Chapter 341 - Ancestral Magic

Chapter 341 Ancestral Magic

“Of course, otherwise what did you think? I am a warrior of the secular world, how could I cross realms and defeat an ancient warrior who is the pride of the ancient martial world?”

Ding Ning spoke as if it were a matter of course. Although he looked like he wanted to kill everything in sight earlier, his thinking was actually very clear.

Judging from the respect everyone showed to Long Xiaotian and Feng Ni’er, they must be from powerful families of Ancient Warriors. Given his present strength, he had no chance of standing against them.

Although he wanted to kill Feng Ni’er in anger to obtain vengeance for Luoxue, he knew that once he did kill Feng Ni’er, those close to him would not be lucky enough to survive even if he could change his name and scrap together a life. He was unable to carry such a terrible burden.

Thus as he weighed the advantages and disadvantages, he did not kill Feng Ni’er in the end. Otherwise, he had countless chances to end her life.

As long as Feng Ni’er did not die, even if the Feng family wanted revenge, they would not go all out.

When he discovered Feng Ni’er’s deep affection for Long Xiaotian, he quickly used Long Xiaotian’s life as a threat to force Feng Ni’er to bow her head and apologize.

The results were unexpectedly good. Feng Ni’er’s behavior was sincere and it seemed that she had truly repented. By making the prideful woman kneel and apologize, he had already reached his goal.

At such a time, he would naturally go with the flow and tie up the loose ends with Luoxue’s generosity to avoid bringing vengeance down on his family and friends.

As for why he gave credit to the needless treasure in defeating Long Xiaotian, this was something he had thought deeply about.

Firstly, he had a good opinion of Long Xiaotian. Although he had the arrogance of a young man, he was not a bad person. During the battle, they had each appreciated the other and so he did not want to see such a talent go to waste. At the same time, he wanted to avoid having the Long family seek him out to make trouble. Of course, all of this stemmed from his absolute confidence in himself. He believed that even if Long Xiaotian continued to cultivate, he would still not be a match for him.

Secondly, his decision to credit his defeat of Long Xiaotian to the treasure was choosing the lesser of two evils. After all, having a warrior at the Earth Martial Arts Realm defeat one in the Sky Martial Arts Realm would make all the ancient warriors suspect he had some top-tier cultivation technique and covet it. The trouble this would bring him was not something he could handle at this stage. Thus, he would rather solidify the rumors about the treasure and have some weaker individuals covet the treasure than draw the attention of the super-power warriors. After all, it was only a treasure. Although it was alluring, it was not as attractive as a top-tier cultivation technique that could allow people to defeat those outside their realm.

And finally, even if he could not resolve the grievances with the Feng and Long family, he could at least make them feel more comfortable. After all, Ding Ning did not care for the superficial title of “world’s greatest talent”. Ever since he was young, he understood the principle of the second mouse getting the cheese. Long Xiaotian dared to take such a title because he had the powerful Long family as a backer. However, although he had some successes in the secular world, he had no connections among the Ancient Warriors. The title of “world’s greatest talent” would only bring him endless trouble and disaster.

Of course, it would be a lie to say he wasn’t feeling a little sullen. He also wanted to be angry on behalf of a beautiful woman and happily kill everyone who bullied Luoxue. However, he had to consider the consequences of his actions. It was a weight he could not endure before he had sufficient power.

What it boiled down to was that, one, he did not have a powerful backer and two, his own strength was insufficient. So he could only continue to maintain a low profile and endure and choose a result that would bring the least harm.

He was still not powerful enough. Ding Ning secretly clenched his fist. Before this moment, he had never wished for his strength to increase.

No one did not want to be famous. No one would be unhappy to have success and to receive the worship of countless people.

But before he could protect himself, he had to hide this throbbing and longing deep in his heart. He did not want to be a talent that was nipped in the bud and not allowed to mature.

“So it was the power of the treasure, no wonder this kid could cross his realm and defeat Long Xiaotian.”

“Oh, right, why didn’t I remember earlier? There are indeed talented people in this world but I had never seen such level of talent. Now, I understand.”

“Oh, yes, when this guy defeated Ice Demon earlier, the treasure helped to raise his battle power. So that’s what happened.”

“I did wonder how someone could exceed a major realm and defeat their opponent. Turns out it was the power of the treasure, now that makes sense.”

“This treasure is so powerful, why don’t we all together and steal the treasure?”

“Do it yourself if you want to die. Don’t think the young man is just borrowing the power of the treasure, for his own battle power is not to be underestimated. Although it can’t compare to Long Xiaotian’s, it’s not that far off.”

“That’s true. Now that there are just us few left, even if we can steal the treasure, it probably won’t fall into our hands. We’ll just be doing the hard work for someone else.”

“Ah, who would have thought that the birth of the treasure would end like this? So many people have died and we didn’t get anything at all. Never mind, never mind, let’s hurry and cultivate. When we have enough power, we can steal the treasure.”

“You’re right. Without power, fighting for the treasure is the same as giving away your life. It’s best to stay grounded and raise our strength before doing anything else.”

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The crowd murmured among themselves. Having witnessed Ding Ning’s battle power “with the treasure”, the fortunate survivors no longer had any courage to fight for the treasure. They all shook their heads and sighed as they turned to leave.

Even Ju Zhu turned to leave after looking at Ding Ning intently for a moment and considering his options. He would not give up this treasure that could increase his battle power. If he couldn’t do it openly, he would act in the dark. When the time came, he would find a way to assassinate Ding Ning then no one would know the treasure was in his hands.

“Friend, I look forward to our next meeting. At that time, we will compete again with our own strengths.”

Long Xiaotian regained his confidence and his dejectedness was swept away. He raised his fists to Ding Ning politely and spoke with great zeal for battle.

“Alright, I look forward to the next time we compete!”

Ding Ning returned his gesture. Glancing out of the corner of his eyes, he moved like lightning and stopped the black-robed man’s path. “Where do you think you’re going?”

The black-robed man froze and said in a deep voice, “Have I offended you?”

“You’ve plotted against me several times and allied with Liu Junwei, Liu Zhongyu and others to blow me up. I’ve finally got hold of you, do you think I would let you go?”

Ding Ning’s eyes were as bright as steel and he spoke with a cold smile.

“When have I plotted against you? Don’t speak such nonsense, surely you’ve got the wrong person?”

The black-robed man bemoaned his fate silently. Last time, it was not he who plotted against Ding Ning, and it was the Hall Chief. Unexpectedly, Ding Ning had mistaken him, the deputy Hall Chief, as the Hall Chief.

“Your outfits are exactly the same. Even if you are not the person, you must be connected to him so you best accept your fate.”

Ding Ning had nowhere to vent his frustration. After his unreasonable words, he arrogantly attacked the black-robed man.

“Don’t push it too far!”

The black-robed man was very depressed. If he had known this would happen, he would have changed outfits before coming to watch the show. Now all he could do was run for his life.

A soft bang rang out and Ding Ning’s heart tightened. This guy had superpowers.

When his fist was close to the man’s head, the black-robed man’s entire person dissolved into a transparent mist and moved away about 5 meters, toward the ocean.

“Where are you going?”

Ding Ning’s Eyes of Blue activated in an instant and forced the black-robed man’s rapid escape to halt for a moment. Although it was only a short instant, it was enough for Ding Ning to catch up.

This guy was a silver warrior of the Descendants of God and his superpower was water waves. Ye Duxing’s eyes lit up, for she would get a lot of points if she could catch him.

With a gentle push of her feet, she rose like a swan goose and landed in front of the black-robed man’s path of escape, blocking his escape to the ocean.

Zhu Bufan’s eyes also light up brightly. If this was a superpower user from Cathay, they would not dress like this. This guy must be an outsider who infiltrated into Cathay. This was a great deed waiting to be done.

And so Zhuo Bufan excitedly joined the battle team. With three of them standing there, they blocked off all directions of escape for the black-robed man.

“Superpower user? How interesting.”

Long Xiaotian and Feng Ni’er were about to leave. Seeing the fight that was about to start up again, they immediately stopped to watch the excitement.

It had to be said, the black-robed man’s superpower was very tricky. He created a few water mirrors and his figure appeared in each, making it impossible for others to find where he was hiding.

Ding Ning tried using his spiritual strength to sense him but he was unable to tell where he really was so Ding Ning could only break one of the water mirrors.

Unexpectedly, after he shattered one water mirror, the black-robed man created a new one. The faster Ding Ning shattered them, the faster he created them, maintaining at least three water mirrors at the same time. This made it impossible for Ding Ning to find his true hiding place.

Ding Ning had never fought such a frustrating battle. Goodness, he still could not find where the guy was. Doing his best to strike the water mirrors was like fighting against the air. The feeling of disappointment made him feel unusually depressed.

“Water magic?”

The mermaid tattoo on his left arm suddenly shifted and the mermaid came out. Swinging her tail and floating in the air, she blew a bubble and incased Ding Ning within it. This made Ding Ning pale, for he was terrified that the others would discover the Tianshui’s existence. However, when he looked around discretely, no one, not even Ning Ye or Zhuo Bufan, noticed the mermaid.

Could they not see the mermaid? Ding Ning was just wondering this when the mermaid gave him the answer. Unless she wished for them to see her or they entered her bubble, they would not be able to see her. This put Ding Ning at ease. Thinking of the mermaid’s earlier words, he asked with spiritual strength, “Tianshui, what was the water magic you spoke of earlier?”

“This person is using water magic, don’t you have magic too?”

The mermaid blew some bubbles as if she could not believe Ding Ning would ask such a question.

“I have magic? When did I get magic?” Ding Ning asked with confusion.

“You have it, aren’t your wings driven by magic?”

The mermaid rolled her eyes in a very human manner.

“Are you saying that superpowers are magic?”

Ding Ning’s mouth almost fell open in shock. Superpowers were magic? This was too unbelievable, right?

“Do you call magic superpower?”

The mermaid shook her head in confusion. Her chest shook but Ding Ning did not have the mind to look. Curiously, he asked, “What is water magic? Is it water-based superpowers?”

“Yes, according to what you said, water magic is water-based superpowers.”

The mermaid tilted her head and blinked her large and flawless eyes. “However, your magic is different from his magic. You have primal magic, also known as ancestral magic.”

“What is ancestral magic?” Ding Ning asked humbly.

The mermaid gestured for a long time but did not know how to describe it. Frustrated, she pouted her cherry lips. “It’s, it’s… how to put it; it’s like how streams flow into rivers and rivers flow into the ocean. Your magic is the ocean.”

Although she did not explain very clearly, Ding Ning still understood what she meant. Remembering how he could copy any superpower, he suddenly understood. “You’re saying that the magic in my body is the source of all magic.”

“Yes, you’re correct, that’s pretty much what I mean. Your magic is pure ancestral magic and it contains all kinds of changes. Others magic are all descendants of ancestral magic.”

The mermaid’s little head bobbed up and down. Her chest rose like a wave and Ding Ning’s mouth went dry for a while.