His countenance was expressionless and his eyes were pure black. The left side of his face had a demonic mark.
The face of this black-robed young man was deathly pale. He coughed out a mouthful of fresh blood which contained some ice residues. Even though he displayed the Black Tempest Rupture Art, he was still grievously injured under Wang Xiao’s technique.
Nevertheless, he did not die!
Sense Soul Incarnation Chant allowed one to disintegrate and condense. It was a profound ability that enables one to turn their bodies into the void. Besides, it involved the principle of illusions which could only be comprehended by Void Fragmentation Realm experts.
Because an incarnation was difficult to kill, this technique was listed as one of the three Void Fragmentation Realm techniques. Furthermore, even Void Fragmentation Realm old monsters would normally desire to learn and master this technique.
After being encased by the ice cocoon and torn apart by the ice power, Ning Fan’s injuries were definitely not light.
However, thanks to these injuries, Ning Fan gained an unprecedented insight about the Sense Soul Incarnation Chant!
“Sense Soul Incarnation… In the past, I used to think that the ‘Sense Soul’ represents the spirit sense and soul respectively. However, after displaying it for multiple times, I feel that these two words aren’t as simple as they sound… The ‘Sense’ here means one’s stubbornness while the ‘Soul’ represents one’s courage! Without courage, one would not be daring enough to crush his own body in order to avoid an attack. Without stubbornness, one would not have the willpower to congeal his body once more! This is the true meaning of the Sense Soul Incarnation Chant! I’m not sure about courage but I do have stubbornness!”
He crushed his body and congealed it again, repeating the process over and over again!
Each time he congealed his body from the black shadows, the injuries which were originally on his body gradually healed.
“He is performing self-recovery using his incarnations?!” Imperial Concubine Zi’s lips were slightly agape for the first time.
Incarnation was a type of illusory body which was totally different than a clone or a defensive divine ability.
One has to at least attain the Void Fragmentation Realm in order to condense their incarnations. As for cultivating the incarnation to the level where one could use it as a means for self-recovery, ordinary Void Fragmentation Realm experts were unable to achieve that.
Imperial Concubine Zi did not know why Ning Fan, a mere Early Divine Transformation Realm expert, would be able to learn secret arts like this.
She also did not have any idea how keen his understanding was as he discovered the self-recovery effect from the incarnation technique on his own.
Her dazzling eyes turned to Imperial Concubine Wu Yan, recalling the advice she had given her earlier.
“Don’t provoke Lu Bei!”
“This man really has a heaven-defying potential for being able to comprehend two Void Fragmentation Realm techniques. Even I should not be offending him… However, he isn’t a member of the demon race! This is an undeniable fact!”
The black shadow congealed into the shape of a man. Ning Fan lifted his finger and activated his Wind Mist Technique and directed it at Wang Xiao.
Wang Xiao was completely stupefied. He could not understand why Ning Fan could survive after he had directly taken the brunt of the ice power attack!
He also could not understand why Ning Fan’s finger which was emitting golden-purple sand would give him such an intense sense of danger.
The only thing he knew for now was that he must retreat. However, after displaying his attack earlier, his strength was completely depleted.
Meanwhile, Ning Fan’s aura was continuously rising while he was repeating the same action of crushing himself into shadows and congealing his body.
That was a display of great courage, a stubbornness that would never be changed even if he were to die a million times!
I must protect my loved ones… Before they are safe, I won’t die, no matter how many times I have to destroy myself!
“Time is just like flowing sand while old age is just a period of time which has passed… Purple Technique, Wind Mist!”
The purple rays in the sky magnified and purple clouds scattered. The cold ice of the Luo Yun Province melted and was replaced by purple mist-like sand, blowing against the entire province!
The wind blew once again. This time, however, it was Ning Fan who reversed the motion of the wind!
As he displayed his Wind Mist Finger, Wang Xiao intended to flee but his hope was crushed when Ning Fan raised his other finger.
“Lock!”
Dark red threads of Ning Fan’s aura force entered Wang Xiao’s demon body, binding him up from within.
For the first time, Wang Xiao felt terrified. However, to mask his cowardice, he angrily roared.
“Impossible! Why would you have so many heaven-defying means?! You’re just an ant from the mortal world!”
“Impossible?! I’ve even done crazier things than this! Do you want to know about them?!”
Yes. The craziest thing that Ning Fan had ever done was not fighting ten thousand human sharks alone, nor was it eliminating a Nascent Soul Realm expert while he was just a Harmonious Spirit Realm cultivator and not even wiping out the entire Demon Sinister Forest couldn’t be considered as such…but it was ascending the Heavenly Court and injuring an Immortal Emperor in the body of a mortal butterfly!
The body of a mortal butterfly might be insignificant but the stubbornness it possessed was indeed terrifying…
Stubbornness!
“Die!”
As he unleashed the power of his finger, the whole city was filled with dust and sand. Even the shining spears and armored horses for military use had all disappeared.
After a brief moment passed when Wang Xiao was drawn into the purple sand, he shockingly realized that he was aging at an incredible speed while his armor, robes as well as his cultivation level gradually vanished.
Disappeared? Where did they go?
Only Ning Fan knew that the lost items were devoured by samsara!
Humans had samsara. Immortals had samsara. No matter how long one could live, nothing was able to escape from samsara!
Wang Xiao’s mind was flooded with memories of his entire life. Gradually, the tediously long thoughts within his mind became vague and hard to see.
The white hair on his scalp began to fall. His handsome appearance began to be full of wrinkles.
Eventually, one of his arms had actually started to decay.
He moved his other hand, trying to grasp the remaining ashes from his decayed arm. But as he exerted his strength, his entire body was reduced to ashes.
His demon soul had also disintegrated without a trace.
He had literally vanished in a puff of smoke.
“He’s dead?! Wang Xiao was killed by this man with just a single move… What is that sand?!”
Qu Shun felt a hint of terror for the first time.
The Luo Yun Province was in utter silence. But in the next moment, the silence was broken with deafening cheers.
“General Bei is mighty!”
An Early Divine Transformation Realm had killed a Late Divine Transformation Realm expert! (To be continued…)