Sha Bailou crawled on the ground, struggling to get up. Unfortunately, Ning Fan did not give him the chance to do so. With a wave of his sleeve, the red light of the Tribulation Sense enveloped Sha Bailou's body. With a loud sizzling sound like thunder, Sha Bailou's physical body exploded into a mist of blood. His primordial spirit was corroded by the red light of the Tribulation Sense. He kept screaming in pain. Judging from his appearance, he was not far from death. He could not even speak properly!
Sha Bailou was very strong. As a Peak Thought Fragmentation Realm cultivator, he was able to fight against an Immortal Venerable who was at a higher cultivation realm than him.
However, Sha Bailou was not the only one in this world who had combat strength that could surpass his cultivation realm. At the very least, Ning Fan's combat strength was much stronger than Sha Bailou's. At this moment, Ning Fan unleashed all of his cultivation realm. With a strength that was infinitely close to the Second Eternal Tribulation, he fought against Sha Bailou who was at the Peak Thought Fragmentation Realm. In just three attacks, he had lost his physical body and only his primordial spirit was left!
Under normal circumstances, when a cultivator was beaten to the point where only their primordial spirit was left, they basically did not have much strength left to continue fighting. Most of the time, they could only choose to escape. If they were lucky, they could escape. If they were unlucky, they could only be killed by their opponent.
However, Sha Bailou's situation was very strange. His primordial spirit was obviously left and his qi was obviously weak. But the sense of danger he gave Ning Fan was even stronger than before.
Ning Fan's eyes were filled with ruthlessness. Just as he was about to give Sha Bailou's primordial spirit the final blow, the corner of his eyes suddenly shrunk. Without saying anything, he retreated.
At the moment when he retreated, Sha Bailou's primordial spirit suddenly stopped screaming. His small face revealed a sinister smile and he uttered a strange incantation. All of a sudden, a large amount of grey qi emerged from his primordial spirit. Wherever the grey qi shrouded, the blood flames on the ground were all extinguished. The flesh and blood of the corpses on the ground dried up. The moist soil cracked after being enveloped by the grey qi. The grey qi continued to spread. The mountains, rivers, grass and trees … Everything that was shrouded by the grey qi, whether it was living or dead, lost all vitality within a few breaths.
"This is …"
The moment Tu Huang saw the grey qi, he was slightly surprised even with his vast experience.
Then, he felt his body becoming lighter. It was Ning Fan who was hugging him. Both of them retreated quickly on the ground that was engulfed by blazing blood flames and grey qi.
The current Ning Fan had temporarily unsealed his cultivation base. Naturally, his speed of retreat was very fast. On the ground, only a ray of red light could be seen skimming across the ground. Very quickly, he left the range of the grey qi and revealed himself.
Ning Fan put down Tu Huang who was in his arms and stared at the grey qi in front of him with a solemn expression. The gray mist released by Sha Bailou's nascent soul covered dozens of miles of land.
The grey Qi was very powerful. At this moment, the flesh and blood on his entire right forearm had dried up like a dried corpse. All the blood had been drained from his arm. Even though he had retreated extremely quickly, he was still ambushed by Sha Bailou.
Fortunately, Ning Fan's recovery ability was extremely strong. The dried flesh and blood were quickly healed by the Nirvana Flame.
Gradually, the gray mist that had spread for dozens of miles dissipated. Sha Bailou's excited laughter reverberated in the wind.
"As expected, it is indeed a delicious prey! Just you wait, wait for me for seven days, I will be back! Haha! Hahaha! "
As the originator of the grey qi, Sha Bailou's primordial spirit had actually died in the center of the grey qi. The small face of the primordial spirit's corpse still had a sinister and vicious smile. On the surface, those words were just his unresigned roars before his death.
After ten breaths of time, the appearance of this primordial spirit suddenly changed. From Sha Bailou's appearance, it turned into a child who had his hair tied up in a bun. He wore a cute smile as if he was sleeping soundly.
After that, the primordial spirit with the appearance of a child turned into ashes and vanished into thin air.
Strange. Why did the appearance of this primordial spirit change after Sha Bailou died …? Ning Fan's cultivation base that was temporarily unsealed gradually returned to its original level. Very quickly, his qi reduced to its previous level. He checked the Illusion Night Pearl. It seemed like less than one-sixth of its power had been used. Since the battle ended very quickly, this pearl could still be used for many more times.
"If I'm not mistaken, this Sha Bailou should still be alive. Lou Tuo might not be capable but this disciple of his is really quite capable. " Sovereign Butcher carefully looked at the place where Sha Bailou's primordial spirit turned into ashes. Then, he pinched a trace of the ashes and sniffed it. Then, he came to a conclusion. His words made Ning Fan's eyes turn solemn.
"He actually managed to escape?" Ning Fan did not expect that Sha Bailou would still have the chance to escape under his complete suppression.
"That's right. This young man's escaping technique is quite unique. I have only seen one person who has successfully cultivated this technique in the past. However, I didn't expect that there would be a second person who could cultivate this kind of evil ability. If this young man really used this technique, I won't be able to stop him even if I am at my peak state if he wants to escape. It's because this kind of ability doesn't actually allow one to escape from a real battlefield. Instead, it allows one to obtain a second life in another place after death, which is called reincarnation! "
"Reincarnation?"
"Have you heard of the Death Emperor of the Three Flames Continent?"
"I've heard a little about it … The Three Flames Continent is divided into three major branches: the Stone Flame, the Wood Flame and the Sky Flame. Among the three major branches, the Sky Flame is the weakest. However, the weakest branch, the Sky Flame, is guarded by the strongest expert of the three flames. The strongest expert of the three flames is the Death Emperor. It is said that he is as famous as the Light Buddha, the strongest expert of the Sacred Mountain." Ning Fan thought for a while and answered.
"Then, have you ever heard of the Death Emperor's strongest technique?" Sovereign Butcher asked again.
"No."
"Let alone you, even the five emperors of the Middle State are not qualified to know about this. The Death Emperor's strongest technique is what he comprehended from the last of the five great supreme beings. This isn't a power that should exist in the Illusory World. Instead, it comes from the legendary True World. This power is called [Desolation]. It is said that in the True World, hundreds of powerful clans were born because of the power of [Desolation]. Among them, the most famous clan is the Ancient Desolation Immortal Domain. The master of the Ancient Desolation Immortal Domain is probably the person who has the highest understanding of the power of desolation in the True World … "
Sovereign Butcher paused for a moment and knitted his brows. However, he still continued to explain to Ning Fan.
Ning Fan's eyes immediately turned solemn. Ancient Desolation Immortal Domain … True World … These information were undoubtedly the greatest secrets of Heaven and Earth! It was not strange for existences like the five emperors of the Middle State not to know about these things. However, the problem was, how did Sovereign Butcher know about them?!
Could it be that Sovereign Butcher was an old monster who had lived since ancient times like Great Emperor Zang Yue and Immortal Concubine Zang Yue?
However, even Great Emperor Zang Yue and Immortal Concubine Zang Yue were extremely secretive about the secrets of the True World. They were unwilling to tell Ning Fan more about it. There were some things that one did not have the right to talk about if one's cultivation base was not high enough.
However, Sovereign Butcher actually dared to casually mention such a great secret of Heaven and Earth. Isn't he a little too audacious?
"… I'm not an expert of the True World. Instead, I'm someone who was born and raised in the Supreme Pill Sacred Region. When I was born, the passage between the Supreme Pill Sacred Region and the True World had already been cut off for many years. The entire Supreme Pill Sacred Region had also been completely 'devoured' into the Illusory Dream World created by that lord of the Purple Dou Immortal World a long time ago. The information related to the True World was not told to me by others. It was also not something that I read from any books. Instead, it was something that I dreamt of. Do you find it very unbelievable that I can actually dream of such profound and unfathomable secrets in my dreams?! "Sovereign Butcher explained as if he had seen through Ning Fan's concerns.
At this moment, Sovereign Butcher seemed to have let go of his lofty and aloof demeanor as the Sovereign Emperor. His eyes were very ethereal and distant. Along with his memories, they drifted back to a long time ago.
"When I first dreamt of these things, I was just an ignorant little girl. In my dreams, I saw strange and dazzling sceneries one after another. In those sceneries, there were too many all-powerful Immortal Emperors. There were Saints who established sects and preached the Dao. There were even existences who were even stronger than Saints … It was a world that was completely different from the Supreme Pill Sacred Region that I was living in. Later on, as my experience grew, I realized what kind of world the world that I dreamt of was … "
"The True World …"
"What made me even more incredulous was that the scenes that I dreamt of were actually not illusions. Many of the fragments of my dreams were actually things that had really happened in the True World! Moreover, the reason why my attainment in illusion techniques could reach my current level is largely related to the many illusion techniques of the True World that I had seen in my dreams. "
"This is also the reason why I came to the Fire Soul Tower this time. There was a layer of confusion in my heart. I wanted to know the source of these dreams and where they came from. Gradually, this confusion actually became a devil in my heart, a bottleneck. I am only half a step away from attaining the Quasi-Saint Realm. It's not that I have never tried to truly break through to that realm. However, every time I am close to success, this devil in my heart would appear and become the biggest obstacle for me to break through. The reason why I came to this place is to solve some of the questions in my heart. In this process, I will need your help. "
"Can the doubts in your heart be solved after you reach the sixth floor of the Fire Soul Tower?" Ning Fan asked. At this moment, he finally understood Tu Huang's purpose. He could not help but feel relieved. Since there was always a question in one's heart, it would more or less increase one's vigilance. Perhaps, Tu Huang also had the same feeling as Tu Huang.
"I don't know. I don't know if I can completely solve the doubts in my heart this time. However, there should be a part of the answer at the bottom of the Fire Soul Tower …"
As Tu Huang said that, it seemed like Tu Huang did not intend to talk about it in detail anymore. Thus, Ning Fan sensibly led the topic back to Sha Bai Lou.
According to Tu Huang, there were five great supreme beings in the Great Humble Clan that ordinary people could not remember. The strength of these five great supreme beings was even greater than experts like the Radiant Buddha and the Dead Emperor. They were the true peak combat power of the Great Humble Clan.
As for who the five great supreme beings were, Tu Huang did not go into detail. He only mentioned Supreme Being Niu Gui. According to Ning Fan's speculation, this Supreme Being Niu Gui was most likely the Old Man Niu who gave Old Wu a hard time.
As for the last of the five great supreme beings, even though Tu Huang did not mention his name, he described the abilities of this supreme being. It was said that the strongest power in this supreme being's body was [Desolation]. The reason why the Dead Emperor was able to become the strongest of the three flames was because he had comprehended a trace of the power of [Desolation]. Using it, he created a unique technique that allowed him to dominate the three flames.
The ability that the Dead Emperor created was called the [Blood God Reincarnation Technique]. After successfully cultivating this technique, the Dead Emperor could be reborn in another place with the help of a medium every time he dies. To any opponent, an opponent that they could not kill no matter how hard they tried was undoubtedly a troublesome and terrifying opponent.
However, the [Blood God Reincarnation Technique] could not be used limitlessly. This technique required a medium. The medium must be the soul of a direct blood relative that had been refined using a special secret technique! Each time a blood relative's soul was resurrected, it would consume the soul of a blood relative.
It was highly possible that Sha Bailou had used the [Blood God Reincarnation Technique] to resurrect in another place. Rumor has it that Sha Bailou had killed his own son. The reason why his primordial spirit would change its appearance to that of a child right before it dissipated was probably because Sha Bailou had used up the soul of his son in his body to resurrect …
"The resurrection of the [Blood God Reincarnation Technique] requires seven days to be completed. During the process of resurrection, the qi of the caster will completely disappear and no longer exist in this world. Only after seven days will he truly resurrect. Normally, the range of resurrection wouldn't be too far away from the place where he died. However, because of the convenience of having his qi disappear, the place where Sha Bailou resurrected is not far away from here. Currently, he has no form and no presence or thought. It's as difficult as ascending the heavens for us to find him. Only when he truly resurrects seven days later and his qi recovers can we sense his location … "
Ning Fan's eyes turned grim.
No wonder Sha Bailou said that he would come back after seven days before he 'died'. It turns out that there's a time limit of seven days for resurrection …
In other words, after Sha Bailou completes his resurrection, he will come after me again? He's really a pestering fly!
"Forget it. So what if Sha Bailou can resurrect?! Even if he comes back again, he will just be sending himself to death. With your strength, will you still be afraid of Sha Bailou? Hurry up and head to the sixth floor of the Fire Soul Tower. Accomplishing my goal of this trip is the most important thing. "Tu Huang said impatiently. Because of Sha Bailou, she seemed to have wasted quite a lot of time.
"I'm not afraid. It's just that I'm a little annoyed by being pestered."
Ning Fan found quite a number of storage pouches from the ruins. Other than Sha Bailou's own storage pouch, the rest belonged to the participants who were killed by Sha Bailou.
Sha Bailou's storage pouch made Ning Fan speechless! It actually did not contain many useful pills or magic treasures. Instead, it was filled with human skulls! There were men and women, young and old. Some of them were intact, some of them were rotten and some of them were only left with their skulls …
It seems like Sha Bailou has a hobby of collecting such things? Hehe. What a weird hobby.
Naturally, Ning Fan threw away all the heads that he had a wicked sense of humor.
Other than that, the only useful thing in Sha Bailou's storage pouch was Sha Bailou's map for the illusory test.
After entering the first floor of the Fire Soul Tower, each tribe would form a group of three and they would be teleported randomly. The starting point of Sha Bailou entering the tower was very far away from the Illusory Bamboo Forest where Ning Fan first started. They were separated by a thousand li * (500m per li). However, Sha Bailou still managed to find his way here step by step. Even though he did not care about the result of the illusory test, he had unknowingly lit up the map of a thousand li * (500m per li).
Now that Ning Fan had obtained the map, he only needed to cast a trace of devil flame to burn the map. Instantly, the area that Sha Bailou had lit up was in his possession. On his map, it was not just the area within a hundred li * (500m per li) of the Illusory Bamboo Forest that was lit up. Even the area that Sha Bailou had passed through was lit up as well.
The storage pouches of the other participants also contained three maps. However, due to the short period of time they spent in the tower, they could only explore one to two hundred li * (500m per li) of the surrounding area. Moreover, there were still many overlapping areas.
These three maps were destroyed by Ning Fan as well. Thus, he took away the other participants' marks for the illusory test.
In this way, even though Ning Fan had spent a lot of time in the Illusory Bamboo Forest, he had already lit up one thousand and two hundred li * (500m per li) of the map. If converted into points, he would get more than 2,400 points!
"If you really care about the results of the illusory test, you should follow me to the bottom of the sixth floor of the tower as soon as possible. Over there, lighting up one li * (500m per li) of the map will get you 64 points. One thousand and two hundred li * (500m per li) of the map will be more than 700,000 points. It's much faster than you earning points on the first floor of the Fire Soul Tower. You can easily get the first place in the illusory test. " Tu Huang said impatiently. Time! Time! Ning Fan had wasted a lot of time picking up these storage pouches!
"I know you're in a hurry. But I'm sorry. It seems like I still need to take up some of your time …"
Ning Fan smiled helplessly. He sat cross-legged on the ground and began to refine the power of the Medicine Soul Stone.
The medicinal power in the territory of the Great Humble Clan was extremely strong. If one's medicine soul was not strong enough, they would need to absorb the power of the Medicine Soul Stone from time to time in order to survive in this place. Now, he had to replenish some Medicine Soul Stones …
"Troublesome. This is really troublesome! It seems like it's necessary for me to improve the level of your medicine soul. Otherwise, it will take a lot more time to get to the sixth floor if you keep walking and stopping like this … "
Tu Huang took Ning Fan's map and studied it carefully. It seemed like he was trying to find the places that Ning Fan's medicine soul could level up along the way …
Not long after, Ning Fan completed the refinement. He stood up and told Tu Huang that he had already absorbed enough medicinal power from the Medicine Soul Stones. They could continue their journey now.
Tu Huang's expression immediately became a little unnatural. It seemed like he was a little reluctant to be carried by Ning Fan and wanted Ning Fan to carry her on his back.
I'll carry you then. After all, I can still get pointers from Tu Huang regarding illusion techniques along the way. It's not a bad deal for Ning Fan.
As for Tu Huang, he obviously wanted to go straight to the entrance of the second floor. However, he still suppressed his patience and took a few detours. His goal was to visit the other three ominous places on the first floor of the Fire Soul Tower.
The ominous places of the Fire Soul Tower usually contained good items. If Ning Fan could use those items to increase his strength, it would also increase the success rate of his business on the sixth floor.
Other than the Illusory Bamboo Forest, there were three other ominous places on the first floor. They were the Rising Tower, the Thousand Feet Cliff and the White Horse Ice River.
Among them, there were hundreds of Tenth and Eleventh Nirvana magic treasures sealed in the depths of the Rising Tower illusion technique. On the Thousand Feet Cliff, there was an Innate Spiritual Tree that had been dead for many years.
None of these items were of great use. It made Tu Huang sigh continuously and regretted taking these detours.
Luckily, he managed to obtain a stalk of eight million years old White Dragon Coral at the bottom of the White Horse Ice River.
This small piece of White Dragon Coral could actually greatly improve the medicine soul power of a Ninth Revolution Alchemist! Ning Fan's first reaction was to keep this stalk of White Dragon Coral for Ouyang Nuan to consume. Unfortunately, Tu Huang forced Ning Fan to consume it immediately in order to improve the power of his medicine soul as soon as possible. After all, if Ning Fan's medicine soul power was improved, she would be able to travel faster. Besides, when Ning Fan is doing his business on the sixth floor, he must remain still for a few days. Thus, he would not have the chance to consume the medicine soul stone. Therefore, Tu Huang's plan was to directly raise the level of Ning Fan's medicine soul to the Ninth Revolution before entering the sixth floor!
As long as the level of Ning Fan's medicine soul reaches such a high level, he would no longer need to consume medicine soul stones to survive even though he was an outsider. He could totally adapt to the domineering medicine qi of the Despicable Clan by relying on the strength of his medicine soul.
To ordinary people, wanting to advance their medicine soul to the Ninth Revolution from the Seventh Revolution in a short period of time was just wishful thinking.
Fortunately, Tu Huang was extremely familiar with this Fire Soul Tower. He knew that there were many heaven-defying items in this place which were enough to make such an extravagant hope a reality. Of course, those heaven-defying items were definitely not easy to obtain. However, these small difficulties were not a problem for her since this was the most important matter of her trip. She would guide Ning Fan to solve them one by one.
A stalk of White Dragon Coral did not make the level of Ning Fan's medicine soul directly break through to the Peak Seventh Revolution. There was still some distance between it and the Peak Seventh Revolution.
This made Ning Fan feel that it was a pity. With his medicine soul, he could sense some of the characteristics of this White Dragon Coral. This item needed to be refined slowly in order to fully absorb its medicinal power. Thus, he could not be too hasty. If he acts in an overbearing manner, he would lose most of its medicinal power.
If he is given a few months to slowly refine this White Dragon Coral, he was confident that he could fully absorb its medicinal power and attain the Peak Seventh Revolution medicine soul in one go!
Obviously, it was impossible for Tu Huang to give Ning Fan so much time to dawdle. To her, wasting medicinal power was not a big deal. There were still a lot of good items in front of her. There was nothing more precious than her time.
After he finished refining the White Dragon Coral, Ning Fan carried Tu Huang on his back and sprinted in the first floor, heading straight to the entrance of the second floor that was indicated on the map.
On the second day, Ning Fan and Tu Huang arrived at the second floor.
On the sixth day, Ning Fan and Tu Huang entered the third floor.
The two of them had also explored the ominous land of the second floor. After obtaining a few more spiritual items, the power of Ning Fan's medicine soul completely broke through to the Peak Seventh Revolution. Now, he was just a step away from breaking through to the Eighth Revolution!
Of course, the benefits he obtained were far from just the growth of his medicine soul. Learning the knowledge of illusion techniques was the greatest benefit.
There were dangerous illusion techniques everywhere in the Fire Soul Tower. Every time Ning Fan encountered an illusion technique, Tu Huang would briefly explain it to him. First, he explained the basic knowledge of illusion techniques and explained the transformation of each illusion technique in detail.
Ning Fan's innate talent in illusion techniques was extremely high. What he lacked was just the foundation. Like a sponge, he absorbed the knowledge that Tu Huang imparted to him. Many concepts that he could not understand in the past gradually became clear in his mind.
The Dao of Illusion Techniques lay in the transformation of illusion and reality. Reality and illusion only required a single thought. However, how to use this thought was the key.
Attack the illusion while concealing the reality. Defend the reality while laying out the illusion. Destroy the reality while retaining the illusion. Void the reality without the reality … Ning Fan did not know that a simple illusion technique actually contained so many tricks. It was as if a brand new door of illusion techniques had been opened before his eyes.
Not only did illusion techniques require a good grasp of reality and illusion, but they also needed to separate life and death illusions … After learning all these, Ning Fan recalled the Low Grade Supreme Profound Illusion Technique in the Illusory Bamboo Forest. He felt that his mind had already grasped the general idea. If he was given another chance to enter the Illusory Bamboo Forest, he was confident that he could enter it!
At the same time, Ning Fan also gained a new understanding of the usage of the Dark Yin Yang Technique. He also had the intention to perfect the dark illusion technique that he created after achieving the Grand Completion of his Dao Elephant in the past.
The dark illusion technique that he comprehended from the Demonized Dark Night Dao Elephant could be used as a trump card. However, after Ning Fan comprehended this illusion technique, he could not perfect it. He always felt that this technique was lacking something. He could occasionally use it but it was hard for him to put it to good use.
Now, when he looked at this dark illusion technique again, Ning Fan became more confident. As long as he was given enough time, he was confident that he could perfect this illusion technique into a truly terrifying ability using the knowledge of illusion techniques that Tu Huang imparted to him!
Of course, his current focus was not on perfecting the dark illusion technique. Tu Huang would not give him the time to do such a thing.
The seventh day had finally arrived!
Ning Fan knew that at this time, Sha Bai Lou had most likely completed his resurrection. However, it was impossible for him to stop because of Sha Bai Lou. Even though Sha Bai Lou's ability was strange, it was not enough to make him fearful!
On the eleventh day, Ning Fan carried Tu Huang on his back and arrived at the entrance to the fourth floor. Just as he was about to enter, he suddenly stopped in his tracks.
The sky behind him was suddenly shrouded by blood-red killing intent. Moreover, a ray of blood-red light with the aura of a Zero Tribulation Immortal Venerate whizzed towards him!
It was none other than Sha Bai Lou!
However, it was different from before. The current Sha Bai Lou was no longer at the Peak Thought Fragmentation Realm. Instead, he was a true newly-advanced Immortal Venerate!
Compared to Sha Bai Lou in the past, his aura after breaking through to the Immortal Venerate Realm was more than twice as strong!
"Ning Fan! In order to kill you, I did not hesitate to give up my plan to perfectly attain the Immortal Venerate Realm and completely broke through the bottleneck of my cultivation base that I had been suppressing for many years! I'm no longer as weak as I was the first time you killed me. This time, I'll definitely kill you! "
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