Chapter 18 The Bashe and Ji Ning

"Bashe?"

"Ning'er!"

The Mad Immortal Wufeng and the Whitewater Marsh were both greatly alarmed. The Whitewater Marsh in particular knew Ji Ning's strength well, but who would have thought that he could not resist the devouring force and would be swallowed by the Bashe in one gulp!

Although Ji Ning's second true body was still safe, they all knew that in terms of potential, the true body was far superior to the second true body. After all, the second true body could only cultivate the path of qi refinement, making its strength relatively much weaker.

"What a terrifying Bashe!" The Blood God Cult Leader 'Blood God' inside the small black boat could also see everything outside, especially the Bashe that shook heaven and earth, leaving him completely stunned. "The Bashe's might is even stronger than that old fellow Tuoshan. How did such a force suddenly appear to deal with Ji Ning? Could it be a force from outside the Grand Xia world?"

The Blood God knew his own limits.

Compared to the twelve white-robed men who had suddenly appeared earlier, his strength was far inferior! Even that single Bashe was enough to suppress an old Heavenly Immortal ancestor!

"This peerless monstrous talent of this generation, Ji Ning, is probably going to die," the Blood God muttered to himself. "Hmph, good. I'll send your master to join you."

...

While outside the Blood God was attacking the sealing formation,

Inside the distant enormous Bashe's body.

"Whoosh."

An overwhelmingly violent devouring force, which he could not resist at all, had swallowed him into the Bashe's gaping maw.

After being swallowed, everything around was dim.

Ji Ning kept falling, falling...

"Transform." While falling, Ji Ning had already activated the divine ability Three Heads and Six Arms, and six swords appeared in his hands: the Thousandbull Sword, three Northmoon Swords, and two Watershard Pikeshark Swords. The main reason was that Ji Ning's true body had no other immortal swords on him; the Watershard Pikeshark Swords were top-grade Heaven-rank flying swords from the Treasure Hall of the Water Mansion, not much inferior to low-grade Immortal-rank flying swords.

"Hahaha, Ji Ning, now that you're inside the Bashe's body, you're dead!" A wild laugh accompanied the words.

"Hahaha, dead for sure."

"Don't struggle."

"Even a Heavenly Immortal who enters will die."

Voices came from different directions, and at the same time, a long shuttle suddenly emerged from the flesh wall not far from Ji Ning. The shuttle gleamed with a dark light, fast as lightning, and a faint phantom of a green bee appeared, stabbing straight at Ji Ning.

"Clang~~~"

One of Ji Ning's hands, holding a Northmoon Sword, directly struck the long shuttle away.

Then other treasures and spells attacked Ji Ning from all directions. Because Ji Ning was inside the Bashe's body, and these attacks suddenly emerged from the Bashe's flesh walls and bones, very close and unexpected, Ji Ning found it very difficult to handle.

"Water Heavens!" Ji Ning wielded his six swords, and suddenly many water shadows appeared around him, with vast amounts of water currents swirling around him, making the surroundings seem like a world of water.

Ji Ning was executing the sword art from the ninth level of the Immortal Palace, also created by the Dao Ancestor, a sword art on the same level as 'Plow the Heavens' — 'Water Heavens'!

'Plow the Heavens' excelled at group attacks and was also very good at single combat.

'Water Heavens' was best at defense.

"No, I can't hold like this." Ji Ning felt extremely strained. As the saying goes, two fists are no match for four hands. Although he had six hands, the enemy had twelve! They used even more treasures, and each attack was threatening, and they were all close-range ambushes, giving him very little reaction time.

"I'll have to rely on the Thousandbull Sword."

Ji Ning had planned to keep the Thousandbull Sword's ultimate move hidden to kill the enemy in one blow.

But now, just a 'barrage' of attacks forced him to use this move. This move was one that Ji Ning's true body could only execute after reaching the 'late Void Refinement' stage.

"Ancient Su River, emerge!"

Ji Ning's eyes were wild. The pure elemental energy of his late Void Refinement cultivation directly poured into the Thousandbull Sword, fully activating the 'formation diagram' hidden within the sword. Suddenly, the sound of waves arose, and a vast, turbulent river appeared out of nowhere, part inside the Bashe's body and part outside!

Because the entire Su River was ten thousand miles long!

Activating the Su River required a lot of elemental energy, but its power was extremely formidable.

"Rumble~~~"

The waves surged, sweeping everywhere.

The twelve white-robed men of 'Ground Nine Team', hidden deep inside the Bashe's body, were all shocked. Under the sweeping pressure of the ancient Su River and the entanglement and grinding of the river outside, their 'Bashe Formation' began to have problems.

"Don't panic. This is the power of an immortal sword's formation diagram, which only has a suppressive effect. A single immortal sword formation diagram can't do anything to the Bashe!" The leading white-robed man transmitted his voice, shouting.

...

Outside.

The Blood God was trapped in the formation. Although he could see the distant Immortal Diancai, the Whitewater Marsh, and others, he couldn't get close!

"That Whitewater Marsh just used the Fuxi Staff Formation, but how is the formation so powerful? I've cultivated for hundreds of thousands of years and have some understanding of formations. But I can't find any flaw in this formation at all." The Blood God was completely trapped.

Then a loud crash came from afar.

The Blood God also looked into the distance; he could still see the Bashe outside, but he couldn't fly over.

"Bashe?"

"River?"

The Whitewater Marsh and the Mad Immortal Wufeng also saw it.

They saw the thousand-zhang-long Bashe being swept by a vast river ten thousand miles long. The river water frantically coiled around the Bashe.

Then the ten-thousand-mile river began to shrink rapidly, to a hundred miles, then to ten miles.

The ten-mile river was now comparable in size to the thousand-zhang Bashe.

The river's power seemed even greater, constantly entangling the Bashe, and even water flowed from the Bashe's mouth and nose.

"Roar~~~" The Bashe raised its head and let out an angry roar, twisting and struggling.

But the river remained unchanged.

...

"Captain, the river's binding and squeezing force is too strong, and it covers every part of the Bashe. Maintaining the 'Bashe Formation' is consuming too much elemental energy."

"Captain, what do we do?"

The others were anxious.

Normally, once an enemy fell into the Bashe's body, they couldn't find the twelve of them. Instead, they could attack freely, with attacks suddenly emerging from the 'flesh walls' and 'bones', very close and hard to defend. So enemies were usually quickly battered to death! But this Ji Ning, trapped inside the Bashe, actually had a way to deal with the entire Bashe!

"Formation diagram? Formation diagram? Only Pure Yang treasures have formation diagrams. Even if Ji Ning has a Pure Yang treasure, logically he would need to be a Heavenly Immortal to use it. How can the power of a formation diagram appear?" The captain was also anxious and puzzled.

In the past, the Su River Scroll required the enemy to be drawn into the 'scroll' to suppress them with the Su River.

But through the means of the Water Mansion's spirit, Endless Water Moon, the Su River Scroll had become a formation diagram of the 'Thousandbull Sword'. By activating the formation diagram, the Su River could cover everything.

That was the special feature of a formation diagram!

This was also why the Thousandbull Sword could rival a Pure Yang treasure!

"This Ji Ning must have a powerful treasure. By the same token, if we kill Ji Ning, this powerful treasure will be ours." The captain transmitted his voice. "We must kill Ji Ning at all costs. Use the forbidden technique!"

"Forbidden technique?"

"This..."

"Captain, do we really have to use the forbidden technique?" After all, they were cultivators, not suicide soldiers, and they had selfish motives.

The captain transmitted his voice, shouting: "For a Void Refinement Earth Immortal to unleash the power of a formation diagram, this treasure is definitely not inferior to a Pure Yang treasure! Ji Ning must have many treasures. Once we get them, hmph... we can all share the benefits. Even if you suffer severe damage to your vitality, it will be worth it. Don't hesitate. The longer we delay, the more elemental energy we consume. Whoever hesitates again, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

"Alright, let's fight."

"Kill this Ji Ning."

Threatened by the captain, no one hesitated any longer, and they all began to execute the forbidden technique.

The 'Bashe Formation' was an ancient and powerful formation passed down by the Bloodcloud Tower. It required twelve immortals to execute. Besides normal attack methods, there were three levels of forbidden techniques.

These three forbidden techniques...

were also very complex. With the Ground Nine Team members' understanding of the Dao, they could only execute the first level.

But even this first level had immense power.

The twelve white-robed men, hidden in different parts of the Bashe's body, all began to execute the forbidden technique. The talisman formations floating around them gradually turned blood-red, and strange blood-red characters appeared. These blood-colored characters floated around them. When the forbidden technique was fully activated,

"Bashe Prison, Extinguish Spirit!" The leading white-robed man with blood marks spoke in a low voice, his voice echoing throughout the Bashe.

All the blood light and blood-colored characters...

flowed rapidly from the twelve locations within the Bashe, all converging toward the Bashe's abdomen. Then, in the dark space of the Bashe's abdomen, a region of blood light appeared, with blood light and blood characters swirling.

"Whoosh~~"

Ji Ning, with three heads and six arms holding six divine swords, desperately blocked the ambushing treasures. "I must find a way to escape the Bashe's body. If I can't escape... I'll be fish on the chopping board."

"Huh? Why have the attacks stopped?" Ji Ning was astonished to find that the previous treasures and spells had vanished instantly.

But then...

The devouring force suddenly increased dramatically, and Ji Ning fell rapidly.

"Plop." He fell directly into a blood-colored lake.

This was the blood lake in the Bashe's abdomen. Above the lake, blood-colored characters floated. As soon as Ji Ning fell in, he struggled to fly out, but the lake's devouring force was extremely strong, firmly trapping him in the lake, unable to escape. At the same time, he felt a strong corrosive force acting on his entire body.

"Captain, is Ji Ning dead?"

"This forbidden technique 'Bashe Prison' has strong corrosive power. Even those ancient Void Refinement Fiendgods known for their powerful bodies would be corroded to death. This Ji Ning definitely can't survive."

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