Grasping the Evil-Chapter 922: Eleven Arrows
"Young one, how daring you are! Trying to kill me with this arrow, not a chance!"
The roar of Ancestor Dulong echoed throughout the heavens and earth but was soon drowned out by the piercing sound of the six-colored arrow, becoming inaudible.
The current situation of Ancestor Dulong was also obscured. Five six-colored arrows shot out simultaneously, emitting an arrow light so dazzling that within a hundred-zhang radius, it seemed to become an aurora realm. Amidst the aurora, muffled groans continuously echoed, followed by booming explosions.
Bang!
As the first explosion sounded, a silver treasure ruler flew out from the center of the arrow light awkwardly; it was the Demon Yuan Ruler used by Ancestor Dulong for protection. At this moment, the Demon Yuan Ruler was already riddled with cracks, appearing unable to block the assault of the five arrows, even sustaining damage from them!
Bang!
Another explosion sounded, and seven demon lamps flew out from the center of the arrow light, with four completely covered in cracks, and the remaining three directly shattered into countless fragments upon emerging! This treasure was Ancestor Dulong’s only Twelve Nirvana Magical Treasure—the Seven-Star Lamp, which also seemed unable to withstand the assault of the five arrows, with three lamps destroyed outright.
Bang!
The third explosion occurred, and this time, Ancestor Dulong fled directly from the center of the arrow light, falling shakily to the ground and spitting out a mouthful of fresh blood, his breath immediately weakening.
At this moment, Ancestor Dulong’s purple hair had completely scattered, his entire body stained with blood. His body was covered in numerous fine arrow wounds, injuries that, while not fatal, were far from minor. However, regardless of Ancestor Dulong’s plight, he ultimately survived the five arrows, living on.
Surrounding him were eight Jade Talismans circling, shimmering with golden light and faintly flowing with dragon souls. These Jade Talismans were bestowed by the Clan Leader as life-saving items, named Dragon Soul Talismans, originally twelve in number but reduced to eight after the assault of the incense arrows...
"Had it not been for the Clan Leader’s gifted talismans, my injuries would be worse, or even life-threatening..."
Ancestor Dulong’s heart was shaken, realizing the terror of the six-colored incense arrows. He glanced imperceptibly at Ning Fan, noticing fourteen incense arrows swirling around Ning Fan, causing his eyes to contract with both shock and fear.
Just five arrows were too much to handle. If all the remaining fourteen arrows were released, wouldn’t that mean certain death?
Moreover, among the remaining fourteen incense arrows, one emitted a seven-colored cold light distinctly different from the others. Upon glancing at this one arrow, Ancestor Dulong shivered.
He vaguely sensed the power within that arrow was enough to kill him in one shot! Damn it, how could that Ghost-faced Child have such a defying item in hand!
"Indeed, five arrows couldn’t kill you, but what about another five?"
Seeing Ancestor Dulong still alive, Ning Fan’s gaze hardened, raising the Candle Bow again, bending the bow with another five arrows.
Upon seeing Ning Fan draw the bow once more, Ancestor Dulong was terrified to the point of soul escape, immediately spitting out a beam of golden light toward the five arrows.
The golden light surprisingly was Ancestor Dulong’s long-refined life-bound Dragon Pearl!
The Dragon Pearl was a unique inner core for True Dragon Clan demon masters, only certain powerful dragon masters could form one, with remarkable uses.
Currently, both the Demon Yuan Ruler and Seven-Star Lamp were damaged, diminishing in power, unable to withstand the five arrows’ attack. Although eight Dragon Soul Talismans remained, there was doubt about their ability to defend against the arrows again.
To block Ning Fan’s attack, Ancestor Dulong resorted to using his life-bound Dragon Pearl, showing some desperation.
Bang!
When the life-bound Dragon Pearl collided with the five arrows, it emitted a deafening sound but only managed to hinder the arrows briefly before being knocked away, shattering into four pieces on the ground.
With the Dragon Pearl shattered, Ancestor Dulong’s face turned pale, retreating continuously, his breath further weakening. Without hesitation, Ancestor Dulong flicked a finger forward, sending the eight surrounding Jade Talismans flying ahead, forming eight barriers to block the five arrows.
These eight barriers had saved Ancestor Dulong once before, but this time, as the five arrows pierced through, the eight barriers shattered consecutively.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The eight barriers were completely penetrated by the five arrows, immediately followed by the simultaneous shattering of the eight jade talismans.
At this moment, Ancestor Dulong, aside from his fractured dragon scales, had no defense left. Seeing the five arrows approaching unabated, Ancestor Dulong gritted his teeth, activating his divine skills, transforming his hands into dragon claws to grab the arrows, intending to block them physically.
Sss! Sss! Sss!
The response to Ancestor Dulong was the sound of sharp blades piercing flesh.
Even with the Twelve Nirvana Magical Treasure’s power, the six-colored incense arrows were unstoppable in sharpness, and Ancestor Dulong, not specialized in physical cultivation, couldn’t block the arrows with dragon claws. His body was pierced by the five arrows, leaving five gaping, blood-gushing holes, with slaughter incense burning at the wounds. One wound even penetrated the Dantian, damaging the demon soul within.
"I can’t block them..." Ancestor Dulong thought resentfully, a sweetness at the throat, spitting out another mouthful of fresh blood, his breath further weakened.
He raised his head, only to see Ning Fan raising the Candle Bow again, with five six-colored arrows ready, and cold sweat instantly drenched him.
"Too much bullying! That Ghost-faced Child dares to bully me like this, relying on powerful incense arrows!"
If Ning Fan himself were exceptionally strong, suppressing Ancestor Dulong with sheer power, Ancestor Dulong wouldn’t feel so aggrieved.
What made Ancestor Dulong feel aggrieved was Ning Fan’s cultivation clearly inferior to his, yet had such powerful incense arrows, leaving him powerless to counter, unable to escape in time, about to be shot into humiliation by Ning Fan.
This time, Ancestor Dulong has lost all defensive measures; if hit by five arrows, at best he’s heavily injured, at worst he’s dead.
Especially since the forbidden space here prevents Ancestor Dulong from fleeing by flight, forcing him only to run wildly. If he could fly away, even if unable to defeat Ning Fan, Ancestor Dulong could still calmly leave...
"I’ve already taken ten arrows from this child, suffering heavy injuries, lost treasures completely, and this child hasn’t used the strongest arrow yet. Continuing the battle, my life might end here! Unable to fly directly, even if I flee, I can’t escape the arrows’ attack, thus there’s only this way to barely fly away, escaping here..."
Ancestor Dulong showed a pained look, seemingly conflicted about something, but moments later, his gaze hardened, activating divine skills and slapping open his Tian Ling cover. A purple light flashed from within, quickly flying out a thousand zhang, heading directly toward the seventh layer!
That purple light was none other than Ancestor Dulong’s demon soul!
While human masters cultivate Spirits, demon races cultivate demon souls, and in this Ninefold Celestial Towers with strong forbidden force, no cultivator can fly here. But if a master’s Spirit or demon soul leaves the body, it can fly here, even briefly.
Unexpectedly, Ancestor Dulong feared the might of the seven-colored incense arrow so much that he fled with his demon soul. His escape not only left behind the damaged Demon Yuan Ruler and Seven-Star Lamp, but even left the physical body and storage pouch behind.
It’s not that Ancestor Dulong didn’t want to take these things with him; the forbidden force here was too strong. With Ancestor Dulong’s Immortal Venerable Cultivation Level, even for the demon soul to fly here was extremely taxing. If carrying anything, the demon soul would be burdened immediately, falling from the sky.
"Trying to leave, can you?"
Ning Fan put down the Candle Bow, refraining from immediately shooting Ancestor Dulong with incense arrows, and suddenly raised his right hand, pointing towards Ancestor Dulong’s flight direction!
Stop!
One simple word emerged from his mouth, and Ning Fan immediately spat blood, retreating continuously, obviously enduring considerable backlash from forcing Ancestor Dulong’s demon soul to stop with his current cultivation.
He’s no longer the weak Fate Immortal he once was, having become a True Immortal, and he further cultivates Blood Lightning, with even partial mastery of its strength able to sweep through Shedding Void Realm cultivators, his mana and Calamity Thought power comparable to Shattered Thought Early Stage old monsters.
The gap between him and Eternal Immortal Venerable in realms is not as huge as imagined!
Currently, Ancestor Dulong is heavily injured, his breath extremely weak, fleeing only with his demon soul. With Ning Fan’s cultivation, stopping Ancestor Dulong for a moment is not difficult!
As long as I have the Heaven Sealing Technique in hand, even if Ancestor Dulong can ignore the forbidden space force and fly, he won’t escape!
Ancestor Dulong was immediately horrified to find himself locked in mid-air by the power of Ning Fan’s finger, unable to fly forward!
"Heaven Sealing Technique! Not good, I forgot this boy knows this technique!" Ancestor Dulong’s Demon Soul was fixed in mid-air, and with great regret in his heart, he desperately tried to break free from the Body Locking.
"I told you, you can’t escape!"
Murderous intent flashed in Ning Fan’s eyes as he raised the Candle Bow and shot directly at Ancestor Dulong.
This time, he only fired one six-colored incense arrow, but at this moment, the heavily injured Ancestor Dulong, with only his Demon Soul remaining, probably couldn’t withstand even this arrow.
In the instant he broke free from the Heaven Sealing Technique, the six-colored arrow was already at his side, piercing through Ancestor Dulong’s Demon Soul.
The fierce Slaughter Incense immediately began to burn Ancestor Dulong’s Demon Soul bit by bit—a generation-defining Immortal Venerable was about to perish here.
"I, a venerable old man, actually died at the hands of a junior... Unwilling... I am... unwilling..."
At that moment, a trace of regret appeared in the heart of Ancestor Dulong, and before his eyes, he saw the words Ning Fan had spoken back in the day when he was hunting him down.
’Today’s arrow’s revenge shall be avenged in the future!’ That’s right, back then, I killed this boy with an arrow. Now, this boy kills me with an arrow. Cause and effect, indeed, it doesn’t lie...
I am truly regretful, regretful that I didn’t kill this boy back then, giving him the chance to retaliate against me...
"Cause and effect..." These were the last words Ancestor Dulong uttered before his soul scattered.
After killing Ancestor Dulong, Ning Fan was left with 7 six-colored arrows and 1 seven-colored arrow, as well as considerable injuries from forcibly employing the Heaven Sealing Technique, leading to a backlash.
Ancestor Dulong wasn’t the first Eternal Immortal Venerable that Ning Fan killed. Before this, Ning Fan had already slain several Barbarian Ancestors. Just looking at his record, it was quite frightening. But Ning Fan understood that these achievements relied on the six-colored and seven-colored incense arrows. Without these arrows, he wouldn’t be a match for the Eternal Immortal Venerables, at most capable of escaping from their hands with the Vertical Golden Light skill.
Incense arrows are not omnipotent. Their creation requires a substantial amount of Slaughter Incense and can only kill specific targets.
For instance, the incense arrows in Ning Fan’s possession are condensed from the Slaughter Incense of the Barbarian Wilderness beings, and they can only kill those who have blood-sacrificed the Barbarian Wilderness—just that and nothing more.
If Ancestor Dulong had not blood-sacrificed the Barbarian Wilderness, Ning Fan’s incense arrows wouldn’t have inflicted much harm on him.
If Ancestor Dulong hadn’t killed Ning Fan with a bow, Ning Fan wouldn’t have eradicated Ancestor Dulong years later.
"Cause and effect... The arrow’s vengeance from back then is resolved today with eleven arrows. This is cause and effect..." Ning Fan pondered, and the higher his cultivation increased, the more he realized everything in this world indeed couldn’t escape the two words: cause and effect.
Slaying Ancestor Dulong caused Ning Fan considerable injury and cost him 11 six-colored incense arrows but also earned him many trophies.
The golden Dragon Ball, shattered into four pieces, was taken by Ning Fan. This was the Dragon Ball of a Dragon Clan Immortal Venerable, an absolute treasure. This item can be used to refine treasures and can also be directly refined and consumed. This Dragon Ball contained much of Ancestor Dulong’s demonic power.
The Demon Yuan Ruler and Seven-Star Lamp were also taken by Ning Fan. Both treasures were damaged, especially the Seven-Star Lamp, which was destroyed to the point of only four lamps remaining, but regardless, both treasures were Twelve Nirvana Magical Treasures. With repairs in the future, Ning Fan could still use them.
Ancestor Dulong’s storage pouch was naturally also taken by Ning Fan. The storage pouch of an Eternal Immortal Venerable certainly contained many good things, but Ning Fan had high standards, and there weren’t many things that caught his eye. There was a jade box that drew Ning Fan’s attention. Sealed in the jade box was an Imperial-Grade Elixir proto-pill, causing Ning Fan to be secretly shocked.
A proto-pill refers to a semi-finished pill, not yet fully refined, with only partial medicinal power.
Though it was a proto-pill, it was still of Imperial Grade. The Nine Revolutions Elixir is divided into four grades: Lead, Silver, Gold, and Emperor. A pill reaching the Gold Grade is already extremely rare, as there are only a handful of Gold Core Level Alchemists in the world.
Pills reaching the Imperial Grade are even rarer because it’s questionable if there are any Imperial-Grade Alchemists in the world now. The existing Imperial-Grade Elixirs were excavated from ancient ruins, not made by later generations, so eating an Imperial-Grade Elixir means one less in the world.
Ning Fan naturally didn’t recognize this Imperial-Grade proto-pill, nor did he know its effects—it would take time to study it further.
Pills are divided into many types: some for recovery, some for cultivation improvement, some for power augmentation, some for concealing one’s aura, and some as poisons... Without understanding what the pill is, it can’t be consumed recklessly...
"Speaking of which, Ancestor Dulong once set a bounty on my head in the name of the entire True Dragon Clan, and the reward seemed to be an Imperial-Grade proto-pill. Might this proto-pill be that bounty reward?" Ning Fan thought to himself.
Finally, Ning Fan’s gaze swept over Ancestor Dulong’s body, and he collected his mostly intact corpse.
This was the corpse of an Eternal Immortal Venerable, and it was relatively well-preserved, albeit with some arrow wounds.
Though this was a corpse of the demon race, it still had valuable uses. Ning Fan, having entered the Barbarian Wilderness this time, had acquired many footmen, like the Earth Controlling Devil Star and Iron Crow, who were once Ancient Celestial Sovereigns, but unfortunately, they had lost their physical bodies. It’s uncertain if this body could be used for Corpse Seizing Sect; if it can, these two could regain their Immortal Venerable cultivation and at that time, Ning Fan would have Eternal Immortal Venerable-level henchmen beside him.
After collecting all the spoils, Ning Fan did not proceed immediately. Instead, he sat cross-legged on the ground, took a pill to heal his wounds, and after his injuries stabilized slightly, he selected an ancient path and headed towards the first palace on the sixth floor. 𝓯𝙧𝙚𝒆𝙬𝙚𝒃𝙣𝙤𝒗𝓮𝓵.𝙘𝙤𝙢
Having killed Ancestor Dulong and used so many incense arrows, the incense arrows used to resist the pressure of the palace had decreased, and Ning Fan’s pace inevitably became slower.
After some contemplation, he successively summoned the Separation and Union Sword, Burning Sky Fan, Demon Yuan Ruler, and Seven-Star Lamp to circulate around him to share the burden of the pressure.
A single Twelve Nirvana Magical Treasure could not share much of the palace’s pressure, but fortunately, Ning Fan had four Twelve Nirvana Magical Treasures, which could share a fair amount of the burden.
Though the Demon Yuan Ruler and Seven-Star Lamp were badly damaged and hadn’t been refined by Ning Fan, he didn’t intend to use these two treasures in a duel; he merely wanted to borrow their power to share the pressure, so even without refining, they could be used reluctantly.
With the help of multiple treasures, Ning Fan advanced at high speed under the enormous pressure of the palace, and his pace finally quickened slightly.
But no matter how fast he moved, it wasn’t as fast as the flow of Evil Qi.
He had slain Ancestor Dulong, and the resulting Evil Qi was massive, given that Ancestor Dulong was indeed an Eternal Immortal Venerable.
Before Ning Fan had ascended to the seventh layer of the Tianque, the massive Evil Qi had already passed beyond the horizon, reaching the seventh layer.
In the seventh layer of the Tianque, only Liuhe Immortal Lord and Miaoyan Immortal Honorific remained. The other Immortal Venerable level experts had gradually ascended to the eighth layer.
Currently, Liuhe Immortal Lord had arrived at the ninety-seventh palace on the seventh layer, not far from entering the eighth layer. He was slowly overcoming the ninety-eighth palace when he suddenly felt the overwhelming Evil Qi and was startled.
"Hiss! That old Dulong actually died, who could have killed him!"
As a Human Clan Immortal Honorific, he was a sworn enemy of Ancestor Dulong and naturally felt no sympathy for his death.
He just couldn’t imagine, in this Barbarian Wilderness Ancient Domain, where the highest cultivations were only a few Immortal Venerables, who could have the ability to kill Ancestor Dulong.
He thought that in a fair duel, relying on his cultivation, he could perhaps suppress Ancestor Dulong, but killing him was impossible. Even when he and Miaoyan joined forces back then, they only managed to wound Ancestor Dulong, not kill him.
The Master who killed Ancestor Dulong seemed terrifying. I wonder who it could be...
"Wait, within this Evil Qi..."
Suddenly, the color of Liuhe Immortal Lord’s face changed drastically, for he detected another person’s faint aura within the massive Evil Qi.
Those auras belonged to Ning Fan. The commotion caused by killing Ancestor Dulong was too great, and Ning Fan inevitably left some traces, which flowed with the Evil Qi and was sensed by Liuhe Immortal Lord.
Inside, Liuhe Immortal Lord was overwhelmed by surging waves of shock, and he exclaimed, "The one who killed Dulong is that Zhao Jian! How is this possible! He actually possessed such capabilities!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to come to Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)
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