Ning Fa suddenly looked up.
He saw that the light arrow on the crimson longbow in Xiao Hongying's hand had become dazzling to the extreme, emitting a terrifying aura that made even him feel a palpitation.
Then, it drew a scorching trajectory, as if to destroy everything, and shot towards him.
Ning Fa, though startled, remained calm. He formed a sword seal with his hand, and a seven-foot-long sword instantly appeared before him, covered in white electric arcs. It was the Geng Metal Sword.
As Ning Fa urged it with all his might, the Geng Metal Sword shot out, transforming into a massive, ten-foot-long blade. Thunder roared, and the electric light was as bright as day, emitting an indescribable sharpness.
This was Ning Fa's only Five Elements Divine Thunder that had reached the Innate Divine Thunder level – the Supreme Metal Divine Thunder.
"White Emperor Mountain Cleaver!"
As a dazzling white sword light streaked across the sky, the Geng Metal Sword accurately struck the light arrow.
Time seemed to stop for a moment as the two colors of light flashed wildly. But as the white lightning on the Geng Metal Sword suddenly intensified, fine electric arc cracks immediately spread across the crimson flame light arrow.
The light arrow, with its incredibly powerful might, began to tremble violently. It started to decompose from within, and in the next moment, it shattered. The Geng Metal Sword continued its unstoppable advance.
Shock flashed in Xiao Hongying's beautiful eyes. But after taking a deep breath, a strange crimson light flickered in her eyes, and the spiritual light around her blazed. The spiritual pressure she emitted had increased by nearly half.
Her right hand, which was nocking the crimson flame longbow, moved as if plucking strings on a zither, continuously firing.
The longbow hummed rapidly, and in an instant, dozens of powerful light arrows shot out. From a distance, they looked like fireworks blooming, beautiful yet filled with deadly intent.
Ning Fa let out a cold snort. He formed a sword seal with his hand, and the Geng Metal Sword vibrated sharply before suddenly slashing downwards repeatedly.
In the blink of an eye, dozens of white lightning sword qi shot out, easily severing all the crimson flame light arrows.
However, Xiao Hongying seemed to be on a rampage. Disregarding her magic power, she continuously drew the bowstring, and the dense, continuous light arrows rained down like a fierce storm.
Although the sword qi unleashed by the Geng Metal Sword was incredibly sharp, it was difficult to get close under the dense barrage of arrows. For a time, the two were locked in a stalemate.
But at this moment, a strange glint flashed in Ning Fa's eyes.
In his sea of consciousness, a special thunder rune flew out from a mass of white thunderclouds. It was the advanced divine ability of the Spiritual Heart Divine Thunder – Chinian Divine Thunder.
Ning Fa had been brewing this for a long time and was now seizing the opportunity to use it.
With a slight tremor, the Chinian Divine Thunder disappeared.
In the next moment, it suddenly appeared in Xiao Hongying's sea of consciousness.
It rapidly expanded, emitting a strange and extremely dangerous ghostly white lightning, about to attack Xiao Hongying's sea of consciousness.
But just then, a golden orb suddenly shot out from Xiao Hongying's sea of consciousness, scattering a golden light. Runes flickered on its surface, making it look extremely extraordinary.
In an instant, the ghostly white lightning emitted by the Chinian Divine Thunder collided with this strange golden light, and then both were annihilated.
Before long, the power of the Chinian Divine Thunder was depleted, and the golden orb had also dimmed considerably. With a "whoosh," it flew back into Xiao Hongying's sea of consciousness.
Ning Fa couldn't help but frown.
As expected of an outstanding figure from the Xiao family, he indeed had a divine soul defense treasure. Moreover, its grade was definitely not ordinary, otherwise, it wouldn't have been able to block his Chinian Divine Thunder so easily.
Of course, this was also because his Chinian Divine Thunder cultivation was still shallow, and he could only use its nascent form. If it were the complete form of Chinian Divine Thunder, it would definitely not be so easy to block.
At this moment, Xiao Hongying shivered all over, her face filled with lingering fear. Then, she glared at Ning Fa with her eyebrows furrowed, her eyes filled with shock, anger, and apprehension.
She hadn't expected Ning Fa to have such a powerful soul attack technique. If she hadn't had this incredibly precious divine soul defense treasure, she would have been in real danger.
But then, a cold smile curved her lips, because the attack she had been brewing for a long time was about to take shape.
The crimson giant cauldron in front of her suddenly flared with fire, and then a ten-foot-tall, deep crimson flame lotus rapidly flew out of the cauldron, disappearing in a flash.
In the next moment, it had strangely appeared beneath Ning Fa.
It spun rapidly, emitting a strange, deep crimson firelight that enveloped Ning Fa.
Caught off guard, Ning Fa felt an indescribable burning sensation, making his physical body and even his divine soul feel like they were boiling.
Furthermore, there was a strange and powerful binding force that made it difficult for him to circulate his magic power, and he couldn't even use his lightning escape technique.
Ning Fa's pupils contracted. What kind of divine ability was this fire lotus? Its power was truly incredible.
The Geng Metal Sword, due to the strange binding force affecting Ning Fa, also had its lightning light dim, its power greatly reduced. It was trapped by the flame beasts spewed by the fire cauldron.
Triumph flashed in Xiao Hongying's eyes.
The Heavenly Restraint Fire Lotus divine ability she had just used was the strongest divine ability of her Desolate Flame Cauldron.
This divine ability could only be used once by this magical treasure. If it were used again, the treasure would be reduced to a third-tier item.
She had been reluctant to use it before, but now, facing Ning Fa, such a formidable enemy, she naturally used this divine ability without hesitation, and it had indeed worked.
She didn't waste this rare opportunity. She lightly opened her mouth and spat out a special golden flame, which attached itself to the crimson flame longbow.
The longbow immediately turned crimson-gold, and a crimson-gold light arrow with intensely flashing runes formed again, its spiritual pressure and power greatly increased.
On the other side, Ning Fa was already enveloped in dense, mysterious black lightning, resisting the strange and powerful crimson fire lotus.
At the same time, he formed a hand seal, and a heavy thunderous sound echoed again.
Amidst the fierce lightning, streaks of bright yellow lightning suddenly appeared, rushing towards the crimson flame fire lotus like earth and stone.
In the blink of an eye, the surging fire intent of the fire lotus gradually subsided until it was completely extinguished.
At this moment, a ten-foot-long crimson-gold light arrow, with its runes flashing wildly, shot towards him.
Ning Fa let out a cold snort. Amidst the intense silver lightning, his figure shot up to about ten feet, unleashing his Mysterious Thunder True Body.
Ning Fa frantically mobilized his vital energy, and sounds like ten thousand horses galloping and the Milky Way roaring emanated from his body.
At this moment, the vital energy around him was as dense as a volcano.
His hands, clad in the Thunder Peak Gauntlets, were already blinding with lightning, and he unleashed his fists.
Countless bright yellow fist shadows shot out, and these shadows quickly condensed into a bright yellow thunder mountain peak, its surface covered in flashing runes, exuding an indescribably heavy aura.
This was Ning Fa's Mountain Suppressing Thunder Mountain, further empowered by the Supreme Earth Divine Thunder. It possessed not only the might to raze cities but also unimaginable defensive capabilities.
The next moment, the crimson-gold light arrow shot forward, colliding with this Mountain Suppressing Thunder Mountain.
The crimson-gold light arrow pierced into it bit by bit, but the fierce bright yellow lightning flashing on the surface of the Mountain Suppressing Thunder Mountain caused the arrow's penetration speed to slow down, until it completely stopped. The two were locked in a stalemate.
The next moment, with a violent roar, brilliant spiritual light erupted. The crimson-gold light arrow and the Mountain Suppressing Thunder Mountain exploded, unleashing a torrent of wild spiritual energy in all directions.
After the terrifying aftershocks subsided slightly, Ning Fa and Xiao Hongying were still a hundred feet apart. Neither had made a move, and they were locked in a stalemate.
At this point, Xiao Hongying's face was noticeably pale, clearly having expended a significant amount of spiritual power. Her brows were tightly furrowed, and her eyes held shock and apprehension.
Only after actually fighting Ning Fa did she realize that his reputation was well-deserved.
Ning Fa's strength was indeed extraordinary. She even felt he was more powerful than the rumors suggested, which made her feel a hint of regret for agreeing to help Sikong Yuanlie.
Just then, with a strange noise, the evil dragon formed by the Gui Water Sword and the golden giant formed by Hei Yu separated from the seven-colored python, and both sides rapidly retreated.
The Gui Water Sword and the Geng Metal Sword let out clear hums and flew back to Ning Fa's front.
Ning Fa narrowed his eyes as he looked at Xiao Hongying. This woman's strength was indeed formidable; no wonder she was so confident.
But Ning Fa's expression quickly returned to normal. If Xiao Hongying's skills only went this far, then today might very well be her death anniversary.
At this very moment, the intense roaring from another battle group suddenly ceased.
The black-clothed youth, who had been displaying his might, suddenly saw the light on his body dim, and he shot downwards towards the array formation like lightning.
At the same time, his voice entered Ning Fa's sea of consciousness: "Kid, I apologize, but I need to go back and recover for a while. I'll make sure to return as quickly as possible. Hold on for a bit…"
Ning Fa was stunned upon hearing this.
He had completely forgotten about this. This black-clothed youth had to return to the array formation to replenish his energy periodically.
He immediately cursed inwardly, "What kind of dog teammate is this!?"
Sikong Yuanlie and the other four were overjoyed. Sikong Yuanlie's eyes flashed with excitement, and he shouted, "Don't miss this chance! The six of us will join forces and kill this brat!"
He then turned to Xiao Hongying and said, "Fellow Daoist Xiao, this brat knows lightning escape techniques, but your Heaven Binding Ring should be enough to restrain him. Don't let this brat escape."
Hearing this, Xiao Hongying's eyebrows twitched slightly. But then, she flipped her hand, and a small, exquisite blue ring appeared in her palm, shimmering with a faint light.
What greatly surprised Sikong Yuanlie was that Ning Fa was actually standing still, allowing them to surround him from different directions. There was no trace of panic on his face; instead, a mysterious smile played on his lips.
He said calmly, "Escape? Why would I escape? It should be you who needs to escape."
Before he finished speaking, a seemingly ancient and mysterious round mirror appeared in his hand. Ancient runes flickered on its frame, and mysterious five-colored lightning floated on its surface.
An indescribably terrifying aura emanated faintly from this mirror.
This was none other than the powerful Spirit Treasure "Zhou Tian Yan Lei Mirror" left behind by the Ancestor Juelei.
Now, he would take this opportunity to test the treasure's might.
Upon seeing the Zhou Tian Yan Lei Mirror appear, the expressions of the others changed drastically. They felt an indescribable oppressive force from the treasure, as if a colossal mountain was suspended above their heads, weighing down on their hea