Half-Saints were difficult to kill because they possessed profound abilities. Even if they couldn't defeat their enemies, they had the means to escape from the battlefield.
However, if a half-step Sage's path of retreat was blocked, then the half-step Sage would still die. The death of the Water Buffalo Deity and the others was proof of this.
It was Ning Fan's first time using the Wood Palm Domain. Layers of invisible walls formed by the Wood Palm Domain sealed all the paths of retreat within the domain. Not Daoist Xuanwei could escape.
The transformation of Daoist Xuanwei's Second Stage True Body could increase his magic power to fourteen thousand to five thousand Tribulation Stage. Unfortunately, the current Ning Fan had increased his magic power to sixteen thousand Tribulation Stage by borrowing the power of the Killing Technique. In the previous battle, Ning Fan activated his Killing Technique too late. He would not make such a mistake in this battle.
Even though Daoist Xuanwei's Green Wave Fire Poison was powerful, it could not withstand Ning Fan's advantage in numbers. A single Dao Extermination Lightning Nascent Soul was already enough to make him struggle bitterly. In addition to the joint attacks from Ning Fan and Myriad Saint Dragon King, he soon suffered severe injuries.
However, he was an ancient half-step Saint after all. Even though he was in a desperate situation, he still lived up to his name as an ancient devil. He gritted his teeth and fought Ning Fan to the death without any intention of surrendering.
A day later, Daoist Xuanwei was severely injured and on the verge of death, but he was still fighting with all his might.
Two days had passed. Daoist Xuanwei's flesh and blood were all dried up. Only a gigantic skeleton was left to fight against Ning Fan. His primordial spirit was attached to the skeleton but it still did not diminish his battle intent.
On the third day, Daoist Xuanwei finally lost his strength. Even his skeleton was crushed by Ning Fan and the others. His primordial spirit was finally captured by Ning Fan.
He didn't beg for mercy at all. He only cursed loudly, but he was regretting it in his heart.
Initially, he thought that the mission of retrieving the Immemorial Lightning Cauldron would be easy to complete. However, he did not expect that it would end up in Ning Fan's hands.
"Humph! Winner takes all. Just kill me! However, I, a warrior at the peak of the Conferred Demon Realm, will definitely return. Take back your Primeval Thunder Cauldron! "Daoist Xuanwei sneered.
Ning Fan began to admire Daoist Xuanwei a little. He had always admired those who would die unyieldingly. Even if that person was an enemy, he would still be able to obtain his respect.
No wonder he was an Ancient Devil. This was an Ancient Devil. If he succumbed to the enemy, how could he be called an Ancient Devil?
Of course, this little bit of respect was not the reason why Ning Fan spared Daoist Xuanwei. If he spared this person's life, it would be the same as releasing the tiger back to the mountain. It was impossible for him to make the enemy bow down to him and submit to him wholeheartedly with just a shake of his body. That was a plot that only appeared in the mortal world …
He searched Daoist Xuanwei's memories.
Spirit Refinement had refined Daoist Xuanwei's primordial spirit into a huge pile of Myriad Spirit Blood.
After eliminating Daoist Xuanwei, Ning Fan did not immediately clean up the corpses and spoils of war on the battlefield. He extinguished the sea of fire on the ruins of the Black Tortoise Keep and sat cross-legged in the midst of the Ghost Flowers of the Underworld. He muttered an incantation and began to cast the spell.
Today, he had killed more than five million Underworld Ghost Flowers. Because of that, the Underworld Ghost Flower's summoning had been upgraded from a Basic Summon to an Advanced Summon.
Under the condition of Advanced Summoning, he could choose one of the people he killed today and turn it into an Undying Ghost Soldier.
The basic success rate of creating an Undying Ghost Pawn was fifty percent. If the strength of the maker was lower than Ning Fan, the success rate would increase to a certain extent. If the maker was stronger than Ning Fan, the success rate would decrease.
Because Madam Gui Hua's strength was far weaker than Ning Fans, her success rate of making Ning Fans Undying Ghost Soldier was barely 30%.
Ning Fan was thinking about who he should use to make the Undying Ghost Soldier. His strength was far beyond Immortal Emperor Doomsday. If he uses the Immortal Emperors of the foreign races to make the Undying Ghost Soldier, the success rate would be very high. It would be at least seventy to eighty percent. However, what use would Ning Fan have for an Immortal Emperor Realm Undying Ghost Soldier? It was just like chicken ribs.
If he wants to make it, he should make an Undying Ghost Soldier that could be put to use.
There were four people that he could consider: Xuanwei, Immortal Crane, A Hui Nan and Water Buffalo God.
Among them, Water Buffalo God's strength was the lowest. If Ning Fan makes the Undying Ghost Soldier of Water Buffalo God, the success rate would be around 65%.
A Hui Nan had 60%.
Immortal Crane had 55%.
Daoist Xuanwei had 30%.
Using the connection between him and the Ghost Flowers of the Underworld, Ning Fan could easily sense the success rate of each of them in making the Undying Ghost Soldier.
The Undying Ghost Soldier that Ning Fan wanted the most was, of course, Daoist Xuanwei. Unfortunately, Daoist Xuanwei's strength far surpassed his. In the previous battles, the reason why Ning Fan could fight evenly with Daoist Xuanwei was because he had many tricks up his sleeves.
If Daoist Xuanwei did not have so many concerns during the first battle and fought to the death like he did during the second battle, not retreating even if he was reduced to a skeleton, Ning Fan would certainly not be his match.
It was only natural that the success rate would be much lower than 50%.
"A success rate of 30% is too low. However, if I succeed, I will also gain great benefits. Even if a Half-Step Sage like Myriad Saint Dragon King turns into an Undying Ghost Soldier, he would at most have the qualifications to fight a First Level Half-Step Sage. It would be impossible for him to defeat a First Level Half-Step Sage. However, if a Half-Step Sage like Xuanwei turns into an Undying Ghost Soldier, he would definitely be able to crush most of the First Level Half-Step Sage Realm cultivators of the Lawless Era … "
Ning Fan pondered for a long time. Eventually, he decided to take a gamble and choose Xuanwei to make the Undying Ghost Soldier.
As he activated his ability, countless specks of light suddenly appeared in the bushes of the Ghost Flowers of the Underworld. They were like countless fireflies dancing in the air. It was extremely beautiful.
Those specks of light were none other than the remnant souls of the people that Ning Fan had killed today which were devoured by the Ghost Flowers of the Underworld.
The Ghost Flowers of the Underworld possessed a power similar to the Fu Li Spirit Wheel. It could ignore the laws of cultivation and allow the souls of immortal cultivators at the Second Step and above to not disperse after they die. However, the purpose of storing souls was different from the Fu Li Spirit Wheel. The Ghost Flowers stored souls to create Undying Ghost Soldiers while the Fu Li Spirit Wheel was used to create Fu Li from the dead.
Ning Fan was clearly making the Undying Ghost Soldiers of the Underworld Ghost Flowers but at this moment, he had a new understanding of his Fu Li Spirit Wheel.
Using the Fu Li Spirit Wheel to create Fu Li was the same as creating the Undying Ghost Soldiers. There seemed to be a lot of similarities between them.
The fluorescent light that filled the sky began to condense and change.
Daoist Xuanwei had obviously been killed by Ning Fan. However, at this moment, his second stage true form of the Ten Tailed Scorpion Giant slowly appeared in the fluorescent light.
The Undying Ghost Soldier was born for battle. Therefore, it was created in his strongest form.
Creating the Undying Ghost Soldier would consume a lot of mental energy. Fortunately, Ning Fan still had Spirit Recovering Rice with him. After eating some, his mental energy would be replenished.
Ning Fan noticed that there was not much Spirit Recovering Rice left in his pocket.
In the past, he had obtained a mountain of Spirit Recovering Rice from the dark races. Unfortunately, ever since the battle with the dark races began, he had been consuming a large amount of Spirit Recovering Rice. No matter how much Spirit Recovering Rice he had, it would be finished one day.
"The remaining Spirit Recovering Rice is probably enough for me to carry out another four to five battles at the Half-Step Saint Realm. When the Spirit Recovering Rice is used up, I won't be able to activate the cross-shaped light ring indefinitely. My combat power will be greatly reduced. If I can create enough Undying Ghost Soldiers before the Spirit Recovering Rice is used up, I will still be able to suppress those Half-Step Saints of the Declining Cultivation Realm even if I can't use the cross-shaped light ring for a long time in the future … "
Ning Fan's expectation towards creating the Mysterious Tail Ghost Soldier had increased.
However, reality was full of drama. The more you look forward to something, the less you will get. On the contrary, you will often get unexpected gains.
Ning Fan failed to create the Mysterious Tail Ghost Soldier!
The success rate of thirty percent was too low! Even if his luck was far greater than the Doomsday Immortal King, it could only increase the success rate from thirty percent to forty percent.
Forty percent was still very low. Moreover, it was Ning Fan's first time creating an Undying Ghost Soldier. He was not very familiar with the method of condensing the soul. During the process, he made more than ten unavoidable mistakes.
Under such circumstances, it was naturally impossible for him to succeed.
"What a pity. If I could have a strong ally like Daoist Xuanwei, I would have a chance of winning even if I have to fight against a First Level Quasi-Saint …"
Ning Fan was greatly disappointed.
However, his disappointment was quickly wiped away. His mind became calm and tranquil again.
The chance to create ghost soldiers was only once in each battle. After using it once, the Ghost Flower of the Netherworld would need to rest for a few days before it could produce the Undying Ghost Soldier again.
Ning Fan began to clean up the battlefield. With his current cultivation base, he cleaned up the ruins of the battlefield very quickly.
There were a lot of low-grade Dao Fruits and some Dao Fruits of Immortal Venerables and Immortal Kings. As for the Dao Fruit of Immortal Emperors, there was only one Dao Fruit of Immortal Emperors.
From the twenty-two Immortal Emperors of the foreign races, Ning Fan obtained six Innate Magic Treasures. Two of them were severely damaged while the other three were not very useful. Only the last one made Ning Fan's eyes light up.
The Leiyin Temple Bamboo Fence was a Connate magic treasure in the form of a bamboo fence. It was made from the famous Leiyin Bamboo. According to the bamboo fence, it was made by a monk who guarded the vegetable garden of the Leiyin Temple. The area surrounded by this bamboo fence would automatically form an Immortal Emperor Grade defensive formation. The plants inside the formation would grow faster.
Hehe. This magic treasure is suitable to be used as the bamboo fence of Shen Nong's Hundred Herbs Garden. However, Ning Fan seemed to have heard the name of the Thunder Tune Temple somewhere before.
It seems to be an extremely famous temple in the ancient times …
Ning Fan shook his head and suppressed his distracting thoughts. Then, he began to check the spoils of war that the four Half-Step Saints brought to him.
Heavenly Bull Eye.
This was the Innate Dharma Eye that the Water Bull God cultivated for hundreds of millions of years. It could see through most of the illusory techniques of the Age of Chaos and increase the success rate of illusory techniques.
The Water Bull God's specialty was illusory techniques. Ning Fan already knew about it when he fought against it. Unfortunately, Ning Fan's attainment in illusory techniques was much higher than the Water Bull God's. Thus, the Water Bull God's illusory techniques could not be used at all.
Then, how should I use this eye?
Ning Fan pondered for a while and crushed both of the Water Bull God's eyes. Then, he absorbed all the illusory power that was contained within the eyes into his left demon eye.
Fu Li Yin Yang seemed to have improved a lot. The defensive power and offensive power of its illusory techniques had significantly improved. Not bad.
Merman Divine Pearl.
This was a special pearl that only the male mermen could claim to have. Female mermen could shed tears and turn into pearls. Male mermen, on the other hand, would never shed a single tear for the rest of their lives.
Even though they were deprived of the right to shed tears, the male mermen could collect the tears that could not flow out from their lacrimal glands into their dantian and condense them into divine pearls.
Most of the male mermen had their own Merman Divine Pearls. However, the power of the divine pearls varied. To the male mermen, the more emotions they had, the more developed their lacrimal glands were and the longer they lived, the more powerful their divine pearls would be.
A Huinan was a Half-Sage Merman who had lived for eighty million years. Her divine pearl was extremely powerful. Its power was already close to that of a Mid Grade Innate Magic Treasure.
Of course, if this was all it had, Ning Fan would not pay much attention to this divine pearl.
The divine pearl could be used as a magic treasure. At the same time, it could also be used as a tonic and a supplementary item for cultivation. Its usage was similar to the tears of the female mermen.
This was the pearl that was condensed from A Huinan's tears for eighty million years. If he uses it all at once, it could increase Ning Fan's absorption speed of water elemental force by one thousand times within a few months!
If he uses this divine pearl, Ning Fan was confident that he could cultivate the Heavenly Gouyu to a higher level within a few months!
Myriad Worlds Red Dot.
A drop of poison that Immortal Weng cultivated with his entire life's effort was enough to kill any immortal emperor with a single blow. Its power was slightly weaker than Daoist Xuanwei's Green Wave Fire Poison but it was not much weaker.
The Crane Crown Red was a deadly poison in the mortal world. This Myriad Worlds Red Dot was the Crane Crown Poison that Immortal Weng had cultivated since he was young.
As soon as this poison was released, only a red dot could be seen flashing across heaven and earth. Immortal emperors would be poisoned to death. It was extremely powerful.
It was precisely because Immortal Weng's poison technique was so powerful that Ning Fan had to spend hundreds of rounds to kill him even if he joined forces with Myriad Saint Dragon King.
The World Is Dark.
This was the strange name that Immortal Weng gave to his pair of crane wings.
Most people cultivated their wings to increase their speed.
Immortal Weng's wings could not only increase their speed but also extinguish all the light in heaven and earth, plunging the world into darkness.
This pair of wings actually possesses a trace of the power of a Dark Sovereign? Ning Fan was surprised. He extracted the power from Immortal Weng's wings and devoured it with the Dark Yin Yang Technique.
The Dark Yin Yang Technique also improved slightly.
The Three Immortals Ancestral Spirit Formation and the materials needed to set it up.
It was something that Ning Fan found in Daoist Xuanwei's storage pouch. It was a special formation that could summon the ancestral true spirits of the various clans in the Zi Wei Galaxy to the Age of Chaos.
Of course, the summoned ancestors would not have the same strength as when they were at their peak. However, even if they only had a trace of their strength left, it would be enough to suppress a Half-Saint Realm expert in the Age of Chaos.
If they are ancestors with special abilities, they could even suppress the lightning of the Dao Destruction Lightning Nascent Soul.
Ning Fan nodded his head. No wonder Daoist Xuanwei wanted to summon the ancestral spirits to deal with me … This formation is indeed quite powerful.
If I didn't sneak attack the Black Tortoise Pass and expose Daoist Xuanwei's scheme …
Unfortunately, there are no 'if's.
Ning Fan smiled faintly and placed the item at his side. He would not foolishly use these formation materials to summon the ancestors of the various clans in the Zi Wei Galaxy.
The summoned ancestors had their own consciousness. They would not obey his orders. Instead, they might attack him as soon as they appeared because of his identity as Zi Dou's descendant …
There were a number of Immemorial Devil Medicines.
Ning Fan had obtained quite a few Immemorial Devil Medicines that could strengthen the physical body. Other than that, there were also a large number of Immemorial Devil Medicines that could heal injuries.
It was the poison sac of the Green Wave Fire Poison.
It was the item that made Daoist Xuanwei famous. It was the poison power that was stored in his body!
Previously, Ning Fan's poison power only contained a trace of the Green Wave Fire Poison. If he directly devours the poison sac of Daoist Xuanwei, his poison power would increase tremendously!
The Lost Ancient Devil Scroll.
This was the thing that Ning Fan valued the most in Daoist Xuanwei's body!
It was not just because there were tens of lost grade ancient devil abilities recorded in it!
It was not just because it mentioned the ancient theory of compatibility between abilities!
What's more, among these Divine Abilities was one of the most famous Secret Arts of the Ancient Demon Clan, the Ancient Demon Devil Art!
In the past, the Black Wing Great Devil who suddenly descended upon the Divine Tomb had used the devil cavity to travel across the starry sky and arrive at the Eastern Heaven.
This time, Daoist Xuanwei had also used the devil cavity to travel from the Northern Heaven to the Eastern Heaven.
The devil cavity was really heaven-defying! If Ning Fan learns the devil cavity, he wouldn't need to travel through the Realm River anymore. He could directly travel across the starry sky through the passage of the devil cavity!
This technique was worth learning!
[The devil cavity is divided into three grades: Low Grade, Mid Grade and High Grade. The Low Grade Devil Cavity can allow the user to travel across all medium-sized worlds. The Mid Grade Devil Cavity can allow the user to travel across all boundless worlds. The High Grade Devil Cavity can allow the user to travel across samsara.]
Travel across samsara! What is that? It sounds really powerful …
[The Low Grade Devil Cavity requires the cultivator to be an ancient devil who possesses at least one drop of ancestral blood. At the same time, the cultivator must cultivate the power of space to the critical point of the Sovereign Realm …]
The critical point of the Sovereign Realm? This requirement is a little too high, isn't it? Even if it is not the true Sovereign Realm, it is still not something that any ancient devil can cultivate.
Ning Fan sighed softly. His understanding of the power of space did not seem to be very profound. The Void Emperor of the Godly Void Pavilion had an extremely high understanding of the power of space. His master, Xiang Bozi, had an even higher understanding of the power of space. However, even the two of them had not cultivated the power of space to the critical point of the Sovereign Realm.
How could it be so easy to cultivate the power of space? Space and time were the two most difficult Sovereign Realms to cultivate since ancient times.
Naturally, Ning Fan did not have the ability to do so. He helplessly realized that he had yet to meet the requirements to cultivate the Low Grade Devil Cavity.
Wait. Something doesn't seem right.
Be it the Black Wing Great Devil in the past or Daoist Xuanwei this time, both of them could use the devil cavity. Could it be that both of them have an extremely profound understanding of the power of space?
The Black Wing Great Devil seemed to be a great cultivator from the ancient times. Ning Fan would not find it strange even if he had cultivated the power of space to such a high level.
However, Daoist Xuanwei was just a Half-Step Saint Realm cultivator. How could he possibly have such a high innate talent in the power of space? If Daoist Xuanwei really had such a high innate talent in the power of space, how could he possibly be trapped by the domain of the Sovereign Realm and not be able to escape by tearing the space apart?
The critical point of the Sovereign Realm! That was an expert who was just a step away from attaining the Sovereign Realm. However, Daoist Xuanwei did not seem to have a profound understanding of the power of space at all.
Could it be that cultivating the power of space to the critical point of the Sovereign Realm is just a sufficient but not a necessary condition to cultivate the devil cavity?
Or perhaps, Daoist Xuanwei's devil cavity was not the original devil cavity at all. It was just a weakened version which could not even be considered as a Low Grade Devil Cavity …
Ning Fan felt that he had grasped the truth.
The true devil cavity had already reached the critical point of the Sovereign Realm. It was impossible for him to seal it.
The true devil cavity was also not something that the current Ning Fan could cultivate.
He could roughly guess that what Daoist Xuanwei cultivated was a weakened version of the devil cavity. Unfortunately, he could not find the cultivation method of the weakened version from Daoist Xuanwei.
Even if it was a weakened version of the devil cavity, it would still be good. Ning Fan could not meet the requirements to cultivate the original devil cavity at all. He really wanted to learn a weakened version of the devil cavity and directly travel to the Northern Heaven to have a look …
* Ding ding ding *
Just as Ning Fan was sighing, Emperor Cang's call suddenly rang …
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