Chapter 527 - The Immemorial Fisherman’s Raincoat Painting! (2/2)
Unless his cultivation base breaks through to the Absolute Void Stage, it would be extremely difficult for him to face the attacks from the fishing lines head-on…
“He really does not recognize the Immemorial Fishing Lines Technique… Fine. I shall use the third wave of attack to test him for one last time.”
Fang Si activated his Taiyi Five Elements Scrolls one last time. The power of five elements from the five scroll paintings transformed into five massive dragons which hovered in the sky above!
Fire Dragon. Ice Dragon. Earth Dragon. Wood Dragon. Lightning Dragon!
Each of the dragons was six thousand zhang* (3.33m per zhang) long. Just a single dragon alone had the strength that could make them unrivalled among all Void Inquiry Stage cultivators!
When the five dragons attack at once, even a Void Pierce Stage expert would have trouble withstanding their joint attacks!
What was more critical was that Fang Si would include the terrifying black fishing lines in the dragons’ attacks to strike Ning Fan stealthily.
From Fang Si’s perspective, Ning Fan definitely had no way to resist this attack!
Fang Si did not have the intention to kill Ning Fan. After all, he was still useful to the Rain Sovereign. Without the Rain Sovereign’s order, no one would dare to endanger his life.
His attack would at most inflict some injuries to Ning Fan. His initial objective was just to test Ning Fan out and he harbored no enmity.
“There is no point in continuing this session any longer. This kid is certainly not my opponent. Once this wave of attacks ends, we’ll bring King Jin back to the Serene Heaven Palace and report to the Sixth Prince about our findings.”
Fang Si passed a message to Fang Sheng via telepathy. The way he talked sounded like victory was already in his hands.
As he directed his finger at Ning Fan, the five massive dragons emitted ear-splitting roars and unhinged their jaws. Each of their mouths was gathering a five-colored energy ball. If they blast out the energy blast, Ning Fan would suffer grievous injuries!
Ning Fan did not try to escape or hide from the attacks. Faced with the five massive dragons, he just closed his eyes and countless thoughts ran across his mind.
It was not difficult to neutralize the joint attacks of the five dragons. In fact, it was just as simple as breaking the five mountains and five seas.
The only problem was how he should deal with the black fishing lines that were hiding within the attacks.
“I found those black fishing lines rather familiar. They look like the white Dao line that I saw that day when I sent Ning Gu to his reincarnation… That white line was the Dao Line of Life. These black lines are rather similar to the Dao Line of Life but their power is completely different. Could they be… the Dao Lines of Death?!”
“No. They aren’t the true Dao Lines of Death. Even though the black fishing lines that Fang Si’s displayed resemble the Dao Lines of Death, they aren’t really them. There is no Dao Force in his fishing lines. They seem to be just some intentional imitations… It can’t be wrong. The black fishing lines must be imitations of the Dao Lines of Death!”
“In that case, the white fishing net that Fang Sheng used should be an ability that is invented by imitating the Dao Line of Life… Little You Er said before that the Dao Lines of Life and Death are something that only Life Immortal Realm beings could master. These two individuals could imitate the Life Immortal Realm abilities. That’s why the black fishing lines are so difficult to deal with…”
Ning Fan opened his eyes and raised his palm. He was deep in thought while looking at the traces of white Dao Lines on his palm.
“Fang Si is only able to imitate the Dao Line of Death. I, on the other hand, could see the Dao Line of Life. I might be able to neutralize the power of the black fishing lines by restraining death with life…”
Ning Fan shifted his gaze toward the five howling dragons. Then, he abruptly activated his Fu Li Demon Blood and made a series of hand seals to display a magic technique.
Five enormous black tombstones appeared in the sky above successively. There was a black dragon’s shadow revolving around each of the tombstones.
It was the Five Graves of Dragon Burial Technique!
The five massive dragons represented the five elements while the Five Graves of Dragon Burial Technique specialized in breaking the five elements!
When the five dragons die, the black dragon shall rise! When the five elements vanish, the five graves shall emerge!
As Ning Fan’s hand seal changed, the five tombstones rushed toward the five massive dragons all of a sudden and struck them down, causing each of them to fall down from the sky while spurting out blood!
What was especially frightening about the five tombstones was that they suddenly produced the black dragon’s sealing power that sealed off all the element powers of the five dragons within the tombstones.
Afterward, the five tombstones produced countless of their own shadows that bombarded upon the Taiyi Five Elements Scrolls.
The five scroll paintings that were floating in midair were all destroyed by the tombstones!
“My Taiyi Five Elements Scrolls!” Fang Si’s expression was filled with shock. He had never expected that Ning Fan could break his precious treasures.
Before the first wave of shock had yet to diminish, the second wave assailed him in a more violent manner!
After the five dragons were sealed off, the countless black fishing lines broke out from them and went for Ning Fan in an unstoppable manner like pouring rain.
This time, Ning Fan no longer tried to run away from the attacks of the black fishing lines. He raised his palm to imitate Fang Si’s black fishing lines and extracted countless white fishing lines. He then scattered them across the air, letting them collide against the incoming black fishing lines.
*Zi* *Zi* *Zi*
There was not an earth-shattering bang upon their collisions except for some strange sizzling noises.
Fishing lines of two different colors were mysteriously offsetting each other!
Fang Si’s black fishing lines technique was directly neutralized!
“How is this possible?!”
Fang Si stared at the occurrence in front of him in disbelief!
He was extremely certain that the white fishing lines that Ning Fan summoned had no relation to the Immemorial Fisherman’s Mino. It was a magic technique that he used right after he learned it at this moment!
What he found difficult to believe was that the white fishing lines that Ning Fan extracted contained an extremely terrifying Dao Force. He completely had no idea what constituted the white fishing lines!
Well, how could Fang Si figure out at his current level that the white fishing lines that Ning Fan produced were the Dao Lines of Life?!
The moment Fang Si was distracted, Ning Fan flapped his Eight Black Burning Wings and charged at him!
Ning Fan gathered all his magic power and essence qi to his palm and delivered one hundred and eight palm imprints at Fang Si’s directions.
The way Ning Fan used the Execution Devil Palm became more and more skilled. When he displayed that palm attack with his current cultivation base, it actually made Fang Si feel that it was difficult to withstand!
“This is bad! This palm attack is not easy to take on!”
Staring at the huge palm imprint produced by the Execution Devil Palm, Fang Si’s eyes widened with shock.
His greatest technique was no doubt the immemorial fishing line technique. However, Ning Fan had cancelled it out completely using his Dao Line of Life, rendering Fang Si unable to condense his fishing line within a short period of time.
As for his greatest magic treasure, the Taiyi Five Elements Scrolls, they were also destroyed by Ning Fan’s Five Graves of Dragon Burial Technique…
The other techniques and weapons that Fang Si had were not powerful enough to withstand the attack of the Execution Devil Palm!
Panic-stricken, Fang Si immediately took out a small green shield and placed it in front of him. Right after that, he retreated in a ray of travelling light, trying to avoid the incoming devil palm imprint.
The small green shield was a Mid Grade Mortal Void Defensive Treasure. Upon impact, it was instantly shattered by the Execution Devil Palm!
Fang Si’s speed was not slow but the speed of the palm imprint was much faster!
At this moment, Fang Si no longer had the calm that he had when controlling the fishing lines earlier. All he could think of at this moment was to run for his life to evade the devil palm attack. However, no matter how hard he tried, he still could not outrun the palm attack.
“Ahh!”
A miserable shriek echoed across the sky. With eyes filled with immense shock, Fang Si spurted out blood and fell down from the sky with grievously injuries!
He, who was a Void Pierce Stage expert as well as the dignified vice palace lord of the Serene Heaven Palace, had actually lost to Ning Fan!
Looking at Fang Si who was falling down from the sky like a kite with a broken string, Ning Fan did not continue to pursue him. He just immediately took a pill to recover his magic power and coldly shifted his gaze to a direction in the sky above him.
“You’ve been spying on me for quite some time. Are you still not going to reveal yourself?”
*Clap* *Clap* *Clap*
Sounds of handclap suddenly resounded from an empty space in the sky above.
This young man’s long hair was tied to one side. His face had a scar so deep that his bone was visible to the naked eyes. His eyes remained partially closed and he wore an ambiguous smile.
Even though he was just smiling at Ning Fan, he gave Ning Fan chills from the depths of his bones.
This man is dangerous!
“Hehe. Marquis White Robe has great techniques. Even though you are just at the Void Glimpse Stage, you’ve managed to defeat Fang Si who is at the Void Pierce Stage depending on your ancient devil ability. It really impressed me…” The young man with a scarred face was still smiling faintly.
“Beware! This man is a cultivator at the First Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm. Besides, his body contains the Life Qi and Death Qi. It’s a sign that he has comprehended the Dao Lines of Life and Death… You must not underestimate him!” Within the Profound Yin World, Luo You warned.
Ning Fan, of course, knew that this young man was someone significant. After all, he could feel an extremely immense sense of danger from him.
Ning Fan could already guess the man’s identity judging from the reason of his appearance in his place.
“Scarlet Heaven Palace Lord, Ning Fan, greets ‘Poison Cloud Prince’!”
Poison Cloud Prince’s name was Yun Youmu. He was ranked sixth among the seven princes of the Rain Palace and he was the prince who took care of the Serene Heaven Palace.
Ning Fan’s mind was full of thoughts as he was secretly thinking about the reason that brought Yun Youmu here.
From Fang Si’s actions, Ning Fan could tell that Fang Si must have followed Yun Youmu’s orders to test him.
As for what they were trying to find out from him, Ning Fan completely had no idea. However, seeing that Yun Youmu did not seem to harbor any hostility, Ning Fan guessed that they failed to get the thing they wanted from him.
Just as Ning Fan was contemplating, Yun Youmu suddenly opened his eyes. His dark green eyes flashed with cold light, just like the eyes of a venomous snake. Then, he took out an ancient portrait and laid it out in front of Ning Fan.
“Have you seen this portrait before?!” His tone sounded firm, not allowing anyone to lie!
Ning Fan did not expect that Yun Youmu would do such strange actions. Even so, Ning Fan did not look surprised. He just scanned past the portrait indifferently.
Without a doubt, it was a portrait that was produced not long ago as the ink on the portrait was still yet to turn dry.
The portrait was a depiction of a fisherman wearing a black mino. The fisherman held a black fishing rod. Beside him, there was a white fishing net. He was sitting on a river boat, fishing all alone by the cold river under the snowy sky…
“Never.” There was no reason for Ning Fan to lie. His expression was natural and free from any pretense.
“Is that so? So it turns out to be a misunderstanding. Let me apologize.” Yun Youmu narrowed his eyes once again and revealed a faint innocent smile.
However, he suddenly drew a dark green sword from his waist and made a slash at Fang Si and King Jin. His actions were lightning fast.
The slash that King Jin took had literally shredded him into pieces. It was a fatal strike as even his primordial spirit was unable to escape.
As for the slash that Fang Si took, it severed one of his arms.
“Sixth Prince, what is all this about?” Ning Fan asked with a neutral expression.
“Marquis White Robe is the Scarlet Heaven Palace Lord. Fang Si, however, is just the vice palace lord of the Serene Heaven Palace. Today, Fang Si has attacked Marquis White Robe. What he did is considered to be disrespecting his superior. Thus, I gave him a punishment and compensated Marquis White Robe for his misbehavior. Hopefully Marquis White Robe won’t hold grudges against me because of some minor mistakes that Fang Si made…” Yun Youmu seemed like he would only keep his eyes partially open forever.
“Of course, I can give Marquis White Robe some other compensation. As long as Marquis White Robe can name it and I am able to do it, I will certainly not refuse!”
Ning Fan stared at Yun Youmu in silence, as if he wanted to see through the latter’s true intention.
The way this man did things was utterly out of the ordinary and it made people unable to catch what he was really thinking.
When Ning Fan was pondering Yun Youmu’s objective of coming to this assembly, Luo You who was inside the Profound Yin World was in deep surprise after looking at the portrait!
“It’s the Immemorial Fisherman’s Mino! It can’t be wrong. The portrait that Yun Youmu drew is imitating the Immemorial Fisherman’s Mino! The Immemorial Fisherman’s Mino… That is one of the four ancient portraits that is said to contain the ‘Dao Path of Life and Death’!”
Translated by Tommy, edited by Roel