Chapter 521 - The World Creating Stone, Giant Zhi Huo (2/2)
At this moment, the total amount of his magic power was no longer at the Half-Step Void Refinement Realm.
At this moment, the total amount of his magic power had already gone beyond one million units, exceeding the standard of the Void Refinement Realm!
“I actually am going to break through to the Void Refinement Realm right now!”
Ning Fan put down his storage pouch and immediately sat in a meditative position. He was stark naked as he circulated his qi. He dismissed all of his miscellaneous thoughts and entered into his cultivation state as fast as possible.
Originally, he had planned to achieve the Void Refinement Realm using the blood wine. However, who could predict that Hong Yi would give him five hundred and fifty thousand units of magic power which allowed him to reach the bottleneck of the Void Refinement Realm?!
Since his magic power had gone beyond the boundary of the Void Refinement Realm, it was difficult to suppress it. Ning Fan needed to break through the bottleneck of the Void Refinement Realm right now. He could no longer wait for the blood wine to be brewed…
Now, the blood wine would now be reserved as a method to increase his cultivation base after achieving the Void Refinement Realm.
He must achieve the breakthrough at this very moment or else his immortal veins would collapse due to the immense magic power from his separated soul!
“What is void…?”
Ning Fan closed his eyes, recalling the insights he obtained back in the Sovereign Tomb. His heart gradually became as calm as still water.
Infusing the comprehension of ‘void’ into one’s magic power, eyes and breathing… That’s the Void Refinement!
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Outside Ning Fan’s room, his women had stood guard for another three full months.
Xu Qiuling and the rest had seen Hong Yi enter his room. Moreover, they even saw the two of them sitting opposite to each other without any clothes.
Luckily, Ning Fan did not do any intimate activities with Hong Yi. Other than Yue Lingkong and Ming Que who were slightly dissatisfied, the other women could tell that Hong Yi and Ning Fan were doing something important. Thus, they did not disturb them.
“Who is that lady?! How dare she seduce my Brother Biscuit? She is too much!”
Ming Que was truly dissatisfied. Ning Fan was her personal “biscuit baking master”. How could a random lady take her Brother Biscuit away from her?!
“Wasn’t she the one we met at the Lightning Bamboo Island?! Why does she always visit Little Cucumber lately?! Since when did Little Cucumber have such a close relationship with her? The two of them sat face to face without wearing any clothes. Aren’t they afraid of encountering an accident? Aren’t they scared of catching a cold?! What if Little Cucumber can’t hold himself back?! Wait. This isn’t right. Since Little Cucumber is so handsome, that female devil in red robes might be the one who would fail to restrain herself! What if that red-robed lady pushes Little Cucumber to the bed and do it with him? Wouldn’t I be cuckolded by her?! I can’t let this happen. I must save Little Cucumber!”
Under the flag of justice and righteousness, Yue Lingkong was anxious to go inside the room and eliminate Hong Yi to save Ning Fan from trouble.
Xu Qiuling gently rubbed her forehead, feeling a mild headache. Yue Lingkong and Ming Que were too noisy and hot-headed. Other than Ning Fan, no one could control them.
It was at this moment that an extremely powerful aura force suddenly rushed out of Ning Fan’s room.
In the meantime, countless layers of heavenly tribulation clouds appeared in the sky above them!
“This is… the Void Glimpse Stage heavenly tribulation! Someone is breaking through to the Void Glimpse Stage! Who is it?! Could it be Little Cucumber?!” Yue Lingkong stopped being boisterous and her eyes started to be filled with worry.
“Isn’t Big Brother a ‘Void Inquiry Stage’ expert? Why is he facing the Void Glimpse Stage heavenly tribulation now?” Xu Qiuling looked puzzled.
“The power of this heavenly tribulation… is quite unusual! It’s too huge!” Su Yan said as her face turned pale.
In the Giant Devil Clan, Old Ancestor Dong Xu, Venerated Sword, Venerated Pill, Ju Qing and the others were sitting in the main hall, discussing something.
All of a sudden, the aura force of a heavenly tribulation spread across the entire Giant Devil Clan. The four venerated beings rose to their feet and dashed out from the hall. Staring at the tribulation clouds in the sky, all of them were extremely shocked.
“A Void Glimpse Stage heavenly tribulation… How is this possible?! Who is breaking through to the Void Glimpse Stage?!” Venerated Sword was the first person who lost his composure.
“It’s him…” Dong Xu shifted his gaze toward the direction of Ning Fan’s mansion. That was the place where the heavenly tribulation was gathered.
“I’ve already witnessed the Void Glimpse Stage heavenly tribulation once. But the heavenly tribulation this time is much more formidable than the one I saw… It’s really my first time seeing such a frightening Void Glimpse Stage heavenly tribulation… Even the Void Inquiry Stage heavenly tribulation of some Void Inquiry Stage experts did not have power that vigorous!” Venerated Pill recalled the heavenly tribulation when Ming Que attained the Void Glimpse Stage in the past. Compared to Ning Fan’s heavenly tribulation, both of them were simply completely different!”
The sky within the area of two hundred thousand li* (500m per li) was completely covered with fiery-red clouds of fire tribulation that shielded the sun.
The sky looked as if it was burning. Countless snow melted into water due to the heat from the clouds, causing a rain to fall upon the Cold Northern Country.
In the sky above, the shadow of a fire giant was faintly visible. It was clad in divine armor, standing above the layers of fire clouds while staring coldly at Ning Fan below.
Many cultivators who had vast knowledge were instantly terrified as soon as they saw the fire giant.
“That giant… Could it be a giant of legend – a Dao Guardian?!!”
“According to legends, a Dao Guardian is a puppet of the ancient immortal guard who upholds the Heavenly Dao. It doesn’t have life! The Dao Guardians will only appear under one condition – when a cultivator that the Heavenly Dao can’t tolerate appears. The Dao Guardian will then emerge to eliminate that person on behalf of Heaven! The power of the heavenly tribulation that the Dao Guardian personally performs is more than ten times stronger than ordinary fire tribulations. No cultivator will be able to survive it!”
“Could it be that the reason why a Dao Guardian appeared this time is to kill Marquis White Robe?!”
The eyes of every cultivator turned toward Ning Fan’s mansion. All of their expressions were filled with disbelief.
The eyes of the fire giant standing on the fire clouds in the sky were vacant as they focused at Ning Fan’s direction. Then, it began speaking using a jerky tone.
“I am… Zhi Huo! Cultivator Ning Fan has committed too much slaughter and defied heaven’s harmony multiple times. He cannot be forgiven. I will summon the flames on behalf of Heaven to eliminate you from the Rain World.”
As soon as the giant’s voice fell, all the fire clouds shook, sending countless heavenly fire meteors down toward Ning Fan’s room.
Inside the room, Ning Fan suddenly opened his eyes with his face filled with surprise.
“A Dao Guardian! After breaking through to the Void Refinement Realm, I actually drew the Heavenly Dao’s attention and made it try to eliminate me. Is this the price of committing too much slaughter in my life…?”
“Even though I killed people like scything flax all my life, I trampled corpses like a carp moving down a stream, I bathed in a sea of blood from a heavy downpour of blood, I never felt guilty. Even though I took many lives, I never lost my conscience. I cannot accept the fact that Heaven wants me dead. Neither am I willing to bow down and await my death. The only option I have left is to fight against Heaven for my survival!”
In the next instant, Ning Fan turned into a ray of light and dashed out from the roof, soaring into the sky.
The air around him was filled with cold rain. The sky was also densely covered with terrifying tribulation clouds of flames that seemed endless.
Ning Fan raised his head and looked the fire giant that was named Zhi Huo in the eye.
This giant was not a living thing. Instead, it was a mere puppet. However, this puppet possessed a terrifying cultivation base comparable to the Void Fragmentation Realm, making it extremely scary!
Faced with the falling fire meteors from the sky, Ning Fan suddenly touched the air as fast as lightning, summoning multiple halos. The halos expanded and several fire vortexes appeared out of nowhere. It was obviously Ning Fan’s Fire Plucking Technique!
The flames from the heavenly tribulation were absorbed into his Stele of Sun and Moon while the tribulations clouds were forcibly taken away.
Seeing that the fire tribulation could not harm Ning Fan, the fire giant did not utter a word. However, it raised its hand and pointed at Ning Fan, abruptly dispersing its Void Fragmentation Realm aura force.
“The Heavenly Dao as the cauldron… You will be the pill… Refine!”
All of a sudden, a seemingly real but intangible flame enveloped Ning Fan, turning into a massive pill cauldron that was formed out of fire.
When Ning Fan got trapped within the pill cauldron, his body was burned by the void flames. He could feel the giant was really trying to burn him like a pill.
“Those who go against Heaven deserve more than death! The only outcome for those who ruin heaven’s harmony is death!” Giant Zhi Huo spoke indifferently.
Inside the pill cauldron, Ning Fan’s eyes glinted.
Did this mere giant puppet get addicted to torturing me?
Since it’s a puppet… should I just capture him?!
The Life Imprisonment Technique specializes in handling all kinds of puppets. Even though this technique might not be able to subdue this Void Fragmentation Realm puppet, is it possible to capture it by sneak-attacking him using the technique with Luo You’s help?
Ning Fan’s mind was thinking about the probability of capturing this giant puppet. As for Giant Zhi Huo’s renowned identity as a messenger of the Heavenly Dao, it was not within his thoughts…
“Little You Er, I want to capture that giant puppet. Could you help me calculate what my success rate would be?”
“Have you lost your mind? He is a Dao Guardian!” Luo You, who was initially calm and composed, was shocked by Ning Fan’s plan.
“Will I offend anyone if I capture him?” Ning Fan was just considering the probability and consequences of his action.
“No, you won’t. You will just offend the ‘First Ring’ of the Heavenly Dao in the mortal realm. From then onward, the heavenly tribulation you are going to face will be more brutal than the previous ones… Sooner or later, you will be killed by the heavenly tribulation while facing them in the future!”
“It doesn’t matter if there are more heavenly tribulations… The heavenly tribulation I am currently facing is already quite fearsome. Thus, I am not afraid of facing a more fearsome one. This giant wants to kill me. It’s impossible for me to sit here and wait for my death. Which is why I might as well capture him. Besides, no pain no gain. In order to obtain a Void Fragmentation Realm puppet, one has to pay a price, right? Sacrificing future heavenly tribulations in exchange for a Void Fragmentation Realm puppet is a quite reasonable deal.”
“Do you really want to capture it? The heavenly tribulations you’ll face in the future will be really terrifying.” Luo You understood that Ning Fan had already decided. Thus, she was too lazy to continue persuading him.
She had never been a timid person in the first place. She was just shocked by Ning Fan’s bold idea.
Since she was a dignified true immortal, she naturally would not be afraid of a Void Fragmentation Realm Dao Guardian, much less a mere First Ring of the Heavenly Dao.
“I just want to find out what our chances of success would be if you help me. If it’s too low, then I’ll skip this option.”
Even though Ning Fan was trapped inside the pill cauldron of flames, his mind was rapidly coming up with a plan to capture the puppet.
Throughout his journey of devil cultivation, he had committed far too many killings. Now, he finally faced Heaven’s punishment.
Unfortunately, he was not a weakling who would accept his life to end like this.
Old Devil did not teach him much. However, he imparted his domineering Devil Dao to him.
If Old Devil were here, he would certainly be excited to capture the giant of the Heavenly Dao with Ning Fan.
After all, Old Devil was also a lawless person.
“After capturing this giant, I can obtain a Void Fragmentation Realm puppet! However, I must first get out of this pill cauldron.”
Ning Fan looked around the massive cauldron he was trapped in. The temperature of the flames inside was extremely high. Even though he had the Stele of Sun and Moon protecting him, he could faintly feel that he could not withstand the flames.
He tried to use the Fire Plucking Technique but it could not restrain the flames of the pill cauldron using the Stele of Sun and Moon.
There were some ancient runes in the flames. Those runes prevented the flames from being absorbed by the Stele of Sun and Moon.
The magic technique which the giant puppet used was truly not simple. He was really a divine messenger of the Heavenly Dao.
“How can I break free from this fire cauldron…?”
Just as Ning Fan’s voice fell, a scorching fire wave rushed toward him, engulfing him completely.
That fire wave transformed into a huge qilin breathing hot waves of flames. Its presence was truly majestic. Right after it appeared, it began wreaking havoc within the cauldron.
In the outside world, the fire giant finished a hand seal and coldly uttered.
“I’ve already displayed the Qilin Technique. He is dead for sure…”
“Hehe… He is my good younger brother. I can’t let you kill him casually.” An indistinct teasing containing a hint of coldness reverberated across the sea of flames caused by the qilin.
“Even if you are the messenger of the First Ring of the Heavenly Dao, don’t ever think you can harm Ning Fan in front of me!”
(Note: The First Ring of the Heavenly Dao is the weakest Heavenly Dao. The Heavenly Dao in the Four Heavens is the Second Ring of the Heavenly Dao. The Heavenly Dao of the upper realm will not hold grudges if you offend the Heavenly Dao in the mortal realm.)