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Xu Fan said calmly with a smile, “Don’t worry, as long as you don’t resist, there won’t be any problems, I assure you.”
What good is your assurance?
You’re not the one taking the risk, no wonder you speak so light-heartedly!
The old turtle thought to himself.
Xu Fan wasted no more words, forming hand seals and summoning the Four Symbols Creation Flag, and commanded softly, “Heaven and Earth, the boundless decree, grand soul summoning, activate!”
Before the old turtle could even react, he felt as if Xu Fan’s gaze was like a vortex in the starry sky, and involuntarily, he began to float upwards.
Then, subconsciously looking down, he saw his own body standing alone on the ground.
Unbeknownst to him, his soul had already left his body.
Scared out of his wits, the old turtle tried to scream, but even as he opened his mouth, no sound came out.
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“Don’t be afraid, it’ll be over soon,” Xu Fan reassured, “Just think of this as a dream.”
Xu Fan said, his hand seals changing.
The old turtle’s soul felt a great pulling force and involuntarily flew towards the Four Symbols Creation Flag before vanishing into it.
Buzzing sounds…
The Four Symbols Creation Flag began to vibrate intensely, moving without any wind, emitting a strong oppressive force, and shining brightly.
Xu Fan’s expression grew solemn, monitoring every subtle change of the Four Symbols Creation Flag through his Divine Sense.
As expected, the Xuan Chu Heavenly Turtle was extraordinarily gifted, indeed capable of activating the Four Symbols Creation Flag as a substitute for the Black Tortoise.
At that moment, the image of the Black Tortoise became more and more vivid, releasing an incredibly thick and substantial aura.
After persisting for over two minutes, the Four Symbols Creation Flag finally calmed down, but it now felt unmistakably more spiritual than before.
Feeling the change in the Four Symbols Creation Flag, Xu Fan’s face brightened with joy.
Within the Four Symbols Creation Flag, the “Xuan Chu Heavenly Barrier” had been successfully activated.
The so-called Xuan Chu Heavenly Barrier was a very powerful defensive formation, which upon activation, could even summon the spirit of the Black Tortoise to form a formidable defensive shield covering an area of about five to six meters.
Even practitioners at the Dongxu level would find it difficult to easily breach the defenses of the Xuan Chu Heavenly Barrier.
Moreover, and more importantly, the Xuan Chu Heavenly Barrier’s power could grow along with Xu Fan’s strength, endlessly enhancing both its defensive power and range—an improvement potential that could be described as boundless.
This meant that Xu Fan’s defensive measures had become stronger.
Actually, if the old turtle’s soul were to be completely merged with the Four Symbols Creation Flag, its defensive capability could be further increased, so much so that not even super-strong practitioners at the Nascent Soul level would find it almost impossible to break through. 𝓃𝓸𝓿𝓹𝓾𝓫.𝓬ℴ𝓶
However, Xu Fan was not a bloodthirsty person, and after all, the old turtle’s nature was not bad.
And besides, the old turtle still had his uses.
Following the activation of the Four Symbols Creation Flag, Xu Fan kept his promise and released the old turtle’s soul from within.
However, compared to before, the old turtle’s soul was noticeably more lethargic.
With a gentle wave of his hand, Xu Fan directed the old turtle’s soul downward, back into its body.
Immediately, the old turtle’s body, which had been statue-like, blinked its eyes, and its gaze quickly filled with life; however, its expression was very listless, as if it had been up for several nights without sleep.
Despite the heavy toll, excitement shone on his face.
Having entered the Four Symbols Creation Flag just before, his soul had somehow resonated with the spirit of the Black Tortoise and gained the essence of the Black Tortoise’s blood from within the flag.
But his current level of cultivation was not enough to immediately refine and assimilate the essence, so for the time being, he could only keep it stored within his soul, to absorb and refine it slowly when he found the time later.
If he could fully absorb this drop of essence, without a doubt, he would reap enormous benefits, equivalent to a thousand years’ worth of cultivation.
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Xu Fan looked at the old turtle and couldn’t help but feel surprised.
Although he didn’t know what exactly had happened inside the Four Symbols Creation Flag, he could sense that there was now a drop of blood essence within the old turtle’s body that emitted an extremely thick aura.
Seeing Xu Fan’s astonished look, the old turtle knew he couldn’t hide it any longer and had no choice but to tell Xu Fan the truth.
Xu Fan nodded and said, “So that’s how it is.
This is also your chance encounter, and I naturally won’t take it away from you.”
“Thank you, Young Master,” the old turtle said joyfully.
He had been worried that once Xu Fan found out, Xu Fan would take away his opportunity.
After all, this was Black Tortoise blood essence; it was not something ordinary.
Now it seemed that he had been projecting his petty thoughts onto Xu Fan, underestimating him.
Of course, Xu Fan wouldn’t be so petty, but he was surprised.
Before, he had never imagined that the Four Symbols Creation Flag would contain the Black Tortoise’s blood essence.
It seemed that the Four Symbols Creation Flag must have had contact with the true Black Tortoise divine beast in the past, or perhaps it had even subdued the real Black Tortoise.
The Four Symbols Creation Flag was even more terrifying than he had imagined.
To know that the Black Tortoise was one of the four great divine beasts, and even a newly born Black Tortoise would possess at least Divinity Transformation Stage cultivation, especially its defense which was incredibly strong.
Cultivators of the same level could hardly breach the Black Tortoise’s defenses.
Its formidable defense meant that hardly anyone would provoke the Black Tortoise lightly; it was simply an unrewarding task.
It was also unknown where the Four Symbols Creation Flag came from to have such an extraordinary history.
Now, having only activated the Black Tortoise within the Four Symbols Creation Flag, there were still the other three great divine beasts; he wondered what surprises would come from activating them.
This made Xu Fan feel somewhat excited.
After resting for a while, the old turtle gradually caught his breath and then began to survey his surroundings.
But when he saw the scene of destruction nearby and the bodies strewn all over, he couldn’t help but fear Xu Fan.
The young man in front of him seemed amiable, but who would have thought he was so ruthless, having killed so many people.
If he were to ever offend Xu Fan in the future, he truly feared he might end up stewed in a soup.
Through the old turtle’s expression, Xu Fan guessed some of his thoughts.
However, Xu Fan couldn’t be bothered to explain.
It was better this way, at least the old turtle would be more honest.
Just then, Xu Fan suddenly sensed something and looked up into the distance.
Before long, sure enough, he saw a group of ancient martial artists flying over from the direction he was looking at.
Leading them was Long Guhuang.
And the few people behind him, all with cultivation above the peak of Heavenly Venerable and not lacking Divinity Transformation Stage powerhouses, were naturally Zhu Yangyuan and the survivors from the Flame Dragon Organization and the Ancient Martial World.
Elder Hong and Ah Zi were also among these people.
Seeing Xu Fan, Long Guhuang’s face brightened, and he quickly descended from the sky.
Coming to Xu Fan’s side, he glanced at the old turtle with surprise.
He noticed that although the old man seemed a bit dispirited, as if not in the best condition, the aura emanating from his body was quite profound.
He even felt a sense of oppression from the old turtle.
It looked as if this old man was definitely a Divinity Transformation Stage powerhouse.
What puzzled him, however, was that this old man was respectfully following Xu Fan, yet he had never seen this person before.
