Masters turned into moving corpses, armed with Black Gold Long Swords, surrounding and coming after him.
No way to escape!
Screech!
A streak of phantom sword light pierced through Lalu’s Dantian.
A miserable scream echoed throughout the Golden City, but soon it weakened and disappeared...
Lalu, fallen!
Just as Elder Leitu fled the golden palace, upon hearing Lalu’s miserable scream, he knew Lalu was already dead, and his fear deepened, making him flee even faster.
In a blink of an eye, he reached the entrance of the golden palace, standing outside the sealed golden gate, calling out, "Clan leader, save me!"
In the entire Flowing Sand Clan, apart from the clan leader and a few Ghost Profound Peak-Stage experts who hadn’t returned to the clan, only the four Late Ghost Profound Stage elders like them were left to guard the Flowing Sand Realm!
If the Flowing Sand Clan Leader did not intervene to save them, today, it seemed no one could or would save them from Ning Fan’s hands!
"Young friend, one should be forgiving wherever possible..." An emotionless voice came from within the golden palace.
And then, the golden palace gate slowly opened.
That voice was from the Flowing Sand Clan Leader.
That voice seemed to persuade Ning Fan to spare the lives of Leitu and others.
Upon seeing the gate open and hearing the clan leader speak, Leitu was overjoyed, thinking his life was surely saved.
In Leitu’s view, no matter how strong Ning Fan was, he was only at the Early Ghost Profound Stage. No matter how bold, he wouldn’t dare to kill after an Enlightenment Old Demon had spoken.
Soon after this thought arose, the scene before his eyes abruptly changed.
It seemed as if he was flying high, his gaze lowering, seeing his own headless body spurting blood like a fountain, falling into the dust...
Screech!
A streak of clear resonance from the Black Gold Sword Light belatedly sliced through Leitu’s neck!
It turned out Ning Fan somehow already held an illusory black-gold sword in his hand, beheading Leitu with one strike.
That illusory black-gold sword was casually drawn from among the hundred eighty thousand swords in the formation!
At the moment of Leitu’s demise, two other cries of agony also followed from within the sword formation.
Elders Wusen and Aimo, though they could survive temporarily with the Forbidden Technique Jade Slips within the Phantom Sword Formation, eventually perished too!
The bodies and storage pouches of all four elders were entirely collected by Ning Fan!
After Ning Fan exterminated the spirit of the three elders, he sealed them using a secret method, temporarily storing them in the Soul Bag, to be used later in the Secret Method Refinement for the Divine Blast Technique.
The Sword Formation scattered!
Holding Lalu’s spirit, Ning Fan mercilessly conducted a Soul Search, destroying this soul remnant.
He was determined to find out why Lalu would harbor hatred for him!
After Ning Fan consecutively killed the four elders of the Flowing Sand Clan, the entire Golden City fell into a dead silence!
No one expected Ning Fan to be so bold, consecutively killing nineteen Golden Guards and four elders of the Flowing Sand Clan!
No one expected Ning Fan to possess such formidable power, almost invincible below the level of Enlightenment!
No one expected Ning Fan to dare continue acting, exterminating the Flowing Sand Clan people even after the Flowing Sand Clan Leader spoke!
With a booming sound, the sealed gate of the golden palace was fully opened!
An emaciated old man with disheveled white hair and a bare upper body walked out of the golden palace step by step, looking coldly at Ning Fan!
"Even if you are a Disciple of Slaughter Hall and possess the backup means of Divine Blast Technique, today you must give this old man an explanation!"
This emaciated old man had a golden eye on his forehead and held a Golden Scepter with a cobra pattern!
With each step, a footprint burning with golden flame appeared on the ground!
Within him resided a power like the blazing sun’s avenue force!
This man was the Flowing Sand Clan Leader, Mux Tu!
With him were three True Immortal Old Monsters in the initial stage of Crossing Truth, the other three True Immortal Hierarchs from the Exterminate Demon Alliance, each watching the spectacle with amusement.
Following the three True Immortals were Kunyunzi, Xuekongzi, and a group of Fate Immortals, each looking at Ning Fan as if observing a monster.
Kunyunzi and Xuekongzi had already been informed of Ning Fan’s true identity, narrated by the Flowing Sand Clan Leader himself.
Once the Flowing Sand Clan Leader pointed out Ning Fan’s identity as a ’Disciple of Slaughter Hall’ and a cultivator of the ’Divine Blast Technique’, countless old monsters in the Golden Metropolis speculated on Ning Fan’s identity, speechless with shock.
"He is the Ning Fan who devastated the Yao Sect Star Region, joined the Slaughter Hall, mastered the Divine Blast Technique, rampaged through Eastern Heaven, causing even The Enlightenment to avoid!"
Ning Fan’s gaze was sharp; Mux Tu brought tremendous pressure to him.
Without deploying various trump divine skills, relying on his own strength alone, Ning Fan asked himself whether the chance of victory against Mux Tu was beyond ten percent!
Although his Art of Gathering Three Flowers at the Top had achieved the first flower’s complete success, solely relying on this technique couldn’t let him exceed his rank to defeat a True Immortal.
Fortunately, with many trump cards on him, he did not fear Mux Tu!
Relying on the Ancient Demon Puppet alone, he could roam this place today; no one could stop or keep him!
"I wonder what explanation Clan Leader Mux Tu wants!" Ning Fan finished searching Lalu’s memories, furrowing his brows, then loosening them, as he calmly spoke, exterminating and sealing Lalu’s spirit.
From Lalu’s memories, he only learned that Lalu’s hatred towards him was related to him saving Xuekongzi and others.
The specific memory concerning the cause of hatred had been destroyed by a restriction within Lalu’s divine sense before Ning Fan searched.
A destructive restriction was planted within Lalu’s divine sense, causing all his memories to be obliterated if anyone performed a Soul Search and memory extinguishing.
Ning Fan didn’t uncover the reason for Lalu’s hatred, yet he increasingly felt that his journey with the Flowing Sand was not as simple as it seemed.
"Take one of my moves, or die!"
With a flash of golden light from the golden eye on Mux Tu’s forehead, an unimaginable power of the True Sun transformed into a colossal golden flame fist, striking down towards Ning Fan!
That punch alone could instantly kill any Master below True Immortal!
Ning Fan’s gaze turned cold, intending to summon the Ancient Demon Puppet and, without hesitation, teach the Flowing Sand Clan a painful lesson.
Suddenly, his gaze flickered imperceptibly as if realizing something unusual about Clan Leader Mux Tu...
Narrowing his eyes, Ning Fan temporarily gave up the idea of taking out the Ancient Demon Puppet, sneering,
"Very well! I will take on your challenge!"
An endless night descended abruptly, with the Big Dipper Stars emerging above the darkness.
The Dao Image appeared! Seven-layer hand seal was merging bit by bit in Ning Fan’s palm!
The Five-Color Medicine Soul provided Ning Fan with exceptionally strong perception.
If Ning Fan wasn’t mistaken in his perception, Mux Tu was concealing his true cultivation, not Crossing Truth Initial Stage!
Supposedly, the Flowing Sand Clan’s Mux Tu had once failed to prove his Dao, leaving him with severe spiritual sense issues, and although he managed to break through to the initial stage of Crossing Truth using a secret method, he would never surpass the initial stage in this life.
However, the reality Ning Fan witnessed was contrary to those rumors.
Either Mux Tu deceived the world.
Or, this person was not Mux Tu at all!
This person’s true cultivation was at the Initiate Realm of Shekong, with strength comparable to the Ancient Demon Puppet!
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