Chapter 863: Chapter 863: Protector Luo Tian

Barbarian Wilderness Ancient Domain, Northern Territory, Dusk Snow Barbarian Territory.

Inside a gigantic subterranean palace, within a secret altar, sat a purple-haired elder with dragon horns, meditating within a formation array of ancient monuments. He was wholeheartedly performing a magical refinement on a dual-headed monster infant.

This purple-haired elder was the Eternal Immortal Venerable who had previously chased Ning Fan, one of the ancestors of the True Dragon Clan… Ancestor Dulong!

The monster infant was originally black, but under the refinement of Ancestor Dulong, it was slowly turning into a crimson color at an excruciatingly slow pace…

“A mere low-grade Contrary Infant, yet it’s so difficult to refine… Even with my power, it would take me at least ten years to refine one… That ghost-faced silver-haired man dared to waste ten years of my time, utterly infuriating! However, he should soon meet his end at the hands of the Poison Dragon Guard!”

Ancestor Dulong sneered disdainfully at the corners of his mouth. He didn’t consider Ning Fan of great importance; after all, Ning Fan was just a junior who couldn’t even handle seven Shekong Realm Barbarian Beasts…

“A subordinate requests to see Ancestor with urgent news!” An anxious voice suddenly came from outside the gigantic palace.

Ancestor Dulong’s face darkened with displeasure. He was at a critical point in refining the infant, nearly failing due to the interruption, which almost led to the destruction of the Contrary Infant…

He had clearly ordered that during his ten years of closed-door refinement, no one should disturb him, yet someone dared to interrupt his refining process…

“Disturbing my refining session, do you know the punishment you deserve! Get out!” Ancestor Dulong asked in a deep voice.

“Ancestor, you must know, the Poison Dragon Guard is currently…”

“If you don’t leave! You will die!”

With just a word, the demon race cultivator outside the gigantic palace spat blood and flew backwards, their demon body showing signs of immediate collapse.

In the next moment, the unfortunate demon race cultivator died with resentment, falling with their body shattered, unable to report the urgent matter…

“Hmph! I’ve already entrusted the affairs of the Poison Dragon Guard to my subordinates; what great matter could arise! Disturbing my refining process for such trivial matters, if they were destroyed, it would be a huge headache!” Ancestor Dulong replied with displeasure.

Within the Demonified Cities, in another palace, four Shekong Realm Dragon Clansmen showed anxious expressions.

Even though they had sent someone to notify the ancestor, the ancestor had not come out of seclusion to handle what was happening…

In this palace, seventy-two soul plates of the Poison Dragon Guard were arranged, shattering one after another!

In just half an hour, eleven soul plates had shattered.

Among these eleven soul plates, there was even one from a Dragon Guard at the Initiate Realm of Shekong!

“Eleven members of the Poison Dragon Guard have died already, why hasn’t the ancestor come to handle this!” The four dragon demons were full of panic.

Suddenly, the faces of the four elders turned even darker.

The twelfth soul plate shattered again…

It was unclear how many soul plates would shatter before it would stop…

…

Southern Territory, Tiandu Barbarian Territory.

In a cultivation city built at the foot of a volcano, there was a spacious square with a gigantic stele erected.

This stele bore the names of more than five thousand demon race cultivators, classified by ranks, who had made great military achievements in past realm wars on the side of the demon race.

This stele was named the Slaughter Demon Stele, erected by the Tablets Master Immortal Emperor’s disciples and contained Great Divine Power within.

Every time a demon race cultivator perished, the color of their name on the stele would change.

The initial color of the name was red; if they died at the hands of the Four Heavens Cultivators, their name would change from red to gray.

If they died from other causes, the name would vanish directly…

If they left the ancient realm, the name would temporarily change from red to white…

In just half an hour, eleven names had consecutively turned gray on the stele!

This signified that eleven enemy demon race cultivators had consecutively died at the hands of the Four Heavens Cultivators!

The Barbarian Wilderness Ancient Domain was not exclusively accessible to Eastern Heaven cultivators. Here, cultivators from the Four Heavens had gathered, led by the Four Oceans Sect.

Beneath the Slaughter Demon Stele, thousands of strong cultivators from the Four Heavens were already gathered, gazing at the stele in awe.

“Poison Dragon Guard, Yan Long! This demon possessed Late Stage Enlightenment cultivation, and his three demon swords were incredibly fierce, having killed many of the same level… This demon is actually dead! Who could slay him!”

“Poison Dragon Guard, Kui Snake! At the Peak Crossing Truth Realm, has also died!”

“Poison Dragon Guard, Qian Jiao! An Initiate Realm Shekong powerful demon race cultivator has also died, being the eleventh fallen demon listed on the Slaughter Demon Stele today!”

“Eleven members of the Poison Dragon Guard have consecutively perished; is it possible that a Great Power from our Four Heavens struck? Did cultivators from the Four Oceans Sect clash with the Poison Dragon Guard under Ancestor Dulong?”

“What! The twelfth one! Another Poison Dragon Guard has died!”

“Thirteen! Another one has died! Hiss!”

Cultivators from the Four Heavens present kept exclaiming in surprise.

Several cultivators from the Four Oceans Sect had already reported the events here to the two Immortal Venerables overseeing the place: Union and Wonderful Speech.

Miaoyan Immortal Honorific was mildly startled upon hearing the news, showing confusion.

None of the strong cultivators from the Four Oceans Sect had moved to eliminate the Poison Dragon Guard.

The ones exterminating the Poison Dragon Guard might be the Four Heavens cultivators who entered the ancient realm outside the realm war timeframe.

It could be one person, or it could be multiple… but no major team movements from the Five Great Divine Domains…

The number exterminating the demons could be extremely few, possibly even… one!

“Interesting, I wonder which cultivator is making a move against the Poison Dragon Guard? If it’s a cultivator from the Southern Heaven, I’d be quite interested to meet them; their audacity is quite impressive… Each member of the Poison Dragon Guard is a close ally to Ancestor Dulong… With so many dead, wonder how enraged that old serpent would be…”

Miaoyan Immortal Honorific chuckled with curiosity about the unknown cultivator.

“Humph! Even I want to see those reckless individuals! To see which cultivators dared to be so heedless as to provoke Old Snake Dulong outside the realm war period. If this results in a realm war, I’d have to personally punish those responsible!”

Union Immortal King snorted disdainfully, showing much discontent with the unknown cultivator.

He pondered for a moment and then sent out a message-transmitting flying sword with a solemn expression.

It seemed as though he had given some kind of order…

Miaoyan Immortal Honorific knitted her brows, displeased, “Union, your order seems a bit excessive… Whether or not it incites a realm war, those cultivators who have slain the Poison Dragon Guard are our Four Heavens’ heroes; this order seems inappropriate!”

“Inappropriate, so what! Does Miaoyan have any objections?” Union Immortal Venerable retorted unhappily.

“Hehe, I have no objections…”

Miaoyan Immortal Honorific laughed softly and did not argue with Union Immortal Venerable but instead also sent out a message-transmitting flying sword, giving some kind of order.

…

Unoccupied Barbarian Domain, Fourteenth Region.

A Late Stage Enlightenment Dragon Guard was returning to the Northern Territory, but before he could react to a flash of golden light, he screamed and met his demise.

He was the seventeenth Poison Dragon Guard slain by Ning Fan!

Unoccupied Barbarian Domain, Ninth Region.

A Shekong initial stage dragon-horned man was flying in escape mode when his gaze shifted, halting his escape rainbow to look gravely ahead.

Ahead, slowly appeared a ghost-faced silver-haired youth and a smiling silver-haired little girl.

“It’s you!” The dragon-horned man rejoiced, eager to strike down the silver-haired youth, but his expression changed suddenly.

The silver-haired youth slapped his storage pouch, summoning an Ancient Demon Puppet.

“Shekong Puppet! And it’s slightly stronger than my cultivation!” The dragon-horned man instantly showed dismay.

He was only a recent initiate of Shekong and had slim chances against this Shekong Puppet…

A great battle was imminent.

The battle ultimately ended with the fall of the dragon-horned man.

He was the thirty-fifth Poison Dragon Guard slain by Ning Fan!

Unoccupied Barbarian Domain, Fourth Region.

An old woman with dragon horns, possessing the early Shekong stage cultivation, was flying when suddenly a golden light flashed before her eyes, revealing two figures.

Seeing that one of the figures was her target prey, the old woman immediately let out an unpleasant dry laugh.

Before she could make a move to kill Ning Fan, a vast Chaos World Purple Rosy Light had already swept over.

Despite her profound cultivation, the old woman was immediately disoriented by the purple haze and fell into an unconscious state, becoming like a lamb at the mercy of others!

“What a pity… This person has already been refined into a poison cauldron; all his Yin energy is destroyed. Otherwise, although a bit ugly, he could have been a Shekong Cauldron Furnace…”

Ning Fan felt a slight regret, unsealing the Rain Yin-Yang Force, and with the release of the Five Swords, broke through the old woman’s demon body defense, slicing her into a bloody pulp…

She was the sixty-fifth Poison Dragon Guard killed by Ning Fan!

Gradually, among the seventy-two Poison Dragon Guards, only seven remained alive. Among these seven, one was at the Peak of Shekong, one at the Late Stage of Shekong, two at the Mid Stage, and three at the Initiate Stage.

“Hey! Brother Food! Don’t just fight by yourself, let me help you too! You haven’t let me make a move for so long, do you look down on me!

“Damn it! I’m really good at fighting! You just don’t believe me!”

Xian Luoli felt very bored, and quite displeased!

Along the way, Ning Fan selectively found Dragon Guards below the Mid Stage of Shekong to kill alone, giving Xian Luoli no chance to make a move.

For some reason, whenever she saw these True Dragon Clan members, she felt really annoyed.

She also wanted to kill a few Dragon Guards, but alas Ning Fan didn’t give her the chance…

“Don’t worry, you’ll have your chance!”

Using the special constitution of the Grand Five Elements Body, Ning Fan devoured Five Elements Spiritual Objects one by one, rapidly restoring his mana.

Once his mana was fully restored, Ning Fan found another Poison Dragon Guard at the Initiate Stage of Shekong and this time, he didn’t choose to fight alone.

Among the seventy-two Poison Dragon Guards, there were eleven at the Shekong stage, and Ning Fan had killed four alone.

Among them was this old woman, whom Ning Fan had defeated with Chaos World Purple Rosy Light.

The other three fallen Shekong were weak within the Initiate Stage and were also killed by Ning Fan in tandem with the Ancient Demon Puppet.

The remaining seven Shekong were not ones Ning Fan could kill alone. Forcing a fight might allow him to kill one or two more, but it would definitely leave him gravely injured, which was not worth it.

So, finally, Xian Luoli had her chance to step in.

“Oh? The prey comes to the hunter… what’s going on here…”

The Shekong Dragon Guard caught by Ning Fan glanced with a trace of seriousness; his senses were always sharp.

Having killed Poison Dragon Guards consistently, even if Ning Fan could mask his Evil Qi, he couldn’t hide the scent of dragon blood on him…

The dragon blood scent was strong, enough to suggest that Ning Fan had killed many Poison Dragon Guards along the way…

“Seems like some trouble, the prey seems strong… but well, the more dangerous the situation, the more I like it! Let’s consider this battle as a breakthrough for the bottleneck of Mid Shekong!”

The Shekong Dragon Guard smiled sinisterly, his gaze turned cold, and a massive shadow of an ice dragon manifested behind him.

As the giant shadow appeared, countless icy dragon scales emerged on the demon’s body, and his aura began to soar, almost reaching the Mid Shekong stage.

“Together!”

Ning Fan didn’t hold back in the first round, unsealing Rain Yin-Yang, releasing the Five Swords in unison, and with the Ancient Demon Puppet assisting from the side.

Xian Luoli also erupted with powerful lightning force, even quicker than Ning Fan, flashing in front of the Shekong Dragon Guard, raising her pink fist, and delivering a punch.

With just one punch, a flurry of icy thunder power exploded, transforming into countless snowflake shadows that flickered and vanished in the sky.

The Shekong Dragon Guard was directly blown away by Xian Luoli’s punch and then attacked by the Rain’s Five Swords and Ancient Demon Puppet. Despite his full effort to defend, he still sustained significant injuries.

The power of Rain’s Five Swords made him feel a thread of danger; the existence of the Ancient Demon Puppet also posed a huge threat to the Shekong Dragon Guard.

But what he found most unbelievable was Xian Luoli’s strength.

In the Shekong Dragon Guard’s eyes, Xian Luoli was clearly just a little girl with no cultivation, yet a casual punch easily shattered all the icy dragon scales on his body, and the icy thunder power emitted caused his body to be momentarily paralyzed and delayed!

“This is a bit troublesome… It’s impossible to handle today’s situation alone!”

The Shekong Dragon Guard’s gaze darkened, abandoning the task of killing Ning Fan, and transformed into an icy rainbow to escape.

He wasn’t the first Dragon Guard to attempt fleeing from Ning Fan, but unfortunately, his escaping speed couldn’t match the Vertical Golden Light.

“Do you think you can escape!”

Ning Fan flung his sleeve, transforming into a golden light, and chased after with Xian Luoli.

Half an hour later, the Shekong Dragon Guard reluctantly fell, becoming the sixty-sixth Dragon Guard killed by Ning Fan.

Afterwards, two more Initiate Shekong fell to the combined forces of Ning Fan and Xian Luoli.

In total, sixty-eight Poison Dragon Guards perished at Ning Fan’s hands.

The remaining four Dragon Guards were all above the Mid Shekong stage, and even with Xian Luoli’s help, Ning Fan had no absolute confidence in defeating any of the four without injury.

After all, Xian Luoli was at a critical evolution stage of her Thunder Body, and Ning Fan didn’t want to take unnecessary risks with her.

These four Poison Dragon Guards became the only survivors among the seventy-two Dragon Guards…

“Bang!”

Ning Fan formed a hand seal, collapsing the brands within the four Dragon Guards, and quietly left with Xian Luoli.

There was another reason for not continuing the kills.

That was because when Ning Fan killed the sixty-eighth Dragon Guard, he acquired a scroll from his storage pouch.

That Initiate Shekong Dragon Guard seemed to hold considerable status within the True Dragon Race, and on that scroll was recorded a complete map of the forty-two domains of the Barbarian Wilderness Ancient Domain.

On the map, thirty unclaimed domains were marked with one hundred and eight blood points.

Among them, a blood point was located right in the Black Marsh Great Swamp where Ning Fan slew the Contrary Infants…

“Could these blood points denote other Contrary Infants?”

“Contrary Infants… They are immensely beneficial for enhancing Calamity Blood Power and cultivating Yin-Yang power…”

“And if these Contrary Infants can be eliminated, perhaps the demon plans could be thwarted… Though I don’t know their exact schemes, the existence of these Contrary Infants makes me uneasy…”

“Hmm… What is this…”

Ning Fan suddenly realized something and took out a token from his storage pouch… the token of an Eighth-Class Immortal Guard.

Within the Four Oceans Sect, a nine-class Immortal Guard system is implemented, where status is determined by the level of Immortal Position, rather than cultivation level.

In the Four Oceans Sect, status is determined by the rank of Immortal Position!

Each of the nine classes of Immortal Positions has three grades of lower, middle, and upper.

Ninth-Class Force Warrior, Eighth-Class Immortal Guard, Seventh-Class Executor… Previously, Old Monster Han’s Immortal Position was a Seventh-Class Superior Executor.

When Ning Fan broke through the Reckless Devil, he was conferred an Eighth-Class Low-grade Immortal Guard status by Immortal Emperor Mo Zhong.

Previously, the token bore the words “Immortal Guard”.

But after Ning Fan consecutively killed sixty-eight Poison Dragon Guards, it now bore the inscription “Protector”, with three star marks!

Three star marks denote that this token is that of a Superior Protector!

Sixth-Class Immortal Position, Luotian Protector!

“Oh? Almost forgot, by killing hostile demon cultivators in the Barbarian Wilderness Ancient Domain, military achievement points can be obtained…”

“Couldn’t have imagined that after killing sixty-eight Poison Dragon Guards, I’ve become a Sixth-Class Superior Luotian Protector… That’s quite a high Immortal Position…”

After all, among the Four Heavens, only the Star Ancestor Ancient Emperor within the Four Oceans Sect holds a Third-Class Immortal Position.

No one holds a Second or First-Class Immortal Position, so Sixth-Class is definitely not low!

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