However, at this very moment, two lights caught up with them.
One of them was Old Ancestor Jing Zhuo. Although he had a Nascent Soul magical force, his cultivation realm had not entirely stepped into the Nascent Soul realm. Performing instant movement was very burdensome for him.
On the other hand, Suqiu Xianzi who performed instant movement with the aid of her spiritual equipment experienced even greater burden. Fortunately, Little Zhihe had given her another two bottles of “Sweet Pill”. In that case, the insufficiency of her magical force did not matter anymore. Speaking of “Sweet Pill” bottles, she couldn’t help but think about the degree of indulgence that Ning Fan had towards Zhihe. The way Ning Fan treated these Third Revolution Pills was similar to the way of treating sweets. He gave Zhihe a number of bottles as he pleased.
As Jing Zhuo and Suqiu appeared, they launched their attacks without a second thought. After Suqiu Xianzi had lost her magical treasure, she knew that her other magical treasures weren’t powerful enough to harm the black corpse. Therefore, she cast out her spell, summoning a stack of gold symbols which transformed into gold light with infinite gold wires binding the black corpse tightly.
Old Ancestor Jing Zhuo took advantage of the situation and summoned his fiery-red short dagger which changed into fiery light, drawing the black corpse into it.
In spite of the fact that the both of them might not wound the black corpse, the leader of Purple Light Sect was finally saved.
After witnessing that the sect master implicated several cultivation clans in his escape, Suqiu despised him a lot.
“Hurry up. You’d better run and escape now. Let us handle this corpse from here.” Suqiu said coldly, reluctant to have him in her sight once more.
“Yes, yes! Thank you so much for your help, Suqiu Xianzi! Thank you so much for your rescue, Senior Jing Zhuo!”
The sect master who barely escaped with his life was overjoyed. Without concerning about his own reputation, he immediately drove his cloud and left. He did not even carry out the proper etiquette, deep down inside of him, he was afraid that the black corpse would make him his prey once more if he hesitated for a moment.
The event today had been etched into the Purple Light Sect leader’s memory. It was a shadow that could not be obliterated deep down in his heart. Under the effect of this traumatic shadow, he might never be able to advance his cultivation realm for his entire life.
As soon as he returned to his sect, he packed the valuables at once to run away from this country. A Nascent Soul devil had appeared in Yue country. It was no longer safe to stay in this country.
The successful escape of Purple Light Sect’s leader had infuriated the black corpse in the fire light. He let out a humph, carrying discontentment.
He clapped both of his hands and the short dagger embedded with flames which was able to kill three Gold Core experts while seriously wounding five Gold Core experts was broken. The dagger became pieces of broken fragments of magical treasure. Jing Zhuo’s expression turned pale. That dagger was a Peak High Grade magical treasure. It was smashed into pieces with just a clap of the black corpse’s hands?
“Retreat now! Hurry up!” reminded Jing Zhuo, without having the time to feel heart ache for his magical treasure. Then, Suqiu and him fled and retreated respectively.
Within the eyes of the black corpse, a hint of anger had risen. He was enraged because he had never expected that the people who were as trivial as ants would have the audacity to hinder him in his feast.
“Although your Nascent Soul was congealing, it does look very delicious!”
The black corpse let out an evil laughter and he gave a devilish roar. Leaving Suqiu alone, he performed instant movement and chased after Jing Zhuo.
He stretched out one of his claws towards Jing Zhuo. Just the wind of the claw could make Jing Zhuo’s face ache. Jing Zhuo was startled at how devastating the black corpse’s power was.
In this critical moment, Jing Zhuo dared not to hold back anymore. His eyes turned fierce and he spat out green flame!
As the green flame soared, it faintly turned into the shape of Azure Luan*. Upon seeing this blazing fire, the black corpse’s expression changed.
“Earth Vein Demonic Fire! The Flame of Azure Luan? No, it’s not. It’s just a trace of Flame of Azure Luan fusing with other flames. This flame is only a fake Demonic Fire… Hehe. It frightened me for just a moment. If it really was the Earth Vein Demonic Fire, there would be huge trouble.”
The body of the black corpse was at the critical moment of the second transformation under Corpse Transformation Technique. He could not be captured violently. Ordinary flames would not be able to harm him. However, if it was the Earth Vein Demonic Fire, his corpse transformation might be destroyed.
He let out a sneer and grasped with his black claw. The fake Azure Luan Fire lost its shape and scattered.
Then, another black claw was aiming straight at Jing Zhuo’s dantian. It shattered another of Jing Zhuo’s amulet, while tearing up his high grade spiritual armor. His target was the illusory Nascent Soul within Jing Zhuo’s dantian!
Fast, too fast. The black corpse’s speed was just too fast. It was not overrated to describe it as faster than lightning. With Jing Zhuo’s current mindset, he was unable to adapt himself to such a hand-to-hand fight.
He had never imagined that his strength was so much weaker compared to the black corpse. It was no wonder that the black corpse before his eyes possessed the power of eliminating seven countries. Such a wild devil was not an easy opponent for those ordinary Nascent Soul realm cultivators.
Usually in a battle, cultivators would widen the distance from their opponents. No matter how quick the fight would be, there would still be time for defence. However, the way the black corpse fought recreated the ferocity of the fiendgods in ancient times. Such a battle was not a battle that any ordinary cultivators could withstand.
Nevertheless, Jing Zhuo would never allow the black corpse to make incursions into his dantian and seize his Nascent Soul…he bit the tip of his tongue and spat out his blood essence. The heart mirror on his chest became cone-shaped under the golden light, carrying the chant of a Buddha singing. It pierced into the arms of the black corpse, causing the corpse to hesitate for a second. Jing Zhuo took this moment as an opportunity to free himself from the black corpse and stood beside Suqiu. He hoped that they could block the black corpse’s attacks by joining forces to together.
“Unable to block it…” said Jing Zhuo in a simple manner.
“Wait… Wait for Ning Fan’s rescue,” said Suqiu with a hint of trust.
Ning Fan had promised that he would come to their rescue. He had the means to save them although he was hundreds of kilometers away. With Ning Fan’s personality, he would never let her die in the mouth of the black corpse in vain…
…
Luan* – A mythical bird like the phoenix
The black corpse called out lightly, as though being surprised by the golden light heart mirror.
“A Buddha Treasure? Although it’s merely high grade, given its power of restraint on evils was enough to injure me a little…not bad. A mere False Nascent that is a lot stronger compared to numerous Nascent Souls out there… but you will still die! No one will be able to save you! I will show you my true technique…so that you know what the so-called ‘Ten Thousand Corpses Extinguishing a County’ is!”
The black corpse licked his lips and patted his black pouch. Then, countless Harmonious Spirit and even Gold Core corpse qi rose from it, blotting out the sky!
Strange roars and agonizing wails came from the black pouch which immediately drained the face of Jing Zhuo.
How many refined corpses were there in the black pouch at the black corpse’s waist? The corpse resentment that came from the black pouch alone was unbearable to Jing Zhuo!
There were ten thousand corpses! This black corpse possessed ten thousand corpses! He wanted to slaughter the whole country, making Yue Country the eighth low-ranked Cultivation Country that was annihilated by his hands.
“Suqiu Xianzi, go quickly, we can’t fight this devil… given our situation, all we can do is to return to Ning City, then escape from Yue Country with Fellow Daoist Ning and the others during the night and seek refuge in other countries…not even the Great Void Sect will be able to interfere in this matter…we’ll leave this to Rain Palace to handle, though I wonder if the proud Rain Palace will ever pay any attention to our low-ranked Cultivation Country…”
Jing Zhuo sighed dejectedly. All the combat intent in his heart had dissipated. He was no match for the black corpse. He probably wasn’t even a match for that Tian Yizi. Adding the fact that the black corpse had countless refined corpses, how could he ever fight this battle? He wouldn’t stand a chance…even if he had broken through to the Nascent Soul realm…
“Wait a little longer…Ning Fan may have a way out of this…” said Suqiu Xianzi stubbornly. She firmly believed that Ning Fan would never deceive her. No one would be able to change her mind once she had decided to believe on something.
“This…Suqiu Xianzi, no offence, the relationship between you and Fellow Daoist Ning is still shallow. This old man couldn’t just watch you die here…if you refuse to leave, this old man will knock you out and bring you safely back to Ning City!” Jing Zhuo let out another sigh. It seemed to him that he had no choice, but to knock Suqiu out and take her back by force.
It might seem like a reckless act, but he couldn’t allow himself to watch Suqiu die here.
As soon as Suqiu heard Jing Zhuo’s words, her expression reddened due to shame. She had only met Ning Fan once. There wasn’t any relationship between them at all!
If she were to be knocked out by Jing Zhuo, her skin would be bound to be touched by another man, she might as well just die…
Jing Zhuo’s idea was too good to be true as his words had aroused the laughter of the black corpse.
“You want to go? Can you?!”
The lingering corpse qi rolled in the sky within a hundred miles. They could no longer perform any instant movement!