A Rank 6 Entrapment Array, even if he could come out of it, it would still take him a few breaths of time to do so.
But not waiting for him to react, the space around him once again started to go berserk.
Not good, this kid was about to blow up his Array Formations.
The detonations of the Rank 3 Entrapment Arrays from before would not pose any threat to him, but once a Rank 6 Entrapment Array blew up, it would genuinely cause him to suffer some severe injuries.
At this moment, he finally came face to face against Ning Cheng cunningness. He had used the Rank 3 Array Formations to thoroughly confuse him, while at the same time used them as a cover to arrange Rank 6 Array Formations.
Even if he wanted to regret, it was already too late. He knew that at this moment, it was no use blaming himself. If someone had said that a cultivator so young could arrange a Rank 6 Array Formation, he absolutely would never believe it. Not to mention the fact about how someone could even organise a Rank 6 Array Formation in such a short span of time?
Qi Le knew that it would be impossible for him to rush out immediately, so rather than choosing to rush out; he decided that he could only protect himself. All to minimise the injuries.
“Boom boom….” The terrifying explosions rolled up into a frightening wave to the point that a significant depression, radiating outwards, formed in the centre due to the frantically raging True Essence.
A short while later, an incredibly terrifying sound of something rupturing spread out, even if Qi Le wanted to protect his body, he was still injured heavily. However, this was not the end, just as it ended; more explosions rang out one after another, which made Qi Le finally feel fear for the first time. He had never thought that this little Soul Essence Cultivator had even managed to arrange a Rank 6 Explosion Array Formation. At this moment, how would Qi Le find the time to ponder over how Ning Cheng managed to arrange these killing arrays in secret? At this moment, he could only focus his entire power on protecting himself.
The second and third killing arrays exploded, the explosion of these two killing arrays was several times more potent than the detonation of the Entrapment Array.
Ning Cheng had used his Rank 6 Exploding Array Formation once before, at the Severing Emotions Dao Sect, which was sealed up by a Rank 9 Grand Defensive Array. It was shaken up by it, to the point that it was almost close to being cracked open. So Qi Le, who was just a Crucible Transformation 7th Level Cultivator, would probably not be able to withstand it casually.
A cultivator at the Crucible Transformation 7
th
Level could be considered as a powerhouse. But whether in power or might, they still can’t be compared to the Mountain Protecting Grand Array of the Severing Emotions Dao Sect. With the three Array Formations’ chain explosions, Qi Le ended up severely injured in just a moment.
Ning Cheng was well aware that this Qi Le was hell-bent on taking his life. So even though he was still injured, he once again manifested that black long spear and thrust out with it without any hesitation.
Although Shi Qionghua and Ning Cheng had only been together for a short while, she was well aware that Ning Cheng was different from her; he was a person who refrained from being bullied around. When Ning Cheng had detonated the three Rank 6 Array Formations, she was very clear that Ning Cheng would sneak attack Qi Le once the explosions from the Array Formations were about to end.
Thus, she did not need Ning Cheng to remind her, as a cyan coloured sword light immediately erupted from the sword in her hand. This was a sword strike that Shi Qionghua had poured all her power in; it was terrifying to such an extent that even the surrounding space was being directly torn apart.
Qi Le crazily spurted out several mouthfuls of blood; even his True Essence was in complete chaos. He knew that if he wanted to make a move for Ning Cheng’s things once again, then he had to first escape from this place. This puny Soul Essence Cultivator was too treacherous and extremely cunning. Because of his carelessness, he unexpectedly ended up in such a miserable situation.
As long as these two were still in the Sifting Orchid Star, then he, Qi Le, would be able to massacre them. Next time, he definitely would make sure to not make such a low-level mistake.
Unfortunately, it was all a dream for him, not to mention that his and Shi Qionghua’s cultivation was almost similar. Even if the difference was huge, at this moment, when Shi Qionghua’s sword stabbed into him in its entirety, he was not able to resist at all.
The several tens of feet long, cyan coloured sword light had ripped apart everything in its path and had wholly focussed all its killing power in one single point. If Qi Le were still unharmed, then he definitely would have been able to do something to block this one sword strike. But at this moment, even if he were able to barely escape, even in that case, the formidable imposing aura of the sword light would have wholly sealed all of his escape routes.
“Poof” A flash of blood erupted, as a large scar emerged on Qi Le’s body as he directly started to pummel down. Not waiting for him to fall to the ground, Ning Cheng’s long spear immediately arrived in front of him.
The spear intent contained within it inspired an intense fear from the depths of his soul, as it brought along a must-kill slaughter aura. If Qi Le were not severely injured, then even if had to face such a spear, he would not care much about it. But at this moment, he just could not ignore it at all, not to say ignore it, even if he wanted to dodge this spear, it would be impossible for him.
“Bang” This spear directly shot through his glabella, causing a fist wide hole to blow open through his head, while at the same time, Ning Cheng also powerlessly sat down on the ground. At this moment, he was secretly horrified about the toughness of Qi Le’s head. If replaced with an ordinary cultivator, his spear strike would have been able to turn their head into nothingness, yet when stuck Qi Le, it only created a big hole.
Shi Qionghua once more immediately used the cyan sword in her hand. Even if Qi Le’s corporeal body was sturdy, it was not sturdy enough to block Shi Qionghua’s sword.
“Thump” A sound emerged, as a head fell to the ground, while at the same time Si Qionghua flicked her hand, throwing out a flame towards it.
“I don’t want to…..” A tearing cry emerged from Qi Le’s Life Essence, as the fireball consumed him. He really was not willing to accept this. He had been self-torturing himself on the Sifting Orchid Star for many years, it can even be said that he was a local tyrant of this place. But unexpectedly he was killed by two ants who had just arrived in this area. It would have genuinely been strange if he accepted such an outcome.
Shi Qionghua did not care about Qi Le, as she hurried and arrived at Ning Cheng’s side.
Ning Cheng pointed to the things on the ground and spoke, “Qionghua, collect everything, we will leave this place right away. This area just experienced a volcanic eruption, which led to the arrival of Qi Le and Yan De. Perhaps there might even be other people on their way here.
Shi Qionghua immediately understood Ning Cheng’s meaning, choosing between Qi Le and Yan De’s things, or a few refining materials brought out by the volcanic eruption, the selection would not be anything unusual.
On hearing Ning Cheng’s words, she at her fastest speed, collected all the things, then holding onto Ning Cheng, they quickly disappeared from that place.
Ning Cheng had indeed not spoken incorrectly. Shortly after he and Shi Qionghua had left, a person arrived at that place. This cultivator wore a grey robe, when he saw Qi Le’s corpse, he immediately issued a surprised cry “Some people can still kill Qi Le?”
Then, he merely turned around and walked away, without even caring about the Scarlet Brilliance Crystals brought up by the volcanic eruption.
……
Ning Cheng’s injury was not light at all, but for a Soul Essence Cultivator, as long as they were not injured on a fundamental level, they would be able to recover quickly.
An hour later, Shi Qionghua stopped. In fro
nt of her and Ning Cheng was a vast basin filled with flashing thunder lights. This made Ning Cheng think back to the Thunder Domain Marsh he had seen inside the Law’s Way. But the flashing thunder lights in front of them were much more potent than the thunder lights inside the Thunder Domain Marsh.
“After crossing this Thunder Domain Basin, space would turn turbulent to the point that you will find spacial turbulences almost everywhere. Just stay as close to me as possible, don’t stray away from me too far.” Shi Qionghua deliberately stopped and warned Ning Cheng specifically.
“Can this Thunder Domain Basin even be traversed? How about we take a detour?” Ning Cheng looked at the many thunder lights crisscrossing in the Thunder Domain Basin, and couldn’t help but feel a slight fear in his heart.
“Don’t worry, the lightning arcs inside the basin are very orderly, as long as we walk according to a certain path, there would be nothing to be afraid of. Besides, we also would not be able to bypass this place, as both sides of it are blocked off by mountain peaks that even Crucible Transformation Cultivators would not be able to tread. Moreover, just beyond the mountain peaks is a vast and almost endless volcanic lake. Even if we somehow manage to cross that volcanic lake, we would encounter another vast sea that simply knows no end. So in short, there is no way for us to take a detour. So for the moment, you just need to follow me tightly.” Just as Shi Qionghua finished, she flew into this basin filled with thunder lights.
Ning Cheng also hurriedly followed Shi Qionghua, and soon found out that the place Shi Qionghua stopped over each time was where the strength of the thunder lights was at the weakest. Even if there were a few traces of thunder lights that fell on her body, it was treated as irrelevant.
Shi Qionghua’s speed was also quite fast, merely in just half an hour, the two people had already crossed the Thunder Light Basin.
After crossing the Thunder Light Basin, Ning Cheng immediately felt a tearing force over his body. It was as if the area, where he was standing at, wanted to directly slice him apart, tearing his body into pieces. At this point, he could only focus his entire attention on himself and not ignore the situation.
“Space here is turbulent, so you must be careful, once you feel the turbulence turning berserk, you must hurry and move away to avoid it, but at the same time you cannot rush out randomly. When I was very young, I had once encountered a powerful body forging cultivator, but because of a major spacial turbulence, was immediately torn apart into nihility.” After arriving at this place, Shi Qionghua’s tone became somewhat cautious.
Ning Cheng also nodded showing he understood it. But as he looked at how Shi Qionghua was comfortably switching directions among the spacial turbulence, he somewhat suspected that Shi Qionghua might have also undergone some form of body forging. However, now was not the time to ask about it, once the two of them found a safe place to rest, only then would Ning Cheng ask about this matter to Shi Qionghua.
Shi Qionghua’s speed was quite fast while simultaneously helping Ning Cheng through the wear and tear of the spacial turbulences. In just a single day’s time, they arrived at the entrance to a narrow canyon. Intermittent bursts of hot air emerged from the mouth of the canyon, tinged with the smell of sulphur. It made people wonder if it was the beginning signs of a massive volcanic eruption.
If a person entered through the entrance of the narrow canyon, and once the volcano erupted, then they just would not even have enough time to escape.
But to the amazement of Ning Cheng, Shi Qionghua unexpectedly jumped down this canyon, and even called out to him, “We need to go down together.”
Although he suspected that it was hazardous in there, since Shi Qionghua chose to jump down, then Ning Cheng also did not hesitate, before he too dropped in following her.
Chapter 0345 – The 9 Ranks Of Body Forging
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Chapter 0345: The 9 Ranks of Body-Forging
At the bottom of the canyon, the smell of sulphur grew even stronger. As Ning Cheng swept out with his Spiritual Consciousness, he found that the range of his Spiritual Consciousness was also quite restricted. Shi Qionghua turned around seven or eight corners before the topography widened up. After another incense stick worth of time, Shi Qionghua along with Ning Cheng arrived next to a volcanic lake filled with bubbling lava. Even if Ning Cheng were more tolerant than a Soul Essence Cultivator, he would not be able to stand in this place for long.
“Oh, looks like some people have come here before.” Shi Qionghua spoke with astonishment, as she stroked a huge rock by the side of the volcanic lake.
Ning Cheng spoke with a smile, “Many people have come to the Sifting Orchid Star in the past, and it would not be uncommon for a few to arrive here.”
Shi Qionghua shook her head and spoke, “That should not be the case. Ordinary Crucible Transformation Cultivators would not dare to come to this place casually. There are many natural restrictions in this place. Moreover, the volcano in front can also erupt at any time, once the volcano erupts, the Crucible Transformation Cultivators who entered here simply would never be able to leave.”
“How do you know that the volcano here would not erupt?” Ning Cheng asked in doubt.
Shi Qionghua spoke up casually, “I do not know, perhaps the next moment the volcano might erupt or perhaps it would not erupt for countless years.”
“And you still dared to come here?” Ning Cheng was shocked; he just was not able to think of anything. The possibility that the volcano erupting at any time was higher in this place. Moreover, he and Shi Qionghua also encountered a sudden volcanic eruption previously, so how could it not occur in this kind of situation where the smell of sulphur was so thick?
Shi Qionghua held Ning Cheng’s hand and spoke, “Uncle Yu had mentioned it to me that only if one had a strong heart can one have the capacity to become strong. If someone were afraid of just a volcano, then growing strong would be extremely difficult. When I was very young, a person used to come in and out of this place as he wished, and had never cared about volcanic eruptions.”
Ning Cheng retorted back in a somewhat angry manner, “Your Uncle Yu was just an idiot, even if one had a strong ass heart, having a strong heart is just fart especially when they are brain-dead.”
Letting a little girl live in this place was already too much, yet he was also teaching her about ‘possessing a strong heart to become grow powerful’. Was this Uncle Yu an idiot? How could not fearing death make someone strong? Ning Cheng had thought that this was the most retarded argument that he had heard until now. Cultivating a ‘strong’ heart would not be of any use in here. Instead, it would be better to turn into an ostrich, and hope that the volcano doesn’t erupt.
Hearing Ning Cheng scolding Uncle Yu, Shi Qionghua hurriedly spoke up, “My husband, Uncle Yu’s kindness is as heavy as a mountain for me……”
“Well, I don’t actually blame him. Let’s hurry out of this place, this place is completely unpredictable, if the volcano truly erupts, then even if we want to leave at that moment, we would not be able to leave.” Ning Cheng helplessly spoke; he thought that if he and Uncle Yu ended up meeting each other, there just would not be any common language between them.
Wanting to rush out of this place did not mean that Ning Cheng was afraid of death, but it was because he absolutely did not feel the necessity of doing such a thing.
Shi Qionghua showed a faint smile and spoke, “When I was ten years old, I already achieved a Rank 5 Imperial Body in Body-Forging. So even if the volcano does erupt, it would not be able to injure me. Moreover, the volcanic lake that you see in front of you, I used to often come here to bathe in it and to quench my body…..”
“What?” Ning Cheng blankly stared at Shi Qionghua. Shi Qionghua had a very delicate, soft and fragrant body. Yet she even took b
aths in the volcanic lake? Were Body-Forging cultivators really this powerful?
Then he recalled the issues that he wanted to inquire before, and immediately asked, “Qionghua, are you a Body-Forging Cultivator?”
Shi Qionghua did not answer Ning Cheng’s words. Instead, she just held Ning Cheng’s hand and spoke, “Just come with me, I will explain it to you slowly.”
Ning Cheng followed Shi Qionghua around the volcanic lake. Before they arrived in front of an inconspicuous cliff. He saw Shi Qionghua come to a stop before this cliff and did not continue moving forward, so he immediately started paying attention to the cliff in front of him. Ning Cheng looked at it for a good long while but did not find anything strange about it. He also could not see any Concealment Array Formations around it. But then Shi Qionghua took out a jade card inlaid into the cliff itself, the next moment, the cliff suddenly issued a light ‘creak’ sound. The next moment, a cave entrance was revealed.
“I couldn’t even perceive that there was a concealed entrance here, just what is the rank of the Array Formation arranged here?” Ning Cheng spoke with complete astonishment.
“I don’t know, it was always here since as long as I remember.” Shi Qionghua spoke before she entered the cave. Ning Cheng also hurried in behind her. Once Shi Qionghua put away the jade card, the cliff wall once again closed up, without any difference from before.
After walking on the stony path for about ten meters, Ning Cheng then saw a very ordinary wooden door. Shi Qionghua shoved open the wooden door, causing a stone room of nearly thirty square meters to open up in front of Ning Cheng. The four walls of the stone room were embedded with a few Clear Light Stones. Ning Cheng had just entered this stone room when he immediately felt the dense Spiritual Qi. No, instead it was the thick Spiritual Qi that was not even one whit inferior to the Spiritual Qi he had felt when he cultivated inside the Small Spiritual Domain.
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