Chapter 97

Even though Ji Ning had sensed something amiss and used the Wind-Wing Escape Technique to retreat rapidly, he still felt the endless shockwave hit his back, causing him to tumble and fly out, creating a large, deep pit in the ground. ([])

"Ji Ning, are you alright?"

"Ji Ning."

From a distance, Ji Jiuhuo and the other two quickly flew over, looking worriedly at the large, deep pit. In the pit, Ji Ning was deeply embedded, his blood staining the surroundings, and even the magical treasure wings on his back were twisted. However, Ji Ning, who was deeply embedded, quickly began to recover, and he extended one hand, supporting himself and soon stood up.

"I'm fine," Ji Ning said hoarsely, his throat affected by the previous impact. As he stood up from the deep pit, the shocking wounds on his back rapidly healed, and the terrifying injuries all over his body were completely mended in the blink of an eye, without even a scar. Ji Ning's magical treasure armor automatically transformed into the style of the beast skin cut by his mother.

This left Ji Jiuhuo and the other three somewhat amazed. This was what they, the cultivators of the Qi Refinement path, most envied about the divine body cultivators.

If it were them, they would have been dead long ago!

"The explosion of the Zifu Lake is truly terrifying," Ji Ning exclaimed.

To cultivate the Zifu and become an Immortal, the Zifu is like a lake storing liquefied essence energy. This Zifu Lake is the foundation! Just as a fruit tree needs a plot of land to bear fruit, cultivators need the Zifu Lake to achieve the Ten Thousand Phenomena and even the Yuan Shen. This is the foundation. Zifu cultivators will continuously accumulate essence energy, making the lake even more vast...

However, once this accumulated essence energy is detonated, the first to be killed is oneself, followed by others.

"This is why the three of us dared not approach. You dared to approach because you are a divine body cultivator," Ji Jiuhuo said.

"Powerful," Ji Ning said softly.

"The vitality of divine body cultivators is even more powerful," Aunt Ying said hoarsely.

...

In another place.

In the Eight Trigram Blood Dragon Array, the blood-colored dragon shadows were moving around. In the center, Dong Ziqi, bathed in blood-colored light, had a dark face, his eyes filled with boundless killing intent. He longed to rush out and kill. However, the cowards of the Ji Clan did not dare to appear before him.

"Little Sister! Senior Brother Ziqi, take revenge for us. Destroy the Ji Clan!!!" A shrill voice suddenly sounded, followed by a loud noise.

Musi, who was sitting cross-legged, opened his eyes, his eyes filled with sorrow: "Brother He and Sister He are dead."

"Dead, and they even detonated their Zifu Lake, driven to the brink," Dong Ziqi said hoarsely, his eyes filled with anger. He, Dong Ziqi, had been driven to this point, and by a small clan like the Ji Clan. This made Dong Ziqi's face even more twisted. He suddenly howled, "I, Dong Ziqi, swear to destroy the Ji Clan! I must...!"

"Must destroy the Ji Clan! Must!!!"

Ji Ning's face changed slightly as he felt the madness and killing intent in these words. Ji Jiuhuo, standing beside him, said coldly, "We didn't kill them, but if we don't hand over the Minister's Order, they will still destroy our entire Ji Clan! If they want to kill us, they must be prepared to be killed by us. Now, they are just howling like cowards."

"Let's go deal with Dong Ziqi and Musi," Aunt Ying said hoarsely, gritting her teeth.

"Alright," the old servant Awaking also responded.

Ji Ning was also filled with boundless killing intent... For these enemies who wanted to destroy the Ji Clan and left no way out for the Ji Clan, Ji Ning had no mercy at all!

"Ji Ning," Ji Jiuhuo frowned, "Go to your father immediately and help them kill Jusan."

"My father and the others?" Ji Ning was startled.

Could it be that his father Ji Yichuan and Ji Liuzhen, who were fighting against Jusan, had run into trouble?

"It's Musi," Ji Jiuhuo said anxiously. "Musi is using a spell to make a large number of vines grow wildly, spreading rapidly. They are almost reaching your father's side. Once those vines touch Jusan, Dong Ziqi and Musi will quickly join forces with Jusan! Once the three of them join forces, it will be difficult to kill them."

The fog in front of Ji Ning had already parted, forming a path.

"I'll go," Ji Ning transformed into a blur and quickly rushed over.

"We will deal with Dong Ziqi and Musi," Ji Jiuhuo looked at Aunt Ying and the old servant Awaking, "We don't expect to kill them, but we need to affect Musi... preferably making it impossible for Musi to focus on that spell. The vines have grown so large, Musi must have expended a lot of mental and essence energy."

"Alright," Aunt Ying and the old servant nodded.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

The three quickly headed toward Dong Ziqi... Ji Ning flew rapidly, even avoiding the growing vines with the Wind-Wing Escape Technique, not touching them.

Soon.

In the distance, the sound of explosions could be heard, and the fog became thinner. Ji Ning could see two figures in the distance, his father Ji Yichuan and the clan member Ji Liuzhen.

"Hmm? Father isn't using a magical treasure. Could it be that Father hasn't opened his Zifu yet?" Ji Ning noticed upon arriving that Ji Liuzhen was controlling a magical treasure to fight the burly man called Jusan, while his father Ji Yichuan was swinging his sword, sending out sword beams that flew toward the burly man Jusan. The sword beams were like entangling threads, constantly restraining Jusan.

Ji Liuzhen was the main force, while his father Ji Yichuan provided support!

"Damn it," Jusan roared.

"From the way the clan leader spoke earlier, it seemed that my father is a Zifu cultivator. But why have I never seen my father use a magical treasure?" Ji Ning was puzzled. "Even when I was attacked by the winged snake and pursued it, my father never used a magical treasure. Why is that?"

Ji Ning had asked his father before, but his father always avoided answering.

"I'll ask the clan leader after the battle," Ji Ning buried his doubts in his heart, holding a Beiming Sword in each hand. His magical treasure wings flapped, and he flew through the air.

The explosion of He's Zifu Lake had already destroyed his magical treasure wings, but fortunately, he had several of these unranked magical treasure wings.

"Father, Uncle Liuzhen! This Jusan is mine!" Ji Ning shouted and transformed into a streak of light, rushing directly toward Jusan.

Ji Yichuan and Ji Liuzhen turned to look: "Ji Ning!"

"Ha ha ha, come on over!" Jusan, who had been unable to use his strength, was overjoyed to see Ji Ning rushing toward him! He was a Zifu divine body cultivator! Divine body cultivators love close combat the most. Ji Liuzhen and the other two had always kept their distance, and Jusan, who was not skilled in movement techniques, couldn't catch up.

Being hit constantly and unable to catch up.

How painful!

Although he had cultivated Qi and opened his Zifu, he hadn't spent much effort on using magical treasures. His main focus was on close combat.

"Come on, let me see how powerful this Ji Clan genius is." Jusan had a pair of black wings behind him, which made him very agile when facing Ji Ning.

"Magical treasure wings?" Ji Ning's eyes lit up when he saw the wings behind Jusan. Most divine body cultivators have wings, making them more agile. "They should be ranked magical treasure wings. I was just worried about not having ranked magical treasure wings after breaking through to the Zifu stage."

Boom!

Boom!

One was from the Snow Dragon Mountain sect, cultivating a common divine body cultivation method, the "Great Strength Demon Entrance," but had already entered the early Zifu stage. This method, though ordinary-sounding, was much more advanced than the Ji Clan's "Future Buddha Sutra" or "Blood Demon Immortal Body" and other powerful-sounding methods. The more powerful the sect, the more humble the names of their cultivation methods.

The other was of ordinary origin, cultivating the undisputed number one divine body cultivation method of the divine body era, the "Chi Ming Nine Heavens Chart," but was only at the innate perfection level.

"Bang!" "Bang!"

Jusan held a large axe, while Ji Ning held two swords.

The moment they clashed...

It was like two young deities from ancient times fighting each other. The ground trembled, cracks appeared, and rocks flew everywhere! Both had magical treasure wings behind them, engaging in a fierce close combat, not fearing occasional injuries. Jusan often had wounds appearing on his body.

"This Jusan's axe technique is truly exquisite. The axe is large, and when used for defense, it's like a shield," Ji Ning thought.

"Ji Ning has actually entered the Zifu stage in divine body cultivation," Jusan was even more surprised. "And he uses two swords, with a profound sword technique. I've immersed myself in axe techniques for nearly a hundred years, yet I can't match his sword technique! I'm at a disadvantage everywhere..." By now, he had only left two wounds on Ji Ning, and those were in exchange for his own injuries. However, he already had over a hundred wounds on his body, all of which had naturally healed.

Ji Ning's sword technique became even more frenzied.

"Faster, faster, faster."

Ji Ning understood that his opponent was using a heavy weapon, so he had to be fast. The faster he was, the more vulnerabilities the opponent would have.

"Like the wind!"

"Like fire."

Ji Ning's left and right hands wielded different sword techniques. One sword was like the wind, elusive and mysterious, while the other was like burning flames. Both were incredibly fast, and one was strange while the other was fierce. Together, their power was multiplied!

"Faster! Even faster!" Ji Ning pressed Jusan fiercely.

Jusan was flustered.

"Huff!"

A mysterious, wind-like sword stroke glided along the edge of the axe and sliced through Jusan's waist. Blood splattered, and Jusan was cut in half.

"The opportunity has come." Ji Ning instantly entered a frenzied state.

In a flash!

In a flash!

In a flash!

Ji Ning's two swords simultaneously used this move, which was neither strange nor fierce, but just fast! Sword beams rained down on the severed Jusan, causing his body to split further. However, Jusan's head was still grinning and shouting, "A divine body cultivator isn't so easy to kill!"

"Water and Fire Lotus." Ji Ning used his ultimate move.

The body, cut into countless pieces, was directly sucked into the Water and Fire Lotus. The water lotus leaves and fire lotus leaves slowly rotated in opposite directions. After nearly five years of cultivation, the crushing power of the Water and Fire Lotus was astonishing, and the defenseless flesh was directly crushed into powder.

Crush! Crush! Crush!

The flesh tried to re-form, to re-form into a human. But it was continuously crushed by the Water and Fire Lotus.

Boom~~~ The flesh scattered, turning into fragments, unable to re-form.

Jusan! Dead!

"This ranked magical treasure wing is a good find." Ji Ning waved his hand and collected the magical treasure wing, large axe, magical treasure armor, and storage magical treasure left on the ground.

Ji Ning turned his head.

In the distance, Ji Liuzhen and Ji Yichuan were also surprised, seeing the intense and brutal battle between two divine body cultivators. It was a clash of titans, one falling, and the other rushing to crush him, giving no chance to turn the tide. It was also because Ji Ning had the Water and Fire Lotus that he could finish off Jusan in one go.

"Let's go." Ji Ning said, "Father, Uncle Liuzhen, let's quickly join up with the clan leader. There are only two left!"

"Only two left?" Ji Liuzhen and Ji Yichuan were also excited, not expecting the Ji Clan to achieve such a glorious victory in this battle, with only two Zifu cultivators remaining.

However, they were also the strongest two!

"Kill them."

Ji Ning, Ji Yichuan, and Ji Liuzhen transformed into streaks of light and quickly joined up with Ji Jiuhuo and the others... On the first day of the new book's release, this is the first chapter of today. There will be three chapters today! I also need your monthly votes. Monthly votes are a form of support for an author, and I am very eager for monthly votes... I hope the new book can have a good start! Everyone, please give your monthly votes to me! On the first day of the new book's release, I am especially eager for monthly votes... To be continued.

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