Grasping Evil

The outcome of the combined attacks of the fourteen Divine Transformation Realm experts ended in having four of them retreat in defeat while the other ten coughed out blood.

Purple Gu was among the ten experts who spurted out blood. Even though they had divided the strength of the sword among themselves, all of them ended up severely injured after their hearts were cut by Ning Fan.

The other four Mid Divine Transformation Realm experts including Luo Sen only managed to protect themselves from injuries after responding quickly by guarding their hearts with their sword qi. Despite escaping relatively unscathed, they still backed off from confronting him.

Ning Fan pointed one of his fingers once again on the island. The ethereal island, its rivers and mountains and the heavens and the black sun collapsed once again.

First and second stage!

As soon as he pointed his finger, a million sword beams spread in all directions. Thousands of Gold Core Realm and Nascent Soul Realm cultivators instantly lost their lives under the power of that technique. Moreover, among the fourteen Divine Transformation Realm experts, six were tragically killed while their primordial souls and storage pouches were seized by Ning Fan.

Even Luo Sen, a Mid Divine Transformation Realm expert, was one of the six who died!

"P-Please spare my life!"

Luo Sen's physical body was destroyed, leaving only his primordial spirit. He was then brought into Ning Fan's hand along with the primordial spirits of the other five Divine Transformation experts and sealed their cultivation bases.

Scary, it's too scary!

In their eyes, Ning Fan was not only powerful but also undefeatable!

After his primordial soul was captured by Ning Fan, Luo Sen shuddered in fear. The only thing he knew to do now was to beg for mercy.

But how would Ning Fan show any sympathy to him?!

It was him who massacred Gusu City… He did not deserve to live!

Ning Fan's eyes were indifferent. He flicked his sleeve and the twelve primordial spirits including Luo Sen were all strung together through their scapulas by a sword thread that was formed from his sword intent. Their magic power was restricted and they were then kept into his sleeve.

When his sword intent pierced through their primordial souls, Luo Sen and the others were unable to tolerate the excruciating pain as it seemed to penetrate right into their souls. Despite the ruthlessness and brutality of all the Divine Transformation Realm devil cultivators, they could not help but grimace and cry out in pain.

The eight surviving Divine Transformation Realm experts including Purple Gu surrendered to despair.

At first, Ning Fan was attacked by seventeen Divine Transformation Realm experts and a million cultivators of the alliance but all of them ended up being slaughtered by him alone leaving only eight of them!

Even Divine Transformation Realm old ancestors which were regarded as rare beings in the Rain World were pierced through with sword intent by Ning Fan. To them, it was utter humiliation!

"A warrior will rather die than have himself humiliated…" Xie Gu clenched his teeth and his jaw trembled. He pointed his black sword at Ning Fan, striving to maintain a calm appearance.

However, anyone with a discerning eye would be able to notice that he was shivering. They could all see that the reputable old ancestor of the Black Buddha Sect was afraid of Ning Fan to the extreme.

A vicious devil!

Intruding the Ying State on his own, killing a million cultivators of the alliance like crushing ants, and capturing Divine Transformation Realm experts like child's play…

If Xie Gu had known that Ning Fan was such a devil lord, he would never have been willing to oppose him and seek his own death.

Unfortunately, it was already too late… He had already shown his murderous intent to Ning Fan and this path which led him to his death was the result of his own choice!

Even so, he was not reconciled with the fact that everything he had achieved up until now would be ruined just like this! He had killed, rape and robbed countless times along his path of cultivation and only then was he able to attain the Mid Divine Transformation Realm. With that strength, only then could he establish the great Black Buddha Sect. After all the things he had done, he was unwilling to be humiliated by Ning Fan like a stray dog!

"Why?! Your strength is clearly comparable to the Venerated Seven of the Internal Endless Sea but why do you still hunt ordinary Divine Transformation Realm cultivators like us?! Zhou Ming, give us a reason!"

Xie Gu roared in reluctance. This roar, however, only made Ning Fan sneer coldly.

Reason?

When the alliance killed the innocent people in Gusu City, did they give them any reason?!

When I came to the island and the alliance was still great in strength, why didn't any of you try to reason with me but instantly activated the formation to kill me instead?!

Only after feeling afraid and hopeless did you all think of reasoning with me? How will there be such a good thing in the world!

"Reason? Can this… be the reason?!"

Ning Fan took out a gunny sack from Luo Sen's storage pouch. That sack was full of women and a thick fragrance of rouge spread out from it even before it was opened.

The sack contained nearly ten thousand women who Luo Sen abducted from Gusu City!

"This is his reason to kill? We were pursued and killed by Zhou Ming just because Luo Sen has abducted some mortal women?!"

The eight Divine Transformation Realm experts were greatly confused. Even Yun Niansu and Zuo Tong were unable to understand.

The life of a mortal human is as lowly as an ant. There is nothing to be angry about even if they die or are abducted!

Xie Gu's jaw trembled with rage.

He, a Mid Divine Transformation Realm expert, was pursued by Ning Fan and got into such an exhausting situation just because of some mortals who were as lowly as pigs and dogs!

"How can the mortals be the reason?! How can the mortals be the reason for you to kill?!" Aside from Xie Gu, the other Divine Transformation Realm experts roared in discontentment.

At this moment, Ning Fan's heart was hard like steel. How would he take pity on some enemies who were at their wits' end. Facing their discontentment, Ning Fan only held his head high and chuckled coldly.

"Well said! How can mortals be the reason!"

"After all, do I need a reason to kill?!"

Kill! Kill! Kill!

Under the stimulation of his killing intent, his state of mind had completely broken through to the Early Void Refinement Realm!

As a matter of fact, he was not without any reason to kill.

But if he had a clear conscience, why should he even bother to explain even if he was in the face of scolding and criticism from everyone beneath the heavens?!

If his determination did not waver, even if he was faced with a great alliance with an army of a million cultivators, there was only one spirit in him - Despite the strength of my armies, I will brave through them!

Ning Fan took a step forward. His eyes were cold and sharp like swords. The eight Divine Transformation Realm experts were startled and escaped one after another, dispersing into eight different directions within Ying State Immortal Island.

They had given up their final resistance. It was not that they did not dare to put up a desperate fight, but because of the futility of it since even the joint attacks of the fourteen of them were still dealt with by Ning Fan with a single move. How could they, the eight remaining experts who were already defeated, have any chance to win?

Even though the Ying State Immortal Island was sealed off by the Eastern Profound Sword Formation allowing no one to enter or leave, these eight experts still tried their best to run around within the island. They were already so terrified that their minds were unable to think straight. The only thought they had in their minds now was to delay Ning Fan as much as possible!

Ying State Immortal Island was now turned into a sea of blood. The Ling Xiu Immortal Residence which was nourished by the sword spiritual qi in the past had already disappeared.

Trampling upon countless bodies on the sea of blood, Ning Fan's cold gaze swept across the island and looked at the eight experts who were trying to escape. His eyes flashed with contempt.

The Fu Li's purple wings stretched out from his back. They shone and glittered like crystals in the sunlight.

Ning Fan flapped his purple wings and approached one of the eight Divine Transformation Realm experts at an unimaginable speed.

Fast! It's too fast!

His travelling speed could be ranked the fastest among the Venerated Seven of the Internal Endless Sea!

Gu He was suddenly scared half to death. He was one of the two Mid Divine Transformation Realm experts of the Demon Sealing Sect and held the title of Second Elder of the sect.

At this moment, however, he had another identity - the first person to be hunted down by Ning Fan.

He ignited his primordial spirit and flew away with all his might, allowing him to escape beyond tens of thousands of li* (500m per li).

However, Ning Fan just flapped his purple wings once and immediately caught up with Gu He. Ning Fan lifted his hand and swung his sword which drew a perfect arc in the sky with the shadow of the sword of starlight.

"Impossible! How could your speed be faster than Venerated Demon?! Ahh!"

Gu He shrieked and was then silenced.

One more person was added to the bunch of primordial spirits that were strung together with a sword thread!

Ning Fan took another step forward. This time, the person whom he pursued was the Great Elder of the Demon Sealing Sect - Han Wei, a Mid Divine Transformation Realm expert.

Han Wei was escaping with his life. Suddenly, a trace of purple mist swiftly appeared in front of him and took Gu He down in an instant.

That scene sent a jolt through Han Wei. An immense sense of danger rose within him. Without waiting for Ning Fan to act, he bit off the tip of his tongue without any hesitation and transformed into his demon avatar which was a six hundred zhang* (3.33m per zhang) long white tiger.

Since he was born in the Demon Sealing Sect, he was naturally a demon and possessed the bloodline of the White Tiger Race. Even though it was only a faint trace, he was still considered as a member of one of the True Spirit Races. Without a doubt, he was not an insignificant cultivator.

However, as soon as he turned into his demon avatar, the purple star in Ning Fan's left eye flickered. The power of his ancestral blood fused with his sword light and a slash fell upon the white tiger.

Before Han Wei could respond, his demon body was ripped into shreds. His demon soul was caught by Ning Fan with his scapula pierced with a sword thread and strung together with the others.

Now, there were only six experts left!

Ning Fan's eyes fell on Xie Gu. In the blink of an eye, Xie Gu who had escaped more than one hundred thousand li* (500m per li) felt a sudden chill running down his spine. An extremely unpleasant feeling rose within his heart.

Several breaths of time later, a trace of purple mist materialized into a man which was blocking in front of him. His body seemed to have fused with his sword. In a flash, that figure carrying a sword of light passed through Xie Gu's body.

*Puke*

Blood spurted out from him like a fountain. Right afterwards, his body divided into pieces and collapsed.

One more primordial spirit was strung on the sword thread!

Within just a bit over ten breaths, only five remained alive out of the eight Divine Transformation Realm experts. The three experts who were eliminated just now were all Mid Divine Transformation Realm experts!

The five remaining experts just had Early Divine Transformation Realm cultivation bases. How could they have the power to resist Ning Fan!

"Fight, I will fight you... I don't believe you will dare to kill me! I don't believe you would dare to offend Venerated Demon!"

Purple Gu looked like his sanity had left him. He rushed towards Ning Fan with all the other four Early Divine Transformation Realm experts with the inclination of detonating themselves as if they did not want their lives anymore.

They were afraid to die. At this moment, however, they were finally forced by Ning Fan's terrifying aura force to the brink of losing their sanity.

Purple Gu laughed wildly.He was indeed not Ning Fan's match at all, but he did not believe that he would be bold enough to kill him. He just couldn't believe it!

"I don't believe you will be daring enough to offend Venerated Demon, the master of my Demon Sealing Sect!"

"Is that so?"

Ning Fan then took nine consecutive steps and condensed the great power of heaven and earth. Every step he made caused the sword mountains within the Eastern Profound Sword Formation to collapse.

After taking nine steps, the great power of heaven and earth materialized into a sword. Its mighty sword light glowed in the color of the rainbow and rushed towards the five of them.

*Ahh*

Five tragic screams were heard at the same time. The group of five was completely eliminated by Ning Fan's Nine Steps Sky Treader!

Ning Fan flicked his sleeve and another five primordial souls were added on the sword thread.

In this battle, he captured a total of twenty primordial souls from those of the alliance. They would provide good nourishment for his spiritual puppets!

His white robes had become bloody all over.

He transformed into a ray of light and flickered a few times, taking away all the treasures stored in the sect on the Ying State Immortal Island as well as all the immortal jade which was placed on the four thousand and seven hundred sword mountains that acted as the formation eyes.

After that, he made a stomp on the ground. The force of the stomp was truly comparable to the massive force of an expert with the Fourth Level of Jade Life Body Refining Realm.

With a loud bang, the whole Ying State Immortal Island fissured and broke into parts, gradually sinking into the sea.

The four thousand and seven hundred sword mountains collapsed and turned into four thousand and seven hundred traces of Nascent Soul Realm sword qi. Ning Fan opened his mouth wide and took all of them in with one deep inhalation. They were guided to his sword consciousness and became nourishment in strengthening his Sea of Consciousness.

Currently, all the cultivators on Ying State Immortal Island were dead and not even a single member of the Alliance of Ming Assassins was left!

A feeling of astonishment rose within Zuo Tong and Yun Niansu. Even Old Ancestor Dong Xu's eyes were filled with amazement.

"The situation is now very obvious. With Zhou Ming's current strength, he no longer has an enemy who could pose a threat to him in the Endless Sea…"

This was Old Ancestor Dong Xu's comment on Ning Fan!

Purple Gu was in despair. His primordial spirit had been captured by Ning Fan and was strung with a sword thread.

Even though he was certain that Ning Fan would not dare to kill him, his cultivation base was dropping rapidly due to his injuries which had gotten more severe.

"Let me go! If you don't want to be hunted down by Venerated Demon, then quickly set me free and follow me to the Demon Sealing Sect in the Internal Endless Sea to make an apology!"

"Be hunted down by Venerated Demon? Are you saying that I, Zhou Ming, will be pursued by Lu Jiefen? Do you really think he dares?!"

Ning Fan sneered at him.

Who was he? He was Zhou Ming, the vicious devil of the External Endless Sea, the ferocious general of the Luo Yun Tribe and also the man who slaughtered in the Star Sea, killed the wolf packs and struck Lu Jiefen with fear!

Would Lu Jiefen be daring enough to mess with him?!

"Zhou Ming! You're afraid! You must be very afraid of Venerated Demon! I've once used the Corpse Fusion Technique to swallow a 'Shadow Descending Poisonous Insect' and comprehended a special ability called 'Primordial Spirit Shadow Descending' which allows me to call upon the virtual shadow of Venerated Demon's primordial spirit at the expense of my cultivation base and lifespan! I dare you to let me call upon the primordial spirit of my Lord Venerated Demon! I don't believe that you won't be frightened out of your wits when you see him!"

Purple Gu had probably burned his brain as well when he ignited his primordial spirit.

He would at most become a nourishing bite for the spiritual puppets after being captured by Ning Fan. However, despite being on the brink of death, he still dared to spit harsh words at Ning Fan.

Ning Fan's eyes flashed with a cold light and he chuckled coldly again.

"Is there such a secret technique …? Great! It can't be any better to have Lu Jiefen here too! I'm waiting for him to provide me an explanation!"

Ning Fan's words made the hearts of the twenty primordial spirits including Purple Gu sink. Inwardly, all of them felt that calling upon Venerated Demon was far from good.

They had been captured by Ning Fan and had their primordial spirits strung together on a sword thread. Their very last ray of hope of salvation was that Ning Fan would be afraid of Venerated Demon and refrain from killing any one of them.

However, from what Ning Fan had said, all of them clearly understood the message. It was not just that he was not afraid of Venerated Demon, but the latter feared him instead…

Is this even possible?

"Nonsense! Lord Venerated Demon is one of the dignified Venerated Seven of the Internal Endless Sea. Why should he give you an explanation?! Who you think you are?! The Venerated Eighth of the Internal Endless Sea?!"

Purple Gu could not believe it. He just could not believe it!

Ning Fan did not say much to him and directly freed a trace of Purple Gu's sealed cultivation base, giving the latter enough magic power to perform the secret technique to call upon one's primordial spirit using a planchette.

"If you can't summon a trace of Lu Jiefen's primordial spirit within three breaths, you will die!"

"Alright! Zhou Ming, this is what you asked for. Don't blame me for it!"

Purple Gu's eyes shone with a look of violence. In the form of his primordial spirit which was as large as one's palm, he performed a series of hand seals and used some kind of bloodline secret technique.

As soon as this secret technique was completed, his cultivation base instantly experienced a sharp decline and fell to the Late Nascent Soul Realm. His appearance became hoary and old rapidly and his lifespan had been reduced by 500 years.

This special technique took a great toll on the caster but in terms of its profoundness, it was extremely beyond imagination.

In spite of a distance of ten billion li* (500m per li), this technique allows one to summon a trace of Venerated Demon's primordial spirit from the Internal Endless Sea and descend to the External Endless Sea!

*Puff*

A column of purple flames emerged and invaded the heaven and earth where they were. Slowly, the flames condensed into an illusory middle-aged man in purple robes. His face was pale. He still seemed to be wounded but his eyes were sharp like those of an eagle. The aura he emanated had even reached the Half-Step Void Refinement Realm.

Just as the purple-robed cultivator showed up, a tremendous pressure occupied Dong Xu's heart while the faces of Zuo Tong and Yun Niansu greatly changed. Both of them exclaimed simultaneously.

"This purple-robed man is the Sect Master of the Demon Sealing Sect?!"

Lu Jiefen was very furious. During his trip in the Star Palace, he was attacked by a Realm Beast and barely escaped alive. However, the injuries he suffered were too severe to be healed. Therefore, as soon as he returned to the Internal Endless Sea, he immediately went into seclusion to treat his wounds. He did not even have the time to bother about any of the trivial affairs of the Demon Sealing Sect.

As such, Lu Jiefen was totally unaware of the existence of the Alliance of Ming Assassins, let alone the matter that his subordinates had messed with the person he would never dare to provoke - Ning Fan!

Feeling the thin spiritual qi in the sea breeze, Lu Jiefen immediately knew that he was now in the External Endless Sea and the reason why the virtual shadow of his primordial spirit would descend to this place must be because of Purple Gu's summoning.

Lu Jiefen had once warned Purple Gu not to use the secret technique to summon him out of his stone chamber if it was not a life and death crisis of the Demon Sealing Sect. To him, nothing was more important than recuperating from his wounds.

"Purple Gu! Get out here! Where are you hiding?! Why did you summon my virtual primordial spirit to the External Endless Sea?! What happened?!"

Lu Jiefen grumpily glanced through the surroundings. At the next moment, his heart immediately sank as he saw Ning Fan who was hovering in midair not far away from him.

Purple Gu was being strung on a sword thread by Ning Fan. He was being held captive by him.

Looking at Ning Fan's icy-cold eyes, countless thoughts ran across Lu Jiefen's mind. He was figuring out whatever that had happened.

Half a breath later, he came up with a conclusion: Purple Gu had provoked Ning Fan and was captured by him! That's why he asked for my help to deal with him!

God damn it! Why didn't this bunch of scumbags provoked anyone else but him?!

After all, is Ning Fan someone who Lu Jiefen could resist?

Seeing Lu Jiefen's arrival, Dong Xu squinted his eyes.

Even though this technique of primordial spirit projection summons a virtual shadow

of the expert's primordial spirit, it still possesses the same strength and power of the original body.

Fortunately, this virtual shadow could only appear for no more than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn. Dong Xu made up his mind to help Ning Fan resist Lu Jiefen at any time.

As one of the Venerated Seven of the Internal Endless Sea, Dong Xu had dealt with Lu Jiefen countless times. Therefore, he deeply knew that the latter was a person with shrewdness and his power was extraordinary.

Even Dong Xu did not think Ning Fan would be able to beat him. What Ning Fan could at most do was to protect himself from being defeated.

In Dong Xu's eyes, Ning Fan must be running out of magic power and strength after having a bloody battle earlier. How could he be Lu Jiefen's match in a situation like this?

When Purple Gu saw that the old ancestor of his own sect had arrived, his face immediately lit up with joy.

"Venerated Demon, help! Please kill Zhou Ming at once to get revenge for us!"

"Revenge my ass!"

Beyond everyone's expectation, Lu Jiefen, a dignified supreme person, had actually spat out swear words.

Purple Gu, Gu He, Han Wei and all the other Divine Transformation Realm experts were stunned.

Wasn't Lu Jiefen the savior that everyone has been expecting? Why didn't he scold Ning Fan but us?

A short moment later, the thing that Purple Gu and the other experts were reluctant to believe even upon their death happened.

With an indecipherable facial expression, Lu Jiefen revealed a hint of fear when he looked at Ning Fan's indifferent eyes.

Who is Ning Fan?! Even if Lu Jiefen was in his peak state, he would not be able to fight Ning Fan alone, not to mention the current him was still carrying severe injuries. Besides, Ning Fan still had the help of two Half-Step Void Refinement Realm spiritual puppets…

How would Lu Jiefen be bold enough to mess with Ning Fan at this moment?! To put it in a more appropriate manner, Ning Fan was the last person he wanted to provoke in the entire Endless Sea!

"Lu- No, Revered Ming, please forgive me! It's my oversight for not knowing how my subordinates have offended Revered Ming. However, whether you want to kill or cut them into pieces, it's up to you!"

*Hiss*

The savior who was within the sweet dreams of Purple Gu and the other experts - Lu Jiefen, the reputable supreme being of the Internal Endless Sea, was making an apology to Ning Fan!

Dong Xu's eyes widened with great shock.

Was Lu Jiefen in front of his eyes really the supercilious sect master of the Demon Sealing Sect whom Dong Xu had known for a long time?

This haughty old monster will actually apologize to a junior?

It seems like it's not the first time they have met.

What exactly has that young man done in the past twenty years which made the reputable Venerated Demon be so terrified!

Xu Qiuling's pretty eyes glinted with astonishment.

So this was the man she had taken a fancy on… Despite having a member of the Venerated Seven of the Internal Endless Sea standing in front of him, he looked just like a bright moon while the other was like a firefly. When comparing the both of them, Venerated Demon was nothing special at all.

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

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