Chapter 898: Chapter 898: Comprehension

“Pseudo-Ancient Demon!”

Demon Yuanzi’s gaze instantly changed!

At his realm, he had seen Human cultivators who also practiced demonic power. Some powerful cultivators had, by chance, obtained fragments of Primordial Fruit skins or seeds, thus gaining the capacity to cultivate other powers within their bodies.

But in those cultivators, demonic power could only be an appendage, extremely weak. Yet in Ning Fan, mana and demonic power perfectly merged!

And that demonic power was shockingly the demon spiritual qi that only Pseudo-Ancient Demons could possess!

Ning Fan, with black clothes and black hair, reverted to his original form in an instant. But in that moment, Demon Yuanzi faced black-clad Ning Fan and felt as if the breath was stalled, with a terrifying feeling!

Ning Fan, in white clothes, still had some humanity to speak of.

Ning Fan, in black clothes, however, seemed as if he embodied all evil, filth, and darkness in the world. In front of him, even the Heavenly Dao seemed ashamed, willing to submit as a servant!

Demon Yuanzi did not know that all the sinister aura of black-clad Ning Fan originated from his Fu Li Demon Bloodline!

Demon Yuanzi did not know that Fu Li was once the overseer of Heavenly Dao, the real Fu Li, with a wave of his hand, could alter the Heavenly Dao, reversing the traces!

Demon Yuanzi did not know that at the moment Ning Fan transformed, all the traces on his body reversed!

Ning Fan, only stayed in the state of black clothes and black hair for an instant, yet distinctly felt, in that moment, as if he possessed abilities astonishingly like the old man in black robes; with a wave of his hand, he could shatter mortal magical treasures and obliterate traces…

And at the moment of transformation, there appeared a force of the Lost World Palace at Ning Fan’s fingertips, emerging naturally.

One of the three paramount divine skills of Fu Li… Gui Xu Zhi!

“Gui Xu… letting all cultivation dissipate, returning to the void…”

Ning Fan closed his eyes and continued to comprehend under the Through-Sky Stone.

Demon Yuanzi’s expression shifted unpredictably, not knowing what Ning Fan was feeling, yet dared not disturb.

After another half an hour, from within a certain door of death ahead, suddenly flew out an extremely haggard figure.

That individual, at his peak, was an old monster at the Shattered Thought Early Stage, accidentally trespassing into a door of death.

Fortunately, he had just stepped halfway into the door of death when he sensed something amiss and swiftly fled. Otherwise, he would likely have perished within.

Though he escaped quickly, he still bore many injuries, his clothes tattered and stained with blood, appearing extremely haggard.

Upon escaping the door of death, the old monster began cursing incessantly, abruptly spotting the Spirit Boat coming toward him, and with a spirit sense scan, he immediately rejoiced.

“Haha, isn’t this the Demon Yuan Boat! Demon Yuan Elder, wouldn’t mind if I heal on your Spirit Boat, would you!”

The old monster was still far from the Spirit Boat, but in a flash, he had arrived on the boat.

On the Spirit Boat, many masters recognized the identity of this old monster – the ancestor of the Northern Heaven Missing Peak Sect, Jin Hua Ancestor.

Seeing Jin Hua Ancestor arrive uninvited, Demon Yuanzi’s eyes slightly narrowed, somewhat displeased. But seeing this extremely haggard appearance, felt a bit schadenfreude.

“Hmph! Jin Hua Elder, I have no acquaintance with you, why should I let you stay here and heal!”

“Hehe, now that the primitive and wild faces calamity, we Human cultivators should share hardship, even if we have no acquaintance; doubt you would kick me off the boat. With me here, doesn’t your broken boat get a bit more protection?”

Jin Hua Ancestor chuckled, arrogantly attempting to sit cross-legged, not caring for Demon Yuanzi’s displeased expression.

But before sitting down, Jin Hua Ancestor noticed the towering Through-Sky Stone at the bow, his eyes lighting up immediately.

“A Through-Sky Stone! Haha, Demon Yuan Elder, what luck, to obtain such a treasure… Five trillion Dao Crystals, how about selling me half of it!”

For Thought-Shattering Cultivators, Dao Crystals had little use; many items needed for cultivation could not be purchased with Dao Crystals.

Five trillion Dao Crystals for half a Through-Sky Stone is a pipe dream. That price is rather low.

Jin Hua Ancestor licked his lips, looking threateningly at Demon Yuanzi as if he would resort to force if the stone wasn’t sold.

Demon Yuanzi’s eye momentarily turned cold, but quickly found something, suddenly a lewd smile appeared, pointing toward Ning Fan to Jin Hua Ancestor.

“Hehe, I’m not the owner of the Through-Sky Stone, the owner of this stone is this Daoist Zhao. Don’t try anything with me if you’re targeting the Through-Sky Stone.”

“Daoist Zhao? Which Daoist Zhao?” Jin Hua Ancestor was taken aback and finally noticed a Ghost-faced Cultivator sitting cross-legged at the foot of the Through-Sky Stone, contemplating something.

Although Ning Fan’s wounds healed, his aura only revealed the Mid Stage of Enlightenment.

Jin Hua Ancestor secretly puzzled, thinking Ning Fan’s peak, was at most only a Mid Stage Shedding Void Stage, why would Demon Yuanzi refer to him as Daoist? With Ning Fan’s cultivation, how could he possess such a treasure as Through-Sky Stone…

“Is Demon Yuanzi deceiving me…”

Jin Hua Ancestor was skeptical, asking Ning Fan, “Is this Through-Sky Stone yours, Young Friend?”

“What if it is.” Ning Fan answered, without opening his eyes, not turning back, making Jin Hua Ancestor instantly irate, with an unpleasant tone.

“May I ask for your distinguished name!”

“Zhao Jian.”

“Zhao Jian? Never heard of…”

Jin Hua Ancestor’s brow slightly furrowed, slightly sneered, forcibly speaking to Ning Fan, “One trillion Dao Crystals, sell me this stone, and I’ll grant you a great fortune!”

Jin Hua Ancestor stood with hands behind his back, looking venerable. Seeing Ning Fan’s cultivation was insignificant, Jin Hua Ancestor not only lowered the price further but intended to forcefully buy the entire Through-Sky Stone.

If this wasn’t Demon Yuanzi’s domain, where he needed to consider Demon Yuanzi’s face, Jin Hua Ancestor wouldn’t even pay a trillion Dao Crystals, he would directly seize the stone. He, wouldn’t even regard Ning Fan.

“Not selling!”

Ning Fan coldly answered, continuing his self-healing, ignoring Jin Hua Ancestor.

“Hmph! Whether you sell or not, it’s not up to you…”

Jin Hua Ancestor’s gaze sank, not expecting a junior to refuse him, just as he was about to act, his expression drastically changed.

Ning Fan suddenly opened his eyes, which were initially scarlet, but abruptly transformed into purple demonic pupils.

In the instant of transforming into purple pupils, Ning Fan changed into black clothes and black hair, even the Ghost-faced mask changed to black, quickly standing up and turned around.

Dark fog rolled out from Ning Fan, swiftly converging upon Jin Hua Ancestor, under the infliction, Jin Hua Ancestor’s Taoist practice frenetically weakened!

In a breath, a thousand years of Taoist practice was weakened!

After three breaths, Jin Hua Ancestor’s Taoist practice weakened by three thousand years!

Such bizarre Divine Skills are simply horrifying, causing Jin Hua Ancestor’s face to change drastically, his heart pounding wildly, with fury and shock, he flipped his hand to reveal a golden high mountain, sacrificing it toward Ning Fan.

That golden high mountain was Jin Hua Ancestor’s Dao Weapon, missing a corner at the peak, named ’Deficient Mountain’. Upon rising in the air, it expanded with the wind, falling from the sky. Its falling potential could crush any cultivator below Shedding Void Stage into pulp.

“Begone!”

Beneath Ning Fan’s feet, suddenly appeared a purple-black aura of Fu Li Spirit Wheels. That aura spun, hissing, spinning in a direction contrary to the Dao.

He pressed his five fingers toward the sky, dark fog immediately soared, as the golden high mountain fell, enveloped in fog, instantly caused booming sounds, numerous black cracks appeared on it, losing spirituality, with a resounding explosion, shattering into countless golden fragments.

Rolling dark fog pressed down upon Jin Hua Ancestor, from afar it seemed as if dark clouds press a city into destruction.

The fog instantly approached, Jin Hua Ancestor had no escape, within the layered fog, let out muffled groans repeatedly.

His cultivation was crazily devoured by the fog, every breath hampered a thousand years of Taoist practice!

Demon Yuanzi was utterly stunned, seeing Jin Hua Ancestor suffer before Ning Fan, didn’t expect to witness such terrifying Divine Skills, able to obliterate a person’s cultivation!

Amidst the black fog, Jin Hua Ancestor seemed to be squeezed by the might of heaven and earth, unable to move.

His cultivation was continuously being erased by the black fog, a sensation akin to losing his cultivation step by step, heading towards the Lost World Palace!

In the black fog, Jin Hua Ancestor suddenly turned around, even more shocked to notice that within the clouds behind the Spirit Boat, there were two hundred thousand killing intents, locking onto him tightly!

Jin Hua Ancestor swept his spirit sense across the clouds behind the Spirit Boat and immediately trembled all over.

Within the clouds lay two hundred thousand barbarian beasts, all kneeling toward Ning Fan, their expressions extremely submissive.

Seeing this scene, Jin Hua Ancestor’s heart pounded wildly, his face losing all color. How could he not realize that beyond Ning Fan’s astonishing divine powers, there were also hundreds of thousands of barbarian beast subordinates stationed here for protection!

“What is this Zhao Jian’s background, having such terrifying divine powers and being guarded by two hundred thousand barbarian beasts on the side!”

“Shattered Thought Realm! This person must be of the Shattered Thought Realm, his cultivation must be concealed! This person must not be offended!”

“Demon Yuanzi, you despicable man! You knew this person was not to be provoked, yet you didn’t tell me, letting me provoke him, truly wicked to the extreme!”

Jin Hua Ancestor’s face turned ashen, finding it difficult to keep calm in front of Ning Fan.

In this crisis, Jin Hua Ancestor gritted his teeth, patting his Tian Ling, planning to use his last life-saving means.

But at this moment, Ning Fan, with a thought, withdrew all the black fog, letting Jin Hua Ancestor go.

He never intended to kill Jin Hua Ancestor; leaving this person alive could become a significant help in rescuing Miaoyan Immortal Honorific.

“Provoke me again, and you shall bear the consequences!”

Ning Fan withdrew his black-clad, black-haired figure, turned to face the Through-Sky Stone, sat down again, and continued his comprehension.

The black-robed old man named Nifan, with a pointing of the Gui Xu Zhi, can eradicate the cultivation of enemy cultivators by ten thousand years with each breath.

However, Ning Fan could only erase enemy cultivation by a thousand years with each breath, and after ten breaths, the divine power would be broken, unable to last long.

His comprehension of this Gui Xu Zhi was still far from sufficient…

Jin Hua Ancestor looked even more disheveled, his gaze at Ning Fan filled with fear.

He understood that Ning Fan had shown mercy; otherwise, today he might not have escaped with his life…

He dared not resent Ning Fan, all his anger directed at Demon Yuanzi.

“Demon Yuanzi, remember this! If you conspire against me today, I will not let you off easily when I return to Northern Heaven!”

“Alright, I’ll be waiting to see how you won’t let me off easily!” Demon Yuanzi smirked, his expression full of schadenfreude.

Ning Fan’s divine powers and strength had truly shocked him, yet he felt that it was all within reason, as he had long seen that Ning Fan should not be provoked.

Jin Hua Ancestor glared at Demon Yuanzi once more, finding a place at the front of the boat to meditate and heal in frustration.

Recalling Ning Fan’s terrifying divine power that erased his cultivation, he still felt a lingering fear; such a terrifying skill was almost on par with the town-taming treasure of the Lost World Palace in Northern Heaven — the ’Yinrong Pearl’.

He resolved in his heart that no matter what, he must not provoke Ning Fan even a tiny bit again… In the future, if he ever saw Ning Fan, he must take a detour.

The Spirit Boat continued forward, traversing several Life Gate Interfaces in quick succession, when suddenly a group of exhausted human cultivators appeared ahead.

These cultivators wore a uniform, clearly belonging to some human Combat Unit, traveling in the opposite direction of Demon Yuanzi and his companions.

Those cultivators, in a panic-stricken flight, suddenly saw Demon Yuanzi’s Spirit Boat and rejoiced greatly.

Demon Yuanzi stood majestically at the bow, prompting some who recognized him to directly call for help,

“We are from the Combat Unit under Liuhe Immortal Lord, being pursued by a Blood Soul Fierce Beast. A hundred thousand battle guards are fighting to the death! Two Fragmentary Thought Commanders are desperately trying to kill that beast, ordering us to seek assistance for support! Please, Demon Yuanzi Senior, offer your aid and save the two Fragmentary Thought Commanders!”

Another cultivator saw Jin Hua Ancestor at the bow and rejoiced, “It’s Jin Hua Ancestor! There are two Fragmented Thought Seniors on this boat; with them here, they can surely save the two commanders!”

On the Demon Yuan Boat, the entire crew gasped.

What kind of fearsome Blood Soul Fierce Beast could drive a hundred thousand Combat Units to flee, even forcing two Fragmentary Thought Commanders to fight to the death…

Demon Yuanzi winced slightly. Though he had saved many people casually along the way, he was no saint.

The Blood Soul Fierce Beast sounded incredibly vicious, and he wasn’t keen on getting involved, saving unknown commanders. If he lost his life to save them, it would be unjustified.

Jin Hua Ancestor also shook his head frequently; he too was unwilling to risk himself for unrelated people.

Only Ning Fan’s gaze shifted slightly, standing up, and transmitted a message to those requesting help,

“Where did you encounter the fierce beast at what Life Gate Interface?”

Those cultivators did not recognize Ning Fan, but seeing him standing alongside Demon Yuanzi and Jin Hua Ancestor, they presumed he was a notable human expert and dared not neglect him, respectfully tossing a Map Jade Slip, replying,

“The Life Gate Interface where we encountered the beast is marked in the Jade Slip. Senior, you will understand at a glance.”

Ning Fan took the jade slip, scanned it with his spirit sense, and his expression immediately turned solemn.

The location where these human cultivators encountered the Blood Soul Fierce Beast was precisely on the route to rescue Miaoyan Immortal Honorific!

Ning Fan didn’t care about the two Fragmentary Thought Commanders blocking the beasts mentioned by the group; his concern was for the safety of Zhao Die’er and the others.

The Broken Continent where Zhao Die’er and the others were located was flying in this direction; if they encountered the Blood Soul Fierce Beast…

“Did you see a broken continent reinforced with a golden glow when you came?” Ning Fan suddenly asked.

“We did! The two Fragmentary Thought Commanders were trying to protect the cultivators on that Broken Continent, leading the army to fight the beast to the death!” Those cultivators answered respectfully.

Upon hearing this, Ning Fan’s gaze changed immediately. He tapped the tip of his toe, disappearing from the boat’s bow with the Through-Sky Stone, soaring into the void.

The enormous cloud behind the Spirit Boat suddenly dissipated, with the two hundred thousand barbarian beasts flying out all at once, like locusts crossing the border.

He didn’t care about the lives and deaths of others, but Zhao Die’er and the others, he must save.

When leaving the Broken Continent, he had left a Reverse Spirit Technique mark on the continent. Now, that mark hadn’t been damaged, suggesting everyone was likely safe for the time being.

But with the Blood Soul Fierce Beast eyeing them, Heavenly Barbarian City was not safe at this moment.

Along with two hundred thousand barbarian beasts, Ning Fan, stepping on the golden spear, charged forward fiercely, with the myriad of beasts following closely, breaking through the air with astonishing momentum!

Whether it was the tens of thousands on the Demon Yuan Boat or the stray cultivators seeking help, they were all left speechless in shock.

Seeing the two hundred thousand barbarian beasts again, both Demon Yuanzi and Jin Hua Ancestor’s hearts pounded uncontrollably, but having seen it before, they maintained more composure than others.

“What should we do, follow along…” Jin Hua Ancestor asked Demon Yuanzi with a grave expression.

“Follow then… Since Daoist Zhao is going, we better follow and take a look. Even if the Blood Soul Fierce Beast is powerful, with Daoist Zhao’s two hundred thousand barbarian beasts at the front, we should be safe…”

If we don’t follow, what else can we do!

Demon Yuanzi looked at the Map Jade Slip; the position it indicated was on the route to find Miaoyan Immortal Honorific, so they had to go.

“Speaking of which, if Miaoyan Immortal Honorific is indeed ahead, why don’t these people ask for the Immortal Honorific’s help, instead of seeking it from me? If the Immortal Honorific is truly ahead, how can the Blood Soul Fierce Beast be so rampant…”

“Is Miaoyan Immortal Honorific really on this path…”

Demon Yuanzi once again doubted the authenticity of Ning Fan’s information, yet reluctantly, he couldn’t help but believe.

He steered the Demon Yuan Boat, carrying a boatload of cultivators, closely following behind Ning Fan and the multitude of beasts, fleeing forward, only praying that along this path, they could truly find the Immortal Honorific and secure their lives…

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