Chapter 305 Undercurrent (Asking for Monthly Votes)

The trouble in the black market was one of the situations that Ning Zhuo had expected.

He was not surprised at all.

"If it doesn't work, just abandon the black market and retreat."

Compared with the Lava Fairy Palace, the black market is just a minor detail. If Ning Zhuo is disturbed in this regard and invests energy and time, it means that the enemy's conspiracy will succeed.

Of course, a full retreat is only the last response measure. At this stage, it is not necessary.

Ning Zhuo immediately replied and asked the black market to seek help from the two former elders, Ning Youfu and Ning Houjun.

Ning Zhuo has a long-term strategy and has long anticipated the many difficulties he will encounter during the palace examination. Therefore, he made arrangements in advance, one of which is to persuade the two former elders, Ning Youfu and Ning Houjun.

These two played a very important role in Ning Zhuo's process of overthrowing Ning Xiaoren.

As they are branches of the family, they are all optimistic and willing to support Ning Zhuo.

Only such a heavyweight can calm people's hearts and make the black market without a leader have an authoritative high-level, so as not to panic.

In the letter, he also asked the black market to transfer a group of people to the Lava Fairy Palace.

This group of people will be led by the two former deacons Ning Xiangguo and Ning Xiangqian, leading a large number of Ning family monks, and forcibly summoning members from the Monkey Head Gang, Turtle Breath Gang, and Crane Mouth Gang, with a total number of more than 100.

"The so-called power is for my use, not for me to invest too much in this power."

Ning Zhuo has a deep understanding of this point.

If he doesn't use this power that he has carefully built up now, when will he use it?

The second round of palace examination.

The eleventh test question.

Sun Lingtong won all the games, which made him angry, but he couldn't do anything.

Ning Zhuo won more than he lost. Although he tried his best to keep a low profile, he couldn't keep a low profile anymore.

Whether on the ring or standing in the square, the monks' eyes on him changed. Even the Jindan-level cultivators treated him as a strong enemy.

"I didn't expect that a young Qi-refining person would stand out."

"Ning Zhuo is really good."

"Every time Ning Zhuo faced Zhu Xuanji and Ning Jiufan, he would admit defeat. If they really fought, his record might be even higher!"

Many people praised him and exchanged glances secretly, realizing that they couldn't let Ning Zhuo win like this.

However, Ning Zhuo was extremely cautious and stayed in his house all day long. Next door was Ning Jiufan, the ancestor of the Ning family.

This made many people feel helpless and sighed helplessly.

The Lava Fairy Palace was raging with flames in the middle of the night, as bright as day.

Since the volcano erupted and the beast tide surged, the sky above the Lava Fairy Palace was always full of clouds and smoke, and the sun was not visible.

Ning Xiaoren had been fighting here for a while, and he could no longer tell whether it was day or night.

He had been fighting for more than ten hours in a row. His face was haggard, his eyes were bloodshot, and the continuous high-intensity fighting made him want to fall down immediately and fall asleep.

But he couldn't, and could only endure the sleepiness and fatigue.

"It appeared, there is a group of monsters in the southeast corner." Suddenly, a monk shouted.

After a few breaths, the monk in charge of reconnaissance spoke again: "Be careful, these monsters are all flame-stepping lizards, we must attack in advance, and we can't let them impact our position."

Ning Xiaoren and others formed a team of monks, stationed at the corner of the street, arranged the magic circle, and defended it.

They were mainly monks from the main line of the Ning family.

Although Ning Xiaoren was expelled from the family, cooperating at this time did not violate any family rules.

Hearing the warning, Ning Xiaoren gritted his teeth and urged the almost exhausted mana in his body to dispatch the magic circle.

The magic circle is much faster than an individual, and it is more powerful.

A series of ice spears like giant trees condensed in an instant and sprayed one after another.

The ice spear killed many flame-treading lizards and also angered the remaining half.

The flame-treading lizards roared and rushed towards Ning Xiaoren.

In the magic circle, there were immediately cultivators controlling the magic circle and releasing a large number of mechanical creations.

These mechanisms were mainly rams, which rushed forward. Although they were all smashed to pieces by the flame-treading lizards, they also successfully stopped their charge and greatly reduced their speed.

Ning Xiaoren was panting and felt nauseous. His magic power was exhausted and he could only retreat temporarily.

Immediately, there were backup cultivators to replace him, occupy the center of the formation, and control the magic circle.

After the powerful spell bombardment, there was still a flame-treading lizard rushing forward.

"Oh no, we haven't recruited any physical cultivators yet!" The cultivators turned pale.

At this moment, a crazy voice came: "Be afraid! Who scared my Xiaohui? Look at my grandma, Xiaohui, don't be afraid!"

As she said that, Ning Xiaohui's grandmother rushed out of the magic circle and rushed directly to the flame-treading lizard.

She collided with the flame-treading lizard, and then was thrown back, crashing through two buildings, and then fell to the ground.

She had almost broken bones all over her body, coughing up blood, and her protective magic weapon collapsed directly.

"This lunatic!" Ning Xiaoren saw this scene, and his pupils shrank suddenly.

The cultivators of the main line of the Ning family also had different expressions.

Thanks to the desperate obstruction of Ning Xiaohui's grandmother, they finally seized the last opportunity, covered with a round of spells, and killed the last flame-treading lizard.

The magic circle was out of danger, but Ning Xiaoren felt heavy in his heart.

"The monsters are thick-skinned and thick-fleshed. This is just a group of foundation-building-level red flame monsters."

"If it is a golden elixir level, can I retreat safely?"

Ning Xiaoren was not sure at all.

He looked at Ning Xiaohui's grandmother again. At this time, a Ning family cultivator had already run out of the magic circle, came to the grandmother and began to treat her.

"She has gone crazy."

"Ning Xiaohui's death was a huge blow to her."

"I actually lived with such a lunatic day and night, in the same magic circle?"

Ning Xiaoren felt a wave of fear.

"It's all Ning Zhuo's fault!"

"If it weren't for him, how could I become a prisoner? If it weren't for him, would I have risked my life here to earn merits despite being expelled from the family?"

"Ning Zhuo deserves to die, deserves to die!"

"The heavens are blind, and they actually let this treacherous and sinister villain get better and better. He even ranked among the top in the second round of the palace examination! What are those Jindan and geniuses doing?"

"Can't even deal with Ning Zhuo?!"

Ning Xiaoren's situation is just a microcosm of the Lava Fairy Palace.

The destruction of the Lava Fairy Palace has both advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage is that even if the cultivators in the Qi Refining and Foundation Building stages have no knowledge of mechanisms, they can enter it.

Under the leadership of Meng Kui and Zhu Xuanji, Huoshi Immortal City has drawn a large number of cultivators in the Qi Refining and Foundation Building stages to enter the Lava Immortal Palace.

This group of cultivators is huge in number, like a timely rain, filling all fronts.

With their participation, the defense line of the inner circle of the Lava Immortal Palace makes up for the surroundings, which is very solid and firmly blocks the advancement of the monster tide.

After all, there are not many individuals at the Jindan level among the red flame monsters. Once they appear, they will be targeted by concentrated fire, and few will survive.

As for the real threat to the Lava Immortal Palace, the two Yuanying-level monsters were also resisted and involved by Meng Kui.

However, judging from the battle situation, Meng Kui often falls into a disadvantage when fighting one against two.

Yuanying-level monsters often have a record of breaking the outer periphery of the Lava Immortal Palace piece by piece.

The more the Lava Fairy Palace was broken and lost, the lower the power of the ban would be.

Now, only the Qi Refining and Foundation Building stages can take advantage of the loopholes and enter the Fairy Palace directly. According to this trend, the cultivators of the Golden Core and Nascent Soul stages will be able to enter the palace later.

"Ning Xiaoren, you are too tired. Go back and rest. When you are in good condition, come back to fight!" The Ning family's main lineage cultivator still took good care of Ning Xiaoren.

Ning Xiaoren nodded, and after recovering a little mana, he couldn't wait to retreat from the front line.

On the way back, he saw a large group of people gathered together.

Out of curiosity, he approached to ask and found that it was a murder. A foundation building cultivator was killed by a sneak attack. The cause of death was that his heart was pierced and his soul disappeared.

"The Bukong Sect has taken action again! The deceased just participated in the palace examination during the day, and lost his life at night, alas..."

"This group of evil demons really did everything they could to obtain the Lava Fairy Palace!"

Ning Xiaoren found out the details and gritted his teeth: "Why didn't they assassinate Ning Zhuo? Good people don't live long, and evil will last for thousands of years. This is a shitty world!"

This is the third murder against the palace examination members recently.

Two of them successfully killed the target, and one seriously injured.

Strictly speaking, serious injuries can also be considered a success. Because the injured cultivator was in a very bad state, he lost the arena competition.

The palace examination participants cannot attack each other, but they can completely use the hands of others to carry out secret calculations and suppression.

The competition for the Lava Fairy Palace is not only the palace examination during the day, but also the night raids.

It is foreseeable that the independent cultivators who fight alone without a deep foundation and backing will be eliminated one after another and lose their lives.

Ning Xiaoren returned to his residence and fell asleep on the bed.

The next moment, he was awakened by the coldness of the dagger on his neck.

"Who is it?!" Ning Xiaoren was shocked.

The masked killer held a dagger in his hand, threatening Ning Xiaoren's life at all times: "Tell me about Ning Zhuo."

"You, you want to deal with him?" Ning Xiaoren reacted and was stunned, "No, I won't betray my people."

The visitor sneered: "Don't pretend, who doesn't know the grudge between you and him?"

"Besides, you have been expelled from the family, all thanks to Ning Zhuo! He is no longer a member of your family, the former young patriarch of the Ning family."

Ning Xiaoren's face quickly darkened, and a gleam of resentment flashed in his eyes: "What do you want to know?"

"Everything." The masked man said calmly.

Ning Xiaoren: "How do I know? If I tell you everything, will you let me go?"

The masked man shook his head: "You don't know, and I can't guarantee it. You just need to know that you must satisfy me. If you are not satisfied, I will cut off your head directly."

Ning Xiaoren hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, I will tell you, I will tell you."

He said it in great detail.

The masked killer was not satisfied: "I know all this."

He used the tip of the dagger to pry open Ning Xiaoren's teeth and put a poisonous insect into his mouth.

The poisonous insect drilled all the way down and drilled into Ning Xiaoren's heart.

The masked killer gently started, and Ning Xiaoren immediately covered his heart with his hands, twisting and rolling on the bed in pain, like a maggot that was electrocuted.

The masked killer tortured him for a while before stopping: "Your answer makes me very dissatisfied."

"I will give you a task now. Do your best to stop Ning Zhuo and interfere with him."

"Otherwise, I will let you die miserably in this heart-wrenching pain."

Ning Xiaoren waved his hands and begged for mercy: "Sir, this sir, don't be impulsive, I will do it, I will definitely do it."

"Ning Zhuo is my enemy. We are in the same group. We are family!"

The masked killer sneered: "It's good that you have this awareness. You have three days to achieve results, otherwise you will die."

After that, the masked killer disappeared in front of Ning Xiaoren.

He came without a trace and left without a trace.

Ning Xiaoren bit his lip and punched the bedside with his fist: "Ning Zhuo! Ning Zhuo!! I almost died because of you, you damn thing!"

"I will kill you, I will kill you!"

However, after a while of being fierce, Ning Xiaoren gradually regained consciousness.

"Ning Zhuo, this bastard, has done a lot of bad things on weekdays. Since the palace examination, he has been hiding and living next door to Ning Jiufan."

"Under the protection of a Jindan cultivator, what can I use to kill him?"

"This bastard is too dog, too dog!"