Chapter 481 - Restoring the Ancestors and Devil Conferral (6) (1/2)

Immortal Emperor Mo Zhong’s appearance gradually became younger and he eventually turned into a refined young man with a cold expression completely.

He was born in an ancient immortal domain. He had stepped into the path of cultivation since birth and at a young age, he already had access to countless cultivation resources supplied by his family. He still kept his juvenile appearance even when he had attained the Reckless Devil Realm.

Compared to Ning Fan who entered the cultivation path halfway in his life, Mo Zhong clearly started his journey earlier and had a much higher and better starting point.

All of a sudden, two rays of light which were as dazzling as the sun shone within his cold piercing eyes.

His eyes gave off an extraordinary wave of pressure, just like the sunlight shining over the entire world and the radiance of the galaxy descended from the ninth heavens.

“When I was at the Early Reckless Devil Realm, the divine weapon I held was a Two-Star Divine Weapon called Sad Devil Axe.”

At this moment, it was impossible for Immortal Emperor Mo Zhong to forge the Sad Devil Axe right away to fight Ning Fan.

He lifted one of his fingers and the turbid sea of blood beneath his feet suddenly turned so clear that it could even show his own reflection.

As he willed it, the reflection on the sea of blood slowly presented an ink painting of his memories.

That panting in the water was the drawing of the scenery of an ancient immortal domain with a vague young man in black robes holding an axe to fight others.

Mo Zhong reached out his hand to the water and scooped something out like fishing the moon from its reflection on the water. Surprisingly, he actually picked out the axe that was in the painting.

With a flick of his finger, the imaginary axe shadow gradually solidified and eventually became a real dark golden divine axe that was a Two-Star Divine Weapon. It was none other than the Sad Devil Axe that Mo Zhong used in his youth.

“Transforming illusions into reality!”

Ning Fan’s eyes turned solemn. The method which Immortal Emperor Mo Zhong used to summon his Sad Devil Axe was actually the Transforming Illusions Into Reality Technique that only a True Immortal Realm being could attain!

Being able to witness an ancient great immortal emperor displaying this kind of technique with his own eyes certainly was an extremely rare chance. It would be greatly beneficial to him in comprehending the word “truth” in the future!

“Let’s begin.”

Mo Zhong reminded Ning Fan and made a step forward suddenly. His body dissipated into countless traces of smoke. The movement technique he had just used was doubtlessly the Void Teleportation Technique!

Mo Zhong who was at the Early Reckless Realm Devil already showed an excellent innate talent in teleportation technique as he could travel at a speed comparable to that of a Void Pierce Stage expert.

Ning Fan felt a massive sense of danger coming from his back. He activated his demon eye and devil eye to their full capacity but he could only capture a trace of Mo Zhong’s afterimage.

Without hesitation, Ning Fan summoned his Eight Black Burning Wins. As he flapped his wings, he turned into a ray of firelight and disappeared from his original spot.

Just a split second after he vanished, the shiny cutting edge of an axe slashed downwards at his back and cut through the air.

The force of that slash had cut the sea of blood which occupied hundreds of thousands of li* (500m per li) into two. Countless pieces of skies shattered under that strike!

The slash of the axe was strong enough to instantly kill a Void Inquiry Stage expert. Even Ning Fan’s Primordial Lightning Armor might not necessarily be able to withstand the force of the attack!

“Your movement speed isn’t half bad.”

Mo Zhong revealed himself with an axe in his hand and complimented in a flat voice. Ning Fan also showed himself at ten thousand zhang* (3.33m per zhang) away from Mo Zhong. His back was already cold and wet.

Mo Zhong’s actions were too fast. If Ning Fan was slightly slower just now, he would have been severely injured by his axe…

Ning Fan did not dare to be complacent. He touched his glabella and Separation Slayer Sword flew out in a ray of starlight and appeared in his hand.

Seeing that Ning Fan also had a Two-Star Divine Weapon, Mo Zhong nodded his head slightly in approval and straight away charged at him directly.

“The First Style of Sad Devil Axe, Strength!”

Mo Zhong raised his axe and gathered his essence qi on the muscles and bones of his single arm which held the weapon. He channeled the strength of his entire body into the Sad Devil Axe and fired it out in the next moment.

The initial destructive power of the axe was already capable of instantly killing a Void Inquiry Stage expert. When he used the first technique to wield his axe that created the ultimate strength by utilizing the sudden burst of his essence qi, it was comparable to the axe attack delivered by a cultivator with the Third Level of the Golden Body Realm!

Ning Fan activated his devil eye and studied all the movements of Mo Zhong’s essence qi.

It was a profound method of using the essence qi. By gathering all essence qi in one’s weapon, it could greatly boost the destructive power of the weapon in an instant.

Ning Fan raised his Separation Slayer Sword vertically. He mustered the essence qi of his whole body from the golden orifices and gathered it in the muscles and bones of the hand he used to wield the sword.

The Separation Slayer Sword which was originally as light as a feather became heavier and was filled with power at the next moment. Ning Fan made a swing and delivered a sword attack towards the Sad Devil Axe.

*Bang*

As the both attacks ran into each other, Mo Zhong moved half a step backwards, feeling amazed. Undoubtedly, he was amazed by the ability of Ning Fan’s devil eye which allowed him to see through the movement of others’ essence qi and imitated their techniques.

“Your devil eye isn’t half bad.” Mo Zhong said indifferently.

Even though he had also learnt a similar ability that allowed him to steal others’ techniques by peeking their essence qi after becoming an immortal emperor, he definitely did not know about any technique like this when he was at the Reckless Devil Realm.

When Ning Fan received the impact from the force of Mo Zhong’s axe, he was pushed tens of steps backwards. Many parts of the bones in his arm were fractured. The sudden explosive force of Mo Zhong’s attack was too terrifying. Even though he had imitated him and used the same technique on him, he was still at a disadvantage.

Well, he certainly had no idea that Mo Zhong struck fear into countless Void Pierce Stage old monsters using this technique when he was at the Early Reckless Devil Realm.

The battle intent in Ning Fan grew stronger. His eyes showed no sign of fear. He pointed a finger at the sky and ninety-nine black stars appeared. With his body basking in the starlight, the fractures of his bones were immediately healed.

He flapped his fire wings and approached Mo Zhong again. His actions surprised Immortal Emperor Mo Zhong a little. The latter was not only surprised by his Black Star Technique but also his spirit.

He had obviously suffered a minor loss in the earlier confrontation but he was not frustrated. Instead, he still pressed forward with greater courage and will to fight Mo Zhong with sheer strength. He really was an audacious man.

“Strength!”

Ning Fan raised his Separation Slayer Sword and the weight of the sword made him feel like he was brandishing a mountain. When he activated his essence qi this time, he became more adept than before in controlling it. The strength he could unleashed became greater.

With his black hair dancing wildly in the air, Mo Zhong lifted his axe once again which split the heavens apart and withstood the incoming Separation Slayer Sword from NIng Fan.

*Clank*

It was another collision between the sword and the axe. Mo Zhong moved back one step while Ning Fan backed off for twenty steps.

Nearly at the same time they both were pushed backwards, Ning Fan dashed towards Mo Zhong again and swung his sword at the Sad Devil Axe.

After being sent backwards and charging forward over and over again, Ning Fan became more proficient in using “strength”. During their final clash with their weapons, both he and Mo Zhong only moved back three steps. The strength he used had actually reached the same level as Mo Zhong’s.

Since it was difficult for Mo Zhong to win against Ning Fan using his strength, he altered the flow of his essence qi and gathered them on his feet and the wrist that held the weapon.

“The Second Style of Sad Devil Axe, Speed!”

*Chi*

All of a sudden, his movement speed was boosted up explosively. Before his afterimage had even disappeared, his axe had already arrived at Ning Fan’s head.

It was still a little unsuitable to describe the speed he wielded his axe as fast as lightning. There was no Void Inquiry Stage expert who would be able to see the tracks of his axe vividly. Even though Ning Fan had activated all his demon eye, devil eye and human eye, he just managed to capture a trace of shadow of the axe’s trajectory.

However, it was already enough for him to defend against that attack.

“Speed!”

After mastering the control of strength, Ning Fan became more and more skilled in using his essence qi. When he witnessed Mo Zhong using the second technique, he just copied him completely.

The Separation Slayer Sword was already very light in the first place. After using his essence qi to drastically enhance its speed, the sword light of the slash he made was slightly faster than the shadow of Mo Zhong’s axe.

Just before Mo Zhong’s axe landed on his head, he had already pointed the tip of his finger at the former’s dantian, slightly piercing through his robes. Ning Fan would be able to cut his primordial spirit to pieces before having his head split by his axe.

“You’re pretty fast.”

Mo Zhong was rather impressed. Even though it was common sense that an axe was slower than a sword, the fact that Ning Fan’s actions were faster than him made him rather shocked.

Mo Zhong literally stopped the movement of his axe and hurriedly got away from Ning Fan to evade his sword light, knowing that he could not outpace him.

Then, he changed his essence qi once again. This time, he channeled every last trace of it into the edge of his axe.

“The Third Style of Sad Devil Axe, Shadow!”

This time, Mo Zhong made a cut in the air. However, it multiplied into forty-eight million axe shadows in the sky and every one of them was powerful enough to cut through a Golden Core Realm cultivator.

The total sum of destructive power of forty-eight million axe shadows could instantly kill Void Inquiry Stage expert!

Ning Fan’s eyes turned stern. The third style that Immortal Emperor Mo Zhong used was nothing fancy. It was just maximizing the potential of the strength, speed and shadows of the axe. This technique was suitable to use in any kinds of magic techniques and Devil Martial Art. In a way, the level of this technique exemplified the so-called simplicity of the Great Dao.

Ning Fan brandished his sword light and a rush of quiet and somber sword intent rose around him.