Ning Fa was very familiar with Sea Race cultivators, especially the distinct characteristics that set them apart from human cultivators. Thus, he recognized this Sea Race female cultivator at a glance.
But this was the Northern Ice Plains of the Cangyuan Cultivation World. Why would a Sea Race cultivator be here?
Ning Fa was initially puzzled, but he quickly understood. He thought of the Sea Race's long-distance teleportation array.
Therefore, it wasn't strange for Sea Race cultivators to appear in the Cangyuan Cultivation World. He just didn't know why a high-level Sea Race cultivator would come to the northern ice plains of Cangyuan.
Ning Fa couldn't help but feel worried. There was no doubt that the Sea Race had designs on the Cangyuan Cultivation World. He didn't know how many Sea Race cultivators had teleported over.
Fortunately, the teleportation array here was on Ancient Immortal Island, which should have been closed long ago. He figured the Sea Race couldn't teleport too many people over.
However, Ning Fa still felt uneasy. The Sea Race surely would have considered this. If they still acted this way, it was likely part of a conspiracy.
At this moment, Ning Fa remembered the special feather the woman in the colorful dress had taken out earlier. It was an artifact left behind by an ancestor of the Ice Phoenix clan, and it had been obtained by the Sea Race.
Ning Fa's mind suddenly flashed with inspiration, and he had a guess.
Could the remains of that Ice Phoenix ancestor be in these Northern Ice Plains? And that's how the Sea Race cultivators obtained the feather when they came here before?
But they didn't get everything, so they sent people here again this time?
Thinking of this, Ning Fa felt that everything began to connect.
He even thought that the ancestor of the Ice Phoenix clan who built those two mysterious grand halls, the ancient teleportation array, and left behind the inheritance, was likely the Ancestor Bing Chen mentioned by those two Demonic Beasts.
Although Ning Fa didn't know why Ancestor Bing Chen came to the Cangyuan Cultivation World, he had indeed received a great kindness from him.
Not only did his Spirit Beast Little Ice receive his inheritance, but he himself was able to return to Cangyuan thanks to the teleportation array left by him.
With that thought, Ning Fa no longer hesitated. He urged the Flying Boat beneath him and sped towards the location.
At this moment, the middle-aged beautiful woman had finished casting her spell. A fierce glint flashed in her eyes, and she pointed her right index finger forward from afar.
A pillar of ice-white light shot out, incredibly fast. In the blink of an eye, it had traveled twenty miles and was about to directly hit the Sea Race female cultivator.
But the woman suddenly flicked her right hand backward, throwing out a special rhombus-shaped blue scale. As it emitted a brilliant light, it transformed into a special blue spear and fiercely stabbed out, directly shattering the ice-white pillar into countless ice flowers.
However, these ice flowers did not dissipate. Instead, they exuded a powerful chilling aura, connected by ice-white threads. In an instant, they formed a net of ice silk, which then pounced towards the Sea Race female cultivator.
The Sea Race female cultivator, though startled, was not flustered. She formed a Hand Seal with her hand, and the blue spear immediately stabbed towards a corner of the ice silk net.
But to her great surprise, as the spear touched the net, an astonishing coldness spread from the net, even freezing the spear itself.
Under the influence of this astonishing coldness, the Sea Race female cultivator's movements also became extremely sluggish.
In the blink of an eye, the ice silk net had enveloped her head. Under the chilling aura of the net, she quickly turned into an ice sculpture.
The three people behind her were also closing in. The middle-aged beautiful woman couldn't help but curve her lips into a smile, but her smile immediately froze.
A dazzling blue light rose from within the ice silk net, and then the incredibly powerful net shattered.
Immediately after, a blue droplet shot out, and in a flash, it arrived before the three of them.
Before they could react, the blue droplet suddenly expanded, forming a giant blue water sphere that surrounded the three of them.
The three of them were clearly astonished, their bodies flashing with spiritual light as they tried to break free, but they appeared to be struggling greatly.
Meanwhile, the Sea Race female cultivator had transformed into an astonishing streak of escape light, speeding south.
Although her face was pale, a cold smile played on her lips.
But suddenly, a rumbling thunderous roar sounded, growing louder and louder.
The Sea Race female cultivator's face immediately turned pale with shock. She quickly used her Spiritual Sense to scan her surroundings, but she found nothing unusual.
Just then, another sound of wind and thunder echoed. Not far in front of the Sea Race female cultivator, lightning flashed, and a figure appeared mysteriously. It was Ning Fa, looking at her with a smile.
A fierce glint flashed in the Sea Race female cultivator's eyes. She directly opened her mouth and spat out a blue crystal needle, which shot towards Ning Fa's forehead at an extremely high speed.
At the same time, she flicked her right hand, and another of those special blue scales flew out.
But to her great shock, Ning Fa simply threw out a punch. Both the blue crystal needle and the spear formed from the scale were shattered by his punch.
In her shock, the Sea Race female cultivator suddenly manifested a pair of ethereal blue water-light wings on her back. With a gentle flap, her speed increased as she fled to the left.
Ning Fa sneered and raised his right hand again, throwing a punch at her from afar.
The Sea Race female cultivator, who had already escaped a hundred feet away, suddenly had a silver-white fist of lightning appear behind her, striking down at her without hesitation.
The Sea Race female cultivator suddenly felt an immense pressure, as if a mountain was pressing down on her, making it difficult for her to circulate her magic power.
The fear in her eyes intensified. She immediately understood that the strength of this person who had suddenly appeared had definitely reached the level of a Great Cultivator, and she was no match for him.
She gritted her teeth fiercely, and then the fist of lightning struck her body without any suspense.
But amidst the intense lightning, her body exploded, turning into countless water droplets that scattered in all directions.
Ning Fa's eyebrows slightly rose, showing a hint of surprise. He then let out a cold snort, his eyes shining with silver-white light. He immediately focused on one of the water droplets and pointed his right hand from afar.
In the remnants of the shattered lightning ahead, a wisp of extremely cold Black Spiritual Flame suddenly shot out. With a sudden surge of fire, it swept towards the water droplet.
The water droplet, under the flashing blue light, transformed into a blue infant about an inch in size – the Nascent Soul of the Sea Race female cultivator.
Her small face was filled with panic, and a flash of blue light on her body indicated she was about to use Teleportation.
But at this moment, a cold snort like a thunderous roar exploded in her ears, making her small face contort in pain. She froze in place for a moment.
Then, her body was enveloped by a thick black cold aura, her movements suddenly slowed, and in the blink of an eye, she turned into a black ice sculpture.
With a sound of wind and thunder, silver lightning flashed nearby, and Ning Fa's figure instantly appeared.
He wore a smile. After all, a Nascent Soul cultivator from the Sea Race was worth a hundred points of Tier 3 Origin Points. However, he intended to perform a Soul Search on this female cultivator from the Sea Race first.
But just as he was about to act, he saw a look of determination flash in the eyes of the female cultivator from the Sea Race within the black ice sculpture.
Immediately, a violent blue light erupted from within her body, shattering the black ice sculpture. Her aura also dissipated along with it.
Seeing this, Ning Fa was stunned at first, then his brows furrowed.
He had originally intended to confirm his previous suspicions through Soul Searching, but he hadn't expected her to be able to end her own life even under the influence of the Phoenix Origin Ice Flame.
Just then, a sound of breaking wind was heard. Ye Xuanqing and two others arrived nearby, riding beams of light. They looked at Ning Fa with surprise, their eyes even filled with shock.
After all, they had been pursuing this woman for a long time and knew how troublesome this Nascent Soul cultivator from the Sea Race was.
Yet, in such a short time, this woman was killed by this unfamiliar cultivator with overwhelming force, almost without any ability to resist. And this person was only at the early Nascent Soul stage.
Although this person had only made a casual move, the few Divine Abilities displayed were truly terrifying.
Lightning Escape, powerful Body Cultivator techniques, suspected Divine Soul Attack techniques, and that special black ice flame, all of which caught their attention.
After all, their Ice Spirit Palace was very skilled in ice flame Divine Abilities. The Ice Spirit Palace also possessed several cultivation methods for ice flames, so they could easily judge that the ice flame used by Ning Fa was extremely advanced.
At this moment, Ye Xuanqing, with her icy skin, jade-like bones, and snow-white hair, stared intently at Ning Fa, her beautiful eyes filled with disbelief. She asked in a clear, cold voice with some hesitation, "Is he... Ning Fa from the Huayu Sect?"
Upon hearing this, the middle-aged beautiful woman and the handsome young man were initially slightly confused, then seemed to recall something and couldn't help but show surprise.
The handsome young man exclaimed, "Junior Sister Ye, are you referring to the Ning Fa who was tied for first place on the Star Ranking with Wang Xuance before?"
Ye Xuanqing slowly nodded. At this moment, Ning Fa put the storage bag of the female cultivator from the Sea Race into his hand, turned around, and looked at the three with a smile, "Long time no see, Daoist Friend Ye."
"You're really Ning Fa? And you've already advanced to the Nascent Soul realm!" The middle-aged beautiful woman exclaimed, sizing Ning Fa up and down with surprise.
In fact, she already believed him. After all, if it was the former number one on the Star Ranking, it would be understandable for him to possess such powerful Divine Abilities after advancing to the Nascent Soul realm.
Just like Wang Xuance from the Taiqing Sect, who had previously occupied the top spot on the ranking, his strength after advancing to the Nascent Soul realm far surpassed that of ordinary mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivators, and he had achieved great success on the battlefield against the Tianli Cultivation World.
"Daoist Ning, didn't everyone say you had already perished on Ancient Immortal Island?" The handsome young man couldn't help but ask.
Upon hearing this, Ye Xuanqing and the middle-aged beautiful woman also stared intently at Ning Fa, extremely curious.
During the opening of Ancient Immortal Island more than fifty years ago, many things had happened, including one shocking event: Ning Fa, who had just reached the top of the Star Ranking, had also perished there.
The reason for this conclusion was that in the next issue of the Star Ranking after Ancient Immortal Island closed, Ning Fa's name was no longer among the 150 listed cultivators.
Although the Huayu Sect denied it, saying that Ning Fa was merely trapped in a special place and would definitely return, others believed it was just the Huayu Sect putting on a brave face or wishful thinking.
Some lamented his fate, while others gloated.
A few years later, as the Tianli Cultivation World officially began its invasion, the name Ning Fa gradually faded from people's memories.
Who could have imagined that Ning Fa would appear before them more than fifty years later, and had already advanced to the Nascent Soul realm? How could this not shock them?