Longevity Thunder Ancestor

Chapter 1086 Fierce Battle Against a Nascent Soul Transformation (Part 1)

Upon seeing this, the alluring female cultivator from the early fourth-tier sea race let out a terrified scream and unhesitatingly used her life-saving secret technique.

The azure scales on her body detached and flew off, transforming into hundreds of streaks of light that scattered in all directions, and the woman's figure disappeared along with them.

The scarred sea creature, a late-stage fourth-tier expert, moved even faster. He had already severed four fingers from his left hand, which turned into a pool of blood essence that enveloped him.

His figure appeared and disappeared in the blood mist, and then with a whoosh, he sped away into the distance at an incredible speed.

Ning Fa's lips curled slightly, and he transformed into a stream of light, suddenly merging into the Heavenly Calamity Sword in front of him.

The sword's spiritual pressure surged instantly, and with a seemingly effortless slash, a slender sword aura shot out, striking a light blue scale in front of it in a fleeting moment.

As the scale shattered, the sword energy refracted into countless other sword energies, which followed closely as they slashed towards the other aquamarine scales.

In an instant, sword energy crisscrossed the air like a net, and with a series of banging explosions, all the aquamarine scales were shattered in the blink of an eye.

One of the scales flashed with light, revealing the terrified sea creature female cultivator.

She was completely naked at this moment, and before she could even move, a thin crack spread from head to toe, and her body was instantly split in two, revealing a nascent soul with its eyes closed, quietly floating in the air.

Amidst the clang of swords, the Heavenly Calamity Sword streaked across the sky, catching up with the late-stage fourth-tier sea creature that had used the Blood Escape Technique to flee in just a few breaths.

Under the dumbfounded gazes of the Reverse Fire Ancestor and his disciples, only ten breaths later...

With a deafening scream, the scarred sea creature, who had transformed into a hundred-foot-tall Tide Giant, had its massive body cracked like porcelain. Chilling sword energy surged out from within, tearing the enormous body apart in an instant.

Within the vast mist formed from his remains, the aura of this late-stage fourth-tier sea creature rapidly vanished into the world.

With a flash of sword light, the Heavenly Calamity Sword flew back to the Reverse Fire Ancestor and the others. The light subsided, and Ning Fa's figure reappeared.

With a single wave of his hand, the nascent soul of the sea-folk female cultivator floating in the air, along with her storage shell, flew into his hand.

"Thank you for saving me, Fellow Daoist Ning."

At this moment, the Old Ancestor of Reverse Fire finally reacted, immediately flew forward, cupped his hands, and said in an unusually polite manner, his tone involuntarily carrying a hint of respect.

Having witnessed Ning Fa's astonishing abilities firsthand, he understood that although the two were of the same rank, their strengths were worlds apart.

Moreover, for some reason, although he had only been separated from Ningfa for a short time, when they met again, he felt that Ningfa had undergone an astonishing change.

Ning Fa smiled and shook his head. Just as he was about to speak, he seemed to realize something and suddenly looked up towards the northeast, his expression becoming solemn.

He quickly said, "Fellow Daoist Ni Huo, more than a thousand miles to the northeast, one of the armies of Tianque City is retreating this way, but the situation looks very bad. I will go ahead first."

Before he finished speaking, Ning Fa had already transformed into a dazzling sword light and sped off in the northeast direction, with Tianbao Immortal Merchant following closely behind.

In a short time, Ning Fa and Tianbao Xian Shang arrived 1,800 miles away.

Looking into the distance, one could see a series of enormous spirit ships, each at least tens of meters tall, sailing through the air ahead. These ships were covered in wounds, clearly having been through a fierce battle.

Ning Fa scanned the spirit ships with his divine sense and found many human cultivators, most of whom were wounded, as well as a considerable number of mortals.

As Ningfa flew further forward, he saw that the spirit ships behind him were no longer so safe, as they were all entangled by varying numbers of sea monster and demon cultivators.

Some spirit ships even had to stop, and the cultivators on board flew out to fight these alien races, creating an extremely chaotic scene.

Ning Fa casually dealt with the alien cultivators he encountered on the road. At this moment, he sensed the movement ahead, and his expression immediately became solemn.

With a thought, Xiao Bing and Hei Yu appeared in a flash of light.

At Ningfa's command, the two pounced on the sea monster cultivators like tigers among sheep.

Lan Dian is still on Xuan Ning Island, and she has not yet finished refining the drop of Qilin true blood she absorbed.

Baili Ming was also left behind by Ning Fa to oversee Xuan Ning Island.

On one hand, he needed to recover his soul power; on the other hand, Ning Fa was also secretly on guard against Luo Feixuan.

Although the two are now allies, he has a lot of relatives on the island and has to be careful.

Ning Fa called out to Tianbao Immortal Merchant and flew towards the sky above.

A thousand feet away, another fierce battle is raging.

Ning Fa scanned the area with his divine sense and couldn't help but show a slight surprise.

Several miles away, the howling wind and thunder could be heard incessantly.

Four deep blue tornadoes, seemingly reaching the sky and connecting the earth, rose from the ground, trapping the four cultivators within them. Countless sharp wind blades shot out from these tornadoes.

In addition, a layer of dark blue thunderclouds filled the high sky, from which thunderbirds, each about ten feet in size, would occasionally fly out.

Their wings, claws, and sharp beaks spewed out incredibly powerful dark blue arcs of electricity as they swooped down on the four of them, squealing strangely.

The four trapped individuals were not ordinary cultivators; the magical treasures they unleashed were all extremely powerful.

In particular, a jade bowl with ink plum blossom patterns and an ancient seal with five colors were clearly two powerful spiritual treasures, which was why they were able to barely withstand this amazing attack.

However, the four of them were already pale, clearly having exhausted their magical power. Although they did not show much panic, they were all extremely solemn.

Ning Fa knew all four of them.

One of the young men, dressed in a silver-white robe and looking only in his twenties or thirties, but with eyes full of vicissitudes, was none other than Wuxin Jushi, the second elder of the Tianyan Sect.

Another beautiful middle-aged woman with long hair piled high and a delicate face was Madam Min, the third elder of the Tianyan Sect.

There was also a middle-aged scholar with a long beard, who was none other than the fourth elder of the Tianyan Sect, Master Kongqing.

Besides Elder Qing Hong, three other great cultivators from the Tianyan Sect were also present.

Besides, there was a woman dressed in a scarlet dress with a beautiful face. Ning Fa was very familiar with this woman; she was Su Wanwan, the treasure girl he had met when he first came to Thunder Sea.

Because this woman possessed both Water and Fire Golden Cores, she had difficulty forming a Nascent Soul. It was Ning Fa who helped her shatter her cores and form a Nascent Soul before participating in the Heavenly Melting Fire Swamp, in exchange for Su Wanwan helping him find some spiritual items he needed.

After that, Ning Fa lost all contact with Su Wanwan. He never expected to meet her again here.

Moreover, in a short period of time, this woman's cultivation level has already risen to the mid-stage of the Nascent Soul realm, and is even at the peak of the mid-stage, only one step away from the late stage.

But given her mysterious origins and the endless stream of treasures, it doesn't seem strange, and her strength is probably beyond that of others of the same level.

The other three are all great cultivators, with Master Wuxin even approaching the level of a top-tier great cultivator.

Even so, the four of them, working together, could only struggle to defend against the attack of a single opponent.

On the other side stood a handsome young man dressed in a dark blue robe, with sharp features and a body crackling with countless blue arcs of electricity like lightning snakes.

In addition, he was surrounded by a series of incredibly sharp, deep blue wind blades.

Although he was not tall, his imposing and powerful spiritual pressure was like a cloak of the sky, and his aura was extremely astonishing.

This was clearly a Nascent Soul cultivator.

He stood with his hands behind his back, looking at the four people with a mocking expression, like a cat playing with a mouse.

At this moment, he seemed to realize something and suddenly turned around to look in the direction where Ning Fa was.

His aggressive gaze first swept over Ning Fa, then immediately turned to Tianbao Immortal Merchant beside Ning Fa, his sword-like eyebrows furrowing slightly.

Clearly, this person was no stranger to Tianbao.

Ning Fa looked at the man with a solemn expression. He recognized him, or rather, he knew who this demon was.

Before this, Wen Yuchen had already shared with him the known information about the Nascent Soul cultivators of the two sea demon races, as well as other high-level information.

The main base of the sea race is in the Nine Dragons Sea. Although there are sea races in other cultivation worlds, they are not large-scale.

As for the demon race, just like the human race, there are sizable branches of the demon race in several major cultivation worlds.

There are three main branches.

The first branch is the demon race of the Nine Dragons Sea, which established the Demon Court and currently has five Nascent Soul demon cultivators.

This doesn't even include the Ice Sea Demon Clan, who have always been independent and haven't interfered in the conflicts of the Nine Dragons Sea.

In addition, there is the Yun Duan Demon Clan, located between the Cangyuan and Daqin cultivation worlds. Although its strength is slightly weaker than that of the Jiulonghai Demon Clan, it also has three Nascent Soul cultivators guarding it, so it should not be underestimated.

The other branch is the Myriad Demon Sea, located in the Tianwu Immortal Cultivation World, which also has at least three Nascent Soul demon cultivators.

Like Qingyao Fairy, who once helped Ningfa, her ancestral home, the Heavenly Fox Clan—Qingqiu Sea, is located there.

Without a doubt, the Nine Dragons Sea Demon Clan is the strongest branch of the demon race in the human realm.

The imposing demon cultivator before them was one of the five Nascent Soul stage demon cultivators of the Nine Dragons Sea Demon Court.

His name is Yingxiao.

He advanced to the Nascent Soul stage seven hundred years ago, making him the last of the five Nascent Soul demon cultivators in the Demon Court to achieve this stage. However, his strength remained firmly in the top three, second only to Qu Laoyao and Ao Sheng, two powerful demon cultivators who had long been famous.

Even in the evaluation of the Tian Shu Alliance, Ying Xiao's strength is not far from those two great demons, and he may even surpass them in the future.

These two are already Nascent Soul cultivators who have roamed the human realm for thousands of years.

One of them is the Suanni, a mythical beast of heaven and earth.

The other one is equally impressive; he is the patriarch of the Jiaolong clan, one of the most powerful demon beast clans in the human realm.

This shows that the Tian Shu Alliance held Ying Xiao in high regard and was extremely wary of him.

Because its true form is extremely rare—the Sky-Splitting Thunder Owl.

It possesses the great supernatural power of wind and thunder by nature, and it is difficult for even a demon beast of the same level to find an opponent, let alone a cultivator of the same level.

In an attempt to eliminate this major threat, the Tian Shu Alliance once devised a plan to lure it out, but even with Xuan Yi Divine Lord's personal intervention, it still managed to escape.

This also made the demon extremely hate the human race, and he committed acts of massacring entire cities, resulting in the deaths of countless humans at his hands.

He was also a representative of the radical faction in the Demon Court. Since he advanced to the Nascent Soul stage, the friction between the Demon Court and the human race has increased significantly.

When the four trapped Wuxin Jushi saw Ning Fa and Tianbao Xianshang arrive, they were overjoyed. Unfortunately, they were blocked by the tornado and could not come over to join Ning Fa, nor could they even transmit their voices.

Ning Fa's expression hardened slightly, and he said to Tianbao Xianshang in a deep voice, "Fellow Daoist Tianbao, go and support them over there. I'll deal with this demon."

Meanwhile, five hundred miles ahead, another fierce battle was raging.

There, seven Nascent Soul cultivators of the human race were fighting against a charming and alluring woman in a green dress.

This woman exuded a soaring demonic aura; she was none other than Bai Ning, one of the demon cultivators who had transformed into a Nascent Soul in the Demon Court. Her true form was a Azure Water Serpent.

Although there are many Nascent Soul cultivators among the human race there, there are only two Grand Masters and only one Spirit Treasure.

Therefore, even though Bai Ning, a Nascent Soul demon cultivator, did not use any powerful divine abilities, the situation on that side was already extremely precarious.

Upon hearing this, Tianbao Immortal Merchant looked at Ning Fa and said calmly, "Are you sure?"

Ning Fa let out a light breath, his eyes gleaming with fierce fighting spirit.

"I'm also eager to know my current strength. This demon in front of me is a suitable opponent. Even if I can't beat him, I should be able to escape without any problem."

Tianbao Immortal Merchant nodded and said calmly, "Don't forget, I will receive extra compensation for this battle. I'll tell you the exact amount after we fight."

With that, he vanished in a flash.

Ying Xiao immediately sensed that Tianbao Immortal Merchant was heading towards another battle group. He was stunned at first, and then flew into a rage.

His sharp eyes were fixed on Ning Fa, and he said coldly, "I haven't encountered a human cultivator as arrogant as you in a long time."

It seems he has only just advanced to the late stage of the cultivation realm and is already arrogant and ignorant, daring to compete with us Nascent Soul cultivators, especially since he is a lightning cultivator.

"Hmph, don't think that just because you're only at the Nascent Soul stage, you've met your match even if you've advanced to the Deity Transformation stage!"

Ying Xiao looked arrogant.

What the world doesn't know is that although the Sky-Splitting Thunder Owl possesses both wind and thunder attributes, it will face a major decision when advancing to the Nascent Soul stage: which attribute to focus on.

Therefore, any enhanced or newly acquired innate abilities will be of this attribute, determining one's future path.

Ying Xiao did not hesitate to choose to focus on the lightning attribute, which is also the usual choice of high-ranking members of the Sky-Splitting Thunder Owl clan.

As a result, Ying Xiao was extremely lucky and comprehended several extremely powerful lightning-attribute innate abilities.

Not only is its power astonishing, but it is also extremely effective against other lightning-attribute demonic beasts or human cultivators.

But in reality, although Ying Xiao spoke dismissively, there was a hint of surprise and doubt in his eyes.

For some reason, he felt uneasy when facing Ning Fa, or more accurately, he felt like he was facing a natural enemy.

He hadn't felt this way since he achieved success in his cultivation, and now he was actually sensing it in a Nascent Soul stage human, which was beyond his comprehension.

But then he snorted coldly and suddenly grabbed with his right hand.

Amidst the sounds of wind and thunder, the void around Ning Fa's body experienced a violent fluctuation.

A massive, deep blue claw, over ten feet long, ripped through the air, accompanied by howling winds and crackling lightning. The claw seemed to be formed from a combination of lightning and wind blades condensed to their ultimate form.

With its fierce grasp, deep black cracks were torn into the void.

Faced with the astonishing attack from the Nascent Soul cultivator, Ning Fa remained calm, and his entire being even seemed to possess a crystalline clarity.

Without him making any sword gestures, the Heavenly Calamity Sword automatically split into five, swirling and circling around him, releasing layers of sword energy as it rapidly rotated. In an instant, it condensed into a five-colored lotus flower of sword energy, enveloping him within it.

The deep blue giant claw slashed down, striking the lotus flower of sword energy, creating a resounding clang of metal against metal, and sparks of spiritual light scattered everywhere.

For a moment, the attack of this Nascent Soul demon cultivator was unable to break through the defense of the sword energy lotus.

Upon seeing this, Ying Xiao's expression darkened, and he changed the hand seals.

The deep blue giant claw suddenly contracted and expanded, releasing hundreds of thick arcs of electricity like thunder pythons, exuding a violent and destructive intent, as it devoured the sword-qi lotus flower.

But the next moment, a layer of five-colored lightning suddenly appeared on the surface of the sword-qi lotus.

Immediately afterwards, those raging lightning pythons disappeared into the five-colored lightning as if they had been thrown into the sea, without even making a ripple.

Seeing this, Ying Xiao was dumbfounded and didn't even continue his attack for a moment.

The scene before him was somewhat overturning his understanding.

Moreover, as the two fought, the feeling of being Ning Fa's natural enemy grew stronger, which made his face darken.

(End of this chapter)