Chapter 395.1 (1/2)
Demon Cloud Rain Sovereign
Ning Fan was stealthily travelling in the pitch-black tunnel. It was unknown how much distance he had covered. At the end of the dark passage, there stood a gigantic silver door.
The door was at least one hundred thousand zhang* (3.33 m per zhang) tall and there were twelve silver lion statues lined up at the entrance.
When Ning Fan revealed himself and approached the door, the dull and lifeless eyes of the twelve lion statues suddenly turned towards him. Each of them emanated a bone-chilling killing intent.
Their message was clear. If Ning Fan gets a little closer to the door, all twelve of them would pounce on him and tear him to pieces.
A jolt of surprise ran across Ning Fan. If he did not sense wrongly, these twelve lion statues were products of a certain kind of formation technique.
They had been built and placed at this place with each of them infused with the power of the formation technique to guard the gigantic door and attack every intruder.
Each and every one of these twelve lion statues gave off the aura of the First Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm!
Even the Rain Sovereign himself would be inflicted with injuries once he is attacked by the twelve lion statues at the same time.
These lion statues could never be moved or brought away from this place. Their presence gave Ning Fan great surprise.
“The Rain Sovereign of a past generation who built this Blood Dragon Pool had really spent a great fortune on this! He actually used twelve Void Fragmentation Realm statues as guards whenever he entered into secluded training. One has to know that even the current Rain Palace only has eleven Void Fragmentation Realm experts in total, including the current Rain Sovereign…”
After calming his feeling of surprise, Ning Fan stopped moving. He did not dare to get a step closer to the gigantic door.
He stood there and pondered.
It’s been rumored that none of the three generations of Rain Sovereigns after the Red Cloud Rain Sovereign could enter this place for secluded training.
There must be some kind of reason for that hidden behind this door.
As for this particular reason, Ning Fan already had a guess before he entered the tunnel.
His gaze swept across the twelve lion statues and eventually stopped at an inconspicuous groove above the gigantic door.
The groove was only the size of a palm. It seemed like something was needed to be inserted on that spot in order to unlock the gigantic door.
Without this item, any intruder would never be able to open the door even if the lion statues do not attack them.
Ning Fan patted his storage pouch and took out a silver token.
That token was the token of the Rain Sovereign which he obtained from the eighth floor of the Lost World Tower!
The third layer of the Blood Dragon Pool was specially prepared for the Rain Sovereign for cultivation purposes. But why could none of them enter the third layer after the generation of the Red Cloud Rain Sovereign…?
When Ning Fan noticed the groove above the door, he already had another guess in his mind. The size of the groove was exactly the same as the token of the Rain Sovereign. Perhaps all of this was related to the token?!
Ever since the generation of the Red Cloud Rain Sovereign, the Rain Sovereigns of the following three generations had lost the token.
Presently, this item had fallen into Ning Fan’s hands. Would he be able to unlock the treasure house of cultivation that the Rain Sovereigns of three generations were unable to unlock?!
“Whether it’s true or not, it will be known after a single try! If the lion statues still attacks me even if I hold this token, I will turn invisible immediately using the Heaven Deceiving Cloak and flee. Even though these lion statues are of the First Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm, they may not necessarily be able to detect me.”
Ning Fan made up his mind. He took a large step forward, going into the attack range of the lion statues.
His heart was filled with two hundred percent of alertness and caution. Once he sees any lion statue show signs of assaulting him, he would immediately use his cloak and retreat.
Just as he stepped within the attack range of the lion statues, the killing intent of the twelve statues locked onto him.
However, when their blank eyes caught sight of the token of the Rain Sovereign, their killing intent subsided instantly.
A rumbling noise echoed across the dark, hollow tunnel. The twelve lion statues actually got to their knees and lowered their heads in the presence of Ning Fan.
After worshipping him on their knees, all twelve of them spoke in unison. Their voices were old and stiff.
“Wel…come…Divine…Sovereign…”
Ning Fan’s eyes lit up with delight.
Sure enough, the key to open the door to the third layer of the Blood Dragon Pool was this token!
However, his expression was filled with shock a moment later. When the twelve lion statues knelt before him, there was actually an indescribable aura force pressing against him.