Free Web NovelChapter 708: Chapter 552: Nanming Ancestor
Above the celestial vault, flames raged fiercely.
Heavenly soldiers formed by Spirit Flame Materialization exuded a formidable aura, charging out from the black clouds.
Burning the heavens, boiling the seas, annihilating the void.
The intense fire turned the entire Dark Sea region crimson. The terrifying power emitted by the Array of Heaven-Burning Fire ignited the surrounding Spiritual Qi, transforming it into a world of flames.
This astonishing turn of events caused the Nascent Soul Old Monsters fiercely battling on the battlefield to halt their actions in shock, their eyes wide with astonishment as they looked toward the sky, fearing to avoid it.
"Such terrifying power?!"
"Could it be a Spirit Communication Treasure?"
Lii Qianjie was greatly alarmed, hastily abandoning his pursuit of the Nine Serpent Ancestor and rapidly retreating.
On the other side.
Surrounded by the fiery array, Qin Ming remained unflustered, his expression calm as an ancient well.
He waved his hand, and the Blood Massacre Spiritual Treasure soared into the air.
In an instant, the heavens and earth turned, transforming into a Blood Refining World.
Qingyang the Old Demon gazed at the advancing fiery array, manipulating the Boundless Blood Sea to surge forth, crashing towards the opposition.
He seemed to know the method to break the array, as the blood-red stream shot to the sky, demon light bursting, accurately hitting key points of the fiery array.
The next moment.
The army of heaven-burning flames, as if losing their foundation, suddenly dispersed wildly, their heavenly assault vanishing without a trace in an instant...
The imitation Spirit Communication Treasure command flag in the array’s center revealed its true form, flying back into the hand of Ascendant Lingtao against the wind.
"How is this possible? You actually recognized the weakness of the Array of Heaven-Burning Fire?!"
Ascendant Lingtao’s withered face finally showed disbelief.
One must know that his imitation Spirit Communication Treasure, ’Earth Flame Separation Banner,’ was enough to annihilate any cultivator below the Divinity Transformation Stage.
Never did he expect it to be so easily broken by a Tier Four Middle-Grade Spiritual Treasure.
The cost of operating an imitation Spirit Communication Treasure was enormous, depleting the Mana of the mid-stage Nascent Soul Cultivator body he possessed.
Originally, he planned to use this treasure to crush the persistent junior before him, only to return without success.
Ascendant Lingtao’s face turned pale, quickly consuming several High-Tier Spiritual Pills to restore Mana, but even so, it was a drop in the ocean.
He realized that the seemingly ordinary young cultivator before him not only had exceptionally powerful Mana, far surpassing same-tier cultivators, but also astonishing Divine Techniques.
In his current Split Soul state, he was no match for this person and risked disastrous failure.
Unless his true body came in person.
But for some reason, his true form couldn’t reach this place.
With this thought, Ascendant Lingtao made a decision.
He immediately ceased combat, producing a blue talisman to try to escape.
Qin Ming’s Divine Thought observed every action of his opponent, having already discerned his intentions, he wouldn’t easily allow him to leave.
The next moment.
The expansive Nascent Soul Realm abruptly unfolded, enveloping Ascendant Lingtao within.
The void within a fifteen-mile radius centered on Qin Ming formed a completely closed domain.
And Qin Ming was like the ruler within it.
The Spirit Talisman in Ascendant Lingtao’s hand had just burned out, the Transposition Forbidden Technique had yet to take effect when it was blocked by the Dharma Realm, dissolving and dispersing in an instant.
"Nascent Soul Realm!"
His face became incredibly grim; he had to admit, this was the most troublesome Nascent Soul Cultivator he had encountered thus far.
He had no idea where this person had come from...
Finding escape impossible, Ascendant Lingtao, possessed by a Divinity Transformation Soul, was driven to desperation.
He once again exerted all his might to engage Qin Ming in battle.
Boom!
Above the sea region, violent Mana surged chaotically. The collisions of late-stage Nascent Soul’s Great Divine Techniques incited a spiraling riot of Spiritual Qi between heaven and earth.
From afar, watching Lii Qianjie and Xiao Xun, along with Dragon Princess and others, were all shocked, each casting spells to resist the discomfort.
"Fellow Daoist Qin... is this the power a Nascent Soul stage should have?"
However, even more shocking developments awaited them. freeωebnovēl.c૦m
They watched as Ascendant Lingtao was repeatedly suppressed by Qin Ming, his expression turning frenzied, a strange black light glimmering deep in his pupils...
"Young man, don’t be too arrogant!"
Immediately, he controlled a Dharma Sword formed of flames, slashing towards Qin Ming!
Boom!
A flaming Sword Aura, hundreds of feet in size, tore through the sky, locking onto Qin Ming and striking straight towards him.
"Void Distortion!"
Qin Ming unleashed his Dharma Realm’s Great Divine Technique, and the void around him suddenly twisted with immense power, instantly diverting the powerful strike away.
The crimson rainbow light cleaved the seawater into two, forming a massive trench that stretched for miles.
As the magical duel progressed, Qin Ming could sense that Ascendant Lingtao’s state of mind seemed increasingly erratic, appearing to be influenced by some force.
His gaze turned cold, and he cast a Thorn Technique at the opponent.
This spell, relying on the Lifebound Spirit Plant, originally aimed only to collect Blood Pearls, but after several advancements, its power had become incomparable.
In an instant, the void where Ascendant Lingtao stood erupted with countless black vines, like giant python tentacles. Each black vine was as thick as a water barrel, showing terrifying Void Poison Stings, twisting and winding towards him.
Seeing this, Ascendant Lingtao gestured, releasing a rain of fire to incinerate the black vines below.
Suddenly!
An eerie scene unfolded.
The black vines, like giant serpents, astonishingly ignored the incineration of the flame divine techniques, directly piercing through the sea of fire and instantly binding Ascendant Lingtao tightly, leaving him immobile.
The moment the stinger pierced in, Ascendant Lingtao’s entire head was wracked with excruciating pain, and the essence blood in his body began to rapidly drain at a terrifying speed...
Even more frightening was that his Nascent Soul Dharma Power seemed to be corroded by the sting, becoming incredibly sluggish and completely unusable.
Seeing that he was about to suffer an unexpected defeat, Ascendant Lingtao bit the tip of his tongue and spat out a mouthful of essence blood, seemingly paying a tremendous price, leaving him extremely drained.
The next moment, a divine fire mark lit up on his forehead, erupting in a dazzling scarlet glow, temporarily dispersing the black vines that had bound him.
He chanted continuously, lifting his hand to draw symbols in the air; this was a piece of his lifebound essence blood sealed by a secret technique.
"You are the first junior to force this ancestor to use the ’Lifebound Blood Talisman’!"
The withered man’s expression was exceedingly sinister; he had not expected to be forced to use such an item against a mere Nascent Soul junior.
This Lifebound Blood Talisman was his last means of survival, using his lifebound essence blood as a guide and the divine fire mark as a medium.
It was able to briefly summon a projection of his Divinity Transformation true form, delivering an attack comparable to Divinity Transformation.
But to do so would certainly provoke backlash from the realm itself, reducing the lifespan of the body by decades at least...
But he could no longer bear it, feeling entirely humiliated today, he was determined to spare no cost to kill the junior before him first!
Bang!
As the mysterious blood talisman in the air instantly formed, a terrifying ripple emanated in the void.
It seemed as though a great terror was about to descend upon this space.
As the space twisted, a massive humanoid silhouette faintly appeared, its visage unclear.
The moment the silhouette appeared, it slightly pressed a hand downward.
In an instant, the fire spirit energy within the area was entirely drained...
"A Divinity Transformation Stage Cultivator!"
Lii Qianjie and others, witnessing the scene where this being’s mere gestures caused celestial phenomena involving spiritual energy, all showed expressions of fear and were no longer hesitant, preparing to flee.
Qin Ming, seeing such a display of might, showed no intention of shirking from battle; he simply formed a sealing gesture with his hand.
The black vines, which had originally retreated, instantly gathered and coiled again, winding towards the enemy like swimming dragons.
But this time, countless Void Poison Stings directly targeted the opponent’s Nascent Soul!
"Ah!"
Ascendant Lingtao clutched his head and howled.
His originally emaciated body instantly withered into a shriveled state, the Nascent Soul on Ascendant Lingtao’s Purple Mansion Spirit Platform showing vacant eyes, as his brain buzzed, descending into a blank state.
The secret technique that had just been activated to summon the main body’s projection with the lifebound blood talisman was abruptly interrupted.
Qin Ming, taking advantage of the interval of a few breaths, once again used the divine technique of instant teleportation, appearing in front of Ascendant Lingtao, raising his fist to smash his physical body into pieces, turning it to dust in the wind.
At the same time, the massive silhouette prepared to cast a spell also faded away, and the celestial phenomena of spiritual energy in the sky above vanished...
Just then, from the blood mist of Ascendant Lingtao’s shattered body, a streak of blood-colored escape light fled, revealing a panicked expression on a small Nascent Soul face, intending to escape.
Qin Ming had not expected his vine technique to have such miraculous effects, originally pondering whether he should transform to withstand the summoned projection’s divine techniques.
He then extended his hand to gather up the storage pouch dropped from the opponent’s corpse.
He immediately deployed instant teleportation again within the Nascent Soul Realm, his large hand swiftly snatching Ascendant Lingtao’s Nascent Soul into his grasp.
At the same time, he also restrained the wisp of divine soul attached to the Nascent Soul.
Its formidability lay primarily in its mischief.
Otherwise, a mere Mid-stage Nascent Soul would have been crushed by him long ago.
"Junior! Stop!"
"Dare to harm this ancestor’s split soul, even if you flee to the ends of the earth, this old man will not spare you!"
"Humph! Qin has heard many such threats, let’s see if you’ll still be so confident later."
"Then let me see, where exactly you hail from?"
However, in the next moment.
Just as he was preparing to use the Soul Searching Technique.
Qin Ming’s expression suddenly froze.
He looked towards the flame mark on Ascendant Lingtao Nascent Soul’s forehead, displaying a pensive expression, with a mysterious sense of familiarity.
Suddenly!
Connecting the dots from this person’s mastery of fire attribute divine techniques,
An idea flashed in Qin Ming’s mind, and he instantly asked:
"The mark of the Lihuo Palace."
"You... could you be the missing ancestor from the Lihuo Palace years ago?"
Upon these words, the soul attached to Ascendant Lingtao was also taken aback.
"Hmm? What do you mean? You actually recognize this old man?!" It seemed as if being identified, the soul implanted in Ascendant Lingtao displayed a hint of surprise, incredulously asking.
Qin Ming also paused his movements, his expression peculiar as he said, "Qin hails from the Five Great Cultivation Realms, naturally having some understanding of you."
The wisp of soul heard this and was at a loss for words...
Having no choice but to lower himself and softened his tone, seeking Qin Ming’s camaraderie:
"Why didn’t you say so earlier?! So you’re a fellow Daoist from the Southern Wilderness Cultivation Realm, didn’t expect such talents emerging generation after generation, Friend Qin truly possesses extraordinary means, even this old man must admire..."
"This old man is indeed the founder of the Lihuo Palace—Nanming Ancestor."
"Haha! Since we are compatriots, meeting through conflict may lead to acquaintance. Could... could you allow this old man a way out?"
Nanming Ancestor cheekily asked.
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