Chapter 429 - Slaughter the Tower (5) (2/2)

However, it requires the power of one’s natal stars to condense the devil marks. Since he only had 99 natal black stars, he could only condense 99 traces of black devil marks. As for Mo Luo, since he could condense one million traces of devil marks, he must possess one million natal stars.

Without a doubt, Mo Luo was a strong and ruthless expert!

However, Ning Fan would surely surpass him!

The devil marks were already completed. Ning Fan drew his bow again and condensed an arrow. The destructive power of this single arrow caused masses of black-colored star flames to rise within ten thousand li* (500m per li) on the sea of clouds.

All of these star flames were being produced from the friction in the air due to the intense magic power of the arrow.

His black hair flowed with the strong wind. His black eyes were as cold and indifferent as the night. A rush of wild and forceful aura force suddenly spread across the sea of clouds!

In the face of trillions of lightning rays, Ning Fan was lazy to even summon his lightning diagram. He directly pulled the bowstring and shot out an arrow!

As he released the bowstring, the arrow shot out leaving a perfect black line in the air. It would literally tear heaven in its path into half, ripping apart the dark sky and causing black blood to flow out from it!

The might of a single arrow made heaven bleed!

A sharp and ear-splitting screech resounded through the skies as if one thousand birds were screeching at the same time!

*Chi*

Within the sea of clouds, there seemed to be countless echoes of it. However, there was only a beam of light that lit up the world. The thunder clouds and lightning rays that the two Void Glimpse Stage cultivators displayed with all their might was pierced through by a single arrow. All of the trillions lightning rays scattered!

After being crushed by the light of the arrow, the lightning rays then burned with black star flames. Despite being intangible, the lightning rays were still burned into nothingness eventually!

Two traces of Mortal Void Realm magic techniques could not withstand the might of that single arrow at all! After Ku Da and Ku Er witnessed what happened, blood drained from their faces. The destructive power of this arrow was enough to turn the two of them into ashes. It was definitely not as simple as severely injuring them!

They were scared. They were afraid. They wanted to escape in different directions. However, just as they parted, that arrow immediately split into two traces of arrow shadows and went after each of them.

“Damn it!”

They never expected that this arrow could still split into two. Besides, even though its destructive power was reduced after the split, just one of them was still more than enough to eliminate a Void Glimpse Stage expert!

The two of them bit off the tips of their tongues simultaneously and boosted their speed to its maximum level. Each of them then turned into traces of smoke and flew beyond one hundred and fifty thousand li* (500m per li) in an instant.

However, the arrow lights had also disappeared from sight in a flash.

Just as the two of them reappeared at one hundred and fifty thousand li* (500m per li) away, the two traces of arrow light suddenly came out from thin air and pierced through their dantians, disregarding all of their Void Glimpse Stage defenses.

*Puff*

At the moment they were struck by the arrow light, their bodies were burned by the star flames before they could even let out a scream of pain. In just a single breath, they disintegrated into ashes.

*Whistle*

The two traces of arrow light brought back their primordial lightning to Ning Fan who devoured them without hesitation.

He did not disperse his star bow. Instead, he approached that young master in peach-colored robes step by step. His eyes were filled with an intense cold light.He took nine steps consecutively.

The nine steps all stepped upon the great momentum of heaven and earth. Each of the steps compelled the shape of a sword to take form.

However, just as he made the final step, he crushed the great momentum and exuded his sovereign qi, condensing his sovereign aura.

The endpoint of the nine steps was to break the great momentum and condense his sovereign aura!

“You want to use me to gain merits, huh? With just you?!”

*Chi*

After making nine steps, traces of swords of the great momentum suddenly rose in the sea of clouds and there was even a pure golden sword which was imbued with an unstoppable killing qi. Without giving the young master in the peach-colored robes a chance to beg for his life, Ning Fan killed him with a slash!

*Hiss*

Each of the old monsters from the lightning palace sucked in a cold breath. All of them were filled with disbelief.

The might of Ning Fan’s single arrow could kill two Void Refinement Realm experts.

The strength and sharpness of the sword that he can create by taking nine steps was unstoppable!

“The sword of sovereign qi!”

As Huang Yunzi was about to step in to save his adopted child, he literally froze. After heaving a sigh, he closed his eyes.

“Fine. This is a trouble this evil son brought to himself. Thus, he deserves to end up like this. However, I didn’t expect for this Zhou Ming to actually be so strong. A single arrow from his devil bow can instantly kill everyone below the Void Inquiry Stage! The sword of sovereign qi he created is even more powerful. Even I have a thirty-percent chance of getting killed if I directly withstand the might of that sword… This young man probably still has other techniques. He must never be offended!”

Ning Fan had killed three individuals in a row and no one dared to stop him from doing so.

Even Huang Yunzi silently permitted Ning Fan’s actions. Who else would dare to stop him?

Chu Nanfeng, Mo Feiyun and the others were so stunned that their mouths hung wide open.

Even though they were aware of Ning Fan’s strength, they did not know that he actually possessed such powerful trump cards which could allow him to kill Void Glimpse Stage experts with a single arrow and even kill a Void Inquiry Stage expert with a single slash!

“Huang Yunzi, give me an explanation!”

Ning Fan’s eyes were cold. Originally, he did not want to create troubles on this sea of clouds. However, it was the members of the lightning palace who offended him first. Thus, the situation was different now.

If Huang Yunzi does not give him a satisfying explanation, he would flatten the lightning palace on this sea of clouds today!

“I heard that Fellow Daoist Zhou is gathering primordial lightning. Coincidentally, I have ten thousand traces of Divine Transformation Realm primordial lightning. They had been left behind by the Divine Transformation Realm cultivators who died on this floor in the past…” Huang Yunzi smiled bitterly and offered to compensate him.

“It’s not enough! I want the dark golden bamboo leaf and an additional one thousand silver jades. Then, this matter will be considered to be resolved. Otherwise, your sea of clouds shall be annihilated!”

“Impudent!”

Just as Ning Fan finished speaking, a few Void Glimpse Stage old monsters from the lightning palace of the sea of clouds immediately moved forward and glared at him to express their dissatisfaction upon being threatened.

“I never repeat my words!”

Ning Fan scanned across them with his piercing eyes which were like cold lightning. His baleful qi was like a sharp sword that could cause a sharp pain in the Sea of Consciousness of these old monsters. All of them hurriedly fell back in fear.

What they were afraid of was Ning Fan’s vigorous aura force. With just his baleful qi alone, he forced Void Glimpse Stage old monsters to fall back!

“Keep quiet! Fellow Daoist Zhou’s request is very reasonable! Bo Yuan, fetch the dark golden bamboo leaf and one thousand silver jades and hand them over to Fellow Daoist Zhou!”

“…” The old monster named Bo Yuan was one of the individuals that had been pushed back by Ning Fan’s aura force. His eyes were filled with struggle, not knowing if he should obey the command or not.

“Hurry up and go! Don’t tell me you want my lightning palace to be annihilated?!” Huang Yunzi roared.

“W-What?!”

Bo Yuan was shocked. He had not expected for Huang Yunzi who was a Void Inquiry Stage old monster to be actually afraid of Ning Fan.

Well, it was no surprise. Bo Yuan was just a Void Glimpse Stage expert. He might know how powerful that star bow was but he had no idea of that sovereign sword.

As for Huang Yunzi, he had sensed danger from the sovereign sword. How could he be not afraid of Ning Fan?

Bo Yuan let out a sigh and acted hurriedly according to Huang Yunzi’s order.

Ning Fan then tossed all the lightning jades to Lei Shiyi without even looking at them. He only devoured the ten thousand traces of primordial spirit and kept the dark golden bamboo leaf. After that, he went into the teleportation formation and entered the thirteenth floor.

Only after this group of experts had left did Huang Yunzi heaved a sigh of relief. When he looked at his dead adopted son and the two Void Glimpse Stage experts, his heart was filled with lingering fear.

“Bo Yuan, remember! That Zhou Ming is someone we must not offend… He is one hundred times more dangerous than King Ying Long!”

…

On the thirteenth floor, Lei Shiyi gave Ning Fan a wretched smile and looked at him with admiration.

“Fellow Daoist Zhou really is brave. You even dared to make such a request to that stingy old man, Huang Yunzi. Good job! What if we extort like that all the way up to the twenty-fourth floor in one go? You will get your bamboo leaf and primordial lightning while I can get my lightning jades… Hehe. What can you say about sharing wealth together?!”

“Alright!”

Ning Fan nodded his head. There was no harm in blackmailing his enemies. Besides, so what if he behaved a little more domineering? After all, strength was the representation of status in this Black Lightning Tower in the first place. If the others hate him, they could bring their men to kill him anytime. As for the consequences of their actions… well, it would be the same with Zhu Feng and the rest!

After refining the ten thousand traces of primordial lightning, the lightning armor on Ning Fan’s primordial spirit had broken through to the third level of the gold grade. Its defense had become even more terrifying.

It could even withstand a Void Pierce Stage attack now. As for Void Inquiry Stage attacks, Ning Fan could completely ignore them!

In other words, no one on the first twenty-four floors would be able to leave a scratch on him including King Ying Long!

However, Ning Fan discovered a very depressing fact.

After his lightning armor reached the third level, the amount of primordial lightning it would need to advance to the next level had become even more frightening.

From the second level to the third level, he only needed to devour about ten thousand traces of primordial lightning.

However, it would need at least two hundred thousand traces of primordial lightning to attain the fourth level!

The fact that more primordial lightning was needed to achieve the next breakthrough meant that the level of defense of the fourth level of the gold grade lightning armor was far beyond the third level.

Indirectly, it also reflected the fact that the intensity of attacks of experts at the Absolute Void Stage were more than twenty times stronger than that of Void Pierce Stage old monsters.

In the Void Refinement Realm, the difference between each minor cultivation realms were worlds apart. It was because only cultivators who clearly understood the word ‘void’ could truly become strong beings!

An hour later, the group of cultivators reached the lightning palace on the black ocean of the thirteenth floor.

What surprised Ning Fan a little was that the lightning lord of the thirteenth floor had already prepared the dark golden bamboo leaf, ten thousand primordial lightning and one thousand lightning jades for him to take.

The so-called Lightning Lord Xuan Hai was a skinny old man. He was normally extremely arrogant and haughty. Now, however, he did not even have the slightest trace of arrogance when facing Ning Fan.

“Hehe. Fellow Daoist Zhou, please use the teleportation formation as you wish! If you have any other requests, you can just tell me directly. As long as it is within this little old man’s capabilities, I will certainly do my best to fulfill them!”

“Even if I want you to join me in my fight against King Ying Long?” Ning Fan gave a meaningful glance at Lightning Lord Xuan Hai.

“Hehe. Fellow Daoist must be joking. This little old man is already very old. My magic power is already weak. I’m afraid that I am already not a match for King Ying Long. However, I can give Fellow Daoist ten illusory undead puppets as a gift. It can be considered as my best contribution to Little Friend’s endeavor.”

“Oh? Since that is so, I really have to thank Fellow Daoist Xuan Hai for your generous gift.”

Since this person had offered to give Ning Fan undead puppets to strengthen his forces, he naturally would not refuse it. After receiving them, he passed all of them to Lei Shiyi for him to command.

Just like this, Ning Fan and his group went up floor after floor peacefully and safely until the twenty-second floor. There was nearly no one who dared to offend him.

“Fellow Daoist Zhou really has an influential reputation. In our journey, there were only people giving presents to us without anyone blocking our path!” Lei Shiyi complimented him. Based on illusory undead puppets alone, he had already received two hundred of them. Even though these undead puppets were not as strong as true Void Refinement Realm cultivators, their combat power was equivalent to that of twenty Void Glimpse Stage experts.

“Reputation… huh? They just want to use me to get rid of King Ying Long! Evidently, King Ying Long has quite a lot of enemies. It’s just similar to the saying which goes: when a wall starts to sway, everyone gives it a shove…”

“Leading a tiger to kill a wolf? Well, if they really think like that, wouldn’t they be afraid of making you too strong? Aren’t they worried that they will bring a disaster to themselves if you decide to become the next King Ying Long?” Lei Shiyi winked as he teased.

“Making me too strong? Lei Shiyi, you aren’t the only smart person in this world. I suppose there are already many people who know of my identity as a living person from my act of requesting primordial lightning. Since I am a living person, it’s impossible for me to stay here in this Black Lightning Tower. As for you, Lei Shiyi, you will at most stay on the eleventh floor if you just have the illusory undead puppets and wouldn’t go to the upper floors to compete with them… Thus, they are more than willing to kill King Ying Long with a borrowed knife.”

After Ning Fan was done talking, he no longer continued their conversation.

The Tai Yue Lightning Palace of the twenty-second floor was already right in front of their eyes.

It was a little different from the previous floors. Even though the lightning lord of the twenty-second floor had also prepared generous gifts in preparation for Ning Fan’s arrival, his face was livid and solemn and his attitude was rather cold.

The lightning lord of the twenty-second floor, Lightning Lord Tai Yue, was a Void Inquiry Stage expert at the Second Level of the Golden Body Realm.

He cultivated body techniques and magic techniques at the same time. He was nearly peerless among the experts at his level but he was still a little more inferior compared to King Ying Long.

He was hoping to borrow Ning Fan’s hands to kill Ying Long but he had his own pride. Thus, he found it impossible to bow and prostrate before Ning Fan.

Besides, this burly man who was as huge as a black tower still doubted Ning Fan’s strength. He did not believe that a lowly Half-Step Void Refinement Realm cultivator would be able to threaten the life of a Void Inquiry Stage expert with his sovereign sword.

“I am Tai Yue. I have been waiting here for you. The gifts are all here. The teleportation formation is also there. Little Friend can use it as you please. However, if you wish to leave this floor peacefully, there is a condition!”

“What condition?” Ning Fan’s eyes turned serious. He felt a massive sense of battle intent from Tai Yue’s body.

“Withstand a single punch from me. If you survive, I will let you pass and go to the twenty-third floor! Otherwise, you don’t have the qualifications to fight against Ying Long at all!”

Tai Yue took a step forward. The massive force of his stomp caused the mountains and rivers within the vicinity of one hundred thousand li* (500m per li) to crumble!

This man’s body refinement realm is really strong!