Chapter 433 - : Scared King Dong Long Away (1/2)

Heaven Breaking Sword Finger. The first finger could break an ethereal island, rivers and mountains. The second finger could crush the vast heavens and the black sun. The third finger could pulverize the void space and the dead bones within.

The destructive power of the third finger was close to that of a single arrow from the Star Punishing Bow.

When the three fingers were displayed in a row, the destructive power of the three sword fingers combined was even greater than that of the Star Punishing Bow!

Originally, Ning Fan had yet to successfully learn the third finger. However, inside the dream realm in his mindscape that day, Tai Su had temporarily given Ning Fan Immortal Emperor Realm level magic power. After achieving unity of heaven and man, Ning Fan could be considered as a true Immortal Emperor Realm expert at that time.

With the help of the Dao Comprehensions in that enlightened state and the magic power which was as boundless as the sea, Ning Fan had nearly comprehended the essence of the first five fingers of the Heaven Breaking Sword Finger.

With his current cultivation base, he was still not capable of using the fourth and fifth fingers. However, after getting into the demonized state, it was not really a problem for him to display the third finger.

Ning Fan raised his head. He stared at the seven layers of yellow skies that were descending from above and took in a deep breath.

He saw the full aura force of the seven layers of yellow skies. He saw King Ying Long’s arrogance and pride which made him disdain everything.

If a Void Inquiry Stage old monster were to be in Ning Fan’s position, only certain death would await them after being crushed by the seven layers of yellow skies. Thus, it was no surprise why King Ying Long would be proud of himself.

King Ying Long’s Yellow Dragon Jade Token was really powerful. Even lightning lords like Tai Yue and Mo Lei could not withstand it. However, Ning Fan had no other choice but to withstand this attack!

He pointed the first finger and the mountains and rivers below him gradually collapsed. All of the force which originated from the collapse of the mountains and rivers gathered at the tip of his finger, forming a dazzling sword light. It had a deep yellow color which represented the great earth, mountains and rivers.

Before this sword light could shoot out from his finger, Ning Fan pointed the second finger. At the same moment, the seven layers of yellow skies trembled. The tremor was a sign that they were about to be broken by his second finger but it stopped after a short while. Pieces of the hollow space shattered. The black-colored sun which had risen in the sky suddenly broke too and dispersed.

The force from the shattering of the vast sky and the black sun formed a second ray of bright sword light. Right after that, the two traces of sword light turned greyish-white. This color represented the vast heaven.

When Ning Fan lifted the third finger next, his eyes were filled with unprecedented solemnity. It was his first time displaying this technique with his own cultivation base.

As he pointed the third finger, the Void Realm within the area of one hundred thousand li* (500m peril) was torn apart. This space which was as black as ink had killed too many experts and buried too many remnant bones of the dead.

What the third finger would break was the countless dead spirits that had died in the Void Realm!

Pieces of the Void Realm fell apart and the withered bones inside it disintegrated.

Bellows and roars from ghosts of ancient times resounded from the withered bones. Their voices carried exhaustion from their efforts to obtain freedom.

All of a sudden, Ning Fan was surprised. On the surface, the third finger seems like it gets its power from destroying the remains of the dead experts in the Void Realm but it actually had another use.

Those experts who had died in the Void Realm were trapped within that space, making them unable to enter the Cycle of Samsara after their deaths.

This finger, however, destroyed their remaining bones, breaking the cage that is the Void Realm and sent them into the Cycle of Samsara.

The true meaning of this third finger was not focused on taking lives but rescuing them!

Perhaps the Sword Ancestor who invented this sword finger was guilty of the innumerable deaths he had caused in his life. Hence, he wanted to release those experts who were trapped in the Void Realm from their suffering and send them into the Cycle of Samsara…

“Sword Ancestor…”

Ning Fan closed his eyes. Suddenly, a hint of newfound respect for the Sword Ancestor who was a woman from the ancient times surfaced in his heart.

In the journey to attain the Dao, killing others is inevitable. However, the reason why one would want to kill is not necessarily vengeance. If it isn’t about taking revenge, then I will only kill you in your current lifetime. Bringing you out of dire straits and sending you once again into the Cycle of Samsara can also be considered as offsetting the enmity between us… This is the Sword Ancestor’s generosity, huh…

Ning Fan’s expression gradually turned calm. His eyes shone with a hint of a vast and mysterious power.

That power was the power of Samsara. Even though he only had a small trace of it, using it on the third finger was much more compatible with its true meaning.

Suddenly, his mind became broader than before as if he could contain the entire Samsara within it.

Three rays of dazzling sword light condensed at the tip of his finger. Then, the three traces of sword lights were dyed black. The color of black represented the bones of the dead in the Void Space.

His mind seemed to remember four figures one after another.

Mo Luo’s bloodthirstiness, Tai Su’s righteousness, the Sword Ancestor’s indifference and the smile of Immortal Sovereign Zi Dou who erased Samsara.

Scorching lightning rays appeared on the tip of his finger. The Immortal Emperor’s Finger Bone which he had devoured in the past could definitely make the destructive power of this finger even more stronger.

An unimaginable glow flashed in his eyes. It made him look as majestic and lofty as an immortal emperor. Despite him standing beneath seven layers of yellow skies, when his eyes scanned past King Ying Long’s dragon body, he actually gave him a soul-stirring feeling.

As he delivered that attack, three traces of sword light which carried apocalyptic power pierced through the vault of the heavens. Wild gusts blew across the whole area!

At this moment, Ning Fan remained as firm and steady as a rock as he stood beneath the falling seven layers of yellow skies just like an immortal emperor from the ancient times who had lived until the current era!

“What kind of finger technique is this?! It can actually give me such a frightening feeling! W-What?! This is absolutely impossible!”

All the words got stuck in his throat. King Ying Long’s bloodshot dragon eyes were filled with disbelief, his face hideously ferocious.

Just as he exclaimed in surprise, the seven layers of yellow skies which were falling upon Ning Fan began to break apart one after another when he shot out his three rays of sword light!

*Chi* *Chi* *Chi*

Three rays of deadly sword light penetrated the seven layers of yellow skies one after another.

The first ray of sword light broke the first three layers of the yellow skies.

The second ray of sword light eliminated the next three layers of the yellow skies.

The third ray of sword light retained two-thirds of its destructive power after breaking through the seventh layer of the yellow skies. It turned into billions of pitch-black sword threads and enveloped King Ying Long’s dragon body.

Faced with innumerable sword threads, King Ying Long’s massive yellow dragon body seemed as insignificant as a moth. His eyes were filled with terror.

When the billions of sword threads spread out, it was like a large and inescapable spider web while King Ying Long was the dying moth that got trapped within.

He could not believe that his strongest trump card, the Yellow Dragon Seven Tokens, would easily be neutralized by Ning Fan’s three fingers!

*Chi* *Chi* *Chi*

Traces of sword threads which were as black as ink cut through the dragon scales that were protecting King Ying Long’s body. Even though his physical body was at the Second Level of the Golden Body Realm, the sword threads still managed to leave billions of wounds on his body. His dragon blood sprinkled across the entire area and his blood flowed on the ground like a river!

“Ah!”

Ying Long screamed in pain. His dragon scales fell off from his body like pieces of snowflakes. He suffered serious injuries from the attack of Ning Fan’s Heaven Breaking Sword Finger!

*Hiss*

At this moment, countless experts including Mo Lei and Tai Yue sucked in a cold breath.

When they saw King Ying Long display the Yellow Dragon Seven Tokens and summoned seven layers of yellow skies, all of them felt that they would not stand a chance if they were the ones who had to face it.

Even so, Ning Fan broke the attack of the seven layers of yellow skies by just pointing three fingers consecutively and delivering three rays of sword light. At this moment, Ning Fan had the air, pride and mightiness of an immortal emperor. His very presence would make one have the urge to fall to their knees and worship him.

“The destructive power of Fellow Daoist Zhou’s sword finger is already comparable to a Void Pierce Stage attack. Even if his opponent is a true Void Pierce Stage old monster, not all of them will be able to withstand it! Since Fellow Daoist Zhou can already display this strong of an attack, could it be that his true cultivation base is already at the Void Pierce Stage?”

“King Ying Long has been defeated! Fellow Daoist Zhou has defeated Ying Long. We shall take advantage of this opportunity to kill that evildoer. Then, all twenty-four floors of the lightning tower will return to their original state where the strongest of the respective floors will rule over their own floors. We will never have to yield to King Ying Long anymore!”

Screams and cries resounded from all directions. There were also countless experts who were hiding in this area. Among them, there were the neutral forces of the twenty-four floors and even some experts who descended to the twenty-fourth floor from the floors above. All of them revealed terrified expressions as they looked at Ning Fan.

No matter where a strong being goes, they would always be respected and admired by others. The fact that Ning Fan was able to defeat King Ying Long had undoubtedly proved that he was strong!

Without paying any attention to the respectful gazes and stares from the cultivators around him, Ning Fan activated his devil form and turned into a black giant which was five thousand zhang* (3.33m per zhang) tall. His body was still clad in golden armor. Finally, he included the last devil manifestation of Mo Luo, the body of Ju Mo[1]!

He opened his mouth and inhaled, swallowing the seven jade tokens which fell from the sky and into his abdomen. He wanted to keep the Yellow Dragon Seven Tokens.

After taking a gigantic step, the giant in golden armor got closer to Ying Long. He grabbed Ying Long’s massive tail and hurled him like a whip, slamming him on the ground repeatedly.

After King Ying Long was harmed by the sword finger, his qi had yet to recover. Thus, he did not have the strength to resist the giant’s attack at all.

He was like a helpless gigantic snake that was being raised and slammed to the ground time after time. Each time he hit the ground, his body would flatten countless mountains and rivers which gave out earth-shattering bangs.

After a short while, the qi of Ying Long who had yet to recover from the previous attack became even more chaotic. His Sea of Consciousness was on the verge of collapsing. As he continued to be slammed by the giant, his injuries became even more severe with his vision slowly becoming blurry as he gradually lost his consciousness for every hit he took. There was nothing he could do to resist other than letting out wrathful and resentful roars.

“Zhou Ming! You’re courting death! How dare you injure me so seriously?! I will kill you! I must kill you!”

“Shut up!”

The golden-armored giant made an angry shout that carried a hint of contempt. Since he had already incapacitated Ying Long, how could he let him go? He must eliminate him today!

With a brutal and violent way, the giant extracted Ying Long’s dragon tendon, peeled off all of his dragon scales, crushed his dragon horns and broke his dragon wings.

Ying Long was racked with intense pain. His skin split and his flesh splattered everywhere. Blood flowed out from his wounds like rivers. At this moment, he finally abandoned his arrogant attitude. He finally felt fear!

“Zhou Ming! You can’t kill me. I am the subordinate of King Dong Long, the lightning lord of the ninetieth floor of the tower! If you kill me, King Dong Long is definitely not going to let you off the hook! Hurry up and let me go!”

A trace of aura force which was extremely close to the Void Fragmentation Realm suddenly arrived at the twenty-fourth floor as if it was responding to Ying Long’s cry for help!

“Ying Long is right. If you dare to touch one of my men, you will die today!”

As soon as this voice fell, an old man in golden robes suddenly descended from the sky. His eyes were as cold as ice.

Just as this man appeared, countless experts on the twenty-fourth floor exclaimed in shock.

“King Dong Long! This man is the lightning lord of the ninetieth floor of this tower. He has come to rescue King Ying Long!”

“It has been said that King Dong Long has already attained the peak of the Absolute Void Stage. He is already a Half-Step Void Fragmentation Realm expert. If it wasn’t for the restrictions of the Black Lightning Tower on the cultivation levels of the undead spirits that prevents anyone from attaining the Void Fragmentation Realm, King Dong Long would have already been at the Void Fragmentation Realm!”

“He had come, unexpectedly. No matter how strong Zhou Ming is, he is certainly not a match for King Dong Long…”

At the moment King Dong Long appeared, hopelessness filled the expressions of Mo Lei, Tai Yue and the others.

King Ying Long who was unrivalled among Void Inquiry Stage experts was already capable of making everyone afraid of him. A Void Pierce Stage old monster, on the other hand, could easily overpower everyone on this floor.

As for an old monster at the Absolute Void Stage, slaughtering everyone on the twenty-fourth floor was as easy as blowing off dust!

However, King Dong Long was not just an Absolute Void Stage old monster but also an expert who was at the peak level of that stage.

Other than true Void Fragmentation Realm experts, who would be able to restrain him?!

“Fellow Daoist Zhou! Let’s retreat at once. We must not face this King Dong Long directly!” Lei Shiyi and the others yelled anxiously.

“No need! He won’t dare to fight me!”

The eyes of the golden-armored giant flashed with killing intent. He applied some force on both of his hands and brutally tore Ying Long into two halves. Then, both of his hands squeezed, turning the dragon corpse into countless pieces of bloody flesh.

At first, King Ying Long felt excitement and was relieved thinking that Ning Fan would certainly not dare to hurt him when King Dong Long had arrived to save him.

However, he did not expect that Ning Fan actually had the guts to kill him in front of King Dong Long. With a miserable cry, his life was ended by Ning Fan.

“How dare you?!”

King Dong Long was filled with rage. He did not expect that a mere Divine Transformation Realm junior would be bold enough to kill his subordinate right in front of him.

Moreover, he had also never expected that Ning Fan would even dare to speak so arrogantly in front of him by saying that he, a mighty being at the Absolute Void Stage, would not be bold enough to fight him who was just a Divine Transformation Realm cultivator!

Humiliation! It was an utter humiliation!

King Dong Long let out a cacophony of laughter due to his extreme rage. He took a step forward and brought his large hands forward. The dragon qi around the sky was like a sword and a halberd. It was rushing directly at Ning Fan.

At the same moment, however, Ning Fan’s body suddenly emanated the aura force of a Void Fragmentation Realm attack. It made King Dong Long’s face instantly pale.

“A-A Void Fragmentation Realm attack?! You actually possess a Void Fragmentation Realm attack?! Who are you?!”

“Get lost! If I see you again, you will be the one who dies!” The golden-armored giant threatened coldly.

King Dong Long hurriedly dismissed his dragon qi. For the first time in his life, he felt anxious and afraid. His mind was filled with doubts and confusion.

Why? Why would Ning Fan, a lowly Divine Transformation Realm cultivator can deliver a Void Fragmentation Realm attack?!

King Dong Long was arrogant and proud. However, in the face of a Void Fragmentation Realm attack, his arrogance was nothing.

He had attained the peak of the Absolute Void Realm. Now, he was just half a step away from the Void Fragmentation Realm. However, he would never be able to break through that gap. He would always be one step away from the Void Fragmentation Realm!

From the strike that Ning Fan possessed in his Stele of Sun and Moon, King Dong Long felt a sense of certain death!

“This young man has a Void Fragmentation Realm attack with him. It is certainly unwise to make him my enemy!”

“Despite having such a strong trump card, he only decided to chase me away but did not try to face me directly. I can assume that displaying that Void Fragmentation Realm attack will take a great toll on him… Perhaps he just has a single attack and he does not want to waste it on me…”

“No matter what, this man has such a frightening trump card with him. I must never offend him just because of Ying Long…”