Grasping Evil

Chapter 491: Chapter 491: Killing the Devil General

“Harmonious Spirit Realm…”

Ning Fan did not answer Dao Yan’s question. He just muttered those three words while wearing a reminiscent expression.

Even though it had only been forty plus years in the outside world from the time he was still at the Harmonious Spirit Realm, his bone age was already close to five hundred years and had gone through the four seasons nearly five hundred times.

The assassin Moksha Sovereign sent after him merely thought that he was still at the Harmonious Spirit Realm.

Thus, in Moksha Sovereign’s eyes, Ning Fan only deserved to be at the Harmonious Spirit Realm even after forty years have passed.

“It seems like Han Nietian has greatly underestimated me.” The name Ning Fan uttered was none other than Moksha Sovereign’s true name.

“Impudent! How dare an ant like you call Moksha Sovereign’s name directly?! So what if you’re not at the Harmonious Spirit Realm? So what if you have a frightening aura force?! Do you think I am afraid of you?!”

Three devil stars flashed and appeared in Dao Yan’s right eye successively. All of a sudden, the intensity of his body’s aura force got boosted by a few folds, enabling him to withstand Ning Fan’s aura force.

Clearly, one of the three devil stars had the ability to drastically raise Dao Yan’s aura force.

The moment he was able to keep Ning Fan’s aura force at bay, he made a sneer. He then took a step forward and turned into a six thousand zhang* (3.33m per zhang) giant in the sky that was clad in black armor.

The giant took out an item which transformed into a black spear that was four thousand and eight hundred zhang* (3.33m per zhang) long and held it in his hand. It was his giant form’s weapon for battles.

This black spear was a One-Star Divine Weapon but it did not seem to be as simple as the typical Immemorial Divine Weapon.

The giant’s eyes scanned across the area indifferently and noticed the silver boat behind Ning Fan. He also saw Su Yan and the others. However, he did not pay them any attention at all even though Su Yan was also a Void Inquiry Stage expert.

As Ning Fan sniffed the air, he smelled a horrible stench. After the giant summoned his black spear, the surrounding atmosphere immediately reeked of rancid odor which resembled the stench of dead fish that had been left to rot for a couple of days.

The body of the black spear was covered in a black lustrous poisonous coating. It gave Ning Fan a strong sense of danger, as if it could corrode everything that comes into contact with it.

If someone or something were to be struck by this black spear, they would certainly be corroded no matter what they were.

“I am one of the top ten devil generals under Moksha Sovereign. I hold the ‘Immortal Decaying Spear’ to kill my enemies. Out of ten Void Inquiry Stage cultivators, none can withstand a single spear strike from me. As for you, you will suffer the same fate as them. You won’t be able to withstand one spear attack from me!”

*Chi*

The giant’s voice was thunderous. He raised his hand and tried to pierce Ning Fan with his spear. The weapon was like a black lightning ray which immediately produced countless black gusts which blew across the vast sky.

The black gusts would leave countless countless holes wherever it passed by due to the corrosion from the wind. Even the hollow space was not spared from this.

The force behind the black spear thrust was extremely formidable that it could instantly kill a Void Glimpse Stage expert.Moreover, with the black spear’s corrosive effect, not one out of ten Void Inquiry Stage experts would be able to withstand this spear.

Ning Fan merely glanced at the black gusts, acknowledging that the spear was indeed extraordinary. However, that was all it had going for it which was still far from enough to harm him.

Traces of essence qi flowed throughout his entire body. He suddenly summoned his Eight Black Burning Wings and his body burned with black searing flames. As he flapped his fire wings, his travelling light headed directly towards the gigantic spear which was rushing straight at him.

The massive spear was four thousand eight hundred zhang* (3.33m per zhang) long and was naturally countless times larger than Ning Fan. Black wind blew past his white robes, leaving marks of corrosion on them.

Ning Fan sent out a wave of his aura force, scattering the layers of incoming black wind. After that, his body glowed with a dark golden radiance, giving off an aura force that was similar to the Second Level of the Golden Body Refining Realm.

“The Second Level of the Golden Body Refining Realm!” Devil General Dao Yan was slightly surprised.

Ning Fan calmly withdrew his fire wings and fearlessly stood in front of the tip of the gigantic spear with his dark golden body. As he waved his hand, he pushed one single palm which seemed to be carrying a terrifying force towards the tip of the spear, resisting it with all his strength.

*Bang*

The current scenario looked just like a mantis trying to block a car with its arm or like an ant shaking a tree.

An ear-splitting sound of collision was produced. That sharp spear which rushed toward Ning Fan with an unstoppable crushing force had slightly pierced through the golden light at the center of his palm with its tip. But after that, it no longer had the momentum to continue piercing deeper. Its momentum had already been stopped by the strength of Ning Fan’s single palm before it could even harm him.

As for the corrosive effect of the spear, Ning Fan got rid of it using his aura force before it could even touch his skin.

Every ounce of Ning Fan’s palm force landed on the tip of the spear without reservation.

By just using a single palm, Ning Fan literally left a crack on that black spear which was a magnificent One-Star Divine Weapon.

After delivering that palm attack, Ning Fan immediately sent out several tens of palm attacks which mercilessly struck the gigantic spear.

The powerful recoil from the palm attacks passed through the spear’s body and into the giant’s palm. It made the giant’s fingers numb, nearly making him let go of the black spear in his hand.

As for the gigantic spear itself, the number of cracks on its body grew more and more and eventually, it directly broke into pieces in the vast sky. Ning Fan had just destroyed a rare One-Star Divine Weapon just like that!

“This kid can actually destroy my Immortal Decaying Spear. What frightening strength. Could it be that his physical strength is already comparable to the Third Level of the Golden Body Realm?”

Dao Yan’s eyes widened in shock. He was aware of his own strength and he obviously knew he wasn’t capable of destroying the Immortal Decaying Spear.

At their current cultivation level, it wasn’t strange for a One-Star Divine Weapon to break during the fight. As for the reason why Dao Yan lost a divine weapon, he could only blame himself for underestimating Ning Fan’s strength.

The price he had to pay for belittling him was losing one of his precious treasures. Therefore, Dao Yan no longer dared to look down on Ning Fan at all. His gigantic body began casting divine abilities in the sky.

“Decaying Devil True Body, appear!”

All of a sudden, Dao Yan’s gigantic body created a black gale.

The black wind condensed into a set of armor linked by black skeletons in front of his chest. The armor gave off a stench of death.

His hands, on the other hand, were now holding a huge magic treasure which looked like a fishing net. It also had a lustrous corrosive coating like his previous weapon.

This Dao Yan was a cultivator of the Decaying Devil Veins. He had also managed to cultivate the true body of his devil veins just like Shi Kun, the lord of the Shi Le Country. He could create an imitation of the devil weapons used by ancient fiendgods using his magic techniques and abilities.

That skeletal armor had a terrifying defense which was capable of withstanding any Void Inquiry Stage attacks. Its durability was almost that of the Primordial Lightning Armor.

That fishing net magic treasure gave Ning Fan a greater sense of danger, as if it could imprison every single person who gets caught into the net. Hence, Ning Fan did not dare underestimate that weapon.

“The fishing net and skeletal armor, were these the ancient devil armaments the creator of the Decaying Devil Veins relied on to become famous in the past?”

Without any hesitation, Ning Fan summoned his Primordial Lightning Armor for his protection. Since he was battling against the true devil body of an ancient fiendgod, he naturally could not treat him lightly.

When Dao Yan saw Ning Fan put on his Primordial Lightning Armor, his eyes flashed with an obvious hint of surprise which then turned into envy as he had sense that Ning Fan’s lightning armor was obviously a bit stronger than his skeletal armor.

“I’ve even made my own primordial spirit decay and had spent a ton of effort just to refine my devil armor. Only with those sacrifices did I manage to cultivate the skeletal devil armor during a near-death experience. The devil armor that I’ve shed my blood on and took painstaking efforts to cultivate actually can’t compare to this kid’s lightning armor. This should be impossible! This is clearly unacceptable!”

“If I am not mistaken, the armor that this kid had just summoned is the Primordial Lightning Armor of the Rain World’s Thunder Sovereign. The Thunder Sovereign… That person is a Void Fragmentation Realm sovereign existence that is even more terrifying than Moksha Sovereign… According to hearsay, the Primordial Lightning Armor is extremely difficult to cultivate. In the Rain World, only the Thunder Sovereign who has already died long ago successfully managed to cultivate this technique. Since this kid managed to cultivate this lightning armor, could it be that his innate potential is comparable to the Thunder Sovereign’s?!”

“Humph! Since I came here at Moksha Sovereign’s command to kill this kid, I must not let him get out of here alive no matter what!!”

Dao Yan’s killing intent rose. He waved his hand and hurled the fishing net magic treasure while speaking with a threatening tone.

“This net is the heavenly net. The net of heavens might have large meshes but it lets nothing through. No matter how terrifying your capability is, you won’t be able to escape from it. You can only die!”

As soon as the giant casted the fishing net, it disappeared into nothingness in the air. It was extremely strange for such a large item to suddenly vanish.

At the next moment, nettings that were intertwined with each other appeared in the areas above Ning Fan’s head, below his feet and in every direction in the vast sky.

The nettings were formed by the corroded parts of the great sky’s power. That technique was clearly an ability that corrodes heaven and earth and turns them into a net!

From Ning Fan’s perspective, the heavenly net completely covered the entire area, leaving with him no path of escape. It was as if the entire sky had turned into Dao Yan’s magic treasure.

At the next moment, Ning Fan’s expression looked like he was slightly stunned. He realized that he could no longer move a single step.

It was clear that not a single rope was tying up his body. However, he felt that the great force of heaven and earth had become dense nettings and thick ropes that restricted his movements and made it difficult for him to breathe.

“The heavenly net, huh. Even though it isn’t as profound as the Heaven Sealing Technique, it’s still quite extraordinary. I suppose the ancient devil who created the Decaying Devil Veins was certainly not a nameless person in ancient times. Unfortunately, this net can’t stop me! Incinerate!”

Columns of black devil flames suddenly erupted from Ning Fan’s body and began to burn the surrounding nettings.

The fishing net that was formed using the great force of heaven and earth sizzled as it got burned by the devil flames. The revolting stench which the net gave out was literally incinerated by Ning Fan’s flames.

The remaining devil flames then formed into circular fire rings which heavily surrounded Dao Yan.

Flame Ring Technique!

Dao Yan’s expression was filled with shock. He never expected that his fishing net would be burned away by the flames.

Looking at the walls of flames and fire rings that had trapped him as well as the devil flames that were coming at his face, Dao Yan could only feel his scalp go numb. These black devil flames gave him an immense sense of danger. The grade of the flame was certainly extremely high. However, what he found strange about this flame was that he actually could not identify its grade.

Well, he would obviously have no idea of it because it was created from the combination of countless spiritual flames and heavenly cold qi.

Ning Fan had almost gathered all of the heavenly cold qi and earth flames. Therefore, the destructive power of his flame was unusually frightening. After forming into 108 layers of fire rings, the sea of flames immediately engulfed Dao Yan.

Amidst the sea of black flames, Dao Yan began to groan in pain.

He hurriedly got out of his giant form and forcibly dashed out of the sea of flames by relying on his skeletal devil armor.

It took him a lot of effort to get out from the sea of flames. His face was already pale with his expression filled with terror. His skeletal devil armor was charred by the flames, his body in a grievous state.

He really was terrified of Ning Fan’s devil flames!

If it wasn’t for his skeletal devil armor that was rather sturdy and durable, he would have died in the sea of flames for sure!

“What a domineering flame. What flame is this?!”

“You don’t have to know!”

Ning Fan spoke coercively. In the next moment, he travelled across the sea of flames and dashed towards Dao Yan.

His steps might not be fast but when he displayed void teleportation using his Eight Black Burning Wings, his speed was far beyond Dao Yan’s imagination. It was as fast as a Void Pierce Stage expert.

Dao Yan’s heart was pounding with fear filling his entire body. He was already scared of Ning Fan. He quickly pulled himself away from him and created a greater distance between them as he could not dare to let him get near him. Unfortunately, his speed was slower than Ning Fan’s. After just flying for a bit, Ning Fan was already one hundred zhang* (3.33m per zhang) away from him.

Ning Fan suddenly raised his palm and condensed all of his essence qi on the center of it while producing a howling gale. As he slammed his palm downwards, his massive essence qi formed into an enormous palm imprint. It was like he could cover the entire heavens with a single wave of his hand.

Execution Devil Palm, the First Palm Imprint!

*Bang*

Dao Yan did not dare to take the descending palm imprint head-on using his physical body. He took out a Mortal Void Treasure, trying to use it to stop the palm imprint. However, that treasure was directly crushed to pieces.

Ning Fan then sent out the second layer and third layer of the palm imprints without stopping. In an instant, the number of palm imprints he delivered reached 108 layers which overlapped with each other!

“This is bad!”

Faced with 108 layers of the Execution Devil Palm, how could Dao Yan be bold enough to withstand them head-on? He did not have any confidence that his skeletal devil armor could endure the damage from such powerful attacks.

Dao Yan wanted to fly away to avoid the attacks. However, Ning Fan pointed a finger at him and all of a sudden countless red threads spewed out of his body, tying him up tightly. His body was literally frozen in midair.

Heaven Sealing Technique!

“What immobilizing technique is this? It’s actually stronger than the heavenly net!”

Dao Yan’s heart was filled with horror. He had no way of evading this. The 108 layers of palm imprints would crush him in the next instant.

The hollow space was torn apart by the palm imprints. Other than the deafening noise of the sky collapsing, there were also wails of pain which continuously resounded across the air. Undeniably, it was Dao Yan wailing in agony.

Even though he was wearing the skeletal devil armor, he still could not cancel out the force of the devil palm imprints completely.

Moreover, after taking forty to fifty layers of palm imprints, his devil armor that was already charred by the devil flames in the first place finally broke into pieces.

Dao Yan who had lost his devil armor was immediately inflicted with severe injuries by the remaining palm imprints.

When he had received one hundred layers of palm imprints, his physical body was crushed with a large bang. The Execution Devil Palm had smashed him into meat paste. Only his miniature primordial spirit was left swaying precariously under the following palm imprints.

When the bombardment of all 108 layers of palm imprints was over, Dao Yan finally broke free from the Heaven Sealing Technique and teleported in an attempt to flee with all his might.

At this very moment, he forgot about everything in his mind including Moksha Sovereign’s order and his honor as one of the top ten devil generals. He now realized that he definitely was not Ning Fan’s match! Staying here any longer would only get himself killed!

“Lock!”

Ning Fan pointed his finger one more time at Dao Yan’s primordial spirit to immobilize him, not giving him a chance to flee.

In a flash, he appeared in front of the miniature Dao Yan and grabbed it with his hand.

For the first time in his life, Dao Yan was captured by another person. Panic overwhelmed him and he was at a loss of what to do next.

“How dare you destroy my physical body?! You must not kill me! I am one of the top ten devil generals under Moksha Sovereign. If you kill me…”

“Shut up! Soul Searching!”

Ning Fan’s eyes flashed with a cold light and mercilessly performed the soul searching technique on Dao Yan’s primordial spirit.

From Dao Yan’s memories, Ning Fan learned many information including the abnormal phenomenon of the royal grade bloodline in the Devil World…

He even saw the shadow of the devil cultivator who had awakened the royal grade devil bloodline in Dao Yan’s memories. That person was clearly himself!

Ning Fan’s brows were tightly knitted together. He had never expected that awakening the devil bloodline and initiating the ancient devil cultivation path would actually cause such a huge commotion in another world.

Apparently, the reason why Moksha Sovereign sent someone to kill him was because he suspected that he was the one who attained the royal grade bloodline and became a king devil.

“It’s really beyond my expectations that restoring the devil ancestors’ path to become an ancient devil would actually cause that much upheaval in the Devil World…”

Looking at Dao Yan’s primordial spirit who had now turned into a mindless idiot, Ning Fan hesitated for a second and swallowed him down his throat. He did not plan on letting him live.

Since Moksha Sovereign had sent Dao Yan to kill him, it was impossible to let that assassin return even if he does not take his life. If Dao Yan did not return after a long time, Moksha Sovereign would still find out that he had failed his mission.

Since Moksha Sovereign would know it in the end, it was meaningless to let Dao Yan live.

In the silver boat that wasn’t quite far away, everyone was petrified other than Su Yan and little Ming Que.

“Revered Ming is just too strong! Before this, he captured that red-haired female expert. Now, he even killed a black-armored devil general! Could he be a Void Pierce Stage expert? Otherwise, how can he be so powerful?!”

“That black-armored devil general seemed to have mentioned Moksha Sovereign. Could it be that he’s a subordinate of Moksha Sovereign in the Devil World?!” “Since Revered Ming killed this devil general, doesn’t it mean that he is provoking Moksha Sovereign?!”

The cries of surprise brought Ning Fan back to reality from his thoughts.

It seems like I need to erase the memories of this group of Divine Transformation Realm cultivators before dealing with Dao Yan’s primordial spirit and contemplating the hidden trouble of my devil blood.

…

In the Devil World, Moksha Sovereign who was sitting upright on his throne had his eyes closed as if he was asleep.

Suddenly, he gently opened his eyes with an expression that was filled with surprise. He took out a string of black prayer beads from his sleeve.

There were ten beads in total. Nine of them were glowing faintly but the tenth bead had turned dim.

“Did Dao Yan… die?!”