Grasping the Evil-Chapter 825: The Slaughter of Yin Mountain Arrives
Millennium Demon Monarch!
Many Masters here, eight years ago, witnessed the scene where Ning Fan amazed Yuan Kuang with a single sword.
They naturally recognized Ning Fan as the Millennium Demon Monarch, but in their memory, Ning Fan at that time was only at the Ghost Profound Middle Stage!
Now, he has reached the Ghost Profound Peak!
"The cultivation speed of this Millennium Demon Monarch is truly terrifying!" Many Fate Immortals secretly exclaimed.
Some also showed expressions of doubt, "To advance from Ghost Profound Middle Stage to Peak in just eight years is absolutely impossible, even with numerous celestial and earthly treasures! Perhaps he was already at Ghost Profound Peak cultivation, and he only hid his cultivation when slicing Yuan Kuang with his sword..."
Ning Fan did not care about the discussions of the Masters here.
Once he entered the sixth layer, Ning Fan immediately flew towards the teleportation gate leading to the seventh layer.
The teleportation light gate to the seventh layer was black instead of purple, tightly sealed, and brimming with a terrifyingly intense Evil Qi, ominous and dreadful, completely different from the atmosphere of the previous six layers.
Seeing Ning Fan heading directly towards the seventh layer, many Masters were startled.
"Could it be that the Millennium Demon Monarch intends to go to the final three layers? Does he really possess a Void Command?"
"The world of the final three layers of the tomb palace differs greatly from the first six layers, containing Heaven, Earth, and Humanity Three Tombs, and Tomb Merit Value, but also countless magical creatures from the Well of Covenant! Even if he possesses a Void Command, rashly entering would likely result in nine deaths and one life!"
Guarding the black gate was an elder with Initiate Realm of Shekong cultivation, a top fifty ranked elder from the Godly Void Pavilion.
As Ning Fan approached the black gate, the elder slightly opened his eyes, sensing the coming person’s Ghost Profound Peak cultivation, and was slightly surprised.
"Who are you, and for what purpose?" The elder’s gaze sharpened, and a powerful aura of the Shekong Level immediately swept towards Ning Fan.
Under that aura, even an idle Enlightenment Master would have their energy disrupted, but Ning Fan remained unfazed, calmly patted his storage pouch, took out the Void Command along with the Tomb Guardian Token, and showed them to the elder.
"A Void Command! A guardian from the War King Luo Family! You are not among the top ten Masters from any tomb contest, impossible to possess a Void Command, where did this command come from? Could it be given by the Luo Family!"
The elder’s gaze grew sharper, pressing a grander aura towards Ning Fan, yet Ning Fan was completely unmoved, simply stating,
"Where this command comes from seems unrelated to entering the seventh layer. I kindly ask Senior to open the sealed gate, as this junior wishes to enter the seventh layer."
"You indeed have some divine skills to resist my aura with mere Ghost Profound cultivation, but your cultivation is ultimately too low. The seventh layer is not meant for you! Entering on your own accord, you shall surely die! If you insist on going, I won’t stop you, but you must pass a test from me first!"
"What test?" Ning Fan asked with a focused gaze.
The elder retracted his aura, looked deeply at Ning Fan, and stood with hands behind his back on the clouds, saying,
"I shall stand here motionless. If you, with your divine skills, can force me to move half a step or make me take action to defend myself, then you are qualified to enter the seventh layer! Without such skill, entering the seventh layer would be seeking your own doom!"
After speaking, the elder quietly watched Ning Fan, waiting for him to make a move.
Ning Fan looked deeply at the elder, pondering silently.
Suddenly, he patted the soul bag on his waist, and countless fallen Spirits spread throughout the sky from the bag.
With a pinch of his spirit sense, all those Spirits suddenly showed signs of self-detonation!
"Divine Blast Technique!"
The elder’s gaze shook, and a trace of extreme greed momentarily flashed...
A moment later, he finally spoke,
"With your current number of Spirits, you can intimidate Late Stage Enlightenment cultivators. Entering the seventh layer, you do have some slight ability to protect yourself. Entering the eighth layer would mean seeking your own death; entering the ninth layer, you will surely die."
After speaking, the elder took out a formation compass, made a hand seal.
Immediately, more than half of the seal on the black gate disappeared, though not completely dissipated.
He then took out a jade scroll, handed it to Ning Fan, showing a few gracious expressions, saying,
"Within this jade scroll, it records some intelligence regarding the final three layers of the Divine Tomb. Little friend may take a look. Now, you may enter!"
After speaking, the elder sat cross-legged again, closed his eyes, and no longer paid attention to Ning Fan.
Ning Fan scanned the jade scroll with his spirit sense, showing no change in expression, yet deep within, a chill surged...
The contents of the jade scroll did indeed contain some intelligence regarding the final three layers of the Divine Tomb, some of which he already knew, some he did not.
However, the elder giving him the jade scroll was not out of benevolence...
Putting away the jade scroll, Ning Fan activated the Void Command, took a step into the black gate.
After a teleportation somewhat distant, Ning Fan was directly transported to the seventh layer of the Divine Tomb.
At this instant, he stood on a high platform protected by formation light, containing a formation door, and returning requires passing through this door to leave the seventh layer and return to the outside world.
The high platform was built atop a devil mountain peak, under a sky shrouded in chilling Yin energy.
Beneath the devil mountain lay numerous ancient tomb palaces, each containing a profound aura.
The tomb palaces here were many, not divided according to categories of Heaven, Earth, and Humanity. Opening these tomb palaces also does not consume Dao Crystals, but requires the consumption of the Void Command.
Entering any tomb palace within the final three layers consumes one Void Command.
There are no cultivation restrictions on the tomb palaces here, and the dangers within vary greatly. Entering arbitrarily, whether one lives or dies, is uncertain...
The seventh layer’s realm is extremely vast, its territory almost the size of an entire Imperial Star Domain.
Between the black mountains and devil waters, countless deadly traps are concealed.
The final three layers differ from the first six layers, containing countless magical creatures that attack any Masters entering this realm...
Within the seventh layer lie countless second-step magical creatures...there are Fate Immortals, Enlightenments, and vaguely, even Shekong magical creatures...
"The Tomb of Ancient Chaos lies at the bottom..."
The Yin Yang Locket occasionally emitted a resonance, which was quite vague, seemingly hindered by countless tomb auras here, unable to accurately pinpoint the position of the Tomb of Ancient Chaos, yet it could somewhat identify that the Tomb of Ancient Chaos was roughly at the bottom of the Divine Tomb.
Without leaving the high platform immediately, Ning Fan subsequently took out the two jade scrolls granted by the Slaughter Emperor, carefully sensing them.
In the seventh layer of the Divine Tomb, the Slaughter Emperor’s jade scroll’s divine abilities seemed interfered by the Divine Tomb.
Activating the jade scroll, I couldn’t summon those eternal puppets here, nor could I summon the Slaughter Emperor...
However, by slightly activating the Yin Yang Locket, Ning Fan could still enter the Xuan Yin Treasure from here.
"In this place, the jade scroll is unusable. Fortunately, I still have the Ghost Eye Clan, the Xuan Yin Treasure, the Ancient Demon Puppet, and other means to protect myself..."
Ning Fan put away the Slaughter Emperor Jade Slip and finally took a step off the formation’s high platform.
In the instant he appeared in the outside world, four shadowy figures immediately attacked him from among the Yin Mountains, accompanied by winds of Yin energy.
These four winds were all Second Step fiends, half-human and half-ghost in appearance, possessing the cultivations of the Human Profound Initial Stage.
Three shadowy figures opened their bloody mouths, attempting to devour Ning Fan whole.
Only one shadowy figure spewed out rolling black mist towards Ning Fan, the mist infused with deadly poison.
"Courting death!"
Ning Fan’s gaze turned fierce; with a flick of his sleeve, a phantom sword light shot out, splitting into four.
With a flash of the four sword lights, the shadowy fiends were instantly slain, filthy blood flowing, their bodies falling from the sky.
Four feeble black spirits escaped from their respective corpses, still fearlessly charging towards Ning Fan.
Ning Fan’s spirit sense changed, and tens of thousands of chaotic sword energies sliced through the gloomy sky.
Moments later, when Ning Fan withdrew his sword light, the four black spirits were riddled with holes, no longer resembling anything human.
Despite this, the four black spirits still bore their teeth at Ning Fan, their vicious glare undiminished.
Ning Fan stretched out his palm to capture the four black spirits, first destroying this soul remnant, and then methodically refined them with Secret Technique Refinement before storing them in his Soul Bag.
"The fiends here all possess a spirit; this spirit can serve as a medium for the Divine Blast Technique but has no memory for Soul Searching..."
"The fiends here are extremely aggressive; unless completely slain, they will attack any Master who enters this place as long as they have a breath left..."
Ning Fan’s eyes flickered, gaining a rough understanding of the fiends here in a short time.
After a moment of contemplation, the azure Rain Intent appeared in his eyes again, and he performed a spirit sense, causing a never-ending rain curtain to rapidly spread, centering from his location.
Wherever the rain fell, it was under Ning Fan’s spirit sense perception.
With Ning Fan’s current cultivation level, using the Heaven Prying Rain Technique to spread his spirit sense could cover an entire Mid-Level Star Domain at least.
Even so, he could not find the location of the transport gate leading to the eighth layer nearby.
Relying on a mere trace of sensation from the Yin Yang Locket to determine the direction of the lower world was also extremely difficult... There were too many interferences here...
"Do I have to search slowly... If so, I’ll deal with another trouble first!"
Ning Fan’s gaze darkened as he picked a direction and immediately vanished.
The Tomb Palaces of the seventh layer each carried Seven-Star Divine Demon Techniques.
Passing by these Tomb Palaces, Ning Fan often only swept them with his spirit sense, not paying much attention.
After a three-day journey, Ning Fan finally descended on a desolate plain filled with ominous Demonic Qi.
In those three days, he had slain over fifty Fate Immortal fiends, even killing a fiend at the Initial Stage of Crossing Truth.
Three days had passed, and Ning Fan’s Mana was severely drained, so he decided to come to this plain to recover his Mana.
Naturally, he landed in this barren land also to resolve another issue.
As soon as he landed, Ning Fan immediately raised his gaze to a certain spot of overcast clouds in the sky.
In his eyes, a cold glint gradually appeared.
"Senior, following me for three days, are you not yet ready to reveal yourself?!"
As Ning Fan’s words fell, a rift immediately tore open in the sky, and from the rift shot out a phantom sword image, transforming into ten thousand and eighty swords, slashing fiercely at the overcast clouds!
The clouds were split by the sword light, immediately dispersing into an old man with jade-green eyes, a slight surprise in his eyes, the very Shedding Void Elder who had guarded the black gate earlier.
"Hehe, young friend’s perception is truly keen, to even find my location. No wonder you were favored by the War King Luo Family. But this Divine Skill is rather weak... Shatter!"
The jade-green-eyed elder abruptly shouted, and with an imposing force from his Shedding Void Initial Stage cultivation, like a wild wind, he extinguished the ten thousand and eighty phantom sword images.
With the sword shadows broken, the Memory Severing Dao Sword trembled slightly before Ning Fan retrieved it with an upraised palm.
His expression remained fearless, even though he knew this jade-green-eyed elder harbored ulterior motives.
"You seem calm, young friend. Do you know why I’m here today? It’s to exterminate you completely!" The elder looked down on Ning Fan, as if he were an ant, sarcastically letting out an endless cold laugh.
"I know." Ning Fan reached into his storage pouch, pulled out a jade scroll, and crushed it into powder with one grasp.
This jade scroll was the one the jade-green-eyed elder had given earlier, with a very subtle mark planted on it for tracking.
Even an ordinary Enlightenment level couldn’t see through this mark, but for Ning Fan now, it was naturally easy to see through a mere Shedding Void mark.
"Oh? So you knew from the start that this jade scroll was deceitful?" The elder questioned with a deep gaze, soon followed by another cold laugh.
"Knowing that I harbored ill intentions, you still accepted the jade scroll. How utterly foolish!"
The elder’s expression was full of disdain. With a gesture, cyan flames soared into the sky, sealing the entire surrounding space.
Sealing the space was naturally meant to block all of Ning Fan’s escape routes!
"Will you hand over the Divine Blast Technique yourself, or force this old man to perform Soul Search!"
His eyes were full of confidence; with his Shedding Void cultivation targeting Ning Fan, who was in the Ghost Profound level, there seemed to be no reason for failure.
The only trouble would be that killing Ning Fan might provoke the anger of the War King Luo Family.
However, as long as the matter was done quietly, who would know that he killed Ning Fan!
Even if the matter were exposed, he had the backing of the Eighth Elder, how could he fear the War King Luo Family!
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