Top-tier Unruly Master-Chapter 1507 - 1544: Deadly Threat
Ding Fan and Long Ren spent the night drinking and chatting, for they would part ways the next day. There was a sense of reluctance in the air, and with Elder Xi added to the mix, the three of them neither cultivated nor rested, spending the entire night reveling...
At dawn the next morning, after bidding farewell to Long Ren, Ding Fan set out alone to the Wolong Mountain Range.
At this moment, Ding Fan didn’t know how his brothers at the Dayang Sect were faring, but he wasn’t overly worried. Clearly, Ding Fan had chosen the Wolong Mountain Range as the place because it was relatively safe. Currently, with the weak strength of the Dayang Sect, they needed to be in a relatively safe environment. Moreover, the area was rich in Spiritual Energy, making it an ideal location for the Dayang Sect to grow in power.
However, Ding Fan hadn’t returned for some time, which made him a bit anxious. Although the Dayang Sect was weak, they still had several dozen people. If nearby forces discovered them, it might lead to bullying. Therefore, Ding Fan needed to return as soon as possible to check on them.
Ding Fan smoothly exited the city gates. When the soldiers at Lan City’s gates saw Ding Fan, they couldn’t help but show fear in their eyes. Apparently, they were aware of Ding Fan’s prowess and naturally wouldn’t provoke him, especially since the City Lord hadn’t given any orders yet.
Ding Fan didn’t mind this. He guessed that they wouldn’t dare act openly against him, after all, he was the City Lord of Dancheng, and even the soldiers in Lan City knew this. If they tried anything within Lan City, Dancheng would certainly find out and seek revenge. For Dancheng, wiping out a small place like Lan City wouldn’t be difficult.
So, Ding Fan knew if they intended to harm him, they would wait until he left Lan City. However, Ding Fan didn’t believe they would necessarily try anything, especially considering the significant factor of his brother, who was the Lake Master of the Thirty-Six Caves. If anything happened to Ding Fan outside the city, his brother had the means to find out who the culprit was.
When that time comes, Lan City wouldn’t escape its fate.
Immediately, Ding Fan left the city gates, not worrying about those matters. If they didn’t come, all the better. If they did, he wasn’t afraid. After all, with the Frost Toad as his trump card, no cultivator below the Spirit Severing stage would be his match. Even against a Transcendance Tribulation Stage cultivator, Ding Fan had some ability to protect himself thanks to the Frost Toad. Of course, cultivators at the Transcendance Tribulation or Spirit Severing stages were rare in the Cultivation World.
Ordinary cultivators would hardly encounter such powerful beings. Even Ding Fan had only seen a few Transcendance Tribulation Stage cultivators. Clearly, Spirit Severing Stage cultivators were scarce, and the Transcendance Tribulation ones even rarer.
Leaving the city gates, Ding Fan headed towards the Wolong Mountain Range. In no time, he found himself in a dense forest, about half a month away from the Wolong Mountain Range. If he opted for sword flight, it would take about a week. Along the way, Ding Fan encountered low-ranked Yuan Beasts, easily dispatching them. When faced with more powerful ones, he collected their Crystal Cores. Although these could be exchanged for Spirit Stones, Ding Fan had no shortage of them. The Crystal Cores, however, could be used in Alchemy Medicine.
Thus, Ding Fan collected quite a few Crystal Cores along the journey. Unknowingly, three days had passed already. Occasionally flying on his sword or weaving through the forest, by now he had covered more than half the distance. It seemed that in less than four days, Ding Fan would reach the Wolong Mountain Range. However, that night, as he was resting cross-legged on a flat area, he suddenly heard voices about a kilometer away, which caught his attention.
The distance between Ding Fan and them wasn’t too far, nor too close. Ding Fan’s Divine Sense could observe them without any issues, but it wouldn’t be easy for them to notice him.
"Leader, can so few of us really take on the Dayang Sect?" a slightly skinny young cultivator asked, his eyes showing a trace of fear when the Dayang Sect was mentioned, as he questioned a middle-aged man.
"Heh! Don’t worry! Even if it’s just us two, there won’t be any problem. We guarantee they’ll be running with their tails between their legs!" the middle-aged man said confidently, full of self-satisfaction.
"Huh? Why is that?" The skinny young man’s triangular eyes narrowed in confusion, not quite understanding what Ding Fan meant.
"See what those brothers are pulling?" the middle-aged man pointed to a cart-like object covered with black cloth next to them, as the skinny man looked on in puzzlement.
The skinny young man nodded quickly, still not understanding. At first, he couldn’t comprehend why, despite their small numbers, only being a few hundred, they were dragging these mysterious large objects along the way to the Wolong Mountain Range. Clearly, it was a significant physical drain on the disciples. If they engaged in battle with the well-rested cultivators of the Dayang Sect, it wouldn’t bode well for their side.
The middle-aged man couldn’t help but say:
"To tell you the truth, this thing is called the Sky Cannon! It’s not an ordinary thing; its power is immense. What it blasts out is not just a regular cannonball but a wave of True Qi similar to an array plate. Just one attack from a Sky Cannon is enough to kill all the cultivators within half a kilometer, but it doesn’t significantly affect other vegetation or objects, except for the area within several tens of meters at the center of the attack range where nothing would survive!"
The middle-aged man spoke with a look of pride, his expression brimming with confidence as he continued:
"You must know, with this Sky Cannon around, just the two of us can easily wipe out those remnants of the Dayang Sect. And it’s not just one cannon; there are a full four of them! This firepower can easily destroy a great gate sect! I’ve always thought Gang Leader Ding Fan has been somewhat underused, using four Sky Cannons against less than a hundred Dayang Sect remnants!"
Having finished, the middle-aged man’s eyes revealed a trace of arrogance. The lean man, having heard the middle-aged man, was shocked. He clearly didn’t expect the object everyone painstakingly dragged along to be so powerful! It was simply incredible! Just one attack could annihilate all cultivators within a kilometer radius; it was simply unbelievable!
Not expecting such firepower from the Sky Cannon, the lean man couldn’t help but ask the middle-aged man:
"Leader, what level of cultivators is this Sky Cannon’s attack aimed at?"
"What kind of cultivators? Any cultivators below the Spirit Severing Stage are ants in front of the Sky Cannon! Even for Spirit Severing Stage cultivators, defending against the Sky Cannon’s attack is not a simple task!"
The lean man was utterly shocked to hear the middle-aged man’s words, not expecting the Sky Cannon to be so powerful, capable of indiscriminately killing cultivators below the Spirit Severing Stage. It was simply awesome. To know that those below Spirit Severing are at the Nascent Soul Stage, clearly, even late Nascent Soul Stage cultivators are already quite formidable. The lean man knew that even on his side, there weren’t many late Nascent Soul Stage cultivators; only that middle-aged man had late Nascent Soul Stage cultivation, and not far away, an elder cultivating alone whose cultivation he couldn’t discern, obviously at least a Spirit Severing Stage cultivator.
The rest of these cultivators were clearly all below the Nascent Soul Stage. The lean man knew those remnants of the Dayang Sect certainly didn’t have Nascent Soul Stage cultivators, let alone Spirit Severing Stage ones; clearly, these people would be swept away completely!
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One kilometer away, Ding Fan, using his Divine Sense, heard those Wild Wolf Gang cultivators talking and felt somewhat shocked. He never expected to encounter Wild Wolf Gang cultivators here, who were also headed towards the Wolong Mountains to deal with his Dayang Sect. Ding Fan couldn’t help but secretly feel fortunate; he hadn’t expected to meet these Wild Wolf Gang cultivators here in advance.
Otherwise, if these Wild Wolf Gang cultivators had suddenly attacked, he might have been caught off guard by them.
Through his Divine Sense observation, Ding Fan noticed there were nearly three hundred Wild Wolf Gang cultivators over there, but he had no fear at all. Although the enemy had more people, they were merely ants to Ding Fan. What shocked him was the "Sky Cannon" mentioned by the middle-aged man; evidently, this cannon was no ordinary existence.
Ding Fan had some understanding of the Sky Cannon; it was a gigantic magic artifact exceptionally useful for sieging cities and attacking fortresses. Even one cannon could attack thousands of cultivator disciples, but that middle-aged man exaggerated a bit. It was still impossible to wipe out all cultivators below the Spirit Severing Stage all at once; late Nascent Soul Stage cultivators could still dodge it, just not easily.
But you must know it’s not just one Sky Cannon, but a full four, which couldn’t help but make Ding Fan feel ashamed. Such an Artifact of Attack used to deal with his Dayang Sect was a fatal threat, as his Dayang Sect was currently just in its infancy. Even though his brothers like Wang Hu might have developed some during this time, they were still only about a hundred people.
Moreover, the Dayang Sect was still being pursued by the Wild Wolf Gang. Currently, Dayang Sect’s strength was certainly no match for Wild Wolf Gang; they could only develop secretly, which was Ding Fan’s strategy. What Ding Fan hadn’t expected was that the Wild Wolf Gang had already discovered his Dayang Sect’s tracks and sent forces to kill them, which made Ding Fan’s heart heavy.
Those Wild Wolf Gang cultivators, one kilometer away, numbered nearly three hundred. After observing with Divine Sense, Ding Fan found no particularly formidable cultivators, only one Spirit Severing Initial Stage cultivator. These naturally weren’t a match for Ding Fan, but the four Sky Cannons posed a fatal threat to his Dayang Sect. Although they meant nothing to Ding Fan, they were quite troublesome for his brothers.
With a surge of killing intent in his heart, Ding Fan considered directly slaying these cultivators here, seizing the four Sky Cannons, and leaving them for his Dayang Sect to use, to enhance its defensive capabilities.
But just as Ding Fan took a step, he stopped in his tracks.
