Chapter 6 Junior Brother Ji Ning

In the Brightmoon Diagram of Mountains and Waters, a hazy moonlight shrouded everything year-round.

Ji Ning moved through the forest, silent as a ghost, until he reached the peak of a mountain. Hidden among the grass and trees, he gazed into the distance.

In a distant valley lay a lake as smooth as a mirror. Beside the lake, a fierce battle raged—three attackers besieging a single woman.

Among the three, one was a man in a black robe with long hair, floating midair. Before him, a massive black flood dragon coalesced, almost tangible, its aura formidable as it furiously assaulted the woman.

Another was a silver-haired woman. She opened her mouth wide, and with a whoosh, a terrifying wind-blade, like countless flying swords, swept forth, stripping away a layer of the ground. The cyan-glowing wind-blade also frenziedly attacked the woman.

The last was a silver-robed youth, cold and aloof, pointing into the void. There, a giant sword a hundred zhang high descended again and again, its tip stabbing toward the woman.

The one besieged by the three...

was a stunning black-clad girl. Around her, two enormous phoenixes—one of ice, one of fire—circled, resisting with all their might. Yet under the triple assault, she was clearly struggling, and with the black dragon coiling around her, escape was impossible.

Senior apprentice-sister Yu Wei! Ji Ning's eyes widened.

The besieged woman was indeed Senior Apprentice-Sister Yu Wei. Moreover, the black-robed man's eyes were turning red, and the black flood dragon began to change...

Stop! Ji Ning suddenly bellowed, his roar exploding through the air.

Whoosh!

Ji Ning immediately activated the Windwing Evasion technique, soaring like a roc as he flew over.

...

Yu Wei felt she was truly trapped. The three opponents were all extraordinary, especially the massive black flood dragon—a manifestation of a magic treasure formation, its sinuous body completely encircling her.

The silver-haired woman's Wind-Blade technique was also terrifying; a gust of wind-blade made escape feel like fleeing against a gale, impossibly slow.

It's only the sixth day, and I'm already in dire straits, Yu Wei gritted her teeth.

The thirty-six Rahu Godneedles formed a giant ice phoenix, its body like layers of ice, hard as steel, repeatedly blocking the wind-blade, flood dragon, and heavenly sword. This was Yu Wei's ultimate defensive technique.

The other thirty-six Rahu Godneedles formed a fire phoenix, blazing and fierce. Each charge from the fire phoenix could destroy the wind-blade, repel the flood dragon, or drive back the heavenly sword. But it could only counter one at a time.

Senior apprentice-brother, senior apprentice-sister, this woman is formidable and likely carries many talismans—maybe over a hundred. I'll suppress her, and you two strike together to kill her, the black-robed man transmitted. They were from the same sect, and he, looking the oldest, was actually the junior.

Good.

Junior apprentice-brother, it's up to you, the silver-haired woman and silver-robed youth replied.

The black-robed man gritted his teeth, his eyes faintly reddening as he poured out elemental energy. The massive black flood dragon roared and split into two heads. The twin-headed dragon's aura surged as it lunged at the ice phoenix. If the ice phoenix broke, Yu Wei would have no defense left.

Damn it, Yu Wei gritted her silver teeth, a wild look in her eyes.

Just then—

Stop! A roar infused with elemental energy exploded around them.

The silver-haired woman, silver-robed youth, and black-robed man turned to see a black-clad youth hurtling toward them like a roc.

Yu Wei also turned, spotting the rapidly approaching black-clad youth.

Seeing his face, Yu Wei's heart trembled.

Ji Ning! Yu Wei could hardly believe it.

At the moment of despair, her junior apprentice-brother had arrived so coincidentally.

Is this fate? Yu Wei's heart was suddenly in turmoil. Long ago, when Ji Ning first joined the Black-White College, she had checked his records and learned of his past—he too had a tragic history, both parents dead.

Thus, Yu Wei had taken a liking to Ji Ning early on. When he shone at the Dao Debate Hall, full of vigor, she had watched. Later, she personally defeated him and even teased him.

Given her cold demeanor toward others, why would she casually tease a junior apprentice-brother?

She had silently watched Ji Ning...

But when Ji Ning and Jiulian got together, Yu Wei felt a mix of emotions, yet she could only silently bless them and bury everything deep inside.

Later, learning that Ji Ning had defeated Xueyu Daoist, she found an excuse to visit him with Mu Zishuo and Cangjiang Zhenren, planning to stay at Yishe Lake for the next two or three years. But then Shaoyinong invited them to the Wujiang Immortal Estate.

The Wujiang Immortal Estate expedition!

In the end, Jiulian parted ways with Ji Ning.

Jiulian chose to leave. At that moment, Yu Wei felt an urge to say, I'll go with you! But what right did she have? She wasn't Ji Ning's Dao companion. Facing the coming calamity, her strength couldn't help him. All she could do was rack her brains for strategies.

She parted from Ji Ning, watching him venture alone, suppressing everything and silently blessing him.

Who would have thought...

Ji Ning shone even brighter than she expected. His second soul killed the Floating Cloud Immortal, leaving the Shaoyin clan helpless. He also participated in the Immortal Destiny Convention! Yu Wei was overjoyed, but once inside the Brightmoon Diagram of Mountains and Waters, they were all separated.

The Brightmoon Diagram world is vast, with over a hundred thousand people. It's only the sixth day, and just when I'm trapped, Ji Ning arrives. Is this fate? Yu Wei was both thrilled and flustered.

Ji Ning approached like a dragon, his momentum overwhelming.

The silver-robed youth, silver-haired woman, and black-robed man were furious.

Junior apprentice-sister, stop him, the silver-robed youth transmitted.

Alright.

The silver-haired woman stared at Ji Ning and opened her mouth wide. Whoosh! A sky-filling cyan wind-blade, actually composed of countless cyan needles, far more penetrating and powerful than ordinary wind-blades, surged forth.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...

A beautiful water-fire lotus bloomed, immense and resilient, its layers of petals blocking the wind-blade. Ji Ning's technique was based on first-grade earthfire and cold qi, drawing on the world's water and fire, condensed through his own secret art.

In terms of secret arts, Ji Ning was slightly superior, as this was his own creation.

Moreover, he used two types of elemental forces, while the woman used only one.

Though the wind-blade was terrifying, the water-fire lotus held it at bay.

Scram! Ji Ning's body suddenly swelled to eighteen zhang, a giant in black, with lightning crackling over his skin. His brow split open, revealing a vertical eye.

Divine Ability—Thunderclap Eye!

Crack!

A bolt of lightning shot from Ji Ning's third eye, striking the round umbrella in the silver-haired woman's hand. The combination of Five Thunders Vajra and Thunderclap Eye made the lightning far more potent than ordinary divine abilities, sending the woman flying backward as she spat blood. The Thunderclap Eye also carried a divine will assault.

Ah! The silver-haired woman screamed.

Protect senior apprentice-sister! The black-robed man and silver-robed youth were shocked. They had expected the wind-blade to delay the youth, but he not only easily blocked it but also injured her with a lightning bolt.

Go. The silver-robed youth abandoned Yu Wei, focusing on the black-clad youth hurtling toward them, surrounded by the water-fire lotus, his momentum overwhelming.

Hum!

With a thought from the silver-robed youth, the hundred-zhang heavenly sword, covered in flowing runes, gathered power at its tip. The giant sword shot toward Ji Ning like lightning.

Block me? Ji Ning, his momentum unabated, didn't dodge. His vertical eye fired two more lightning bolts.

Crack! Crack!

One bolt struck the silver-robed youth, the other the black-robed man.

Neither dared take the lightning lightly. The silver-robed youth summoned a chain to block; the chain was sent flying, but the divine will assault within the lightning entered his body, making him pale, though he held firm.

The black-robed man, protected by the black flood dragon, had the dragon take the hit. But the soul assault, formless and colorless, entered him, causing him to sway, and the dragon flickered before solidifying again.

Careful! His divine ability has a divine will attack! The silver-haired woman, thrown to the ground, transmitted urgently.

The battle was too fast.

Ji Ning had fired three lightning bolts in quick succession, terrifying the three.

One Thought into Soldiers!

After the divine ability, Ji Ning unleashed a true divine will secret art—the One Thought into Soldiers technique from the Wujiang Immortal Estate, more powerful than the Black-White College's Soul Obliteration Art. Though he practiced other divine will arts, this was his main one.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

In Ji Ning's sea of consciousness, his soul sat cross-legged, holding a floating soldier seal. As divine will surged from the seal, it transformed into formless swords, sabers, and spears, hurtling toward the three.

Divine will attacks were incredibly fast!

The divine will swords, razor-sharp, stabbed at their souls.

The divine will sabers, fierce and mighty, hacked at their souls.

The divine will spears combined both advantages—fierce yet focused, stabbing deep into their souls.

Formless divine will soldiers—swords, sabers, and spears—assaulted the three relentlessly.

Sizzle! Whoosh! Thud!

The three souls were battered by Ji Ning's divine will secret art.

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