Chapter 212 (2/2)
This was the first step of his Nascent Soul Realm sword technique, Nine Steps, Sky Treader!
With just a step, Yu Long felt a sharp pain in his chest and spurted a mouthful of fresh blood.
The sages once said, “It’s better to see something once than to hear a hundred times about it.” Only now did Yu Long realized that he did not even have the qualifications to stand against Ning Fan, though he was an Early Nascent Soul Realm expert!
How could he still maintain his pride by rejecting Ning Fan’s order faced with such a situation? To him, he would rather choose to become a slave than die in vain!
Nine Steps, Sky Treader was a technique that consisted of nine steps which would force the aura to form a sword after completing them all! The first step itself injured Yu Long. If Ning Fan used the third step, Yu Long would be grievously injured. On the fifth step, Yu Long would be gone! If he made the final step, even experts at Mid Nascent Soul Realm would not survive!
However, before Yu Long could open his mouth and answer, three immense pressuring aura shook the vast sky and shattered the aura emanated by Ning Fan’s first step. Three tall elderly experts emerged beside Yu Long. They looked almost the same. The only physical characteristic that distinguished themselves was the colors of their robes, which were brown, green and white respectively. All of them were Peak Nascent Soul Realm experts!
“They are the tower masters of the northern, western and eastern towers! Their presences are as expected! The northern tower master is rumored to look highly on Yu Long. As such, he would not allow the latter to have a Mental Seal planted on him without giving him any help.”
There were clamors of comments among the onlookers. As for Yu Long, he let out a sigh of relief. Inwardly, he felt fortunate that he did not have to become Ning Fan’s slave as he was backed up by his tower master.
Just as the three of them appeared, Ning Fan’s eyelids twitched.
The elderly expert in green robe had 6000 units of magic power; the one in the white robe had 6500 units of magic power; while the brown-robed elderly had 7000 units of magic power!
They were all experts who could break through the Spirit Severing Realm bottleneck at any time…
“This subordinate is Yu Long. Greetings to Dong Qing, Xi Bai and Bei He[1] the three tower masters!
The experts in green robe and white robe nodded their heads gently in response. However, the brown-robed expert’s face turned gloomy.
“Shut up!”
With immediate effect, Yu Long zipped his mouth in obedience.
The three experts cupped their fists towards Ning Fan. Afterwards, Bei He softly spoke.
“Fellow Daoist Zhou Ming is really powerful and prestigious. At Mid Nascent Soul Realm, Fellow Daoist is able impress the whole External Endless Sea. Today, you even have the audacity to step on the tail of the Lost World Palace… From my perspective, since you have got what you wanted from Yu Long, let us just be done with it… If Fellow Daoist is still being too obstinate to accept it, don’t blame us for not showing mercy!”
He had only given Ning Fan one decision: to forget about it.
Zhou Ming was able to kill Peak Nascent Soul Realm experts? The Peak Nascent Soul Realm expert he killed was Luofei, who only had two thousand units of magic power. They also had their respective techniques that could do the same!
None of them knew Zhou Ming was a Fifth Revolution pill master other than Bei Xiaoman, Mo Yun and Lu Qing. It was because Ning Fan had not become the Feudal Ranking Pill Master of the Lost World Palace and his pill refining realm had yet to be revealed. Otherwise, Bei He would not be harsh on Ning Fan for a mere Third Revolution pill master like Yu Long.
From the aspect of cultivation realms, Bei He certainly did not fear Zhou Ming. Besides, he was a person of unusual status as he was a tower master of the Lost World Palace. Even the respected Spirit Severing Realm elders from the Rain Palace were at the same level with him!
Ning Fan became solemn.
It was already rare for him to spare Yu Long’s life but someone had intervened. If he retreated at this point, the devil might he established in the External Endless Sea would then be wasted.
People with great influence were always conceited… However, no matter how confident they might be, they would never dishearten Ning Fan, a fearless person who even dared to hold Stone Warrior captive.
Even if Bei He’s magic power was outstanding, Ning Fan would not give him face.
To gain a firm foothold in the Endless Sea, power was the only element.
Become an official pill master of the Lost World Palace? Why don’t I kick him off and make myself an official tower master of the northern tower?
“I came to the Lost World Palace with the kind intention of joining the Lost World Palace. However, at first, Yu Long’s grandson Yu Wei had tried to molest my wife. Now, the northern tower master made impertinent remarks on me. Today, I need an explanation from the Lost World Palace!”
“Hehe… With you? Do you really think you are unrivalled under the blue sky after you killed a Peak Nascent Soul Realm cultivator? A Mid Nascent Soul Realm cultivator like you want an explanation from our Lost World Palace? What kind of explanation do you want? Immortal jade? Pills? And you telling me you want to join our Lost World Palace right after you injure the people of my tower? Hehe. I have a word for you. Impossible!” Bei He let out a cacophony of laughter.
“I want your status as the tower master of the northern tower!”
“You arrogant brat!”
Bei He clawed towards Ning Fan. Immediately, the primordial energy of heaven and earth within a thousand li* turned into a rain of flames, rushing at Ning Fan.
As the female corpse saw Ning Fan was in danger, she dashed forward to fight Bei He. With her power, she could easily pulverize Bei He like an ant! A dignified Spirit Severing Realm corpse devil like her would only be afraid of Ning Fan’s ‘light’. Other than that, there was no one she feared!
But before the female corpse could move, Ning Fan grasped her hand and shook his head in disapproval.
“Be obedient and wait for me here.”
Ning Fan felt happy to see the female corpse’s reaction.
She knows when to protect me… Evidently, I did not treat her greatly for nothing.
In this battle, Ning Fan just wanted to break Bei He’s spirit and then convince him to make himself the new tower master. He did not want any help from anyone.
Fame and wealth, status and reputation. Those are the things that I need to earn by my own hands!
Bei He’s primordial energy transformed into flames. The flame was a Fourth Grade Spiritual Flame, ‘Spiritual Scorpion Flame’.
A mere Fourth Grade flame…
Ning Fan lifted his finger. A white flame and a black flame appeared on its tip. They were the White Bone Flame and Black Devil Flame respectively. The flames revolved around his finger and eventually created a huge vortex of grey flames that soared into the sky!
Bei He’s facial expression was filled with disbelief. The brown Scorpion Spiritual Flame that he conjured flickered as if it was trembling in fear!
Spiritual Flames that reached the Fifth Grade would be considered as Earth Vein Demonic Flames. Among all flames, those of its kind were like the reputable experts in the cultivation world, respected by other flames below the Fifth Grade.
No spiritual flames below the Fifth Grade could compared with them!
Furthermore, Ning Fan’s grey flames were the combination of two Fifth Grade Spiritual Flames! All the three tower masters were pill masters as well. Each of them owned a Fourth Grade Spiritual Flame. As Bei He’s flame flickered, the flames of the other two tower masters quivered unsteadily too!
The Earth Vein Demonic Flames also known as Fifth Grade Spiritual Flames were items Spirit Severing Realm experts greatly desired but was not something they could all acquire! When Ning Fan was not strong enough in the past, he had to be extra cautious in showing off his flames. Today, he no longer had anything to fear. In fact, which Spirit Severing Realm expert from the External Endless Sea could rob him of the spiritual flames?!
“*sucks in cold breath* Earth Vein Demonic Flames! The White Bone Flame and the Black Devil Flame! Impossible! How could you get your hands on these flames?!”
“You don’t have to know. Dragon Flame Vortex, Eighth Revolution!”
The Eighth Revolution of Dragon Flame Vortex transformed into eight grey fire dragons that circled the vast sky!
The rain of flames that was summoned by Bei He vanished!
“Now I’ve changed my mind! I will take on the position of the tower masters of the northern, eastern and western towers!”
Note :
1. Measurements :
a. li(里) = 500 m
b. zhang(丈) = 3.13 m
c. chi(尺) = 30.7 cm