Chapter 404 - The Might of A Single Arrow! (2/2)

Despite facing the lady whose appearance was rather attractive, Ning Fan showed no pity at all. Without hesitation, he commanded his three puppets to surround the lady.

The next moment, the lady and the three puppets were locked into an intense fight. When her moon blade collided against the bodies of the puppets, it instantly dispersed into fire sparks.

Every time they clashed, it would give out a terrifying wave of force which could destroy Nascent Soul Realm cultivators.

However, even though the yellow-robed lady was confronting three Void Refinement Realm spiritual puppets all alone, she did not seem to be at a disadvantage.

In addition to that, when she frowned with focus and spread her moon consciousness, traces of flames which were silver-white like the moon suddenly engulfed the three puppets. As the flames exploded, the puppets were all blown away. The flames then turned into a huge cage trapping the three puppets all at once!

“Moon Imprisoning Flame!”

The yellow-robed lady was already filled with killing intent. She pointed her moon sword at Ning Fan, charging at him once again.

What was different from before was that a layer of faint moon flames enveloped the surface of the sword this time.

If Ning Fan were to be struck by this sword once more, his body would be incinerated by the moon flames even if the sword just left an extremely small cut on him.

“You have quite a lot of techniques. Were they ‘stolen’ from Yue’er…?”

He touched his glabella and his Separation Slayer Sword appeared in his hand. His aura suddenly changed As soon as he thrust his sword, black clouds filled the sky like an enormous dragon. Ten million traces of jet-black sword light rose into the sky.

“Myriad Sword Style!”

When faced with such a powerful sword technique, even the eyes of the yellow-robed lady flashed with surprise. She hurriedly changed her attack to a defensive stance. She held her moon sword horizontally in front of her chest and pointed one of her tender fingers at the innumerable sword shadows.

“Moon Burial Technique!”

The divine star on the glabella of the yellow-robed lady twinkled.

Within the vicinity of a hundred thousand li* (500m per li), countless rays of moonlight rushed towards Ning Fan.

This time, the moon rays did not have an immense crushing force like the previous one. Instead, they had been summoned to erode one’s Sea of Consciousness.

Burying one’s entire past beneath the moonlight.

Erase the thoughts of all the cultivators who indulge in the moonlight!

With just Late Divine Transformation Realm strength, Yue Lingkong was capable of erasing the Sea of Consciousness of two Half-Step Void Refinement Realm experts by using this technique.

When this technique was displayed by her second primordial spirit who had a Void Refinement Realm cultivation base, the destructive power of the technique was even more frightening.

Ning Fan’s expression changed. The ten million rays of sword light he summoned were all being eroded under the effect of the Moon Burial Technique.

Fortunately, the might of his sword light was extraordinary too, thus allowing it to offset her Moon Burial Technique. As for the result of the clash, the Myriad Sword Style and the Moon Burial Technique ended up in a tie.

“You have a very impressive sword technique! But that is not enough!”

The face of the yellow-robed lady looked a little astonished. She still underestimated the Myriad Sword Style.

However, so what if she underestimated it?

She bit the tip of her tongue and formed a different hand seal. The moon rays which had originally been neutralized by the Myriad Sword Style suddenly condensed again. Moreover, they were filled with much greater eroding power this time as they descended right above Ning Fan’s head.

The Moon Burial Technique was far from being that simple. There was still something more than just that!

“Second Burial!”

Seeing that the incoming moon rays were beyond his capabilities to block, Ning Fan fluttered his wings and flew towards his three puppets. He opened his mouth wide and inhaled, directly absorbing the moon flames on the bodies of the puppets into his abdomen.

The moon flames which were strong enough to trap Void Refinement Realm spiritual puppets were unable to inflict even the slightest damage on Ning Fan!

Naturally, the yellow-robed lady was extremely shocked upon seeing that. She did not know that Ning Fan possessed the Stele of Sun and Moon which was a supreme magic treasure specialized in restraining flames.

When his three spiritual puppets regained their mobility, Ning Fan swung his sword and delivered a joint attack with his puppets. Four different traces of attacks blasted the moon rays which were all over the sky to pieces!

*Bang* *Bang* *Bang* *Bang*

Each fragment of the moon rays fell to the ground like snowflakes. Since her Moon Burial Technique was countered, the yellow-robed lady felt a sharp pain on her chest. A streak of fresh blood flowed out from the corners of her mouth. Her beautiful eyes flashed with even more intense killing intent.

She dispersed her moon sword and wiped off the blood on her mouth with her fingers. Then, she began to form a series of hand seals rapidly with her fingers while muttering a chant.

“Moon Shadow Spirit Division Technique!”

Moonlight covered her body. At the next second, her beautiful figure split into four.

Three of them were illusory and only one of them was her true body. All the illusory figures were a part of her divided spirit that were condensed by the power of moonlight and each of them possessed Early Void Refinement Realm combat power!

Her clones were, of course, a fraction weaker than her true body. Nonetheless, they were strong enough to fight equally with Ning Fan’s Void Refinement Realm spiritual puppets.

Using this technique was obviously very burdensome to the yellow-robed lady. However, she no longer cared about how it affects her body now.

She had used a few of her trump cards but she still could not eliminate Ning Fan. The latter was strong enough to make her regard him seriously.

Her three illusory figures engaged Ning Fan’s three spiritual puppets at the side. As for the yellow-robed lady, she walked gently towards Ning Fan.

“This time, no one is able to save you… Moon Burial Technique, Second Burial and Third Burial!”

Traces of moonlight stretched in the entire one hundred thousand li* (500m per li) and descended once again. However, the moonlight this time was even more intimidating than all the previous ones.

Even the Sea of Consciousness of Mid Void Refinement Realm experts would be destroyed completely and the erosion was irreversible after being attacked by those terrifying moonlight.

Countless thoughts ran across Ning Fan’s mind. Even though he had various kinds of techniques, it was still difficult for him to neutralize the Third Moon Burial!

The yellow-robed lady was not an ordinary Void Refinement Realm cultivator. In fact, she was a being who was nearly unrivalled among the experts of the same level as her.

Ning Fan had yet to attain the Half-Step Void Refinement Realm, much less the Void Refinement Realm. Even if he uses his Heaven Breaking Sword Finger, Wind Mist Finger or Wind Snow Finger, it was unlikely to block the Third Burial of her Moon Burial Technique.

Now, he was only left with two methods to resist this lady. One of them was using his sovereign qi. However, he was not prepared to use it. As for the second method…

Starlight shone within his eyes. He stretched out five fingers and clawed at the earth, causing the vast earth to tremble. Meanwhile, the soul of the earth was extracted by his hand and he quickly swallowed it down.

After performing Soul Extraction, his cultivation base broke through to the Half-Step Void Refinement Realm reducing the power gap between him and the yellow-robed lady.

He pointed one of his fingers to the sky. Amidst the dark sky which was filled with moonlight, ninety-nine stars which were black like ink suddenly appeared.

The strange black starlight shone upon him, blessing his entire body. No matter how the moon rays attacked his body, he still remained unscathed.

No. He was not unscathed. However, all the injuries he suffered were being instantly healed by the star power!

He could still remain alive despite being barraged by the moon rays!

“Soul Extraction! Star Technique! Aside from that, he actually has 99 natal black stars!”

The face of the yellow-robed lady turned pale for the first time.

With such a powerful star technique, Ning Fan could disregard nearly every Early Void Refinement Realm attack.

The yellow-robed lady was just Yue Lingkong’s second primordial spirit after all. Thus, she was unable to completely activate the full power of the Moon Burial Technique.

Otherwise, the destructive power of the Third Burial would be enough to kill Ning Fan.

Since he possessed ninety-nine natal stars which could prevent him from dying from injuries, he was already invincible fighting against this lady.

What happened next made her feel even more surprised and scared. She saw Ning Fan reach out one of his hands to grab the intangible starlight and countless rays of black starlight then condensed into a black star bow in his hand!

He used his other hand to pull the bowstring. Starlight began to amass at the center of the bow, forming into an arrow. The heavens trembled as if they were terrified.

The moment Ning Fan drew the bow, a loud bang reverberated across the entire Divine Space Island. Without showing any signs, the surface of the island cracked. Sea waves rolled higher into the sky and the hollow space within one hundred thousand li* (500m per li) was suddenly torn.

“The lost fiendgod technique – Star Punishing Bow! Impossible! Why would this technique fall into your hands?!”

Ning Fan did not answer her doubts. Besides, why would he need to give her an answer?!

He did not even spare a glance at the yellow-robed lady. He only placed all of his focus and concentration on drawing the bow to eliminate his enemy!

The lady poured out all of her remaining strength, using all of her ten fingers to form different hand seals. Layers of armors formed from the moonlight appeared in front of her chest.

Then, she produced ninety-nine layers of moonlight walls. Each of them sturdy enough to withstand a Half-Step Void Refinement Realm expert’s full-powered attack.

Nevertheless, she still could not eliminate the sense of imminent danger within her even with all of her preparations. She only felt her blood veins burning as Ning Fan aimed at her with the tip of his arrow.

Aside from that, she even had a feeling that she would also be shot by this arrow in seconds even if she runs one million li* (500m per li) away.

The attack range of an Early Void Refinement Realm cultivator was at most one hundred thousand li* (500m per li). However, bow techniques were different. They were originally meant for long-distance attacks.

Since I can’t run away from it, the only thing I can do is to withstand it!

On the other hand, the lady had also noticed that Ning Fan had almost exhausted all of his magic power in order to draw this bow.

As long as she could block this shot, she could subdue her enemy without further struggle and apprehend Ning Fan whose magic power was depleted!

However, all of these wishful thoughts died away at the next moment.

Ning Fan felt that his entire magic power and blood essence had been completely drained by this bow.

His complexion turned ashen rapidly but his heart became calmer and more confident.

“When the bow is drawn, the world shall be destroyed!”

*Shua*

As soon as Ning Fan let go of the bowstring, the black-colored star arrow turned into a soul-stirring beam of light. In just an instant, it whistled past one million li* (500m per li), leaving a trail of white light in the air which extended to one million li* (500m per li)!

The layers of moonlight walls which were in front of the lady protecting her broke just like that!

The moonlight armors in front of her chest were instantly shattered!

The star arrow went through her body, nearly seizing away all of her life force and magic power.

The sea domain where the star arrow passed through was parted into two by that arrow. A one million zhang* (3.33m per zhang) deep and one million li* (500 per li) wide channel was formed in the middle of the ocean.

Splitting the sea with a single arrow!

At the next moment, the hollow space within the vicinity broke into pieces as if the firmament was about to collapse. The heavens were gloomy while the earth was dark!

The yellow-robed lady completely lost her magic power and fell down from the vast sky like a kite with a broken string. Her eyes were filled with resentment.

She mustered her final trace of magic power, attempting to activate a moon portal to teleport through the hollow space.

However, before she could form the hand seal, Ning Fan was already one move ahead of her as he pointed his finger.

“Heaven Sealing Technique!”

Countless traces of blood threads grew from within her body and coiled around her, immobilizing her limbs.

Ning Fan flapped his purple wings and dashed towards her. He then thrust one of his fingers forward, enchanting her with his Yin Plucking Finger.

“You have lost…”

He did not kill her. At the end of the day, she was Yue Lingkong’s second primordial spirit. In a sense, she was another Yue Lingkong. There was no way he could do it.

I think it’s better to let Yue Lingkong devour her herself.

“No. Don’t… Please let me go. I am a million times better than that little woman. I can satisfy you no matter what you want. I can give you everything including my body! Ahhh!”

The yellow-robed lady struggled to break free. However, no matter how hard she tried, she could not break free from the Heaven Sealing Technique.

She bitterly pleaded but her appeal could not arouse a hint of pity in Ning Fan. No matter what she did, she could not stop the effect of his Yin Plucking Finger.

To Ning Fan, even though she had the most perfect body of a woman, she was nowhere near as important as the true Yue Lingkong who had the body of a little girl and could not perform dual cultivation properly.

Beauties with a countenance of a flower and a face like the moon would still end up being skeletons in the end.

Not everyone was qualified to move Ning Fan’s heart.

“You can never compare to her!”

Then, the yellow-robed lady let out a painful cry and passed out. She was subdued by Ning Fan with his Yin Plucking Finger.

Her three illusory figures vanished at once.

In just the time it takes for an incense stick to burn, Ning Fan had managed to capture the second primordial spirit. His speed of accomplishing the mission amazed Yue Lingkong deeply.

One has to know that even though Yue Lingkong and the others were overpowering the disciples of the Divine Space Island, they still had yet to finish dealing with all of them.

Yue Lingkong witnessed the scenes of the battle between Ning Fan and the yellow-robed lady.

She was aware that even if the person whom Ning Fan dealt with just now was not her second primordial spirit but her Early Void Refinement Realm true self, she also could not withstand his arrow.

The might of a single arrow from the Star Punishing Bow was a little too frightening…

With ninety-nine natal stars, Ning Fan could directly withstand Early Void Refinement Realm attacks without dying. His means was a little too heaven-defying…

“This stinky cucumber has actually grown so strong…”

Yue Lingkong felt a sense of relief within her heart. Dexterously, she performed a series of hands seals, conjuring threads using the moonlight to bind each of the remaining female cultivators.

Within her mind, she was recalling the words that Ning Fan had uttered earlier. Her cute large eyes blinked with confusion.

Facing the seduction from her second primordial spirit, he only replied to her with a brief sentence.

You can never compare to her!

Yue Lingkong helplessly realized that her state of mind was completely thrown into disorder by a man’s words for the first time after four thousand years of cultivating the Dao.

For the first time, she found that the Little Cucumber was especially good-looking. To a certain extent, she felt like she would never get tired of looking at him…

Her mind was thoroughly overwhelmed!

Translated by Tommy, edited by Roel

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