The Broken Horn World’s First Contact

Ji Ning immediately had a thought. “Could it be a part of the Ruined Ancient World?” After all, the Ruined Ancient World couldn’t be a perfect circle or square. This ruined continent had bulges and depressions. It was entirely possible that a piece of land had suddenly jutted out for him to see.

“Regardless, I can’t get close.”

“The Ruined Ancient World is incomparably dangerous. Even True Gods and Daofathers wouldn’t dare to trespass recklessly. I’d better stay far away.” Ji Ning was well aware of his own limits. Although he had the [Eight-Nine Arcane Art] protecting him, he didn’t dare to barge in recklessly.

Swoosh.

Ji Ning immediately began to fly away from that continent, putting more and more distance between himself and the landmass.

He was curious about the Ruined Ancient World, but he understood that curiosity killed the cat.

……

In the dark void, millions of kilometers away from Ji Ning, a mysterious outpost was hidden. It was completely concealed, invisible even to the naked eye.

Inside the outpost.

Eighteen tall warriors with cyan-black scales and blood-red curved horns were seated on their own thrones. All eighteen thrones hovered in the air. They sat in silence, their golden eyes staring intently at the images displayed on a huge mirror floating in mid-air. The image showed Ji Ning flying alone. He had just used his Kui-Eye technique and was now beginning to fly into the distance, trying to move away from the land.

“The foreigner is starting to flee.”

“Did he detect our probe?”

“Probably not. We’ve never seen this foreigner before. He’s not from our neighbor, the Intestines World, nor is he from the Seven Gods World.” The eighteen tall warriors sat on their thrones, speaking calmly in the Fiendgod language.

“This void is the territory of our Broken Horn World. Even if the spies from our neighbors, the Intestines World or the Seven Gods World, were to come, they wouldn’t barge in so openly. Besides, his appearance is very strange. His skin is so delicate, and his body is so small.”

“Could he be a spy sent by some unknown world?”

They discussed the matter.

Suddenly, the warrior sitting on the highest throne at the back, draped in a black cape, spoke in a loud voice: “There’s no doubt about it. This foreigner who has appeared is one we’ve never seen before, and he’s not from our neighboring worlds. As for where he’s from… we’ll find out once we capture him alive.”

“Warden Lord, as you can see, this foreigner can survive the void storms without any external aid. He relies solely on his body to withstand them. Don’t be fooled by his delicate skin and small size; in terms of raw physical power alone, none of us can match him,” one warrior said.

“But we at least have intelligence,” the highest-ranking, black-caped warrior spoke. “Baro, take a group of children to test this foreigner’s capabilities. If you can capture him alive, do so. If not, at least probe his strength. He is currently in the void region under our outpost’s jurisdiction. The other outposts are definitely watching. Don’t let them laugh at us.”

“Understood.”

Immediately, the tall warrior named Baro rose and walked out of the hall.

Each of these tall warriors was a thousand zhang tall, like a mountain. To them, Ji Ning's body was tiny. But they knew well that their neighbors, the Intestines World and the Seven Gods World, were not to be trifled with. A foreigner who could travel such a vast distance was probably not someone to be taken lightly.

In the silent, dark void, Ji Ning flew continuously, having already put another million kilometers between himself and the distant landmass. He was completely unaware that, just over six thousand kilometers away from him, a massive void ship was hidden. The ship was invisible to the naked eye and undetectable by divine sense.

The ship was a hundred miles long. Inside its cabin, the scaled warrior ‘Baro’ with cyan-black scales and a blood-red curved horn sat on his throne. Below him stood ten tall warriors who also had cyan-black scales, but they also had massive, scaled wings. Their eyes were blood-red, and they stood in silence.

“My children,” Baro spoke.

“Master,” the ten tall warriors below replied respectfully. These warriors looked very similar to Baro at first glance, but they had an extra pair of wings and lacked the curved horns on their heads.

“Go, capture that foreigner alive. If you can’t, then retreat. Remember, don’t kill him.” Baro stroked his chin. “He likely holds secrets. We must capture him alive to learn them.”

“Yes.”

The ten blood-eyed warriors acknowledged respectfully.

“Also, the next void storm is twelve sectors away. Make sure you return before it hits,” Baro instructed. His children wouldn’t dare to resist the void storms here. They were tens of millions of kilometers from any landmass, and the power of the void storms was still very strong.

The cabin door opened.

The ten blood-eyed warriors immediately flew out of the ship. The tallest among them was a thousand zhang high, while the shortest was eight hundred zhang.

……

“Hm?” Ji Ning, who had been flying through the void, suddenly turned his head. A Kui-fire blaze burned in his eyes. The massive void ship had been exposed when its cabin door opened. The tall warriors with cyan-black scales, enormous wings, and blood-red eyes all shot through the void, moving at an astonishing speed.

“Living beings?” Ji Ning was startled.

For over half a year, he hadn’t encountered a single living being in the Realm of Annihilation. Now, a large ship had appeared, and ten beings that looked like powerful Fiendgods had emerged from it.

“There shouldn’t be any life in the Realm of Annihilation. That means…” Ji Ning’s heart tightened. “These beings might have entered the void from the Ruined Ancient World.”

The Ruined Ancient World was vast. Some life might survive on the edges of that ruined world, which made it possible for them to enter the endless void. However, according to the guesses made by Luo Hou’s Bow and the yellow-haired bear, the void tides here were so powerful that one would need the strength of a True God or Daofather just to fly out of this Realm of Annihilation.

“Foreigner.”

The ten enormous figures flew over, accompanied by a telepathic voice.

“Fiendgod language?” Ji Ning recognized it immediately. Although Fiendgod language was complex and obscure, Ji Ning had long since mastered it.

“Don’t you understand?” The ten enormous figures all stared at Ji Ning. At the same time, the large ship was also approaching, now only a thousand kilometers away from Ji Ning.

Ji Ning didn’t reply. He just watched them.

“Since he doesn’t understand, let’s just capture him alive.” One of the thousand-zhang-tall blood-eyed warriors produced a long whip out of thin air and lunged at Ji Ning.

“Stop.” Ji Ning finally spoke via telepathy, using the Fiendgod language.

The thousand-zhang-tall blood-eyed warrior stopped immediately, his blood-red eyes holding a trace of mockery. “So you do understand, foreigner.”

“I simply don’t wish to fight you,” Ji Ning said.

“Then why did you trespass into the void of our Broken Horn World?” the blood-eyed warrior immediately asked. The other nine blood-eyed warriors watched silently from the side. Their mission was to capture this foreigner alive, or at least probe his strength. They were happy to keep talking to him.

The more they talked, the more they could learn.

“I stumbled in here by accident,” Ji Ning transmitted. “I have no intention of becoming your enemy.”

“Came here by accident? Then come with us to see our master,” the blood-eyed warrior said.

“I will not go with you,” Ji Ning shook his head.

This was a joke.

He wouldn’t dare to casually barge into the Ruined Ancient World. It contained the power to destroy even True Gods and Daofathers.

“Then we’ll have to take you by force.” The ten blood-eyed warriors moved at the same time. Five of them were a thousand zhang tall, and five were eight hundred zhang tall. The five blood-eyed warriors who looked slightly weaker, at eight hundred zhang, simultaneously opened their mouths, unleashing a silent roar.

Huum~~~~

An invisible wave instantly swept over Ji Ning’s entire body. Ji Ning had no idea how to defend against such an attack.

“A soul-based technique?” Ji Ning immediately recognized it after withstanding the invisible wave. However, as a Fiendgod, his soul was completely fused with his divine body and flesh, making it incredibly stable. Furthermore, Ji Ning’s Dao-heart had withstood Karmic Hellfire. How could it be controlled by a mere soul technique?

“We can’t control him. His mind is too strong.”

“Then bind him by force.”

The five eight-hundred-zhang blood-eyed warriors transmitted.

“Alright.”

The other five thousand-zhang warriors produced long whips, each three thousand zhang long.

Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack! Crack!

The whips lashed out, cutting through the void and closing in on him.

Ji Ning produced a Northsea sword in his hand. Without even using his divine ability, the Starseizing Hand, he simply blocked the incoming whips.

“Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam! Bam!” A series of collisions rang out as Ji Ning simultaneously blocked all five whips.

“In terms of raw strength, these five supposed Fiendgods are slightly weaker than I am when I’m not using my divine ability,” Ji Ning noted silently. “They’re probably at the level of a weak Void Fiendgod.”

Swoosh.

Ji Ning moved, his divine power surging according to the [Nine Heavens Annihilating Wind] technique. Although he couldn’t borrow the power of Heaven and Earth here, his base speed was still tremendous. At the same time, the Northsea sword in his hand rapidly expanded to three hundred zhang in length. Since his opponents were so massive, his sword wouldn’t be able to injure them effectively if it was too short.

In an instant, Ji Ning flashed past the five warriors.

Five streaks of sword-light flashed!

The heads of the five thousand-zhang blood-eyed warriors were sent flying.

“Their bodies are quite tough. They seem even stronger than ordinary Void Fiendgods who haven’t trained in any divine abilities.” Ji Ning could feel that it was difficult for his Northsea sword to cleave through their heads. Although he lacked the assistance of Heaven and Earth’s power, his pure swordsmanship technique was still far superior to theirs. The Dao of the Sword was, after all, the way of applying the sword.

“Eh?”

Ji Ning was surprised.

Green blood was spraying from the necks of the five thousand-zhang warriors. Their mouths were still opening and closing, and then they just floated in the void, their life force gone.

“Dead?” Ji Ning was puzzled. “So they’re not Fiendgods.” Humans and Demons would generally die if their heads were chopped off, but killing a Fiendgod was much harder.

……

On the distant void ship, the horned warrior Baro watched this scene and chuckled. “Children, ignite.”

……

In an instant, the five eight-hundred-zhang blood-eyed warriors in front of Ji Ning all roared: “Damned foreigner!” A faint layer of green light appeared on their bodies, and their aura swelled dramatically. At the same time, they produced slender silver chains and swung them at Ji Ning.

“Their aura seems to have surged? Did they just activate a power-burst technique?” Ji Ning thought to himself.

“Clang!”

A chain collided with his sword.

With just that single collision, Ji Ning was knocked backward, flying through the void.

“Without my divine ability, my strength is now inferior to theirs.” Ji Ning immediately activated the Nine Heavens Annihilating Wind technique. He whooshed past the five blood-eyed warriors, and at the same time, five enormous streaks of sword-light slashed across their necks. In terms of pure swordsmanship technique, Ji Ning was far too superior. Combined with his incredible speed, it was an unbeatable combination.

These five blood-eyed warriors also fell.

……

The horned warrior Baro on the void ship nodded gently. “His power is at the Earth-class level. His speed is astonishing, which puts him in the Sky-class. He uses a sword, and his swordsmanship is extremely high, also Sky-class… Of course, he might have an ace up his sleeve for a power burst. He’s no mere cannon fodder; he’s definitely an elite. I wonder which world would send him in alone as a scout. Fortunately, he’s not an incredibly powerful being. A truly supreme existence would have wiped out those ten children in one move. Ah well, back to the outpost. I’ve lost ten of my children this time. I’ll need to hatch a new batch.”

Boom~~~

The void ship turned ethereal and quickly flew back towards the outpost.