"Lu Bei! Don't even think about monopolizing this mission! The Ming Luo puppets are mine for sure! "
The white-eyed old man sneered. Since he addressed Ning Fan as Lu Bei, it was obvious that he had seen the wanted order issued by the Vine Sovereign and knew that Ning Fan was Lu Bei.
Ning Fan was not surprised that his identity was exposed. As a Void Refinement Realm cultivator, it was not strange for him to have a way to obtain a wanted order.
Ning Fan was not afraid of being wanted by the Vine Sovereign. He flew at full speed without disguising his appearance or purposely hiding. If he encounters enemies, he would just kill them.
Ning Fan's eyes swept across the area. Among the nine puppet masters, eight of them looked at him with hostility as if they had already recognized his identity.
Only the Void Glimpse Stage young lady in green robes who was originally calm had a hint of surprise in her eyes.
She did not seem to expect that the elegant white-robed young man in front of her was the devil lord who angered the Vine Sovereign.
However, when she thought of Ning Fan's intention to monopolize the mission and all the Ming Luo puppets, her eyes were filled with hostility.
"What will you do if I insist on monopolizing the mission?"
Ning Fan glanced at the white-eyed old man and said indifferently.
The white-eyed old man was stunned. He did not expect Ning Fan to be so unyielding and actually ignore his threat.
He narrowed his old eyes and snorted coldly. "On the path of cultivation, the strong are respected. If you want to monopolize the mission, show us your strength that can convince us! "
As soon as he finished speaking, the white-eyed old man suddenly took a step forward. His skin withered rapidly and his eyes shot out two rays of dazzling white light towards Ning Fan.
When the white light touched him, Ning Fan felt his body gradually stiffening. His skin showed signs of turning into a tree. A layer of white tree bark floated on his skin as if he was about to turn into a wooden puppet.
Ning Fan had once plundered the Vast Cold City and seen many magic techniques of the Tree Clan. He knew that the technique the old man displayed was an extremely powerful eye technique of the Tree World.
This technique was called 'Wood Transformation Eye'. It was a secret technique of the Wood Transformation Clan. If one cultivates this technique to the highest level, he or she could turn a Void Refinement Realm cultivator into a tree with just a glance.
This technique was extremely difficult to cultivate. This white-eyed old man must have had great luck to be able to cultivate this technique.
With this white-eyed old man's cultivation base at the Absolute Void Stage, he could turn Void Pierce Stage cultivators into trees with just a glance when he displayed the Wood Transformation Technique.
However, it was not enough to turn Ning Fan into a tree with this technique.
"Break!"
Ning Fan released his magic power and pieces of tree bark peeled off from his body. His body returned to normal and he had broken his tree transformation.
Immediately after, he took a step forward, white light flashed on his right arm, and a silver arm guard appeared. With a leap, he reached out to grab the eyes of the white-eyed old man!
This attack did not activate the White Tiger Gauntlet's offensive Divine Ability. Even so, the power of this attack was comparable to the attack of a fourth level Golden Body cultivator!
"Mysterious God Spiritual Equipment!" Everyone in the hall was shocked.
The white-eyed old man's eyes were filled with astonishment. He did not expect Ning Fan's physical body to be this strong. Moreover, he did not expect Ning Fan to possess a Profound Divinity Spiritual Equipment.
He was a puppet master who was proficient in the Puppet Technique. Most of his abilities were connected to his puppets. His physical body alone would not be able to withstand a single attack from Ning Fan.
He didn't have time to think. He took half a step back and slapped his storage pouch, taking out countless puppets.
In an instant, 216 puppets at the peak of the Soul Formation stage appeared in the main hall, and they all lined up in front of the white-eyed old man.
The white-eyed old man then took out a formation plate. As soon as he activated it, a massive silvery-white formation diagram appeared under the feet of the 216 puppets. Traces of formation light connected all the puppets' bodies.
At the same time, the 216 puppets threw a punch at the same time. The formation light flashed and the punches merged into one!
"Wood Transformation Puppet Formation!"
The attack of the 216 puppets merged with the formation light of the puppet formation and turned into an extremely dazzling punch. Its destructive power was comparable to an Absolute Void Stage attack.
Ning Fan's eyes turned cold. He turned his claw into a fist and threw a punch at the puppet formation. He activated the ability of the White Tiger Gauntlet and threw out a white tiger fist light.
Void Technique, White Tiger!
As soon as the attacks collided, the puppet formation was shattered. The entire Baiyi City shook violently. As the main hall of the royal palace trembled, the palaces and pavilions that stretched for hundreds of li * (500m per li) turned into ashes and disappeared.
The entire Baiyi City was filled with the angry roar of the white tiger. Countless cultivators were in a state of shock, frightened by the terrifying fluctuations of the battle.
After a long time, the tremors in the city stopped and the smoke and dust dispersed.
Ning Fan kept his fist light and stood with his hands clasped behind his back. As for the white-eyed old man, he was clutching his chest. His qi was in a mess and a trace of blood flowed out from the corner of his mouth. His eyes were filled with shock.
The 216 Divine Transformation Realm puppets that the old man summoned were all smashed into pieces by Ning Fan. There was no way for them to be repaired!
He consumed a pill to suppress his injuries. His eyes were filled with fear and he did not dare to look Ning Fan in the eye.
He was not Ning Fan's match!
He knew that if it wasn't for the 216 puppets in front of him, he would certainly be hit by Ning Fan's white tiger fist light. He would either die or be severely injured …
On the surface, the white-eyed old man did not seem to be in a disadvantageous position. In fact, he had already lost.
Ning Fan had only thrown a punch with the help of his spiritual equipment. It did not consume too much of his magic power and stamina. Thus, he was still able to fight with ease.
On the other hand, the white-eyed old man had lost 216 Peak Divine Transformation Realm spiritual puppets … That was almost all of his spiritual puppets!
A puppet master who lost his spiritual puppets would lose ninety percent of his abilities. He was not good at other magic techniques or body techniques. If he continues to fight Ning Fan, he would definitely lose.
After losing so many spiritual puppets, the white-eyed old man no longer dared to go to the Tang Valley to hunt the tree king. Without his spiritual puppets, the risk was too great.
Now, he had to gather materials again to refine more spiritual puppets …
"Humph! Fellow Daoist Lu is indeed skillful! My skills are not as good as yours. I don't have the face to compete for the mission here. Farewell! "
The white-eyed old man let out a cold harrumph. He turned into a ray of light and directly left Goumang Country …
Tang Xiong looked at Ning Fan deeply. He knew that he would not be able to withstand that white tiger fist light without sustaining any injuries. Inwardly, he thought: Ning Fan's abilities are indeed astonishing.
Tang Xiong secretly guessed that this punch might not be Ning Fan's strongest ability.
After the white-eyed old man left, none of the remaining eight Void Refinement Realm puppet masters would be a match for Ning Fan.
"Who else wants to compete for the mission with me? Step forward and show me your skills." Ning Fan's eyes indifferently swept across the remaining eight puppet masters.
The four Void Pierce Stage puppet masters and the three Absolute Void Stage puppet masters were filled with anxiety when Ning Fan's gaze landed on them.
As puppet masters, they relied on their spiritual puppets to fight. Without their spiritual puppets, they would be worthless.
Seeing how Ning Fan's Mysterious God Arm Armor was so domineering which destroyed 216 Peak Divine Transformation Realm spiritual puppets with a single punch, how would they dare to take out their spiritual puppets to fight against Ning Fan?
Their puppetry techniques were not as strong as the white-eyed old man and they did not have as many spiritual puppets as him. Even the white-eyed old man was not a match for Ning Fan.
If they fight against Ning Fan, most of their spiritual puppets would also be destroyed …
For a moment, everyone fell into silence.
The four Void Pierce Stage puppet masters shook their heads and sighed. They turned around and left, giving up on this mission. Even though the spiritual puppets that Great Master Wan Changkong refined were rare, it was still not worth it to lose all of their wealth for a Void Glimpse Stage spiritual puppet.
The three Absolute Void Stage puppet masters let out a cold snort and glared at Ning Fan with resentment. In the end, none of them dared to attack him again. All of them flicked their sleeves and left.
The young lady in green robes was the only one who did not leave immediately.
She bit her lips as if she wanted to say something. However, she sighed softly and left in the end.
In the end, only Ning Fan and Tang Xiong were left on the ruins of the royal palace.
Tang Xiong sighed with emotion. He sent more than ten message-transmitting flying swords to the entire city, telling his subordinates not to be nervous. The ripples from the battle just now did not mean that someone was attacking Baiyi City. It was just a friendly battle.
With a flick of his finger, his wood element magic power spread across one hundred li * (500m per li). A new gigantic tree grew out from the ground. The core of the tree was hollowed out and turned into a brand new royal palace.
"I wonder when Fellow Daoist will enter the Tang Valley to kill the tree kings and complete the mission?" Tang Xiong asked politely.
"When night falls, I will enter the Tang Valley … Farewell!"
Ning Fan took away the mission jade slip and cupped his fists at Tang Xiong. Then, he turned into a ray of travelling light and flew out of the city.
The reason why he chose to enter the Tang Valley at night was because the Tree Devil Clan could use sunlight to heal themselves during the day. They were rather difficult to deal with.
The difficulty of killing the tree kings at night was slightly lower.
After leaving Baiyi City, Ning Fan flew all the way to the east. After traveling for about thirty million li * (500m per li), he finally arrived outside the Tang Valley. He stopped his travelling light and stood on the peak of a tree mountain, quietly waiting for the night to fall.
At the moment, it was already dusk. The evening breeze caressed Ning Fan's face and the sun was about to set.
Ning Fan's mind was calm. He was not afraid of the Vine Sovereign's pursuit nor was he afraid of offending the nine puppet masters.
The map of the Tang Valley was attached to the mission jade slip. Ning Fan was carefully planning how to kill the two Tree Kings who were at the Primordial Returning Realm in the shortest time and at the lowest cost.
There were countless tree devils in the Tang Valley. These tree devils had low spiritual intelligence and were ferocious. They would attack all cultivators who entered the valley indiscriminately.
The physical bodies of these tree devils were tough and they were suitable to be refined into puppets. Many puppet masters in Goumang Country loved to come to the Tang Valley to capture these tree devils and refine them into puppets …
A few years ago, two tree kings were born in the Tang Valley. They killed many puppet masters who entered the valley … Therefore, the Bamboo Sovereign set up this mission and ordered someone to kill the tree kings.
"Sometimes, the Puppet Technique is very cruel …"
Ning Fan opened his eyes and sighed softly.
When he first heard that someone killed the members of the Ming Luo Clan to refine puppets, he was extremely furious.
However, after thinking about it repeatedly, he felt that the act of killing people to refine puppets was extremely normal in the cultivation world.
Ning Fan himself was a devil lord who had killed countless people. Thus, he had no right to criticize Wan Changkong for being cruel.
Wan Changkong slaughtering the Ming Luo Clan was no different from Ning Fan slaughtering the members of the Demon Sinister Forest, the Star Sea and the lightning tower …
However, if Ning Fan stood on the side of the Ming Luo Clan, he would still hate Wan Changkong.
It had nothing to do with right or wrong. There was no absolute right or wrong in the world … it was only related to one's standpoint.
Ning Fan raised his palm and looked at his white palm. However, he knew that his palm was stained with blood.
He lowered his hand and closed his eyes again, muttering to himself in silence.
"If there is a day when there are no more enemies in the world, I will be able to put down my killing … However, that day is too far away."
"The world below the Nine Worlds is full of battles. The world above the Four Heavens is full of battles. Even the ancient Immortal Emperors were fighting endlessly … No one can avoid battles. Wherever there are people, there will be battles …"
"Once you step into this sea of blood, you will never be able to turn back …"
While Ning Fan was sighing with emotion, the twilight became silent.
When the stars rose into the night sky, Ning Fan took a step forward. He knew that it was time for him to head to the Tang Valley.
At this moment, a faintly discernible killing intent suddenly rose from Ning Fan's back.
An incomparably sharp green crystal short sword was pressed against Ning Fan's back. A petite figure suddenly lurked behind Ning Fan and launched a sneak attack on him.
"You have finally shown yourself? I'm very curious why a Void Glimpse Stage cultivator like you is so obsessed with the Ming Luo puppets. "Ning Fan's face didn't show any surprise, as if he already knew that someone was lurking behind him.
"Cut the crap! The Ming Luo puppets must never fall into the hands of a devil lord like you! "A girl's voice that carried a hint of resentment came from behind Ning Fan. (To be continued.)
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