The Divine Firmament Manifestation was now somewhat different. Its size was much smaller than before, but it was more condensed and refined.
On the ancient and simple silver thunder armor, there were now some naturally formed Dao marks.
Streaks of silver lightning shot out from his body like silver snakes, disappearing into the void, then re-emerging from the void and re-entering his body.
It even carried a feeling of containing the Heavenly Dao, like a deity controlling the power of lightning, clearly much stronger than the Divine Firmament Manifestation from before.
This was the result of Ning Fa's cultivation of the Nascent Soul chapter of the Ancient Source Thunder Scripture during this period.
The Nascent Soul chapter primarily focused on the cultivation of the Divine Firmament Manifestation.
Although Ning Fa had not been studying it for long, due to the powerful boost from his Five Elements Thunder Body, he had already made initial progress, and the current changes in the Divine Firmament Manifestation were proof of this.
While it was still a long way from the first transformation, the Mirror of Manifestation, it had already seen significant improvement.
Yougu's expression changed again.
He hadn't expected Ning Fa to also cultivate both body and law, and at a glance, he could tell that the Heavenly Manifestation Ning Fa displayed was absolutely extraordinary.
Its rank was definitely far higher than the Heavenly Manifestations displayed by some high-level body cultivators he had encountered before, giving him a deep sense of threat.
He gritted his teeth and immediately activated the twelve Primal Bone Spirit Bells to their maximum potential.
They were now shaking violently, even becoming a blur of afterimages, and more than half of the skeletal phantoms in Ning Fa's sea of consciousness had also increased.
But Ning Fa, now transformed into the Divine Firmament Manifestation, was expressionless. He raised his right fist and then punched out fiercely.
A fist shadow condensed from five-colored lightning spun rapidly towards one of the white bone bells.
Where the fist shadow passed, the surging primal bone profound light instantly carved a deep wave mark, and the surrounding profound light instantly shattered.
With a violent explosion, the fist directly struck the bone bell. Its white light flashed wildly, and even the shaking of the twelve bone bells showed signs of chaotic fluctuation.
In an instant, another fist struck out. The bone bell was uncontrollably pushed back several feet, and the great formation formed by the twelve bone bells finally showed a crack.
The Divine Firmament Manifestation's silver light flashed outside its body, and in the next moment, it appeared a hundred feet away, breaking free from the encirclement of the Primal Bone Spirit Bells.
Yougu's face was extremely unsightly. He exclaimed, "You actually cultivate... Divine Thunder of the Five Elements, how is this possible!?"
Yougu had harbored suspicions when Ning Fa had previously broken through the Five Elements Barrier-Breaking Divine Light, and now that he had finally confirmed it, he found it hard to believe.
At this moment, with roars, the six White Bone War Puppets finally broke through the Five Flames Lotuses.
However, they now bore obvious signs of melting, and their emitted aura had decreased significantly, clearly having suffered considerable damage from the previous strike of the Five Flames Lamp.
Yougu stared intently at Ning Fa, finally feeling how troublesome he was.
Then, Ning Fa's voice boomed, "It is impolite not to reciprocate. It's my turn!"
Before his voice even faded, Ning Fa clapped his hands together in front of him.
With a violent flash of lightning, a vortex of lightning instantly appeared before him.
This vortex spun rapidly, growing larger and larger, emitting thunderous roars that reached the heavens.
A mysterious five-colored lightning was brewing at the center of the vortex, with five-colored thunder runes flashing wildly, emitting terrifying spiritual pressure.
In the next moment, with a fierce clap of Ning Fa's right hand forward.
A pillar of five-colored lightning shot out from the lightning vortex, spinning rapidly towards Yougu.
Wherever it passed, even the void cracked like a spiderweb.
This was the powerful secret technique recorded in the Ancient Source Thunder Nascent Soul chapter – the Thunder Vortex Divine Light!
With Ning Fa's integration of his own Divine Thunder of the Five Elements, its power had greatly increased.
"Not good!" Yougu's face changed drastically.
With a thought, the six Myriad Bone War Puppets merged into one again.
The enormous Myriad Bone War Puppet let out a fierce roar. Its massive bone blade, covered in dense blood-colored Sanskrit characters, slashed forward, attempting to block the Thunder Vortex Divine Light.
However, it only lasted for three breaths before the bone blade instantly shattered.
In the next moment, the Thunder Vortex Divine Light directly pierced the Myriad Bone War Puppet's body. The puppet's white light flashed wildly, and then it disintegrated.
But at this moment, the twelve Primal Bone Spirit Bells also merged into one, vibrating rapidly. Circles of dense profound light emanated, desperately resisting the Thunder Vortex Divine Light, creating a stalemate between them.
Then, with a bang, the Thunder Vortex Divine Light still broke through the heavy obstruction of the primal bone profound light and directly impacted the main body of the Primal Bone Spirit Bells.
The Primal Bone Spirit Bells immediately flashed with spiritual light and were pushed back several feet.
However, Ning Fa's earth-shattering strike was ultimately blocked.
Yougu finally breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Ning Fa with unconcealed shock.
The power of that previous strike was truly incredibly immense!
At this moment, his expression changed again, because another identical Thunder Vortex Divine Light was rapidly approaching.
Yougu's face turned ashen. He immediately spat out a mouthful of vital blood, which flowed into the Primal Bone Spirit Bells and the re-formed Myriad Bone War Puppet respectively.
The Myriad Bone War Puppet exploded with a roar, scattering countless white bones, which quickly transformed into a terrifying bone mountain a hundred zhang tall.
The Primal Bone Spirit Bells also rapidly enlarged and flew to the top of the bone mountain, covering it. They instantly gave off a feeling of being indestructible.
In the next moment, the second Thunder Vortex Divine Light arrived, but this bone mountain also flashed with spiritual light, desperately resisting. For a time, the two were in a stalemate.
As the Thunder Vortex Divine Light erupted, boundless lightning power spread, shattering the entire bone mountain once more. The Primal Bone Spirit Bell was also sent flying, but the second bolt of divine lightning was finally blocked.
At this moment, the divine light in Yougu's eyes had clearly dimmed, indicating a significant depletion of vital energy.
He now looked at Ning Fa with palpable fear, contemplating that if Ning Fa were to unleash a third Thunder Vortex Divine Light, he might have to retreat and avoid its sharp edge.
Fortunately, the terrifying vortex of lightning in front of Ning Fa finally dissipated slowly.
Ning Fa felt a touch of helplessness. While the Thunder Vortex Divine Light's power was immense, aside from Chaos Lightning, it was his strongest offensive divine ability. However, it consumed an excessive amount of spiritual power and his Divine Thunder of the Five Elements.
Although he could still force out another use, the strain on his body would be too great, potentially rendering him unable to use the Divine Firmament Manifestation for a period, which was naturally something he wished to avoid.
In any case, he still had other methods he hadn't used. Verifying the immense power of this divine ability was sufficient for now.
He mused that as his Divine Firmament Manifestation continued to be cultivated, both the power and duration of this divine ability should improve.
Seeing that Ning Fa did not unleash a third terrifying divine ability, Yougu finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Then, a sharp glint flashed in his eyes. He raised his hands high, and the scattered white bones that had been shattered earlier were drawn to him like a magnet, surging towards his body and instantly engulfing him.
In the blink of an eye, a colossal bone giant appeared once more.
It now possessed three heads and six arms. The central head retained Yougu's face, while the other two heads appeared to be a chaotic amalgamation of countless faces, looking exceptionally terrifying.
Its six bone arms each held various Magic Treasures, and the Primal Bone Spirit Bell gently swayed above its head.
At this moment, Yougu was enveloped in surging Demonic Qi, his aura significantly amplified compared to before.
He boomed, "To force me to unleash the Nine Nether Bone Emperor Battle Body, you have ample reason to be proud!"
Ning Fa, now transformed into the Divine Firmament Manifestation, his eyes like a silver sun, showed little fluctuation.
He formed a hand seal, and his body once again grew to a height of thirty feet, lightning crackling around him.
He extended his right hand, and the Primal Harmony Heaven-Robbing Sword, crackling with intense lightning power, appeared.
As Ning Fa willed it, a layer of misty white lightning materialized on the surface of the Heaven-Shattering Sword.
Instantly, an extremely sharp aura erupted, and the pressure emanating from the sword increased severalfold.
This was the Golden Blade Thunder Aura ability unique to Supreme Metal Divine Thunder after reaching the Innate realm, capable of enhancing the grade of Magic Treasures.
Simultaneously, Ning Fa opened his left hand, and an ancient round mirror, shimmering with five-colored lightning, appeared. It was none other than the Zhou Tian Yan Lei Mirror.
Facing this powerful adversary, Ning Fa held nothing back.
At this moment, the Spiritual Pressure he exuded was in no way inferior to that of the Nine Nether Bone Emperor Battle Body.
Yougu's pupils contracted, his eyes filled with apprehension. His desire to kill Ning Fa intensified.
This was because Ning Fa, at the early Nascent Soul stage, already possessed such formidable strength. If he were to advance to the mid Nascent Soul stage in the future, wouldn't he be no match for him?
With this thought, he took a large stride and lunged at Ning Fa with lightning speed.
Ning Fa let out a cold snort, lightning crackling around his body. With a flash of light, he vanished.
The next moment, an explosion echoed as the two colossal figures clashed fiercely in the air, spiritual light flashing wildly, causing even the Void to tremble violently.
As they flickered and disappeared again, the two figures vanished from sight.
Only increasingly intense rumbling sounds could be heard.
Furious spiritual energy fluctuations swept outwards like a tidal wave, causing the mountains within a dozen-mile radius to collapse consecutively, resembling an apocalyptic scene.
A hundred breaths later, a mournful scream suddenly echoed from afar.
With another resounding explosion, the Divine Firmament Manifestation and the Nine Nether Bone Emperor Battle Body appeared a hundred feet apart.
At this moment, both colossal figures were covered in wounds and stared intently at each other.
The Nine Nether Bone Emperor's body flickered with a faint glow as it rapidly shrank back into Yougu's form.
He held the now dim Primal Bone Spirit Bell in his right hand, cast a wary glance at Ning Fa, and then vanished with a flash of escape light.
Ning Fa did not pursue. With a flash of silver light around him, his figure reappeared.
However, his complexion was clearly pale, and his aura had significantly diminished. Both his Spiritual Sense and spiritual power were less than thirty percent.
Yougu was indeed formidable, definitely not a lower-level Great Cultivator, but had already reached the strength of a mid-level Great Cultivator.
This battle ended in a draw between the two of them.
Or, to be precise, Ning Fa held a slight edge.
Although Yougu's demonic cultivation was potent and he did not fear lightning techniques, Ning Fa's lightning techniques, amplified by his Five Elements Thunder Body, still held a significant counter-effect against him.
However, it was difficult to defeat him with this alone.
While Ning Fa still had some life-saving trump cards he hadn't used, he believed Yougu also did. Continuing the fight would only result in mutual destruction, which was why Yougu had decisively retreated.
Ning Fa let out a soft sigh and immediately flew towards Huangdang Mountain.
He had learned that the powerful Horned Barbarian Beast had been killed by Lan Dian, and the Cangyuan group had retreated back into the Huangdang Mountain formation.