Grasping the Evil-Chapter 894: If Heaven Sends Rain, I Send Death!
Ordinary Barbarian Beast is the size of a mountain, and with an army of two hundred thousand Barbarian Beasts advancing, the scene is enough to shake one’s soul.
Among these two hundred thousand Barbarian Beasts, there were forty-two Shekong Barbarian Beasts. Even a Thought-Shattering Old Monster at full strength would have to fear this army of Fierce Beasts.
At this moment, the entire Barbarian Wilderness Broken Realm is filled with Banishing Immortal Force. Even a Shattered Thought Peak Old Monster, under the suppression of this force, can only display their Peak Shekong strength. If they encounter this army, they would likely only flee!
Except for two Human Clan Immortal Honorifics, no other human power in this realm would dare to confront the two hundred thousand Barbarian Beast army head-on!
It is because of this army that Xin Jia has the confidence to order the pursuit of Ning Fan without question!
With his army in hand, he fears no human power below Immortal Honorific level!
"Daring to kill my disciple, even if you are Human Fragmented Thought, you must die today!"
Xin Jia snorted slightly, standing at the bow of the Demon Ship, leading the ship through one Life Gate after another, pursuing Ning Fan.
He and Ning Fan’s realm were separated by only six realm interfaces, and this route was already well known to him, hence he was not afraid of mistakenly entering the Dead Gate interface during the pursuit.
The only trouble was that the two hundred thousand Barbarian Beasts varied in cultivation speed; normally, the Demon Ship carrying these beasts couldn’t fly at high speed.
It would not easy to catch up to Ning Fan at this speed.
"Through-Sky Stone, appear!"
Xin Jia stood at the bow of the Demon Ship and suddenly pointed to the deck. With a rumbling sound, a giant stone a hundred feet high fell out of nowhere onto the side of the ship!
That giant stone, appearing to be Black Obsidian, was actually a rare demon mine known as Through-Sky Stone. Xin Jia had refined countless natural treasures into it, giving it hardness close to the Acquired Ten Nirvana-level treasure.
On the stone surface, dark red speckles were scattered, resembling the blood traces of a Great Demon, exuding rolling demonic energy.
This stone was found by Xin Jia by chance and had the power to break through space, suitable for crafting flying escape-type magic treasures.
Naturally, some Masters possessing particular secret techniques could directly extract the Through-Sky Stone’s space-breaking power for cultivation.
Xin Jia’s original intent was to refine it thoroughly before using it, but at this moment, there were many uses for its power.
Once the giant stone fell on the ship’s bow, it immediately rolled out heavy black mist and spread it around. This black mist had the power to block divine sense, first enveloping the Demon Ship, then surrounding twenty thousand Barbarian Beasts within it, making it impossible to tell that so many Fierce Beasts were hidden within from outside.
From afar, the black mist appeared as a giant black cloud atop the sky, its shape resembling a coiled dragon.
Within the black cloud, space-breaking power surged continuously, flashing and escaping, reaching near the full-speed escape of Thought-Shattering Cultivators, directly tearing through space with an astonishing momentum!
Under the black cloud, suddenly emerged a demon rainbow, standing upon the cloud, it was none other than Xin Jia.
Xin Jia stood with his hands behind him upon the cloud, his old eyes brimming with killing intent.
"With this Through-Sky Stone to enhance my escape speed, even carrying twenty thousand Barbarian Beasts, it’s almost as fast as a Thought-Shattering Cultivator! Killing my disciple, unless you are an Immortal Honorific, you will be suppressed by the Banishing Immortal Force, escape speed limited, unable to escape my pursuit!"
In just over half an hour, Xin Jia had crossed six realm interfaces, arriving at the Life Gate interface where Ning Fan had killed his disciple.
Naturally, Ning Fan and the others were nowhere to be seen, yet the life gates and death gates remained, densely scattered across the sky.
Xin Jia performed a secret technique with his ten fingers to sense the aura from the life gates in an attempt to track and pursue Ning Fan’s group.
If Ning Fan were fleeing alone, he would leave no trace, even the Eternal Immortal Honorifics would find it hard to track him.
Yet, as Ning Fan fled with too many Stone Warriors, Masters, and Barbarian Beasts, he left behind a trail of aura that gave Xin Jia the chance to track them.
With just ten breaths, Xin Jia had determined Ning Fan’s group’s escape route. But the results of his sensing left him slightly surprised.
In his perception, the killer of his disciple was not one person but a group traveling together.
The aura left behind by these people was abundant and rather chaotic, making it impossible for Xin Jia to identify which among them was the killer of his disciple.
What further surprised him was the large number of people, yet they were escaping quickly, seemingly possessing some extraordinary flying escape magic treasure.
Their escape speed was slower than his, aided by the Through-Sky Stone, but not by much.
They had traversed four realm interfaces as he pursued, and were already far away...
"Humph, running quite fast! But you cannot escape!"
Xin Jia performed the ritual again, demonic energy surged around him, and he suddenly stomped firmly below.
With this stomp, the cloud beneath him emitted a series of roars, and their escape speed increased slightly.
He pinpointed the Life Gate, controlled the black cloud, and once again crossed the void, continuing his pursuit of Ning Fan.
However, Xin Jia did not notice that as he drove the black cloud through the Life Gate, a deeply hidden demon spiritual qi within the gate stirred in response.
...
After slaying four demons, Ning Fan’s Barbarian Beast army immediately expanded to fourteen thousand heads.
Such a multitude of Barbarian Beasts crouched outside the Heavenly Barbarian City, displaying an undeniably astonishing momentum.
After killing the four demons, Ning Fan rushed toward Miaoyan Immortal Honorific’s location, continuously traversing four realm interfaces.
Along the way, he rescued over a hundred thousand Stone Warriors and several thousand stranded Masters.
Most of the rescued Masters were merely below Fate Immortal level, though occasionally some Mid Stage Enlightenment Old Monsters were saved, all holding Ning Fan in awe.
In these cultivators’ eyes, Ning Fan was a ’Mid Stage Shekong’ powerhouse, for even after suppressing his cultivation, he still retained Mid Stage Enlightenment cultivation.
In Four Heavens, every Shekong Old Monster was a renowned regional power; naturally, no one dared underestimate Ning Fan.
Seeing Ning Fan command the Broken Continent to fly across space further deepened their awe for him. The cultivators gradually began to admire Ning Fan more and more.
That admiration slowly transformed into threads of Incense Flame power, merging into Ning Fan’s being.
The incense power of cultivators is countless times stronger than that of mortals, but alas, for Ning Fan it remains inconsequential.
"Incense is one of the important means for Second Step cultivators to enhance their cultivation, but gathering sufficient quantities is not easy... Moreover, as realms increase, the effectiveness of incense also declines..."
"I once forcibly seized millions of years of incense of Yao Family’s Shekong ancestor, that incense instantly elevated me from Human Profound Initial Stage to Human Profound Peak..."
"Later, I stole nine hundred thousand years of incense from Flowing Sand Ancestor. Despite being a Shekong, his incense was far less effective..."
"Now that I’m at Mid-Stage Enlightenment, the incense seems even more insignificant. This Incense Flame Demon Puppet is probably no longer of much use..."
Ning Fan patted his storage pouch, took out the Incense Flame Demon Puppet, glanced over it, and sighed slightly.
Due to severe damage, this demon puppet, if seizing incense from the living, can only take from Enlightenment Masters; if seizing from the dead, it can only take from Shekong Cultivators.
Whether Enlightenment or Shekong, with Ning Fan’s current cultivation, the incense from these individuals is of little use to him.
As he gazed at the demon puppet in contemplation, his expression suddenly turned grim, and he put it away.
After slaying four monsters, to guard against further pursuit by other demon cultivators, Ning Fan left a strand of demon spiritual qi to sense each time he passed through a door of life.
Just now, he clearly sensed a large number of powerful beings pursuing him!
Thousands of demon cultivators, two hundred thousand barbarian beasts, and among these beasts, there were actually forty-two Shekong Barbarian Beasts!
The leader of these barbarian beasts was astonishingly a Mid-Phase Shattered Thought demon cultivator. Though suppressed by the Banishing Immortal Force, his divine skills were still impressive!
"So I’ve been targeted after all..."
"That Shattered Thought demon cultivator, clearly accompanied by two hundred thousand barbarian beasts, should have moved slowly, yet he seems to possess some secret treasure, making his escape speed exceptionally fast. In terms of speed, I’m actually slower by a fraction now!"
Ning Fan was not so arrogant as to think he could contend with two hundred thousand barbarian beasts by himself.
Even though he had many techniques, facing such an army was extremely perilous.
His eyes narrowed, he activated the Reverse Spirit Technique, concealing the entire Broken Continent, trying to block the qi and isolate Xin Jia’s tracking.
Then he took out more Five Elements Spiritual Objects, swallowed them directly, and despite the risk of backlash, increased his escape speed by another thirty percent!
Forcibly enhancing his speed naturally placed a significant burden on Ning Fan, leaving his face with a hint of pallor.
Wearing the ghost mask, others couldn’t see his gradually pale complexion, but those near him could hear his increasingly erratic breathing.
"Could something have gone wrong? Otherwise, with the cunning of this little rogue, how could he be willing to risk self-harm to forcibly increase his speed..."
Next to him, Burying Moon Immortal Honorific secretly complained, her pretty face wore a fake smile as if basking in a spring breeze.
Ning Fan paid no heed to Burying Moon, instead controlling the Broken Continent, speeding all the way. When encountering distressed Stone Warriors, he waved his sleeve to create a gust, sweeping them into Tianman City without pausing.
Chasing behind, Xin Jia suddenly furrowed his brows as his secret technique lost the sense of Ning Fan and others.
After a slight frown, Xin Jia took out a horn made from dragon horns and blew it.
The sound of the horn first spread in all directions, and then suddenly coalesced, focusing in a particular direction.
That direction was exactly the one where Ning Fan and the others were fleeing!
This horn was Xin Jia’s Dao Weapon, not strong in offense but extremely effective in tracing.
If Ning Fan were alone, using the Reverse Spirit Technique to conceal his qi, Xin Jia would definitely not be able to detect his position.
But with so much qi needing to be concealed, the Reverse Spirit Technique’s potency was divided, allowing Xin Jia to catch a trace of qi.
Attempting to conceal and escape was futile.
However, Xin Jia soon discovered that the escape speed of Ning Fan and others had increased by over thirty percent, almost matching his own speed.
Thus, while he could determine Ning Fan’s direction, catching up to them was not easy.
"You can speed up, and so can this demon! You won’t escape!"
Xin Jia sneered slightly, his body shook, splitting from one into two, then four, and finally eight.
Eight identical gray-robed dragon demons occupied eight positions around the black cloud, simultaneously activating their divine skills.
The Through-Sky Stone within the black cloud had its power increased by another ten percent, drastically speeding up the escape.
As a result, Xin Jia’s speed was again slightly faster than Ning Fan’s, gradually closing the distance between them.
One hour later, they were three interfaces apart.
Two hours later, they were only two interfaces apart.
Three hours later, only one interface separated them!
However, instead of being happy, Xin Jia grew worried, his expression more and more serious. The use of the Through-Sky Stone had been somewhat excessive, and its speed was beginning to gradually decrease.
The stone was flawless in many ways, except it had a flaw. It seemed to have been tainted by some powerful demon blood. Each use must not exceed four hours, and once exceeded, its power would gradually deplete, needing much time to recover.
Though he was getting closer to Ning Fan, if the stone’s power depleted, with Ning Fan’s speed, catching up would be impossible.
"Fortunately, this demon has the ’Binding Thunder Banner’ bestowed by Ao Xuan, the Honored Immortal. With this treasure, within an interface distance, I can forcibly bind a person’s spirit into the banner! As long as the opponent’s current cultivation does not exceed the Shattered Thought Realm, they cannot resist the banner’s power!"
Xin Jia raised his hand, pointing to the void, where rolling poisonous fog instantly appeared, from which a green banner emerged.
Holding the green banner in hand, Xin Jia beckoned towards the void ahead, where a ghostly green hand suddenly appeared, tearing through the void and grabbing down forcefully.
From a realm away, Ning Fan could distinctly sense the pursuit drawing nearer.
At this moment, he had crossed over fifty life gate interfaces, yet still remained a dozen interfaces away from where Miaoyan Immortal Honorific was located.
Utilizing Rain Technique Perception, Ning Fan could vaguely detect that most of the upcoming interfaces ahead were empty, with few powerful barbarian beasts lurking.
But behind him, two hundred thousand barbarian beast army was in hot pursuit!
"This demon is chasing too closely. If it were just me alone, shaking him off would be simple, but now..."
Ning Fan glanced at the Xian Luoli and Zhao Die’er on the city wall, then over the ordinary people in the city with sorrowful expressions, and fell silent.
In such great peril, whether Xian Luoli, Zhao Die’er, or the masses in the city, they were all burdens to Ning Fan.
The wise choice would be to abandon all burdens and seek self-preservation.
However, the path of cultivation is about defying the heavens, and if one only seeks wisdom and self-preservation at every turn, what meaning does pursuing this path hold!
"If I continue fleeing like this, escaping will be improbable..."
As Ning Fan was pondering, his eyes suddenly changed, and he abruptly turned around.
Suddenly, the sky behind tore open a rift, and out flew a ghostly green hand, with demon qi surging into the sky, directly heading to strike Ning Fan!
The hand had no physical form, yet seemed able to seize the Spirit of a master from afar.
Even before the hand approached, it already caused Ning Fan’s Spirit to feel a rending pain, as if about to be crushed!
If that hand got closer, it would probably tear open Ning Fan’s Dantian, forcibly extracting his Spirit!
"It’s actually a treasure that specifically targets the Spirit!"
Ning Fan’s eyes turned cold, and without a word, he attempted to shatter his body to escape.
This way, even if caught by that hand, it would at most leave some injuries, and he wouldn’t be directly extracted out of his Spirit.
He wasn’t afraid of this ghostly green hand, yet Xian Luoli didn’t know this!
Here, those who could react simultaneously with Ning Fan to the green hand’s attack were only Xian Luoli, Burying Moon, Earth Controlling Devil Star, and Iron Crow.
Among these four, only Xian Luoli, upon seeing Ning Fan injured, rushed forward without hesitation, blocking in front of Ning Fan!
"You’re not allowed to hurt my papa!"
Xian Luoli’s eyes sparkled with rolling thunder, and there was anger, anger that someone dared to ambush Ning Fan.
The thunder, fueled by her anger, somehow began breaking through the suppression of the Banishing Immortal Force, transforming into crackling lightning, condensing in her palm.
With a wave of her small hand, the lightning quickly formed layer upon layer of barriers, like a fortress blocking the hand’s advance.
Unfortunately, even though Xian Luoli broke through the Banishing Immortal Force’s suppression, she could only exhibit mid-stage Shedding Void power at most.
Yet that ghostly green hand was not something she could contend with; it directly passed through the lightning barriers, grasping at her shoulder, then brutally tore.
After a single strike, the ghostly green hand disappeared from everyone’s sight, and the void rift quickly healed.
With just one tear, a large chunk of flesh was ripped from Xian Luoli’s left shoulder clavicle, and blood instantly stained her dress.
Even more critically, her Spirit, originally dispersed as lightning power, was directly pulled out from her body, vanishing along with the ghostly green hand!
Without her Spirit, her small frame collapsed to the ground, her face pale, her lashes closed, falling backward, caught by Ning Fan who held her in his arms.
In the moment she closed her eyes, she only managed to say one last sentence.
"Papa, be careful..."
She wasn’t truly Ning Fan’s daughter, but seeing Ning Fan in danger, she was the first to protect him...
She took a hit for Ning Fan, a hit that directly led to her Spirit being captured. Yet, until she fell unconscious, she was still concerned for Ning Fan...
Xin Jia took Xian Luoli’s Spirit... for masters of the Second Step, the physical body can be destroyed, but the Spirit absolutely cannot...
Ning Fan’s heart simmered with anger towards Xin Jia’s scheme, but even more so, he was shaken, guilt-ridden, and self-reproachful.
While he pondered whether to abandon Xian Luoli and others, Xian Luoli, without a trace of selfishness, regarded him as a father, as family, unhesitatingly taking a blow for him...
If before, Ning Fan was considering avoiding confrontation with Xin Jia, now he had only one thought!
He had to find Xin Jia, to reclaim Xian Luoli’s Spirit!
Ning Fan’s gaze remained as calm as water, but those who knew him would see that beneath the calm, there was an earth-shattering intent to kill!
He suddenly stood up, spoke no word, yet the Calamity Thought Red Glow around him, like burning red clouds, instantly illuminated the dark void!
He retreated everywhere, but Xin Jia insisted on pursuit, even resorting to an ambush!
If so, why should he keep fleeing, why should he keep avoiding!
"Liu Yan, you take Xianxian, wait for my return!"
"Burying Moon, use Vertical Golden Light to move this continent towards the interface. I’ll join you later! If you get backlashes and injured, consider it my debt to you!"
"Earth Controlling Devil Star, Iron Crow! In my absence, you two must defend this city with utmost vigilance, no room for error!"
Ning Fan handed Xian Luoli’s body to Liu Yan, after issuing a command, he casually engraved a map jade slip, handing it to Burying Moon.
Then, without further explanation to everyone, he transformed into a streak of ascending red light, charging out, shockingly retracing his path!
As he departed, the fourteen thousand Barbarian Beasts lurking beneath the ground all soared into the air, following Ning Fan closely!
These Barbarian Beasts, directly linked to the blood seal within Ning Fan, seemed to sense the repressed anger beneath his calm, all roaring out loud.
Liu Yan, Zhao Die’er were all stunned, like others, they hadn’t yet reacted to the sudden upheaval.
Even Burying Moon was a bit bewildered about the situation.
She was the only one who noticed the pursuit from behind; from Ning Fan’s desperate escape, it was clear those enemies were formidable and dangerous.
She also noticed that Xian Luoli seemed to have her Spirit captured in the earlier ambush.
She just couldn’t believe that Ning Fan would fight the formidable enemy pursuing from behind just to reclaim a little girl’s Spirit.
Such reckless behavior, was it still the cunning, sly little lecher she remembered?
What’s more, Ning Fan seemed to order her using Vertical Golden Light, risking backlash and injury to navigate the Broken Continent.
Even worse, her body was loyal to Ning Fan’s every command, unable to disobey...
Xian Luoli, similarly confused...
She remembered rushing to protect Ning Fan, taking a hit for him, and she should have blacked out.
But now she didn’t know how, her Spirit was outside her body, imprisoned in some magical treasure space...
This magical treasure space, everywhere there was the power of imprisonment, yet for her little Spirit, it seemed to have no restraining ability.
At this moment, Xian Luoli’s Spirit surprisingly glowed a pure golden color, wrapped in extremely intense Body-protecting Emperor’s Qi!
Emperor’s Qi, the Emperor’s Qi of the Immortal Emperor!
Her Spirit was unmistakable, an Immortal Emperor’s Spirit! And even Senluo would need to exhaust the Power of Reincarnation to destroy it, let alone a mere Binding Thunder Banner, it naturally couldn’t confine her Immortal Emperor’s Spirit!
This point, with her current confused memory, was impossible to understand, her gaze was vacant.
"Where is this place, where is papa..."
Xian Luoli looked around curiously like a curious child, suddenly laughed, and found a sea full of lightning here.
She didn’t know that she had been imprisoned within the Binding Thunder Banner.
This Binding Thunder Banner was a secret treasure of the Thunder Dao, designed to target the divine spirit. Inside its magical treasure space, there was a sea of lightning, which was precisely the source of the Binding Thunder Banner’s power.
"So much thunder, it seems delicious!"
Drool flowed down the corner of her mouth unknowingly, and she instantly decided to feast in this sea of lightning before looking for papa.
Compared to finding papa Ning Fan, obviously filling her belly was more exciting...
...
Xin Jia’s expression was very unpleasant.
He activated the Binding Thunder Banner, originally targeted at Ning Fan who controlled the Broken Continent’s flight, but unexpectedly captured a strange little girl’s spirit.
Before he had time to investigate the origins of the little girl, the lightning power within the Binding Thunder Banner suddenly diminished and gradually lost contact with his Heart Spirit!
As a result, Xin Jia was completely unable to investigate the Binding Thunder Banner’s magical treasure space and unable to see what weird entity he had captured.
If he witnessed the scene within the Binding Thunder Banner, he might find himself too frightened to speak...
For at this moment, Xian Luoli’s spirit was bursting with Emperor Qi, any well-informed second-step cultivator could recognize that Xian Luoli’s spirit was indeed the Immortal Emperor’s Divine Spirit!
"Strange... What mishap occurred within the Binding Thunder Banner that seems to make it impossible to activate anymore..."
Xin Jia felt utterly perplexed and stored the Binding Thunder Banner into his storage pouch, then his gaze turned cold as he looked northward, lips curled in a relentless sneer.
In that direction lay a towering scarlet-red Life Gate suspended in the sky. He had already come close to it, and once he crossed through that gate, he believed he could chase Ning Fan and others into a realm!
Yet before he could step through that Life Gate, torrents of red light surged out of it like rivers breaking their banks and instantly inundated this section of the void.
As the red light flicked out, a torrential downpour suddenly fell between heaven and earth. Amid this wind and rain, it seemed that all living creatures were destined to be transformed into rain.
A ghostly silver-haired, white-clothed figure shrouded in red light flashed out from the Life Gate, blocking Xin Jia in front.
On this figure was a force of torrential rain that could make all realms tremble. Within such rain, a strange chill penetrated to the bone, all of which exuded killing intent!
The heavens will rain, and I will kill!
This person clearly only showed a Mid Stage Enlightenment aura, but the danger sensed by Xin Jia was extremely intense!
It was as if facing not just a master, but a primordial fierce beast, a peerless demon!
Such demonic aura, derived from Calamity Thought, made any demonic thoughts pale in comparison.
A cultivator with such heavy demonic aura, Xin Jia was absolutely seeing for the first time, possessed a power to enchant the heart!
Upon closer inspection, Xin Jia’s gaze suddenly changed.
He seemed to have seen Ning Fan’s appearance somewhere, upon reflection, unexpectedly on the bounty order issued by Ancestor Dulong!
The person before him was precisely the one who took the Ancestral Bow Spirit from the True Dragon Clan!
"Weren’t you pursuing to kill Ning Fan, well now, Ning Fan is here."
"Return her spirit!"
Ning Fan reached forward with five fingers to grasp, at this moment, it was as if all the rain in the world was held within his palm.
Within the rainstorm, five sword shadows entwined with a thread of Dao Law’s power whistled out.
The might of these five sword shadows was so strong it seemed enough to sever rules!
The sound of rain in the world seemed to fall silent at this moment, leaving only the noise of these five swords piercing the void!
The Five Swords of Rain!
Previously, Ning Fan couldn’t execute the Five Swords so perfectly, nor could he entangle them perfectly with Dao Law’s power.
But now he could accomplish it!
His killing intent had transformed into rain; his state of mind perfectly aligned with the present rain; his every Divine Skill nearly merged into the Five Swords of Rain, this power was inevitably unprecedentedly formidable!
He was even lavish to the point of recklessness, directly spitting several mouthfuls of vital blood, spraying onto the five swords.
Thus, the power of the five swords was exceedingly terrifying, in Xin Jia’s current state, even if he didn’t die, severe injury was inevitable from forcefully resisting!
"Dao Law’s power! How could it be! This boy isn’t an Ancient Old Freak, why can he perfectly wield Dao Law’s power!"
Though only a thread, that thread of Dao Law’s power made Xin Jia’s scalp tingly, indeed, it was Dao Law’s power.
Even in his prime, he had to deal cautiously with such power, and now being suppressed by Banishing Immortal Force, he was naturally more apprehensive.
Almost without hesitation, Xin Jia directly withdrew the black fog generated by the Through-Sky Stone, revealing the Demon Ship and two hundred thousand Barbarian Beasts beneath.
Without needing Xin Jia’s command, countless Barbarian Beasts among the two hundred thousand had already charged out, shielding themselves in front of him, seemingly at all costs to block these five sword glows...
More and more demon cultivators directly activated Demon Art magical treasures, striking at Ning Fan!
As for Xin Jia himself, his figure flickered, eight forms merged into one, and with a flick of his hand, a chilling short halberd instantly appeared in his grip.
Pointing the short halberd to the sky, the torrential rain unexpectedly showed signs of freezing into ice!
Once frozen into ice, the rain would cease to be rain, the rainstorm would collapse without an attack!
Yet even so, Xin Jia had no confidence he could stop the advance of the Five Swords from cleaving the void!
"Must block this sword!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to go to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote, and your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please go to m.qidian.com to read.)
