Chapter 520 - That Feeling Goes Deep Into The Bone Marrow (2/2)
“My corpse is being shackled by Heavenly Dao Locks in the left wing of the Thunder God Palace. The other half of my primordial spirit was planted with a sinful seal which kept it in the right wing of the palace. You’ll be responsible for retrieving them both! Be it the Heavenly Dao Locks or the sinful seal, I suppose you can erase them with ease using the power of your Wind Mist Technique.” Hong Yi firmly said without giving Ning Fan the chance to refuse.
“What about you?”
“Me? I’m going to do some housecleaning and get rid of a creature that has betrayed its master!”
Hong Yi’s eyes flashed with killing intent. She took a gentle step forward and jumped down from the thunder cloud. Then, she smirked in the direction of the Thunder God Palace.
“Why haven’t you revealed yourself?! Roll out here!”
As Hong Yi let out a roar, columns of black qi which resembled dark clouds rushed out from the palace, condensing into a black ape with the height of ten thousand zhang* (3.33m per zhang).
The huge ape’s body was bound with shackles. Its blood-red eyes that were filled with resentment looked at Hong Yi in shock.
“Impossible! Your physical body and primordial spirit are still sealed inside the Thunder God Palace. How can you appear outside the palace?!”
“Why? Aren’t you going to call me ‘Master’ again, Ti Hun?!” The killing intent in Hong Yi’s eyes intensified.
“You aren’t my master! I only have one master and he is the Rain Sovereign! You must die!” The huge ape that was named Ti Hun roared in anger and violently let out its aura force that was at the First Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm.
Ning Fan had been quiet all this time. Even though he did not know exactly why Thunder Sovereign Bu Zhou died in the past, he could tell what happened in general from their conversations.
Hong Yi’s death was probably related to the betrayal of this huge ape.
And the person who caused her death was probably the Rain Sovereign.
“Why are you still standing here? Head inside the Thunder God Place and retrieve my corpse and primordial spirit!” Hong Yi suddenly flicked her sleeve and commanded the red lotus thunder cloud to dash past the giant ape’s defenses at a speed comparable to the Fifth Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm, heading straight into the palace.
The giant ape looked startled. It raised its gigantic palm and hurled it toward the red cloud, trying to stop Ning Fan.
However, Hong Yi’s actions were lightning fast. When she pointed a finger at the sky, hundreds of millions of lightning rays appeared in heaven and earth. They turned into blood-red lightning ropes which tied down the giant ape’s arm, stopping its attack.
“Who are you to injure him in front of me?!” Hong Yi sneered. She lightly lifted her palm and slammed it down on the giant ape.
Even though it was just a random attack, it carried an unimaginable amount of force which made the ape suffocate. Upon receiving Hong Yi’s palm attack head-on, it was sent flying backward with its massive body crushing countless mountains.
*Roar*
The giant ape was in pain and let out a thunderous roar of fury. When it applied its magic power, the shackles on its body all broke. Then, it charged at Hong Yi while flattening mountains and rivers along his path.
Every time their magic techniques clashed, mountains would collapse and rivers would disappear.
Sensing the terrifying power from the battle between Void Fragmentation Realm experts behind him, Ning Fan did not turn back since there was no need for him to do so.
He believed in Hong Yi’s strength. Even if that giant ape had strength at the First Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm, it certainly would not be able to escape death in her hands.
He now had one mission – to retrieve Hong Yi’s physical body and the other half of her primordial spirit from the Thunder God Palace.
From what he heard, Thunder Sovereign Bu Zhou built the Sovereign Tomb herself and hid inside there in an undead state.
From Ning Fan’s perspective, however, she probably encountered betrayal in the past which inflicted her with near-fatal injuries. That was why she let her physical body and the other half of her primordial spirit hide inside the tomb.
As for the reason why the giant ape would be inside the tomb, it was probably because the Rain Sovereign ordered it to guard Hong Yi’s corpse and primordial spirit. It could also be because of some other reasons. Ning Fan could not know for sure.
When he approached the entrance, he jumped down from the thunder cloud and dashed forward in a ray of light. Right afterward, he stopped in front of the large gate.
It was a ten thousand zhang* (3.33m per zhang) tall gate covered with blood-red lightning rays.
The gate was established with layers of lightning formation. Its intensity was at the Immortal Void Grade. Without the Rain Sovereign’s token, even a Void Fragmentation Realm expert would not be able to get past the formations and enter the palace.
Feeling the extraordinary lightning power from the large gate, Ning Fan gently inhaled. Then, he stomped on the summit of the mountain, summoning a massive lightning diagram beneath his feet.
From the moment this lightning diagram appeared, the eyes of Hong Yi who was currently battling against the giant ape were filled with surprise.
“Tai Su Lightning Diagram! This young man truly deserves to be the inheritor of the Tai Su Lightning Star. He can actually display the lightning diagram of the Thunder Sovereign Tai Su. With this lightning diagram, he should be safe inside the Thunder God Palace. As such, I can stop worrying about him anymore and focus on fighting against Ti Hun!”
*Bang*
Ning Fan gently placed his finger on the large gate.
It was not showy but as soon as his finger came into contact with the gate, an unimaginable amount of thunder might spread out from his body. It was as if the person who touched the gate was not Ning Fan but an immortal emperor instead!
That was the finger bone that once belonged to an immortal emperor and it contained supreme lightning might. Every other lightning power could not harm this finger!
The lightning power on the gate dissipated. Ning Fan pushed the door open and walked inside the palace with large steps.
The structure inside the palace was not complicated. It was merely divided into the left and ring wings with many lightning formations and lightning puppets set up there to defend against outsiders.
Ning Fan did not even look at those formations and spiritual puppets. He just quietly walked toward the left wing of the palace.
He had assimilated the Thunder Emperor’s finger bone and condensed the Tai Su Lightning Star. While stepping on the Tai Su Lightning Diagram, his arrival was just like the arrival of the Thunder Emperor herself. None of the lightning formations or lightning puppets were bold enough to harm him!
Ning Fan headed over to the left wing of the palace without experiencing any resistance all the way.
The left part of the palace was extremely empty. Countless huge bronze pillars were built there.
The corpse of a lady wearing red robes was found on one of the pillars. Her body was tied up above the pillar using several steel ropes that gave out immense cold qi.
She was not breathing and seemed like she was in deep slumber. With her eyes closed, her expression looked tranquil and quiet, just like a sleeping beauty.
This corpse was Hong Yi’s previous body.
There were countless wounds on this corpse which were from many battles. Many of them were so deep that the bones were even visible.
Ning Fan could not help but feel sympathy for her when he saw the innumerable wounds on her body.
Even though his relationship with Hong Yi was not yet deep, he actually felt an indescribable wrath when he saw such grievous injuries on her.
It was similar to seeing his best friend of thousands of years getting injured by others, making him unable to suppress his rage.
“This is strange! Why would I feel such anger after seeing the injuries on her body…?” Ning Fan calmed himself down as his eyes turned deep.
Countless thoughts filled his mind. However, he could not figure out the source of his anger no matter what.
“Fine. I’ll cut off these steel ropes first and retrieve her corpse. If I am not mistaken, these steel ropes should have been condensed using the power of the Heavenly Dao – Heavenly Dao Locks…”
When Ning Fan lifted one of his fingers, traces of golden purple mist spread from it. They drifted toward the steel ropes, turning them into ashes.
Beneath the Samsara, all the six realms of existence were as insignificant as ants.
A mere Heavenly Dao was just one of the six realms. It was nothing in front of the power of samsara!
“Break!”
When Ning Fan muttered a single word, the Heavenly Dao Locks which were supposed to be indestructible began to erode!
Weren’t those the Heavenly Dao Locks that even Thunder Sovereign Bu Zhou could not break in the past?! Now they were actually being turned into ashes by Ning Fan’s Wind Mist Finger!
As the steel ropes turned into ashes, Hong Yi’s corpse fell down from the pillar, falling to the ground.
As fast as lightning, Ning Fan leapt forward and caught Hong Yi’s corpse, pulling the body into his embrace.
The icy cold corpse did not have any warmth. However, when Ning Fan held it in his embrace, it gave him a feeling of warmth that he had never felt for a long time.
That feeling of warmth went deep into his bone marrow…
“I got the physical body! But why would I experience such a strange feeling…” Ning Fan said with a confused look.