He managed to block the attack combined from three palms!
Ning Fan coughed up a mouthful of blood as his dantian was wounded just now by the pressure from the gigantic palm above the sky. Even so, his eyes were filled with excitement.
My assumption is true!
During the first time, he had combined 27 punches into one large fist. Without a single doubt, throwing that many punches used a lot of his strength. However, it was influenced by the thought of submitting unbeknownst to him, making his first attack be lacking of unyielding spirit.
On the second time, he only displayed 21 punches. Despite the notable reduction in the strength used to throw the punches which fused into one, the aura and power were much stronger than the previous one!
During the third time, seven punches had merged into one, increasing the might of his attack to an incredible level!
The force he used to throw each of the punches remained unchanged throughout the three exchanges. But the aura of his attack rose and so did its power!
If he were to throw just seven punches at the beginning, the effect would not be as great as his third attack and would have not possessed such aura.
When his strength reached its limit, it turned into aura. When the aura reached its maximum point, his intent was born!
Nascent Soul Realm experts comprehended the primordial energy of heaven and earth and the grand momentum of nature. The deeper their comprehension in the grand momentum, the easier it would be for them to congeal their Divine Intent once they attain the Spirit Severing Realm.
Divine Intent was actually the way to control the grand momentum. In other words, it was a deep comprehension about the laws of nature.
Therefore, even though the last 7 punches were not as forceful as the previous attacks, a newly found Divine Intent which had yet to take its complete shape brought more power to his punch!
A sudden thought struck his heart. If he could receive one of Yan Zhongze’s palms with just a punch, his aura would then rise to its peak, enabling him to finally congeal his second Divine Intent! Besides, he could also use this chance to advance into the Jade Life Realm!
“I want to achieve the Jade Life Realm!”
At this moment, Ning Fan’s eyes were filled with absolute determination, just like what was on his face when he formed his Nascent Soul.
Yan Zhongze, who was standing on the ruins of the Sparrow Ascending Stage, as well as Xu Rushan and Zhuo Tong who were watching the battle in the night sky, were all deeply amazed.
Because they could feel a Divine Intent gradually materializing from Ning Fan’s body.
To their surprise, the Divine Intent lacked divinity as it was too ferocious, domineering and violent. Rather than calling it as a “Divine Intent”, it would be more appropriate to call it “Devil Intent”!
Devil Intent, the intent that devil cultivators had to congeal when they attain the Spirit Severing Realm!
It was only then did they realize the reason why the power of Ning Fan’s punch grew stronger while the number of punches he threw diminished. It was because he had now developed a new Devil Intent!
“Devil Intent… It can’t be wrong… Individuals who can form their Devil Intent must first possess Immemorial Devil Veins and secondly, they must be a devil cultivator who chose the Path of Defiance… All of us had misjudged him. He is actually a truly frightening devil cultivator… Devil Intent. Even in the Internal Endless Sea, there are only a handful of them who were able to congeal it…” Zhuo Tong heaved a deep sigh.
As the Devil Intent in Ning Fan’s eyes continued to surge, Zhuo Tong could feel a trace of danger from Ning Fan.
“This Devil Intent seems to have a high grade. It seems to be at the Seventh Grade but it looks like it is now advancing to the Sixth… The Sixth Grade… In our small Rain World, a Sixth Grade Intent would be considered legendary, though it is very common in the Four Heavens…” Yan Zhongze muttered to himself.
“Fine. Luckily we have sealed this place down. There should be no one who could spy on Zhou Ming when he was congealing his Devil Intent just now… I will relinquish my request of having him endure five palms. Having the ability to withstand three of your palms is enough proof of his worthiness and I would definitely want to befriend this man at all cost. In my perspective, this person’s cultivation level would never just be limited at the Spirit Severing Realm in his life… If he manages to achieve Void Fragmentation Realm, I’m afraid he’s going to be the next ruler of the entire Rain World judging by his character and his will to dominate! Perhaps, he would be the second… Thunder Emperor Bu Zhou!”
Xu Rushan let out a deep sigh. He had already made up his mind. Now, he would wait for Ning Fan to completely congeal his Devil Intent and then, he would offer Ning Fan anything, including all the resources of the Pleasure Devil Sea if the latter needs it!
But just as he finished speaking, Ning Fan shook his head.
He lifted his gaze and looked into the sky. Three glittering stars could be seen from his face!
The Lightning Divine Star, the Earth Controlling Devil Star and the Palm Wood Demon Star!
“I want to take on the five palms!”
His tone was indifferent and cold. However, when the three stars twinkled together, it formed an inexplicable grandness, making the three respected Spirit Severing Realm experts to exchange glances of awe.
He has three stars?! How is it possible?!
Moreover, the attributes of each of the stars are widely different…
Zhuo Tong and Yan Zhongze had no clue. Even Xu Rushan who had a half-formed Divine Star on his forehead could not understand it.
As a matter of fact, it would be rare to encounter anyone in the Nine Worlds that was able to see through the abstrusity of the three stars!
Furthermore, it would be even more rare to find anyone other than the True Immortals who could bear the solemnity of the three stars!
“Do it as promised. Five Palms!”
Although there was nothing unusual about the words he spoke, to Yan Zhongze, it was more like an order that he dared not to go against.
“This is… Spirit Speech? No. It’s not. But what exactly is this solemnity that restricted me from disobeying it…”
Yan Zhongze gulped and for the first time, he felt a heartfelt respect for Ning Fan.
He did not know that a cultivator who can possess three stars at a time is not a divine cultivator, devil cultivator or a demon cultivator but… a cultivator who practices the Path of the Immortal Sovereign!
Immortal Sovereign! That was a realm that was unreachable by many True Immortals in their entire lives!
Anyhow, Yan Zhongze did not have a clue about it. His body reacted naturally to Ning Fan’s order, gritted his teeth and swallowed a secret medicine, making the blue veins on his body stand out even more obvious.
“Little friend Zhou Ming, the combined attack of the five palms is this old man’s strongest technique that doesn’t need me to hurt myself. If you are able to withstand it, your power would be on par with a Spirit Severing Realm expert who ranks 10th out of the 13 in the External Endless Sea! Combined Five Palms, Soft Cloud Quake, Gold Cloud Smash!”
This time, five rays of golden light shot out into the sky and transformed into a golden sea of clouds which stretched for over a thousand li*. Each and every piece of the clouds did not take the shape of a palm as their force was absorbed into a large mass of clouds which was above all of them.
The Cloud Intent was adaptable.
No sign was shown when the palm took its shape.
Some of the nearby cities were affected by this massive golden cloud which almost caused the buildings to collapse!
The giant then slammed his hand into the ground. The thousand li of golden clouds fell with a screech as if the entire sky collapsed!
This kind of aura was capable of striking fear into the hearts of ordinary Peak Nascent Soul Ream experts. Ning Fan, however, did not have the slightest fear in his eyes. Instead, they were as peaceful as a cold pond.
“Clouds. No matter how strong they are, it does not change the fact that they are still clouds…”