The First Half

Li Fan, carrying the plasma cannon, approached the flying ship, enveloped in the light of the Moon Soul Sword Light. He cautiously observed from a distance, wondering what flammable and explosive materials were inside. The entire flying ship had been blown apart, looking from afar like a giant fireball hanging in mid-air.

It was indeed hanging in the air. Most of the wooden hull had been blown away, leaving only the metal keel and some wreckage still burning fiercely, but it hadn't fallen into the sea yet because it was still bound by four coiled Coiled Dragon pulling the boat with fine gold chains.

The four dragons pulling the flying boat were also terrified by the explosion and scattered in panic. Their chains were all tangled together, burning red-hot but unable to be broken. The fireball-like flying boat hung around their necks, swinging like a pendulum. The iron chains binding the dragons' strength went straight into their flesh, burning and releasing bursts of meaty aroma. It looked like they were about to be strangled to death by these beasts.

But no one had time to pay attention to these beasts now. The Spirit Race protectors who had been following the spaceship had rushed straight into the burning spaceship. There were also two Divine Lords and the remaining Nascent Soul Stage cultivators, all fighting fiercely in the fire. In the distance, one could see the intermittently appearing protective true energy and the Nine Truth Profound Darkness Qi Sword that swept across the clouds.

Clearly, this sudden explosion was a signal to attack, and people inside and outside the ship were going crazy, killing each other desperately!

So what exactly is going on here? Who's on whose side...?

Li Fan approached from the outside, cautiously sensing the situation inside with his Divine Sense. After a brief calculation, he understood why the number of Nascent Soul Stage had dropped so quickly.

His first shot should have killed a Nascent Soul Stage of the Cheng generation from Zhenzhen Palace, but it seems the plasma cannon also detonated something else on his body, causing a violent explosion.

Judging from how badly the dragon boat was destroyed, and considering the involvement of the Divine Cult, and the fact that the other party was the one who led the team to wipe out the Huan family, there's a high probability that he possessed explosives like metallic nitrogen produced by the Legion.

Since the explosion occurred inside the ship's cabin, the Nascent Soul Stage cultivators on board, though all True Cultivator from the Inner Sect Penglai with profound cultivation, were still caught off guard by such a massive explosion. Those with weak fundamental skills were naturally severely injured and on the verge of death on the spot, perhaps even needing others to rescue them. Who knew that other forces would seize the opportunity to launch an attack, catching them off guard and causing them to capsize in the gutter, their heads taken by those 'bodyguards' who suddenly turned against them and stabbed them in the back.

If it were just some Spirit Race protectors causing trouble, they might be able to put up a fight, but now those two Divine Transformation Lords have even taken advantage of the chaos to kill their own disciples. Li Fan can only sense that four Nascent Soul Stage cultivators are still alive, gathered together and desperately defending against the two Divine Lords' attacks. Everyone else has been killed in the blink of an eye.

The fact that these four have managed to hold out until now suggests that Xu Chengyang is among them, and that he likely possesses some kind of magical treasure protecting him, which is why he has been able to temporarily withstand the combined attack of two Divine Transformation.

So, those two Divine Transformation are from the Divine Cult? But isn't the God Lord Jade supposed to signal a request for help from members of the Divine Cult? And it seems the legion's explosives were carried by True Palace cultivators, so the side under attack is the inner circle of the Divine Cult? But isn't Xu Chengyang from the inner circle of the Profound Sect? How come they're all mixed up together?

Just as Li Fan was struggling with whether to sneak in and take a look or play it safe and wait outside, he realized that he was in a difficult situation.

Suddenly, Li Fan noticed four Spirit Race guardians rushing out of the fire, each holding a flag in one hand and a short knife in the other. They leaped up the iron chains, rushed onto the heads of the four dragons, and used their knives to chisel blood holes in the dragon heads, staining the flags with the gushing dragon blood. Then they planted the flagpole on the dragon heads.

Li Fan's mind raced. He noticed that the talisman on the flag was remarkably similar to the one used by the Nangong Family to besiege and kill the four spirit officials of the Immortal Palace. He immediately understood that the two Divine Transformation knew they couldn't defeat the people guarding the ship immediately and feared that others might anticipate trouble and come to their rescue. So, they planned to start a massacre and kill them behind closed doors!

Great! Let's start a killing spree! We'll make some money again! Wait for me!

Li Fan immediately stopped hesitating. As soon as he saw the killing spree begin, he rushed in as if it were a festival. Just before the last flag was inserted into the Dragon Head, his Sword Light rushed in, circled the ship, and with his plasma cannon firing, instantly killed the four Spirit Race guardians outside.

'Li Fan triumphs in the battle'

Li Fan's mood improved slightly. (x4)

'Li Fan's mood cap has been increased by 500' x 4

Wow! Goodness! Penglai is awesome! They start a killing spree, and each guardian adds 500 points! That's generous! Time to rack up points!

"Hey! Pharmacist, calm down!"

But the rabbit couldn't be persuaded anymore; he had earned too much this time, and all Li Fan could see was the monster that could reach the maximum score.

So, enveloped in Sword Light, he brandished the plasma cannon like a shotgun and charged into the fire, yelling "Hahahaha!" He fired a shot at everything he saw. In the blink of an eye, he wiped out the entire group of Spirit Race protectors who were still looting the corpses on the periphery.

After all, they were all body-refining generals made of flesh and blood. Even those with faster reactions, upon seeing the Sword Light coming down, immediately flexed their muscles and assumed a close-combat stance, ready to fight with their own internal energy. As a result, they were instantly turned into charcoal by Li Fan's attack, making them like live targets...

In the blink of an eye, Li Fan had wiped out the remaining sixteen guardians on the outer perimeter. He probably made a small profit of 10k, mainly because judging from the mess at the scene, several Nascent Soul Stage cultivators fought desperately and exchanged many guardians; otherwise, he could have made 20k. What a pity.

But the deities inside naturally sensed something was wrong. Immediately, one of them rushed out of the fire to grab the person, shouting, "How dare you! Who is hiding here...?"

Biu!

Li Fan acted decisively, directly knocking down the Divine Transformation elder who was coming straight at him.

"You scoundrel, you're asking for death!!"

This Divine Transformation is quite powerful. He blew off a withered old man and grew a tender new head, just like a baby. I don't know what kind of strange and unusual technique it is, but it looks slightly different from the Motian Huasheng Dafa.

However, the new Divine Transformation was clearly intimidated, probably never expecting that this mere Nascent Soul Stage rat would attack his old man without saying a word.

After all, he was an old-timer and had certainly never seen anything like a plasma cannon before. But seeing how a flash of blue light shattered Divine Transformation level Dao body, he knew how powerful Li Fan was. Moreover, seeing that Li Fan was currently enveloped in the Moon Soul Sword Light, moving nimbly through the fire, he probably assumed that Li Fan was using a flying sword or some other magical artifact.

Then, the newly-minted deity flicked his fingers, first forming a metal-avoiding incantation. At the same time, he instantly unleashed layers upon layers of lotus-shaped true energy, thick and heavy as if they were solid, protecting his body. Perhaps feeling secure this time, he brazenly lunged forward again, reaching out to grab the person.

Li Fan chuckled, then Biu! He fired a shot right in the chest, blasting a huge hole in it.

"Wh-what!"

The new-headed deity was greatly shocked, clearly not expecting his protective true energy to be completely useless! He was injured by this attack, his speed slowed down, and he hesitated in shock, not daring to approach!

Li Fan certainly wouldn't give his opponent a chance to use hand seals. Following his previous practice, he focused all his energy on activating the Ruyi Sword Scripture, leaving his positioning entirely to Yue Po. He kept firing his weapon at his opponent's torso with a continuous barrage of attacks.

The newly appointed deity was hit in the waist by another cannon shot, almost injuring his Inner Landscape. Knowing that he couldn't afford to linger at such close range and endure the barrage of powerful magic weapons, he turned and fled, leaving a trail of fire that stretched all the way to the horizon, finally stopping at the edge of the killing barrier.

Of course, Li Fan couldn't just let it go and allow it to catch its breath and start casting a spell; who knew what tricks it might use! Immediately, a thought struck him, and Yue Po, with a flick of its sword, chased after it! As expected of a first-grade flying sword, its close-range dodges and maneuvers were almost as fast as Divine Transformation cultivator's escape technique, keeping it firmly in its grasp!

Taking advantage of the situation, Li Fan unleashed a barrage of fire, the blue flames spewing from the plasma cannon's trajectory drawing conspicuous blue arcs across the sky! However, this Divine Lord had also learned from the experience; once locked in by Divine Sense, he immediately vanished, darting back and forth without pause. The flaws in the plasma cannon's trajectory became apparent at this moment, as it simply couldn't hit him!

Yes, it looks like turn-based, but it isn't.

Li Fan fired non-stop from beginning to end, and his Sword Light flashes and escape techniques never stopped either; the speed of a cultivator at the Transformation Stage was simply too fast.

In the blink of an eye, it had already gotten close enough to take three hits, then turned and fled, starting a chase with Li Fan! If Li Fan stopped even for a moment, it might pounce and grab him again.

Therefore, Li Fan could not stop, and the Divine Lord had no time to stop either.

He hadn't given up trying to fight back; he'd tried many times, but to no avail! Because Li Fan was maneuvering with his Sword Light, the Dark Underworld Qi Sword couldn't reach him. He couldn't get close either, and even if he did, he couldn't dodge the barrage; a single hit would destroy half of his Dao body. Magical weapons were useless too; in this high-speed combat, ordinary magical weapons would be shattered instantly!

Using flying swords? Who the hell has that many flying swords?! And this rat's flying swords are way too fast!!

Yes, with the full power of the Ruyi Sword Scripture, Yuepo's Sword Light was also extremely fast. Although the escape technique could immediately create distance, the killing calamity had already been set up. The space that the Divine Lord's escape technique could provide was limited, but the range of the plasma cannon was unlimited!

Therefore, the moment the Divine Lord landed, Li Fan's Gu Guan Method could immediately lock onto the opponent's location, and then with a series of flashes of blue light, the Moon Soul Sword Light would chase after them!

As expected of a Xuanmen old monster at the Transformation Stage, in just a short while, although being suppressed was somewhat humiliating, he had already probed Li Fan's tactics and strategies during the entanglement with him, and devised the best way to counter them!

"Senior brother, come help me quickly!!"

Damn, how old are you? This is utterly shameless...

As a result, when he called out, another Divine Transformation actually arrived on the ship! This was also an old man, who directly abandoned four Nascent Soul Stage, escaped, and threw out a tsunami-like Nine Truth Profound Darkness Qi Sword! He unleashed a massive attack that filled the screen—can you believe it!

"Holy shit! Two against one, you son of a bitch!" Li Fan roared as he flew away on his sword, covering his head and fleeing for his life. "Aren't you moving?! Are you waiting to die?!"

This is a real rip-off! Those four Nascent Soul Stage just stubbornly stayed inside the sea of fire and refused to come out!

The old senior brother who arrived later was clearly a master. With a wave of his hand, he unleashed wave after wave of sword energy. Moreover, he was exceptionally cunning, suppressing his cultivation level while simultaneously concealing a hidden attack! Li Fan managed to dodge the first wave of sword energy, but that was merely a distraction! The next two waves of sword energy followed in quick succession, each faster than the last! They caught Li Fan completely off guard, engulfing him in a sea of sword energy! He was forced to abandon his pursuit and could only flee with Yue Po in a panic!

That wasn't enough! In just a short while, that old senior brother actually calculated the trajectory of the Moon Soul! Suddenly, a Sword Light attacked! It was incredibly fast, piercing straight through, and slashed at the plasma cannon in Li Fan's hand!

Li Fan had no way to avoid it either. Holding his newly acquired toy, he turned around to block it, but the sword of energy from the Transformation Stage only grazed him, and a huge gash was sliced open on his back as easily as cutting tofu! Fortunately, he had already reinforced his body once by learning the Dao Body of the Thousand-Faced Immortal, so he wasn't cut in half! But enduring a Nascent Divine Transformation sword was already his limit!

Li Fan glanced at him and saw that the junior brother, having received help, had caught his breath and immediately swallowed a pill to heal his injuries and repair his shattered body. It was most likely the famous and authentic Donghua Changchun Pill from Penglai, definitely a top-quality product. The holes in his body that had been blasted to pieces by the plasma cannon were visibly healing and recovering!

Play ball, play ball, play ball! He caught his breath and his health is fully restored! All that fighting for nothing! Holy crap, this Donghua Changchun Pill is truly a holy medicine for sword fighting!

Li Fan wasn't stupid. Seeing that he couldn't continue the fight, he made a decisive move and turned to run!

He immediately put away the plasma cannon, flew to the edge of the killing calamity on his sword, disappeared into the water, and with a swift leap, escaped.

Okay, I'm outta here. Two Divine Transformation! Should I stay and wait to die?

Honestly, Li Fan absolutely adores the Killing Tribulation mechanism now. These natives can only harm themselves, while for Li Fan, it's all beneficial and without any harm!

The two deities inside were probably dumbfounded. It was one thing for a Transformation Stage to get a headshot from a Nascent Soul Realm, but how could someone in the Killing Tribulation realm just come and go like that? But they couldn't transform into a Kun and exploit the bug, so they couldn't catch up without killing the four cowardly Nascent Soul Stage.

So Li Fan took this opportunity to quickly disengage from the battle, use potions to recover his health and energy, and decided that if they were going to fight, they should do it fairly and everyone should recover before starting the second half.

Yes, even though he's already earned 10k, he's not planning to leave yet!

After all, this is a bloodbath; once it's gone, it's gone forever!

And it can't be said that there's no chance of winning!

After all, the plasma cannon can deal true damage, the Moon Soul can automatically dodge with movement, the Thousand-Faced Immortal's Dao Body can't be instantly killed, and the Kun Dao Body can leave the battlefield at any time. He still has nine lives to live!

In a bloodbath, everyone has a chance of winning! The bold get rich, the timid starve, damn it!

Li Fan's killing intent had already been aroused, so he naturally wouldn't give up easily. However, he certainly wouldn't rush back to his death in such a headstrong manner. He needed to catch his breath first, quickly burrow underground to heal his injuries, and also analyze the battle that had just taken place.

Judging from the few moves they exchanged in just a short while, the performance of these two deities, one old and one new, suggests that they are not just Outer Sect disciples, but rather highly skilled masters of the Xuanmen sect.

The new junior brother didn't kill him outright, probably because he thought the four Nascent Soul Stage cultivators were already under his control and was too careless. Relying on his superior cultivation level, he thought he could capture Li Fan, this unknown intruder, and find out his background. That's why Li Fan was able to successfully ambush him, but he missed his best opportunity.

After all, the opponent's health bar was too thick. He survived three plasma cannon shots without any problems, and he even had first aid medicine and advanced escape techniques. Moreover, his skin was too thick. He would just grow back layer by layer after being hit. He fought someone a level lower than himself, and when things went wrong, he immediately cried for help. He was so shameless. It seems that if he comes again, he will be more prepared and will not be so easily ambushed.

That old senior brother is also incredibly cunning; you can tell from the hidden malice in every move he makes. Moreover, he waited until his junior brother cried for help before attacking, perhaps waiting to see what other tricks Li Fan had up his sleeve. This one is probably even more insidious and troublesome; Li Fan will likely prioritize throwing his trump cards at him first.

So Li Fan used the Jade Purity Escape Technique to repair the sword wound on his back. After preparing himself and feeling that he was ready, he changed his position and once again transformed into a Kun to secretly infiltrate the Killing Calamity.

Sure enough, those two Divine Lords got serious after Li Fan, that scoundrel, messed things up!

The seawater was bound by magical power, and layers of waves parted like walls of water, revealing the seabed as a killing field. The wreckage of the treasure ship had already crashed to the seabed, leaving a mess. But there was still a shimmering white light barrier, probably a life-saving magic treasure supported by four Nascent Soul Stage.

The two divine lords, the new junior brother, sat on the jade lotus altar in the sky. Lotus petals unfolded around them, and their whole bodies were enveloped in a halo of light, soon making them invisible. Only auspicious clouds spread out layer after layer, covering the sky.

Moreover, from time to time, dazzling magical treasures would fly out from the colorful clouds, striking the light barrier on the ground, causing the earth to shake and the light barrier to collapse.

The old senior brother, on the other hand, protected himself with Sword Light, riding a flying sword back and forth, patrolling the area, occasionally scattering waves of sword energy, but not attacking the light barrier, instead aimlessly scattering it onto the seabed.

Li Fan realized that they probably hadn't expected anyone to be able to escape the killing intent so easily. They likely thought he had used some method to conceal himself and hide.

Therefore, the two deities exchanged tasks, with the new leader going to fight four Nascent Soul Stage, while the old leader stayed outside to guard against Li Fan's sneak attacks.