Grasping the Evil-Chapter 774: Senluo Appears

Seeing that Ning Fan, with merely a Ghostly Profound Early Stage Cultivation, could actually withstand his Enlightenment Strike at the Mid Stage, the bull-horned man couldn’t help but display a look of surprise.

After the surprise, he sneered and pointed his sword finger at Ning Fan, "So you are the new Fifth Alliance Leader of the Human Alliance!"

Upon hearing the bull-horned man’s words, other demon lords all turned their gazes towards Ning Fan.

The demons thought to themselves, no wonder Ning Fan is so formidable, one must be at Enlightenment to battle him, as he is indeed the Fifth Leader of the Human Alliance.

"Ning Fan, be cautious, this demon is very strong, far beyond Xu Nian..." the little demoness, leaning against Ning Fan, had eyes filled with gravity and reminded him.

Xu Nian was just at the Initial Stage of Crossing Truth, with an unstable realm, but the bull-horned man in front of them was truly at the Mid Stage of Enlightenment.

Even six or seven of Xu Nian joining forces might not equal the bull-horned man as an opponent.

Ning Fan nodded, naturally knowing that he was no match for the bull-horned man.

Moreover, behind the bull-horned man stood another eight demon lords, all with cultivations above the Initial Stage of Enlightenment.

In total, twelve demon lords had already gathered here, besides the one at the peak of Enlightenment, all the demon lords had arrived.

This was no longer a battlefield that Ning Fan could control.

Kuang Yanzi, Chen Tanzhi, and Crimson Dawn Daoist, the three members of the Alliance at Enlightenment, also showed heavy expressions.

The enemy’s main force had already arrived, and their mission as lures was basically completed.

Although there was still one demon lord not present, the plan could no longer wait; the reinforcements could be dispatched.

The three from the Alliance each activated their divine skills, clashing against the demon lords they were facing, creating distance.

Then, the three of them simultaneously took out spirit arrows and shot them into the sky as a signal.

In an instant, from the distant starry sky, eight giant star vessels suddenly sailed forth.

Aboard these star vessels were all Godly Void strongholders, Alliance cultivators, and members of the Flowing Sand Clan.

Among the Godly Void reinforcements, there were seven True Immortals, plus Mux Tu, who had concealed his true cultivation as a True Immortal.

They had only eleven True Immortals on their side, plus Ning Fan, while the enemy had twelve demon lords present.

The bull-horned man sneered and was about to swing his sword to pursue Ning Fan.

Suddenly, he heard the sound of approaching from the eight star vessels, looked up, and was filled with shock and rage.

"Humph, I never expected the human experts to bring so many True Immortal reinforcements! It seems they planned long ago to lure us demon lords here for a decisive battle!"

"No fear, however many human experts come, we will kill them all!" An slightly effeminate male voice suddenly sounded in the starry sky, carrying the pressure of a Peak Crossing Truth!

The thirteenth demon lord finally arrived!

He was a man in purple attire with snake-like pupils, exuding a cold aura, with enigmatic snake patterns on his face, belonging to the snake demon race.

This demon was called Chilian Demon Lord, the strongest demon cultivator in this demon wave!

With the appearance of Chilian Demon Lord, other demon lords and fierce beasts stopped their slaughter and gathered behind him.

Behind the Chilian Demon Lord were nearly three hundred thousand Void Fragmentation Fierce Beasts, flying over continuously to join the battle!

The eight star vessels sailed again from far to near, and one by one, human strongholders flew down from the vessels, taking their positions in formations.

Standing at the front was Elder Luo of the Godly Void Pavilion, a Peak Crossing Truth Elder.

Alongside Elder Luo stood Mux Tu and ten other True Immortals.

Behind them stood nearly three hundred Fate Immortals and two hundred thousand Fragmentation Human Alliance members.

Ning Fan did not stand at the forefront but with the little demoness in a forward position in the middle of the formation.

His unease grew, almost indifferent to the battle’s outcome.

All he thought about was protecting the little demoness beside him!

Suddenly, Mux Tu turned, his cold gaze meeting Ning Fan’s.

At that moment, Mux Tu’s lips curled into an inscrutable smile, as if mocking Ning Fan’s cowardice, unwilling to join the battle of Enlightenment.

Or perhaps mocking Ning Fan, inevitably caught in his schemes...

"Ning Fan, I have a bad premonition...we must leave the Flowing Sand Starfield at once!" the little demoness gently broke free of Ning Fan’s embrace, standing by his side, her beautiful brows tightly furrowed.

"It’s too late..." At some point, a sky-blue rain intent appeared in Ning Fan’s eyes, the boundless drizzle extending into the distant starry sky.

With tightly knitted brows, he used the Heaven Prying Rain Technique to extend his spirit sense to the northern border of the Flowing Sand Starfield.

Ning Fan discovered that the Locking Domain Great Array at the border of the Flowing Sand Starfield was gradually opening.

This was a Locking Domain Great Array of the Upper Starfield; once opened, even a Shedding Void could not force its way in or out of this starfield.

Moreover, for some unknown reason, the formation’s power was continuously increasing; it wouldn’t be long before it reached the level of the Imperial Star Domain’s Locking Domain Great Array.

At that time, unless one is an Immortal Emperor, no one can break through the formation, entering or leaving the Flowing Sand Star Domain!

"Young Friend Ning, once the great battle begins, please protect the young lady and ensure she remains unharmed."

Elder Luo suddenly turned around and transmitted his voice to Ning Fan, showing uncharacteristic politeness in his demeanor.

Once the battle starts, he will be engaged in combat with the Chilian Demon Lord, who has Peak Crossing Truth Realm cultivation, leaving little chance to safeguard the little demoness.

He recognized Ning Fan’s subtle intention to avoid the battle, knowing Ning Fan wouldn’t be tangled with the Demon Lords of Crossing Truth, thus entrusted the task of protecting the little demoness to Ning Fan.

"Elder Luo, rest assured, I will keep her safe," Ning Fan nodded and replied, saying nothing further than that.

"Thank you!" Elder Luo nodded with satisfaction, turning back to fiercely glare at the Chilian Demon Lord, his momentum suddenly rising, white hair fluttering.

When his momentum reached its peak, he suddenly let out a loud shout.

"Kill!"

With those words, Elder Luo charged forward at the forefront, wielding a Dao Weapon, rushing toward the Chilian Demon Lord.

Behind him, the army of over twenty thousand cultivators also charged toward the demon beast army!

Chilian Demon Lord’s lips curled slightly upward, with a hint of disdain, waved his hand, inciting the demon beast army to charge against the human cultivators.

He himself transformed into an escape light, condensed a crimson glow in his palm, and advanced to meet Elder Luo.

Other Demon Lords simultaneously engaged in battle against the True Immortals of the human race.

The battles between the True Immortals of the human race and the Demon Lords of the demon race were mostly one-on-one engagements, except for one late-stage True Immortal from the Godly Void Pavilion holding back three Demon Lords alone.

The battle of Demon Lords was temporarily evenly matched.

The battle between human cultivators and demon beasts of the Void Fragmentation stage was the most ferocious; in just one incense stick’s time, nearly ten thousand cultivators and demon beasts had fallen.

The air was thick with the stench of blood, starry skies swirling with dismembered corpses, flesh scattering in all directions.

The battle between Fate Immortal cultivators wasn’t particularly brutal, yet occasionally cultivators and demon beasts fell.

Ning Fan, protecting the little demoness, was surrounded by six Ghost Profound Peak-level fierce beasts!

Six Ghost Profound Peaks attacking together were definitely difficult to handle.

Ning Fan had already used the Zhi Tian Yin once, depleting half of his mana, and hadn’t restored it yet.

He couldn’t use the Zhi Tian Yin again, as it would entirely exhaust his mana.

Without employing the Zhi Tian Yin, Ning Fan found it challenging to kill even one Ghost Profound Peak creature, let alone facing six.

The bodies of the six fierce beasts were as massive as a lower-level Cultivation Star.

The combined force of the six beasts’ divine skills was almost not weaker than an Enlightenment strike.

Ning Fan dispersed out a million lotus shadows, protecting himself while also shielding the little demoness within the lotus shadows.

With one hand, he manipulated the Memory Severing Dao Sword, transforming it into a sword array to attack the beasts, while the other hand occasionally retrieved one or two attack jade slips, forbidden technique jade slips, crushing them against the beasts.

As one incense stick passed, Ning Fan slew the first Ghost Profound Peak-level giant beast.

Another incense stick later, Ning Fan consecutively killed two more giant beasts.

After slaying three giant beasts, Ning Fan unleashed all the Fate Immortal attack jade slips he possessed.

Numerous divine skills were directed at the three giant beasts, and they let out a scream before all perished!

All six Ghost Profound Peak fierce beasts fell by Ning Fan’s hands!

After the brutal death of the six fierce beasts, Ning Fan hadn’t had time to collect their residual souls, beast corpses, or Demon Cores before these things all mysteriously vanished into the starry sky...

Only then did Ning Fan have the chance to observe the entire battlefield.

It was then he noticed that whenever there were casualties on the battlefield, the bodies of the deceased mysterious disappeared into the starry sky...

More and more cultivators and fierce beasts perished on the battlefield, and increasingly more corpses vanished into the starry sky.

Dao Fruits, storage pouches, pieces of magical treasures... not just the corpses, even these items mysteriously vanished!

The oddity of this matter far exceeded Ning Fan and the little demoness’s understanding.

Gradually, many people noticed this bizarre phenomenon, yet none understood why it occurred.

Gradually, some cultivators and demon beasts in battle hadn’t fallen yet, but suddenly screamed and vanished directly from the starry sky!

"Elder Luo! I have a very ominous premonition in my heart; this battle cannot continue any longer!" A True Immortal from the Godly Void Pavilion simultaneously battled a Demon Lord and transmitted his voice to Elder Luo.

"Hmm... let’s temporarily withdraw!"

Elder Luo nodded solemnly, he too had become aware of the anomalies on this battlefield.

The corpses disappearing into thin air, such a bizarre occurrence he had never encountered before. Living beings disappearing directly was even more unsettling and deeply disturbing...

The Chilian Demon Lord, who was currently engaged in battle with Elder Luo, frowned similarly, sensing an unease rising within his heart.

"Chilian Demon Lord! Something is amiss! The twelve Ghost Profound Demon Beasts under my command have vanished into thin air without a trace! This battle is too bizarre; we cannot continue fighting!" One of the Feathered Demon Monarchs spoke excitedly, sending a voice transmission to the Chilian Demon Lord.

"Hmm, the battle cannot continue. Quickly give the order, have the entire army retreat to Flowing Sand Star Sea!"

Just as Chilian finished speaking, he suddenly looked on in shock.

He saw the very Feathered Demon Monarch who had just transmitted the message to him emit a sudden, inexplicable scream and vanish from everyone’s sight!

A dense Evil Qi immediately dispersed in all directions, announcing the fall of this Demon Monarch!

The first Demon Lord to fall on the demon side had died in such a bizarre manner!

"How could this be!" The eyes of the Chilian Demon Lord trembled violently, while the human cultivators were similarly shocked.

At the same time the Feathered Demon Monarch fell, Kuang Yanzi, the Alliance Leader of the Human side, suddenly let out a scream and vanished in front of everyone’s eyes!

Mux Tu curled his lips into a cold, sinister smile, sending a palm strike to the demon lord opposite him, stepping into the void, and watching the unfolding bizarre events with cool detachment.

With a flicker of his figure, he suddenly disappeared from everyone’s sight, leaving no hint of his whereabouts.

In the instant Mux Tu vanished, the entire starry sky of the Flowing Sand Star Domain suddenly began to tremble intensely.

In that moment, a gigantic black hole suddenly appeared in the skies of the Flowing Sand Star Domain!

That black hole spread out from the direction of the Flowing Sand Star Sea, extending across the entire Flowing Sand Star Domain at a terrifying speed!

In this moment, within the Flowing Sand Star Domain, tens of thousands of cultivation stars began sinking, one by one, into the black hole!

On the cultivation stars of the Southern Region, many still had mortals and cultivators residing.

As each cultivation star sank into the black hole of the star domain, countless cultivators and mortals cried out miserably as their lives were extinguished!

On the battlefield, one Void Fragmentation cultivator after another, beast after beast of the Void Fragmentation Realm, were all absorbed into the black hole, dying amidst their screams.

This black hole crossing the entire star domain was far too eerie, far too terrifying!

An immense force of attraction emanated from the black hole, so much so that even Fate Immortals began to be pulled into the black hole!

Countless cries of extreme shock instantly spread across the battlefield, accompanied by endless terrified beast roars!

Whether it was the True Immortal humans or the Demon Lords of the demon race, none had a good face at this moment, all their faces turning ashen.

The suction force from beneath the black hole was too powerful; even they, these True Immortals, found it hard to resist.

The higher the cultivation, the greater the force they had to endure.

Thump! Thump! Thump!

From within the black hole came the heartbeat sounds of the Ancient Gods.

Each time a cultivator or beast was drawn into the black hole, the heartbeat grew stronger and more forceful.

Ning Fan tightly held the little demoness, gazing at the gigantic, horrifying black hole beneath their feet, as his heart surged with tumultuous waves of shock!

This black hole’s swallowing divine skill was extremely similar to the Swirling Void Technique, yet it was worlds apart from the Swirling Void, like the difference between clouds and mud!

More and more Fate Immortals began to be absorbed into the black hole, perishing within its depths.

Ning Fan channeled his mana to its utmost, resisting the boundless suction coming from the black hole.

The little demoness looked towards the black hole, her eyes like Black Gemstones filled with shock, her voice trembling,

"This is... this is one of the strongest divine skills recorded in the Void Sutra... the ’Burying Stars River Technique’! Once unleashed, it can swallow and bury an entire starry sky! This technique is something even the Void Emperor—the Void Sutra’s most formidable practitioner—never mastered, and the only one who can perform this technique is currently imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison... Just who could be using this skill!?"

"It is I!"

From within the black hole, a cold voice suddenly rang out!

This voice bore the momentum of the Eternal Fifth Calamity, equaling that of the Grand Elder of the Slaughter Hall—Minghai Celestial King!

This voice carried an overwhelming momentum, sweeping across the entire Flowing Sand Star Domain!

Upon sensing the aura of the Five Tribulations Immortal King, all humans and demons revealed expressions of extreme terror!

Immediately, three streaks of flowing light flashed out from within the black hole, transforming into three figures, standing atop the starry sky!

Among the three, the person on the left was Mux Tu, who had fully released his Shedding Void Initiate Realm cultivation, at this point, no longer fearing exposure of his identity!

The person on the right was a golden shining celestial being, same realm as Shedding Void Initiate, bound with chains all over, his eyes filled with fear and resentment.

The one standing in the center was a man plated with bloody armor, long red hair wildly dancing in the starry sky, his eyes cold as eternal ice, with blood-colored runic markings painted on his left face!

As soon as the red-haired man appeared, the little demoness, Elder Luo, and other Godly Void Pavilion cultivators all exposed extremely terrified expressions.

Especially Elder Luo, who was trembling all over, crying out,

"Impossible! Absolutely impossible! You should still be imprisoned in the Heavenly Prison, how could you possibly escape from the Heavenly Prison!"

"Escape? I did not escape from the Heavenly Prison; rather, I entered it by choice, and there is no one who can stop me from leaving!"

The red-haired man gave a sinister smile, full of arrogance and madness that looked down upon the world!

Forty-five million years ago, he rebelled against the Godly Void Pavilion and then voluntarily entered the Heavenly Prison. Today, few in the Godly Void Pavilion know his true purpose, or even that he chose to enter the prison of his own volition!

He is one of the three great criminals of the entire Heavenly Prison!

The Shenhao Twin Emperors personally placed a seal on him to prevent him from escaping, yet he still quietly slipped away!

This time, he left the Heavenly Prison to seek a power to completely destroy it!

Mux Tu is his second Primordial Spirit!

That golden armored deity is his third Primordial Spirit!

"Who is this person!"

Ning Fan looked at the red-haired Immortal King, a great sense of crisis arising in his heart!

"He is Senluo Immortal King, the fellow disciple of Emperor Xu Kong... He is one of the three great criminals of the Heavenly Prison and the one with the highest aptitude among those who practiced the Void Scripture after the Shenxu Progenitor. Ancient records state he once rebelled from the Godly Void Pavilion; on that day, half of its strongholders died by his hand, and 107 star domains in the Eastern Heaven Immortal World were destroyed by him... He is extremely dangerous! He is a madman!"

The always calm gaze of the little demoness, for the first time, showed an expression of anger.

Her palms were trembling, the tremble was out of anger!

Her name was Xiao Qianci, from the Xiao Family of the Divine Void Pavilion. The Xiao Family was once a major family in the Godly Void Pavilion, and Immortal Kings emerged from the family.

But forty-five million years ago, Senluo Immortal King single-handedly slaughtered the entire Xiao Family, leading to their decline; only a handful of Xiao clansmen, who were temporarily away, escaped the calamity...

"Madman? Well said! I am indeed a madman. For her, what does it matter if I become one! Madness is better than your heartlessness! Today, I shall use your corpses and blood to revive the heart of the Ancient God left by the Flowing Sand Ancestor! With this heart in hand, I will flatten the Heavenly Prison and wash the Godly Void Pavilion in blood! Burying Stars River Technique, devour for me!"

The red-haired Immortal King laughed wildly, raising his hand to grab, causing the suction power of the black hole to increase by dozens of times!

Elder Luo, Chilian Demon Lord, and others were all sucked into the black hole.

Ning Fan could no longer resist this boundless suction, and gritted his teeth, pushing his Three Flowers Defense to the extreme, patting his storage pouch to summon the Ancient Demon Puppet, ordering it to guard outside the Three Flowers, forming a Shekong Level defense.

Holding the little demoness tightly, safeguarding her fiercely, Ning Fan began to plunge toward the black hole...

Soon, the entire Flowing Sand Star Domain was empty, with all the cultivations and Demonic Mounts sucked into the black hole.

The vast star domain was void of any Cultivation Star or starlight, only darkness, deathly silence, and coldness.

The golden armored deity watched this scene, cold sweat breaking out all over, looking at the red-haired Immortal King beside him, with a face full of flattery and pleading.

"Master... Master, it took you so much effort to cultivate me into your third Primordial Spirit, you can’t sacrifice my life..."

"Hmph! What is your life worth! You are an Ancient God, the vessel for the Heart of the Flowing Sand Ancestor! You must go and devour this heart to help me annihilate the Heavenly Prison!" the red-haired Immortal King retorted coldly.

"Master, you can’t do this to me! Although I am an Ancient God, I only, by chance, opened half a Divine Aperture, far insufficient to absorb the power of the ’Heart of Flowing Sand’! Forced absorption would surely lead to death!" The golden armored deity begged with a face full of despair.

"Worry not, you won’t be the only one absorbing the power of the Heart of Flowing Sand!" After speaking coldly, the red-haired Immortal King suddenly looked at Mux Tu beside him, a flash of killing intent in his eyes,

"Mux Tu! Are you aware of your crime!"

"This subordinate is unaware, please enlighten me, my lord!" At the red-haired Immortal King’s question, Mux Tu immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

He was a false Mux Tu, the second Primordial Spirit cultivated by the red-haired Immortal King.

Having followed the red-haired Immortal King all his life, he naturally knew how cold-blooded and ruthless he was.

Upon hearing the red-haired Immortal King questioning him, Mux Tu almost faltered and fell to his knees.

"I ordered you to search for descendants of Ancient Gods, yet you claim not to have found any! That junior named Ning Fan is clearly a One Orifice Ancient God!" the red-haired Immortal King roared sharply.

"What! Ning Fan is actually an Ancient God!" Mux Tu’s face turned dramatically.

"Enough, if I hadn’t already absorbed half of the Heart of Flowing Sand’s power, I wouldn’t have been able to sense the Ancient God bloodline on him. Your failure to detect his Ancient God identity is understandable since you didn’t cultivate a Divine Heart, and he has a treasure on him that conceals his aura, so you shall be lightly punished." The red-haired Immortal King’s expression slightly eased as he spoke.

Upon hearing he would be lightly punished, Mux Tu immediately relaxed considerably, taking out a brilliant golden treasure sword, stabbing it into his own Dantian.

This strike nearly inflicted severe damage on the Spirit within his Dantian.

Mux Tu’s cultivation level sharply dropped, and he was just a step away from breaking through to the Mid Stage of Shekong, but due to this sword, his cultivation decreased sharply, almost dropping back to the Shedding Void Realm...

This sword, counted as self-punishment.

Witnessing Mux Tu self-inflict a sword wound, the red-haired Immortal King nodded indifferently and said,

"This time, I’ve revealed my divine skills, and with the abilities of the Shenhao Twin Emperors, they’ve likely already sensed the magic fluctuations here, deducing my form left in the Heavenly Prison is a false body... In as little as a day, or a few days at most, they will definitely come to the Flowing Sand Star Domain!"

"We must act quickly!"

The red-haired Immortal King waved his robe, bringing Mux Tu and the golden armored deity into the black hole below.

Thereafter, the black hole gradually closed...

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