The Battle of the Eternals had appeared in the previous Ranking Tournaments but it was very rare. Besides, the tickets for the Ranking Tournament that involved the participation of the Eternals would usually be sold at more than one million stone coins by the Blood Martial Arena. To be able to watch the Battle of the Eternals with the ticket price of two hundred thousand stone coins was undoubtedly a great fortune!
The arena, which was originally filled with chaotic battles, suddenly stopped all the fighting.
The chaotic and disorderly shouts suddenly became unified and there were only two voices left!
Emperor Slaughter! Emperor Slaughter! Emperor Slaughter!
Fox Slaughter! Fox Slaughter! Fox Slaughter!
How could ordinary spectators see how terrifying Emperor Slaughter was? All they knew was that it was an equal battle between the Immortal Venerables of the Eternals. Even the experts in the arena and the few old monsters who had half a step into the Eternal Ancient Realm could only vaguely see that Emperor Slaughter had the strength of an Immortal King. They could not see more.
Only Ning Fan could truly feel how terrifying Emperor Slaughter was! Green light flashed across his eyes. Emperor Slaughter's background was gradually exposed in front of his eyes.
Not only was he a Sovereign Emperor … He was also a Half-Step Quasi-Saint Realm Sovereign!
"So it's you!"
Ning Fan's expression did not change but his heart was filled with astonishment. This Emperor Slaughter was obviously the Half-Step Quasi-Saint who had secretly probed him during the registration!
Even though Ning Fan had regained his Jie Xue cultivation base, he would never be so arrogant to think that he could defeat such an expert!
It seemed like it was already impossible for him to obtain the first place in this Ranking Tournament. What concerned Ning Fan more was Emperor Slaughter's motive for coming here. What reason does such an expert have to participate in a mere Ranking Tournament? Could it be that he is here for me …?
"Hehe. You can't simply identify your opponent's identity in the Blood Martial Arena. It's a taboo. Don't violate it." Emperor Slaughter seemed to be reminding Ning Fan with a smile but deep down, he was extremely surprised. Obviously, he did not expect that the external cultivator in front of him could actually recognize a trace of his qi through his mask and concealment!
Unity of Heaven and Man, huh? Hehe. It seems like I have underestimated this person. Sure enough, I can make use of him.
"It's useless to say more. Since you came here on the eve of the Mausoleum Seizing Battle, I suppose you are also a bloodthirsty person. There's no need to conceal your murderous nature here. Just come and kill to your heart's content!"
Chi!
Tu Huang's body swayed and he disappeared from his original spot. Almost at the same time, a black shadow appeared in front of Ning Fan's eyes along with the sound of sharp weapons piercing through the air. Before he could see anything clearly, his body had already reacted instinctively. With a flip of his hand, the Dao Weapon appeared in his hand. The Ocean Defying Sword that weighed seven stars was already slashing down on the head of the black shadow in front of him!
Boom!!!
A loud sound rang out, and in the end, the two figures bounced back at the same time, evenly matched.
Tu Huang was caught off guard. Obviously, he did not expect Ning Fan's Dao Weapon to be so heavy. He could not help but let out a groan. He was forced to take tens of steps back by Ning Fan's sword. Every step he took would leave a half an inch deep footprint on the incomparably hard stone floor. After he managed to stabilize his body with great difficulty, he held the small bronze sword in his hand horizontally. He looked at Ning Fan with surprise, as if he was getting to know Ning Fan for the first time.
Sovereign Tu's attack was just too fast. Even though he used the Ocean Defying Dao Sword to defend himself instinctively, he was still pushed back tens of steps by Sovereign Tu.
Strange … this Sovereign Thearch Tu Huang doesn't seem to be that strong …
Slaughter an emperor! Slaughter an emperor! Slaughter an emperor!
Slaughter an Fox of Life! Slaughter an Fox of Life! Slaughter an Fox of Life!
The cheers from all sides of the arena became even louder. While they were cheering, Sovereign Tu Huang launched another attack. However, this time, he did not choose to engage in close combat with Ning Fan. Instead, he tossed the small bronze sword into the air. As the sword trembled, it immediately turned into a rusty flood dragon.
The flood dragon's eyes were flashing with green lightning. Suddenly, it opened its mouth and spat out thousands of green lightning arcs that were as thick as an arm. The lightning arcs merged together and turned into a massive lightning net, falling down on Ning Fan.
"Lightning Dao magic technique, huh …? This power doesn't seem like the power of an immortal emperor at all."
Ning Fan held the Ocean Defying Sword in his right hand and touched his glabella with his left hand. The Tai Su Lightning Star suddenly flashed with a dim light. Then, he placed his left hand on the body of the sword and swiped it forcefully. The Ocean Defying Dao Sword gave off a strange power of the Sovereign Thearch Realm of Lightning. It slashed at the sky and easily split the lightning net. Then, with another slash, it split the rusty flood dragon along with the sky beneath the ground. The flood dragon let out a miserable shriek and shattered into countless light spots before disappearing.
"So that's how it is. This person isn't his true self. Instead, he's just a clone created by an illusory technique. He doesn't want to fight me with his true self at the Immortal Emperor Realm, huh?" Ning Fan shifted his gaze towards Sovereign Tu. His eyes narrowed as he instantly understood something.
Sovereign Tu, on the other hand, was stunned. He did not expect that Ning Fan would actually be able to break his bronze sword flood dragon with a single slash. The reason why Ning Fan was able to do so seemed to be because … he had used a trace of the Sovereign Thearch Realm of Lightning power. That was why he could easily destroy the flood dragon sword which carried the lightning attribute …
"I didn't expect that a mere Immortal Venerable Realm cultivator could actually comprehend a trace of the Sovereign Thearch Realm of Lightning power. It seems like I've overestimated myself by only sending a thousandth of my illusory body to fight this young man … This young man is really interesting!"
Sovereign Tu flipped his hand again. Just as he was about to take out another magic treasure, Ning Fan took the lead and dashed towards him. The Ocean Defying Dao Sword slashed horizontally. Before the sword even reached him, the heavy wind pressure it brought with it had already blown away a large group of participants who were standing far behind Sovereign Tu!
Those participants were instantly overwhelmed with shock. They could not imagine how heavy the sword must be to be able to create such a strong wind pressure.
The wind pressure made Sovereign Tu's long hair flutter in the wind. However, his body did not move at all. Facing Ning Fan's ferocious sword attack, he did not even put up any form of defense. Only his body became slightly transparent, allowing the sword to slash his body.
Then, the Ocean Defying Dao Sword pierced through his body. There was no sound of flesh being cut and Sovereign Tu was not injured at all!
Ning Fan felt as if his sword strike had hit something invisible. With a flip of his hand, he swung his sword again. In just a few breaths of time, he had launched nearly one hundred sword strikes at Tu Huang. However, none of them managed to hurt his body. The wild wind pressure that he created blew countless participants away again.
"Illusion Explosion!"
A creepy laughter echoed in the air. His nearly transparent body suddenly exploded. Destructive waves of energy instantly engulfed Ning Fan and spread out from the center of the arena, engulfing all the participants in all directions!
"It's … It's the self-detonation of an ancient Immortal Venerable! Let's work together. Otherwise, none of us will be able to survive this wave! "
Copper Sparrow Immortal, the Sword Corpse and some Half-Step Immortal Venerable old monsters who had concealed their cultivation base beforehand roared loudly. Their expressions were incomparably nervous. No one expected Sovereign Tu to self-detonate all of a sudden. Moreover, it was the first time for many of them to witness the destructive power of an Immortal Venerable's self-detonation!
Even an Immortal King would be injured if he or she were to fall into that destructive wave, let alone ants like them who had yet to enter the eternal era!
However, these people did not even have the time to work together. All of them were engulfed by the shockwave. Then, miserable shrieks resounded in the air.
Die! Die! Die!
Be it Copper Sparrow Immortal, the Sword Corpse or those Half-Step Immortal Venerables, almost none of them could survive the self-detonation of this Immortal Venerable!
After the shockwave killed all the participants, it continued to rush towards the spectator seats in all directions of the arena. This arena was originally equipped with a formation. However, at this moment, the formation did not activate its defense for some unknown reason. As a result, the spectator seats in all directions were instantly killed by the shockwave of the self-detonation of this Immortal Venerable. Even the entire arena was destroyed by the self-detonation of this Immortal Venerable!
Countless black shadows that were hiding in the dark finally could not sit idly by and do nothing. They revealed themselves one after another. Each of them was a black-robed man wearing a blood-red ox mask. There was a totem of a fire ox drawn on their black robes.
These black-robed men belonged to the Blood Martial Arena. There was no lack of Immortal Venerables among them. At this moment, they worked together to suppress the shockwave of Sovereign Tu's self-detonation, preventing it from spreading further.
However, even if they managed to suppress the shockwave, the entire arena had already turned into ruins. Not a single person was left alive. Not even a complete corpse could be found.
"Venerable Lord has really gone too far this time. Didn't he say that he wanted to test that external cultivator? This time, we won't even be able to find the corpse of that external cultivator …" An elderly man who wore a blood-red ox mask and had the qi of an Immortal King sighed.
All of a sudden, his eyes were filled with surprise. It was because a part of the ruins had suddenly collapsed and Ning Fan, who was unscathed, walked out from it.
Ning Fan who had the protection of the God Extermination Shield would naturally not be killed by the self-detonation of an Immortal Venerable. However, he did not activate the God Extermination Shield to defend himself against the self-detonation of an Immortal Venerable. Thus, he was still unscathed.
"Life Killing Fox, you're actually still alive!" The elderly Immortal King was astonished.
"Of course I'm still alive. Not only me, everyone who was caught in this self-detonation is actually still alive, isn't it, Senior Tu Huang?"
All of a sudden, Ning Fan raised his hand and clawed at the sky with his five fingers. The world that he could see was forcefully pulled down like a piece of oilcloth.
With that, the number one arena that was in ruins disappeared. What replaced it was an intact arena with hundreds of blood lotuses swaying in the wind.
At the center of the arena was Ning Fan and Tu Huang.
Those participants and spectators who were supposed to be killed by the self-detonation of an Immortal Venerable were still alive. However, each of them was in a daze as if they had fallen into an illusion.
Illusion! Tu Huang's self-detonation was actually just an illusion! It was an illusion that even the elderly Immortal King could not see through!
However, Ning Fan had easily seen through it!
"It's actually the Venerable Lord's illusion technique!" Each of the black-robed men was shocked. Then, they disappeared in a flash and hid in the dark with extreme shame.
As the subordinates of the Venerable Lord, they actually failed to see through the illusion technique of the Venerable Lord. Instead, they were busy in the illusion technique. They had really embarrassed the Venerable Lord.
What surprised them even more was that the Fox of Slaughter was able to see through the illusion technique that even they could not see through. This person indeed had the qualifications to be valued by the Venerable Lord. He was no ordinary person …
"Interesting. At first, I thought that you would be considered an outstanding person if you could see through this illusion technique within ten breaths. I didn't expect that you actually saw through it right from the beginning. Do you know that I have already used the power of a Sovereign Realm expert to execute this technique? Even an Immortal Emperor might not be able to see through it in a short period of time." Tu Huang suddenly smiled and praised.
"Senior's illusion technique is profound and profound. If it wasn't for me having some restraint towards the Dao of Illusion, I might not have been able to see through it." Ning Fan smiled faintly and answered.
"However, there's one thing that I didn't expect. A devil cultivator with deep baleful qi like you would actually break through my illusion technique just to save someone …"
As soon as Tu Huang's voice fell, all the people who were in a daze suddenly spurted out blood and fell to the ground. All of them fainted and suffered severe injuries.
That self-detonation was just an illusion technique. However, an illusion technique did not necessarily have no destructive power!
If it wasn't for Ning Fan's speed of breaking through the illusion technique, these people who were trapped in the self-detonation technique would certainly have their Sea of Consciousness explode without exception!
"What a pity. I initially thought that you are like me, a person who likes to kill. Now, it seems like we are not on the same side." Tu Huang sighed with disappointment.
Ning Fan, however, did not care about Tu Huang. Instead, he moved and arrived beside Xianyu Chun who had fainted. He used his Star Technique on his body and healed all the injuries in his body in an extremely short period of time!
"Did you save him because of this person? Even though we are not on the same side, I am more interested in you now. "Tu Huang said with admiration.
Honestly, if it wasn't because he was acquainted with Xianyu Chun, he might not have broken Tu Huang's illusion technique.
How could it be easy to break the illusion technique of a Sovereign Realm Great Emperor? Even though Tu Huang was just an insignificant illusion clone of that Sovereign Realm Great Emperor, Ning Fan still used up more than seventy percent of his mental power to forcefully break this illusion technique. Even though his expression did not change at this moment, his mental power was already extremely exhausted!
If he were to use an illusion technique of this level again, Ning Fan knew that he would not be able to break it even if he exhausted all of his mental power.
"Now, all of the participants have lost their combat abilities. Only you and I are left. Do we still continue this match, Miss Tu Huang?" After saving Xianyu Chun, Ning Fan suddenly walked towards Tu Huang with a smile and asked.
Of course, he transmitted his voice to Tu Huang when he said the word 'Miss'.
Thus, this question sounded very normal to all the black-robed men. However, when it fell into Tu Huang's ears, he was instantly filled with anger and embarrassment.
"What do you mean by 'Miss'?! What are you talking about? I don't understand at all! "
* Chi *
Ning Fan took advantage of the moment when Tu Huang's mental power fluctuated and suddenly approached him. He used his Yin Plucking Finger and touched Tu Huang's neck which was under his long hair.
Instantly, Tu Huang's illusory body which was at least one-thousandth of Tu Huang's cultivation level fell into Ning Fan's arms.
"Now, senior, do you understand the meaning behind my words? I've won this ranking tournament!"
"Bewitching Technique! Hehe. How despicable. But I like it! "
* Bang *
Tu Huang's body which had fallen into Ning Fan's arms suddenly let out a sinister laugh and disappeared. As soon as Tu Huang disappeared, Ning Fan's Xing Ring which had disappeared mysteriously reappeared in his dantian and sealed most of his cultivation level.
As a result, Ning Fan was the only one who was still conscious among all the participants in this ranking battle. After he calmly took away the Saint Blood Lotus Seeds of all the people who had fainted, he easily obtained the first place.
Other than Xianyu Chun who was acquainted with Ning Fan and the lotus seeds that Ning Fan left behind, the number of lotus seeds of the others all returned to zero!
In other words, there were only two people who had any results in this ranking battle.
The second place was Nao Niu with 13 lotus seeds!
The first place was Fox of Killing Life with 609 lotus seeds!
"Where's the Judge Envoy? Aren't you going to give me the rewards of the ranking battle?" Ning Fan smiled and asked in a dark direction outside the arena.
Immediately, an old Judge Envoy who had a strange look in his eyes walked out from that direction.
He was not the only one who was looking at Ning Fan with a strange look. All the black-robed men who were hiding in the dark were also looking at Ning Fan with a strange look in their eyes.
In their understanding, their Venerated Lord was a man and this Fox of Killing Life seemed to be a man too …
Their Venerated Lord actually fell into the arms of the Fox of Killing Life! Lightning! It's really heavenly lightning!
Moreover, his Venerated Lord did not feel humiliated by the Fox of Killing Life's teasing words. Instead, he said something that was even more shocking.
I like it!
I like it!!!
I like it!!!
His Venerated Lord actually likes this Fox of Killing Life! Indeed, there were many people who liked men in Liuli City. However, he did not expect his Venerated Lord to also be obsessed with men …
When the old Judge Envoy thought of this, he actually showed unprecedented respect to Ning Fan. There was no other reason. Ning Fan was the first man that his Venerated Lord liked since he liked men. His identity was very special and he could not afford to offend him!
"Lord Fox of Killing Life, please wait for a moment. I will send someone to give you the rewards. I wonder if my Venerated Lord would like to attend the ceremony later. According to the rules, once the ranking battle ends, there will be a ceremony to celebrate the victors. However, this time's ranking battle is a little special. Only two people managed to get into the rankings. Moreover, Lord Nao Niu who obtained the second place is still unconscious … "
* Thud *
When he said that, the old Judge Envoy suddenly felt displeased.
Logically speaking, Ning Fan should have also taken away the lotus seed from the unconscious Nao Niu, causing him to lose his ranking.
However, Ning Fan actually only healed Nao Niu and kept the Saint Blood Lotus Seed for him!
Why?!
Could it be that Nao Niu is actually the Fox of Killing Life's lover?!
This is bad. My Venerated Lord's relationship with Duan Longyang has just begun. Could it be that he already has his greatest love rival?
The loyal old Judge Envoy suddenly had the thought of killing Nao Niu when he was unconscious. He wanted to kill Nao Niu and get rid of his love rival for His Venerated Lord.
However, he immediately extinguished this thought. His Venerated Lord was the most particular about the rules. The rules of the Blood Martial Arena forbade Judges from attacking other participants. If he does such a thing, what awaits him is definitely not a reward from his Venerated Lord but a death sentence …
Forget it. It's better to let my Venerated Lord fight for this relationship himself. As his subordinates, it's better not to interfere.
Ning Fan frowned slightly. He felt that the old Judge Envoy's attitude towards him was very strange. The way the old Judge Envoy looked at him was also very strange. However, he could not tell what was strange about it.
It was a pity that he knew the Mind Reading Technique which allowed him to read a woman's mind but he could not see the thoughts of a man. Naturally, he could not see the thunderous thoughts in the old Judge Envoy's mind. The old Judge Envoy had already regarded Ning Fan as a person who had a fetish for Longyang.
Very soon, the prizes were delivered to Ning Fan. After the old Judge Envoy gave a few simple speeches, he presented the prizes to Ning Fan.
Unfortunately, there was no one who was really listening to his speech. Many armored warriors of the Blood Martial Arena were busy cleaning up the battlefield, transporting and treating the injured.
As for Ning Fan, he was not interested in the speech of the old Judge Envoy at all. He left after he got the Night Lingzhi.
The Night Lingzhi that he initially thought he would not be able to get his hands on was actually successfully obtained. Naturally, Ning Fan was in a good mood. He finally found another Innate Soul Nourishing Spiritual Medicine.
What surprised him more was that other than the Night Lingzhi, the other prizes were also quite useful.
Twelve drops of Mother Nirvana Chalcedony! Each drop was extracted from a stone mine that contained Mother Nirvana Chalcedony that was at least Five Stars. It had a very significant effect on improving one's body refinement realm. As for how significant it was, Ning Fan did not have the chance to taste it for the time being. It was because the second round of the Mausoleum Seizing Battle would begin in three days. There was not enough time for that. He still needed to recover his mental strength that he had used to break the illusion technique!
Other than the Mother Nirvana Chalcedony, there were also one hundred Lightning Body Refinement Fruits among the prizes. They were also good items that could improve one's body refinement realm.
One of the twelve nirvana spiritual equipment was an iron claw that looked like a boxing glove. Its name was the Black Dragon Claw. It was made from the sharp claw of an Immortal Emperor Realm dragon-shaped devil beast in a tenth grade ominous region. Its entire body was as black as iron. It could greatly increase the offensive power of a body refinement realm cultivator. After increasing the strength of a body refinement realm cultivator by a few times, it would turn into an iron claw that could slash and injure the enemy.
This spiritual equipment was something that Ning Fan could completely refine within three days. Thus, he refined the Black Dragon Claw into his left hand and kept it. It could be considered as an additional method of body refinement realm attack.
One was the Lapis Lazuli Guest Elder Token. It was the highest status among the guest elders of the Blood Martial Arena. With this token, one could enjoy a lot of special privileges in the arena.
What surprised Ning Fan the most was that there was another item among the prizes. It was a perfectly round luminous pearl the size of an infant's fist.
This item was not one of the prizes announced by the Blood Martial Arena. Instead, it was added after the event.
This item was stained with some Qi of Tu Huang's illusion technique. Ning Fan activated his Heavenly Mortal Eyes and took a closer look at it. Then, he was slightly moved.
This luminous pearl was actually condensed by Tu Huang with the power of his palm realm. As long as he wears it on his body, it could make the Punishment Ring in his body disappear in a short period of time, allowing him to recover his Blood Tribulation Realm cultivation base in a short period of time!
The durability of this item was not high. It could only be used for around three times …
After checking it repeatedly, Ning Fan did not find any flaws in this item. When he thought of Tu Huang's various actions, he already had some guesses. He also guessed that Tu Huang would not do anything to this pearl.
"With this item, I will undoubtedly have a greater chance of winning the second round of the mausoleum seizing competition."
Ning Fan kept the luminous pearl carefully and began to regulate his breathing for three days.
During these three days, Xianyu Chun came once. When he saw that Ning Fan was busy recovering his mental state, he did not disturb him. Instead, he cupped his fists at Ning Fan from afar as if to express his gratitude.
Then, he asked his maidservant to pass a message to Ning Fan.
"Yellow Ox's time has not come yet. If it does, I will inform Senior Ning immediately."
Instead of addressing Ning Fan as Fellow Daoist, he addressed him as Senior. He must have been impressed by Ning Fan's shocking strength.
Following the end of the Blood Martial Ranking Battle, the story of the Fox of Killing Life and Nao Niu spread like wildfire across the entire Liuli City. Nao Niu was not a big deal. Those who were well-informed all knew about his results. In fact, he also went easy on Ning Fan. However, the Fox of Killing Life was different. His name had spread across the entire Liuli City overnight. On the second day, there were hawkers selling Fire Fox masks that were exactly the same as Ning Fan's on the streets.
The masks of the ranking battle had always been loved by the residents of Liuli City. Especially this Fire Fox mask, it had gained a huge sales volume due to the effect of the Fox of Killing Life.
Unfortunately, no one knew who the Fox of Killing Life was. They only knew that he was an Immortal Venerable of ten thousand years. He won the battle against another Immortal Venerable of ten thousand years, Tu Huang, and obtained the first place in the ranking battle!
There were also rumors in the streets that said that the Fox of Killing Life was actually a participant in the second round of the mausoleum seizing battle. Unfortunately, very few people would believe such rumors.
Due to the limitation of bone age in the second round of the mausoleum seizing battle, it was very rare for an ancient monster to participate in it. The possibility of this was really not high. It was no wonder that people did not believe it.
Under such an atmosphere, Liuli City finally welcomed another grand event – the second round of the mausoleum seizing battle!
Especially after an incident happened, the attention of the people of Liuli City towards the mausoleum seizing battle rose to an unprecedented level!
The first disciple of Great Emperor Lou Tuo, Sha Bai Lou, actually issued a challenge to an external cultivator!
"Ning Fan of the Southern Border's Ta Mu Tribe, if you participate in the second round of the mausoleum seizing battle, I will certainly take your life!"
There was even a secret that was dug out by some people. It turned out that the first disciple of Lou Tuo, Sha Bai Lou, was actually the person who committed a great crime in the Blood Martial Arena tens of thousands of years ago!
There was once a person who killed all the participants of the ranking battle alone. He even killed a Judge Envoy, which incurred the wrath of the Blood Martial Arena. However, he still managed to escape unscathed from the underground. Since then, there was a rule that forbade anyone from attacking a Judge Envoy before the start of the Blood Martial Ranking Battle.
It turned out that the culprit was Sha Bai Lou!
As for Sha Bai Lou, he was the person who showed Ning Fan his strength by showing the tragic death of an external cultivator in the slave market.
"I can't tolerate this! Little Eight can't tolerate this! This Sha Bai Lou is too arrogant. How dare a mere Half-Step Immortal Venerable look down on Master like this! There's no need for Master to do anything. Little Eight wants to fight that Sha Bai Lou to death! "
In Ning Fan's room, Old Wu held the information that he had just inquired and angrily expressed his loyalty to Ning Fan …
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