Chapter 546 - Wiping Out The Heavenly Cloud Country (2) (1/2)
Chapter 546: Chapter 546: Wiping Out The Heavenly Cloud Country (2)
“Fang Sheng, fight me!”
The moment Ning Fan arrived, a heavy aura force appeared which felt as if a torrential mountain rain was about to fall upon the entire cloud mountain.
All the cultivators near the cloud mountain regardless of cultivation level felt difficulties in breathing. All of them were unable to withstand Ning Fan’s forceful aura force.
Yu Chong Er looked up at the sea of clouds and stared at the white-robed young man who stood above the ancient golden sword.
At this moment, Ning Fan was no longer his usual easygoing self. His eyes contained a stubborn determination – the determination to wipe out the eight palaces!
Ning Fan’s current state was similar to the time where he engaged in a bloody battle in the Blood Dragon Pool, powerful and formidable!
“Did White-Robed Marquis come to fight against the palace lords of the other eight palaces to comprehend the rain steles or to establish his might…?” Yu Bai spoke while contemplating.
“No. He’s not fighting for any of those reasons… He must have an extremely important reason to defeat the eight palaces by himself…” Yu Chong Er muttered to herself.
The eyes of all the Divine Transformation Realm revered elders of the Serene Heaven Palace were filled with respect and awe. Not a single Divine Transformation Realm cultivator there could withstand Ning Fan’s aura force. All of them were stupefied and could not move!
Revered Snow could not. The ugly man, Yun Lie, could not, let alone the lowly Nascent Soul Realm divine messenger, Yun Kuang who was directly pinned to the ground by Ning Fan’s aura force!
When they were in Great Jin in the past, Yun Kuang had caused some trouble for Ning Fan several times because of Yin Suqiu. However, Ning Fan destroyed his Dao Heart in return. Fifty years had passed but Yun Kuang’s cultivation base did not improve at all. He had failed to go through the bottleneck of his cultivation multiple times. During his last attempt, both of his eyes were even destroyed by the heavenly tribulation…
Fifty years ago, he was a Nascent Soul Realm old monster while Ning Fan was merely a Harmonious Spirit Realm ant.
Fifty years later, a single trace of Ning Fan’s qi could make him unable to stand on his feet!
“Compared to him, what else can I be other than an insignificant ant…? All I can be is a lowly ant…” Yun Kuang was prostrated on the ground, overwhelmed with frustration and despair.
Ning Fan stood on the peak of the clouds and kept his ancient sword without even sparing Yun Kuang a glance. He was inferior to him in their last encounter and was still inferior to him today.
Ning Fan’s eyes were only focused on Fang Sheng alone, waiting for him to accept his challenge!
“You successively defeated both Marquis Long Nan and Huang Gu. I’m afraid you already possess strength that makes you unrivalled among Void Pierce Stage experts. Then, show me if you really are as strong as me!”
*Chi*
Fang Sheng’s old eyes shone with light. His body turned into a snow-white travelling light and he appeared above the sea of clouds in the next instant. The aura force coming from his body was like a fierce gale, making his white robes flutter in the wind.
Fang Sheng used his magic power and the Ocean of Void immediately emerged beneath his feet. Standing above the Ocean of Void, his magic power seemed endless and inexhaustible.
He lifted one of his fingers which gave off an extremely brilliant cloud light. Then, he pointed it at Ning Fan while shouting coldly.
“Cloud Mask Technique!”
As the cloud light scattered, millions of white clouds formed all around Ning Fan. Each of them had a ghost face which was eerily grinning hideously.
The several millions of ghost faces then started to take in breaths together, sucking in the air around them. Within seconds, they completely devoured the aura force that Ning Fan exuded. Aside from that, traces of magic power were also drawn out from Ning Fan’s body and were absorbed by those ghost faces.
Ning Fan’s expression turned slightly cold as he sensed that the magic power within his body was being drained temporarily. He tried to use his devil flames to get rid of the clouds.
However, just as he tried to produce his devil flames, his magic power was being drained even faster. Even his essence qi was starting to be depleted.
Meanwhile, Ning Fan had a feeling that the clouds with the ghost faces could devour most magic techniques. Even his black flames would not be able to do anything to them… Fang Sheng’s magic technique certainly is strange and wicked.
“This is… A Peak Mortal Void Realm magic technique, Cloud Mask Technique!” A Divine Transformation Realm revered elder regained his mobility and exclaimed in surprise.
“Palace Lord Fang Sheng had once completely extracted the magic power of a few Void Pierce Stage experts using this technique. Since he has used this technique, it won’t take long for White-Robe Marquis’ magic power to be completely drained by the ghost faces on the white clouds!”
“Those white clouds can devour magic power and absorb all kinds of magic attacks. From what I’ve heard, only cultivators who cultivate a unique consciousness and sense can resist the clouds.”
“Once White-Robed Marquis loses all of his magic power, he won’t stand a chance against Palace Lord Fang Sheng no matter how strong he is!”
The discussions of the crowd on the cloud mountain echoed into Ning Fan’s ears. Within a few breaths, seventy percent of his total magic power and essence qi had been absorbed by the ghost faces.
He turned to look at the clouds with ghost faces in the sky. In the next second, his eyes flashed with determination as he abruptly spread out his sword sense.
In the sea of clouds, a droplet of thick ink spread across the vast sky. In an instant, it transformed into black sword light which filled the sky and shielded the sun, cutting down countless clouds with ghost faces.
“Sword sense, huh… Indeed, I can’t defeat you with just my Cloud Mask Technique. Fishing Net of Creation!”
Fang Sheng was not too surprised upon seeing his Cloud Mask Technique being broken by Ning Fan.
To him, it was already great that he was able to deplete seventy percent of Ning Fan’s magic power using this technique at the beginning of their fight. At this moment, Fang Sheng already had a certain assurance of his victory.
As he pointed out a finger, traces of white magic power flowed out from his finger, weaving themselves into a massive fishing net.
When he cast the fishing net into the sky, it instantly turned into tens of thousands of nets.
Several ten thousand fishing nets fell toward Ning Fan, enveloping him. The threads of the fishing lines were extremely tough. Even a Void Pierce Stage attack would not be able to break them apart.
If Ning Fan were to face this technique in Song Country ten years ago, he who had yet to gather all the Heavenly Cold Qi and Earth Flames at that point of time would not be able to destroy the fishing nets using his Yin Yang Flame.
Even an Absolute Void Stage cultivator might not necessarily be able to destroy the fishing net. Moreover, Fang Sheng did not think that the current Ning Fan whose magic power had been greatly depleted could release a magic technique at the Absolute Void Stage using his remaining thirty percent of magic power.
“You’ve lost! Don’t worry. I will only wrap you using the fishing nets without hurting you. However, since you can’t beat me, you aren’t allowed to study my rain stele. It’s still too early for you to defeat me with your current cultivation level.”
“Is that so?!”
Ning Fan abruptly made a stomp on the sky, causing it to break and revealing the boundless and endless void space.
He clawed at the earth, drawing out the soul of the great earth within the area of four hundred thousand li* (500m per li)!
Then, he clawed at the void space, extracting the soul of the void within the vicinity of four hundred thousand li* (500m per li)!
He opened his mouth and swallowed both the earth’s and the void’s souls. All of a sudden, he gained an additional ten million units of magic power!
His aura force was gradually increasing and the magic power within him reached eighteen million and two hundred thousand units. His current magic power was much more than what Fang Sheng had!
“Soul Extraction Technique! Additionally, it’s actually at the second level which enables him to extract the soul of the void!” Fang Sheng’s expression turned pale with shock.
The Soul Extraction Technique was one of the three Void Fragmentation Realm abilities. However, even for Void Fragmentation Realm old monsters, not all of them know this technique.
In the Rain World, the only person who managed to cultivate the Soul Extraction Technique up to the second level was the Rain Sovereign!
Ning Fan was the second cultivator in the Rain World who could extract the soul of the void!
“Incinerate!”
Ning Fan raised his finger and pointed into the sky above him, directing it at the thousands of fishing nets.
A column of black flames spread across the sea of clouds. Moreover, nine peerless black fire dragons that breathed flames dashed out from the sea of flames, burning the fishing nets into ashes with relative ease.
After ten years, he had already gathered all twenty-four types of Heavenly Cold Qi and Earth Flames. The power of his devil flame was now comparable to that of a High Rank Seventh Grade spiritual flame!
Perhaps Ning Fan would not be able to destroy the fishing nets if they were displayed by a Void Fragmentation Realm expert. However, it was a different story when Fang Sheng was the user of the technique!
“What?!” Fang Sheng was shocked once again. The Fishing Net of Creation was a supreme secret technique that the sixth prince bestowed upon him. However, Ning Fan had already burned all of it into ashes with a column of black flames…
What is that spiritual flame?! Is there such a high-grade spiritual flame in the Rain World?!
Before he could even recover from his shock, cold sweat suddenly trickled down his back.
The nine fire dragons turned their heads toward Fang Sheng. Their eyes glowed with bloodlust.
The nine black dragons were created from a High Rank Seventh Grade flame. Not even the Void Fragmentation Realm experts in the Rain World possessed such an incredible flame!
Ning Fan displayed this black flame using magic power that was close to the level of the Absolute Void Stage. Even an Absolute Void Stage expert would not stand a chance against the fire dragons!
The nine fire dragons charged at Fang Sheng, carrying columns of fire which engulfed him.
In just a few breaths, Fang Sheng hurriedly jumped out of the fire like Ning Fan’s previous opponent, Huang Gu, and fell down from the sky, crashing into the summit of the cloud mountain.
Ning Fan did not say a word. He recovered his black flame and descended to the cloud mountain.
Fang Sheng climbed up from the huge pit that was created from his fall and stared at Ning Fan with confusion all over his face. Then, he said with a sigh.
“I’ve lost to you…”
Fang Sheng knew that Ning Fan had already gone easy on him.
Otherwise, he certainly would not have been able to withstand it if Ning Fan produced such a high-grade black flame using all of his magic power that was also being boosted to a frightening level with the Soul Extraction Technique.
Except for experts at the Absolute Void Stage and above, no one could have withstood the might of Ning Fan’s black flame…
“White-Robed Marquis, please come with me. I’ll now bring you to the inner part of the mountain to show you the rain stele of the Serene Heaven Palace…”
Ning Fan then followed Fang Sheng to the inner part of the cloud mountain without saying anything.
Among the cultivators on the entire cloud mountain, there were cultivators from the Serene Heaven Realm as well as those from the other realms. All of them were deathly silent.
“Even the Serene Heaven Palace has lost… Of those who can still resist White-Robed Marquis, only the Great Heaven Palace and the Vast Heaven Palace remain…”
“In my opinion, even the Great Heaven Palace might not be able to defeat White-Robed Marquis. After all, the Great Heaven Palace Lord is only at the Peak Void Pierce Stage… I’m afraid only the Vast Heaven Palace Lord will have a chance of defeating him as he is a genuine Absolute Void Stage expert…”