From the view of Wei Country’s cultivators, Zhou Ming was not a match for two Nascent Soul Realm cultivators no matter how strong he was.
As for the Old Scholar and the woman, they only planned to let Zhou Ming taste the power of Rain Palace so that he would obediently present the immortal jade. None of them had any intention of fighting him to the death.
This battle would end up with Ning Fan being defeated and giving up the immortal jade so that he could make peace with the messengers. This wasn’t the first time the old monsters witnessed such means of enforcing the law. They knew that Rain Palace would never eliminate a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator. Every single of them was a valuable strength to Rain Palace.
Logically, Ning Fan knew all of these. In fact, he had the notion of comparing his strength with this Old Scholar to see who was more powerful.
All the time, he had relied on Yin Plucking Finger and Yin Yang Transformation to subdue two Nascent Soul Realm female cultivators. The only opportunity he had to fight against a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator was the fight against the black corpse. Today was the perfect chance for him to fight in earnest with Nascent Soul cultivators.
Apart from that, Ning Fan was unwilling to give up the immortal jade. Seventy percent of the immortal jade he obtained would be equivalent to around two million immortal jade. Furthermore, he got the immortal jade with his own effort. How could he hand them over to the Rain Palace without any justifiable reason?
It would be absolutely impossible for him to surrender the immortal jade unless he loses the battle!
After Song Yi’s voice resonated in the sky, all cultivators, including the disciples and sect leader of Yuanjue Valley, hurriedly evacuated from their sect.
Then, the both of them split up. The woman performed hand seals and her body became like lightning, vanishing to the sky after teleporting a few times. It was then that a hundred zhang long blue light vortex emerged.
Blue flames continuously sprang up from within the vortex and exploded in mid-air, transforming into a rain of droplets of blue flames which carried a whiff of orchid-like smell.
When she appeared, she grabbed the blue light vortex with her bare hands and all the fire rain condensed in her palm. Suddenly, a hundred zhang ruler blazing with faint blue flames came into existence. It fell directly from above Ning Fan!
Upon witnessing that, there was an uproar from a hundred li away where the bystanders were.
“Fourth Grade Spiritual Fire, Underworld Orchid Fire! It’s indeed exceptional to be able to display a Low Grade Nascent Soul Realm technique using this fire and transform it into a fire ruler! Rumor has it that when she was killing demons in the past, she used the ruler to scorch tens of li of a land!”
This ruler was truly uncommon. After parting with the woman, the Old Scholar took out a sword and charged wildly at Ning Fan with the tip of the sword pointing directly at him!
Supreme Grade Magical Treasure, Winter Sword! The demons who died under this sword were far too many to count!
Both of them did not hold back their strength. They wanted to frighten Ning Fan in the very first bout. It was too difficult for Ning Fan to withstand the attacks of two Nascent Soul Realm cultivators!
Even though he possessed Yin Yang Transformation, he wasn’t able to get near the beautiful woman and use his Yin Plucking Finger since she kept a sharp eye on Ning Fan.
He was left without a choice other than displaying his true strength!
He patted his storage pouch and a small golden black human which looked like a mud doll appeared on his palm. He hurled it towards the woman who was in mid-air. At the same time, a silver light flashed between his eyebrows and soon he was enveloped by silver light. The next moment, a nine zhang and nine chi giant came into view!
The small golden black human turned into a black refined corpse in a few breaths of time. The corpse qi it released was enough to cover the heavens. When it raised its hand and scratched the empty air, the hundred zhang blue light vortex above the woman was pulverized!
After Ning Fan became a giant, he let out a devilish roar and threw a punch. Thousands of zhang of heaven and earth around the Old Scholar was frozen and his escaping light was shattered, stopping his movement!
Although that punch was thrown at the air, he could feel that the strength of the punch envelop thousands of zhang around him!
His expression greatly changed. Brandishing his Winter Sword and performing a few sword techniques hastily, sword qi began to wrap his body.
Each of the sword qi was enough to kill a Harmonious Spirit Realm cultivator with ease. However, when the sound of crushing ice filled the air, heaven and earth shook and all sword qi were crushed! He wasn’t hurt but his chest was slightly shaken by the vibration of the punch, causing him to almost cough up blood. Great disbelief shone through his eyes!
On the other hand, the black refined corpse was remarkably insensitive to pain. No matter how many times the woman dropped the fire ruler on it, there weren’t any injuries on its body. Its body was heaven-defyingly strong!
Besides, the sheer physical strength of the black corpse was incredible. Every punch it threw carried a thunderous blast. After tens of punches launched at the fire ruler, cracks began to appear on its surface. It’s only matter of time for the fire ruler to shatter into pieces.
Horrifying! Absolutely horrifying!
It’s not just the bystanders who couldn’t believe their eyes, but also both of the Nascent Soul Realm cultivators!
None of them had imagined that Zhou Ming owned a refined corpse with powerful physical defense that could ignore all attacks at the Early Nascent Soul Realm. Its strength was also strong enough to match a Nascent Soul Realm cultivator.
None of them were able to guess that the Old Scholar and the woman would display their ultimate techniques at the first exchange of pointers with Zhou Ming. However, Zhou Ming was able to withstand the two Nascent Soul Realm cultivators’ ultimate techniques without experiencing any difficulties. Aside from withstanding their attacks, Ning Fan counterattacked them and within a few breaths, both sides were at a standstill!
Silver Bone Realm and a strange refined corpse. This Zhou Ming surely had a lot of methods!
The black corpse and the woman had an ongoing fight and it was difficult to determine who would come out on top.
As for the Old Scholar and Ning Fan, they were engaging each other for the third time already.
It was a failure on the part of the Old Scholar again. His fear towards Ning Fan became more deeply rooted in his heart. The way he stared at the wild nine zhang nine chi giant was as if he had met a formidable enemy.
Without giving the giant a second chance to display his ice-crushing fist, the Old Scholar immediately patted his storage pouch and three Supreme Grade Flying Swords flew out from his pouch. Every sword was similar to his Winter Sword! Every sword made Ning Fan’s body feel danger!
“Four Swords of Winter! Suppressing the four directions!”
He vigorously performed hand seals and the four swords turned into four sword lights. After shining for a while, all of them appeared separately at the four directions around the giant, surrounding him.
It was a Sword Formation.
When the Sword Formation was completed, ancient and primitive sword qi condensed within the four swords. A strand of desolate killing intent was released from the swords and fused with the bright sky!
The sword qi was as ancient as the vast earth. Upon the emergence of the sword qi, heaven and earth quivered.
Meanwhile, a faint sword chant was reverberating in the sky like reading a mantra.
“In the land within the four swords, death is certain for any life form!”
Li = 500 meters
Zhang = 3.13 meters
Chi = 30.7 cm
The very moment the sword qi appeared, surprise became apparent in the woman’s eyes. As for the black corpse which showed no inkling of intelligence, its body was trembling.
Those cultivators who were far away felt insignificant and helpless when faced with this ancient sword qi. All of them felt the threat of inevitable death in front of that sword qi.
Even Ning Fan who was currently a giant became serious. However, he let out a sneer the next moment.
The formation of the four Winter Swords imitated the Immortal Execution’s style. Within the four swords, there was also a trace of the Immortal Execution’s sword qi which no one knew how the Old Scholar got his hands on.
Every life form would die within the area surrounded by the four swords. With those swords, the Old Scholar who only had an Early Nascent Soul Realm cultivation was capable of even fighting a Mid Nascent Soul Realm cultivator, and come out undefeated. However, what good would it bring displaying this sword qi to Ning Fan?!