Grasping the Evil-Chapter 819: Who Are You?

"O...one hand..."

Facing Ning Fan’s slightly eerie smile, Wang Meng suddenly felt a shiver of cold, running from his feet up to his head.

At his cultivation level, theoretically, losing a hand was just a small matter; it wasn’t difficult to restore it, and the stake wasn’t considered big.

But at this moment, Wang Meng suddenly had an intuition that if he really took on this bet and fought Ning Fan, he might regret it for the rest of his life...

Perhaps, Ning Fan had a way to make him lose a hand permanently...

If it was an injury caused by the rules of a Dao method, with his cultivation, he wouldn’t be able to restore the severed arm...

"This star of misfortune once destroyed the entire Purple Luo City with a single strike, and the collapse was unstoppable because his divine abilities invoked the rules of Dao methods... He most likely can’t deliver such a strike again, it must have been a fluke... But what if he can deliver it again..."

Wang Meng swallowed nervously, his original determination to fight Ning Fan wavered like mad at this moment.

For a moment, he didn’t dare to accept the fight lightly...

"So, how about the bet, do you dare to accept it?" Ning Fan’s eyes squinted slightly, vaguely carrying a momentum as heavy as a mountain.

Wang Meng’s heart inexplicably shuddered fiercely, and after eight years apart, Ning Fan now gave him an invincible feeling.

This feeling, he had only felt before from some Mid Stage Enlightenment elders...

A feeling of alarm and excitement suddenly arose in his heart, reminding him of Purple Luo City being destroyed by Ning Fan’s punch eight years ago...

All of his determination completely collapsed at this moment; all of his beliefs shattered...

When he snapped back to reality, Wang Meng found his back drenched in cold sweat. He steadied himself, took a deep breath, and made a decision.

"Uh... After careful consideration, I’ve decided that it’s better to forget about the bet..." Wang Meng bowed his head, smiling obsequiously.

"Oh? Not betting? Then, do you still want to engage in a duel with me?"

"This... No, I better not. Last night, I observed the constellations and found my destiny star dimming, today doesn’t seem suitable for dueling, more like an omen of unexpected change... ahem, if the master has no other commands, I will return to my cave dwelling..."

Wang Meng laughed dryly a few times, about to turn around and leave.

Ning Fan snorted coldly, and a demonic might fused with mana, essence, and evil qi, like the sky collapsing, suddenly pressed down hard on Wang Meng’s location.

Instantly, Wang Meng felt as if the entire sky was pressing down on him, and it was extremely difficult to take another step forward with his slightly raised foot.

"Eight years without seeing! Why has his pressure increased so much!"

Wang Meng suddenly turned his head, looking at Ning Fan in disbelief, directly meeting the flash of black and white light in Ning Fan’s eyes.

In an instant, Wang Meng’s vision went black, his body becoming soulless, unable to move.

In his heart spirit world, the whole world turned into a black night, and in the boundless dark sky, seven snow-white stars gradually appeared, arranged like the Northern Dipper.

The seven stars suddenly converged, and under the starlight, a young man in white slowly appeared, standing quietly in the boundless night, his gaze cold as eternal ice.

This was everything Wang Meng saw at that moment!

"Dao...Dao Image! You actually invaded my heart spirit world with the power of a Dao Image! You, what do you intend to do!" Wang Meng’s expression changed drastically.

All of a sudden, he saw Ning Fan raise a finger, pressing it in this vast world of night.

Between heaven and earth, a phantom of the Eight-Armed Demon God suddenly appeared.

Upon seeing this phantom, Wang Meng’s expression immediately turned to fear.

The phantom of the Eight-Armed Demon God, derived from the Eight Extremes Battle Body, was now, unmistakably, his own Dao Image!

But as Ning Fan reached out and grasped, the yet-to-be-completely-formed Eight-Armed Dao Image began to crack on one of its arms!

An Enlightenment cultivator must have their own Dao, and invariably, their own Dao Image.

If the physical body is destroyed, it’s easy to restore, even if injured by Dao laws, it might still be cured.

But once a Dao Image is damaged, it is extremely difficult to repair.

Once completely destroyed, it can never be rebuilt!

Furthermore, if an Enlightenment cultivator’s Dao Image is destroyed, they will immediately fall from the realm and can never again enter the Realm of True Crossing!

"I...I understand! You said you want one of my hands, you actually want one of my Dao Image’s hands! You intend to destroy my Dao Image! You want me to fall from Enlightenment forever!"

With his face full of panic, Wang Meng wanted to escape from this heart spirit world, but no matter what, he couldn’t.

He wanted to retract the Eight-Armed phantom, wanted to reclaim his Dao Image, but found it utterly impossible to do so.

His whole body felt as if weighed down by the weight of a thousand great Daos, utterly unable to move within this heart spirit world.

He could only watch helplessly as more and more cracks appeared in one arm of the Eight-Armed Dao Image, inching ever closer to destruction...

"M...Master! Quickly, stop! Don’t destroy this servant’s Dao Image! This servant deserves to die! I shouldn’t have harbored tiny schemes! This servant knows the error of his ways!" Wang Meng trembled all over, immediately pleading continuously.

At this moment, Wang Meng fully understood that Ning Fan had seen through his Enlightenment cultivation from the very first glance, as well as all his minor schemes.

Thus, Ning Fan sought to punish him, and the method of punishment was to destroy an arm of his Dao Image!

If this arm was destroyed, given Wang Meng’s unstable Enlightenment realm, it was very likely he would directly fall out of it!

"Wang Meng, your decision today is very wise. Should you dare betray me, this arm, you won’t be able to keep it! This life of yours, either!"

Ning Fan coldly declared, yet withdrew his hand in time, sparing Wang Meng’s Dao Image arm from destruction.

As the Dao Image retracted, both people simultaneously exited Wang Meng’s heart spirit world, their spirits returning to the external world.

Outside, Wang Meng’s face was already white as paper, devoid of any color.

As soon as his senses returned, Wang Meng immediately collapsed to the ground, coughing up a mouthful of black blood.

Though his Dao Image wasn’t destroyed, it was damaged by Ning Fan, with countless cracks, making it incredibly difficult to repair.

Yet, he dared not show any resentment. Drawing on his energy, he barely stood up, looking at Ning Fan with a gaze full of awe.

"Th...thank you, Master, for showing mercy..."

That address of ’Master,’ Wang Meng spoke extremely reverently, half out of fear, half out of admittance.

Ning Fan’s previous intrusion into his heart spirit world, the destruction of his Dao Image, had utterly terrified him.

Among cultivators above Enlightenment, only those with a strength several times greater than their opponent could easily use their Dao Image’s power to invade another’s heart spirit.

And only those whose own Dao Image was exceedingly powerful could destroy another’s Dao Image...

Without a doubt, in these eight years Ning Fan’s strength had seen a massive increase, making him far beyond Wang Meng’s comparison, hence why he could invade Wang Meng’s heart spirit.

Without a doubt, Ning Fan’s Dao Image must be exceedingly powerful, otherwise even with Wang Meng’s unstable Dao Image, there’d be no chance of overwhelming him completely, able only to watch his own Dao Image being destroyed bit by bit...

"This man’s strength now is undoubtedly several times greater than mine; if he intends to kill me, it’s effortless! If he desires to destroy my Dao Image, it’s but a flick of the finger!"

"To think, I previously believed a breakthrough in my realm would allow me the power to contend against him... My cultivation advanced, but his cultivation advanced as well..."

This, precisely, encapsulated all of Wang Meng’s current thoughts.

He was filled with both regret and relief. Regret for harboring dissenting thoughts earlier, and relieved he abandoned the idea of making the bet at the final moment, otherwise... He dared not imagine the consequences.

Having his Dao Image destroyed was already light; with Ning Fan’s ruthless nature, he would likely directly activate a Restrictive Spell to take his life...

"What happened today, Ning Fan will not allow it to happen a third time! Do you understand!" Ning Fan coldly asserted.

"Understood! Understood!" Wang Meng immediately broke into a cold sweat, nodding without stopping.

Indeed, he’d already provoked Ning Fan twice; if a third time were to happen... He dared not imagine the consequences.

"I shall be leaving Tianhai Star for a while; there’s a matter for you to handle, and I hope you won’t disappoint me again."

After saying this, Ning Fan handed Wang Meng a jade scroll.

Wang Meng swept his spirit sense over the jade scroll’s contents and immediately clasped his hands with utmost confidence, "Master, rest assured, I will definitely gather enough information regarding this matter before your return!"

Ning Fan nodded in satisfaction, and his figure shot up, flying away from Tianhai Star.

Even if Wang Meng hadn’t come to seek punishment today, Ning Fan would have taken the initiative to find him and assign him to investigate this matter.

Now that he had been chastised a bit, this person would surely put in his best effort.

What Ning Fan wanted to investigate was all the information about the Lightning Emperor Tai Su and the True Lightning World.

The Lightning Emperor Tai Su had fallen fifty million years ago, and there was very little information about him in the Eastern Heaven Immortal World. When he became famous, it seemed like he appeared out of nowhere, and no one knew where he came from.

Only Ning Fan knew that the Lightning Emperor Tai Su’s hometown was in the True Lightning World. However, Ning Fan could not determine the location of this True Lightning World.

The Lightning Emperor Tai Su had once given up his Dao and saved Ning Fan, and requested Ning Fan to save the True Lightning World, something Ning Fan had never forgotten.

The Lightning Emperor also once gave Ning Fan a star diagram, but it was not an Inlaid Star Compass and couldn’t directly guide the way.

The star domain on that star diagram appeared very unfamiliar, and Ning Fan did not know the exact location of the True Lightning World in the Eastern Heaven Immortal World, which is why he thought of letting Wang Meng, this convenient servant, investigate.

In the end, he would definitely go to the True Lightning World; he was determined to fulfill what he had promised.

"Hiss, why does Master want to investigate the information about the Lightning Emperor Tai Su? Could it be that he also wants the ’Lightning Emperor’s Relic’?" Only after Ning Fan left did Wang Meng take a deep breath.

The Lightning Emperor Tai Su had fallen countless years ago, and not many cultivators in the Eastern Heaven remembered this Great Emperor.

However, in Wang Meng’s hometown, there were still some cultivators who occasionally talk about the past of Lightning Emperor Tai Su with great interest.

His hometown is a place called the Three Thousand Thunder Realm. The Lightning Emperor Tai Su had resided in seclusion for countless years in the Three Thousand Thunder Realm.

But just over a hundred years ago, many old monsters suddenly appeared in the Three Thousand Thunder Realm, not only cultivators from the Eastern Heaven but also those from the other three heavens and even an occasional member of a secret clan...

These old monsters would inquire about the Lightning Emperor Tai Su’s information at every opportunity and were digging three feet into the ground looking for something in the Three Thousand Thunder Realm.

It is said that they were searching for the Lightning Emperor’s Relic in the Three Thousand Thunder Realm...

What the Lightning Emperor’s Relic is, Wang Meng’s cultivation was not qualified to know.

However, as soon as Ning Fan tasked him to investigate the Lightning Emperor Tai Su’s information, he secretly speculated that Ning Fan was also after the legendary Lightning Emperor’s Relic...

"Alas, whether he wants to find the Lightning Emperor’s Relic or not has nothing to do with me. I just have to do my duty and help him gather this information..."

Wang Meng sighed, putting away the jade scroll. Remembering Ning Fan’s formidable strength still left him with lingering fear.

"I’d better behave in the future and not provoke this person..."

...

Yin Moon Star is an upper-level Cultivation Star in the Dongming Star Domain.

This star is quite famous in the entire Eastern Heaven Immortal World because on this star, there is an artifact refining sect called the Guibing Sect.

The Guibing Ancestral Master, as his name suggests, crafted magical treasure divine weapons that were nothing short of shocking and extraordinary.

This Guibing Ancestral Master has a total of fourteen disciples in his lifetime, all of whom are master artifact refiners of the Eastern Heaven Immortal World, known as the ’Fourteen Generals’. They each occupy a vast Spirit Vein on Yin Moon Star for cultivation and artifact refining.

The Fourteen Generals themselves have disciples and successors, and their Artifact Refining Technique is formidable.

Every day, numerous Eastern Celestial Cultivators come to Yin Moon Star to purchase magical treasures, and many old monsters travel from afar to request the Fourteen Generals to craft magical treasure divine weapons.

It is rare for anyone to persuade the Guibing Ancestral Master to personally refine weapons; even Shedding Void Stage and Fragmented Thought Elders often end up frustrated outside the Guibing Ancestral Master’s doors.

Ning Fan, holding the Inlaid Star Compass, sped to Yin Moon Star, and once he arrived, he withdrew the Escape Rainbow and immediately descended towards a section of the evil ocean on this star.

This evil ocean is called Tribulation Moon Sea, and it is the place with the richest Spiritual Energy on Yin Moon Star, with a devil mountain at its heart, which is where the Guibing Sect is located.

Dark, eerie fog perpetually floats over Tribulation Moon Sea, and Masters below the Realm of True Crossing do not dare to fly directly over the evil ocean; they must have a specially crafted magical treasure by the Guibing Sect to protect themselves, or they will perish instantly upon coming into contact with this fog due to infiltrating Yin energy.

On this section of the evil ocean, four Loose Immortal Cultivators are currently carrying a giant iron sedan chair, cautiously urging magical treasure protections as they travel towards the Guibing Sect.

Inside the iron sedan sits a sinister figure draped in yellow robes, possessing Human Profound Middle Stage cultivation.

This person’s body is steeped in dense Evil Qi; his cultivation is close to breaking through to the Human Profound Advanced Stage.

He sits cross-legged, silently absorbing the Yin energy from this place to cultivate.

Gradually, strands of Yin energy transform into clusters of bright yellow poisonous miasma, swirling around him.

The poisonous miasma exudes the faint fragrance of pear blossoms and possesses tremendous lethality.

In combat against someone in the Human Profound Middle Stage, there are few who could withstand the old man’s poisonous miasma attack.

"The Plague Technique bestowed by Master is indeed extraordinary... If I can master this technique, breaking through to the Human Profound Advanced Stage is just around the corner!"

Being very close to absorbing enough Yin energy to break through the bottleneck, his face gradually displayed a sinister smile.

"Once I break through to the Human Profound Advanced Stage, I will seek revenge against that Xuekongzi! That year, this person invaded the Seven Fiends Sect and gravely injured me; this enmity, I still remember well to this day!"

The old man had reached a crucial stage in absorbing Yin energy when suddenly a bold, reckless Escape Rainbow swept across the Tribulation Moon Sea, dispersing all the thick fog and Yin energy here.

The speed of that escape light was likely only comparable to Void Fragmentation...

The old man was in a critical stage of cultivation when the Yin energy suddenly scattered, immediately counteracting his Cultivation Technique, causing him to cough up blood in fury and exclaim,

"A mere Void Fragmentation brat, how dare you run wild here and disturb my cultivation! Courting death!"

The moment the old man roared in anger, the four Loose Immortals carrying the sedan chair also revealed murderous intent, simultaneously unleashing their magical treasures toward the source of the Void Fragmentation escape light, sneering.

"Disturbing our Seven Fiends Sect Ancestral Master’s cultivation, pay with your life!"

The combined strike from the four Loose Immortals’ magical treasures tore through the fog, viciously slashing toward the owner of the previous Void Fragmentation escape light.

The owner of that escape light was a young man in white; his eyes were cold, and with one mouthful, he swallowed all the magical treasures from the four Loose Immortals and said coldly,

"The Seven Fiends Sect... I didn’t expect to encounter an ’old acquaintance’ here..."

Upon mentioning ’old acquaintance’, a hint of murderous intent appeared in the young man in white’s eyes.

He had deliberately slowed down to release his spirit sense to probe the number of powerful individuals in the Tribulation Moon Sea.

Unexpectedly, he accidentally encountered a past enemy and was attacked by the other party.

A true ill-fated encounter!

"Hiss! This person swallowed our magical treasures whole; he must be a Second Step Senior!" The four Loose Immortals of the Seven Fiends Sect instantly showed fear.

And from the iron sedan, a yellow-robed old man flew out, his expression extremely grave, releasing spirit sense to try and fathom the young man in white’s depths, but he couldn’t see through the young man in white’s true cultivation.

"No need to probe; Ning Fan’s cultivation isn’t something you can perceive. Ning Fan just wants to ask one question, are you truly the Sect Master of the Seven Fiends Sect?" The young man in white asked coldly.

"Indeed, I am the Sect Master of the Seven Fiends Sect! What do you seek, Daoist?" The yellow-robed old man’s eyes hardened, having already seen a trace of a murderous intent in the young man in white’s eyes.

"Since that is the case, you can die now!"

Ning Fan’s eyes showed a peak of killing intent at that moment.

He waved his hand, instantly manifesting a Demonic Aura Giant Claw to fiercely tear at the yellow-robed old man!

That year, he was hunted by the Seven Fiends Sect with a bounty of thirty million, followed by a hundred billion, pursued by countless people... He had never forgotten this!

In an instant, the yellow-robed old man was pale with shock!

This rip force was enough to easily shred any Fate Immortal, something he, a mere Human Profound, could not possibly withstand!

"Who are you! Why do you want... Ah!"

Before he could finish speaking, it was already transformed into a heartrending scream...

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