Grasping Evil

Chapter 426: Chapter 426: Slaughter the Tower (2)

Two hundred Divine Transformation Realm experts advanced into the Zhong Mountain and began a large-scale massacre. The path that they passed by would be turned into a river of blood.

This incident had already alerted all the undead spirits of the eleventh floor. Messaging-transmitting flying swords were sent out either to the upper level or the lower level.

The faces of the ten Void Refinement Realm experts and one thousand Divine Transformation Realm cultivators who were idly waiting for their “prey” at the teleportation formation of the ninth and tenth floor were filled with utter surprise after receiving that information.

They had been tricked by Ning Fan!

They had been waiting at the teleportation formation for him to fall into their trap. Even though Ning Fan had killed the two Void Glimpse Stage experts in the lightning palace of the tenth floor, they had never left the teleportation formation.

It was because they thought that Ning Fan must be creating a distraction by attacking the lightning palace of the tenth floor in order to lure them away from the teleportation formation so that he could escape to the ninth floor.

However, they did not expect that Ning Fan actually killed his way to the higher floors. What went beyond their expectation the most was that Ning Fan was still bold enough to brazenly issue a challenge to the Void Inquiry Stage lightning lord of the eleventh floor!

A Void Inquiry Stage old monster could defeat a few Void Glimpse Stage experts and instantly kill countless Half-Step Void Refinement Realm cultivators.

Ning Fan’s cultivation base was only at the Half-Step Void Refinement Realm. Thus, these old monsters found his action to challenge Zhu Feng really hilarious.

‘This young man is really wild and arrogant! When I am not around the tenth floor, he actually slaughtered my two Void Glimpse Stage subordinates. However, before I can settle that score with him, he actually walks the path that will lead to his own doom by attacking the lightning palace on the Zhong Mountain of the eleventh floor. He is blatantly courting death!”

The lightning lord of the tenth floor felt rather resentful. On that day, he led a large troop to pursue Ning Fan and hunt him down. However, Ning Fan slipped off using a strange and unusual concealment technique and killed his two Void Glimpse Stage subordinates in return. That matter was still an unresolved grudge in his heart.

“A Half-Step Void Refinement Realm cultivator challenging a Void Inquiry Stage expert is nothing but a suicidal act. However, I am just unable to understand why the Myriad Treasure Pavilion will also join him to attack Zhu Feng… What price did he pay exactly to rope Lei Shiyi in…?’

A Void Glimpse Stage old monster’s eyes were filled with doubts. According to his understanding, other than the lightning lord of the eleventh floor, Zhu Feng, Lei Shiyi was the strongest being on the eleventh floor.

However, this Lei Shiyi’s personality was rather weird and erratic. He sought nothing but profit and it was very rare for him to establish a friendly relation with others, much less help someone by putting his own life at risk.

Why would this Lei Shiyi offend Zhu Feng because of a mere Half-Step Void Refinement Realm junior…?

“Humph! This brat is too arrogant. This time, I’m afraid he is going to die on the Zhong Mountain. The stormy weather on the mountain is the grand formation of an astronomical phenomenon that was established by a Void Pierce Stage grandmaster tens of thousands of years ago. It’s nothing if that formation is not activated. Once it is activated, no matter how strong that Zhou Ming’s concealment technique is, it will be impossible for him to continue concealing himself. Besides, he may even be killed by the grand formation directly. He will certainly die on the Zhong Mountain for attacking Zhu Feng. There is no doubt about it. There’s no longer any meaning for us to continue staying here, waiting for him to present himself to us.”

“Fellow Daoist Qin is right. We shall hurriedly go up to the eleventh floor and head to the lightning palace on the Zhong Mountain and kill him right there! This is a massive contribution and it will certainly make King Ying Long satisfied. We can’t let Lightning Lord Zhu Feng take all the credit himself.”

After assembling the troops, the ten Void Refinement Realm experts abandoned this place and hurriedly rushed to the eleventh floor with their large army of Divine Transformation Realm cultivators.

They thought they could get a share of the credit but they did not know that their action was just rushing to get into the cycle of rebirth.

On the eleventh floor, other than Zhong Mountain Lighting Palace and Myriad Treasure Pavilion, there were still many other powerful forces.

Even though they did not have Void Inquiry Stage old monsters in their forces, they at least had five to six Void Glimpse Stage experts.

These Void Glimpse Stage experts did not affiliate to Myriad Treasure Pavilion or the lightning palace.

They would not throw their lives in for King Ying Long but they also did not have the intention to help Myriad Treasure Pavilion. In regards to the battle of the Zhong Mountain, they only remained as bystanders who watched coldly on the sidelines.

No. To be more accurate, they not just remained as bystanders who quietly observed this battle, but also had the intention to gain residue benefits from it after it ended.

Five old monsters stood at a place which was very far away from the foot of the Zhong Mountain. They secretly spread out their spirit sense and spied on the situation there.

“On Lei Shiyi’s side, there is one Void Inquiry Stage expert and 8 Void Glimpse Stage cultivators. As for Zhu Feng’s side, there is one Void Inquiry Stage expert and 9 Void Glimpse Stage cultivators. In the past few thousand years, Lei Shiyi had lost to Zhu Feng eleven times. This time, I’m afraid that he will still end up being defeated again… Lei Shiyi is a smart and shrewd person. I didn’t expect that a brilliant person like him will be deluded by a Divine Transformation Realm junior in the end to fight a life or death battle against Zhu Feng. I’m afraid that no one will be able to reconcile the enmity between him and Zhu Feng this time.”

The person who spoke these words was a Void Glimpse Stage expert that was waiting for opportunities. When he said those words, Ning Fan had yet to kill and injure the two Void Glimpse Stage experts.

“Fellow Daoist He is right. Lei Shiyi will certainly lose this time. Moreover, he is very likely to die in that place. Not to mention that Zhu Feng is far stronger than him, that Immortal Void Grand Formation on the Zhong Mountain alone is already something that is Lei Shiyi’s capabilities to withstand. However, *chuckle evilly* whether he is going to lose and die or win and survive in the end, what does it have to do with me?! The reason why we came here is just to steal something under the cover of the battle…”

“Fellow Daoist Wen’s words really resonate with me! In such a large-scale battle among Void Refinement Realm beings, probably one or two Void Refinement Realm experts will die. Hehe. After a Void Refinement Realm undead spirit dies, a golden jade will certainly be produced. When the time comes, whether who will seize that golden jade will depend on our own capabilities.”

The five Void Glimpse Stage old monsters did not harbor any kind intention in the first place when they decided to come to watch the battle.

They did not intend to intervene in the battle and they also did not believe that the Myriad Treasure Pavilion would gain victory in this battle.

However, in the next moment, they were deeply shocked. They widened their eyes so big that they were bigger than a camel bell.

All five of the Void Glimpse Stage old monsters exclaimed in surprise.

“Impossible! This is definitely impossible!”

The reason why they exclaimed was because when Ning Fan and the two hundred experts had just advanced to the Zhong Mountain, they had startled them greatly.

In just an instant, Ning Fan concealed himself and acted in stealth. With a punch and a slash, he sneak-attacked two Void Glimpse Stage experts, directly killing one of them to die while seriously injuring the other!

Ma Renwang was dead. His movement technique was regarded to be unequalled on the eleventh floor. However, he was actually killed by Ning Fan with a single slash of his sword without even having a chance to run away with his movement technique.

What is that sword?! It’s extremely sharp and its sword light is extremely swift. Moreover, a single slash can bring out countless sword threads within the victim which can literally kill a Void Glimpse Stage expert!

Unless one has put up their guard to defend against the sword beforehand, none of them Void Glimpse Stage experts that are sneak-attacked by it can survive!

Li Gui was grievously injured by a single punch from Ning Fan!

Li Gui was a cultivator with the Peak Level of Jade Life Body Refining Realm. Besides, he was on the verge of touching the bottleneck of the Golden Body Realm. Even so, when Ning Fan hurled a punch at him, he was literally sent flying away and his body was injured severely!

No one expected that just as the Myriad Treasure Pavilion had killed their way onto the Zhong Mountain, Ning Fan had already acted in a vigorous manner by killing and injuring two Void Glimpse Stage experts!

On the side of the Myriad Treasure Pavilion, there were nine Void Refinement Realm experts and a strong and ferocious being – Ning Fan whose strength was even greater than ordinary Void Glimpse Stage experts!

As for the side of the lightning palace on the Zhong Mountain, there were only 8 individuals left unharmed after Ning Fan had attacked two of their Void Glimpse Stages experts.

The scale of victory of this battle seemed to be sliding towards the Myriad Treasure Pavilion.

“This young man is just a Half-Step Void Refinement Realm cultivator. Why is he so strong? Furthermore, he actually dares to challenge Zhu Feng. Doesn’t he know that Zhu Feng is a dignified Void Inquiry Stage old monster? The difference in strength between the Void Inquiry Stage and the Void Glimpse Stage is completely worlds apart!”

The five of them were filled with shock and they could no longer be certain of the outcome of this battle. None of them dared to laugh at Ning Fan for being arrogantly foolish.

It was because they had witnessed with their own eyes that Zhu Feng had instinctively fallen back half a step when Ning Fan issued a challenge against him. It undeniably showed that Zhu Feng was afraid of the latter!

Ning Fan flicked his sleeve and swallowed Ma Renwang’s primordial spirit. He then kept the golden lightning jade that was formed after the latter’s death.

He had already sensed the presence of the five Void Glimpse Stage experts who were spying on them from afar. Hence, he acted overpoweringly by sneak-attacking the two Void Glimpse Stage experts. His reason for doing so was not just to weaken Zhu Feng’s force but also strike fear into the hearts of the five individuals, causing them to back off from this fight so that they would not disrupt the situation.

With Ning Fan’s current strength, he was still not capable of instantly killing a Void Inquiry Stage expert in a direct confrontation. Ma Renwang’s death was purely because he did not expect an unexpected attack from Ning Fan.

The concealment effect of the Heaven Deceiving Cloak was utterly terrifying and the sharpness of his Separation Slayer Sword was beyond Ma Renwang’s ability to withstand. Thus, under his sneak-attack, there was no way that Void Glimpse Stage expert could survive.

As for the strength of the punch which injured Li Gui, that was Ning Fan’s true level. Even if Ning Fan delivered an all-out strike that was comparable to the strength of the Golden Body Realm stealthily, he could at most seriously injure Li Gui.

All in all, Ning Fan managed to attack the two of them stealthily and even put down one of them. Who could say that this was not a skill?

“Zhu Feng, fight me!”

Ning Fan’s gaze indifferently swept across the eight Void Refinement Realm experts including Zhu Feng. Li Gui was already unconscious after receiving that heavy punch. The ones who could continue battling were these eight individuals.

When they met Ning Fan’s gaze, all of them did not dare to resist his aura force even though they were tens of thousands of zhang* (3.33m per zhang) away from him. Even Zhu Feng could not help but fall back half a step. Lingering fear invaded their hearts.

Zhu Feng could not even see through a single clue of the concealment effect from the Heaven Deceiving Cloak. He found it too unreasonable.

If Ning Fan’s target was not Ma Renwang but Zhu Feng instead, even if the latter did not die, he would also suffer severe injuries.

“This is… a Profound Divinity Spiritual Equipment! Impossible! Only Void Fragmentation Realm old monsters could refine such grade of spiritual equipment. Why is he able to control such supreme treasure?!”

Zhu Feng’s heart sank. He realized that he had been underestimating Ning Fan from the very beginning.

No. To put it in a more accurate manner, even King Ying long had also belittled Ning Fan.

He was a monster who could refine a Profound Divinity Spiritual Equipment with Divine Transformation Realm cultivation base!

With this spiritual equipment, he could perform a sneak-attack or retreat to thousands of li* (500m per li) away at will without being discovered by anyone. Who could find him and hunt him down?

“Judging from this situation, I definitely can’t give him the chance to conceal himself to perform another sneak attack again! As long as I can break his concealment, no matter how heaven-defying his techniques may be, it’s impossible for him to be my opponent. As for that Lei Shiyi, he is not a worrisome subject as well… Humph! Activate the formation!”

Countless thoughts ran across Zhu Feng’s mind. His eyes gradually became cold and calm. The fear he had against Ning Fan at first began to gradually diminished.

He patted his storage pouch and took out a gray formation disk.

When he activated the formation disk, the entire Zhong Mountain shook violently. An Immortal Void Relam formation light suddenly cut through the night sky like a flash of blinding light, covering the whole dark sky.

As the formation light emerged, a strange and unusual feeling arose in Ning Fan’s heart.

Ning Fan then found out that inside this Immortal Void Realm formation light, he could not use his Heaven Deceiving Cloak anymore.

“An Immortal Void Realm formation light, huh… This formation is a little profound and magical. It isn’t a formation to attack or kill. Before entering the valley, I discovered that the stormy weather on this place is actually the effect of a formation. However, it’s just an auxiliary formation technique that nullifies one’s concealment. Thus, there is nothing much to worry about. However, I just did not expect that this grand formation of stormy weather is actually at the Immortal Void Realm. With the activation of this Immortal Void Realm formation, I won’t be able to use the Heaven Deceiving Cloak whenever I want. However, does that mean that I can no longer kill anyone?”

Ning Fan was not concerned about whether he could still perform a sneak attack or not.

Performing a sneak attack was just a temporary means after all. After he had successfully sneak-attacked Ma Renwang, all his Void Glimpse Stage enemies had put on all of their defenses. Even if the grand formation was not around, it would be difficult for Ning Fan to perform another successful sneak attack again.

Besides, he actually did not need to sneak attack his enemies.

He walked towards his enemies step by step. Each step he took brought him closer to Zhu Feng who was at ten thousand zhang* (3.33m per zhang) away from.

His action was completely beyond Zhu Feng’s expectation.

Originally, Zhu Feng thought that the reason why Ning Fan would be daring and confident enough to challenge him was because of the Heaven Deceiving Cloak. As long as he could deal with Ning Fan’s concealment technique, he would not be a formidable opponent.

However, even after he had activated the formation light which caused Ning Fan unable to conceal himself, the latter acted like it did not matter to him at all. Instead, he still looked as confident as before.

“Where does his confidence come from?! Don’t tell me that he really thinks that a Half-Step Void Refinement Realm cultivator like him can overcome the difference in cultivation base and kill a Void Inquiry Stage expert?!”

As the lightning lord of the eleventh floor, Zhu Feng was also a person who had been through countless life-or-death experiences. Thus, he still had pride in him.

He certainly did not believe that he would be defeated by a junior. He also began to move towards Ning Fan to accept Ning Fan’s challenge.

The aura force of the two individuals gradually rose. However, all of a sudden, a third trace of aura force interrupted them.

“Fellow Daoist Zhou, could you please let me deal with Zhu Feng…? I have an absolutely irreconcilable feud with him. Moreover, I have lost to him eleven times. This will be our twelfth battle and I will not lose to him again!”

The person who stood against the two individuals was actually Lei Shiyi.

“…”

Ning Fan stared deeply into Lei Shiyi’s eyes. With his shrewdness, he, of course, could see that the current Lei Shiyi was not weaker than Zhu Feng at all.

It seems like Lei Shiyi really harbors an unresolved grudge against Zhu Feng.

As such, Ning Fan was willing to let Lei Shiyi fight Zhu Feng. He flew away from the battlefield and left Lei Shiyi alone to confront Zhu Feng.

When Ning Fan went away, Zhu Feng somehow felt a sense of relief from the bottom of his heart. It was as if he subconsciously felt that Ning Fan was even more dangerous than Lei Shiyi.

“Lei Shiyi, how dare you still come to provoke?! Humph! Don’t tell me that you have forgotten where your name ‘Lei Shiyi[1]’ comes from?!”

“Haha! How would I forget it?! Ever since the day you have devoured my wife, I have tried to kill you eleven times but all of my eleven attempts failed and I almost threw my life away eleven times! I have given up my original name ‘Lei Tong’ and named myself with the number of times I was defeated by you. Lei Yi[2], Lei Er[3]… Lei Shiyi! However, you can be rest assured that you won’t have the chance to make me name myself Lei Shi’er[4]!”

Lei Shiyi’s expression was filled with unprecedented solemnity. His bloodshot eyes carried immense hatred.

“Yes! You won’t have the chance to be named as Lei Shi’er because you will die today!”

“You are the one who will die!”

Lei Shiyi charged forward and threw out a punch at Zhu Feng.

Upon the clash of their punches, mountains and rivers cracked. Wind and rain began to move in a reverse direction.

Translated by Tommy, edited by Roel

[1] Lei Shiyi (Chinese: 雷十一) Lei 雷 means thunder Shiyi 十一 means eleven

[2] Yi (Chinese: 一) means one

[3] Er (Chinese: 二) means two

[4] Shi’er (Chinese: 十二) means twelve