novellhall Chapter 1218: Divine Status Displays Its Power!
Chapter 1218: Divine Status Displays Its Power!
What a boastful giant tortoise! Others come here to snatch the rewards from the Heavenly Diagram, but he plans to directly devour the diagram!
Upon hearing this, the faces of Emperor Shuiyan and the others changed.
Can the Position Sky Map be eaten? Such a thing has never been heard of! No ancient book has ever recorded anything like this! Even if it were possible, surely nobody would actually try it, right?
The Position Sky Map contains immense celestial power; those unrelated who try to get close will be severely injured, let alone attempting to devour it. This is akin to a mortal consuming a magical treasure—directly, they would have their intestines and stomach ruined by the supreme celestial force swallowed into their belly!
Additionally, the Position Sky Map embodies the will of heaven, representing the Heavenly Dao itself. Eating the Position Sky Map is tantamount to defying heaven. Therefore, even if a normal person has the ability to eat the sky map, they would not recklessly defy the heavens.
"Utter nonsense! You deceitful tortoise are so hypocritical. Clearly, like us, you are here to snatch the Sky Map reward, yet you falsely claim to be here to devour the Sky Map! Such poor lies, do you think I, the emperor, would believe?" Emperor Shuiyan squinted at the giant tortoise and snorted coldly.
His expression held deep apprehension, for the strength of this giant tortoise was terrifying! A single burp could blow him and the Eight Cold Buddhas away by tens of thousands of feet—what kind of power is this! This giant tortoise, even if not an Ancient Great Cultivator, must be extremely close! Facing such a formidable adversary, Emperor Shuiyan knew full well that unless he completely restored the Ancestors and went berserk, eradicating immortality, he was absolutely no match for the tortoise and had to be cautious!
"Whether you believe it or not has nothing to do with me, as long as you don’t interfere with my meal, that’s fine!"
That giant tortoise was so arrogant. While he spoke, he didn’t even look at Emperor Shuiyan, not considering him at all.
Those eyes that disregarded everything did not even see heaven in their eyes; how could he care about some Emperor Shuiyan?
Under the astonished gaze of Emperor Shuiyan and the others, the giant tortoise really opened his mouth and fiercely bit into the world evolved from the Position Sky Map!
Just like the Heavenly Dog consuming the moon, the giant tortoise was gnawing at the Sky Map now!
With one bite, huge chunks of the Sky Map interface disintegrated into fragments, swallowed into his belly!
Those interface fragments contained unimaginably vast celestial power. Once inside his belly, they immediately wreaked havoc, explosively detonating, causing a star-like blood rift in the giant tortoise’s massive body!
The giant tortoise let out a miserable scream, appearing extremely pained. After all, it was merely a spirit sense descended and not the true self arriving; wanting to consume the Position Sky Map without injury was no more than a fool’s dream.
"Not good! This Old Turtle Zhenwu is really here to eat the Sky Map! This madman!" Beihai True Lord was greatly shocked, his face became somewhat unsightly in an instant.
Originally, like Emperor Shuiyan, he did not believe the giant tortoise’s words, but now half believed them!
At this moment, the world of the Sky Map was damaged, and the entire interface was beginning to show signs of collapse, which was not a normal collapsing of an interface! With the vast celestial power contained in the Position Sky Map, once it collapses, the force of destruction that erupts is enough to obliterate even the Ancient Great Cultivator!
"This hurts me to death! But this Rain Control Position’s Sky Map is really tasty. It was worth it to suffer an injury to gnaw a bite! This deal’s not a loss!" The tortoise greedily laughed.
Clearly blasted into a sorry state by the vast celestial power, he still had the heart to laugh, seemingly putting the injuries on his body completely out of mind!
With a surge of blood and qi, the giant tortoise’s massive blood and qi pressure instantly disrupted heaven and earth, alarming Emperor Shuiyan and the others with varied expressions.
What an immense blood and qi! The gathered blood and qi of everyone present wouldn’t be a tenth of the tortoise’s! Bear in mind, this is merely a strand of the tortoise’s spirit sense—if the true self arrives, would its blood and qi not be colossally terrifying?
Ning Fan, who had seen many blood and qi monsters, had the most intuitive judgment about the tortoise’s blood and qi—this tortoise’s spirit sense blood and qi was no less than that of the Corpse Puppet King; its true self’s blood and qi would certainly be terrifying beyond measure, just talking about total blood and qi, it would possibly compare with Blood God Geng Wu...
What are the benefits of immense blood and qi? Those benefits are enormous!
Take the giant tortoise who earlier greedily devoured the Sky Map, his five viscera and six bowels were shattered by the celestial power of the Sky Map, his body blasted open with menacing blood holes—this kind of injury could threaten the life of any Quasi-Saint, but him? Superficially the injury seemed severe, but in truth, this tortoise’s long breath showed no disarray, indicating such injury was nearly negligible for him.
The tortoise’s previous scream was only because the body exploding was too painful, having little to do with the severity of the injury.
Sure enough, amid the tortoise’s surging blood and qi, within just a few breaths, the menacing blood holes on his body reshaped into flesh, recovering as if anew!
No, it cannot be said to be completely restored anew, compared to before, the tortoise’s appearance seemed slightly altered.
On the shell of the tortoise, there was a splendidly dazzling pattern! Initially dazzling, but as its brilliance sank, it gradually became almost indistinguishable from normal spots.
But that is actually not an ordinary pattern!
That is the Rain Dao pattern containing a hint of Sky Map power!
Beihai True Lord and the Eight Cold Buddhas both were terribly shocked, how could they not be? Such patterns, the giant tortoise’s back had not just one, but already several thousand or tens of thousands!
Although the two knew the giant tortoise, their understanding of it was limited. Previously, they only thought the patterns on it were ordinary.
Now, seeing a "Way of Rain" pattern appear on the giant tortoise’s back, how could they not guess that the other patterns were similar!
This giant tortoise must have eaten celestial scrolls before. It likely consumed numerous scrolls or similar items in the past!
With its wounds healed and pain gone, the giant tortoise once again showed a look of enjoyment. It opened its starry, black-hole-like mouth and took another bite, releasing a stench like substantive yellow smoke swirling around the heavens and earth.
Unfortunately, this time it didn’t bite into the celestial map.
Because its action was stopped by Emperor Shuiyan!
"Wretched beast! You want to destroy this realm before I even get the treasure and force me to leave? After waiting so long for a chance to break free, I won’t let you ruin it!"
Emperor Shuiyan was the first to rush toward the giant tortoise. He pressed his five fingers, and the palatial void of the Water Control Position transformed into an azure void rope, winding tightly around the tortoise’s mouth thousands of times, trying to prevent it from opening its mouth and taking another bite of the interface.
The tortoise, which had been happy with its meal, instantly became furious!
It had clearly stated that no one should disturb its feeding, yet Emperor Shuiyan did just that!
It was very angry!
It wanted to fulfill its earlier words and eat everyone here!
But it couldn’t open its mouth. It was so uncomfortable, so uncomfortable! What kind of rope was this, binding so tightly? It became even angrier!
Due to its extreme anger, the tortoise’s body suddenly began to swell, becoming even larger, doubling in size! This gigantism was not an ordinary form change; its power increased proportionately!
The strength of the tortoise’s jaws became even more terrifying!
It tried to force its mouth open. Using such tremendous strength, its face turned almost red. However, the effect was significant, as the void rope began to whimper and snap under its brute force struggle.
The rope’s collapse quickened, becoming uncontrollable. In just ten breaths, the tortoise broke all the strands binding its mouth and cursed aloud!
"I’ve had enough! You are the beasts! How dare you scold me and bind me? I’ll eat you all!" The tortoise’s killing intent instantly locked onto everyone here, spraying a mouthful of water at Emperor Shuiyan and the others!
Compared to the tortoise’s massive body, it was just a mouthful of water.
But for Emperor Shuiyan and the others, it was not just water. It was a vast ocean with a stinking breath, possessing a startling corrosive effect!
"Impossible! My void rope cannot be broken merely by brute force! Just how terrifying is this damned tortoise’s strength? Could it have reached the threshold of breaking methods with power?" Emperor Shuiyan forcibly suppressed his shocked heart. Now, with a vast ocean counterattacking, he had to defend immediately, unable to afford any distraction!
The others were equally angered by the tortoise and attacked. They also needed to defend!
"Oh dear, oh dear, it’s obviously Fellow Daoist Shuiyan who offended the True Martial Comrade. Why drag us into it and have us spat on? Buddha Ancestor, fear not, with your disciple here, I won’t let any harm come to you!",
The Eight Cold Buddhas stood as always before Ning Fan. As the stinking ocean waves approached, he raised his hand to cast his eighteen prayer beads, transforming them into eighteen giant icebergs to guard his surroundings in eighteen directions.
As a result, all the approaching waves instantly froze into Xuan Ice, not able to come anywhere near Ning Fan.
Seeing this, Ning Fan retrieved the Sea-Stabilizing Divine Needle he had intended to use, slightly contemplative as he watched the Eight Cold Buddhas; then he turned his gaze to the giant tortoise, with a hint of coldness.
Emperor Shuiyan had clearly provoked the tortoise, yet the tortoise took out its anger indiscriminately, including Ning Fan in its attack. The tortoise’s actions truly provoked Ning Fan, everyone else seemed to be bullying him, treating him like clay!
"May I address you as Fellow Daoist Eight Cold?" Ning Fan spoke to the Eight Cold Buddhas for the first time. He had the ability to communicate with all things, though the reason wasn’t clear, he could tell the Eight Cold Buddhas genuinely bore him no ill will, thus his tone softened significantly.
Upon Ning Fan’s inquiry, the Eight Cold Buddhas immediately stood upright, respectfully saying, "Buddha Ancestor may address me as Eight Hanzi. A peer’s title, this disciple dares not take."
"...I am not the Buddha Ancestor you speak of; on the contrary, I am an Ancient Chaos Demon."
"Ancient Chaos Demon?" The Eight Cold Buddhas were momentarily stunned, then carefully scrutinized Ning Fan before nodding, "So that’s how it is, the Buddha Ancestor involved in Demon Cultivation? The ancients said to set down the slaughter blade to instantly become a Buddha; seemingly simple, but exceedingly difficult. Buddha Ancestor achieving such a feat garners this disciple’s great admiration."
"..." Ning Fan felt lately he had developed a communication barrier; people just couldn’t comprehend his words. Sea Sand Emperor was one, and now this Eight Cold Buddhas, a Second-Grade Quasi-Saint, also couldn’t understand...
八寒佛 is not a fool. At this moment, he somewhat notices that Ning Fan is not fond of being referred to as Buddha Ancestor.
He acknowledges one thing: Ning Fan’s Reverse Sea Sword is indeed genuine, and Ning Fan does indeed possess the status of a top student of the Mixed Kun Holy Sect.
Since the other party dislikes being called Buddha Ancestor, what’s the harm in changing the title? Buddha exists in the heart, not in verbal appellations.
"Fine, I can temporarily trust you, right?" Ning Fan said helplessly.
"Buddha Ancestor... No, Immortal Emperor, what are your orders? Just say it, and I will accomplish it with all my strength!" He changed the title to Immortal Emperor!
"I need to clear out the enemies that invaded. You stay here and watch over my things. Afterwards, out of the three treasures, except for the Jade Liquor Pot, you can choose one to take." Ning Fan actually wanted the Eight Cold Buddhas to help guard the treasures behind him!
The three treasures cannot be collected for the time being, yet they belong to no one. If left unguarded, they could be instantly snatched away by Beihai True Lord and others.
"Isn’t this a bit..." Eight Cold Buddhas felt slightly embarrassed. His true self is, after all, a Second-Grade Quasi-Saint, but Ning Fan let him do something trivial like guarding items, which doesn’t match his lofty status.
It’s not that he is unwilling to help Ning Fan—being able to assist the Mixed Kun Holy Sect’s Immortal is an honor for any orthodox Buddha cultivator! However, he wishes to help with more significant matters, not trifles like guarding items...
"Alright, except for the Jade Liquor Pot, the other two items are yours! You can form an alliance with Beihai True Lord over this condition, then you can form an alliance with me as well. This matter is settled..." Ning Fan did not value the items apart from the Jade Liquor Pot, and he thought the Eight Cold Buddhas hesitated because the reward was too low.
When Eight Cold Buddhas heard this, he panicked. It was an honor for him to assist the Mixed Kun Holy Sect’s Immortal; how dare he take Ning Fan’s belongings? Even if they are bestowed by a senior, he dared not accept! Knowing Ning Fan misunderstood his intention, he was about to explain when Ning Fan had already soared into the sky, joining the battle circle of Emperor Shuiyan, the giant tortoise, and Beihai True Lord.
Eight Cold Buddhas instinctively wanted to follow and assist Ning Fan, but Ning Fan required him to guard the treasures... he couldn’t disobey Ning Fan’s orders!
In the end, Eight Cold Buddhas could only smile wryly, shrinking his hundred-feet giant Buddha body to human size, sitting cross-legged beside the three treasures, truly starting to guard them.
"I’ll act when the Immortal Emperor is in danger... I certainly can’t neglect the Immortal Emperor for these external items. This Immortal Emperor seems to be only in the Immortal King Realm; joining the battle recklessly is too dangerous..."
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Beihai True Lord was also spat out by the giant tortoise; with Beihai True Lord’s means, he certainly wouldn’t be truly hit by the spitting sea, but he was really infuriated.
Immediately, he couldn’t be bothered to snatch Ning Fan’s treasures!
He wanted to first teach this troublesome giant tortoise a lesson!
"Old Turtle Zhenwu! The one provoking you is Emperor Shuiyan; why are you spitting on me! Aren’t you afraid of bullying an old man!"
Beihai True Lord flicked his fingers, sending out countless Rain Slash Strikes, splintering the spitting sea. Then, stepping on the Rain Dragon, he repeatedly collided with the giant tortoise’s massive body.
The giant tortoise’s body was too enormous! This led to a problem: the defense range was too vast, and his body moved very slowly. When enemies attacked, he essentially couldn’t dodge; he could only take them hits reluctantly!
His shell was indeed hard, but the exposed four limbs and tail were all soft. The Rain Dragon specifically targeted these spots, and each time it hit the giant tortoise, the tortoise had to endure pain. Considering his immense Qi and blood, these collision injuries are insignificant, but they hurt!
The giant tortoise was absolutely infuriated!
He lifted his clumsy giant feet, wanting to crush the Rain Dragon, which seemed like a small snake to him. If crushed, with his brute force, one stomp could turn Beihai True Lord and the dragon into pulp; but the Rain Dragon was agile, moved swiftly, how could it be stepped on by the clumsy giant tortoise!
The feeling of hitting a fly that couldn’t be hit almost exploded the tortoise’s lungs!
What angered him more was Emperor Shuiyan, who was as annoying as a fly, perpetually manifesting gigantic hand imprints, causing him to cry out repeatedly in pain.
"Ancient Demon Sea-Crushing Seal!"
Emperor Shuiyan transformed into the true self of the Ancient Demon, converting essence Qi into giant palms, repeatedly striking the soft parts of the giant tortoise’s body.
These hand imprints, although condensed by the power of the water element, were hotter than many fire-element divine skills, each impact with the tortoise pressed dry a lot of blood inside him, gradually weakening his Qi and blood.
The giant tortoise wanted to stomp Emperor Shuiyan, but Emperor Shuiyan also had incredible speed, how could he ever step on him?
"I’m infuriated! You all obstruct me, you all bully me, I’m angry now, truly angry!"
Title Technique, True Martial Water Prison!
The giant tortoise muttered incantations, and the water vapor in the heavens and earth suddenly converged towards Emperor Shuiyan.
Emperor Shuiyan, being the Water Control Position Great Emperor, immediately activated his control position upon seeing the opponent attacking him with water vapor, trying to dispel the opponent’s divine skills.
But, he couldn’t do it!
In a battle of control positions, a strong control position holder can easily crush a weaker one’s position!
Although Emperor Shuiyan and the giant tortoise didn’t have the same control position, their proficiency in water manipulation differed, with the giant tortoise being superior!
As a result, even when he activated his control position, he could only dispel seventy percent of the water vapor summoned by the giant tortoise, and the remaining thirty percent still struck him!
As soon as the water vapor struck, it immediately transformed into a spherical water prison with a diameter of a thousand miles, trapping Emperor Shuiyan inside.
Once inside the water prison, Emperor Shuiyan was horrified to discover that his Ancient Devil Dao essence had been completely sealed, and he was powerless, unable to exert any physical strength.
He wanted to forcibly escape the water prison, but the difficulty of escaping from inside was ten times that of breaking it from outside!
In a short time, he was trapped dead in the water prison, locked up by the giant tortoise with one move!
But the giant tortoise couldn’t kill Emperor Shuiyan either!
The blood steam on Emperor Shuiyan was too strange. It didn’t need to siphon the enemy’s blood to restore his injuries; just by absorbing the water vapor between heaven and earth, he could heal, truly bizarre!
As such, even though Emperor Shuiyan was temporarily trapped, it was because the water prison was full of water everywhere. As long as there was water, he would not die! The giant tortoise wanted to activate the hidden currents in the water prison to strangle Emperor Shuiyan, yet found that he couldn’t do it at all.
Well, trapping one is better than none! If he couldn’t kill Emperor Shuiyan, could he not kill the annoying Northern Sea True Lord!
The giant tortoise repeated his old trick, using the True Martial Water Prison, summoning an endless stream of water vapor to sweep toward Northern Sea True Lord.
Seeing the water vapor attacking, Northern Sea True Lord’s face first changed, as if recalling some unlucky past; then he coldly snorted, allowing the water vapor to envelop him, ignoring it as if it were nothing!
"True Martial Old Tortoise, you are still as powerful as before, suppressing the split spirit of the Emperor Ancient Chaos with just one move! But I am different from Shuiyan! Your True Martial Water Prison is useless against me! I know you too well, I have experienced all your moves once! Don’t you know that the same water technique cannot affect me twice!"
It was odd to see Northern Sea True Lord not moving at all, merely chanting incantations as if secretly activating some protection technique.
Strangely enough.
The formidable True Martial Water Prison, which could single-handedly trap Emperor Shuiyan, had no effect when used on Northern Sea True Lord.
Because of the rain dragon’s massive body, the water prison morphed by the giant tortoise this time was not the thousand-mile water prison, but rather an endless one, with no visible end.
But even such a water prison somehow had no restraining power over Northern Sea True Lord.
Northern Sea True Lord simply strolled leisurely, riding on the rain dragon, directly swimming out of the boundless water prison. The scene was eerie and surreal.
Seeing this, the giant tortoise spewed boundless acid rain. That acid rain, transformed from his stomach acid, was much more acidic than saliva, and could injure even a Quasi-Saint.
Northern Sea True Lord’s Power of Bestowal was no match for the giant tortoise’s True Martial Seal, so he couldn’t evade the acid rain and could only endure it. The giant tortoise’s stomach acid could corrode even the Tian Tu interface, dissolving it, undeniably powerful, but when it fell on him, it felt like a natural rain shower, causing no harm.
Not entirely harmless.
Northern Sea True Lord’s mental state was deeply affected; this stomach acid drenching him was simply unbearably foul! He recalled the last time he was drenched in the True Martial Old Tortoise’s stomach acid, needing thirty millennia to heal the corrosive injury; and three million years to completely rid himself of the lingering sour odor...
This was the second time facing this technique; injury was unlikely, but the stubborn, hard-to-wash-off stench might follow him for another three million years!
"Strange, why are my divine skills ineffective on you..." The giant tortoise was somewhat perplexed.
Northern Sea True Lord sneered continuously. Fighting the True Martial Old Tortoise again after many years, he had a significant advantage; he could ignore all the previous water-based divine skills used by the opponent! Today, he planned to settle past scores with this old tortoise once and for all, postponing the matter of snatching Ning Fan’s treasures!
Rain Technique! Rain Dragon Soul Strike Technique!
When Northern Sea True Lord displayed his divine skills, both he and the rain dragon beneath him became even more phantom-like, more transparent, as if they had completely lost their substance, crashing fiercely towards the position of the giant tortoise’s shell.
Not colliding with the soft spot of the giant tortoise, but with the hardest shell? Was Northern Sea True Lord insane?
The giant tortoise was initially puzzled, then burst into arrogant laughter, ridiculing the stupidity of the Northern Sea True Monarch, mocking that this act would only lead to him crashing headfirst and bleeding profusely.
But he miscalculated!
The Northern Sea True Monarch’s impact somehow directly pierced through his shell defenses, then pierced through his body completely!
The physical body of the giant tortoise remained painless, but the True Spirit felt a tearing agony, evidently, the Northern Sea True Monarch’s method of piercing through the body wasn’t aimed at his physical form or immense vitality, but directly at his True Spirit!
Though the tortoise race’s shell is hard, its internals are the softest, especially concerning the Demon Soul and True Spirit, which are the softest and weakest parts, unable to withstand the Northern Sea True Monarch’s attack.
This way, the Northern Sea True Monarch severely injured the giant tortoise’s True Spirit with just one strike, clearly demonstrating he did have a method to deal with this vitality monster.
Roar——
The giant tortoise was furious!
For how many years had it been since he was severely injured by anyone, with endless vitality within him, he dared to devour a Heavenly Map, but little did he expect to be heavily injured by just one move from the Northern Sea True Monarch...
Luckily, although his True Spirit was weak, it wasn’t just a singular True Spirit!
For every stripe on his shell, there was a corresponding True Spirit!
"I’ll see whether you destroy all my True Spirits first or whether I devour you first! Titled Artifact, True Martial Serpent Head!"
Though the giant tortoise wasn’t very quick-witted, he wasn’t entirely foolish. Seeing that divine abilities were ineffective against the Northern Sea True Monarch, he resorted to using magical treasures, utilizing the Titled Artifact! His short tortoise tail suddenly extended and stretched like a wandering serpent, like a whip fiercely lashing toward the illusory Northern Sea True Monarch.
Unlike the slow pace when the giant tortoise stomped, the speed at which its tail lashed was akin to the most rapid currents in the world!
The Northern Sea True Monarch never anticipated the giant tortoise would possess such means? This move, he hadn’t encountered back in the day, hence he responded with slight haste. The opponent’s tail whipped too swiftly, and the Northern Sea True Monarch couldn’t command a dragon to evade in time, so he had to defend in place.
As the Northern Sea True Monarch’s Power of Bestowal activated, the vicinity suddenly became misty rain-like, with four hundred and eighty ancient temples faintly visible in the rain.
When the giant tortoise’s tail swept close, those ancient temples suddenly approached, standing in the path of the incoming giant tail, attempting to block it.
One by one, the smoky rain ancient temples shattered under the sweep of the giant tail, but the fragmented temples ultimately weakened the strength carried by the giant tail.
With each ancient temple shattered, the tail’s strength diminished slightly; after destroying over three hundred obstructing ancient temples, the giant tail finally exhausted its power and couldn’t proceed further.
"What kind of defensive divine skill is this, capable of blocking my strength?" The giant tortoise was quite shocked.
Little did it know, it was the Northern Sea True Monarch who was even more amazed!
It should be known that back in the years when he sought Dao in the Southern Heavens, he provoked an ancient master of a secret clan, and even then, the opponent’s full force attack only shattered three hundred ancient temples at most.
This True Martial old tortoise’s power was excessively terrifying, matching such might! Although due to his spirit sense’s descent, the rain temple was slightly weaker than its true form, wasn’t the True Martial old tortoise also a spirit sense descent!
Perhaps this old tortoise’s true self, though not yet stepping into Third Order Quasi-Saint, could already contend with some Third Order Quasi-Saints?
"Again!"
The giant tortoise swung its tail at the Northern Sea True Monarch once more.
The Northern Sea True Monarch sought to reapply his techniques, reconsolidating the fragmented rain temples to block in front of him.
But this time, the giant tortoise’s attack wasn’t merely a simple tail lash!
As the tortoise tail approached, its appearance suddenly transformed, and the tail’s base somehow grew a menacing serpent head, the serpent head flicked its tongue, and in its mouth, two serpent fangs appeared. These were not ordinary teeth, the tips were gleaming with ancient sword beams, passed down since the ancient times!
The serpent head bit killing speed was too fast!
The Northern Sea True Monarch couldn’t even clearly see what these serpent fangs transformed from, and his four hundred and eighty rain temples had already been destroyed entirely, bitten and shattered by the serpent head!
The wound from the serpent head bite was peculiar, it wasn’t a two-point shaped wound seen when a snake bites a person, but was vertically sliced into three sections.
This scene was as if someone had taken two immortal swords and slashed the Rain Temple into three segments vertically.
"Not good! What exactly is this serpent head that even destroyed all my four hundred and eighty temples!"
The serpent head broke through the defenses of the Rain Temple and was upon him in an instant, an unprecedented feeling of danger spreading throughout Beihai True Lord’s body. He had an intuition that if he didn’t dodge, this serpent head would slice him into three!
Rain Escape Technique!
At the critical moment, Beihai True Lord, along with his dragon, utilized the Rain Escape Technique, turning into rainwater and vanishing. This was the Water Sect’s famed technique, perfect for evading enemy attacks.
Though he dodged quickly, the rain dragon beneath him was still bitten slightly by the serpent head, leaving two grim wounds on the dragon’s body, with rain-blood flowing incessantly! At the wound, there was also an ancient Sword Qi that was impossible to expel, crawling into the rain dragon’s body and wreaking havoc within.
Roar——
This time it was the rain dragon’s turn to scream in agony and pain.
Beihai True Lord’s face was extremely unsightly; his sixth dragon was not yet stabilized, and now his fifth dragon was injured, causing his hatred towards the giant tortoise to soar a hundredfold in an instant.
The giant tortoise, successfully striking a blow, felt immensely proud and swung its tail again at Beihai True Lord, with the serpent head ready to bite.
Since he had transformed into a serpent head, he naturally faced the enemy with it, allowing his turtle head to relax and enjoy devouring some nourishing True Spirit.
He opened his mouth wide and finally took another bite out of the Tian Tu World.
Then came the third bite, the fourth ... in an instant he took dozens of bites, causing the Tian Tu World to begin shaking violently. As it shuddered, space fragments became unsustainable and started peeling off—this was the precursor to the interface’s imminent collapse!
Seeing this scene, both the Emperor Shuiyan trapped in the water prison and Beihai True Lord, who was being chased around by the serpent head, were furious and cursed loudly.
If the giant tortoise was allowed to continue biting, this world would inevitably collapse, and no one would be able to seize Ning Fan’s belongings.
"Hmph! A bunch of trash, daring to stop me from eating, truly courting death! I eat when I want, sleep when I want, even the Heavenly Healer can’t control me, what right do you have to interfere, to obstruct? Now, you’ve angered me. Not only will I devour this Tian Tu World, but I’ll also swallow you all, leaving none alive!" The giant tortoise was immensely proud.
"So, even Ning Fan you wish to devour..."
Ning Fan’s voice suddenly echoed from atop the giant tortoise’s head.
To everyone’s surprise, he was standing upon the tortoise’s skull!
"Eh? You’re that young immortal king who drew down the Tian Tu? Such audacity, standing on my head, do you wish to defecate upon it? Courting death!"
The giant tortoise was furious, shaking his head violently to throw Ning Fan off, but there was no dislodging him.
Ning Fan stood as steady as a tree rooted in the ground upon the tortoise’s skull, remaining stable no matter how much force was applied!
"Ning Fan’s actions are always fair—if you want to eat me, then I shall eat you. I’ve tasted Gengwu’s octopus balls, and they were quite delicious; your turtle seems perfect for making soup..."
As Ning Fan’s words concluded, countless giant trees suddenly sprang up around the area beneath his feet.
The giant tortoise’s head was vast as a continent, and now, it was covered in towering ancient trees planted by Ning Fan. Those ancient trees grew denser, eventually covering the tortoise’s entire body, making it look like a spiky green cactus from afar!
"How dare you plant trees on me! No! Among the Five Elements, water births wood; my body’s water elemental power is being insanely devoured by your wood element! Aren’t you a Rain Control Position? How do you possess such immense wood element power!" The giant tortoise was horrified.
The higher the cultivation level, the clearer Ning Fan’s terrifying wood element became. What level of wood element was this! Wooden Control Position? Wood Sealing? No, that couldn’t be! Even Wooden Control Position or Wood Sealing couldn’t easily devour his water element! The giant tortoise quickly disregarded dealing with Beihai True Lord, throwing him aside and swinging its giant tail in the direction of its own head.
After all, Ning Fan was standing in that position!
This strike was meant to attack its own skull! He didn’t mind destroying his own head if it meant eliminating Ning Fan perched upon it—his vitality was vast, and his head would instantly regenerate!
Seeing the strike coming towards him, Ning Fan’s expression changed slightly, but he didn’t evade.
With his current strength, he would logically dare not to meet a strike from the giant tortoise head-on; after all, such a strike could destroy all of Beihai True Lord’s four hundred and eighty temples, proving its terrifying might.
But this moment was different.
He had surreptitiously gotten close to the giant tortoise and ambushed it, planting myriad Divine Trees within, whose roots had already penetrated deep inside it, voraciously absorbing, devouring the giant tortoise’s water elemental power and transforming it into his own!
Because the giant tortoise’s qi and blood were too strong, even though the Divine Tree of Essence was directly absorbing it, he wasn’t too severely wounded.
But this doesn’t mean that Ning Fan’s Divine Tree of Essence’s absorption was useless!
Among the Five Elements, water enhances wood! This means that with the assistance of water elemental power, wood elemental power becomes stronger!
At this moment, Ning Fan felt an unprecedented strength in his wood elemental power. This strength did not stem from his own wood elemental power, but because his Divine Tree of Essence was absorbing the water elemental power of the giant tortoise.
With the "assistance" of the giant tortoise’s water elemental power, Ning Fan’s Divine Tree of Essence was unprecedentedly lush and resilient!
When the giant tortoise’s tail swept over, Ning Fan chose not to evade but instead clasped his hands together forcefully. In an instant, towering ancient trees rose up, converging into hundreds and thousands of massive wood walls, blocking the path of the incoming tail!
Rumble, rumble, rumble!
The tail of the tortoise, which could easily destroy the 480 temples of Beihai True Lord, surprisingly couldn’t completely break through Ning Fan’s wooden wall defense!
The spectators were all astonished!
This is abnormal, absolutely abnormal!
Even the Wooden Control Position, the Wooden Sealing Title cultivators could not suppress the Water Control Position like this! In the long life of the giant tortoise, he has fought against Wood Element classified Control Position cultivators, but none could directly absorb his water elemental power like Ning Fan!
Ning Fan’s wood elemental power was terrifyingly domineering, the suppression of the Water cultivators was almost a one-sided crushing!
What kind of wood elemental power is this!
"It’s not the Wooden Control Position; it’s a higher-level power! Could it be the true Source Stream of Dao!" The Emperor Shuiyan in the True Martial Water Prison was greatly shocked.
"It’s impossible to be the true Source Stream of Dao! Even I, a Second-Grade Quasi-Saint, can only barely use a small amount of Dao Source power. How could this child fully master the Source Stream of Wood Element? The power he’s using should only be a small amount of wood element Dao Source, but this is even more strange; a small amount of wood element Dao Source shouldn’t be able to cause this level of suppression to a water cultivator... Could it really be a complete Source Stream of Dao?" Beihai True Lord was reluctant to believe it, but he had to believe!
"This is the little Immortal King I identified previously? He easily blocked Zhenwu Old Turtle’s full-force blow!" The Eight Cold Buddhas, responsible for guarding the treasure, were astonished. He admitted he couldn’t achieve this, yet Ning Fan could do it at the Immortal King Realm.
This is the power of the King of the Mixed Kun Holy Sect Immortal? Truly terrifying!
"It’s a lie, all of it is a lie! My tortoise and serpent double swords fused, their power is not inferior to an Innate Superior Treasure; how could you possibly block it! I don’t believe it!"
Again, the giant tortoise swept its tail towards Ning Fan. The head of the serpent, in its fury, opened its bloody mouth wide, revealing the sword intent that soared to the sky, and only then did everyone see that the serpent’s fangs of the giant tortoise were actually transformed from two treasure swords nearing the Innate Superior Grade!
The fusion of the two swords, comparable to Innate Superior Grade, was the reason the serpent head could easily break through the 480 temples of Beihai True Lord.
At this moment, due to the giant tortoise’s rage, the power of the two swords surged violently, meaning this time the serpent head attack’s power was even stronger by three parts.
Yet, it still couldn’t break through Ning Fan’s layers upon layers of wood walls.
This time, not only did Ning Fan rely on a thousand layers of wood walls to block the serpent head’s attack, but he also mimicked, using the godhood of Wood’s ropes, binding the entire body of the giant tortoise into a wooden rice dumpling!
The giant tortoise’s brute strength was so immense that it could break the Void Rope of Emperor Shuiyan, but it couldn’t break Ning Fan’s rope of wood!
This was not only related to water enhancing wood but also because the level of the godhood far surpassed the Palatial Void Control Positions by even three grades!
Source Stream of Dao? It doesn’t exist, and godhood is not something of little value.
Even the Saint Dao Tradition of a higher level than the Source Stream of Dao is still one grade lower than godhood!
Ning Fan’s godhood of Wood previously only had the advantage of one higher grade, but his own insufficient cultivation limited the power of the godhood he could wield.
But this time, he was continuously absorbing the water elemental power of the giant tortoise, using the opponent’s water element to continuously bolster his own wood element.
This was an almost rogue tactic, yet it rendered the giant tortoise impotent!
He not only bound the giant tortoise into a wooden rice dumpling, but he also unleashed a divine power, transforming into a wooden cage, adding another layer of entrapment, sealing the giant tortoise within an endless wooden cage!
"Damn, what kind of rotten wood is this, it’s so uncomfortable to be bound, I can’t break free from it!"
"Oh no, this is terrible! I’m losing too much water elemental power, and I’m feeling weak. I, as the Zhenwu of this generation, could it be that I’m actually going to be captured alive by a little Immortal King? It’s utterly humiliating!"
"I refuse to accept this, I refuse to accept this! Boy, if you have the guts to remove these wooden cages and ropes, let me out, and I’ll fight you for three thousand rounds! I want to devour you, bones and all! Ah, this is infuriating!"
The giant tortoise was trapped in a wooden cage by Ning Fan, and could only curse within it, unable to escape, unable to fight back, completely helpless against Ning Fan.
In this way, Emperor Shuiyan was trapped in a water prison by the giant tortoise, and the giant tortoise was caged by Ning Fan, making the situation highly advantageous for Ning Fan.
Among the enemies trying to snatch the treasures, it seemed only Northern Sea True Lord remained lively.
"Setting aside the Fellow Daoist Eight Cold, it seems only you and I are left here, and we can finally continue the battle we began before." Ning Fan sneered, leaping away from the giant tortoise and charging towards Northern Sea True Lord.
He no longer absorbed the giant tortoise’s water elemental power to strengthen himself, for the giant tortoise had been drained dry and was already limp and powerless. Without enough time to recover, the giant tortoise couldn’t absorb any more.
"What a miscalculation! This boy’s means are even more formidable than I previously estimated! Even if I unleash all four dragons simultaneously, I wouldn’t have a full assurance of defeating him, especially now with only one dragon present... This situation cannot be salvaged, it is better to retreat for now! But there’s one thing to be careful of; when withdrawing, I cannot be caught by this boy’s wooden elements, or my water elemental power will become nourishment for his wood elements, ending up like the Zhenwu Old Turtle!"
At this moment, Northern Sea True Lord conceived thoughts of retreat; he no longer hoped to seize anything from Ning Fan’s hands, just wished to extract himself to prevent the fifth dragon from disaster.
Muttering incantations to open a path for retreat and spirit sense extraction, yet Ning Fan merely pointed a finger to fix him in place, his escape failed!
Moreover, in the brief moment he was immobilized, countless wooden ropes flew from Ning Fan’s sleeve, intending to bind him.
"Not good! I must not be bound!"
Northern Sea True Lord didn’t know what method he employed, but he spat out a mouthful of reverse blood to forcibly break free from Ning Fan’s Body Locking, and then narrowly used Rain Escape Technique.
Once again, he turned into rainwater to disperse, evading Ning Fan’s attack.
Ning Fan’s control over rain wasn’t as proficient as Northern Sea True Lord, hence he couldn’t prevent Northern Sea True Lord’s erratic movements.
However, this did not mean his newly mastered Rain Control Position was useless!
At least before him, the Rain Dragon couldn’t transform into water to escape, and amidst screams, was tightly bound by Ning Fan’s divine wooden ropes!
The divine wooden ropes ordinarily couldn’t bind a creature of the Rain Dragon’s stature, but these ropes could swallow and absorb the Rain Dragon’s water elemental power.
With the absorption from the wooden ropes, the Rain Dragon’s body began to continuously shrink, a sign of rapidly declining power.
The Rain Dragon tried to break free from the wooden ropes, but how could it succeed! Its power grew increasingly frail, its strength diminished, eventually also imprisoned in the wooden cage created by divine forces.
The Rain Dragon dwindled down to the size of a mere earthworm, and the wooden cage had shrunk to the size of a palm, collected into a storage pouch by Ning Fan’s curved palm.
Ning Fan cast a mocking glance at the reappeared Northern Sea True Lord, saying nothing, yet the silence spoke volumes.
Northern Sea True Lord glared with bloodshot eyes filled with hatred!
Clearly, he came to rob Ning Fan of treasures, yet it was Ning Fan who took away one of his six dragons; now, even if Ning Fan let him depart with spirit sense, he wouldn’t leave!
Without recovering the Rain Dragon, he wouldn’t rest content!
"Young Ning Fan! I give you one last chance, if you return the Rain Dragon, our grudges will be tossed aside, and we will owe each other nothing! If you don’t comply, you will be the eternal enemy of my Water Sect!" Northern Sea True Lord roared furiously.
"Heh heh, there’s no need to spout such nonsense, if you want the Rain Dragon back, show your real abilities!" Ning Fan’s eyes gleamed with cold light; if tasked with selecting someone among those present who must die, Ning Fan would undoubtedly choose Northern Sea True Lord!
"You’ve brought this upon yourself! Eternal True Body, manifest!"
Northern Sea True Lord stepped forth, transforming into a hundred-zhang true self, his aura surging instantly, and his true self seemed distinct from ordinary ones, yet where it differed, Ning Fan couldn’t quite tell.
Ning Fan similarly transformed into a hundred-zhang Golden Flame Body, dashing towards Northern Sea True Lord.
Once Ning Fan appeared to attempt close combat, Northern Sea True Lord’s demeanor diminished, swiftly retreating.
He had no choice but to retreat, for in close combat, he was too vulnerable to Ning Fan’s wooden elements, if struck by Ning Fan’s wood elements, not to mention rescuing the Rain Dragon, his spirit sense would be finished today...