Grasping Evil

Three days had passed but Ning Fan was still alive!

His body gave off a purple cold frost which rose into the sky. However, after refining countless demon blood crystals, his blood turned excessively hot, counteracting the cold poison within him. Hence, he did not die!

The annihilation of the Gui Xiong Outpost spread throughout the entire Greedy Wolf Star Sea like a rainstorm. Upon receiving that information, the bear demon, Man Shan felt a sudden shock within his heart.

On the ruins of Gui Xiong Outpost where innumerable carcasses piled up like mountains and the sea water was red like blood, a piece of large land was cleared up.

On that piece of empty land, there were seven massive blood-red characters carved using a sharp sword by someone.

Lu Bei, the slayer from Luo Yun!

That piece of information made the bear demon find it hard to retain his calmness.

The Gui Xiong Outpost had a Peak Divine Transformation Realm grand formation. Moreover, under the lead and defense by its main general, Gui Nu and the others, even the bear demon found it difficult to successfully take down that city!

That Lu Bei, however, managed to annihilate the entire outpost. Besides, among the cadavers left at the scene, none of them belonged to other demon beasts other than the sea beasts of the Gui Xiong Outpost. What does that imply?

Clearly, it meant that Lu Bei who wiped out the troops garrisoned at the Gui Xiong Outpost certainly did not bring many people with him, let alone any miscellaneous soldiers. Otherwise, it was impossible to not have a single intruder's corpse among the hundreds of thousands of skeletons at that place.

"Who is Lu Bei?! It's so troublesome! Currently, I'm already having difficulties dealing with that Early Divine Transformation Realm cultivator. If Lu Bei also comes to the star island, it would be hard for me to conduct myself with two malefic beings residing on the island at the same time… However, this Lu Bei has really done me a big favor. I heard that that little wean, Star Dragon, is planning on attacking my star island. This Lu Bei obviously harbors enmity against Kun Mo. From its capabilities of seizing the Gui Xiong Outpost, it would not be difficult for him to stir up the situation of the southern Star Sea!"

"If this man is able to eliminate Kun Mo as well, I'm going to feel more at ease. The war in the star island could then be avoided!"

On the other hand, in Li Kun Palace, Kun Mo was angered to the extreme where he was unable to sit still after hearing that report.

The frontline troops were wiped out while the entire Gui Xiong Outpost was annihilated!

"Pass my orders! Gather all forces of the Southern Star Sea and eliminate Lu Bei!"

"Who is Lu Bei?!"

"Hmmph! My Poison King Token has started to react! That Lu Bei must have been afflicted with that Evil Cold Worm's poison! In the Southern Star Sea, whoever has the cold poison which would freeze the vicinity of one hundred li* (500m per li) is Lu Bei! Upon encountering someone like that, kill!"

Kun Mo's eyes were burning with rage. Before he could even exact his revenge on that mysterious Early Divine Transformation Realm expert on the star island, there is another troublesome man who had come to cause him troubles!

Looking at the deep purplish Poison King Token, Kun Mo grin hideously and said, "For whoever kills that Lu Bei, I will extract the Evil Cold Worm from the corpse, neutralize its poison using my Poison King Token and help that hero enhance his spirit sense using the worm sense! If there are other forces who manage to kill Lu Bei, this reward will also remain valid!"

As his order spread among the troops, groups of beasts were filled with excitement. Furthermore, some sea beasts which had been hiding in the dark without coming out to the real world all this while were also tempted by that offer.

A venomous worm's poison was able to harm someone. However, it could also be used as a tonic to increase the power of one's spirit sense. As a matter of fact, the original intention of creating a venomous worm was to use it as medicine. It was only because of the later generations who used it as poison to kill someone. Gradually, it had become a general knowledge that the poison of a venomous poison wasn't consumable!

However, ordinary people might be unable to consume a venomous worm's poison, but it did not mean that no one was able to do that. For example, Kun Mo, the person who reared venomous worms possessed the Poison King Token which could purge the toxicity of a venomous worm's poison and turned that worm into a nourishing tonic for one's spirit sense.

That Poison King Token actually did not belong to Kun Mo. It was something that he found by accident in the Star Palace.

It was because of the profoundness of that token which could neutralize a venomous worm's poison and turn it into a medicine that Kun Mo could have a smooth sailing in his journey of cultivation, obtain a great improvement in his power and eventually become one of the four Holy Demons who dominated the Star Sea!

Evil Cold Worm. Its worm sense was especially strong. Common people were unable to refine it. However, with the Poison King Token, one could refine the cold poison with ease. After refining the power of the worm, any sea beasts would have the opportunity to advance their spirit sense to break through to the Peak Divine Transformation Realm!

"Find Lu Bei and kill him!"

Multitudes of ferocious beasts who had been dwelling in deep seclusion and rarely came out swarmed out from their nests. The entire Southern Star Sea was in great chaos just because of one reason: to kill Ning Fan! All of them did not want to miss the opportunity to gain merits by killing someone and obtain the Evil Cold Worm to improve their spirit sense!

The Star Sea was already in chaos. Despite that, the current situation was still far from enough!

The sea beasts formed from the star spirits did not have any immortal jade. Even so, in the battle in Gui Xiong Outpost, Ning Fan had acquired a number of sea medicines, devoured countless demon blood and pills and even gained thousands of Gold Core and Nascent Soul Realm Dao Fruits!

With Ning Fan's current magic power, consuming these Dao Fruits would not increase the least bit of his cultivation level. However, towards Harmonious Spirit, Gold Core and Nascent Soul Realm cultivators, they were something exceptionally hard to come by.

In the past, a single Gold Core Realm Dao Fruit was more than enough to put the Yue Country in utter chaos.

Today, however, Ning Fan possessed thousands of Dao Fruits and travelled across the Star Sea, undefeatable!

Standing above the Golden Flame Chariot, wherever Ning Fan passed by, the sea domain encompassing an area of one hundred li* (500m per li) would immediately be frozen to purple ice.

It had already been a few days since Ning Fan travelled south from the Gui Xiong Outpost. Within that period of time, he had also eliminated a few cities under the sea. There were also some bold sea beasts which did not understand death which swarmed towards him as soon as they noticed the frozen sea water and initiated attacks on him.

At first, the number of sea beasts who came to attack the Golden Flame Chariot was not many. Most of them approached him sporadically. Afterwards, large groups of sea beasts actually flocked towards him in large groups. Once they noticed the sea was frozen, they immediately fought him desperately without providing any explanations.

Of course, Ning Fan was not going to show any mercy on them and slaughtered every last one of them. However, after searching their memories and souls, his eyes turned grim all of a sudden. The reason why the Star Sea would be in such a chaotic situation was because that Kun Mo used the Evil Cold Worm as a price to hunt him down!

"Poison King Token… This item is really a treasure. But it's such a pity that it fell into your hands!"

Ning Fan's eyes flashed with cold light. Fearlessly, he spread his spirit sense to its maximum limit, covering the vicinity of thirty thousand li*. (500m per li)

Outside the vicinity, all seven directions had large groups of sea beasts moving towards him in neat formations. There were even Wild Beasts in those groups.

The design of their armor and their tribal marks were clearly not the same as that of the Li Kun Palace. In other words, they were not Kun Mo's subordinates but the people from the other tribes of sea beasts!

Since the groups of beasts were in formations, it was not strange that their speed was comparable to that of a Divine Transformation Realm being.

What made Ning Fan exude with killing intent was that there were actually other forces who involved themselves into his feud with Kun Mo.

Along the journey of killing and bloodbaths, Ning Fan never forgot to search the souls and memories of attackers. By now, he had already found out that the Earth Palace comprised of three sea domains which were known as Greedy Wolf, Military Breaking and Seven Kill. In the Greedy Wolf Star Sea, there were the Four Holy Demons who proclaimed themselves as kings in their respective domains. Of course, other than the Four Holy Demons, there were still some low-key forces that rarely had contact with the real world like the bear demon. Although they hid themselves in remote areas, it did not mean that they were weak.

Ever since the beginning, Ning Fan had known that it was impossible to have just four Half-Step Void Refinement Realm experts in this boundless and vast Star Sea. Therefore, after annahilating the Gui Nu Outpost, he just destroyed the demon cities under Kun Mo's command while leaving the other unrelated demon cities intact.

He was not afraid, but he was just trying to avoid any unwanted troubles.

After all, it was an affair between him and Kun Mo. Before this enmity is over, it would be unwise to involve other strong enemies!

But currently, since the other forces willingly intercepted him, Ning Fan was not going to let them get out alive!

Tens of breaths later, the Golden Flame Chariot was heavily surrounded by seven massive forces outside the area of one thousand li*!

Those seven massive forces consisted of nearly seventy thousand sea beasts. The Wild Beasts who were leading the groups shapeshifted into human forms. All of them were Divine Transformation Realm experts!

There were six Early Divine Transformation Realm cultivators and one Mid Divine Transformation Realm expert. Especially that Mid Divine Transformation Realm expert, he was a green-robed old man. Stepping on a piece of green sea cloud while holding a green horsetail whisk, his presence was like that of an immortal. However, as soon as he opened his beady eyes which were small like green beans and looked at the direction of the Golden Flame Chariot with a covetous expression, only then did he appear to be not harboring any kind intentions at all.

"A Late Divine Transformation Realm expert who had yet to recover from her injuries and an Early Divine Transformation Realm cultivator who has been afflicted with the poison of the Evil Cold Worm…"

After sending a glance at Ning Fan and Xi Ran, the elderly man completely disregarded the black dragon and spiritual puppets.

If the elderly man knew that these puppets were above the Divine Transformation Realm while the black dragon refined corpse was in fact at the Half-Step Void Refinement Realm, he would definitely have turned around and fled.

Unfortunately, things turned out to be the complete opposite. This time, Ning Fan's choice of assigning Stone Warrior to lead the group of lifeless fighters seemed to have been the right choice.

Stone Warrior who had already attained the Mid Divine Transformation Realm had displayed some kind of secret technique which was able to conceal the power of the non-living fighters using his Puppet Raising Technique.

Unless his opponent has a cultivation level higher than Mid Divine Transformation Realm, which should at least be at the Late Divine Transformation Realm and above, he or she would definitely not be able to see through the strength of the group of spiritual puppets!

"I am Lu Bei. It's enmity between me and Kun Mo and I'm not willing to breed enmity with any other forces. I'm now giving you the last chance to back off. If you don't get out of my sight within three breaths, then die!"

When Ning Fan's cold threatening voice echoed into the Divine Transformation Realm beings from the seven foreign forces, all of them were stunned.

At the next moment, each and every one of them seemed to have heard of an extremely hilarious joke and chuckled.

"Are you threatening us? Haha! This mere Early Divine Transformation Realm ant is actually trying to intimidate us!"

"Not to mention that he has suffered heavy injuries after being afflicted by the poison of the Evil Cold Worm, even if he is fit and healthy, would I, the clan elder of the Star Wolf Clan, be afraid of a mere Early Divine Transformation Realm cultivator?"

"But this person's appearance looks rather familiar… The elder of the Thunder Carp Clan, what do you think of him…"

"Hehe. Since we've already surrounded him, don't tell me that you still have thoughts of letting him go alive? We aren't kind people. We only have a single reason to have come here: to kill this man and enhance our spirit sense with the poison!"

The six of them were having a discussion among each other. However, all of their discussions came to an abrupt end when the green-robed elderly man gently cleared his throat.

"This old man is the vice city lord of Dragon Burial Ocean City… Qing Xuan!"

As his voice fell, it was as if a cold-piercing gale blew past all of them at the scene. Immediately, it caused an uproar.

"Dragon Burial Ocean City! You are a member of the Ocean City!"

The six Early Divine Transformation Realm experts seemed like they had just heard of something incredibly terrifying as all of them revealed a fearful look.

Their fear was not because of the elderly cultivator's cultivation level which was at the Mid Divine Transformation Realm but because of the reputation of Dragon Burial Ocean City!

"Is Lord Revered Dragon doing fine…" The clan elder of the Star Wolf Clan cautiously asked.

"Revered Dragon is as fine as usual. He is currently in seclusion to break through to the Half-Step Void Refinement Realm!" Qing Xuan said proudly.

"Wha-What?!"

The expressions of the six beings were filled with absolute shock. When the Revered Dragon was at the Peak Divine Transformation Realm, he was able to survive after taking ten palms from the Old Bear. If this demon successfully breaks through to the Half-Step Void Refinement Realm, perhaps he would be stronger than Kun Mo!

"Then, what about this Evil Cold Worm…"

"The Evil Cold Worm and Lu Bei's head will belong to us, the Dragon Burial Ocean City. Does anyone have any objections?!" Qing Xuan's eyes suddenly turned grim.

"No!" The six of them immediately cupped their fists respectfully with their heads beaded with cold sweat.

"Very well!"

Qing Xuan nodded his head. If the members from these six clans were unable to see the gist of things, he would not mind returning to Ocean City and bring someone to wipe out all of them.

Judging from the tone of the seven individuals, it seemed like they thought Ning Fan was an easy prey as none of them placed the latter in their eyes at all.

Xi Ran was injured whereas Ning Fan was poisoned. Based on common sense, any one of the clans would have the capability of killing the two of them.

As Qing Xuan's eyes glanced through Xi Ran, they were immediately blazing with lust.

This lady's cultivation level isn't weak. Besides, her appearance is perfect. She is just excellent to be a cauldron!

When his gaze landed on Ning Fan, he made a step forward, releasing his wild and arrogant aura and commanded with a harsh tone.

"Little junior, it should be this old man giving you a last chance. Hand over this lady and kill yourself here and save me from wasting my effort in killing you. In that manner, I will keep your demon soul intact so that you can return to samsara! Hehe. In this life, it's unlucky for you to have offended someone you shouldn't have. If you behaved yourself a little more, you might still have the opportunity to restart the path of cultivation in your next life…"

When Qing Xuan's words fell upon the other six clan elders' ears, they started to criticize him within their hearts.

This Qing Xuan was really cunning. Although it was not difficult for him to capture the both of them with force, he knew that he might suffer some injuries. Therefore, he uttered those words to persuade Lu Bei to kill himself. Usually, no one would choose to commit suicide. However, this time, Qing Xuan guaranteed that he could ensure Ning Fan's remnant soul to have a chance of entering samsara. To anyone who could not possibly escape death, it was without a doubt a tempting offer.

But when Xi Ran heard Qing Xuan's words, she found it difficult to hold her laughter and let out a stifled laugh.

A Mid Divine Transformation Realm expert whose qi isn't even on par with that Gui Nu is so bold enough to utter those words and request Lu Bei to kill himself?

Xi Ran suddenly realized that there was not any more laughable joke than what she had just heard.

"Should I close my eyes…" Xi Ran gently asked.

"Just close it. These flies are really irritating… Three breaths are up!"

Ning Fan had given these unrelated forces three breaths to make up their minds. However, if they insisted to poke their noses into this matter, Ning Fan was not going to be merciful on them.

Taking a step forward, the Star Sea suddenly shook, producing thousands layers of sea waves deep underneath the ocean.

Cracks began to spread from beneath Ning Fan's feet towards every direction. That single step he made crushed Qing Xuan's Mid Divine Transformation Realm aura, causing the latter to cough up blood while crazily retreating backwards. He almost fell down from his green sea cloud and was completely petrified.

My aura force was crushed by this man with just a single step?

I, a dignified Mid Divine Transformation Realm expert, was injured by this man with just a single move?

"This old man remembers now. I've seen your face before! It's from the pursuit order issued by the Li Kun Palace in the past! Impossible! How could the two people we are pursuing be the exact same person?! Ah!"

Before Qing Xuan could finish his words, Ning Fan consecutively took another eight steps without pause.

Each of the steps he made created rifts in heaven and earth. Every one of the steps he made was as if he was stomping on the Sea of Consciousness of the seven Divine Transformation Realm experts, making all of them feel agony!

In just an instant, his nine steps transformed into a sword. A heaven-startling sword formed from the great momentum emerged and its sword cry reverberated into the sky. The area within ten thousand li* (500m per li) was basked in the light emanated by the sword!

*Roar*

Each of the sea beasts emitted terrified roars. The next moment, all seventy thousand sea beasts perished!

The Divine Transformation Realm experts from the six clans could no longer suppress their fear, allowing it to show on their expressions. The sword of great momentum was intangible. Something shapeless and bodiless like that was extremely difficult to parry at all. The only thing they could do was to flee! However, although the six of them were fast, the speed of the sword light was even faster. When the sword light penetrated through their body, a massive sword aura came out from their collective skeletons. Their facial expressions were frozen and the next moment, they were turned into minced flesh as they crumbled into pieces!

"Ah!"

Qing Xuan yelped. His horsetail whisk broke and his sea cloud collapsed!

Facing that sword of great momentum, his heart had a feeling that he was facing certain death. Gritting his teeth, he moved his finger and turned it into a sword, chopping his own head off.

*Whoosh*

With his separate head, he fled away. As for his demon body, it was turned into shreds of meat in the next moment.

Even though he managed to run away with his head, the expression on his face did not have the slightest hint of calmness. Only terror filled his face!

That man is Lu Bei?!

That man IS the person who has gotten the poison of the Evil Cold Worm and on the verge of dying?!

What kind of joke is that?! This person killed Early Divine Transformation Realm experts with just nine steps. His power is too high and too deep to even measure. He is at least at the Late Divine Transformation Realm or even at the Peak Divine Transformation Realm!

"Cutting his own head to flee? There are really all sorts of strange demonic techniques in this world… Seal!"

With a finger, he performed the Heaven Sealing Technique. Blood-red lines entangled the remaining body part of Qing Xuan, sealing its movement.

Ning Fan got on the Golden Flame Chariot. At the next moment, he appeared right beside Qing Xuan. He bent his five fingers into the shape of a claw and grabbed his head in his hands.

Qing Xuan was horrified and felt deep regret.

What is that technique? Sealing my movements with ease by just using a finger? Even the city lord of the Dragon Burial Ocean City would not be able to display such a powerful technique!

Afterwards, this savage man will search my soul and memories and eventually kill me. Before that, I must try my best to keep my life!

"Lo-Lord… Please spare me! I know about the biggest secret of the Dragon Burial Ocean City! I know where the 'ancestor blood' is hidden! This secret can never be found through searching my memories and soul. As long as this Lord does not kill me, I'm willing to bring the Lord to obtain that item and even help you plot against Revered Dragon!"

"Ancestor blood?"

Ning Fan's eyes sparkled and stopped what he was about to do. Without much contemplation, he inserted a demon seal on the remnant head of Qing Xuan.

The strength of his restrictive spell filled Qing Xuan with despair. Probably, he would not be able to escape from Ning Fan's manipulation for the rest of his life. However, he did not dare to resist. It was because planting a demon seal onto him meant that Ning Fan would not kill him for the time being.

"Lead the way. We'll head to the Dragon Burial Ocean City!"

<strong>Translated by Tommy, edited by Roel.</strong>

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