Grasping the Evil-Chapter 839: Ancient God Phantom Shatters at a Flick

Chapter 839: Chapter 839: Ancient God Phantom Shatters at a Flick

This palm, imbued with the might of heaven and earth, stems from Ning Fan’s aspiration to grasp the sky—his self-created divine skill, Zhi Tian Yin!

Though just one palm, it encompasses the force of seven combined palm strikes, transforming almost into seven layers of tidal waves, descending endlessly to suppress from heaven.

As soon as Ning Fan made his move, he unleashed the Zhi Tian Yin to ensure Chen Xiao had no chance of surviving, swearing to kill him in the battle arena with a single strike.

This palm strike was for revenge and setting a precedent.

Ning Fan wanted the Chen Family to understand the consequence of assassinating him was relentless, without any possibility of negotiation!

The seven golden dragons soared, their momentum should have been immense, but under the oppressive might of the palm imprint’s heaven and earth pressure, they became insignificant.

Then, as the palm imprint fell harshly, it pressed down with the force of heaven collapsing, instantly causing the seven thousand-zhang-long dragons to shatter one after another, leaving only their mournful wails echoing between heaven and earth.

The sevenfold palm force of Zhi Tian Yin was only neutralized by one dragon’s collapse, leaving six more!

The seven Gold Annihilation Dragons that Chen Xiao was proud of should have been enough to dominate the same level of Crossing Truth, yet they could not withstand the might of Ning Fan’s single palm.

In the next moment, the palm imprint slammed heavily onto the battle arena!

Chen Xiao’s gaze trembled, only managing a muffled grunt before his figure was engulfed in the fierce palm wind, his fate unknown.

Centered where Chen Xiao stood, the entire battle arena was swept by the palm wind, immediately showing signs of collapse and beginning to fracture.

On the four high platforms around, four old monsters of the Initiate Realm of Shekong had their gaze shaken, leaping up and each guarding one side of the inner perimeter of the battle arena.

Their duty was to prevent the dueling waves from spreading outwards, affecting the cultivators in the audience seats.

Almost simultaneously, the four erected magical treasures, opening a barrier just in time before the palm wind collapse reached.

The barrier merged with the four’s mana, almost no spirit skills of the Initiate Realm of Shekong could break through the barrier.

But as soon as the palm wind swept across, countless cracks appeared in the barrier, and a breath later, it collapsed with a thunderous roar.

Accompanying the barrier’s collapse, the Acquired First Nirvana immortal treasure, summoned by the four, was shattered into countless dust by the palm wind at the same instant.

The remaining force of the palm wind hadn’t dissipated, and with fourfold palm strength, it struck viciously at the four sides again, immediately causing the four Initiate Realm cultivators to feel sharp pain in their chests, vomiting blood and flying backward, their gazes full of shock.

The four Initiate Realm cultivators working together could barely suppress the remaining force of the palm imprint!

The palm wind gradually subsided, and the pervasive dust finally scattered little by little.

At this moment, the battle arena had completely turned into ruins, the collapsing ground deeply engraved with a ten-thousand-zhang-wide palm imprint.

Ning Fan stood at one end of the palm imprint, while at the other end lay a corpse in a pool of blood—that of Chen Xiao.

At present, Chen Xiao’s entire body had been smashed into flesh paste by the palm imprint. Even his Spirit had perished directly within that palm imprint!

Previously, Chen Xiao had boasted of wanting to palm-kill Ning Fan, but in outcome, he humiliated himself by being palm-slayed by Ning Fan!

No need for the Sun and Moon Stele spirits to supplement the Golden Sun Physique, no need for Chen Xiao’s Spirit to perform the Divine Blast Technique, Ning Fan only needed Chen Xiao to die completely and unconditionally, setting the demon’s prestige with this scene!

Hiss!

From the four high platforms surrounding the battle arena came countless sounds of people sucking in cold breaths, accompanied by exclamations from old monsters echoing at this moment.

"Hiss! Who is this person, to wield such a dreadful palm imprint with merely the Ghost Profound Peak cultivation, palm-slaining Chen Xiao and simultaneously repelling four Crossing Truth experts!"

"It’s him! He’s the Millennium Demon Monarch—Ning Fan! The successor of the Divine Blast Technique! The disciple from the last sweep across Eastern Heaven’s Chosen from the Slaughter Hall!"

"It’s actually the Millennium Demon Monarch? Wasn’t the Slaughter Hall’s Millennium Demon Monarch only at the First Step cultivation, when did he progress to the Second Step?"

"So he is the Millennium Demon Monarch... I’ve heard some rumors stating the Millennium Demon Monarch has become a Guest Elder of the Luo Family, and even seized a quota of the Luo Family Tomb Keeper. The previously absent eighth person from the Luo Family must certainly be him. Naturally, he came today to partake in the Tomb Comparison."

Even those familiar with Ning Fan were astounded by the prowess he exhibited.

The little demoness’s beautiful eyes first showed slight surprise, then sparkled with colors repeatedly.

"Little Fan Fan’s palm imprint divine skill is even more formidable; last time, palm-slaying wandering years, this time, it’s Chen Xiao..." she mused to herself.

When the chaos in Eastern Heaven ended, Ning Fan had just recently broken through the Ghost Immortal Middle Stage. Only over a dozen years later, Ning Fan advanced two more levels, reaching the Ghost Immortal Peak Stage... Such cultivation speed, even the little demoness felt inferior. The young man from Yue Country had long reached a position she had to look up to.

Scenes of past events appeared in her mind, and the little demoness suddenly cracked a smile—a smile that reached her eyes.

Squinting her eyes with a laugh, her smooth and gentle hand reached into her sleeve, lightly caressing the jade slips, causing ripples in her heart.

This jade slip, I will hand it over to him after the first round of the tournament... I hope he finds it useful.

Li Xiaoxiao placed down the Eight Treasures Cake with a sudden gesture, stood up sharply, and, pointing at Ning Fan, excitedly spoke to Yan Rong beside her,

"Look quickly! Xiaorongrong, he is my Love Sage Big Brother! Look, he smashed Chen Pao with just one palm! Isn’t he amazing! Isn’t he handsome!"

Honestly, Li Xiaoxiao herself was also shocked by the power Ning Fan displayed.

At this moment, Yan Rong’s mouth was already agape in amazement.

She never imagined that Li Xiaoxiao’s Love Sage Big Brother whom she constantly talked about turned out to be someone capable of killing an Initial Stage Enlightenment with just one palm, an extraordinary Ghost Immortal...

And the Chen Xiao she held in such high regard was not even an opponent for Ning Fan...

"How could there be such a powerful Ghost Immortal in the world..." Yan Rong’s face was slightly pale, frightened by Ning Fan’s palm strike.

Ning Fan quietly held a storage pouch in his hand—Chen Xiao’s relic.

Ning Fan paid no mind to the crowd’s discussions; his gaze calmly swept across the Luo Family Tomb Keeper outside the arena, and he suddenly walked outside, handing Chen Xiao’s storage pouch to Wang Meng and Luo Xuan.

"Take it."

A simple phrase, without any superfluous words, but upon hearing it, Wang Meng’s heart surged with emotion. For the first time in his life, he looked at Ning Fan with genuine gratitude, cupped his fists in respect,

"Thank you!"

Luo Xuan’s beautiful eyes also grew moist at that moment, as she looked at Ning Fan again, her emotions became increasingly complex...

Luo Xuan and Wang Meng understood that Ning Fan handed them this storage pouch simply to return a headless corpse within.

The owner of that corpse, named Luo Huan, had significant ties with both of them.

Luo Xuan received the storage pouch, held it to her heart, feeling a mix of emotions. She bit her lip, and softly addressed Ning Fan,

"I will remember the grace of today, and will surely repay it someday..."

"No need."

Ning Fan merely replied softly, then turned back to the center of the battle arena, slightly bowing in Zhao Mengde’s direction,

"Luo Family Tomb Keeper Ning Fan, here to participate!"

After speaking, his gaze shifted to the Chen Family’s seats, coldly saying,

"Chen Xiao is dead, the next Chen Family Tomb Keeper, step up and fight Ning Fan!"

The entire battle arena with its high platforms was deathly silent; the majority of old monsters were still stunned by Ning Fan’s sudden appearance, still immersed in Ning Fan’s overwhelmingly strong palm strike that killed Chen Xiao, not yet recovered.

The Chen Family cultivators, upon Ning Fan’s gaze sweeping over them, suddenly felt a chill from head to toe.

Only Chen Xuan’s eyes burned with the fire of hatred, glaring at Ning Fan.

He wished he could immediately step forward and kill Ning Fan to avenge his child, but the six ancestors of the Luo Family stood in front of him, blocking his path...

"Jihanzi, you may stop me for a while, but not forever! This child killed my son, he must die! Unless your Luo Family cultivators protect him every step, otherwise, I will personally kill him, I swore it!"

"Ha, ha, who knows what will happen in the future, but today before my Luo Family’s eyes, you shouldn’t think you could harm him even slightly. Besides, even if my Luo Family doesn’t take action, according to the tomb comparison rules, it absolutely forbids outsiders like you to attack a tomb keeper. You should think about how to make those cowardly tomb keepers behind you step up to the arena instead."

The six ancestors of the Luo Family scoffed disdainfully, while Chen Xuan’s face became extremely ugly.

Besides Chen Xiao, the Chen Family still had four tomb keepers, but these four were far inferior to Chen Xiao, and the strongest among them was merely at the Ghost Immortal Peak.

At this time, all four were terrified, not daring to step forward to challenge.

Ning Fan is here! He is the eighth tomb keeper of the Luo Family, he is the fierce man who killed Chen Xiao with one palm, which Chen Family tomb keeper would dare step up and seek death!

Didn’t you see the cold gleam in Ning Fan’s eyes? The look in Ning Fan’s eyes towards the Chen Family cultivators was like looking at a life-or-death enemy!

"You go up and fight this man. Even if you cannot defeat him, I will grant you something to protect your life. Kill him, kill him! Whoever kills him, I will give ten Crossing True Cauldrons!"

After Chen Xuan spoke, he immediately gave each of the four people a storage pouch.

The four of them glanced at the storage pouches with their spirit sense, and they were both shocked and delighted to find that each pouch contained an attack jade slip, personally refined by Chen Xuan!

At the lowest, they contained the attack power of a Late Stage Enlightenment strike, at the highest, they even had a strike of the Initiate Realm of Shekong!

These jade slips were painstakingly crafted by Chen Xuan recently, and to make these jade slips, he even wasted a few secret treasures that had been used by ancient gods...

Therefore, these attack jade slips were extraordinary, containing the strikes of ancient gods!

Chen Xuan originally intended to give these jade slips as gifts to Chen Xiao after he obtained an excellent rank in the Chen’s Grand Competition, but unexpectedly, Chen Xiao died in the competition...

Thus, these jade slips became instruments of revenge!

With these jade slips, the confidence of the four Chen Family Tomb Guardians to kill Ning Fan greatly increased.

Moreover, the one who killed Ning Fan would also receive the great reward of ten Crossing True Cauldrons, making all four of them breathe heavily, their killing intent sparked as they looked at Ning Fan.

Following the four, a middle-aged man at the Ghost Profound Middle Stage leaped off the high platform, landing at the center of the battle arena, gazing at Ning Fan with narrowed eyes and a smile.

"Chen Family Tomb Guardian, Chen Qun! Let me experience your exceptional skills!"

Chen Qun spoke pleasantly, appearing amiable in demeanor, as if he truly intended to have a fair duel with Ning Fan.

But as soon as his words fell, he immediately took out the attack jade slip given by Chen Xuan, crushing it with a fierce gleam in his eye!

The friendliness was all a facade, merely a tactic to lower Ning Fan’s guard.

In the instant the jade slip was crushed, an ancient god’s giant phantom appeared behind Chen Qun, with an aura comparable to the Late Stage of Crossing Truth.

"Hiss! Isn’t it forbidden to use attack jade slips, Immortal Talismans, or puppets in the Tomb Comparison? The audacity of the Chen Family cultivators to openly defy the Tomb Comparison rules!"

"There is no need to ask; it must be under the instruction of the Chen Family Head! That Chen Family Head is determined to kill Ning Fan even by breaking the rules!

"The Ancient God Phantom... The attack contained within this jade slip is actually that of an ancient god! ’An ancient god’s roar, shattering stars and annihilating people’... This phantom intends to unleash a roaring divine skill! This is bad!"

Amid the exclamations of many old monsters on the high platforms, the ancient god’s giant phantom suddenly opened its mouth wide, roaring toward the sky!

The ancient god phantom’s forehead originally held six Primordial Divine Stars, but in the moment the roar was emitted, the first star shattered!

At the moment that star shattered, the roar of the ancient god phantom transformed into a tangible presence, glimmering with golden light, forming destructive sound waves, sweeping toward Ning Fan.

"The Chen Family has gone too far! It was already disgraceful when Chen Xiao broke the rules, and now the second tomb guardian still breaks the rules. Do they not regard our Divine Void Four Pavilions? Have they turned the Tomb Comparison into a place for personal vendettas? Aren’t they afraid of ridicule from the fellow practitioners of the Eastern Heaven?"

It wasn’t only Luo Shix expressing this—among the nine Divine Void Elders, almost all, except Lei Jinshi, displayed varying degrees of discontent.

Even Lei Jinshi furrowed his brows.

Lei Jinshi did not care about Chen Xiao’s life and death; to him, the entire Chen Family was just a pawn, and Chen Xiao was even more insignificant.

The Chen Family once again broke the Tomb Comparison rules for a single Chen Xiao, behavior that even Lei Jinshi found hard to overlook.

He also wanted to kill Ning Fan because he wanted to destroy the hope of the Luo Family to awaken the War King. But he wouldn’t openly target a junior in such a highly watched setting...

When can’t he kill Ning Fan? Wouldn’t secretly eliminating him make less noise? And is revenge really so urgent that it had to happen at this occasion?

Luo Shix stood up abruptly, waving his hand to intervene, attempting to help Ning Fan block the ancient god’s roar.

The power of the ancient god’s roar was something ordinary at the Late Stage of Crossing Truth might not withstand, and Luo Shix did not believe Ning Fan could withstand this strike.

This time, though Lei Jinshi looked displeased, he did not stop Luo Shix from stepping in.

However, before Luo Shix could make a move, the situation in the battle arena suddenly changed.

Ning Fan faced the threat of the Shattered Star roar from the ancient god without the slightest hint of panic.

"An illusory image of a One Orifice Ancient God... No matter how high the cultivation, it’s merely an illusion! Collapse, by my will!" 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

An indescribable mighty awe-inspiring divine gleam suddenly appeared in Ning Fan’s eyes.

That overwhelming aura flashed by so quickly that none of the spectators on the surrounding high platforms could catch it.

The pressure was solely directed at the ancient god phantom, and in the instant it emerged, the roaring ancient god phantom suddenly showed a terrified look.

This phantom’s cultivation was Late Stage Crossing Truth, far beyond Ning Fan. It wasn’t Ning Fan’s cultivation he feared.

The fear arose from Ning Fan’s identity... A Three Apertures Ancient God!

A Three Apertures Ancient God far surpassed him in rank! Terror gripped his heart!

All divinities and skills of ancient gods originate from the heart! If the heart fears, the divine skill is extinguished!

As Ning Fan pressed his five fingers, the circles of golden sound waves could not be contained and collapsed.

As the sound waves crumbled, so did the ancient god’s phantom, shattering amidst a terrified scream.

Chen Xuan’s meticulously cultivated Late Stage Crossing Truth attack jade slip did not harm Ning Fan in the slightest.

Crushing the jade slip and attacking Ning Fan, Chen Qun’s once ferocious eyes were now full of disbelief and fear.

He never imagined that even an attack jade slip of the Late Stage Crossing Truth could not kill Ning Fan.

He wanted to escape. He regretted coming to the battle arena to fight Ning Fan, but it was too late.

Ning Fan’s figure blurred and disappeared from his original spot. Chen Qun’s mind immediately sounded alarm bells, and his back bristled with cold sweat, as if he saw a flash of Black Gold Sword Light in front of him...

"The second one!"

Ning Fan’s cold voice just reached his ears before a sharp pain erupted from his head.

Suddenly he had an absurd feeling as if his spirit cap had split open, and in the next instant, all consciousness vanished...

In reality, his feeling was not wrong. His entire body, starting from the heavenly spirit cap, had been split in two by Ning Fan’s sword, and his Spirit also perished in the sword light!

Holding the Memory Severing Dao Sword, Ning Fan stood beside Chen Qun’s corpse, casually collecting his storage pouch.

The Three-foot Black Sword still retained its menacing Evil Qi; his white robe was now stained with the enemy’s blood, blossoming like a blood plum.

"Next!"

Gazing at the Chen Family’s seats, Ning Fan’s gaze made all of the Chen Family cultivators’ expressions change dramatically. The three remaining Chen Family Tomb Guardians, who had been full of confidence, were now shrinking back in fear.

"Impossible! These jade slips were personally refined by me, and with ancient god’s treasures involved in the refining, their power increased by thirty percent! How could they not kill a Millennium Child!"

Chen Xuan watched the scene incredulously, unable to comprehend why Ning Fan could so calmly withstand an attack of the Late Stage Crossing Truth!

With a ruthless look, Chen Xuan immediately commanded a tomb guardian behind him,

"You go! Go kill him! If you show cowardice, I will kill you right here and now!"

That tomb guardian immediately trembled all over, sweating profusely.

Gnashing his teeth, he leaped off the platform, and in a flash landed at the center of the battle arena.

Just as he landed, just crushed the ancient god jade slip, in the next moment, all consciousness was lost as his head flew up, and his physical body was sliced into mincemeat by countless sword lights.

This third Chen Family Tomb Guardian, despite being at the Ghost Profound Middle Stage, fell the moment he stepped onto the stage.

But the ancient god phantom summoned by the crushed jade slip nonetheless materialized.

As soon as it appeared, without a word, it unleashed the Shattered Star roar!

However, just as the roar was emitted, the next moment, this phantom also showed fear.

Witnessing Ning Fan strike as swiftly as lightning, pressing his five fingers, this phantom crumbled as crazily as the previous one.

"Next!" (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for it and give monthly votes on Qidian. Your support is my biggest motivation. Mobile users, please read it on m.qidian.com.)