Chapter 655 - 437: Saint Realm Ambush
The vigorous Qi Blood and the indomitable power, Wei Fan’s finger pierced through Elder Ying’s Protective Dao Power, gripping Elder Ying’s skull without any hindrance.
Elder Ying’s body instantly froze; being held by Wei Fan, whose body had achieved Ascension, his life and death were now in Wei Fan’s hands. Even those Demon Kings didn’t dare get close to Wei Fan, let alone someone like him who, as a Killing Saint, was less proficient in Physical Strength.
"You... Have you cultivated the Martial Arts Celestial Eye?"
He realized that the Black Nether Concealment Technique was unparalleled in the world, with the only nemesis being the legendary Martial Arts Celestial Eye.
The Martial Arts Celestial Eye could see through all illusions, so if his Concealment Technique encountered someone who had cultivated the Martial Arts Celestial Eye, it would become useless, no matter how well hidden he was.
This ability could only be developed during the cultivation process by some geniuses; there wasn’t any specific Martial Arts for cultivating it.
Wei Fan’s five fingers glowed, the fingers already digging into the flesh, looking down at Elder Ying: "Tell me where the Black Nether’s lair is, and I might spare your life."
Elder Ying snorted coldly: "Do you take me for a three-year-old child? You’re ruthless, Wei Fan, and you’d spare me?"
"Then go to hell!"
Seeing this, Wei Fan stopped talking, immediately exerting his five fingers, Elder Ying’s head exploded like a watermelon, and his Primordial Spirit broke apart with it.
"Boom!"
Elder Ying’s Dao appeared and then exploded with a boom.
Wei Fan looked, and this Dao was indeed somewhat unusual. Generally, the Dao condensed by Saint Realm powerhouses was radiant and colorful, but Elder Ying’s Dao appeared more like an illusory thing, semi-transparent.
[Killed Elder Ying, gained 500,000 years of Ordinary Power, 1,500 years of Martial Saint’s Power]
[Killed Ying Liu, gained 100,000 years of Ordinary Power]
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[Ordinary Power: 1,490,000 years]
[Martial Saint’s Power: 1,500 years]
Once again, striking with a palm, crushing Elder Ying’s remains, Wei Fan did not leave immediately but instead sat down and took out the Tiger Soul Saber and Jiaolong Sunset Bow.
Previously lacking power, these two weapons that had always accompanied his growth were still Martial King Divine Soldiers, and now it was time to enhance them to top-level Saint Soldiers.
Moreover, he had heard Elder Ying and Ying Liu’s conversation earlier, knowing that the Black Nether Saint Son was coming to kill him; waiting here might possibly lure out the Black Nether Saint Son.
A day later, after spending a million years of power, both the Jiaolong Sunset Bow and the Tiger Soul Saber were refined into top-level Saint Soldiers, of course, over seven hundred thousand years were spent on the Jiaolong Sunset Bow, and the Tiger Soul Saber took only over two hundred thousand years of power to become a top-level Saint Soldier.
With the 1,500 years of Martial Saint’s power, Wei Fan also distributed it evenly between the Nine-Nine True Skill and Scripture of the Three Emperors, further enhancing his strength, with the condensed Dao reaching 380 zhang, and the Nine-Nine True Skill cultivating to the 56th stance.
"Cultivation is becoming increasingly difficult!"
So far, he had killed six Saint Realm powerhouses, but he hadn’t even completed half of the Condensing Dao Realm; ahead lay the Dharma Aspect and Great Saint stages, and he didn’t know how many more Saint Realm powerhouses he would need to kill to be sufficient.
"Let’s see if there’s anything about the Black Nether Organization!"
Wei Fan took out Elder Ying’s Storage Gourd and infused his Heart Spirit, revealing an extremely large storage space within his Heart Spirit.
"Truly wealthy!"
The first sight was a mountain of Spirit Crystals, at least several million; Wei Fan didn’t bother to count them and turned his attention to something resembling a bookshelf, which held many books.
Scanning them with his Heart Spirit one by one, they were almost all Secret Manuals, and all at the Martial King level, none at the Saint Level.
He was indeed envious of the Black Nether’s Concealment Technique; if not for the Martial Arts Celestial Eye, even he would find this Miracle Skill quite troublesome, but evidently, such Miracle Skills would not exist in Secret Manuals.
Soon, an unnamed book caught Wei Fan’s attention. Taking it out and opening it, he found it was a ledger, surprisingly recording many assassination tasks that Black Nether had undertaken, including the task to assassinate him.
As he had guessed before, it was indeed Zilan Sect’s Grand Elder who had hired Black Nether with Flower Spirit Crystal to kill him.
Apart from tasks related to him, there were many records of Beiding Continent’s major forces hiring Black Nether to eliminate their enemies. Wei Fan watched for a while before losing interest.
"These should be the Communication Jade Tokens used by Black Nether to accept tasks!"
In one corner of the gourd, dozens of Communication Jade Tokens were piled. Wei Fan took them all out.
The way Black Nether accepted tasks wasn’t by the employer directly approaching them, but Black Nether would secretly send Communication Jade Tokens to major forces that might need tasks done. Some people, upon receiving the Communication Jade Token, would just throw it away, while others would keep it and use it to contact Black Nether when needed.
If Black Nether wished to accept the task, they would instruct the other party to place Spirit Crystals at a designated location, and once Black Nether received the Spirit Crystals, they would dispatch assassins to proceed with the assassination.
"So even if I’ve killed Elder Ying, it doesn’t mean I’ve eradicated Black Nether’s influence in Beiding Continent. They can just send someone to Beiding Continent again, secretly issuing Communication Jade Tokens, and Black Nether remains."
"Buzz buzz..."
Suddenly, one of the jade tokens vibrated.
Wei Fan showed a peculiar expression. He had already eliminated Black Nether’s branch in Beiding Continent; could it be that someone was posting a task at this time?
Curiously, he picked up the jade token and infused it with the Power of Heart and Spirit: "Assassinate Wei Fan, does Black Nether dare accept this task?"
Assassinate me?
Wei Fan was taken aback, showing a faintly smiling expression, what a perfect timing.
"Five million Spirit Crystals!"
Thinking it over, he replied with this message; he didn’t set the price too high or too low, fearing the other party would sense something amiss.
Five million Spirit Crystals was already the value of a high-level Saint Soldier. Given his talent and strength, this price was actually on the lower side.
However, five million Spirit Crystals wouldn’t be something an ordinary Holy Sect could easily afford; Saint Soldiers were rare, and not every sect had millions of Spirit Crystals readily available.
The Zilan Sect hired Black Nether to kill him, initially offering a price of a hundred thousand spirit crystals. Later, after he demonstrated immense combat strength, Black Nether increased the price to five hundred thousand. Now that he is a Saint Realm powerhouse, five million spirit crystals could be considered quite appropriate.
After this information was sent out, it felt like a stone dropped into the sea, with no response for half a day. Just when Wei Fan was thinking the other party might be scared off by the number, a message finally came back.
"Time, place!"
It was decided to spend five million spirit crystals to hire Black Nether to have himself killed, certainly not an ordinary Holy Sect, as an ordinary Holy Sect couldn’t afford so many spirit crystals.
"Three days later, thirty miles outside the East Gate of Binjiang City!"
Binjiang City was also the small city where he discovered Ying Liu. After setting the time and place, a "good" word came from the other side, and there was no more movement.
Wei Fan put away the Communication Jade Token, stood up, and left.
He waited for a day without waiting for the Black Nether Saint Son. He couldn’t just keep waiting here, so he first went to the Demon Realm to kill a batch of demons and planned to return in three days to kill those who wanted to kill him.
Three days later, Wei Fan returned from the Demon Realm, disguised himself as Elder Ying, donned a black robe to cover his body, and set off to the agreed location.
A while later, a tall and burly man appeared within sight, and at the same time, the panel flickered.
[Shibo: Demon King Ninth Layer, Elder of the Golden Lion Race, countless murders]
[Kill him, and obtain 100,000 years of ordinary power]
"It’s actually a demon!"
Wei Fan looked surprised. He had thought it was the Human Race, but unexpectedly it was a Demon King Elder from the Golden Lion Race. Apparently, Black Nether had sent the Communication Jade Token not only to Human Race forces but also to demons.
"Where’s the item?" Wei Fan imitated Elder Ying’s voice.
"Here!"
Shibo did not doubt the identity of the person in front of him, as he had never seen Black Nether’s people before. He took out a Storage Gourd and handed it over.
Wei Fan took it and infused his Heart Spirit, and within his Heart Spirit appeared mountain-like spirit crystals.
"These beasts sure have money!"
The pile of five million spirit crystals was quite a shock.
After he had slaughtered the Golden Lion King, he heard that this race had disappeared into hiding. He did not expect that even in such circumstances, they could still provide five million spirit crystals to hire Black Nether to kill him.
"The number is correct, do you have any last words to leave?" Wei Fan put the gourd away.
In the cultivation of the Saint Realm, although it primarily involves condensing the Dao, it does not mean there is no need for energy. These five million spirit crystals would save a lot of power.
Additionally, he had plans to travel, and using the Transmission Domain Gate would also require a sum of spirit crystals.
"I still hope you can quickly kill Wei..."
Shibo instinctively began to speak, only realizing at the last word that the Black Nether person in front of him had asked for his last words.
"What do you mean by that?" Shibo frowned, still not realizing that the person in front of him was not from Black Nether.
"Just what it says!"
Wei Fan threw off the black robe, revealing his true appearance.
"You... you are Wei Fan?"
Shibo was almost scared to death, stuttering as he spoke, wondering how the Black Nether person became Wei Fan.
"Boom!"
The next moment, he disregarded thinking about it and directly soared into the sky trying to escape, but there was no way Wei Fan would give him a chance to flee.
As soon as Shibo’s feet left the ground, his head was smashed by a big hand, turning him into a headless corpse.
[Killed Shibo, obtaining 100,000 years of ordinary power]
[Ordinary power: 2.29 million years]
[Martial Saint’s power: None]
"The Ten Thousand Spirits Bell can be enhanced again!"
After storing the corpse, Wei Fan returned to stay in Binjiang City to add power to the Ten Thousand Spirits Bell.
A day later, he emerged from the room, his aura becoming increasingly fierce.
During this one day, he not only enhanced the Ten Thousand Spirits Bell but also refined the five million spirit crystals, increasing his Dao to four hundred and fifty zhang.
"Truly terrifying, five million spirit crystals only equate to 700 years of Martial Saint’s power."
Leaving the inn, Wei Fan headed directly out of the city, this time wanting to accumulate enough power in one go to raise the Ten Thousand Spirits Bell to the Perfection Realm.
Seven days later, he walked out of the deep mountain, exuding an unshed aura of killing intent. It was not easy to hide his Saint Realm cultivation and hunt down dozens of Demon Kings without involving ordinary people, but he finally accumulated enough.
"Next, I will leave the Beiding Continent and hunt Demon Saints in other continents, focusing on enhancing my cultivation!"
The Demon Saints of Beiding Continent were either dead or fled, and there was no one left here to hunt. With the Ten Thousand Spirits Bell reaching Perfection, he had the confidence to accomplish many things.
"Boom!"
Suddenly, a giant foot descended from the sky, stepping straight towards his face.
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