Nine Nether Dragon Emperor-Chapter 70: Nine Arrows Unite, Nothing But a Dreamy Illusion!
"You’re all white, so from now on, you’ll be called Xiao Bai. Oh, and my name is Wa Wa. I’ll be your master from now on."
Xiao Bai quickly nodded, extending its tongue to cautiously lick the girl’s hand.
Wa Wa was tickled by this and giggled sweetly, completely forgetting all about dinner.
Ning Xuan, unaware that Xiao Bai had already defected, began to clean the area earnestly. That old man is a supreme expert. After showing off his skill, he had me clean up. There must be a deeper meaning to this. Never mind. It’s not a bad thing anyway. It’s just sweeping. For the help he gave with the Stone Command alone, I should definitely do this. As he thought this, Ning Xuan’s Mental State grew even more peaceful.
The night grew deeper. The Stele Forest was shrouded in an eerie gloom, the silence broken only by the rustling of his broom. In these conditions, the place felt even more mysterious. For Ning Xuan, however, it was a rare opportunity for Cultivation.
He immediately decided to multitask, but he was shocked to discover that neither his Divine Vein nor the Chaos Ancestral Dragon Scripture could be activated. Both were completely inert.
What the hell?!
After the initial shock, Ning Xuan quickly composed himself. This is that senior’s doing! Is he testing me? Unwilling to give up, Ning Xuan tried with all his might to activate his Divine Vein and circulate the Cultivation Secret. However, no matter how hard he tried, it was utterly futile. In the end, Ning Xuan had no choice but to abandon the attempt and focus on cleaning the Stele Forest.
Time passed in a flash, and before he knew it, dawn was breaking.
Ning Xuan stretched his back and looked around at the clean and tidy ground, feeling inexplicably refreshed. What made him even happier was that his Cultivation had returned. Circulating his Cultivation Secret, the fatigue from a night of labor was instantly swept away. Furthermore, he discovered his Cultivation had advanced to the Fifth Layer Heavens of the Earth Realm.
But his good mood was instantly shattered by a sudden, violent gust of wind.
The neatly gathered leaves wailed as they scattered in every direction. In an instant, the Stele Forest returned to its original, messy state.
Ning Xuan was dumbfounded. And he wasn’t the only one.
"PFFT!"
The experts who had been hiding in the shadows for some time suddenly got a mouthful of leaves and sand, forcing them to reveal themselves.
"Do you have any idea I was busy all night?" Ning Xuan stared at them, his expression grim.
The faces of the men who appeared turned ashen. We’re victims too! How can this bastard lie so blatantly and slander our good names out of thin air?!
"It wasn’t..." someone began to speak.
SWISH!
A head soared into the sky.
"Did I give you permission to speak? I’m the one talking. You just listen," Ning Xuan’s voice finally rang out. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶
"Ning Xuan, don’t be so arro—"
PFFT!
A streak of Sword Qi entered the man’s mouth and exited through the back of his head.
Damn, his strength seems to have increased again! an expert farther away thought, his heart pounding with fear.
Inside the Stele Forest, nine figures suddenly stepped forward in unison, positioning themselves opposite Ning Xuan. A bow appeared in each of their hands. Without a word, they all drew their bows taut, like full moons.
"The Divine Arrow Mercenary Group, ranked second in Dong Cang—they’ve actually appeared here!" someone in the distance exclaimed.
Every member of the Divine Arrow Mercenary Group possessed unparalleled Archery. It was rumored that Ji Fei, who held the esteemed title of ’Nine Arrows Unmatched,’ had only made such a grand name for himself in Dong Yang County after receiving a few casual pointers from one of them.
SWOOSH! SWOOSH! SWOOSH!
As if sharing one mind, the nine men released their bowstrings in unison. Nine arrows, trailing long tails of light, sped toward Ning Xuan on an erratic and eerie trajectory.
"Rise!" Ning Xuan shouted, plucking leaves from the ground. The fallen leaves transformed into sharp swords, meeting the overwhelming power of the incoming arrows.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
The arrows and leaves collided. Some exploded on impact, while others were sliced in half by the leaf-swords, losing their lock on Ning Xuan.
SWOOSH!
Suddenly, the arrows that had just shot past Ning Xuan reversed course, flying back to strike the back of his head.
Ning Xuan stood as still as a mountain, as if he hadn’t noticed the danger at all. But in the next moment, the arrows skimmed past his head and shot straight toward the nine archers! The very arrows he had broken with fallen leaves had transformed into sharp Divine Swords. They unleashed a torrent of Sword Qi with overwhelming might.
The nine men’s eyes narrowed as they nocked new arrows to their bows.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
Their Archery was superb, and they struck their targets accurately, but their own arrows shattered like rotten wood upon impact. The nine dazzling streaks of Sword Qi charged forward, their power undiminished. The nine men fired again, each shooting at least two arrows in rapid succession to finally disperse the Sword Qi.
Their expressions were extremely solemn. Their opponent’s Earth Realm Cultivation was nothing compared to theirs; any one of them had a cultivation base that surpassed the Ninth Layer Heavens of the Human Realm. They had assumed their famed long-range Archery would grant them a swift victory, but this was the result.
"Nine Arrows Merge into One!" a voice commanded as one of them fired an arrow.
WHOOSH!
Another man shot a second arrow. This arrow quickly overtook the first, shattering it before fusing with its remnants. Then came the third arrow, the fourth, and so on.
Ultimately, nine arrows merged into a single projectile in front of Ning Xuan. It was as thick as a child’s arm and possessed overwhelming momentum. A terrifying locking force instantly enveloped Ning Xuan, and the bolt’s mighty power, said to be capable of shooting down the sun and moon, filled the space between heaven and earth.
This was considered an unavoidable attack. It could easily annihilate not just an Earth Realm Martial Artist, but even an expert at the Peak of the Human Realm.
"It’s over!" one of the nine declared coldly.
They knew Ning Xuan had exceptional Swordsmanship and a formidable Body Technique Skill. But their Nine Arrows Merge into One was their ultimate technique. Once it locked onto a target, escape was impossible. Withstanding this terrifying arrow would require a cultivation of at least the Third Layer Heavens of the Heavenly Realm.
But in the next moment, the nine men were stunned. Their arrow had lost its target; Ning Xuan had vanished from before them.
Their eyes contracted sharply. Disturbed by their mental shock, the merged arrow’s power greatly diminished. A hand reached out and snatched it from the air.
It was Ning Xuan.
"What a powerful arrow. Can you do that again?" Ning Xuan said, snapping the massive arrow in two and shaking out his hand. If his Physical Body hadn’t been tempered to such an astonishing degree, that single grab would have stripped all the muscles from his hand.
"How could you possibly escape the lock-on?!" all nine cried out in disbelief.
A glimmer of excitement shone in Ning Xuan’s eyes. "Do it again, and I’ll tell you."
The nine men were enraged. This was a grave provocation.
"Attack!"
With a furious roar, the nine men attacked once more, now filled with anger and using their full power.
CRACK!
The first arrow alone caused the void to crackle like a bursting bubble. When all nine arrows merged, both the locking force and the projectile’s power were even more formidable than before.
A golden light flickered in the depths of Ning Xuan’s eyes. He looked incredibly excited and showed no intention of dodging.
Just as the terrifying arrow was about to strike, Ning Xuan moved.
HUM!
The Soft Sword rang out as he thrust it forward.
The nine archers were startled for a moment, then smirks spread across their faces.
"Is he... is he insane?" one of the onlookers couldn’t help but mutter. "Even a new Heavenly Realm master wouldn’t dare to face an arrow like that head-on! He’s only in the Earth Realm—this is suicide!"
But in the next second, the crowd’s jaws nearly hit the floor.
SHINK! BANG!
With two crisp sounds, the unified nine-arrow attack shattered.
