Chapter 266: Two Fifth Ranks, Divine Objects!

Chapter 266: Two Fifth Ranks, Divine Objects!



In the courtyard, where the wind and snow showed no signs of stopping, Jiang Ning's mind suddenly focused upon hearing scattered sounds carried by the wind.

The next moment, he slightly moved his thoughts, enhancing his five senses to their maximum.

Then, he clearly heard the conversation of two people in the distance, their voices mingling with the howling wind.

Divine Embryo?

Hearing these two words, Jiang Ning was secretly astonished.

Could it be...

He immediately thought of the divine statue in the golden box, the statue with three heads, six arms, and four legs.

"Is that divine statue the Divine Embryo?"

He seemed to be deep in thought.

At this moment, he had no interest in observing the changes within his body after completing Bone Forging.

The sudden change that occurred made his spirit surge with intense concentration.

Just then, his mind suddenly focused again.

Even though he was still keeping his eyes closed, and his vision was pitch-black, he could sense a finger emitting a strong divine aura one kilometer away.

That finger seemed to appear out of nowhere in the endless darkness as if it were a glowing object in his closed eyes.

An object emitting a deep crimson light.

This object was extremely eye-catching in his dark vision.

Even though he was facing away from that direction, and the location where the finger appeared was a kilometer away, he still clearly saw the finger appear in his perception system, filled with a black and red killing aura.

"Such powerful divinity!"

"Such a strong attraction!"

Jiang Ning couldn't help but exclaim in his heart.

The mysterious attraction made him suddenly understand.

That finger must be related to the Flesh and Blood Deity.

And because he possessed the authority of the Flesh and Blood Deity, he now experienced this mysterious attraction.

"If this is the case, then in the future, there will definitely be a battle for the Divine Authority with that Flesh and Blood Deity from the Worshipping God Sect."

"Perhaps, in the end, only one deity can exist for the same Divine Authority!"

This realization dawned on him.

At this very moment, he also fully understood who was targeting him.

It must be someone from the Worshipping God Sect.

As for the Divine Embryo, after a brief thought, he identified the divine statue in the golden box from before.

Currently, that divine statue lay quietly in his Infinite Ring.

Previously, after losing the nourishment of Hundred Spirit Blood, he felt that the statue was gradually losing a certain vitality.

Later, after touching it and absorbing the divinity and residual authority from the statue, it became a truly lifeless object.

It no longer exhibited the previous divine anomalies.

The changes in the divine statue within the golden box corresponded with the conversation about the destruction of the Divine Embryo.

Thinking of this, Jiang Ning's expression remained calm as he slowly opened his eyes.

Then, he turned and looked towards the direction of Luo Shui.

His gaze quickly swept over the direction from which the sound came.

As his pupils constricted slightly, resembling the transformation of an eagle's eyes, his vision suddenly improved several times over.

With his extraordinary five senses, as his martial arts level increased, his senses became increasingly sharp.

After a quick glance, relying on his photographic memory, everything seemed to be recorded by a super high-definition camera.

The images replayed in his mind, and based on the direction and the distance of the sound, Jiang Ning quickly located the position of the two people.

It was a high building located one kilometer away from him.

The two people blended into the snow beneath their feet, making them extremely difficult to detect, like chameleons.

If not for his powerful five senses, his photographic memory, and the fact that he had already locked onto the general area and specific direction of the two people based on their voices in advance, he wouldn't have been able to find the direction of the two people in an instant.

Looking towards Luo Shui, Jiang Ning's thoughts turned slightly in his mind.

Then, his body leaped, and in an instant, he soared like a great roc, riding the wind and snow over the tall courtyard wall and gliding towards the rocky beach outside.

On the other side.

Jiang Ning's actions also attracted the attention of the two people.

Seeing this, the Wind Divine Messenger's pupils constricted slightly, and he exclaimed, "Such exquisite body technique!"

The Star Guardian beside him spoke up, "Wind Divine Messenger, should we follow him?"

"Originally, I was planning to wait until the New Year's Eve when the strong warriors return home to gather with their families, and the defenses here would be weak, then make my move!" The Wind Divine Messenger slowly said, "Since he's taking the initiative to go to a place where few people venture, let's follow him for now and see if there's an opportunity!"

"Understood!" The Star Guardian replied immediately.

As his words fell, the Wind Divine Messenger moved, floating down from the building like a willow catkin in the wind.

"Star Guardian, pay attention to the movements below, and maintain the distance!"

"Yes!" The Star Guardian replied softly from behind.

On the rocky beach.

Jiang Ning stood on a smooth reef.

He soon became aware of the two people quietly following behind him.

"They've caught up as expected!" Jiang Ning muttered to himself.

His heart also couldn't help but feel more at ease.

From their conversation, he knew that these two were here to cause trouble for him.

In this situation, the arrow was already on the string, and he had no choice but to shoot.

Escape was no longer possible.

All he could do now was to choose where the battlefield would be.

If they fought in his own residence, it would be easy to affect his older brother, sister-in-law, and his nephews and nieces.

Secondly, it was also close to the common people, which was not conducive to him fully utilizing his true abilities.

After all, some abilities were not suitable to be shown to others.

The various divine abilities he had mastered had long made his strength far surpass the simple sixth-rank Martial Dao.

This was also the reason he had previously revealed his realm without fear.

But those abilities could not be easily exposed to the eyes of the world.

That was his true reliance.

Only by hiding those abilities would his enemies underestimate his strength based solely on his realm, thus misjudging his abilities and power.

This way, he could easily take advantage of their carelessness.

So, he chose to leave the courtyard and lead the two towards the surface of Luoshui Lake.

By choosing a remote location as the battlefield, he could act without much hesitation and freely display his abilities.

Moreover, at this point, he also wanted to find a suitable opponent to measure his strength and see how powerful he truly was after freeing himself from constraints.

The two people from the Worshipping God Sect, based on his previous understanding of the sect's members, had just the right strength to satisfy his intentions.

From their conversation, he learned about their status and level within the Worshipping God Sect.

One was a Guardian, and the other was a Divine Messenger, respectfully referred to as the Wind Divine Messenger by the Guardian.

When the Inspection Office had previously assigned the task of exterminating the Worshipping God Sect, he had obtained intelligence about the sect.

According to the intelligence:

The highest-ranking members in the Worshipping God Sect were the two leaders, the main leader and the deputy leader.

The intelligence estimated that both leaders were at the peak of the fifth rank.

This was the level of Lu Qing Shan, the master of Yaowang Valley.

The intelligence also mentioned that one of the leaders might have crossed the fifth-rank threshold and entered the fourth rank of the Martial Dao.

Below the two leaders were the four Guardian Deities.

The four Guardian Deities were the Wind, Fire, Mountain, and Forest Guardians.

Compared to the detailed information about the two leaders, the intelligence on these four Guardian Deities was much more comprehensive and clear.

Among the four Guardian Deities, the strongest was the Fire Guardian Deity, who was also known as the Fire Divine Messenger within the Worshipping God Sect.

However, this person had only reached the fifth rank in the Inner Fortification Realm, and the intelligence mentioned that his inner breath was as vast as the sea.

The remaining three Guardian Deities were slightly weaker, also at the fifth rank in the Inner Fortification Realm, but their inner breath had only reached the level of a river.

An inner breath as vast as a river was also the level of his current inner breath.

Below the four Guardian Deities were the Guardians.

In terms of the Martial Dao level, there wasn't much difference between the ordinary Guardians and the Guardian Deities.

Most of them were at the fifth rank in the Inner Fortification Realm, which was the main fighting force of the Worshipping God Sect.

The biggest difference between the ordinary Guardians and the Guardian Deities was their ability to transform into Divine Descendants.

The Guardian Deities had been blessed by the blood of the deity worshipped by the Worshipping God Sect, absorbing the power of its blood.

When transformed into a Divine Descendant, they would exhibit the form of four legs and six arms.

So, from the previous conversation between the two people, Jiang Ning also roughly understood the strength of the two who were secretly trying to kill him.

One was a Guardian Deity, the Wind Divine Messenger.

The other was an ordinary Guardian, the Star Guardian.

Thus, both of them were at the fifth rank in the Inner Fortification Realm.

As for Jiang Ning, he was only at the sixth rank in the Mystic Bone Realm, but he had cultivated both internally and externally, and his inner breath had reached the level of being vast as the sea.

Compared to the Wind Divine Messenger, he was not at a disadvantage.

The only difference was in the strength of their physical bodies.

The first four ranks of the Martial Dao focused on tempering the skin, flesh, tendons, and bones.

Jiang Ning had just achieved the Mystic Bone Realm, and he had not yet cast the Jade Bone.

Although none of the fifth-rank experts had reached the level of a perfect golden body without any flaws, they had all cast the Jade Bone.

So, in terms of physical strength, both the Wind Divine Messenger and the Star Guardian were slightly ahead of him.

However, Jiang Ning was not afraid.

After all, his strength could no longer be measured by the Martial Dao level.

After cultivating his martial arts for so long and breaking through the limits several times, his foundation had become very deep.

The next moment, Jiang Ning sensed the movement of the two people following him. He waved his hand, and his inner breath burst forth, instantly cutting off a section of bamboo behind him, causing it to fall to the ground.

A kilometer away, the two people who had been silently tailing him witnessed this scene, and the Wind Divine Messenger's pupils contracted again.

"Cultivating both internally and externally, condensing the inner breath into emptiness and reality!"

Compared to the Wind Divine Messenger's astonishment, the Star Guardian's expression didn't change at all.

On that day, when Jiang Ning eliminated the Worshipping God Sect's stronghold in Jiangning, he witnessed Jiangning's methods of both internal and external cultivation.

This was also the reason he chose to retreat that day.

Martial Dao's Fifth Rank, cultivating both internally and externally.

Once engaged in combat, although not as skilled as him, it wasn't something that could be resolved in a short time.

If they delayed too long and the experts from the Inspection Office, those commanders, arrived, it would be difficult for him to escape with two against one.

If Hong Minghu arrived, even his chances of escaping with his life would become slim.

At that time, after weighing the pros and cons, he chose to retreat and abandoned that stronghold.

On the boundless Luoshui River.

Jiang Ning stood on a long bamboo pole, swiftly sliding forward on the snowy ground.

At this moment, he was like a light boat riding the wind and breaking through the waves, heading towards a desolate island in the lake.

The two people following closely behind him were like ghosts, gliding over the ice.

Their powerful inner breath had already brought their movements to a level close to leaving no traces in the snow.

After a long while.

Jiang Ning's sight had already reached the desolate island covered in snow.

At this moment, the desolate island was blanketed in white snow, with only bare trees and not a trace of greenery.

Seeing the familiar desolate island, Jiang Ning couldn't help but smile.

"Quite patient!"

The two people behind him had been trailing one kilometer behind him all along.

At this moment, they were almost one with the snow, and if not for his extraordinary eyesight, it would have been impossible to notice their presence.

The patience of these two greatly exceeded his expectations.

It should be known that at this moment, he was already very far from the shore of Luoshui River.

Even if a huge commotion occurred here, the people at the Luoshui County by the river would not be able to sense any disturbance.

Previously, he had thought that the two would not be able to hold back and would have made their move during the journey.

He didn't expect that their patience would be so deep.

They were even more patient than him!

"You have patience, but I don't!"

Jiang Ning looked at the tall and smooth cliff in front of him, and his gaze suddenly focused.

This place was the battlefield he had chosen.

After sensing the divine nature contained in that finger and its attraction to him.

He had already made his decision.

He must obtain that finger to try it out and see if it would be of great help to him.

This was very important.

Because if it was indeed as he had expected.

Then in the future, he would have to fight that deity of flesh and blood.

A war for divine authority.

There could only be one divine throne.

If so, then he and that deity of flesh and blood would be natural mortal enemies!

Thinking of this, Jiang Ning couldn't help but turn around and glance at the two behind him.

Even though the two behind him were blending with the environment, his powerful eyesight still locked onto their figures.

At this moment, the two people behind him were still trailing one kilometer behind him.

Even as they walked on the snow, they only left very shallow footprints.

If one didn't look carefully, it would be impossible to find any traces they had left.

Jiang Ning glanced at the two people behind him and then withdrew his gaze.

Behind him.

"Have we been discovered?" The Wind Divine Messenger's gaze slightly focused, and he muttered.

Although he was still a kilometer away from Jiang Ning at this time, he clearly felt that Jiang Ning's gaze, without any hesitation, fell on him.

At this stage, he would never doubt his extraordinary perception.

"Discovered? No way!" The Star Guardian by his side showed a look of surprise.

"Most likely!" The Wind Divine Messenger looked at Jiang Ning's back and said.

Subsequently.

He saw Jiang Ning stepping on a bamboo pole and approaching the bright reef of the desolate island.

The next moment.

Jiang Ning abandoned the bamboo pole under his feet, and his body leaped into the air, instantly soaring like a soaring roc towards the smooth cliff ahead.

"Such graceful movements!" The Wind Divine Messenger praised again.

He was known as the Wind Divine Messenger because he was extremely skilled in movement techniques.

At the same cultivation level, his movement techniques could be considered unparalleled among his peers.

But every time he saw Jiang Ning's movements, he couldn't help but marvel.

Such graceful movements, even he couldn't do better.

And what kind of strength did he possess? Fifth Rank Proficient, with vast inner breath.

He had also been baptized by the blood of deities and became a divine descendant, standing high above others.

In the future, as that deity continued to condense its divinity and authority, and ascended to the divine throne, he would also achieve the grandmaster realm.

In his eyes, Jiang Ning was merely a junior, yet in terms of movement techniques, he was almost on par with him!

This was also the reason he hadn't been in a hurry to make his move.

Such outstanding movement techniques.

With the foundation of both internal and external cultivation, if he took action, and Jiang Ning was determined to escape, he wouldn't dare say that he could thoroughly kill him in a short time.

This was precisely why he wasn't in a rush to attack.

The deeper they ventured into the center of the lake, the farther they were from Luoshui County, the more space they had to pursue and kill.

(End of Chapter)

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