Grasping the Evil-Chapter 773: The Battle Begins

Ning Fan walked out of the Golden City, standing for a long time on a sand dune, contemplating the Great Dao of Time here.

His eyes occasionally flickered with a hint of worry.

The Little Demoness’s admonition weighed heavily on his mind.

The Little Demoness said Mux Tu was dangerous, implying that Mux Tu was not as simple as merely being at the Initiate Realm of Shekong.

"Perhaps Mux Tu is indeed more dangerous than I imagined. The wise choice is to abandon the opportunity in the Ancient God’s Temporal Cave, leave the Flowing Sand Star Domain, escape this perilous place, avoid this danger, but... I cannot leave."

Ning Fan sighed lightly. According to his character, he would not risk life and death for an unknown opportunity.

By his nature, knowing Mux Tu still had secrets, he should quickly leave the Flowing Sand Star Domain to avoid being caught up in danger.

But now that the Little Demoness had come to the Flowing Sand Star Domain, she would not leave unless the demon tide was quelled.

Ning Fan could not bring himself to leave the Little Demoness in danger and depart on his own.

"The jade scroll gifted by the Slaughter Emperor, there are still two... If it comes to an unavoidable situation, I might have to use the jade scroll to eliminate Mux Tu!"

Ning Fan’s heart gradually calmed, closing his eyes to blend with the night and align with the Great Dao here.

One day, two days, three days...

He stood there for half a month.

When dawn rose in the east, a message-transmitting flying sword broke the dawn, it was a message from Mux Tu.

In seven days, it would be the day the poisonous fog of the Flowing Sand Star Sea dissipated, and it would be time to set off and head to the northern region where the demon tide was wreaking havoc.

This was a great battle, the Thirteen Demon Kings were no ordinary beings, this level of war was still too soon for Ning Fan.

Naturally, if the Shekong Puppet was released, the Thirteen Demon Kings would not be daunting.

The troublesome part was that the real person to be wary of was not the Thirteen Demon Kings, but the mysterious Mux Tu.

Exposing all his cards in front of Mux Tu was not a wise move. 𝙛𝒓𝒆𝙚𝒘𝒆𝓫𝙣𝓸𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝒄𝒐𝓶

"Forget it, in this battle, I will at most follow behind others and not take the lead. Once the demon tide is quelled, I will leave the Flowing Sand Star Domain immediately. No matter what Mux Tu schemes, I do not wish to be drawn into this conspiracy, nor do I wish for her to be involved..." Ning Fan murmured to himself.

The Little Demoness’s task was to quell the Flowing Sand demon disorder.

What Ning Fan could do was, if possible, to take the Little Demoness away safely after quelling the demon disorder, leaving the Flowing Sand Star Domain.

In the Flowing Sand Realm, the army of Masters was ready to set off.

Ning Fan and others acted as bait to lure the snake out of its hole, setting off first, leaving the Flowing Sand Realm.

Besides Ning Fan, the Little Demoness, and three League Crossing Realms serving as bait, fifty Fate Immortals were also selected as bait.

The three League Crossing Realms drove a purple-red giant starship, carrying the group swiftly towards the northern region.

Ning Fan and the Little Demoness stood side by side at the bow of the starship, watching in heavy silence as they passed shattered Cultivation Stars and scattered corpses floating across the sky in the northern region.

Following behind the purple-red starship, various formidable figures from the Godly Void Pavilion and other experts led by Mux Tu followed in concealed starships far behind.

Once the purple-red starship encountered danger, it would not take long for them to come to the rescue.

In the northern region, there were occasional scattered demon beasts attacking the starship.

Most of these demon beasts were at the Void Fragmentation realm, with quite a few being Fate Immortal Fierce Beasts. Dealing with these Fierce Beasts did not require Ning Fan’s intervention.

The three League Crossing Realms stood at the ship’s bow, activating their divine skills to easily slaughter the beasts whenever they attacked the starship.

The divine skills of True Immortals are fundamentally different from those of Fate Immortals.

The divine skills of True Immortals contain the essence of ’truth,’ merging with their own true Dao, significantly enhancing the power of their skills.

Ning Fan had to admit, True Immortals are very powerful, beyond his capability to defeat.

Xu Nian was just an exception, merely the weakest among True Immortals.

Slaying Xu Nian was nothing to boast about.

The purple-red starship traveled for several days, entering the depths of the northern region.

Upon reaching the northern depths, the three League Crossing Realms stowed away the purple-red starship, with the crowd dividing into four teams, each led by Ning Fan and the other three leaders, setting off separately to begin exterminating demon beast strongholds in the northern region.

The Little Demoness’s plan was to anger the Thirteen Demon Kings and draw them out of the Flowing Sand Star Sea through these actions.

The poisonous fog of the Flowing Sand Star Sea only dissipates for two hours in a month.

Rashly entering the Flowing Sand Star Sea could easily lead to being trapped in the poisonous fog; luring the horde out was undoubtedly more prudent.

Ning Fan, stepping on a Blood Lotus and holding an Inlaid Star Compass, fled towards Cultivation Stars occupied by hordes of demons, carrying the Little Demoness.

Behind him followed Kunyunzi, Xuekongzi, and twelve other Fate Immortals.

On the outskirts of the Flowing Sand Star Sea, there were 49 demon race strongholds.

The task of Ning Fan’s team was to annihilate 12 of these demon race strongholds.

These demon race strongholds were not guarded by any Crossing Truth experts, naturally unable to withstand the attack from Ning Fan and his companions.

The strongest demon beasts within the strongholds were only at the middle or late stages of the Ghost Profound realm, with hardly any at the peak stage of Ghost Profound.

After engulfing the incense offerings of the Flowing Sand Clan, although Ning Fan did not break through to the middle stage of Ghost Profound, his mana had increased considerably, stronger than when he battled Xu Nian.

Since he could slay Xu Nian, dealing with mere Ghost Profound Demon Beasts was naturally not too difficult.

Every time they reached a demon race stronghold, Ning Fan would unleash the Memory Severing Dao Sword and set up a Phantom Sword Formation across the Cultivation Star, exterminating the Fierce Beasts on the entire star with one strike of divine skill!

Fierce Beasts that were not at the peak of Ghost Profound couldn’t withstand the phantom sword light of the Memory Severing Dao Sword.

When facing a peak Ghost Profound Fierce Beast, Ning Fan often simply used the Zhi Tian Yin to easily annihilate the beast.

On the first day, Ning Fan quelled three strongholds.

On the second day, Ning Fan quelled five strongholds.

On the third day, Ning Fan quelled four strongholds.

Conquering twelve strongholds, Ning Fan slaughtered tens of thousands of Fierce Beasts in total, all of which fought to the death, including 84 Second Step Fierce Beasts, who did not enter reincarnation upon death.

Their Residual Souls were all absorbed into Ning Fan’s spirit wheel phantom, making the phantom more solid.

Each stronghold eradicated and a certain number of demon beasts slain added to Ning Fan’s unease.

Once all the strongholds were eradicated, Ning Fan and the others, following the plan, immediately retreated towards the southern region.

The actions of slaughtering the demon race strongholds most likely angered the Thirteen Demon Kings.

Less than a day remained until the poisonous fog dissipated.

Once the poisonous fog dissipated, it would be when the Thirteen Demon Kings pursued Ning Fan and the others.

The other three League leaders also completed the task of slaughtering demon race strongholds and retreated along the same path as Ning Fan and the others.

On a desolate Cultivation Star in the northern region, everyone regrouped, awaiting the upcoming great battle.

Ning Fan stood quietly on the Cultivation Star, waiting silently, with his inner anxiety growing.

The Little Demoness also showed signs of unease on her face, faintly sensing an impending change.

As time ticked by, who knows how long it had been when suddenly, a strong and powerful heartbeat resonated throughout the desolate starry sky!

Thump! Thump! Thump!

Whether it was Kunyunzi, Xuekongzi, or any of the three League True Immortals, all those who heard this heartbeat showed expressions of utmost excitement!

"It’s that ancient heartbeat again!" many old monsters exclaimed joyfully.

This was the third time Ning Fan had heard this heartbeat.

Whether it was an illusion or not, Ning Fan always felt this heartbeat grew stronger each time.

This time, Ning Fan once again heard the whispering of the Ancient God within the heartbeat.

"Help... me..."

"Mas...ter... spare... me..."

"I... don’t... want... to... die..."

Ning Fan’s gaze suddenly sharpened, and his unease intensified the moment he heard this voice.

The cries for help and mercy undoubtedly came from the direction of the Flowing Sand Star Sea!

Ning Fan became increasingly certain that there was a great danger in that direction, one he must not approach without permission!

"Found them! The wretched Humans are all hiding here! Kill!"

An angry voice, carrying the aura of the Initiate Stage of Crossing Truth, came from the distant starry sky.

The voice had just reached everyone’s ears and had not yet faded when a streak of escape light, as loud as thunder, swiftly rushed from afar.

Everyone looked up, and the arrival consisted of nearly a hundred Fate Immortal level Fierce Beasts, led by three Initiate Stage Enlightenment Demon Lords, rapidly approaching this place.

"Kill!" Three Alliance Enlightenemnt Immortals cried out coldly in unison, each ascending into the sky, wielding their respective magical treasures and Dao Weapons, charging towards the demon race army.

The enemy had only three Enlightenment Initiate Stage, while our side had three Enlightenment and one Ning Fan. The odds were still in our favor.

Before the escape lights of the Myriad Demons approached the Cultivation Star, the three Alliance Enlightenment Immortals intercepted the three Initiate Stage Enlightenment Demon Lords with their Dao Weapons.

"I am Kuang Yanzi, daring to meet the Purple Fox Demon Lord’s skills!" An Alliance Enlightenment Immortal, holding a fiery red treasure sword, laughed heartily, blocking a Enlightenment Demon Lord wearing a purple fox coat.

"Loose Cultivator Chen Tanzhi, overestimating yourself, to be the opponent of the Green Bat Demon Lord!" An Alliance Enlightenment Immortal dressed as a scholar smiled slightly, blocking in front of a green-haired Demon Lord.

"I am of the Crimson Dawn Sect, Crimson Dawn Daoist! Ghost Fish Demon Lord, prepare to die!" An Alliance Enlightenment Immortal, with evil qi soaring, murderous intent in his eyes, blocked in front of a four-eyed Demon Lord.

The three Alliance Enlightenment Immortals blocked the three Initiate Stage Enlightenment Demon Lords, while Ning Fan led fifty Fate Immortals toward the hundred or so Fate Immortal Fierce Beasts.

Below Enlightenment, none of the fierce beasts were a match for Ning Fan.

Ning Fan raised his hand, summoning the Memory Severing Dao Sword, setting up a Phantom Sword Formation. One weak fierce beast after another was immediately killed with resentment!

"Courting death!"

Seeing that none of the beasts were Ning Fan’s match, the Ghost Fish Demon Lord’s eyes flared with anger. A flash of black light appeared around him, and instantly a black-clothed demon shadow, identical in appearance to him, stepped out of his body.

This black-clothed demon shadow was a Residual Soul he had just refined, possessing power approaching the Crossing Truth realm.

Once the black-clothed demon shadow separated from the Ghost Fish Demon Lord’s body, it transformed into a whistling escape light, rushing towards Ning Fan.

In its hand was a black seal treasure.

The black-clothed demon shadow raised the seal treasure to the sky, and it instantly transformed into countless black meteors, fiercely crashing down onto the Phantom Sword Formation.

With a loud boom, the Phantom Sword Formation was directly shattered by the black-clothed demon shadow!

He broke the formation just in time; only eleven or twelve fierce beasts were killed by the Phantom Sword Formation. The rest were more or less injured but were able to temporarily save their lives, looking at Ning Fan with eyes filled with terror.

"Who would have thought that a mere Ghost Profound Early Stage Master possessed such shocking strength, hmph, let me be your opponent!"

The black-clothed demon shadow raised a finger, and the seal treasure once again transformed into countless black meteors, crashing down on Ning Fan from all sides.

The strength of this black-clothed demon shadow was nearly equivalent to that of those suppressing hundreds of years.

The meteors came too quickly; Ning Fan only had time to summon the Three Flowers Defense before countless meteors crashed against the Lotus Shadow Defense.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Each black meteor was enough to kill a Loose Immortal.

Tens of thousands of meteors fell, causing even an Initiate Stage Enlightenment to struggle to cope.

But Ning Fan, with the robust defense of the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top, protected by the Lotus Shadow, was uninjured.

Seeing that the meteors could not harm Ning Fan, the black-clothed demon shadow was initially surprised, then suddenly sneered.

The most dangerous aspect of these black meteors was not directly killing the opponent.

The black-clothed demon shadow changed his spirit sense, and the countless black meteors that struck Ning Fan’s Lotus Shadow Defense began stacking up.

Soon, the black meteors wrapped around Ning Fan, forming layers that from a distance looked like a small black Cultivation Star.

Ning Fan was trapped in the center of the Cultivation Star, unable to escape.

"Haste!" The black-clothed demon shadow once again shot out a spirit sense, causing the black Cultivation Star to begin compressing towards the center.

Trapped at the center of the Cultivation Star, Ning Fan gradually felt increasing pressure from the Lotus Shadow.

The Cultivation Star tightened, and the pressure on the Lotus Shadow grew stronger.

If not for the Three Flowers Gathering at the Top reaching the stage of complete success with the first flower, Ning Fan would have been injured by the pressure.

Seeing that his divine ability had trapped Ning Fan, the black-clothed demon shadow laughed disdainfully and turned to slay other human experts.

At the moment he turned, the black Cultivation Star behind him suddenly turned into ashes.

In the starry sky, a purple-black Fire Dragon demon shadow flashed past in an instant and disappeared.

The black Cultivation Star that trapped Ning Fan was completely incinerated by the Flame Dragon’s Breath Technique.

"Impossible! How can a Ghost Profound Early Stage junior break my Ghost Fish Seal Treasure!"

The black-clothed demon shadow’s expression changed, and he raised his hand to retrieve the ash from the meteors, chanting incantations. With a flash of black light in his palm, the ash condensed back into a black seal treasure.

This seal was his Dao Weapon, now greatly reduced in power and heavily damaged.

He swallowed the Dao Weapon back into his stomach, his eyes flashing fiercely. He stepped, and instantly a vast stretch of black water appeared beneath him.

He changed his spirit sense, and a seventy-thousand-foot-long four-eyed Ghost Fish suddenly flew out of the water, swallowing Ning Fan in one bite.

The fish’s belly was filled with a putrid toxic mist, possessing strong corrosive properties enough to dissolve a Ghost Profound Peak-Stage Master.

Ning Fan, surrounded by the spinning Lotus Shadow, allowed no toxic mist to approach.

With a wave, the Memory Severing Dao Sword was in hand. Raised, it summoned 108,000 sword phantoms, slicing a massive bloody hole in the Ghost Fish’s belly.

Stepping out of the fish’s belly, Ning Fan flicked his finger, and the Black Flame madly spread through the starry sky, evaporating the entire black ocean.

The Ghost Fish hiding in the ocean was also incinerated into black gas and dissipated with a hiss.

Divine skills broken again, the black-clothed demon shadow’s expression turned extremely ugly.

He still wanted to activate another divine skill, but Ning Fan did not give him the chance.

The starry sky’s starlight suddenly vanished, transforming into complete darkness.

Only seven snow-white Northern Dipper stars appeared in the night.

At this moment, Ning Fan stood beneath the Northern Dipper in the dark, as if the world before his eyes were about to be engulfed in his Daoist Thought!

Demonic Night Transformation, Dao-Manifested Big Dipper!

"What formidable Dao Image!" The black-clothed demon shadow’s expression changed drastically. The three demon lords dueling with the three Alliance Enlightenment Immortals also had drastic changes in their expressions.

Ning Fan lifted his palm, and with a flash of black and white light, hardly anyone saw how he struck. A giant black and white hand descended from the sky, striking the black-clothed demon shadow.

All defenses shattered under the Hand Seal.

Even the Daoist Thought on the black-clothed demon shadow was obliterated under the Hand Seal.

After eradicating the black-clothed demon shadow, Ning Fan turned back and saw the little demoness and other Fate Immortals in their struggle against the Fate Immortal Fierce Beasts, slowly falling into a disadvantage.

Our side had lost four Fate Immortals, and the opposing Fate Immortal’s Beasts were numerically superior to our Fate Immortals.

The little demoness, with merely a Human Profound Initial Stage cultivation, was suppressed everywhere on this battlefield.

At this moment, she was besieged by four Human Profound Vicious Beasts, in an extremely dangerous situation.

With a slight bite of the lip, the little demoness was about to draw a Life-Preserving Jade Slip from her storage pouch, but suddenly her waist went soft, as she was embraced.

"Careful!"

Ning Fan spoke lightly, his eyes flashing coldly, raising his hand to summon the Memory Severing Dao Sword and spread the Phantom Sword Formation.

As 108,000 Sword Shadows opened, a swath of fierce beasts perished one after another.

In the distance, nine more demon lords’ escape lights rushed swiftly.

Seeing Ning Fan going on a killing spree, they were all furious.

A voice directly shouted in anger.

"Audacious Humans, dare slaughter my demon race compatriots, courting death!"

Just as the voice fell, a sword light from a mid-stage Enlightenment slash came toward Ning Fan’s Heavenly One.

Ning Fan’s eyes shifted, and without hesitation, he embraced the little demoness and retreated, summoning the Three Flowers Gathering with a million Lotus Shadow to protect himself.

Unfortunately, the million Lotus Shadows lasted only a few moments before shattering under the mid-stage Enlightenment attack!

During those few moments, Ning Fan managed to evade the sword light with the little demoness, though his expression remained cold as ice.

Looking up, not far away, a sword-wielding ox-horned man glared angrily at him. (To be continued. If you enjoy this work, please visit Qidian.com to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit M.Qidian.com to read.)