Grasping the Evil Chapter 1198: Two Become One

Ning Fan never expected that his act of capturing a Quasi-Saint would directly scare away the Eagle Soaring Venerable.

Only the Corpse Puppet King was pursuing from behind, while the Eagle Soaring Venerable had disappeared without a trace. It was evident to everyone that the Eagle Soaring Venerable had fled the scene.

It wasn’t just the Eagle Soaring Venerable who feared Ning Fan. Even those formidable Light Ant Clan mbers who originally intended to hunt Ning Fan all chose to turn tail and run, devoid of the courage to continue their pursuit, scurrying away like lost dogs!

Ning Fan could clearly feel the countless murderous intents targeting him, gradually moving away...

The Light Ant Clan was wrong! They overestimated Ning Fan’s strength! They mistakenly regarded Ning Fan as an ancient great cultivator capable of destroying the heavens and earth, and they... beca afraid!

"Ke Bixiong! I have a matter to attend to urgently, so I will leave first! You and the Corpse Puppet King must stop this infamous great cultivator, do not let him pursue . This is an order!"

From afar, while fleeing, the Eagle Soaring Venerable hastily transmitted a ssage to Ke Bixiong, issuing orders. Perhaps his inner tension was too great, causing his voice to tremble, completely failing to achieve a secret transmission. Instead, his voice echoed in the heavens, even Ning Fan heard the transmission, his expression instantly becoming extrely strange.

Great cultivator? Ha, the Eagle Soaring Venerable actually mistook him for an ancient great cultivator...

"What a joke! I’m not one of your subordinates, I serve the Princess’s lineage! Why should I sacrifice myself to buy you priests ti to escape!"

Upon receiving the Eagle Soaring Venerable’s transmission, Ke Bixiong angrily cursed, his wrath naturally directed at the shalessness of the Eagle Soaring Venerable: The person was simply the epito of abandoning comrades when the tide doesn’t favor them, directly fleeing without hesitation when danger lood; even more outrageous was the demand for comrades to cover his retreat...

Ke Bixiong certainly wasn’t willing to sacrifice himself to secure escape ti for others; he wasn’t a mindless Corpse Puppet King! He wanted to escape too! He was also shocked by Ning Fan’s feat of capturing a Quasi-Saint in ten breaths!

Ke Bixiong could not fathom what kind of advanced cultivation Ning Fan must possess to capture a Quasi-Saint in such a short span. Yes! The old buzzard Eagle Soaring was right! This person is indeed an ancient great cultivator! Because even a Second-Grade Quasi-Saint couldn’t capture a Quasi-Saint in ten breaths!

Upon this realization, Ke Bixiong’s fear of Ning Fan multiplied countless tis, feeling sorry for himself for recklessly rushing in to steal rit after the Princess. What does an ancient great cultivator from the Era of Decline signify? It ans invincibility across the world! It ans standing at the pinnacle of the Era of Decline! Even Princess Huahuo could only withstand ten breaths in front of Ning Fan, how many breaths could soone like him, a temporarily strengthened Quasi-Saint, endure against Ning Fan?

Five breaths? Three breaths? Or just one?

Or perhaps, he couldn’t withstand a single move from Ning Fan...

"Ant Man Evasion Technique!"

Ke Bixiong unleashed the signature escape technique of the Saint Ant Sect, without any preparatory motion, instantaneously leaping out of the encirclent of Soul-Devouring Trees and other Eternal Ghost Soldiers, flying across several continents in one leap.

"It’s this escape technique again, truly troubleso..."

Ning Fan furrowed his brows, wanting to pursue Ke Bixiong, but was blocked by the belated arrival of the Corpse Puppet King.

This Corpse Puppet King was extraordinarily formidable! It opened its mouth and spewed endless corpse Qi, effortlessly enveloping several continents with corpse Qi, using it to seal the heavens and earth!

As a result, all of Ning Fan’s escape lights were blocked, unable to pursue Ke Bixiong, helplessly watching as Ke Bixiong escaped.

He summoned the Reverse Sea Sword, attempting to shatter the heaven-sealing earth-locking corpse Qi, only to find that this corpse Qi appeared re gas, yet when the sword struck, it emitted sounds reminiscent of golden jade colliding, extrely bizarre; the Reverse Sea Sword struck the invisible corpse Qi, its slashing power absorbed, unable to break the corpse Qi.

"This is the Corpse Puppet King’s annihilation barrier. Once this barrier is activated, not only can you and I not escape it, but even an ancient great cultivator cannot directly break through it. The only ways out are for the Corpse Puppet King to voluntarily dissolve the barrier or to slay the Corpse Puppet King from within the barrier! Young friend... you wouldn’t truly be an ancient great cultivator, would you?"

Ancestor Leize broke free from the constraints of the Immortal-binding Silk, flying beside Ning Fan, explaining the divine skills of the Corpse Puppet King, cautiously observing Ning Fan.

If Ning Fan was indeed an ancient great cultivator, then in further interactions, he might have to regard Ning Fan as his junior...

"No." Ning Fan did not dare claim to be an ancient great cultivator. At this mont in the battlefield, even if he had the heart to pose as an ancient great cultivator, battling the Corpse Puppet King would reveal the truth—he couldn’t possibly crush the Corpse Puppet King before him as he crushed Princess Huahuo.

"Really not? Then how could you capture a Quasi-Saint in ten breaths..." Ancestor Leize seed skeptical of Ning Fan’s words.

Before Ning Fan could respond, the Corpse Puppet King’s iron fist ca crashing down. Darn it! The Corpse Puppet King was gigantically sized, its fist even larger than a Cultivation Star! This wasn’t a re punch descending; it was stars falling!

Witnessing this scene, Ancestor Leize no longer had the leisure to inquire further, his expression changing drastically, "Regardless of how you captured a Quasi-Saint, we must join forces, swiftly decapitate the Corpse Puppet King! Before fleeing, that old Eagle Soaring Venerable surely issued deathly orders to the Corpse Puppet King! Without slaying this fiend, neither of us will survive to exit this barrier!"

Titled Artifact, Wind Master’s Pocket!

Ancestor Leize spoke as he swiftly acted, even summoning his Titled Artifact. This Wind Master’s Pocket was truly formidable; it could capture people across realms and unleash wind to kill. As the pocket opened, silver wind symbols burst forth, transforming into a silver hurricane that t the Corpse Puppet King’s massive fist.

Boom!

In this clash, it was the Corpse Puppet King who slightly had the upper hand!

The Corpse Puppet King’s fist was forced back by the hurricane, but it suffered no damage at all; rather, Ancestor Leize’s hurricane was smashed into countless wind symbols by the Corpse Puppet King’s punch, causing the symbols to collapse in large quantities, losing nearly half of them in just an instant!

Upon seeing this scene, Ning Fan’s expression subtly changed, gaining a clear understanding of the strength of this Corpse Puppet King.

This Corpse Puppet King was much stronger than Ancestor Leize!

This was a formidable enemy, and its most troubleso aspect was its ability to continuously absorb other small Corpse Puppets, rging them into itself to beco even stronger!

If Ning Fan and Ancestor Leize were truly besieged by the Corpse Puppet King and three other Quasi-Saints, the outco would surely be dire. Fortunately, Ning Fan caught one Quasi-Saint, scared away two, leaving only the Corpse Puppet King to hold the fort alone, which was clearly insufficient.

"Young Friend, I’ll attack the left flank of the Corpse Puppet King, while you and your eternal ghost soldiers attack the right! This Corpse Puppet King is indeed strong, but it also has weaknesses! This Corpse Puppet’s physical defense is extrely formidable, but it fears spell attacks. It was born in the Extre Fire Land, possessing the fire elent, so using water elent attacks against it can yield miraculous results!"

As he spoke, Ancestor Leize was already charging towards the Corpse Puppet King’s left flank, the Corpse Puppet King’s left fist attack once again blocked by Ancestor Leize.

Roar!

The Corpse Puppet King flew into a rage!

Its left fist’s attacks were repeatedly blocked by Ancestor Leize, and in its fury, it swung its right fist as well, intending to crush Ancestor Leize with combined force.

The right flank attack had been allocated to Ning Fan, so naturally, he wouldn’t let the Corpse Puppet King’s right fist reach Ancestor Leize.

Relying on ntal connection, he commanded his three eternal ghost soldiers, who imdiately placed themselves before the Corpse Puppet King’s right fist!

Eternal Soul-Devouring Tree! Eternal Ink Qilin! Eternal Dragon King of Ten Thousand Saints!

Blocking the Corpse Puppet King’s right fist were one Quasi-Saint and two Half-Saints! In Ning Fan’s view, no matter how powerful the Corpse Puppet King was, this punch should be blocked.

But he was wrong!

The physical strength of the Corpse Puppet King was terrifyingly imnse. As the punch fell, only the Soul-Devouring Tree barely managed to hold on without being shattered, while the Ink Qilin and Wansheng Dragon King were blown apart by just one punch from the Corpse Puppet King!

If not for the undead nature of the Ink Qilin and Wansheng Dragon King, the Corpse Puppet King’s punch could have outright killed these two Half-Saints!

At this mont, the power of the eternal ghost soldiers beca apparent. Even though the Corpse Puppet King smashed their bodies, the Ink Qilin and Wansheng Dragon King reford their bodies in the blink of an eye and launched waves of attacks against the Corpse Puppet King’s right fist once more.

The Corpse Puppet King was enraged! Its spirit awareness was too low to comprehend the scene before it. The two Half-Saints it killed kept resurrecting before it, infuriating it! It was determined to crush these eternal ghost soldiers into sludge!

But unfortunately...

No matter how many tis it killed the Ink Qilin and Wansheng Dragon King, they would resurrect under the influence of the Netherworld Ghost Flower’s power, regenerating at super speed.

If a sane person saw how troubleso the eternal ghost soldiers were, they would surely understand that the correct approach to dealing with them was to eliminate Ning Fan, the one controlling them.

But the Corpse Puppet King couldn’t think of this!

And thus it faced tragedy!

With Ancestor Leize aggressively attacking the left flank and three eternal ghost soldiers entangling the right flank, even without Ning Fan’s intervention, the Corpse Puppet King was already on the defensive.

It began to be overwheld by one person and three ghosts!

What shocked Ning Fan was that even though the Corpse Puppet King was being suppressed by Ancestor Leize and others, even when Ancestor Leize employed various water-elent techniques to target the Corpse Puppet King’s weaknesses, the depletion of the Corpse Puppet King’s vitality was still slow.

Besieged by two Quasi-Saints and two Half-Saints, the Corpse Puppet King couldn’t remain unscathed, but its qi and blood were too overwhelming! Even the most severe damage inflicted upon it showed no noticeable effect.

Ning Fan estimated the qi and blood of the Corpse Puppet King and the more he calculated, the more astonished he beca. Even if the Corpse Puppet King stood motionless and allowed Ancestor Leize and the others to strike it, they would need ten days and nights to defeat it...

But would the Corpse Puppet King just stand still and let them hit it... Wouldn’t it defend... Wouldn’t its lost qi and blood slowly recover over ti...

After a round of combat, Ancestor Leize also estimated the imnse qi and blood of the Corpse Puppet King, and his face turned green!

How could they fight like this! The recovery speed of the Corpse Puppet King’s qi and blood almost matched its rate of damage, didn’t it!

Though he knew quite a bit about the Corpse Puppet King of the Light Ant Clan, he had never personally fought the Corpse Puppet King. This was his first ti facing it head-on!

He had only heard tales of the Corpse Puppet King’s prowess before, and today he realized that its strength was not just powerful, it was truly monstrous! In the Era of Decline, few were labeled monsters, and the Corpse Puppet King was undoubtedly one of them!

The Corpse Puppet King’s qi and blood seed endless, but his mana was limited! The Corpse Puppet King’s weakness was magical attacks, and he had to maintain a certain rate of magical attacks to keep damaging the Corpse Puppet King, which required imnse mana consumption!

At this rate of mana depletion, he could only fight the Corpse Puppet King for three days before exhausting his mana.

Could he slay the Corpse Puppet King within three days...

Could he escape the Corpse Puppet King’s barrier in those three days...

Would the people of the Light Ant Clan detect that Ning Fan wasn’t an Ancient Great Cultivator, and co back to besiege Ning Fan again... If ti dragged on too long, they would surely realize that Ning Fan was not an Ancient Great Cultivator!

An Ancient Great Cultivator couldn’t possibly be trapped by a re Corpse Puppet King! They could cut down the Corpse Puppet King and walk out of the barrier!

"If my mana is exhausted and I still cannot slay this Corpse Puppet King, I will use my last resort... No matter what, I must ensure Young Friend Ning is sent out of here! My body may perish, but the legacy of the Liangyi Sect must not be severed!"

Ancestor Leize’s heart fird up with determination.

The last resort he contemplated was detonating his primordial spirit as a Quasi-Saint! The primordial spirit detonation of a Quasi-Saint was extrely terrifying; even an Ancient Cultivator dared not recklessly enter it. If Ancestor Leize detonated his primordial spirit in a self-sacrificial strike, even if he couldn’t kill the Corpse Puppet King, he could at least blow open a rift in the extinction barrier, creating an escape route for Ning Fan...

He wasn’t doing all this purely for Ning Fan, whom he had t by chance, but for the mission of the Liangyi Sect’s legacy!

This was unrelated to whether he had a weak character; it was a belief that must be implented no matter what!

Besides, detonating as a Quasi-Saint wasn’t necessarily a death sentence; Quasi-Saints were already very close to Saints. So masterful Quasi-Saints even had a chance to preserve themselves after such a detonation, of course, the loss in cultivation would be considerable...

Ning Fan naturally didn’t know that Ancestor Leize was so intimidated by the Corpse Puppet King’s powerful qi and blood that he lost confidence and even considered a self-sacrificial strike to protect himself.

If he knew this, he might feel touched, but alas, he didn’t know.

He did not join the siege against the Corpse Puppet King; he was observing it.

"The Soul-Devouring Tree excels in wood-based attacks, the Ink Qilin in fire-based attacks, the Dragon King of Ten Thousand Saints excels in water-based attacks, but the Dragon King of Ten Thousand Saints is too weak in attack to pose any significant harm to the Corpse Puppet King... Senior Leize is a titled wind cultivator, though he’s also adept at water-based attacks, they’re not strong enough, which is why he often can’t inflict effective damage against the Corpse Puppet King..."

"Hmm? That Corpse Puppet King is actually starting to summon more Little Corpse Puppets now."

Ning Fan’s expression darkened.

But the Corpse Puppet King was unwilling to fall into disadvantage, issuing a string of corpse roars and summoning all Little Corpse Puppets from the twelfth layer!

The Light Ant Clan feared Ning Fan as the ’Ancient Great Cultivator’, but those Corpse Puppets did not fear! They had no brains! They only knew to uphold the orders of the Light Ant Clan, to fight to the death without retreat!

The summoned Little Corpse Puppets rged into the Corpse Puppet King, causing its montum to skyrocket again!

It was still growing stronger! It could endlessly grow stronger! As long as it absorbed the power of the Little Corpse Puppets, it would be unstoppable!

At this mont, the Corpse Puppet King was already powerful enough to make Ancestor Leize despair; if it grew even stronger...

Ancestor Leize grew anxious, intending to voice a reminder to Ning Fan to cut down the reinforcing Little Corpse Puppets, but Ning Fan had already taken action.

He couldn’t just stand by and watch!

He had observed enough and already knew that no matter what, Ancestor Leize and the three Eternal Ghost Soldiers couldn’t kill this Corpse Puppet King.

This Corpse Puppet King had grown terrifyingly strong; he wouldn’t allow it to continue absorbing Little Corpse Puppets to grow stronger!

Slash, slash, slash!

The Reverse Sea Sword slashed continuously, exploding one Corpse Puppet after another, but many Corpse Puppets still evaded Ning Fan’s strikes, forcibly rging into the Corpse Puppet King.

The Corpse Puppets summoned by the Corpse Puppet King didn’t just include Immortal Venerable Corpse Puppets but many first-step Corpse Puppets with low cultivations.

The number of Corpse Puppets was so vast, stretching endlessly, far surpassing a million. If all these Corpse Puppets rged into the Corpse Puppet King, Ning Fan wouldn’t be completely confident in taking down the Corpse Puppet King.

"Too many slipped through the net, must use a wider attack range... The Corpse Puppet King fears water-based attacks, doesn’t it... How fortunate, for water-based attacks are precisely what Ning excels at!"

Summon, Endless Sea Water!

Ning Fan etched formation patterns with his palm on the flaming ground; suddenly, the flas were subrged by an ocean that appeared out of thin air!

The sea was pale red like blood!

This sea water ca from the Real Realms, known as Endless! With this sea’s appearance, Ning Fan’s water-based attack power within its range soared!

"This one can summon such a vast ocean in a place with no water!" Ancestor Leize was astounded.

Water-Flooding Realm Bottle, appear!

Suddenly, the fiery heavens were replaced by the Nether Dust Sea, turning the sky into a suspended ocean!

Then, the Endless Sea on the ground sent its waves skyward, while the Nether Dust Sea waves cascaded down, and the raging tides finally converged, subrging everything within the barrier in a sea of waves!

This was the strongest water-based attack Ning Fan could unleash, crafted from the fusion of Endless Sea and Nether Dust Sea waters—the Endless Reverse Sea!

For this attack, Ning Fan deployed his strongest mana without hesitation, its produced power even startled Ancestor Leize to a drastic change in expression.

"This brat actually uses such a large-scale indiscriminate attack, does he intend to annihilate too!"

Ning Fan certainly wouldn’t attack Ancestor Leize along with everything else.

Though Endless Reverse Sea attacked all creatures indiscriminately, there was one place untouched—it was where the Water-Flooding Realm Bottle resided.

"I apologize, Senior; please take shelter in my bottle. My mana has grown stronger, and this move’s power surpasses previous tis. Henceforth, I dare not remain outside to endure the waves..."

Ning Fan took Ancestor Leize into the realm within the Water-Flooding Realm Bottle, while the bottle itself floated amidst the waves.

The three Eternal Ghost Soldiers were not taken into the realm, as they wouldn’t perish, faithfully following Ning Fan’s orders, enduring the wave subrsion and continuing their assault on the Corpse Puppet King.

The Corpse Puppet King suffered!

Its summoned Little Corpse Puppets lacked even one Immortal Emperor Corpse Puppet; confronted with the indiscriminate attack of Endless Reverse Sea, no matter how many ca it was futile, they all perished!

Within re breaths, all Little Corpse Puppets here were decimated by the waves! Over three million Little Corpse Puppets fell, including over four hundred Immortal Venerable Corpse Puppets!

These represented all of the Light Ant Clan’s Little Corpse Puppets, unfortunately summoned by the Corpse Puppet King to this place, only to be utterly eliminated by Ning Fan...

The Corpse Puppet King itself was even more woeful, as a dried corpse, as a fire elent user, it feared water most; this attack of this scale already instinctively frightened it!

Of course, while the power of Endless Reverse Sea was formidable, it couldn’t instantly kill an existence like the Corpse Puppet King. With its imnse qi and blood, even enduring the attack of Endless Reverse Sea could sustain it for two hours without dying.

If it were smarter, it could break the barrier anyti and escape beyond the range of the sea waves.

But alas, it’s stuck in its own stubborn ways! Hawk Yang Venerable ordered it to entangle Ning Fan, not permitting it to escape, so it dared not flee! Even if it ant dying in this place, it dared not flee!

That’s also why the Quasi-Saints of the Light Ant Clan often accompany the Corpse Puppet King when using it. There’s nothing to be done, the Corpse Puppet King’s brain is too dull, it requires soone nearby to give pointers, to tell it to use different targeting thods against different foes.

If Hawk Yang Venerable didn’t flee and was there to give guidance, the Corpse Puppet King would undoubtedly make Ning Fan’s group doubt their own existence.

But unfortunately, there’s no "if"... Hawk Yang Venerable made a wrong decision, forcing the Corpse Puppet King to bear Ning Fan’s wrath alone.

It couldn’t see through the weakness of the Netherworld Ghost Flower.

Knowing well it couldn’t match Endless Reverse Sea, yet it dared not flee.

Its battle intention didn’t lessen; amidst the flooding waves, it roared with anger again and again, pushing back and crushing the three Eternal Ghost Soldiers attacking it.

However, no matter what, it couldn’t kill those three annoying Eternal Ghost Soldiers.

Even Endless Reverse Sea couldn’t drown those three Ghost Soldiers...

The Netherworld Ghost Flower was truly an imnse evil in the world; the Ghost Soldiers it summoned were eternal, and it seed itself couldn’t be truly destroyed.

Amidst the engulfing waves, the Netherworld Ghost Flower blood as usual, bewitching as ever. Moreover, having absorbed the vitality of over three million Little Corpse Puppets, this mont its strength was even more formidable.

It could once again create Eternal Ghost Soldiers!

This was an excellent opportunity! As long as Ning Fan could take down the Corpse Puppet King here, he would have a chance to turn the Corpse Puppet King into an Eternal Ghost Soldier!

If he truly managed this, not only would he have one more Quasi-Saint henchman, but this Quasi-Saint wouldn’t be like the weak Quasi-Saints such as Soul-Devouring Tree, but rather a powerful existence even stronger than Ancestor Leize!

"Water-Flooding Realm Bottle, could this be the renowned item of Emperor Shuiyan, ranked among the top five Water-Flooding Realm Bottles in the Dreamland Realm’s water-based magical treasures?" Even with Ancestor Leize’s capabilities, though hiding within the bottle realm, he could still vaguely sense the external changes; regarding the power of the Flooded Bottle, he felt deep unease.

He had heard of Emperor Shuiyan’s various achievents, heard tales of the ancient legends surrounding the Water-Flooding Realm Bottle, yet seeing the power of the Water-Flooding Realm firsthand, he felt those legends understated its true power.

The real Water-Flooding Realm Bottle seed stronger, more potent than the legends described! Even the Corpse Puppet King, such a monstrous entity of blood and aura, suffered considerable damage under the assault of the Water-Flooding Realm!

Of course, Ancestor Leize didn’t know, the one Ning Fan used wasn’t rely a simple Water-Flooding Realm, but a fusion of Nether Dust Sea and Endless Sea’s dual water attack; its power naturally stronger than the legends.

"Hmm."

Ning Fan rely responded casually.

At this mont, all his Spirit was focused on manipulating the external sea waves.

Endless Reverse Sea couldn’t instantly vanquish the Corpse Puppet King; thus, Ning Fan had to prepare for prolonged combat with the Corpse Puppet King.

Long-term control of Endless Reverse Sea would severely drain his Spirit, yet fortunately, Ning Fan’s Spirit strength had long since transford; otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to sustain Endless Reverse Sea for very long.

The Corpse Puppet King was subrged in the waves; amidst them, countless undercurrents were under Ning Fan’s manipulation, forming whirlpools and rapid streams, intending to shred the Corpse Puppet King.

But the Corpse Puppet King’s aura and blood were too strong; even though each wave impact could inflict substantial damage, the speed of reduction in blood and aura was still not fast, just not slow.

Not enough! Not enough! Not enough!

At this rate, Ning Fan would need to maintain Endless Reverse Sea for over two hours to kill the Corpse Puppet King. Not only his Spirit couldn’t sustain the wave attack for that long, but as a proud "Ancient Great Cultivator," taking more than two hours to take down the Corpse Puppet King would surely cause suspicion among the Light Ant Clan...

As Ning Fan expected.

Within the Light Ant Clan, suspicions about Ning Fan’s identity as a great cultivator had already erged.

Only to bla Ning Fan’s previous conduct of capturing a Quasi-Saint within ten breaths for being too astonishing; such overbearing crushing of a Quasi-Saint was entirely the deanor of an Ancient Great Cultivator! That’s why Hawk Yang Venerable misjudged Ning Fan’s power!

But this doesn’t an all Quasi-Saints of the Light Ant Clan are fools!

Ning Fan was tracked by the Light Ant Clan’s red-na pursuit, all the clan’s experts could sense Ning Fan’s status through a trace of connection.

Previously, Ning Fan just watched without intervening against the Corpse Puppet King, so be it. It was no surprise that Ancestor Leize and a few Eternal Ghost Soldiers couldn’t take down the Corpse Puppet King.

But subsequently, Ning Fan evidently acted, yet still couldn’t defeat the Corpse Puppet King quickly, which inevitably made the Quasi-Saints of the Light Ant Clan suspect Ning Fan’s identity as a great cultivator.

Yes! Ning Fan’s Endless Reverse Sea attack strength was rather respectable, even standard Quasi-Saints had to avoid it sowhat, but compared to the mighty spells of an Ancient Great Cultivator, it seed to fall short.

"Could it be this person isn’t really an Ancient Great Cultivator? My sensation of fate’s red na is not mistaken?" Within the imperial city of the Light Ant Clan, Yin Mu High Priestess furrowed her brows.

"Wrong! The situation doesn’t match! The old man left the Corpse Puppet King as rear guard, fully prepared for the Corpse Puppet King to be crushed, yet reality isn’t like that! Though the Corpse Puppet King can’t defeat this youngling’s water attack, that’s only due to attribute countering. Judging by this spell’s power, if relying solely on his own strength, he couldn’t match the Corpse Puppet King; why is this? Could it be..."

Several hundred continents away, Hawk Yang Venerable halted his escape, his face turning sowhat sour.

Could it be Ning Fan isn’t an Ancient Great Cultivator?

Did he misjudge Ning Fan’s power? Were all the reports he sent back to the High Priest false?

Could it be... the entire Light Ant Clan was frightened by a re boy inferior even to the Corpse Puppet King?

A great disgrace!

A great disgrace indeed!

If all this were true, he, Hawk Yang, would beco the greatest laughingstock of the Light Ant Clan, scared into fleeing by a re ant junior!

Not just him, the entire Light Ant Clan, the entire Saint Ant Sect would lose face!

Swoosh!

In the eyes of Hawk Yang Venerable, flas of anger began to burn, he wouldn’t flee! He would return and join forces with the Corpse Puppet King to eliminate Ning Fan and wash away the sha!

Not only Hawk Yang Venerable, countless Light Ant Clan assassination intents once again locked onto Ning Fan, such locks couldn’t be shaken off even through the bottle realm!

"Trouble... the Light Ant Clan is returning to this place, their killing intent is closing in again..."

Ning Fan said with an unpleasant expression.

"What! Aren’t you truly an Ancient Great Cultivator! Have they already discovered this!" Ancestor Leize’s face drastically changed.

They couldn’t take down alone the Corpse Puppet King. Should Hawk Yang Venerable return, and if there were more Light Ant Clan Quasi-Saints to aid them, they would surely face death!

"I said long ago, I’m not an Ancient Great Cultivator, but Senior insisted on disbelief."

Ning Fan sighed softly, after the sigh, his gaze suddenly turned sharp, turned mad.

He wouldn’t give the Light Ant Clan experts the ti to return!

Once one false step is taken, it must lead to continuous false steps! It was they who gave Ning Fan the chance to face the Corpse Puppet King alone; without slaying this Corpse Puppet King, without trying to collect this Eternal Ghost Soldier, wouldn’t it be a waste!

Was the Corpse Puppet King’s weakness really only water attack? Not necessarily!

Wasn’t there another weakness, a weakness that all undead creatures had!

Yin-Yang Five Swords, Human Sword Annihilates Life! It targets the undead!

Of course, when the qi and blood reach the level of the Corpse Puppet King, even the Life-Slaying Sword may not be able to take him down in a short ti.

But what if the Life-Slaying Sword is used in concert with the Endless Reverse Sea?

Since mastering the Yin-Yang Five Swords, Ning Fan had, for the first ti, a thought that could also be considered an epiphany!

The Yin-Yang Five Swords need not necessarily be used as swords! As long as the essence is understood, all manners of the heavens and earth can integrate with the core of the Yin-Yang Five Swords to cause deadly harm to enemies!

In theory, these overwhelming waves can also incorporate the sword principles of the Yin-Yang Five Swords! Perhaps... from the beginning, the Yin-Yang Five Swords were not rely swordsmanship! But rather a killing technique unrestricted by any weapon, spell, or form of attack...

Ning Fan tentatively integrated the essence of the Yin-Yang Five Swords into the Endless Reverse Sea, and in an instant, each drop of water possessed Sword Intent, becoming swords of countless droplets.

The theory seed feasible.

Only...

There seed to be sothing amiss in the actual situation...

Once the essence of the Yin-Yang Five Swords was integrated, the waves of the Endless Reverse Sea suddenly rolled fiercely. It was akin to a drop of water falling into boiling oil, causing heaven and earth to begin trembling...

"Daoist Ning, what have you done? The waves outside seem to have beco quite violent... Could it be that this sea is about to explode? This... what is happening, never before have I heard that water-based Divine Skills can produce fire-type explosive effects. For so reason, my heart is pounding uncontrollably, as if faced with imnse danger..." Ancestor Leize faintly sensed sothing was wrong.

"Went too far! I apologize, Senior, all the injuries you suffer this ti, I will take responsibility for..." Ning Fan’s face was pale as paper, looking like he was overdrawing his Mana, and suddenly he apologized to Ancestor Leize for unknown reasons.

"Uh, what do you an, young friend..."

Ancestor Leize hadn’t yet comprehended Ning Fan’s aning, when in the next mont, the realm within the bottle before them shattered into pieces.

The ocean of the Endless Reverse Sea exploded... in a horrifying way that took Ning Fan by surprise!

Even Ning Fan and Ancestor Leize, hidden within the realm of the bottle, couldn’t escape being swept into the explosion. Amidst the explosion’s roar, there ca a scream far more intense than the noise itself from the Corpse Puppet King, whose qi and blood withered starkly along with the collapse of each wave!

...

"It’s fake! All of it is fake! What ancient great cultivator! It’s all bullshit! Watch chop your head off for relief!"

Eagle Soaring Venerable, enraged and humiliated, returned to the location of Ning Fan with full force.

He wanted to kill Ning Fan out of spite!

He wanted to tear off Ning Fan’s false ancient cultivator mask! To uncover all of Ning Fan’s pretenses!

Uh, stating it this way seems sowhat incorrect, Ning Fan apparently never pretended to be an ancient great cultivator, it was his own misunderstanding, and all the embarrassing actions were self-inflicted...

Hmph! Those details don’t matter! Anyway, he wanted to kill Ning Fan out of spite! Otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to account to the High Priestess!

"How could soone who can’t even defeat the Corpse Puppet King be an ancient great cultivator! Such strength dared to provoke my Saint Ant Sect, truly seeking death... Hiss! What’s happening there!"

Boom boom boom!

It’s the loud crash of exploding and collapsing waves from far away!

Buzz buzz buzz!

It’s the temporary deafness and ringing in the ears! The explosion sound was so intense that, despite the cultivation of Eagle Soaring Venerable, it reverberated across more than a dozen continents, leaving him unable to stop the ringing in his ears!

Eagle Soaring Venerable’s expression drastically changed, startled once again!

As a Quasi-Saint of the Light Ant Clan, he keenly sensed that within the explosive sounds, the qi and blood of the Corpse Puppet King were rapidly diminishing!

Ninety-five percent qi and blood!

Eighty-eight percent qi and blood!

Sixty-three percent qi and blood!

Fifty-five percent qi and blood!

Forty-two percent qi and blood!

Thirty-one percent qi and blood!

Twenty percent qi and blood!

Ten percent qi and blood!

The qi and blood dissipated!

The Corpse Puppet King... survived only nine breaths in the explosion before falling!

What kind of explosion was it that could kill the Corpse Puppet King in just nine breaths!

Is that kid really not an ancient great cultivator? If not... how could he take down a master like the Corpse Puppet King in nine breaths!

"Tricked! He was pretending to be unable to defeat the Corpse Puppet King to deceive , so I would return to kill ! At this mont, seeing not far from him, he no longer pretends, instead decisively kills the Corpse Puppet King!"

"Ten breaths to capture Princess Huahuo, nine breaths to annihilate the Corpse Puppet King, if this guy isn’t an ancient great cultivator, who dares to call themselves one!"

"Eleven continents! The distance between us is rely eleven continents left! Why did I turn back! I’m simply the world’s dumbest ant! At such a distance, an ancient great cultivator’s speed could catch up in an instant, I must flee, dying here has no aning! Only by rging with other Quasi-Saint Light Ants can I battle this person!"

Eagle Soaring Venerable, terrified out of his mind, fled once again by Ning Fan...

He misjudged the situation once again!

The only fortunate thing this ti is that only Eagle Soaring Venerable himself misjudged Ning Fan’s power.

This ti, it was utterly certain to Yin Mu High Priestess, far away in the Light Ant Imperial City, that Ning Fan was not an ancient great cultivator!

Even if Ning Fan took out the Corpse Puppet King in just nine breaths! But it was only by chance! Against any Quasi-Saint of the Light Ant Clan, he wouldn’t have such luck!

"Fool, fool! Why did you run again! Quickly capture that red-nad criminal! He’s injured by the explosion he caused himself! This is his weakest mont! Fool! Fool!"

"Ancient great cultivator? How could this kid possibly be one! An ancient great cultivator killing a Corpse Puppet King wouldn’t have to go through such elaborate efforts, even getting himself involved in an explosion, suffering heavy injuries!"

"Eagle Yang! Eagle Yang! Can you hear ! This lady is speaking to you! Why aren’t you responding! Capture that kid! I order you to turn back and capture him! You bastard!"

Yin Mu High Priestess tried to contact Eagle Soaring Venerable to inform him of the truth, but Eagle Soaring Venerable couldn’t hear Yin Mu High Priestess’s voice at all!

He hadn’t yet recovered from the explosion-induced ringing in the ears! He couldn’t hear Yin Mu High Priestess’s secret transmission across realms! He was being dominated by fear he concocted himself...

...

The Sixth Layer of the Abyssal Netherworld.

The All-Knowing Elder was in his workshop, assembling a new puppet body for the Stone Warrior, when his hand paused, seemingly attuned to sothing.

"That feeling just now, it seed like... two becoming one... The Dao produces one, one produces two, two produces three—this path cannot be reversed, otherwise the Immortal Realm collapses and is destroyed... No no no, it couldn’t possibly be two becoming one, it should just be an illusion. The Liangyi Sect is extinct, and those who once trained in such power have had their qualifications to wield it revoked. In such a declining era, there’s no one who understands this power... an illusion, it must be an illusion... Also, what is the Liangyi Sect... what is two becoming one? Oh yes, Master said two becoming one ans rging, tracing the source, but who was Master... The Taoist lineage is extinct, the Dao cannot endure... Uh, what am I saying, why can’t I understand myself..."

The forgetful All-Knowing Elder shook his head, casting aside the "illusion" he had just felt, and continued his joyful busying, as assembling puppets was his favorite activity...