Chapter 379.1 (1/2)
Zhou… Zhou
Ximen Ye gently touched the cut on his neck, his eyes filled with killing intent.
However, he fiercely bit the tip of his tongue afterwards and suppressed that immense killing intent.
He was arrogant. Therefore, when he got injured by Ning Fan, he went crazy due to his reluctance to accept the truth.
He was self-conceited. Therefore, he would not allow himself to suffer any losses.
The sleeves of Ximen Ye’s black robes fluttered in the wind. Gradually, his heart became calm and composed. His deep black eyes no longer revealed any emotion. Four black divine stars appeared on his glabella. However, he lifted one of his hands and crushed two of them. Blood flowed out from the corners of his mouth while his expression remained cold and dignified.
He did not give any explanation and neither did he conceal his killing intent towards Ning Fan.
However, Ning Fan knew that the reason why he destroyed two of his divine stars himself was for the fairness of their showdown. He wanted to eliminate Ning Fan while having a similar strength.
“You are indeed very strong. If you were born one thousand years earlier, you would certainly have attained the Void Fragmentation Realm. However, you have to understand one thing. At the end of the day, you are not my match! Your injuries are too grave and you are now just like an arrow at the end of its flight…”
“I don’t think so.”
Ning Fan secretly activated the Black Star Healing Technique as faint starlight glowed around his body.
Since he did not directly summon his natal black stars, even Ximen Ye would not know that he had comprehended the Black Star Technique.
His injuries which were originally bloody and severe were quickly healed.
This scene shocked Ximen Ye once more. The self-healing technique that Ning Fan used closely resembled the Star Healing Technique.
“Your techniques are quite impressive. As such, I can fight without any restraint. If you are able to walk out of here alive, I can assure you on behalf of the Ximen Aristocratic Family that Bei Xiaoman belongs to you! If you can’t… your journey ends here!”
Ximen Ye no longer spoke any more words. His expression changed as his first divine star twinkled. All of a sudden, darkness engulfed every ray of light within the heavenly dwelling space.
As darkness fell, Ximen’s qi gradually turned ethereal. Eventually, his presence had literally disappeared from Ning Fan’s sight.
Ximen Ye’s first divine star was the Divine Star of Night, the master of darkness.
As long as he stayed within the darkness, he could completely conceal his presence including his qi which could allow him to perform assassinations or sneak attacks with ease.
*Chi*
Traces of sword qi which were as black as ink flew towards Ning Fan from all directions of the lightless space.
Ning Fan wielded both of his swords and parried each and every one of the attacks. The purple star in his left eye flashed which allowed him to see through the darkness. Almost in an instant, he located the place where Ximen Ye was hiding.
The baleful qi in his body seethed and flowed into his blood-red sword. Under the enhancement of his baleful qi, the blood-red sword emanated a bizarre and evil red glow amidst the dark.
He swung his sword and pointed at Ximen Ye’s location. The vast land trembled and the mountains swayed as if millions of troops were trampling across this place. The tip of his sword seemed to have pierced through heaven and earth. In the next moment, countless ear-splitting roars of a blood dragon filled the entire heavenly dwelling space.
A blood-red sword light shot out from his sword. It split into ten and then split into a hundred. In a matter of seconds, there were already one million rays of sword light.
When his sword qi swept across the place, innumerable rifts appeared in the hollow space. Layers of darkness were literally torn off and Ximen Ye who concealed himself within it was forced to reveal himself with just a single sword attack from Ning Fan!
*Puke*
After coughing out mouthfuls of blood, Ximen Ye retreated one hundred steps. His bun was cut making his long black hair scatter and dance wildly in the wind.
He was inwardly astonished by Ning Fan’s sword attack that forced him to reveal himself. However, it was within his expectations.
As a matter of fact, the reason why he concealed himself in the darkness was to activate the power of his second divine star which was a little unique. It was called the Divine Star of Seven Sounds. It would take some time for him to completely activate the power of this divine star with his Divine Transformation Realm cultivation base.
He drew a mysterious diagram of a sound wave in the air with both of his hands and conjured a seven-stringed guzheng with his void power. He carried it in his arms as traces of an ancient melody echoed from his fingertips.
Wherever the melody passed through, the sword light would crumble. At this moment, Ximen Ye stood in midair. It looked like he was able to compete with the sun and the moon hanging above the sky.
Suddenly, an immense sense of danger rose within Ning Fan, making him retreat instinctively.
At the moment he flew backwards, Ximen Ye muttered the first chant.
“The first sound of the Seven Sounds, The Sound of the Five Elements!”
His speed of plucking the strings increased and the devilish melody burned like fire. In the places where the melody passed by, columns of black flames emerged. Meanwhile, cold ice fell from the sky as wind and sand blew violently and thunder boomed in the sky. The entire area was also filled with thick mist.
“A Mortal Void Realm technique!”
Ning Fan’s eyes shone with solemnity. This devilish melody which manipulates the five elements was clearly a fatal attack at the Mortal Void Realm. Being hit by any one of the elements was the same as being struck by a Mortal Void Realm attack.
Each of the sound waves travelled towards him, carrying unstoppable destructive force. However, since a sound wave was intangible, how could it be fended off?
There were ten thousand traces of dark light shining upon Ximen Ye’s head which made his presence look regal. At this moment, no one would be able to tell that the melody he produced with his guzheng carried an infinite amount of killing intent.
As the devilish melody swept across the area, the soul of the great land that Ning Fan had extracted suddenly dispersed. His Soul Extraction Technique failed, causing his aura to regress to the Peak Divine Transformation Realm.
*Zheng*
As Ximen Ye increased his pace of plucking strings, the sound waves turned into physical waves, cancelling out all five elements!
The first sound of the Seven Sounds – The Sound of the Five Elements could neutralize all the five elements beneath the heavens!