“Boom-Boom-Boom-Boom…..” The Thunder Tribulation finally turned berserk from anger; the already powerful descending Lightning Arcs no longer remained nine, but instead turned into 36.
The wave of descending Lightning Arcs was like the raging sea, which fell from the Void in the form of a Thunder Waterfall.
Ning Cheng did not feel any sadness or happiness in the face of it; he knew that the Lightning Arcs had already targeted him. Since it already had its aim on him, then that was it. He would let this Rootless Black City’s City Master taste his, Ning Cheng’s, Tribulation Thunder. At this point, he did not feel fear; instead, he even happily attacked the descending Thunder Waterfall.
Xu Kai experienced a dramatic change of expression. He had never seen such a terrifying Thunder Tribulation. In the face of such a Thunder Tribulation, how could he dare to distract himself by even half a bit? His Heaven Terminating Dual Needles’ white light ripples, which were initially heading towards Ning Cheng, instantly retracted before shooting towards the descending Thunder Waterfall.
“Boom-Boom-Boom….”
“Ka-Ka-Ka….”
All kinds of tearing explosion sounds rang out within this piece of the Void. There were no more Spacial Wind Edges or even meteorites streaking anywhere near to this location; in any case, in the face of these kinds of terrifying explosions, anything and everything would turn to dust within its fury.
“Kacha….” Xu Kai’s secondary armour finally cracked open, while his shield also turned into flying ash.
The wild Thunder Waterfall and the Thunder Tribulation Arcs that descended onto Xu Kai’s Heaven Terminating Dual Needles’ ripples caused them to curl up into dim lights one after another. It looked just like the water vapour on the surface of a lake in the early morning, enveloping them in its entirety.
“Poof-Poof….” A few mouthfuls of blood gushed out, while Xu Kai no longer had a single unfazed area over his body. Even if it were he, trying to block such a terrifying Thunder Waterfall on top of the Tribulation Arcs, was something he found extremely dangerous.
“That crafty bastard…..” Xu Kai cursed angrily in his heart while he once again coughed up a mouthful of blood.
Ning Cheng fared much better compared to him; that was because Ning Cheng possessed an Everlasting Blue Thunder City. Along with his Thunder Spiritual Root, he could actually absorb the Thunder Source to improve upon his cultivation.
When the 36 Lightning Arcs along with the Thunder Waterfall finally weakened, Xu Kai’s imposing momentum once again rose.
Seeing that the next wave of the Thunder Tribulation has not yet descended, Xu Kai’s eyes flashed with extreme ferociousness; his Heaven Terminating Dual Needles merged into the Void, while he gave out a crazy shout, “Little beast, give me death…..”
“Boom-Boom-Boom….” Just as Xu Kai’s Heaven Terminating Dual Needles were about to strike Ning Cheng, numerous Thunder Tribulation Arcs along with another Thunder Waterfall once again descended.
Ning Cheng shot out with the Nirvana Spear in his hand and spoke to Xu Kai with disdain, “You haven’t seen this grandpa facing his tribulation. Did you really think that the two waves of these Thunder Tribulation Arcs would be as far apart as when you faced your tribulations before? Idiot…..”
“Bang…..” Ning Cheng’s Nirvana Spear struck just above the white rippling lights of the Heaven Terminating Dual Needles; using the powerful counterforce generated, Ning Cheng instantly pulled away.
Only, he moved towards the centre of the Lightning Arcs, causing the wild and violent Lightning Arcs to once again descend onto Ning Cheng’s back.
“Ka-Ka….” Xu Kai felt as if his five viscera and six bowels had blasted open under the impact over those explosive Thunder Tribulation Arcs; even his second more-powerful shield had turned into ashes. Under the fury of this terrifying Thunder Tribulation, he had no means to block it. Moreover, his Heaven Terminating Dual Needles were still in the midst of attacking Ning Cheng.
By the time he recalled his Heaven Terminating Dual Needles, he had also noticed that Ning Cheng’s strength had once again soared. The next moment, the long spear in Ning Cheng’s hand thundered towards his glabella along with another wave of Thunder Waterfall.
This little beast unexpectedly advanced to the 8th Level of Sea Opening Realm under his Thunder Tribulation. This caused Xu kai’s heart to quake with extreme anger. Although there were still numerous dense Thunder Tribulation Arcs shooting towards Ning Cheng, he could not feel the slightest joy within his heart.
“Kacha…..” The Heaven Terminating Dual Needles, under the furious onslaught of the Thunder Tribulation Arcs and the Thunder Waterfall, finally cracked apart. This caused a thick swath of Thunder Waterfall to land directly upon Xu Kai’s body, causing half of Xu kai’s body to disintegrate.
At the same time, Xu Kai also saw a swath of Thunder Waterfall descending onto Ning Cheng’s shoulder. However, Ning Cheng did not experience a similar outcome to him. All he saw were some exposed white bones.
This fellow not only possessed a Thunder Spiritual Root and that Thunder City’s shadow to resist the descending Tribulation Arcs, he even was a Body Forging Cultivator.
Xu Kai’s heart sank; at this moment, he regretted coming out to seek revenge against Ning Cheng. He should have first advanced, before heading out to kill Ning Cheng.
“Bang, Ka….” Several more Thunder Tribulation Arcs and another Thunder Waterfall descended. Xu Kai crazily stimulated his cracked Heaven Terminating Dual Needles to try to block this wave of attack. He could feel the shackles over his body were about to break. As long as he could get through this wave of Thunder Tribulation, he would advance directly. At that time, even if there were several Ning Chengs, it would not be enough to kill him.
“Bang…..” Just as the Lightning Arcs and Thunder Waterfall descended onto Xu Kai’s weapon, Xu Kai felt his entire body shake. The cultivation shackles over his body suddenly shattered while a powerful force crazily started to manifest in him.
This kind of feeling could not be described with words; Xu Kai’s eyes flashed with a hot light, he knew that he finally succeeded in advancing just in time. He also unexpectedly did not have to face any Heart Devils.
As long as he had three breaths of time to recover, he could then easily breeze through the rest of this Thunder Tribulation and then kill Ning Cheng.
However, not to mention three breaths, he could not even enjoy a single breath of time. At the very moment of his advancement, when his True Essence had not yet fully transformed, the Nirvana Spear arrived right in front of his glabella.
What he saw was a matchlessly terrifying Spear Intent with a nearly skeletal-body covered in blood behind it. At this moment, the barely skeletal-body was holding the rod-shaped Nirvana Spear while shooting towards his glabella. Xu Kai’s will reached an all-time low. He had just advanced, only to find himself at death’s door. This level of despair caused an incomparable hatred to manifest within his heart.
“Poof…..” Xu Kai clearly heard the sound of his head bursting open and even saw the eruption of the bloody mist.
In the end, he actually died at the hands of an ant in the Sea Opening Realm; it was something that made him feel irreconcilable.
Chapter 0468 – Achieving Crucible Transformation
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Ji Luofei held onto Ning Cheng, who seemed almost on the verge of dying while looking around for a Void Island. Even with the help provided from the Thunder Tribulation, the price Ning Cheng had to pay for killing Xu Kai was just too huge. She had never seen Ning Cheng with such severe injuries.
Fortunately, there was still Ji Luofei by his side. Moreover, Ji Luofei was also a Crucible Transformation Cultivator. Although she couldn’t traverse the Void as quickly as Ning Cheng could; however, she di
d not face many problems while saving Ning Cheng.
It took the entirety of ten days for Ning Cheng to make a full recovery. Although he was not afraid of the Thunder Tribulation, that Thunder Tribulation was indeed quite frightening. Even after advancing to the 8th Level of the Sea Opening Realm, he still suffered substantial injuries.
“You were a bit reckless this time.” Ji Luofei chose not to focus on her cultivation during this time and decided to accompany by Ning Cheng’s side. However, she still felt scared when she thought back to Ning Cheng’s injuries.
Ning Cheng smiled, “Fortunately, I chose to attack at that moment. Otherwise, if we waited for Xu Kai to finish crossing his tribulation, perhaps it might have turned out more unfortunate for us than fortunate. This person indeed was quite powerful. Ordinary cultivators at the Plundering Life Realm definitely can’t match up to him. It was no wonder that he possessed the title of ‘Foremost Expert’ within the Rootless Black City.”
“What should we do now? Are we going back to the Rootless Black City? Although the Laws of the Void are formidable in this area, the area itself is quite unstable.” Ji Luofei had patrolled the surrounding Void for a good while, while Ning Cheng recovered. This allowed her to obtain a more thorough understanding of the dangers within the Void.
Ning Cheng nodded and spoke, “It is necessary to head back to the Rootless Black City. It’s just that my current cultivation is still too low. First, let’s see if there are any good things in the storage rings of that father and son pair.”
Ning Cheng then took out Xu Liangzhi’s ring and opened it. Seeing the tens of millions of Black Coins inside, Ning Cheng gave out a sigh filled with emotions. He counted them all and found that there was just a little more than 100 million Black Coins. While there were also vast and numerous piles of Spirit Stones, even heaps of Black Essence Ores along with stacks of different Refining Materials and Spirit Grasses for Alchemy inside this ring.
A True Artefact was something rare for an ordinary Crucible Transformation Cultivator. However, there were at least a dozen True Artefacts in Xu Liangzhi’s ring.
However, Ning Cheng’s sights were set very high. None among the artefacts caught Ning Cheng’s eyes. He put away some of the relatively useful alchemy materials and handed the rest to Ji Luofei. However, since Ji Luofei obtained her weapon from Meng Jingxiu, whose quality was a full grade higher than Ning Cheng’s Cosmic True Devil Axes, it was quite apparent that she also did not take a liking to any of the True Artefacts inside.
What Ning Cheng cared the most about was Xu Kai’s storage ring. Xu Kai was the foremost expert of the Rootless Black City; therefore, he should possess many good things.
Ning Cheng quickly ground out the restrictions over the storage ring; however, what made Ning Cheng a little doubtful was that he did not see even a single Black Coin within Xu Kai’s storage ring. It did not also have many weapons. However, Ning Cheng had an idea as to what might have happened to his weapons. He had seen Xu Kai wasting many of his weapons to resist his Thunder Tribulation.
In Xu Kai’s ring, in addition to a few bottles of pills and a sizable pile of Spirit Stones, the most eye-catching object was a pile of blue coloured ore.
Was this the Blue Essence Ore? Ning Cheng felt the waves of energy spilling out of these ores and immediately made a conclusion that these were indeed Blue Essence Ores.
How many Blue Coins could one exchange for this much of Blue Essence Ore? This Xu Kai really turned out to be quite wealthy. His wealth was something that others could not even imagine.
This allowed Ning Cheng to feel somewhat satisfied with the harvest this time. His Spiritual Consciousness then grabbed several jade boxes and brought them out. Raising his hand to open one of the jade boxes, he found a glittering crystal overflowing with mighty Spiritual Qi.
Ning Cheng almost called out in surprise. This crystal stone was exactly what he wanted. Meng Jingxiu had given him three of such stones that helped him in advancing in the shortest possible time. Initially, he felt that these crystal stones were difficult to obtain; he never expected that he would actually end up with these many of them once again.
As Ning Cheng counted, he found that there were 12 intact crystal stones inside.
No wonder Xu Kai possessed such dominant cultivation; moreover, could break through from the Plundering Life Realm this early. That was because this fellow actually owned this kind of Crystal Stones; however, he just did not know from where this fellow obtained these Crystal Stones.
In addition to this, there were also several jade strips containing different Cultivation Methods and Magical Skills. There were even a dozen Transmission Array Talismans, this allowed Ning Cheng to understand how Xu Kai had arrived near to him this quickly. This fellow had actually laid out a few concealed Transmission Arrays within the Void. Once he encountered something urgent, he could use them to reach an approximate position near to his destination in the shortest possible time.
Teleportation within the Void was extremely dangerous; however, for an expert on the level of Xu Kai, he could still block the dangers from a distance.
However, in Ning Cheng’s eyes, these Crystal Stone were the most precious objects.
“Luofei, prepare to go into seclusion. After I advance to the Crucible Transformation Realm, we will then return to the Rootless Black City.” Ning Cheng made a decision instantly.
If he returned to the Rootless Black City now, no one would dare to speak half a word against him. However, his strength was still a limitation. Once there was a conflict of interest, people would always come to find trouble with him. As such, he might as well wait until his cultivation advanced once again before heading back to the Rootless Black City.
Besides, Ning Cheng also had some other plans that he wanted to accomplish. However, without possessing the necessary strength, he would not be able to achieve it.
Ji Luofei could still use Spirit Stones for her cultivation, while Ning Cheng chose to use the Crystal Stones for his cultivation during the seclusion. Spirit Stones to him had a minimal effect anyway and took a long time.
After cultivation with the help of Spirit Stones for a brief period, Ning Cheng switched to the Crystal Stones to aid in his cultivation once again. The process of rapidly absorbing and transmuting the Spirit Qi caused Ning Cheng to feel extreme comfort. This level of cultivation speed was what he was looking for.
In just a month’s time, Ning Cheng advanced from the 8th Level of the Sea Opening Realm to the 9th Level of Sea Opening Realm. Three months later, Ning Cheng’s cultivation had finally reached the Great Circle of the 9th Level of Sea Opening Realm.
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The Rootless Black City, by now, had sunk into a strange atmosphere. Four months ago, the Junior City Master teamed up with more than a hundred people along with a cultivator in the Plundering Life Realm to go out and look for the Black Essence Mine. However, there was no news from them since then.
Three months ago, the Rootless Black City’s City Master Xu Kai suddenly turned furious and rushed out of the Rootless Black City. From the words left behind by him, many people judged that Junior City Master Xu Liangzhi had perished. They even speculated that it was the arrogant newcomer, Ning Cheng, who killed Xu Liangzhi. The very same person who demolished the Silver Thunder Chamber of Commerce.
Now four months have passed by, while there was not a single new movement from the City Master’s Mansion. Not to mention about Ning Cheng or the Junior City Master returning, there was also no news about the City Master Xu Kai after he went out.
The places Ning Cheng secured were still there, while Ning Cheng’s Immortal Cave also remained untouched. Nobody dared to go there anyway. Even if there were all kinds of speculations running rampant all around, no one would speak them out in the open.
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“Boom-Boom….” The thunderbolts roared, while Ning Cheng stood unarmed within the Void, allowing the innumerable Lightning Arcs and the Thunder Waterfall to descend onto him.
/> Not only did he not bring out his Everlasting Blue Thunder City’s shadow, he even chose not to bring out his Nirvana Spear or his 36 Cosmic True Devil Axes.
Almost 60% of the descending violent Lightning Arcs ended up absorbed by him, while the rest of the Lightning Arcs, besides being used for quenching his corporeal body, could not bring about even half a bit of injury to him.
Ning Cheng knew why such a thing was happening. When he and Xu Kai were fighting under the Thunder Tribulation, the descending Thunder Tribulation was a lot stronger compared to the one he was facing right now. If he could pass through that kind of a mighty Thunder Tribulation, then he could definitely overcome this tribulation. Moreover, at this time, his cultivation had also improved; therefore, this level of Thunder Tribulation felt somewhat insignificant to him.
“Ka-Ka…” Intermittent crackling and popping sounds emerged as if his skeleton had reached a critical point before an advancement.
Ning Cheng felt pleasantly surprised. Currently submerged within the Thunder Tribulation to advance to the Crucible Transformation Realm; never had he imagined that before he advanced to the Crucible Transformation Realm, it would be his Body Forging that would experience a breakthrough. As long as the descending Thunder Tribulation remained strong, he would directly advance to having a Rank 6 Imperial Body.
After feeling that his Thunder Tribulation’s intensity might not be strong enough, Ning Cheng brought out his Nirvana Spear without any hesitation before shooting towards the descending Thunder Tribulation. At the same time, his powerful Spear Intent shot towards a Thunder Tribulation Arc aimed at him.
“Boom… Ka…..” The Thunder Tribulation was once again enraged. Violent Thunder Waterfalls, mixed with some Thunder Spheres started to descend, causing Ning Cheng to instantly find himself submerged within a bluish flash. Ji Luofei, who was watching the descending Thunder Tribulation from a distance, felt even more frightened as she unconsciously took a step back. She knew that nothing she did would help Ning Cheng. Despite anxiety filling her heart, it was useless at this moment.
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