Chapter 72

This bottle contains white mist extracted from a corpse, in a gaseous form. Once it touches the body, it will rapidly erode it until it turns into a puddle of water! Even the Great Master, who has reached the pinnacle of innate cultivation, must rely on an antidote to survive. The young man before him is clearly weaker in strength, and according to his understanding, Young Master Ji Ning has only recently broken through to the innate stage.

"No matter how talented you are, even a divine body cultivated by gods and demons is far inferior to mine. If even I can't withstand it, you are certain to die," the man in black robes said, looking forward to it.

Ji Ning's expression changed. What kind of master, what kind of disciple! Previously, Ji Ning had already deduced that the Purple Mansion cultivator was likely skilled in using poisons, and the black-robed man before him was also skilled in using poisons.

As the white mist eroded, Ji Ning felt a numbness instantly spread throughout his body.

"Hold on!" The Chi Ming divine power within Ji Ning surged, and the strong vitality of his divine body also expelled the poison.

"Die!" While Ji Ning was desperately suppressing and expelling the essence of the corpse, he also flapped his magical feather wings, which whistled and flew out, directly attacking the black-robed man lying on the ground. Regardless of whether he could expel the essence of the corpse, he must first kill the person before him. Otherwise, if he died from the poison and the other party was still alive, it would be a great injustice!

"Ha ha ha, the more you struggle, the faster you die." The black-robed man also held a hexagonal staff, stomping the ground with a loud thud, causing the earth to tremble with each step, clearly using all his strength. "Die!" He raised the hexagonal staff high, as if a mountain was pressing down, and smashed it towards Ji Ning.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Ji Ning, relying on the Wind Wing Escape Technique, moved like a ghost, transforming into a curve and attacking the black-robed man from the side.

"Kill! Kill! Kill!" Ji Ning pounced, and the black-robed man's staff naturally changed direction to meet Ji Ning. They had already fought multiple times and understood each other's fears. The black-robed man was powerful, while Ji Ning's sword techniques were profound and he was skilled with dual swords.

Thud!

A stone the size of a head suddenly flew up and, with lightning speed, struck the black-robed man's head. Because the distance was too close, and the stone flew out from behind him... the black-robed man had no eyes on his back, and by the time he faintly sensed the air movement, it was already too late!

"Bang!" Under Ji Ning's divine will, the stone moved astonishingly fast, as if a late-stage innate divine body cultivator had viciously and forcefully smashed it on his head.

The stone shattered.

Blood flowed from the black-robed man's head, and he staggered.

"Clang!" "Swoosh!"

Two sword lights, one blocking the hexagonal staff, the other piercing directly through the black-robed man's face, emerging from the back of his skull, carrying some brain matter and blood.

Thud!

The power contained in the hexagonal staff still forced Ji Ning to retreat several steps, and he naturally pulled out the long sword. A hole appeared in the black-robed man's forehead, which could no longer be mended. Even if it were Ji Ning, being pierced through the head would also be certain death.

"You, you..." The strong vitality of the divine body gave the black-robed man a sliver of life. He stared at Ji Ning, struggling to open his mouth, "You..."

He then fell backward, causing the ground to shake.

"Huff, huff, huff." Ji Ning stood there, his breathing somewhat disordered. He stared at the corpse before him, understanding that the other party died unwillingly and in confusion. This black-robed Great Master probably died wondering why his head was suddenly attacked from behind, and who was attacking from behind.

Divine will was Ji Ning's killing move.

Once used, if it didn't kill the enemy, the enemy could immediately escape using a talisman. At that time, even the Purple Mansion cultivator would know about his divine will technique. So, if he used it, he must kill the enemy.

Previously, Ji Ning had been constantly fighting with him, but because he was poisoned, Ji Ning couldn't afford to delay, so he used his divine will to control the stone.

Their strength was almost equal, and in a life-and-death battle, even the slightest mistake could be fatal. The stone, with its immense force, struck the head, completely disrupting the black-robed man's staff technique, and naturally, he couldn't defend against Ji Ning's unpredictable sword technique. The result was that Ji Ning's sword pierced through the vital part of his head.

"Ha ha ha..." Ji Ning laughed, raising his head and howling, "Come on, I'll kill one by one, as many as there are! Ha ha ha..."

At this moment, Ji Ning was incredibly mad.

Trapped in a desperate situation, with his clan members also in trouble and their chances of survival slim, Ji Ning naturally became even more mad. Killing a powerful enemy was incredibly satisfying.

The ground was riddled with gullies and deep pits, and broken stones were everywhere. After all, Ji Ning's sword techniques had invoked the power of heaven and earth, and the other party was also incredibly powerful, leaving the surroundings in ruins.

"Poison?" Ji Ning already felt the essence of the corpse being gradually expelled by his Chi Ming divine power and the natural vitality of his body. "It seems it can't do anything to my divine body."

Ji Ning was different from the black-robed Great Master.

The black-robed man couldn't withstand the poison... but Ji Ning practiced the first method of divine body cultivation, and his Chi Ming divine power was born from the fusion of the Yin and Yang forces. His divine body was also nurtured by the true fire of the sun and the true water of the moon, making it fundamentally stronger than other divine bodies.

"This black-robed man is clearly much stronger than the previous one, and he probably holds a high position in this organization. He might know some secrets about the array." Ji Ning searched the black-robed Great Master's body, but unfortunately...

The Purple Mansion cultivator himself was not skilled in array techniques, only setting up arrays according to the book. Ji Ning naturally couldn't find any information about the maze array from his disciple.

"However, he has quite a few talismans and jars." Ji Ning also collected them, but he didn't have time to check the jars. First, he didn't dare to pull the stoppers to avoid poisoning, and second, even if he looked, he wouldn't understand. He needed to focus on studying array techniques to improve his own array skills and break through the array as soon as possible.

******

Inside the mountain's belly.

Six elegantly dressed men and women were following the Great Master's orders, tormenting these innate beings.

"Ha ha, with my Great Master's move, that Young Master Ji Ning is certain to die."

"Listen to what the Great Master said inside the array. That Young Master Ji Ning seems to be just a teenager? Xiao Qi, you are almost thirty, right? Is that Young Master Ji Ning younger than you?" The six men and women spoke to each other.

Not far away, a bald man bound and covered in wounds roared, "Young Master Ji Ning of the Ji clan is probably only eleven or twelve years old. Comparing yourself to him is like comparing an earthworm to a celestial dragon!"

"Shut up." A servant immediately took a branding iron and burned him.

"Six fools! Still comparing yourself to Young Master Ji Ning!"

"You are so far behind."

"Ha ha ha, almost thirty, still comparing yourself to Young Master Ji Ning, it makes my stomach hurt."

The nearly a hundred innate beings from Yan Mountain all shouted and mocked.

"Hit, hit them." The six men and women all shouted angrily.

Suddenly—

"Come on, I'll kill one by one, as many as there are! Ha ha ha..." The mad voice was filled with hysteria and extreme madness.

"What." The six men and women all changed their expressions.

They were sure it wasn't the Great Master's voice, so it could only be the voice of the trapped Young Master Ji Ning.

"Could the Great Master...?" They were all panicked. The Great Master was undoubtedly the strongest among them, and even without using many underhanded methods, he was extremely powerful.

"Great Master!"

"Great Master!"

The six men and women all shouted outside, but their Great Master did not answer.

"Want to find your Great Master? Go to the netherworld." A wild and arrogant voice came from a distance.

"The Great Master is dead." The six men and women looked at each other, their eyes filled with shock.

"Killed by a twelve-year-old boy."

"Only twelve, and he could kill our Great Master? Is there such a prodigy? There isn't even such a prodigy in our sect. Perhaps only the top clans with immortals can have such a prodigy." The six men and women were stunned, as they had seen great scenes.

Their sect was also a major sect.

But they had never seen someone so strong at twelve.

"Click, click, click..." The iron plates on the ground in the center of the mountain's belly began to rotate, revealing a dark and deep hole. A faint green light could be seen at the entrance, and the cold air made the six men and women shiver.

"Kan'er!" The shrill voice trembled, "That Ji Ning killed Kan'er, he must die, must die!!!"

The six men and women were all trembling, and the servants were trembling with fear, not knowing what the old ancestor would do when he was angry.

"That Ji Ning is only twelve? What a prodigy. If he weren't an enemy, I would definitely recommend him to the sect. But he killed Kan'er! He must die!" The shrill voice was full of anger, "Xiao Qi, come in."

"Come in?" The handsome young man was startled.

He had never been to the secret room at the bottom of the mountain's belly; it was a forbidden area.

"Come in quickly." The shrill voice was full of anger.

"Yes." The handsome young man didn't dare to hesitate, swallowed, and walked to the dark hole, leaping into it.