Nightmare Immortal Era

Chapter 119 Impressive Achievements · Unfavorable News

"As long as it's a battle, there may be bloodshed!" Yang Ning said.

"So, should we avoid battles?" Su Xiao asked.

"No!" Yang Ning shook his head. "It's not about avoiding battles, but avoiding direct confrontations. We need to set the battlefield in a place that can threaten the enemy but not ourselves, like now!"

"The opponents are five kilometers away. They can't even see us, so it's only us attacking them, not them attacking us. They don't even know where to strike back!"

"I call this long-range combat!"

When Yang Ning obtained his first Spirit Weapon, he had this idea. After all, a flying Spirit Weapon was equivalent to a transport plane, right?

But at that time, there were too few Spirit Weapons, so it wasn't enjoyable to play with.

Until now, Yang Ning obtained the Snowflake Crystal Bracelet. Since it was composed of 32 pieces, it was like having 32 bombers!

"Amazing!" Su Xiao stared with wide eyes. There was actually such a concept of combat?

Controlling flying swords and engaging enemies from thousands of miles away, this kind of combat method was only seen in Earth's immortal cultivation novels. It didn't exist in the Extreme Eternal World.

Just by looking at the design concepts of Spirit Weapons like the Moon Gold Wheel and the Phoenix Call, it was clear that they were more inclined towards face-to-face and close to medium-range combat.

The reason behind this might be that the distance of spiritual manifestation wasn't as far as Yang Ning's. For ordinary people, it was only one or two meters, or even five or six meters at most.

Yang Ning's spiritual manifestation distance could reach hundreds of kilometers, thanks to the effect of integrating electromagnetic waves into spiritual manifestation.

If we were to trace it back to its origins, we would have to go back to the cultivation origins of the Extreme Eternal World, the Dragon Race.

Because the Dragon Race wasn't long-range mages, it was natural that the Extreme Eternal people who inherited the Dragon Race's cultivation of Immortal Law weren't long-range mages either.

"But, does this thing have such great power?" Su Xiao looked at the white jade ball Yang Ning hung on the Snowflake Crystal Bracelet. How did this thing attack people? Did he use it to smash them?

"Don't underestimate this ball. It contains an Explosive Flame Talisman!" Yang Ning said.

"Explosive Flame Talisman?" Su Xiao was puzzled and even more confused.

The Explosive Flame Talisman, also known as the Fireball Talisman, was an entry-level talisman that could release a huge fireball to attack enemies. After the fireball reached its destination, it would explode.

Depending on the level of talisman drawing, the diameter of the fireball ranged from 10 centimeters to five or six meters.

Because it involved a lot of basic knowledge of talisman making and was not too complicated to create, it was the first type of talisman that many talismanists learned. It was also a classic talisman.

There are more people who can make them, and countless people have conducted research and development on the Exploding Flame Talisman, creating a series of products such as the Chain Exploding Flame Talisman, the Great Exploding Flame Talisman, and the Intense Exploding Flame Talisman. The Exploding Flame Talisman is becoming stronger.

The increase in people who can make them has led to an overabundance of Exploding Flame Talismans, resulting in cheap prices to the point where even cultivators can afford them.

With more people using them, naturally they know how to counter them. Anyone can dodge when they see an Exploding Flame Talisman, causing the hit rate of the talisman to plummet, to the point where there is a saying that an Exploding Flame Talisman is a "non-killing talisman."

In short, the stronger the Exploding Flame Talisman, the weaker it becomes.

In Su Xiao's opinion, the Exploding Flame Talisman cannot even hit people, so why use it?

"The killing power of the Exploding Flame Talisman is not the problem, the problem lies in its hit rate!" Yang Ning said, "In other words, if you know that I am going to use an Exploding Flame Talisman, you will dodge in advance. But now I have put the Exploding Flame Talisman inside a jade bead, so you won't know that I am using an Exploding Flame Talisman, right?"

"Eh?" Su Xiao was confused. Can it be done like this?

"But, can't they use spiritual manifestation to scan what's inside?"

"That's why I used a jade bead instead of metal, just to let them scan it!" Yang Ning said, "As for the material inside the jade bead, it is similar to the main material used to make talismans, all plant fibers. When their spiritual power scans it, what can they determine?"

"Amazing!" Su Xiao had long known about Yang Ning's intelligence, but he didn't expect him to be so clever even in the use of talismans!

Compared to Yang Ning, the other disciples in the sect seemed ordinary. Not to mention creating groundbreaking things, they couldn't even learn the normal techniques taught by the Tianheng Sect!

When saying this, Su Xiao instinctively included himself. After all, if the person I love is powerful, doesn't that make me powerful too?

Yang Ning still hadn't mentioned the crucial point.

As a transmigrator and an engineering student, he had already thought about making guns when he embarked on the path of artifact refining!

But guns are easy to make, bullets are difficult.

Gunpowder is easy to obtain, but the chemical ingredients needed for the propellant, such as thunder acid and mercury, need to be extracted from complex chemical experiments.

Yang Ning had originally planned to simply not use bullets and rely solely on injecting nightmare energy, letting the machine spirit create something out of nothing.

It wasn't until he went to Black Soul Peak and discovered rune technology that he found the Exploding Flame Talisman in the talisman shop of the Artifact Refining Master Association.

The Exploding Flame Talisman, a piece of paper that shoots out a huge fireball with a diameter of four meters, isn't this the perfect propellant?

Yang Ning had the talisman master modify the Exploding Flame Talisman, abandoning the distance the fireball travels after the talisman is activated, and instead causing the talisman to explode immediately after being triggered, without shooting out.

In this way, the Exploding Flame Talisman became a detonation talisman like in Naruto.

Then, he stuffed this Exploding Flame Talisman into a bullet casing or a sealed space, and the Exploding Flame Talisman could serve as a propellant to launch the bullet.

Yang Ning used American-style Iaido to kill the Soul-Chasing Spear. That's how the bullets are made.

This kind of firearm, not only can be used normally, but also does not make people think of modern weapons. After all, I am using legitimate talismans, just in a slightly different way from others.

With gunpowder, artillery shells can naturally be produced. The white jade beads made by Yang Ning are not shells, but more like grenades.

Normally, grenades should be made of metal, with patterns printed on them for easy fragmentation.

But Yang Ning found that metal is like a Faraday cage. If the distance is too far, it will interfere with the effect of spiritual manifestation, making it difficult to stimulate the talismans.

After all, talismans need to be stimulated by spiritual manifestation and qi and blood.

Of course, it can also be set to be physically stimulated, such as impact, but the qi and blood force field can slow down the flying speed of objects, like Tai Chi.

What if someone catches it without any harm?

Moreover, physical stimulation requires the setting of many complex components.

Anyway, Yang Ning has the ability to inject nightmare energy, so he abandoned the physical stimulation method. After spiritual manifestation, this design is more suitable for him.

Because his spiritual manifestation is far-reaching.

So he changed the material to white jade, a stone that is everywhere on the Thunder Cliff.

These stones are constantly struck by thunder, and their density and hardness are no less than metal.

Yang Ning used ultrasonic cutting inside the jade bead to create countless small gaps, and then stuffed several explosive talismans inside. The combined power of the explosive talismans and the fragmentation of the white jade stone makes the killing power no less than a 155mm howitzer shell!

Now, the disciples of the Myriad Saints Alliance are facing the bombardment of shells fired at a speed of 240m/s, with a killing radius of 20-35 meters!

Even Yang Ning would have a headache facing this level of bombardment, because the Purple-Gold Coiling Dragon Body is an active skill that consumes a lot of energy when activated. He can only sustain it for five minutes at most, and then he has to run away.

Not to mention the Myriad Saints Alliance disciples who have not practiced the Purple-Gold Coiling Dragon Body?

Mattew looked at the shells coming from the sky and also felt confused. He instinctively shouted, "Everyone gather together!"

There is no problem with this command. When facing a powerful opponent in the Immortal Cultivation World, it is common sense for the weak to gather qi and blood or mana to resist. Moreover, Peerless Grade Mortal Weapons can enhance defense when used collectively!

But it also depends on what you are facing. If you are facing a person with limited mana, there is a possibility of survival if you can withstand all his attacks.

But now you are facing shells. It doesn't cost anything to launch these things, as long as the logistics can keep up, they can be fired continuously!

And what do shells like the most? They like it when enemies gather together!

"Buzz!" Someone took out a Peerless Grade Mortal Weapon shield. This thing is also very precious to Ninth Layer cultivators, but they are all elites and naturally not lacking in money.

The white jade bead hit the shield and then exploded violently. The young man holding the shield felt a tightness in his chest and directly spewed out a mouthful of blood.

"How is it?" someone quickly asked.

"It has such a powerful force!" the young man said, "The qi and blood attached to my shield was instantly scattered by the explosion!"

He vomited blood due to the shock of qi and blood, but his injuries were not serious.

But this is only the first shell.

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

"Boom!"

After several white jade beads, the young man finally couldn't hold on anymore. Several people next to him quickly pressed their hands on him, using their qi and blood to resist together.

People who used to have disagreements and internal conflicts have now united in the face of such difficulties.

But is it useful?

Human qi and blood are limited, while Yang Ning's white jade beads...

He made sixty thousand of them.

Mainly because the craftsmanship is too simple, it's just processing stones.

The talismans were purchased from the Artifact Refining Master Association.

He wanted the lowest-grade explosive talismans, and a skilled talisman master can draw thousands of them in a day.

As for why he made so many, don't ask, it's fear of insufficient firepower.

Yang Ning made so many preparations for the Mountain and River Ranking.

He investigated in advance that the Mountain and River Ranking challenge, apart from going up the platform and restricting the venue, does not restrict any means of fighting.

This includes techniques, Spirit Weapons, Spirit Beasts, and talismans.

Naturally, it does not include grenades.

I didn't expect there would be an outer gate trial before the Mountain and River Ranking. I might as well try it out here first.

The cultivators are indeed impressive. However, even with a shield that is 2 centimeters thick, it took half a minute to explode under the protection of the Physical Body Realm cultivators' blood and qi. It took over forty shells to destroy it.

A second shield?

Sorry, there are still shields, but there are no longer people who can output blood and qi. In order to maintain the shield, everyone has maximized their blood and qi output!

However, the shells continue to come!

"Don't hide your cards anymore, use all your trump cards!" Mattewei shouted.

As soon as he finished speaking, two figures flew out from under the shield like phantoms.

The Myriad Saints Alliance discovered that other sects would also send a large number of people into the Taiyi Formation, so they ordered their disciples to stick together and not go alone.

But in this situation, sticking together is equal to death.

Mattewei's eyes were about to burst with anger. "Bastards, it's already this time, and you still have something up your sleeves!"

The two people who were running away didn't care. We are disciples of the Myriad Saints Alliance, betraying teammates is normal, it would be strange if we didn't run!

They turned their heads and looked at the shells still continuously falling from the sky, feeling a sense of schadenfreude.

Schadenfreude is human nature. Seeing the shells only explode on their teammates and not themselves, the two of them were suddenly glad that they ran fast!

The next second, they saw that the Snowflake Crystal that had just dropped a shell did not return, but instead spun in the air and flew towards them.

"What?" The two of them were confused. Why are you bombing them? Why are you coming to find us?

The two turned around and ran, but how could they outrun a Spirit Weapon?

In just three seconds, the Snowflake Crystal Bracelet pierced through the throats of the two of them one by one.

Then, instead of returning, it circled around the disciples of the Myriad Saints Alliance.

Mattewei wanted to curse them for their deserved fate, but then he thought that even if they ran, they couldn't escape. Isn't it destined for them to die here?

"Is there anything else?" Mattewei asked.

"I still have this!" One person took out a piece composed of six blade blades, a Spirit Weapon shaped like a fan.

"Six Yin Flying Kill?" Mattewei exclaimed, "How did you bring your pulse's Spirit Weapon?"

Su Xiao believed that every disciple of the Myriad Saints Alliance should have a Spirit Weapon. This was inferred based on the situation of the disciples of the First Heaven Sect.

When disciples of the First Heaven Sect go on missions, their elders are generous enough to lend them some Spirit Weapons for protection. But on the side of the Myriad Saints Alliance, if a disciple dies, they die. They can just recruit more.

But if Spirit Weapons are lost, then I have truly suffered a loss!

One treats disciples as inheritance and the next generation, while the other treats disciples as consumables.

How can consumables be worthy of using Spirit Weapons?

So out of these 16 disciples of the Myriad Saints Alliance, there is only one Spirit Weapon!

And it's an attack-type Spirit Weapon!

This disciple tentatively placed the Six Yin Flying Kill on top of his head and started spinning at high speed.

As a result, this Spirit Weapon couldn't withstand the shockwave caused by the explosion, and the Six Yin Flying Kill cut the stones that passed through it into pieces. But because this thing was too sharp, the broken stones didn't slow down at all and still collided with the disciples of the Myriad Saints Alliance, causing screams to ring out.

"We have to fight back!" someone shouted.

Mattewei was speechless. Do you think I don't know we have to fight back? But the enemy is five kilometers away, and we can't even get out of this bomb pit, how can we fight back?

He silently took out a black flag from his storage bag and waved it.

The meaning was surrender!

Yang Ning silently watched, not choosing to accept, but continued to throw bombs.

It wasn't until the indiscriminate bombing lasted for another three minutes that Yang Ning stopped.

"How is it, is it over?" Su Xiao saw the Snowflake Crystal Flying Wheel surrounding Yang Ning and curiously asked.

"Yeah!" Yang Ning nodded. "Let's go, come with me and take a look!"

"Okay!" Su Xiao was really curious about what it looked like after the bombing. After all, all she could see were the Snowflake Crystal Flying Wheels carrying shells and flying out one after another, and then she heard the thunderous roar from that side.

The situation on the battlefield, however, was invisible.

After a while, the two arrived at the edge of the battlefield and saw the discolored sand below, as well as the scattered limbs and broken weapons on the ground.

"This!" Su Xiao's pupils contracted. She was first surprised by the effect of the bombing, and then she was overjoyed.

This is the battle method invented by the person I love!

The more powerful he is, the more stable the battle method becomes, and Su Xiao feels more proud.

Of course, this is also because love is blind. Even if Yang Ning doesn't use artillery shells and instead uses swords and hand-to-hand combat, Su Xiao's praise may turn into a man's spirit and bravery like iron.

As for the discomfort caused by seeing corpses?

Don't be ridiculous, Su Xiao is not a virtuous woman, she has also killed many people herself, and commanding subordinates to kill enemies is a common occurrence.

Not to mention that the ones she killed were members of the Demon Alliance.

"These white jade beads are simply invincible! With these things, can't we walk horizontally in the Tianheng Formation?" Su Xiao asked excitedly, "Even the Mysterious Heaven Sect, I feel like we can blow them up!"

After all, although the Mysterious Heaven Sect is strong, their battle methods are still within the scope of understanding.

"It's also taking advantage of the fact that no one has seen this kind of battle method before!" Yang Ning said, "As long as everyone has seen and understood it, the killing power of the white jade beads won't be so great!"

"I understand, we need to eradicate the roots, right?" Su Xiao nodded heavily, "There are actually survivors, I'll take care of it!"

Yang Ning was speechless and quickly stopped Su Xiao, "Let's ask about the situation first, why did the Myriad Saints Alliance suddenly send so many people!"

In the center of the shell crater, a young man in a black robe, with only half of his body left, lay on the ground in a daze, his eyes lifeless as he looked at the sky.

It wasn't until Yang Ning and Su Xiao approached him that he reacted.

"How should I address you, brother?" Yang Ning asked.

"Matvey!" Matvey glanced at Su Xiao beside Yang Ning and was instantly stunned, "She's not dead, that's the Sunburning Heart Poison!"

"This poison is indeed very powerful, the detoxification medicine we have is useless against it!" Yang Ning said seriously, "So I used unconventional methods to deal with the toxin!"

"Could it be!" Matvey thought of the miraculous techniques that used life force to create miracles, perhaps he used that?

If that's the case, it's not bad. At least they weren't all wiped out and the enemy was unharmed.

"Can I ask why you sent so many people in?" Yang Ning pointed to the area around Matvey, "I see that your cultivation levels are not low, with Ninth Layer and Tenth Layer of physical strength. You shouldn't be here for the trial, right?"

"You don't know anything?" Matvey asked back.

"Yeah, we are all disciples participating in the trial!" Yang Ning pointed to Su Xiao and himself, "We were shocked when we saw so many people suddenly coming in!"

Matvey fell silent. He didn't know if this person was mocking him or not. Looking at a disciple who had just joined the trial with Tenth Layer of physical strength was no different from looking at a child.

So they were wiped out by two kids?

How embarrassing!

"Or, should we keep it a secret?" Yang Ning asked curiously, seeing that Mattew didn't want to talk.

"There's nothing worth keeping a secret, everyone in the world already knows!" Mattew said, "A disciple from the Mysterious Heaven Sect of the Myriad Saints Alliance appeared in the trial grounds, and everyone suspects that he has discovered the secret of the Purple Heart Stone!"

"Huh?" Yang Ning was stunned, "Everyone, you mean?"

"All the elders and sect leaders of all sects!"

Yang Ning was shocked, "No, why? I admit that the Mysterious Heaven Sect is powerful, but it's not to the extent of being associated with discovering the secret of the Purple Heart Stone!"

Su Xiao was also anxious. She thought that only she and Yang Ning had discovered this secret, but now everyone knows?

"Huh, what do you guys know!" Mattew sneered, "When he first entered the trial, he was just a little brat who had just reached the Ninth Layer of the physical body. In just a few days, he was able to kill Xue Xian's four major guards, fight against multiple opponents on Fengyu Island, and even mastered the True Intent of Soul Pursuit!"

"With such abnormal cultivation progress, do you think he didn't obtain any secrets? I don't believe it!"

Yang Ning was stunned. So this is what you guys think?

Unfortunately, what you guys think is not wrong. That Mysterious Heaven Sect really did discover the secret of the Purple Heart Stone!

But why are they so sensitive? I've just killed a lot and shown some strength, why did it attract global attention?

In other cultivation novels, no matter how much trouble the protagonists cause, they can never attract the attention of the highest level. The ones who come out to chase and kill are always the minor characters. Why don't I have this treatment?

Su Xiao also felt a little discouraged. Her reasoning process was different, mainly because she didn't know what kind of strength the Mysterious Heaven Sect had when they first entered.

But if this missing piece is added, the possibility of the Mysterious Heaven Sect mastering the secret of the Purple Heart Stone suddenly becomes greater!

This is not good news because it means that they will face a sudden increase in competition!

The standard for the trial is not just the Ninth Layer of the physical body, but disciples from the Physical Body Realm who have never entered can also participate. It's just that there has been no progress for hundreds of years, so disciples with higher cultivation levels are not willing to come.

But once it is confirmed that someone has really cracked this secret, all sects will send their most elite outer disciples to participate. At that time, they will face groups of Tenth Layer physical bodies and Spirit Weapons in everyone's hands!

"Bai Qi, we..." Su Xiao looked at Yang Ning. Since she fell in love with Bai Qi, she has developed a habit of letting Bai Qi make decisions.

Yang Ning first killed Mattew with a single blow, then collected all the storage bags, and then replied, "Let's discuss it at the ruins!"

"Okay!"

(End of this chapter)