Forty-nine layers of Void Walls blocked his path, making it impossible for him to advance or retreat.
With 49 Void Refinement Realm seals, almost no one below the Void Fragmentation Realm could escape from them.
Ning Fan's eyes flashed with ruthlessness. If he doesn't destroy this wall, he will die in an instant.
He changed his hand seal and channeled his magic power into the Eastern Ocean Bell. The golden bell grew with the wind and with a sudden tremble, it let out a clear and ancient bell sound.
Layers of golden sound waves spread out in all directions. All of the spatial seals shattered upon contact with the sound waves.
"Eh?"
Among the 49 puppets, one of them let out a soft cry of surprise. Clearly, it did not expect Ning Fan to be able to break free from the barrier.
Chi!
Almost at the moment when he broke through the barrier, Ning Fan pounded his chest and coughed out more than ten mouthfuls of blood essence. With a flap of his Fu Li Wings, his speed was close to that of a Mid Void Refinement Realm cultivator. As he hurriedly retreated, he barely avoided the 49 layers of void power attacks.
However, a sense of horror immediately rose in his heart.
That soft sound of surprise didn't escape Ning Fan's ears. He didn't expect that one of the 49 puppets would be a living creature!
The 343 puppets guarding this place were definitely the type without intelligence. There was no doubt about it! After all, they were guarding the seven crystals. If they used sentient puppets, other unforeseen events might occur.
However, Ning Fan believed that he did not hear wrongly. There was a puppet. For some unknown reason, it was a living creature!
This was definitely an unforeseen event that Ning Fan did not expect. However, it did not hinder him from escaping.
With the addition of the one hundred and eighty thousand Speed Spirit Seals and the self-destruction of his blood essence, Ning Fan's speed had already reached its maximum limit. As long as he could stop the group of sea demons for an instant, he would be able to escape.
While escaping, Ning Fan made a series of hand seals, commanding the three spiritual puppets to protect him. Hei Teng and the dragon corpse were at the second layer of protection while the other Divine Transformation Realm spiritual puppets formed a circular defensive formation. At the same time, he activated the Star Fixation Plate, spreading out a massive star map. Thirty thousand star lamps rose and the formation light of the starlight instantly lit up.
Ning Fan had spent five hundred million immortal jades to activate the light of the star formation. As long as he has enough immortal jades, no one below the Mid Void Refinement Realm would be able to break this formation.
Of the 49 Void Refinement Realm puppets, 40 were at the early stage, 7 were at the middle stage, and 2 were at the late stage.
Among the two late-stage puppets, one of them was the puppet that Qing Yi had seen earlier.
"Oh? An Immemorial Divine Weapon in the form of a formation … "
The late-Nascent Soul Stage puppet exclaimed in surprise again. Together with the other 48 Spatial Tempering Stage puppets, countless fist projections hurtled toward the starlight.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Even though the Stellar Positioning Plate was fully activated and its defense was heaven-defying, it could only hold on for a short moment in the face of the Swarm Sea Serpent's attack.
When the formation light shattered, Ning Fan felt as if his chest had suffered a heavy blow. The backlash was extremely heavy, but he forced himself to swallow the sweet blood. His eyes were filled with determination.
The stone platform was only ten thousand zhang * (3.33m per zhang) away from the exit. After breaking the barrier of the void and activating the star formation, Ning Fan was now only three thousand zhang * (3.33m per zhang) away from the exit.
As long as he could escape the last three thousand feet, he would be able to obtain the Time Crystal, combine the three powers, and reach the peak!
"Time thief, die!"
The Sea Serpent Sea Serpent Sea Serpent Sea Serpent Sea Serpent Sea Serpent Sea Serpent Sea Serpent Sea Serpent Sea
If Ning Fan allowed these punches to hit him, he would no longer be able to defend himself even if he had to use all of his spiritual puppets as a meat shield!
"Mourning Art, Life Imprisonment! Puppets of a hundred million worlds, none of them have my life, all of them are my life prisoners! One finger and your life will be forfeited! "
Ning Fan's eyes were unprecedentedly focused. This one finger, Life Imprisonment, was his last desperate attack. He must make the group of spiritual puppets lose their focus and stop attacking.
His eyes became even more indifferent. Even a True Immortal would not be able to have such indifferent eyes.
His black hair fluttered without wind. His eyes were as deep as the bottom of a lake. After he pointed his finger, his black hair instantly turned white and his face aged.
A ray of cold black moonlight shot out from his finger. At the next moment, a black crescent moon appeared on the faces of the forty-nine Void Refinement Realm spiritual puppets one after another.
* Creak *
The moment the crescent moon appeared, all of the spiritual puppets lost their focus and stopped the punches.
Only the spiritual puppet with spiritual intelligence exclaimed in shock, as if it had seen something unbelievable.
"Mourning Art! The Mourning Art of the Ancestor Emperor of the Northern Heaven! I didn't see it wrongly. This is definitely the Mourning Art! "
This spiritual puppet actually recognized the origin of Ning Fan's technique!
It was not surprising. If it was under normal circumstances, Ning Fan would not use this technique to its maximum level, let alone use the Mourning Art.
In this moment of life and death, all he thought about was how to maximize the power of this technique, not how to hide its origin.
With the help of the Life Imprisoning Finger, Ning Fan flapped his purple wings again and flew to one thousand zhang * (3.33m per zhang) away from the exit. Just one more step and he would be able to escape!
His opponent was a group of 49 Void Refinement Realm spiritual puppets. Ning Fan's Life Imprisoning Finger could only stun them for a split second. In the next second, they would attack again with their fists.
Ning Fan had used the Life Imprisoning Finger several times but he had never experienced such a strong side effect like today.
His black hair turned white and his face aged. He finally understood why the Life Imprisonment Technique was able to restrain the puppets.
This was clearly reducing his own vitality and sealing the life of the puppet!
None of the puppets he had dealt with in the past had been at the Spatial Tempering Stage, so there hadn't been such a powerful side effect.
His white hair and aged face were the price he had to pay for using this technique. Unless the life force in his body recovers, he would not be able to display the same finger again, let alone use tricks to block the attacks of the puppets.
"The last thousand feet! We must escape! "
"Explode!"
Ning Fan's eyes flashed with determination. While retreating, he sent out a series of finger shadows.
Of the 25 Divine Transformation Realm puppets, 10 were at the early stage, 7 were at the mid stage, 6 were at the late stage, 1 was at the peak and 1 was at the Half-Step Void Refinement Realm.
At this moment, in order to stop the 49 puppets for a moment, Ning Fan did not hesitate and activated the 10 early stage puppets to explode first!
Boom!
The self-destruction of ten Divine Transformation Realm puppets was extremely powerful. Even the 49 Void Refinement Realm fist lights were able to block it for an instant.
There was still five hundred zhang left!
Ning Fan's finger seals changed abruptly. This time, he was performing the sacrificial technique of the fusion of the puppets.
The other party's 49 spiritual puppets did not show any signs of merging. To Ning Fan, it was a good thing.
On the other hand, their own puppets had to be sacrificed … and fused together!
The moment Ning Fan made a series of hand seals, the physical bodies of the seven Mid Divine Transformation Realm spiritual puppets suddenly burst into black flames. At the next moment, they were reduced to ashes!
The black light enveloped the body of the Half-Step Void Refinement Realm puppet. In an instant, the Half-Step Void Refinement Realm Hei Teng's cultivation base also rose to the Early Void Refinement Realm.
There was a slight struggle in his eyes, but a moment later, he revealed a resolute look.
After Ning Fan made another hand seal, Hei Teng who had just broken through to the Early Void Refinement Realm dashed towards the 49 Void Refinement Realm puppets without any fear of death. He faced the fist lights head-on and self-destructed!
At the same time, all the remaining puppets on Ning Fan's side, including the Void Refinement Realm puppets, hurled their fist lights at the 49 puppets.
* Boom *
With the help of the self-destruction of one Void Refinement Realm puppet and the combined attack of three Void Refinement Realm puppets, the 49 Void Refinement Realm fist lights were forcibly dispersed. The force of the fist lights scattered in all directions in the pavilion.
The power of the fist lights was greatly reduced. However, when they swept across the area, Ning Fan's group was hit by the fist lights. All of them were severely injured.
The remaining six late stage puppets and one peak stage puppet were all severely injured.
The three Realm Beast puppets only suffered light injuries.
As for Ning Fan, his injuries were the worst. His physical body which was comparable to the Fourth Level of the Jade Life Realm was immediately severely injured by the fist lights.
With the help of the force of the fist lights, Ning Fan led the group of puppets to escape the last five hundred zhang *!
They had escaped!
The moment they escaped from the spatial barrier, the 48 puppets chased after them desperately, as if they wanted to snatch the crystal back.
As for the puppet with spiritual intelligence, it looked at Ning Fan's direction and sighed with emotion. It seemed like it was extremely difficult to control this puppet's body. Only after it self-destructed could it reach out with its five fingers and condense a black jade slip using void power. With a flick of its finger, it shot out to the eighth floor.
Together with the jade slip, a silver token was shot out as well.
The barrier was closed!
As Ning Fan held the golden crystal in his hand, an unbelievable sentence echoed in his ears.
"Little Friend is truly extraordinary … Even I failed to steal the crystal and was trapped on the eighth floor. However, you succeeded. I'm ashamed. I'm truly ashamed! The younger generation will surpass us in time … "
Those words were clearly uttered by that puppet with spiritual intelligence.
At this moment, Ning Fan finally had the time to carefully ponder about the peculiarity of that puppet.
He should not have seen wrongly before. That puppet indeed did not have spiritual intelligence. That puppet with spiritual intelligence was probably not a living being but a primordial spirit of some expert that had attached itself to it.
Judging from its words, that expert seemed to have tried to steal the crystal like Ning Fan. However, he did not have heaven-defying techniques like Ning Fan's Eastern Ocean Bell or the Life Imprisonment Technique. Thus, he was trapped here until his death …
"Who is that person …?"
Ning Fan extended his hand and received the black jade slip. It was given to him by that mysterious expert.
After confirming that this jade slip was not a trap, Ning Fan inserted his spirit sense into it. A fragmented memory was imprinted on the jade slip and Ning Fan read it.
All of a sudden, Ning Fan's expression became extremely strange.
It was because the mysterious expert who was trapped on the eighth floor was none other than the former Rain Sovereign!
In the current Divine Palace of Rain, the Rain Sovereign was the one with the highest seniority. Below him were Void Fragmentation Realm old monsters such as Yun Tianjue and Yun Bushu.
However, the mysterious expert who was trapped on the eighth floor was a senior who was three generations older than the current Rain Sovereign.
His title was … 'Red Cloud Rain Sovereign'!
Since the formation of the Rain World, there had been more than one thousand generations of Rain Sovereigns. However, only those who had broken through to the Sixth Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm and above could be given the title.
The current Rain Sovereign did not have a title. That Red Cloud Rain Sovereign's cultivation base was naturally above the Sixth Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm!
Ning Fan had been traveling the world. Even though he did not know much about the history of the Rain World, he still knew a little about it.
He vaguely heard that the Red Cloud Rain Sovereign who was three generations ago had once cultivated in the Lost World Tower. However, he disappeared in the end. Many people guessed that Red Cloud had failed to advance to the next level and died in the Lost World Tower …
No one would have thought that the dignified Red Cloud Rain Sovereign would actually do the same thing as Ning Fan, which was to go to the Lost World Tower to steal crystals.
Red Cloud did not have Ning Fan's Wind Mist Finger. He used the Sovereign Rain Technique in the Lost World Tower. After one hundred years in the outside world and ten thousand years in the seventh floor, he only managed to break a hole in the space of the eighth floor.
Logically speaking, with his cultivation base at the Sixth Heavenly Layer of the Void Fragmentation Realm, it should not be difficult for him to steal just one crystal. However, he was much more greedy than Ning Fan. He planned to steal all seven crystals. As a result, he was surrounded by 343 Void Refinement Realm spiritual puppets because of his carelessness …
In the end, his physical body was reduced to ashes. Out of desperation, his primordial spirit forcefully seized the body of one of the Void Refinement Realm spiritual puppets and fused with it. Finally, he managed to escape from the eyes and ears of the spiritual puppets.
The pitiful Rain Sovereign of a generation had 'died' in this place without knowing why. Even though his consciousness was still alive, his primordial spirit was too weak. He could not even control the spiritual puppet's body.
Being able to give Ning Fan this jade slip was already his best effort.
Even Red Cloud Rain Sovereign failed to steal the crystal but Ning Fan succeeded. It was definitely enough for him to be proud of himself.
However, Ning Fan could not feel proud of himself.
Looking at the golden crystal in his hand, Ning Fan could not help but worry about his gains and losses.
Holding this crystal and feeling the enormous energy it contained, Ning Fan was even more convinced that this crystal was enough to help him break through to the Peak Divine Transformation Realm.
However, in order to obtain this crystal, he had to pay a huge price.
He lost 18 Divine Transformation Realm spiritual puppets, including that Half-Step Void Refinement Realm spiritual puppet.
The spiritual puppets suffered different degrees of damage but Ning Fan was the one who suffered the heaviest injuries.
His secret technique self-destructed and his injuries were not light. What was more important was that he had lost a large amount of his life force after using the Life Imprisoning Finger.
Fortunately, Ning Fan had learned the Black Star Healing Technique. As long as he recuperates in the Lost World Tower for a year and a half, his injuries would naturally be healed.
There were only three years left before he had to leave the Lost World Tower. However, as the crystal on the seventh floor was destroyed, the time deceleration effect disappeared. Ning Fan had no choice but to return to the sixth floor to cultivate.
Three years was halved. Now, there was only one and a half years left.
This one and a half years was barely enough for him to treat his injuries and refine the crystal.
Ning Fan could only hope that he would be able to refine the enormous power of the crystal before he leaves.
In the space of the sixth floor, Ning Fan reopened his cave dwelling. He summoned the black star and began to treat his injuries.
Looking at the black jade slip in his hand, he smiled bitterly.
The reason why the Red Cloud Rain Sovereign gave Ning Fan this jade slip was certainly not just to tell him a story.
At the end of the jade slip, there was a request … She hoped that Ning Fan would bring the news that she was still alive to the Rain Palace so that they could come and rescue her.
Hong Yun did not expect Ning Fan to rescue her.
With Ning Fan's Divine Transformation Realm cultivation base, it was already difficult for him to enter the eighth floor once. If he were to enter again, he was afraid that he would be attacked by the spiritual puppets even if he did not steal the crystal. After all, the spiritual puppets had already remembered his qi.
Ning Fan did not have the intention to steal the second crystal. He also did not have the strength to rescue Hong Yun.
Therefore, Hong Yun only asked Ning Fan to bring the news that she was still alive back to the Rain Palace and promised him great benefits.
She also said that she was willing to give Ning Fan anything as long as he manages to escape.
At the end of the jade slip, there was also the highest level cultivation method of the Rain Palace – the Sovereign Rain Primordial Technique.
It was the strongest cultivation method of the Rain Palace. Only the Rain Sovereigns of each generation could cultivate it. Even the divine sons could only cultivate the surface of it …
After Ning Fan examined it, he found that there was nothing unusual about this cultivation method. Hong Yun did not alter the cultivation method to plot against him.
Hong Yun gave Ning Fan the strongest cultivation method of the Rain Palace in order to gain his favor. She hoped that Ning Fan would save her!
Together with this cultivation method, there was also a silver token that was lost along with Hong Yun – the Rain Sovereign's Token!
Hong Yun 'died' in the Lost World Tower. However, when the other Void Fragmentation Realm experts entered the Lost World Tower, they could not find any of the relics left behind by the Divine Sovereign.
The Rain Sovereign's Token was the symbol of the Divine Sovereign's identity. It also had a special function that only the Divine Sovereign knew.
Since the token was lost, the Rain Palace naturally suspected that the Lost World Tower was the one who hid it. On second thought, perhaps Hong Yun's' death 'was also caused by the Lost World Tower.
As a result, almost no Void Fragmentation Realm experts of the Rain Palace came to the Lost World Tower to cultivate. Even Void Refinement Realm experts were extremely rare …
This was an old grudge!
In the entire Rain World, perhaps only Ning Fan knew that this so-called old grudge was just Hong Yun's own doing.
She only had herself to blame for dying on the eighth floor after stealing the Time Crystal of the Lost World Tower. Even Ning Fan had prepared for the worst before entering the eighth floor. Once he dies, he could only blame himself for being unlucky. He could only blame the will of the heavens. He could not blame anyone else.
As for Hong Yun's request, after careful consideration, Ning Fan did not decide to help her.
What benefits would he get by helping her pass the message to the Rain Palace?
If he saves Hong Yun, the Rain Palace would have a second Divine Sovereign. As the saying goes, a mountain cannot have two tigers. Who knows if the current Divine Sovereign would kill Ning Fan, silence him or save him?
Even if the current Divine Sovereign was magnanimous and willing to save Hong Yun and give up her position as the Divine Sovereign, how would she treat Ning Fan after breaking free from her tribulation?
Hong Yun clearly recognized Ning Fan's Life Imprisoning Mourning Technique …
If Hong Yun breaks free from her tribulation, would she kill Ning Fan and repay his kindness with enmity?
Since Hong Yun dared to steal the Time Crystal, she was naturally not a good person like Ning Fan.
She might really repay kindness with enmity …
"Let's put aside Hong Yun's matter for now. If I want to save her now, I will definitely have to take a huge risk. It's not worth it …"
"Speaking of which, not only did I obtain the Time Crystal, but I also obtained the cultivation method of the Divine Sovereign of the Rain Palace. I also obtained the lost token of the Divine Sovereign – the Rain Sovereign's Order … My gains are not small. Even if I have to destroy a lot of spiritual puppets, it's still worth it. "
Ning Fan stared at the crystal in his palm with burning eyes.
He wished that he could immediately swallow this crystal and increase his cultivation base. However, he knew that it was still not the right time to improve his cultivation base.
Before that, he had to use the power of the black stars to heal his injuries.
After keeping the black jade slip, the Rain Sovereign's Order and the crystal, Ning Fan closed his eyes without saying a word. Five black stars appeared in the void above his head. Countless black starlight twirled around his body.
His white hair began to turn back to black. His old and wrinkled skin also began to recover.
His injuries were slowly easing and healing.
(1/6) (To be continued.)
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