Chapter 1251: Chapter 1251: Firefish Awakens

In terms of the five elements, using wood to counter fire is not rational; using water to counter fire is the wise choice.

However, Ning Fan did not do so. Faced with the scorching wind pressure of the magma monster, he did not employ rain-based Divine Skills, but intentionally avoided doing so.

It was clear to everyone that the magma monster before him excelled in fire.

Yet when Ning Fan activated the Tianren Eye Technique, he instantaneously detected the peculiarity of the opponent’s flame.

"This person’s fire, the five elements are inverted, and what it generates is actually water, not wood... inverse five elements, interesting."

Metal conquers wood, wood conquers earth, earth conquers water, water conquers fire, fire conquers metal; this is the correct five elements.

Metal generates water, water generates wood, wood generates fire, fire generates earth, earth generates metal; this is also the correct five elements.

However, the magma monster before his eyes has a set of five element rules where water generates fire, wood conquers fire; the positions of the words regenerate and conquer have swapped.

Having seen through this, Ning Fan used wood-element methods to counter the opponent’s fire-element wind pressure, using what the opponent fears to restrict them; attacking with water instead would be the inferior choice, as it would cause the opponent’s firepower to soar.

The Ancestor Luoluo only thought Ning Fan’s wood conquering fire was based purely on realm suppression—though, indeed, Ning Fan’s realm of wood was higher than the opponent’s; however, there was also the reversal principle the Ancestor Luoluo could not discern.

After all, he isn’t Ning Fan, and his perception of Yin-Yang and the five elements is not as sharp.

Roar—

The magma monster seemed enraged when its attack was blocked by the giant wood shield and roared furiously.

It opened its massive bird beak, and a glaring red flame began to gather and compress within its mouth.

Then, it erupted!

The beam of flame formed and burned towards the towering wooden shield where Ning Fan stood!

"The fire of this level shouldn’t be enough..." According to Ning Fan’s calculations, the opponent’s fire cultivation fell far short of breaching his wooden shield.

His Godhood of Wood far surpassed the opponent’s fire realms, combined with the monster’s inverted five elements, he should have a winning advantage.

Yet, this time, Ning Fan miscalculated.

That beam of fire shattered Ning Fan’s towering wooden shield!

"Indeed, using wood against fire is the worst strategy..." Ancestor Luoluo thought to himself.

He assumed Ning Fan’s wooden shield was shattered because the principle of regenerate and conquer outweighed the influence of realms.

But that wasn’t the reality.

Ning Fan’s towering wooden shield at his feet was shattered; losing his standing position, he was pushed by the overwhelming wind pressure, backtracking continuously in mid-air.

His gaze grew increasingly stern; he had seen the scene just now quite clearly. The opponent’s fire level was indeed inferior to his wood level, and he also benefitted from the inverse regenerate and conquer advantage, yet his wooden shield was still broken.

The opponent’s fire beam, upon hitting the wooden shield, actually underwent further compression. The beam originally had a thickness of one foot, resembling a light pillar; but at the moment of attack, suddenly compressed down to the thickness of a hair thread.

This was concentrating all the power to a single point, ultimately using a point to penetrate a surface.

Ning Fan’s wooden shield was meant to resist overwhelming wind pressure; thus, it was made exceedingly large. Increasing the defense area inevitably led to the dispersion of wood’s power, being penetrated by a point was unsurprising.

Ning Fan understood the principle, but truly emulating it, he definitely couldn’t achieve such a degree of fire control.

He could compress the infinite fire within his body into a beam to erupt, but compressing a large beam further into a single thread of flame was beyond his capability.

The magma monster’s strength didn’t lie in the level of the flame but in the exquisite control over the flame.

Seeing this scene before him suddenly reminded Ning Fan of the scene where Longx Yansheng sliced fish. Skill comes from practice; achieving this requires long years of accumulated experience, and there’s no shortcut.

Roar—

The magma monster roared again after its successful strike.

A new fire beam gathered in its massive mouth, and then erupted once more!

The beam left the mouth, about a foot thick, and as it approached, abruptly compressed into an extremely dangerous fire line intended to penetrate everything Ning Fan had!

An attack identical to the previous!

No one would fall into the same pit twice, at least Ning Fan wouldn’t.

The opponent’s consummate fire control techniques profoundly impacted Ning Fan, sparking enlightenment.

The insight reverberated in his heart continuously, sometimes infinite, sometimes condensed into the simplest two words: technique, Dao.

The battle of the five elements and pure power clashes are merely contests of Dao strength.

That consummate fire control technique doesn’t belong to the realm of Dao but to the application of technique.

If Dao were supreme, techniques would be useless.

If techniques were supreme, Dao can also be broken.

At the instant the fire line approached, Ning Fan suddenly clasped his hands together, and countless wooden tendrils flew out from his body, condensing a palm-sized wooden shield before him.

He compressed the wood power sufficient to create a towering giant shield into a palm-sized shield, attempting to counter the opponent’s point-to-surface breach through the transformation of technique.

Sure enough, after the giant shield compressed into a small shield, its solidity far exceeded its prior state several times, and the fire line did not burn through the small shield immediately.

However, this sustainment lasted only six or seven breaths.

After six or seven breaths, even the strong small shield couldn’t stop the opponent’s fire line and was still shattered using point-to-surface breach.

In this round of technique confrontation, Ning Fan again fell into disadvantage.

Boom!

At the moment the shield shattered, the fire line accurately hit Ning Fan, penetrating his physical body deeply enough to incinerate a whole starry sky.

Then, his body caught fire from the inside out, incinerating into charcoal in merely three to four breaths.

"Senior Ning, a dignified Quasi-Saint... was actually killed..." Long Yan Sheng and the other fire demons broke into a cold sweat from fright.

Clearly, they were terrified by the fearsome power of the magma monster!

"No, he wasn’t..." Ancestor Luoluo shook his head, stopping everyone’s panic. Although he couldn’t see through the Reverse Five Elements, he could tell that Ning Fan had already dodged that attack.

Sure enough, at the moment the ’body’ was burned to charcoal, another Ning Fan tore through the heavens and earth, walking out. The one that was burned just now turned out to be merely a wooden body double he casually created.

"This person’s understanding of spells is unimaginably high, yet his mind seems a little off, unable to see through even this level of body double... merely a mindless killing machine..." Ning Fan said regretfully.

Roar——

The monster, seeing Ning Fan unharmed, emitted another beam of light, with the fire line piercing through the heavens and earth.

"This time, I must succeed..."

Ning Fan brought his hands together, his concentration reaching an unprecedented high, his eyes glowing with an azure light as dazzling as the sun.

Numerous wooden tendrils flew out from his body once again, forming a small shield to guard the front.

"Not enough, still not enough... the level of concentration is still not high enough..."

Ning Fan’s spirit sense seemed tangible, honing that small shield. Though the shield was wooden and originally rough, under Ning Fan’s control, it became smooth, and eventually, the shield’s surface gleamed like a mirror!

The fire light landed on the wood mirror shield’s surface and was directly reflected back!

The magma monster apparently did not expect its attack to be reflected back at it, unable to make any defense in time, and was struck by its own attack.

Boom!

That was the sound of the magma monster’s body shattering!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

That was the sound of its body collapsing, unable to maintain its form!

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The magma monster was gradually dissipating, reverting back to the Fire Quail Pond bit by bit!

"Indeed, this creature acts without brains, even if it couldn’t defend itself in time against such light refraction, it should have at least tried to dodge slightly, shouldn’t have been defeated so easily..."

"The extreme of techniques, truly formidable, this technique shall be called the Wood Mirror Technique." Ning Fan mused.

He clearly could have directly brought out the Merit Umbrella to make the magma monster lose its bearings, yet he chose to fight hard using a method of meeting force with force, in order to comprehend the opponent’s technique amidst the clash, and create his own new technique.

In just three rounds of exchanges, Ning Fan found the weakness in the opponent’s magic and created a new technique instantly through Heavenly Human Dao Enlightenment.

The fire light compressed into a line, yet lines of light are easily refracted and reflected... there’s no perfect technique in this world, whether it be a large shield, small shield, or mirror shield, none is superior, it depends on how it’s used.

"Such a formidable Fire Fish Immortal, to be defeated by Ning Daoist Friend in this way?" Ancestor Luoluo’s mouth gaped open, unable to close.

The power of that single attack from the magma monster was superior to hers, yet Ning Fan defeated it in three moves, and the way he defeated it seemed so ordinary... it almost felt surreal.

The Fire Devil Tribe didn’t care about much else, seeing the magma monster’s body about to collapse and disappear, everyone cheered with excitement—they faced the Fire Fish Immortal for generations and this was the first time anyone had directly repelled the Fire Fish Immortal. Everyone looked at Ning Fan with eyes like seeing a god, filled with reverence and gratitude.

Countless cheers erupted!

"Amazing! Truly amazing! Senior Ning ignored the natural order of Wood suppressing Fire, and reversed it, defeating the Fire Fish Immortal in three moves." Long Yan Sheng felt passion surge within him, and his personal admiration for Ning Fan reached unprecedented heights instantly.

Then thinking again, the Fire Devil Tribe was bullied by the Fire Fish Immortal for generations, who knows how many divine grannies died, and now that the Fire Fish Immortal had finally been defeated for the first time, he should take advantage of its weakness, finish it off, and strike a few punches on the Fire Fish Immortal to console the spirits of his clansmen.

No sooner said than done!

As soon as the thought occurred, Long Yan Sheng darted out, flying immediately to the front of the magma monster.

At this moment, the magma monster’s body was collapsing, emitting a wail, a wail that wasn’t because it was defeated.

Its sound seemed imbued with blood and tears, with resentment, helplessness, and an unresolvable sadness.

"Mammy, Xili Mammy, Xili Xiduo..."

"Abado, Aba’aduo..."

The divine granny of the Fire Devil Tribe was momentarily stunned: Mammy? Xili Mammy? It somehow sounds quite like the chants I invented.

No one could understand the words of the magma monster.

No one could understand its sorrow.

Only Ning Fan could understand here.

[Sister, my little sister, the one I love...]

[Cannot forget, absolutely cannot forget...]

"Is it his little sister that this person loves and obsesses over..." Ning Fan sighed without reason.

He didn’t even know who this magma monster was, nor why it was in this place.

He didn’t know if this monster had existed since the era of Ziwei Xian Huang, or if it was a being of later generations.

However, he was still slightly moved by the words of that monster...

Of course, none of this concerned him. He would still stand on the side of the Fire Devil Tribe to disperse this monster since he did have a delicious meal served by them, didn’t he?

"Come to think of it, to be hit by fire lines of such extent and show no sign of injury, only to merely dissipate, is indeed strange... this dissipation should be temporary, and someday in the future, it might suddenly reappear, unfavorable to the Fire Devil Tribe..."

"Why not think of a way to help the Fire Devil Tribe once and for all..." Killing intent flashed in Ning Fan’s eyes.

He was never a benevolent person, and while this monster might have its pitiful side, it had devoured the Divine Granny of the Fire Devil Tribe for generations. From the standpoint of the Fire Devil Tribe, this monster was not at all worthy of sympathy.

As soon as this killing intent arose, Ning Fan planned to take action, but at this moment, an abrupt change occurred.

Long Yansheng of the Fire Devil Tribe actually went to court death.

Long Yansheng ran up to the magma monster, and guess what he did!

This rascal actually undid his waistband, spraying a stream of water towards the magma monster.

"Among the Five Elements, water overcomes fire! Elder Ning can defy rules and defeat you with wood, but I myself know I cannot achieve that, and being a Fire Devil, I do not understand the spells of wood, earth, or metal. You are fire, I am also fire, and attacking fire with fire is not the best tactic. The best tactic is using water to attack fire, but as a Fire Devil, I’ve only ever cultivated this single water-based Divine Skill, it’s somewhat disgraceful, but there’s no other choice... Hah! You’ve eaten so many of my tribe members, now taste my [Eight Tribulations Yang Water]!"

Eight Tribulations, meaning Long Yansheng’s Eight Tribulations Immortal Emperor cultivation.

Yang, refers to Long Yansheng’s path of cultivation, still preserving his Yang energy. After all, as of today, he hasn’t encountered a woman, only men, no, only been touched by men.

Only ever received, never released, hence his Yang energy is intact.

Eight Tribulations Fire Devil, terrifying indeed!

Yang energy intact, even more terrifying!

On the surface, it looked like Long Yansheng was releasing water, but this strike was undoubtedly a full-force strike from an Eight Tribulations Immortal Emperor!

With a single blow, suddenly a pungent Yellow River emerged in the barren desert!

That Yellow River, if it flowed in all directions, could submerge an entire realm, enough to drown an Immortal King in one strike!

Even someone as strong as Ning Fan dared not touch such a terrifying attack directly... Just witnessing this attack, Ning Fan was already "scared" green in the face.

Alright, not scared, but disgusted.

Had he just eaten a slice of Long Yansheng’s fish?

Before slicing the fish... did he wash his hands? Could it be...

The waves of nausea made Ning Fan frown, suddenly he felt less grateful for the dinner provided by the Fire Devil Tribe.

"I didn’t expect after all these years, this kid still hasn’t learned a lesson..." As Long Yansheng displayed such vulgar Divine Skill in public, Ancestor Luoluo’s expression turned icy.

Years ago, she inadvertently suffered a Yang Water attack from Long Yansheng. At that time, Long Yansheng was a handsome young man, exceedingly charming, yet with low cultivation and a muddled head... His Yang Water back then didn’t hold the power of Eight Tribulations, unable to transform into a raging Yellow River.

However, the level of disgust was the same!

Back then, she was bathing peacefully in a Spiritual Spring when suddenly a rascal released Yang Water into it...

So Ancestor Luoluo got angry.

The result of anger was a more disgusting punishment for Long Yansheng, leaving him with a lifelong shadow...

Those Fire Devils were also a bunch of fools.

The Clan Leader publicly used such a shameful Divine Skill, yet there were still many people cheering, the most enthusiastic being the male members of the Fire Devil Tribe, each of them awed by Long Yansheng’s grandeur, the cheering even more fervent than when Ning Fan defeated the Fire Fish Immortal.

As for the women of the Fire Devil Tribe... the young girls shyly covered their faces, while the older and younger wives peeked through their fingers at the Clan Leader’s majesty...

The saying "like father like son" described this tribe of devils well.

Amidst the cheers, Long Yansheng released the raging Yellow River, theoretically, water should suppress fire, yet his raging Yellow River couldn’t extinguish the magma monster’s flames, instead fueling them, causing the magma monster to blaze more intensely!

The flames followed the raging Yellow River, spreading along its path, finally setting fire to Long Yansheng’s weapon.

Long Yansheng screamed in agony; as a Fire Devil, the flames spread along the path burned his crucial part. If not for the resilience of an Immortal Emperor’s spirit sense, he might have cried out in pain.

It was an unimaginable scorching pain!

Worse than death!

A pain that distinguishes the greatest difference between male and female, only males would understand!

"Something’s off..." Ancestor Luoluo was just planning to teach Long Yansheng a lesson when she suddenly noticed something, no longer concerned about Long Yansheng.

She noticed the magma monster sprayed by Long Yansheng’s urine, its body burned fiercer, the magma bubbled more violently.

The monster’s heat continuously rose, its aura becoming increasingly terrifying!

The shell of the monster, which seemed about to explode but now the collapse halted, as if receiving immense healing.

Suddenly, its magma shell cracked open, streams of magma flowed from its body.

Countless Fire Quail Fish less than ten meters followed the magma stream back to the ground.

Thunderous booming sounds burst forth from the continuously cracking magma shell!

Thump thump, thump thump, thump thump!

It’s the sound of heartbeats!

Thump thump, thump thump, thump thump!

Heartbeats louder than thunder, carrying unimaginable power!

"Daoist Ning, be cautious! There seems to be some change happening to that monster!" Ancestor Luoluo lifted her foot and flew beside Ning Fan to warn him.

"Hehe, that’s thanks to Long Yansheng’s pee, otherwise you and I wouldn’t have witnessed such a spectacular scene." Ning Fan watched the magma monster’s changes with great interest, seemingly foresaw this scene.

"Spectacular scene?" Ancestor Luoluo’s face froze, Daoist Ning actually thought Long Yansheng’s urinating scene was spectacular, is this... could it be... Daoist Ning is even more deranged than I am?

Ning Fan was evidently unaware that Ancestor Luoluo had misunderstood him.

He could only hear the voices of women’s hearts and couldn’t eavesdrop on men’s words, so he didn’t know what Ancestor Luoluo was inwardly criticizing about him at that moment.

He was still intently observing the changes of the magma monster.

He had long known that the magma monster’s Five Elements were reversed; it would come alive when it encountered water.

He had also heard from Ancestor Luoluo’s mouth, "In the pool, there is a fish; it soars into the sky when it meets water, and dives into the earth when it meets fire."

Indeed, indeed.

It dives into the earth when it meets fire, and soars into the sky when it meets water.

This monster is about to reveal its true form and take flight!

Rumble, rumble, rumble!

The shell of the magma monster completely exploded.

As all the magma flowed out, an eight-colored giant fish spread its wings that soared to the sky and took flight!

This was the true appearance of the magma monster!

It soars into the sky when it meets water!

This fish had been without water for an incredibly long time!

Sealed in the Fire Quail Pond for eternal ages, it had been away from the sky, for too long! Too long!

From a bird-shaped magma monster, it turned into a sky-soaring giant fish; its external form changed so much, the only thing unchanged was the gloom in the monster’s eyes.

"Mammy, Xili Mammy, Xili Xiduo..."

"Abado, Aba’aduo..."

It was still lamenting, uttering words that no one could understand.

Its eyes seemed to be gazing at something, yet also seemed to see nothing.

Suddenly, those fish eyes filled with endless sorrow turned with anger and murderous intent, locking onto Ning Fan, onto Ancestor Luoluo, onto all the Flame Devils here!

A suffocating sense of oppression comparable to the Ancient Great Cultivator’s surged forth, making everyone present pale with fright!

"Fire, fire, fire... the Fire Fish Immortal has gone berserk! Everyone, heed my command, evacuate quickly, evacuate the Partridge Fire Palace, and hide in the other palaces!"

At that moment, Long Yansheng could no longer bother about the pain between his legs!

He wished he could cut off the thing that caused him trouble! Damn it! What a mess this stupid thing has stirred up!

How foolish!

How self-destructive!

He actually released the Fire Fish Immortal sealed in the Fire Quail Pond!

And all it took was a leak of urine!

Indeed, indeed!

No wonder back then Lord Duowen scolded him so harshly when he urinated on the Fire Quail Pond!

"Nonsense! You want the Fire Fish Immortal to go berserk! Pull up your trousers now!"

Young Long Yansheng didn’t understand Lord Duowen’s warning at all then.

Now, he finally understood a bit...

The scene before him was probably what the Old Demon Duowen had referred to as the Fire Fish Immortal going berserk...

"Flee, flee to the Partridge Head Palace or the Partridge Tail Palace! Even if this monster goes berserk, it cannot leave this place, this is what Lord Duowen personally told me! Everyone, immediately follow me to evacuate!"

Long Yansheng finally looked a bit like a clan leader, leading his people to escape.

As for Long Yansheng and others fleeing, Ning Fan did not stop them, instead he was happy to see it happen.

Without the Flame Devils hindering him, he could open up and have a great battle!

As for escaping this place... sorry, he didn’t plan to leave, even if the enemy seemed like an Ancient Great Cultivator.

"Daoist Ning, let us retreat too!" Ancestor Luoluo said urgently.

Even though she was a Second-Grade Quasi-Saint, she wouldn’t be arrogant enough to think she could fight an ancient great cultivator like the Fire Fish Immortal.

"No need. This is not a great cultivator; I refer not to cultivation, but to existence. Its existence is very peculiar..." Ning Fan spoke with eyes shining azure, saying words Ancestor Luoluo didn’t understand.

"Are you really not escaping?" Ancestor Luoluo was greatly shocked, staring at Ning Fan resolutely, as if truly knowing his madness at this moment.

"Hmm, no need to escape, and I still have Divine Artefact Fragments to collect here. I was busy eating earlier, but I shouldn’t forget about this."

"If that’s the case..." Ancestor Luoluo bit her silver tooth, finally smiled bitterly, "Then I won’t run either, I will stay and help you fight this creature. Just one thing, I must make clear, if the situation becomes desperate, even if it is just to drag you, I will pull you out of here, for you Daoist are the last hope of the Barbarian Clan. You are... the Barbaric God."

"Uh..." Ning Fan was greatly surprised.

He indeed was the Tenth-Generation Barbaric God personally conferred by the First Barbarian God Dao Man Mountain, but how did Ancestor Luoluo know about this?

He wasn’t surprised when he saw the Fire Fish Immortal go berserk, because he had anticipated it, but the matter before him was beyond his expectation.

"That this person sought me out was actually because of my Tenth-Generation Barbaric God identity; what exactly is this matter..."

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