Chapter 305

The black market encountering trouble was one of the situations Unlike Ning Zhuo had long anticipated.

He did not feel the slightest surprise.

"If it really doesn't work, just abandon the black market entirely and turtle up."

Compared to the Lava Xian Gong, the black market is just a minor detail. If Unlike Ning Zhuo is disturbed in this aspect, investing energy and time, it means the enemy's conspiracy has succeeded.

Of course, retreating entirely is just the last response measure. At this stage, it hasn't reached that point yet.

Unlike Ning Zhuo immediately replied, asking the black market side to seek help from the two former family elders, Ning Youfu and Ning Houjun.

Unlike Ning Zhuo plans far ahead and had long anticipated many predicaments he would encounter during the palace examination. He therefore made arrangements in advance, one of which was to persuade these two former family elders.

These two played a quite important role in the process of Unlike Ning Zhuo toppling Ning Ning Xiaoren.

Being from the family branch themselves, they both think highly of Unlike Ning Zhuo and are willing to fund him.

Only such heavyweight figures can stabilize people's hearts, giving the leaderless black market an authoritative high command so it wouldn't be panicked and at a loss.

In the letter, he also requested the black market side to draw out a batch of manpower to enter the Lava Xian Gong.

This group of people will be led by the two former stewards, Ning Xiangguo and Ning Xiangqian, leading a large number of Ning family cultivators, and also forcibly summoned members from the Monkey Head Gang, Turtle Breath Gang, and Crane Beak Gang, with a total number of over one hundred.

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

Regarding this point, Unlike Ning Zhuo's understanding is quite profound.

This influence he has painstakingly managed—if not used now, when?

Second round of the palace examination.

Eleventh question.

Sun Lingtong won all his matches, making others so angry their teeth itched, but they couldn't do anything about it.

Unlike Ning Zhuo won more than he lost; although he tried his best to keep a low profile, he could no longer keep it low.

Whether in the arena or standing in the square, the eyes of the cultivators looking at him had changed. Even Golden Core-level cultivators treated him solemnly as a strong enemy.

"I didn't expect a Qi Condensation junior to stand out."

"Unlike Ning Zhuo indeed has some skills."

"Every time, when Unlike Ning Zhuo faces Zhu Zhu Xuanji or Ning Jiufan, he takes the initiative to concede. If he really fought, maybe his battle record would be even higher!"

Many people praised him with their mouths, while secretly exchanging glances, all realizing that Unlike Ning Zhuo could not be allowed to win like this.

However, Unlike Ning Zhuo was extremely cautious and stayed turtled in his residence all day, next door to the Ning family ancestor, Ning Jiufan.

This left many people helpless, sighing continuously.

In the Lava Xian Gong late at night, firelight surged, bright as day.

Since the volcano erupted and the beast tide surged, the sky above the Lava Xian Gong has always been filled with clouds and mist, never seeing the sun.

Ning Ning Xiaoren has been fighting here for some time and has gradually become unable to distinguish whether it is day or night.

He has been fighting continuously for more than a dozen hours. His face is haggard, his eyes are filled with bloodshot veins, and the high-intensity fighting makes him wish he could fall down and sleep soundly immediately.

But he cannot; he can only endure the sleepiness and exhaustion.

"They appeared; there is a group of demon beasts in the southeast corner." Suddenly, a cultivator shouted.

After a few breaths, the cultivator responsible for reconnaissance spoke again: "Be careful, this group of demon beasts are all Flame-Stepping Lizards; we must strike in advance and cannot let them impact our formation."

Ning Ning Xiaoren and others formed a cultivator squad, stationed at the street corner, setting up magic arrays and defending the dangerous position.

They were mainly cultivators from the Ning family's main branch.

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

Hearing the warning, Ning Ning Xiaoren gritted his teeth and urged the magic power that was about to dry up in his body to coordinate the magic array.

Casting spells with a magic array is much faster than an individual, and the power is greater.

Ice spears like giant trees condensed in an instant and sprayed out one after another.

The ice spears killed several Flame-Stepping Lizards and also angered the remaining half.

The Flame-Stepping Lizards roared and rushed toward Ning Ning Xiaoren's position.

In the magic array, cultivators immediately manipulated the array and deployed a large number of mechanical creations.

These mechanisms were mainly battering rams, charging forward; although they were all smashed to pieces by the Flame-Stepping Lizards, they also successfully stopped their charge, making their speed greatly reduced.

Ning Ning Xiaoren panted heavily, feeling nauseous. His magic power was exhausted, and he could only temporarily retreat.

Reserve cultivators immediately replaced him, occupying the formation eye and manipulating the magic array.

After the fierce spell bombardment, one Flame-Stepping Lizard still rushed to the front.

"Terrible, we haven't recruited any body cultivators yet!" The cultivators' faces turned pale.

Just at this moment, a crazy voice came: "Fear! Who made my Little Hui afraid? Look at Grandma's; Little Hui, don't be afraid!"

Saying this, Ning Ning Xiaohui's grandmother rushed out of the magic array and headed straight for this Flame-Stepping Lizard.

She collided with the Flame-Stepping Lizard and then flew backward, crashing through two buildings before falling to the ground and not moving.

Almost all her bones were broken, she coughed up blood continuously, and her protective magic artifact was directly shattered.

"This madwoman!" Ning Ning Xiaoren saw this scene, his pupils shrinking.

The cultivators of the Ning family's main branch also had different expressions.

Thanks to the desperate obstruction of Ning Ning Xiaohui's grandmother, they finally seized the last opportunity, and a round of spell coverage bombarded and killed the last Flame-Stepping Lizard.

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

"The demon beasts are thick-skinned and fleshy; this was only a group of Foundation Establishment-level Scarlet Flame Demon Beasts."

"If it were Golden Core level, could I retreat safely?"

Ning Ning Xiaoren had no confidence at all.

He looked at Ning Ning Xiaohui's grandmother again. At this time, Ning family cultivators had already run out of the magic array, came to the grandmother's side, and began treatment.

"She has gone mad."

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

"I am actually living day and night with such a madwoman, in the same magic array?"

Ning Ning Xiaoren felt a burst of lingering fear.

"It's all the fault of that brat Unlike Ning Zhuo!"

"If it weren't for him, would I have become a prisoner? If it weren't for him, would I have come here to risk my life to earn achievements with the identity of being expelled from the family?"

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

"Heaven has no eyes, actually letting this treacherous and insidious evil thief get better and better. And he is even at the forefront of the battle record in the second round of the palace examination! What are those Golden Cores and geniuses doing?"

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

Ning Ning Xiaoren's situation was just a microcosm of the Lava Xian Gong.

The destruction of the Lava Xian Gong has both advantages and disadvantages.

The advantage is that Qi Condensation and Foundation Establishment cultivators, even without any mechanism attainments, can enter it.

Under the leadership of Meng Kui and Zhu Zhu Xuanji, the Fire Persimmon Immortal City drew out a large number of Qi Condensation and Foundation Establishment cultivators to enter the Lava Xian Gong.

This group of cultivators was large in number, like a timely rain, filling all the front lines.

With their participation, the defense line of the inner circle of the Lava Xian Gong was filled, very solid, firmly blocking the advance of the beast tide.

After all, among the Scarlet Flame Demon Beasts, there are not many Golden Core-level individuals. Once they appear, they are targeted by concentrated fire, and very few survive.

As for the real threat to the Lava Xian Gong, those two Golden Core-level demon beasts, they were also blocked and entangled by Meng Kui.

It's just that judging from the battle situation, Meng Kui fought two with one and often fell into a disadvantage.

Golden Core-level demon beasts often have battle records of shattering the outer periphery of the Lava Xian Gong piece by piece.

The more the Lava Xian Gong is shattered and lost, the lower the power of the restrictions.

Now it is Qi Condensation and Foundation Establishment cultivators who can find loopholes and enter the palace directly. According to this trend, later it will be Golden Core and Golden Core-level cultivators who can enter the palace.

"Ning Ning Xiaoren, you are too tired. Go back and rest; when your state is adjusted, come back to fight!" The cultivators of the Ning family's main branch still cared quite a bit about Ning Ning Xiaoren.

Ning Ning Xiaoren nodded, and after recovering a bit of magic power, 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 inquire and found it was a murder. A Foundation Establishment cultivator was ambushed and killed, the state of death was the heart being pierced, and the soul had disappeared.

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

"These demons really stop at nothing to obtain the Lava Xian Gong!"

Ning Ning Xiaoren learned the specific facts and couldn't help but grit his teeth: "Why didn't they assassinate Unlike Ning Zhuo? Good people don't live long, while disasters last for a thousand years. This damn world!"

This was already the third murder targeting palace examination members recently.

Two succeeded in killing the target, and there was another who was seriously injured.

Strictly speaking, serious injury also counts as success. Because the injured cultivator's state was extremely poor, and they lost every arena match.

Palace examination personnel cannot take action against each other, but they can completely use the hands of others to carry out assassinations and suppression.

The competition for the Lava Xian Gong is not just the palace examination during the day, but also the assassinations at night.

It is foreseeable that rogue cultivators fighting alone without deep foundations or backers will be eliminated one after another and lose their lives.

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

The next moment, he was awakened by the coldness of a dagger held against his neck.

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

The masked assassin held a dagger, threatening Ning Ning Xiaoren's life at all times: "Tell me about Unlike Ning Zhuo."

"You, you want to deal with him?" Ning Ning Xiaoren reacted, his expression stunned, "No, I will not betray my clansmen."

The comer sneered: "Don't pretend; who doesn't know about your grudge with him?"

"Besides, you have already been expelled from the family; this is all thanks to Unlike Ning Zhuo! He is no longer your clansman, former Young Clan Leader of the Ning family."

Ning Ning Xiaoren's face darkened rapidly, and a flash of resentment appeared in his eyes: "What do you want to know?"

"Everything." The masked person's tone was calm.

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

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

Ning Ning Xiaoren hurriedly said: "Good, good, good, I'll say, I'll say."

He spoke quite in detail.

The masked assassin was not satisfied: "I know all these."

He used the tip of the dagger to pry open Ning Ning Xiaoren's teeth and sent a Gu worm into his mouth.

The Gu worm drilled all the way down, drilling into Ning Ning Xiaoren's heart.

The masked assassin activated it lightly, and Ning Ning Xiaoren immediately covered his heart, twisting and rolling on the bed in pain, like a maggot shocked by electricity.

The masked assassin tortured him fiercely for a period of time before stopping: "Your answer made me very dissatisfied."

"I am now assigning you a task: try your best to obstruct Unlike Ning Zhuo and interfere with him with all your might."

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

Ning Ning Xiaoren hurriedly waved his hands, begging for mercy desperately: "My lord, this lord, don't be impulsive, I will do as told, I will definitely do as told."

"Unlike Ning Zhuo is my enemy to begin with; we are in the same group, we are our own people!"

The masked assassin sneered: "It's good that you have this realization. I'll give you three days to achieve results, otherwise, you will die."

After speaking, the masked assassin disappeared before Ning Ning Xiaoren's eyes.

Coming without a shadow, leaving without a trace.

Leaving Ning Ning Xiaoren to bite his lip and smash his fist fiercely against the bedside: "Unlike Ning Zhuo! Unlike Ning Zhuo!! I almost died because of you, you damn thing!"

"I want to kill you, I want to kill you!"

However, after being fierce for a while, Ning Ning Xiaoren gradually regained his sobriety.

"This dog brat Unlike Ning Zhuo has done too many evil things in his daily life. Since the palace examination, he has been turtled up, living next door to Ning Jiufan."

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

"This dog thief is too dog-like, too dog-like!"