Chapter 873: Chapter 873: Barbarian Fish Devours the Sea Dao Technique Mastered

Ning Fan’s fish form transformed into a streak of purple-gold light, swimming towards the surface of the Calamity Pool, leaping out of the water.

The Barbarian Fish leaped, soaring three thousand miles high, the formation light like a sturdy wall in the sky, and Ning Fan crashed into it, breaking his head and bleeding.

Yet the formation light merely trembled slightly, not even showing a single crack.

When Ning Fan fell back into the Calamity Pool, his blood immediately dyed the pool red.

Countless Barbarian Fish began to mock Ning Fan, ridiculing his futile attempt at escape.

The many Tribulation Envoys guarding the pool also shook their heads with smiles, not believing Ning Fan could escape from the Calamity Pool Grand Array.

“This world is a cage; all beings born as prisoners. You are but a Barbarian Fish; how could you dream of obtaining freedom?”

“Our lives are created by the heavens, naturally to be reclaimed by the heavens. You should obey destiny; how could you dream of obtaining immortality?”

The words of the Tribulation Envoys were harsh, causing Ning Fan’s gaze to slightly darken.

“This formation light is indeed strong… within the formation light, there exists an extremely powerful will…”

“The key to breaking the formation lies in the clash of wills… War Yin and Yang, unseal!”

With a surge of the Black Star Technique within his body, Ning Fan’s fishhead injury immediately healed.

Once the War Yin and Yang was unsealed, the will power within the array was instantly weakened by Ning Fan.

Ning Fan again leaped out of the water, crashing into the formation.

This time, he again smashed his head, scales scattering, but the formation also bore a slight crack from Ning Fan’s collision!

“Impossible! How could he manage to crack the formation light while we cannot!” Countless Barbarian Fish felt incredulous.

“It’s the power of the Blood Lightning! This Barbarian Fish is actually a Taicang Calamity Spirit!”

Outside the formation, the face of the Tribulation Envoys changed greatly, sensing the Blood Lightning aura emitted from Ning Fan’s body.

They could not understand why within the Barbarian Fish race, a Taicang Calamity Spirit would appear!

Immediately, several transmitted message-transmitting flying swords, within moments, a woman stepping on green lightning arrived.

She was a Taicang Calamity Spirit from the Four Heavens, named Qingnaluo, and possessed the cultivation of the Eighth Calamity of the Eternals!

“Fan Family Tribulation Envoys, pay respects to Lord Qing! As seen by Lord Qing, within the Barbarian Fish race, a Calamity Lord has appeared…”

Each Fan Family Tribulation Envoy bowed fearfully to the green thunder woman.

“It is not a true Taicang Calamity Spirit… In the past decade, the Four Heavens have not produced a single Taicang Calamity Spirit…”

“The source of its Blood Lightning is unknown… Its aura is detestable, very similar to Red Yaksha, I dislike it…”

“Kill it!”

Qingnaluo’s phoenix eyes glinted coldly, ordering Ning Fan’s annihilation.

The Fan Family Tribulation Envoys paled upon hearing, dared not, in their lowly status, annihilate a Taicang Calamity Spirit…

But, it was Qingnaluo’s command, not to be defied…

The Tribulation Envoys gritted their teeth, finally mustering the courage, to activate the Array Plate, attempting to use the array’s power to erase Barbarian Fish Ning Fan.

Feeling the formation’s impending killing intent, Ning Fan’s gaze shifted, looking towards the pool’s edge.

To his surprise, behind the Tribulation Envoys, he saw a familiar figure—the green thunder woman he had already annihilated!

“It’s her… Unexpectedly, I could use illusionary power to deduce the ancient past, and see her as she was…”

“At her peak, she was an Immortal Emperor of the Eighth Calamity of the Eternals…”

That green thunder woman was precisely the Innate Thunder Spirit Ning Fan had vanquished in the tomb’s second round!

The formation was an ancient Sword Array, the killing array opened swiftly, immediately black-red sword gleams were slashing chaotically across the Calamity Pool sky.

Ning Fan pushed the power of his Blood Lightning within to the extreme, emitting the might of his Calamity Thought, shattering sword gleams easily.

This array could not kill him, he repeatedly crashed into the formation, finally creating a breach!

Without hesitation, Ning Fan transformed into a black-red stream of light, flashed away, breaking through the formation light to escape!

“The Barbarian Flash Sword Array was breached! Is this the Divine Skill of the Taicang Calamity Spirit!” The Tribulation Envoys’ faces filled with astonishment.

Qingnaluo’s pretty face turned grim, at Ning Fan breaking through the array and escaping, she sensed a peculiar aura from Ning Fan.

Ning Fan’s body contained Blood Lightning, strangely, similar to her own aura…

“Why does this Barbarian Fish’s body have my Blood Lightning aura!”

“So, I understand. When Red Yaksha defected, her bones were destroyed, yet countless Blood Lightning was lost, perhaps, this Barbarian Fish consumed some of my Blood Lightning then, evolving into a Taicang Calamity Spirit…”

“Hmph! How dare you consume my Blood Lightning, courting death!”

Qingnaluo coldly smiled, her toes pointed, revealing her Thunder Cat form, immediately transforming into a green rainbow to chase Ning Fan.

The cat’s eyes flashed with lightning, immediately countless illusionary forces swept towards Ning Fan, forming series of illusions.

“Illusions, eh…”

“It is merely an illusion, yet dares dream of pursuing Ning Fan, truly audacious!”

Realizing someone was chasing behind, Ning Fan’s gaze turned stern, employing the illusion rebounding talent of the Fu Li race.

If this place were not Mirage, if Ning Fan were facing the truly existing green thunder woman, with Ning Fan’s cultivation, he would never have the ability to rebound an Immortal Emperor’s illusion.

But unfortunately, the green thunder woman was only an illusion, while Ning Fan, the one entering illusion, truly existed.

Within this Mirage, the green thunder woman’s illusions could not deceive Ning Fan!

“Collapse!”

As Ning Fan loudly spoke a word, the green thunder woman’s eyes pained, black blood flowed, exiting the Thunder Cat form, looking at Ning Fan disbelievingly.

She, an illustrious Immortal Emperor of the Eighth Calamity of the Eternals, was actually defeated in illusion by a mere Barbarian Fish yet to attain full enlightenment, how is this possible…

“Heh heh, Qingnaluo, you’ve truly regressed over the years, actually defeated by a mere Barbarian Fish nullifying illusions… Capture!”

In front of Ning Fan suddenly appeared a sinister man clad in purple battle armor, face pale as an Old Monster, thin as a skeleton.

Yet as that purple armored man raised a hand, he summoned a purple-lightning-wreathed skeleton, whose hollow eyes suddenly shone two purple beams, sweeping Ning Fan in, sending him into the skeleton magical treasure’s internal space.

“Purple Luo! Why have you come!” Qingnaluo’s brows furrowed, her eyes flashing cold.

“Heh, I came here by the Calamity Master’s command… Red Yaksha betrayed the Calamity Master, the Calamity Master commands you and me to both go to the Dreamland Realm to annihilate her!”

“What, go to Dreamland Realm! With our Taicang Calamity Spirit status, entering that realm surely ends in nine deaths one life!” Qingnaluo’s pretty face showed fear.

“Heh, nine deaths one life, so what? The Calamity Master’s command, you dare defy? Before reaching Dreamland Realm, I am rather interested, in tormenting this Barbarian Fish… A Barbarian Fish capable of nullifying your illusions, quite interesting, no?”

Purple Luo wickedly laughed, turning to leave, leaving Qingnaluo with her face alternating in expression.

Within the skeleton world was a boundless black ocean.

Ning Fan, in his Barbarian Fish form swam through the ocean, repeatedly leaping above the surface, attempting to escape, only to find it impossible.

“Despite breaking through the Calamity Pool Grand Array, able to free my mind, unexpectedly, I was again imprisoned by that purple armored man…”

“This is clearly a Mirage world, yet it feels so real…”

Roar!

From the black ocean, beast roars suddenly emerged, within the ocean appeared numerous fierce sea beasts, swimming towards Ning Fan.

“Heh heh, before heading to Dreamland Realm, I have ample time, to play with you, do not disappoint me!”

“This black ocean was crafted from the essence of the Four Symbols Blood Spring, an ultimate treasure for cultivating Dao Image! You’ll remain here, battling the sea beasts, integrate into my Dao Image!”

The voice of the purple-armored man entered Ning Fan’s ear, and then he spoke no more.

The purple-armored man’s intention was merely to use the skull magical treasure to imprison Ning Fan, forcing Ning Fan to continuously fight the sea beasts and gradually integrate into his Dao image, transforming into his own power.

He did not believe that Ning Fan, trapped in the skull world, still had hopes of escaping alive.

Before heading to the Dreamland Realm, he had other matters to attend to, naturally having no time to overly focus on Ning Fan, and he secluded himself to study other Divine Skills.

“Four Symbols Blood Spring! This black sea’s seawater is actually entirely composed of the Four Symbols Blood Spring!”

Ning Fan, while evading the sea beasts’ attacks, observed the black sea water, his gaze appearing both startled and pleased.

In the Mirage, everything is illusory; cultivating here cannot improve one’s cultivation.

However, even in the Mirage, Ning Fan can do some things to enhance his abilities.

In the Mirage, practicing alchemy cannot improve the Medicine Soul’s cultivation, yet it can increase alchemy experience.

Cultivating in the Mirage cannot enhance cultivation, but it can increase perception.

The Four Symbols Blood Spring before him, although an illusion, is different from ordinary illusions.

Four Symbols Blood Spring is a heavenly material born from illusions, used for cultivating Dao images.

Even though the Four Symbols Blood Spring before him is merely an illusion, it has a miraculous effect in aiding the cultivation of Dao images!

However, the Four Symbols Blood Spring can only refine high-grade Dao images, lower-grade Dao images cannot be cultivated with it.

Ning Fan has two Dao images: one is the Demonized Dark Night, and the other is the Dao-Manifested Big Dipper.

He has indeed cultivated two Dao images, but these two Dao images are merely at the preliminary stage, cultivated to the small success realm.

If a Dao image reaches great success, it can even form Divine Skills, transforming into Dao Technique attacks.

If a Dao image reaches perfection, it can even produce Dao Blood, greatly improving the master’s bloodline level!

However, cultivating Dao images is exceedingly difficult, even Ancient Cultivators can at most achieve the great success of a Dao image; it’s rare for anyone to fully cultivate a Dao image to perfection.

At the moment, although trapped in the Mirage, Ning Fan has an excellent opportunity to refine Dao images with the Four Symbols Blood Spring.

Four Symbols Blood Spring has different types; the blood springs forming this black sea are extremely dense with Demonic Qi.

It’s suitable for cultivating the Demonized Dark Night Dao image, but the effect is not good for the Dao-Manifested Big Dipper Dao image…

“That purple-armored man tries to trap me with this Blood Spring, attempting to make me integrate into the Black Sea and transform into his Dao image power. But unfortunately, his plan is destined to fail!”

“Dao image, manifest!”

Ning Fan’s eyes flashed with Demonic Glint, and the skull world was immediately plunged into darkness.

This time, Ning Fan did not summon the Dao-Manifested Big Dipper Dao image, only the Demonized Dark Night Dao image.

All sea beasts attempting to surround Ning Fan had their eyes dimmed, lost in the darkness.

Ning Fan manipulated the power of the Dark Night Dao image, crazily devouring the Four Symbols Blood Spring in the seawater.

The Dark Night Dao image became increasingly solid, and its momentum grew stronger.

Ten years passed, the power of the Demonized Dark Night Dao image doubled.

A hundred years passed, the Demonized Dark Night Dao image finally reached great success!

A thousand years passed, the Four Symbols Blood Spring in the Black Sea was completely devoured by Ning Fan, yet the Dao image was still far from breaking through to the perfect realm.

The purple-armored man closed for seclusion for a thousand years at a time, naturally unaware that a great change had occurred within the skull world.

At the moment Ning Fan devoured all the Four Symbols Blood Spring, there was a cracking sound in the skull world, and it split open.

Ning Fan’s eyes seemed to transform into ultimate darkness, his body directly vanished in the night, appearing outside the skull world!

The purple-armored man, who was comprehending Divine Skills, suddenly changed his gaze, retrieving the shattered purple skeleton magical treasure from his storage pouch, incredulous!

“The Four Symbols Blood Spring was actually swallowed by the Barbarian Fish! Impossible!”

“This Barbarian Fish has not yet achieved Enlightenment; how could it cultivate Dao images? Even if this Barbarian Fish is exceptionally gifted, cultivating Dao images before Enlightenment, its Dao image grade would not be high enough to directly devour the blood spring!”

“Only Heavenly Grade Dao images can directly devour the blood spring for cultivation. Even this one’s Dao images are not Heavenly Grade, only retreating to use the skull magical treasure to condense the spring into a sea, step by step enhancing the Dao image cultivation… this Barbarian Fish actually devoured the blood spring directly, how did it manage that!”

The purple-armored man’s gaze became frenzied, suddenly looking up towards outside the cave dwelling.

In the sky outside the cave dwelling, there was a dark escape light speeding away, fully merging into the night, silent and unseen…

“What a bizarre escape light, able to fully merge into the night! Not a single sound was emitted! If not for this one’s Seven Tribulations Secret Technique, detecting this escape light would be impossible!”

“Hmph, a mere Barbarian Fish, after swallowing this one’s blood spring, do you think you can escape? You cannot escape!”

The purple-armored man sneered, stepping out of the cave dwelling, intending to pursue Ning Fan.

Yet before he could catch up with Ning Fan, Ning Fan’s body directly crumbled and vanished as an illusion…

The entire Mirage world also crumbled at this moment!

Before the purple-armored man could catch up with Ning Fan, Ning Fan had already freed his Heart Spirit and escaped the Mirage!

Returning to his Heart Spirit, Ning Fan opened his eyes once more, his eyes flashed with Demonic Glint, and the world immediately fell into darkness.

This darkness was a Dao Technique cultivated after the Demonized Dark Night Dao image reached great success!

This Dao Technique was only preliminarily cultivated, not yet perfected, but it appeared to be a kind of enemy-entrapment illusion…

The specific power of the technique, Ning Fan has yet to test it; he needs to test it to know.

Dispelling the darkness, Ning Fan gazed at the reverse-flowing waters of the True Fantasy River, with a hint of confusion in his eyes.

Were the illusions he experienced all false… if false, how did they allow Dao images to reach great success…

Fake illusions can cultivate Dao images, increase alchemy experience… were the illusions false, never existing…

After a long time, Ning Fan finally cleared away distracting thoughts.

He exited the Mind’s Illusory Realm, once again disturbing the will of the river waters in the True Fantasy River.

Seizing this moment, Ning Fan spent a day peeling away one-third of the Stone Bridge Path Illusion, with two-thirds of the stone bridge now transformed into the True Bridge.

At the heart of the river, the third Purple Gold Vortex was gradually forming.

Once formed, the will of the river waters in the True Fantasy River immediately returned to normal, and a purplish-golden light, seeming both real and illusory, flew out from the vortex, embedding in Ning Fan’s brow.

This time, Ning Fan did not dodge, allowing this light to trap his Heart Spirit into the illusion.

He knew that once he broke through the illusion for the third time, the will of the river waters in the True Fantasy River would be disturbed again; at that time, it would be his chance to completely extract the Stone Bridge Path Illusion!

There’s only one illusion left before the True Bridge fully condenses!

Ning Fan once more appeared in the Mind’s Illusory Realm; this time, he was a Barbarian Butterfly.

The place where he is located is the Fan Family in the Barbarian Wilderness Ancient Domain.

He flew in mid-air, looking down at the Fan Family Tribulation Envoy kneeling below.

The Fan Family cultivators below, regardless of cultivation, all bore expressions of anger.

In front of the crowd bowing in worship, stood a double-headed old man with an indifferent expression; that man was the Barbarian Ancestor!

“Old Ancestor! Are you really deciding to sacrifice all life in the entire Barbarian Wilderness? Is this act not too cruel!” A Fan Family cultivator gritted his teeth, speaking unwillingly.

“Cruel, humph! As long as I can become the true Taicang Calamity Spirit, what harm is there in burying the entire Barbarian Wilderness!”

“Just lacking three million Reverse Infants! With another three million Reverse Infants, I will become the true Taicang Calamity Spirit. With my Quasi-Saint Cultivation, if gaining the power of Calamity Thought, even tribal Saints can be challenged!”

“Activate the Primordial Inversion Dust Formation, I will… perform a blood sacrifice in the Barbarian Wilderness!” (To be continued. If you like this work, welcome to vote for recommendation votes and monthly tickets on Qidian (qidian.com). Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read at m.qidian.com.)

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