Chapter 289: Chapter 289
Elder Mu, Elder Shen, and Ye Ningqing all widened their eyes in disbelief. The fire blade that Ding Fan had slashed out had surpassed their understanding…
What more astonishing things did Ding Fan possess…
"What… what is this?" Ye Qingyun was completely dumbfounded.
A flame emitting a blue glow condensed into a blade, streaking towards him with lethal intent.
To condense flame into a blade... Fire Blade!
Ye Qingyun quickly recognized the fire blade, his eyes filled with amazement. To manifest objects from elements, he, Ye Qingyun, was merely at the beginning stages, but Ding Fan had already managed to condense fire into a blade!
What kind of monster was Ding Fan? How did he accomplish this?!
However, there was no time for Ye Qingyun to ponder. The fire blade approached with unstoppable force, slashing towards Ye Qingyun in the blink of an eye.
Before the fire blade arrived, Ye Qingyun already felt suffocated, his hair instantly burnt clean off his head. His clothes were also half-engulfed in flames.
Ye Qingyun dared not delay any longer, his body flashing abruptly…
Whoosh… The fire blade slashed past, and Ye Qingyun just barely avoided it…
Although he managed to dodge the fire blade, Ye Qingyun was in a sorry state, his hair and beard entirely burnt off, his clothes reduced to ashes. The elegant demeanor he once had was nowhere to be found.
And now Ye Qingyun's right arm was charred by the fire blade, emitting a nauseating smell of burnt flesh. Everyone present could see that the right hand was certainly unusable.
"Kid… you… you…" Though Ye Qingyun wanted to utter some defiant words while propping himself up, he could not finish his sentence before collapsing heavily to the ground.
The Nine Luminaries Fire was Heaven and Earth Strange Fire, formidable beyond measure. Not to mention a Human Level Second Grade martial artist like Ye Qingyun, even a Nascent Soul Period Cultivator from the Cultivation World would be in dire straits if struck by this wondrous fire.
The onlookers saw Ye Qingyun fall to the ground, and for a moment, everyone wore a look of disbelief.
Ye Qingyun had actually been defeated…
Elder Mu and Elder Shen exchanged glances. That Ye Qingyun, who ruled unchallenged across the land and even the Imperial Guard's third, fifth, sixth, and seventh units did not take him seriously, had just been defeated, and by the hands of Ding Fan…
Elder Shen now fixed his gaze on Ding Fan. Previously, they had wanted to protect Ding Fan by allowing him to leave Yanjing, hoping that he could spend decades cultivating until he could stand against Ye Qingyun.
Elder Shen had thought that it would take Ding Fan at least several decades to catch up to Ye Qingyun, but now it seemed he had worried for nothing.
When Ding Fan had challenged Ye Qingyun, Elder Shen believed that Ding Fan was too arrogant, thinking him hasty due to his youth. Now, it seemed that Ding Fan was not impetuous at all; he had absolute confidence in himself.
"Times change, and with them come new talents… Ye Qingyun's era is over…" Elder Shen, looking at Ye Qingyun who lay on the ground, still emitting smoke, couldn't help but feel sentimental.
Elder Mu, however, had not heard a word from Elder Shen. He was staring blankly at Ye Qingyun lying on the ground. He had never imagined that Ding Fan would defeat Ye Qingyun. Even now, witnessing it with his own eyes, he felt as if he were in a dream.
Ding Fan… at just over twenty years old, how powerful could he become in several decades?
That thought made Elder Mu shudder.
In a few decades, with the astounding potential Ding Fan had shown, perhaps he could reach the legendary Heavenly Level, attaining immortality and earth-shattering power!
This young man's future achievements were simply incomprehensible to them!
Ding Fan, with his sword in hand, walked up to Ye Qingyun. His expression was calm, but there was an almost imperceptible murderous intent hidden in the depths of his eyes!
"You… you can't kill me… If you dare touch me, the Ye Family will never spare you!" Although he lay on the ground, Ye Qingyun's expression still showed defiance.
"The Ye Family?" Ding Fan snorted lightly. "If I wanted to, do you think leveling your Ye Family would pose any difficulty for me?"
Ding Fan's tone was calm, but his words were chilling.
After hearing Ding Fan's words, Ye Qingyun's expression darkened.
Indeed, the Ye Family stood tall because of Ye Qingyun, and without him, its status would undoubtedly be shaken.
Now that Ye Qingyun himself had been beaten into such a sorry state by Ding Fan, what could the Ye Family count for in Ding Fan's eyes?
"I've lost…" Ye Qingyun took a deep breath, then said, "You would gain fame from killing me, of course. However, there is one thing I'd like to ask of you."
Ding Fan looked at Ye Qingyun. He was waiting for Ye Qingyun to speak.
"I am the main culprit, and I hope you will only kill me. I can see that Ning Qing cares for you, standing by your side through life and death... I hope that for the sake of this affection from Ye Ningqing, you will not harm my Ye Family..."
Ding Fan's brow furrowed tightly, feeling a surge of disgust.
Ye Qingyun's current plea was clearly to beg Ding Fan not to act against the Ye Family. Just now, Ye Qingyun had been clamoring to execute Ye Ningqing and had even driven her out of the Ye Family. But now, he was asking Ding Fan to spare the Ye Family for Ye Ningqing's sake...
"Ning Qing has been expelled from the Ye Family by you, and yet you use her as a bargaining chip, daring to claim you're a mighty figure... My bond with Ning Qing has nothing to do with you or the Ye Family, and if I am ever moved to kill, I, Ding Fan, will wipe out the last person in your Ye Family!" Ding Fan said coldly.
Before, Ye Qingyun had wanted to exterminate Ding Fan's nine generations, but now he wished to use Ye Ningqing to ensnare Ding Fan. At this moment, Ding Fan did feel somewhat indignant. Although he had no intention of moving against the Ye Family, Ding Fan had to let Ye Qingyun know.
If he wanted to destroy the Ye Family, no one could stop him!
Upon hearing Ding Fan's words, Ye Qingyun's expression dimmed.
Ye Qingyun had raised the Ye Family himself, and in his mind, after breaking through to the Earth Level third grade, he could place the Ye Family at the forefront of the Four Great Families, ensuring its glory for thousands of years!
After Ding Fan killed Ye Chenming of the Ye Family, Ye Qingyun only wanted to use Ding Fan to deter the other three great families, to let them witness the current strength of the Ye Family.
However, Ye Qingyun truly did not expect to fall here.
A wave of unwillingness surged in Ye Qingyun's heart. How had he provoked a figure like Ding Fan... His era had passed, and a new era was coming...
At that moment, Ding Fan did not waste words with Ye Qingyun. With a swing of his longsword, a streak of Bai Meng followed, and Ye Qingyun's throat was immediately severed, spilling blood everywhere.
To the end, Ye Qingyun's eyes were still open.
In the final moment, Ye Qingyun was still preoccupied with one thought, and that was...
He had become an enemy of the Ye Family, establishing such a formidable opponent...
After slaying Ye Qingyun, Ding Fan cleaned the battlefield. Ye Qingyun was, after all, an Earth Level second grade martial artist, and naturally, he was not short of treasures. Following the collection of Crimson Blood, Ding Fan indeed discovered a storage ring on Ye Qingyun's body.
Ding Fan probed the ring with his Divine Sense.
Upon clearly seeing the things inside the ring, Ding Fan was quite astonished.
There were no less than five hundred Crystal Stones inside Ye Qingyun's storage ring.
These Crystal Stones, laden with abundant Spiritual Energy, were of immense help for cultivation. With these five hundred Crystal Stones' cultivation resources, Ding Fan no longer had to worry about cultivation for a short while.
Beyond these five hundred Crystal Stones, there were also some Gold Bricks in the ring, approximately a hundred or more. Besides the Gold Bricks, there were several Medicine Pills.
On Earth, Ding Fan was considered an Elixir Master, and to him, those Medicine Pills of Ye Qingyun hardly caught his eye. After finding a Pill useful for Zizi and feeding it to Zizi, the rest of the Pills, Ding Fan gifted them all to Ye Ningqing and Elder Mu and Elder Shen. Thɪs chapter is updatᴇd by 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹✶𝗳𝗶𝗿𝗲✶𝗻𝗲𝘁
As for the Crimson Blood, Ding Fan directly presented it to Ye Ningqing. In times of life and death, Ye Ningqing was willing to risk her life to accompany him. This bond deserved Ding Fan's acknowledgment.
Furthermore, the Crimson Blood was originally Ye Qingyun's, so giving it to Ye Ningqing was, in a sense, returning it to its rightful owner.
After looting Ye Qingyun, Ding Fan searched the five Human Level Martial Artists as well.
The five Human Level Peak Martial Artists did not have as many valuables as Ye Qingyun. Although they had some Pills and Magic Artifacts, Ding Fan hardly found them appealing. What he was interested in was the thirty or so Crystal Stones they possessed.
After collecting those Crystal Stones, Ding Fan handed over the rest of the Magic Artifacts and scattered Pills to Elder Mu and Elder Shen.
Though the Pills and Magic Artifacts didn't seem valuable in Ding Fan's eyes, to Elder Mu and Elder Shen, they were treasures.
Human Level Peak Medicine Pills and Magic Artifacts, items that would fetch hundreds of millions at an auction house, were priceless! Ding Fan's generous nature surprised them by gifting these items, something they hadn't anticipated from him.
Elder Mu and Elder Shen had come prepared to lay down their lives. Ding Fan naturally remembered this kindness and gifting some Magic Artifacts and Medicine Pills was merely a small token of his gratitude.
Elder Mu was about to make calls to the three, five, six, seven groups to come and handle the scene.
But Ding Fan stopped Elder Mu, not allowing him to make the call. Ding Fan directly released Zizi. A few fireballs from Zizi turned the corpses on the ground to ashes in the blink of an eye.
The Nine Luminaries Fire was so powerful that erasing any traces and destroying corpses was no big deal.
"Where is Mei Li now?" Ding Fan was now concerned about Mei Li, especially since her injuries had not fully healed.
"We've already made secret arrangements for her to leave Yanjing. Judging by the time, she should have already traveled quite a distance by now..." Elder Shen said.
Ding Fan nodded, aware that Elder Shen's arrangement for Mei Li to leave Yanjing was to protect her. He then saluted Elder Mu, Elder Shen, and Ye Ningqing with a martial artist's courtesy and said,
"Ding Fan extends his thanks..."