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On weekdays, relying on the power of the Great Five Elements Body, Ning Fan dared to swallow immortal fire to restore his mana without losing any of it.
But today, what he wants to swallow is not ordinary fairy fire, but the fire of evil beasts.
Ning Fan didn't know that the evil beast was one of the four holy beasts in the ancient barbarian world. It was invincible in the world with its fire path. Even the Suzaku clan of the Purple Dou Immortal Domain had once defeated the evil beast in terms of fire cultivation.
The fire of evil beasts is unparalleled in the world. This sentence was spread by word of mouth in the ancient barbarian world, and it was not just talk.
Suzaku, Golden Crow, Tai Centipede, Li Long, Nine Animals, Sun Jing
Many ancient great clans that relied on fire to establish their ways were all defeated by the evil beast clan based on the word fire.
How many ancient emperors in charge of fire have tasted defeat at the hands of evil beasts.
The evil beasts may not be the strongest in the world, but in the field of fire cultivators, they are the well-deserved kings.
The fire of evil beasts is unparalleled in the world. What Ning Fan has to fight today is this flame that is unparalleled in the world.
The fire of the evil beast swallowed by Ning Fan, although it contained extremely huge vitality, it also had fatal lethality.
The evil beast's fire was too overbearing. As soon as it entered Ning Fan's body, it immediately split into nine parts and dispersed into nine flames. Along Ning Fan's meridians, it ran rampant unscrupulously, trying to burn everything in front of it.
The vitality in the body is burning faster, and even the mana is evaporating away bit by bit.
What's worse is that with Ning Fan's powerful five-element body, he could have ignored the damage from the true immortal flames, but at this moment, he was being burned by the evil beast's fire and was constantly being injured.
This flame has exceeded Ning Fan's defense
One breath, two breaths, three breaths, four breaths.
After only four breaths passed, Ning Fan seemed to have reached his limit. The meridians in his body were burned by the fire of the evil beast, like dry wheat stalks that would break at the slightest touch.
The temperature inside the body is even frighteningly high. The blood boiled like thick soup, and the skin and flesh began to burn. To make matters worse, one of the nine rays of fire directly hit Ning Fan's soul.
Good to give birth to the flames of arrogance. He actually wanted to directly burn Ning Fan's soul and kill Ning Fan in one fell swoop.
Ning Fan Yuanshen held the Zhan Yi Dao Sword in his small hand, resisting the attack of the flames, but he was still burned a lot, gradually. The injuries were getting worse.
Five breaths, six breaths, seven breaths
At the tenth breath, Ning Fan's face was already as pale as paper. Just as the eyeball monster expected, he would not be able to survive the eleventh breath without special means.
Ten breaths is Ning Fan's limit
It's probably hard to survive eleven breaths.
"Ten breaths have arrived. This kid has almost asked me to take action." The eyeball monster was secretly proud. Looking forward to the scene of Ning Fan pleading.
"If he asks me to take action, I will immediately activate the Heaven-Deceiving Formation to help him avoid the sixth damage. Hey, I am so kind and always so willing to help others."
"Well, it's been eleven breaths. Why hasn't this kid asked me for help? He can still hold on, but it's almost there. He won't be able to hold on for twelve breaths."
"Oh, hey, it's already been thirteen breaths, and this guy can still hold on. Not bad. Well, I bet you can hold on for another two breaths, but you definitely won't be able to hold on to the sixteenth."
"Seventeen breaths have passed. This kid won't be burned to death at the bottom of the lake, right? But his breath is still there. He's not dead."
"Nineteen Breaths"
"Twenty-two Breaths"
"Twenty-nine Breaths"
"Forty-Four Breaths"
"Nine hundred and thirty-six breaths"
"Wait until I take a nap and continue counting."
"Three thousand six hundred and fifty breaths"
"Seven thousand nine hundred and twenty-two breaths"
"Wait for me to soak up the urea and continue counting."
"Eleven thousand four hundred and seventy-two breaths"
"Twenty thousand interest"
"Thirty thousand interest"
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"Ninety-six thousand, seven hundred and fifty-six breaths"
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"Damn, it's been three days and three nights, how can this brat still hold on? Is he a monster? The fire of the evil beast here can kill even the Immortal King. He can actually hold on for three days and three nights in the sea of fire. night"
Three days later, the Eyeball Monster beat its chest and roared at the lakeside, even though it had no chest or feet.
He waited for three days, but still didn't get Ning Fan's plea. This was really disappointing, and it really surprised the eyeball monster.
This descendant of the Lieyuan Sect seems to have more backbone than he imagined. The eyeball monster muttered secretly.
He sent out his spiritual thoughts and explored the bottom of the lake. Every time he saw Ning Fan, he looked like a man on fire.
At this moment, Ning Fan was sitting in the center of the evil beast's sea of fire, his whole body burning. He had maintained this state for three days and three nights.
Ten breaths is the limit of his support in the sea of fire. Even if he has cultivated the Great Five Elements Body to the perfect state, he cannot stay in the sea of fire for longer because the fire of the evil beast is too powerful.
He could not survive his eleventh breath, but the Sun and Moon Monument in Xuanyin Realm protected its master at this moment.
The Sun and Moon Monument has the ability to swallow flames
The reason why Ning Fan was able to survive in the sea of fire for three days and three nights was because of the power of the Sun and Moon Monument.
As early as the beginning of Ning Fan's cultivation, he relied on the power of the Sun and Moon Monument to suppress the flames of the enemy cultivators and defeated the fire cultivators.
Later, his cultivation gradually increased, and he even developed the Small Five Elements Body and the Great Five Elements Body. The enemies he encountered rarely had fire cultivators. Even if there is, you can handle it calmly. Gradually, the Sun and Moon Monument is no longer used frequently.
Later, the Yin and Yang locks merged into one, and there was another star monument in the Xuanyin world. Together with the sun and moon monument, the double monuments formed the boundary. After the two monuments were used to suppress the boundary, Ning Fan was unable to take out the two monuments from the Xuanyin Realm due to his cultivation. He had two innate magic weapons in his arms but could not use them.
Therefore, the Sun and Moon Monument and the Star Monument were sealed in dust in the Xuanyin Realm.
But this time, the Sun and Moon Monument is destined to show off its power once again.
Because this time, the fire of the evil beast is too strong, and even Ning Fan's cultivation level and the Great Five Elements Body cannot defeat it.
This time, he had to rely on the power of the Sun and Moon Monument again. Even if he could not take this monument out of Xuanyin Realm, he could still use the power of this monument to restrain the fire of the beast.
In terms of the power of fire alone, the fire of the evil beast is unparalleled in the world, but this does not mean that the fire of the evil beast has no natural enemies.
The Sun and Moon Monument specializes in defeating the five elements of the world. No matter how strong your evil beast's fire is, I will defeat it.
Of course, if the power of the evil beast's fire in front of you exceeds that of the Sun and Moon Monument by too much, the Sun and Moon Monument will not be able to perform meritorious deeds.
The Sun and Moon Monument is an innate magic weapon that has killed countless people in the hands of Luan Gu. It's prestigious, but it has its limits.
The flames, which are close to the power of the saint, cannot be overcome by the Sun and Moon Monuments.
The size of the sea of fire in front of him was only enough to threaten the lives of Immortal King-level experts. Far from reaching the level of the saint's power, the Sun and Moon Monument can still be restrained.
Streams of fire separated from the sea of fire, were sucked into Ning Fan's body, and refined into the Xuanyin world. Swallowed into the Sun and Moon Monument.
After all, the Sun and Moon Monument is being used across a Mysterious Yin Realm, and the Sun and Moon Monument cannot swallow the flames very quickly.
Even so, every time some flames are swallowed up, a lot of vitality will be added to Ning Fan's body.
Fire also has vitality, life, and death
Everything in the world has its own life and death. It is not the life and death given by the world, but the life that it originally has.
In the eyes of barbarians, the world is alive.
Ning Fan sat there for three days and three nights. While swallowing a large amount of fire vitality and overcoming the sixth damage, he was thinking about these issues.
This is the unique world view of barbarians, which is completely different from the world view of monks in the Four Heavens and Nine Realms.
Three days have passed, and Ning Fan has overcome most of the sixth injury. This sixth injury lasted longer than Ning Fan imagined.
There are fewer and fewer seas of fire around, which means that the sixth damage is almost over.
Three blood lines gradually appeared in the body, little by little, each condensed into a drop of blood. If you survive the sixth loss. They are three drops of ancestral barbaric blood
Ning Fan's level of demonic fire also continued to skyrocket unknowingly.
This is the first time he has swallowed up such a powerful flame in his practice. The previous demonic fire level had just reached the level of true fire.
The fire power of a true fire is comparable to the magic weapon of a nirvana the day after tomorrow. Generally speaking, only monks in the early stage of Duzhen can cultivate it.
But now, the level of magic fire has been broken through one after another. Ambiguous, samadhi. four ignorance
In just three days, Ning Fan's demon fire level had broken through to the eleventh level.
The Eleventh True Fire is difficult to cultivate even for the fire cultivators in the late stage of Suinian. Only a handful of cultivators at the peak of Suinian can cultivate it.
Even some fire cultivators at the Immortal Lord level are unable to cultivate flames at the twelve levels of ignorance, and the flame level still remains at the eleven level.
The Eleventh True Fire, a magic weapon with power comparable to the acquired Eleventh Nirvana, was cultivated by Ning Fan within these three days.
At this moment, Ning Fan's demonic fire already had a strange black-red color, and gradually gained a hint of the characteristics of the evil beast's fire.
The flames began to be filled with dense flame runes, and as the fire burned, the sounds of wind and thunder could be heard.
It is simply a replica of the Fire of the Evil Beast, even the path of fire is very similar.
Ning Fan's demonic fire also inherited the domineering flame power of the evil beast's fire, which was probably much more powerful than the ordinary eleven-magic true fire.
It's quite a gain.
Of course, there is a bigger gain, that is ancestral blood
On the fourth day, Ning Fan completely refined the surrounding sea of fire. The giant shadow of the evil beast over the valley roared unwillingly and finally dispersed.
The entire valley has been reduced to ruins, with only a pool of black water still remaining.
The sixth loss, completely overcome
Among a hundred Shaosi barbarians, only three or four could survive the sixth loss. Ning Fan was the one who survived.
After surviving the sixth injury, Ning Fan cultivated three drops of barbarian ancestral blood, which were swallowed up bit by bit by the robbery blood almost tyrannically.
The level of calamity blood is gradually moving from the two-star level to the three-star level, and is about a quarter of the way towards the three-star level.
It was so difficult to break through the three-star realm. Ning Fan's eyes were even more moved.
Although he did not break through to the three-star level of true blood, Ning Fan's calamity blood cultivation level has improved a lot.
At this moment, Ning Fan can be regarded as a master in the late stage of Suinian based on his power of calamity blood. In the late stage of Suinian, there are very few people who can defeat him.
"Next, is the seventh loss."
Ning Fan's eyes narrowed slightly. If he could pass the sixth damage, he would have to try the seventh damage and give up directly. He would never give up.
"The seventh damage is coming soon. You can survive the sixth damage, which really surprises me. But the seventh damage is definitely not something you can survive now. I will just help you open the sky-defying formation." The advice from the eyeball monster came at the right time, in a rather solemn tone.
The sixth loss, among a hundred Shaosi barbarians, there are always three or four who can survive.
But the seventh loss is that even among a thousand Shaosi barbarians, only one person can survive.
The eyeball monster didn't think that Ning Fan would be the one-in-a-thousand young man.
"As long as things in this world have not happened, the outcome cannot be determined. You have to give it a try. Seniors, don't rush to activate the formation. If something cannot be done, the juniors will ask the seniors to take action and will not take action. It’s a joke about your own life.”
Ning Fan's eyes were determined. This calamity is a great opportunity. If you miss it, it will be difficult to find such an opportunity to increase your cultivation level.
It would take hundreds or even tens of millions of years for others to repair a drop of ancestral blood, but he only needed to survive one loss. A few drops of ancestral blood can be cultivated
This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, how can you miss it?
"That's all, you can try if you want. Not to mention the seventh loss, it's the eighth loss and the ninth loss. As long as you are willing, I will give you a chance to cross the ferry. Young people, don't look back until you hit the south wall. It doesn't matter if you hit it a few times." Hehe, you hit your head and broke your blood. Naturally, he would be desperate to ask me for help. The eyeball monster thought in a good mood.
Rumble
Above the sky, the roar of thousands of troops and horses suddenly came, and among the red clouds that covered the sky, the shadows of ancient chariots kept appearing.
These chariots are pulled by giant dragons, and there are countless barbaric cultivators flying around the chariots.
There are so many chariots that the sky is like clouds; there are so many monks that there is no end to them.
Behind countless barbarian cultivators and chariots, stood a giant taller than the sky, with seven huge skeletons hanging around his neck. The bronzed muscles are full of heaven-destroying power.
The seventh disaster is coming
"The sixth loss is to contend with the fire of evil beasts. The seventh loss is to contend with these thousands of chariots and barbaric cultivators."
Ning Fan was secretly calculating, and suddenly his eyes sharpened, and he saw the giant raised his right hand as if inadvertently.
It was obviously just an extremely random move, but the movement of his fist bone easily cut through the heaven and the earth, causing the world to change at this moment. Completely plunged into the dark night, as if he was going to be annihilated in this dark night.
There were no signs to be found. In this endless night, the vitality in Ning Fan's body began to be annihilated crazily, and then even his physical body and soul were on the verge of annihilation.
"I am the Seventh Generation Barbarian God Pagoda. The shadow of the mountains and seas left in ancient times will never be extinguished." The giant said with a dull expression.
"I use bones as mountains, blood as seas, palms as roads, and roads as streams."
The giant recited the ancient words numbly, raised his right hand, and grasped the lake water below with his five fingers.
This grasp seemed to be an understatement and silent, but in an instant, the entire world turned into a long black river.
Everything in front of him disappeared. Ning Fan could not see the eyeball monster, the ruins of the valley, the lake, or the thousands of chariots and barbarian cultivators.
He could only see himself standing on the long black river, and the ancient giant standing proudly in the night sky.
His body continued to sink towards the long river, and his Tao seemed to be completely dissolved in the long river.
Not only the vitality in his body, but also his cultivation, his way, and his will will sink into this long river.
I can't resist, I can't defeat this black river
It can only sink, it can only fall. Even the Immortal King will die, and even the Immortal Emperor will have difficulty resisting.
"Well, this boy is really lucky. He, the Seventh Damage, actually met the ordinary Shao Siman, the Shadow of the Mountains and Seas of the Seventh Generation of Barbarian Gods. But very few people can meet the Barbarian God's Palm Tribulation. I don't know what to say about him. Lucky or unlucky. His seventh injury is more difficult to overcome than ordinary people."
"Three breaths, if he opens his mouth within three breaths, I will save him." The eyeball monster said solemnly.
Barbarian God is the title of the supreme ruler of the ancient barbarian world. In the same era, there will only be one Barbarian God on the throne.
The Barbarian God is not necessarily the strongest among the barbarians, but his power is overwhelming.
Of course, this does not mean that Barbarian God is not powerful. At least the seventh-generation Barbarian God Tagu was not a weakling. Although he was not a saint during his lifetime, he was almost invincible to the second step.
Tagu's most powerful magical power in his life was called Dao Ruoyanliu. When he was in his heyday, he used this magical power to kill many immortal emperors.
The Immortal Emperor is difficult to kill, as the Yuan Shen is protected by the Emperor's Qi, but this technique is powerful enough to kill the Immortal Emperor.
What Ning Fan needs to face at this moment is the technique of Dao Ruo Oblivion.
sinking, sinking continuously
As soon as his breath passed, Ning Fan felt that he was sinking thousands of feet into the long black river. After entering the path of cultivation, he would have been able to breathe for a long time, but for the first time, he felt like he was suffocating while sinking into this long river.
His vitality was melting crazily in this long river. By the second breath, more than half of the vitality in his body had been lost.
The third breath. The vitality in his body is almost exhausted, and he is not far from death.
His body was unprecedentedly weak, as if all his magic power had been dissolved in the long river. I can't even lift half of my strength.
Gradually, he stopped sinking and gained a foothold in the river. The place where he stood was a stone bridge, which was the real bridge of Dao that he built with his own hands.
That's a real bridge. It is collapsing little by little in this long river. If the bridge really collapses, the road will be destroyed and people will die.
In front of his eyes, the memories of the past are constantly reappearing. In one scene, there is the snow of Qimei, the rain of Yue Kingdom, and the endless sea of cultivation blood.
All memories have a tendency to disappear at this moment. It is getting blurry and blurry, as if it is going to be buried in this long river.
This technique is called Tao Ruo Ni Liu.
This technique can destroy humanity, destroy people's lives, it can also destroy people's memories, and destroy everything left by the enemy in this world.
Let all indelible things, if they flow into oblivion or dissipate, be buried forever in the long river
Ning Fan's memory became increasingly blurry. His memory seemed to be emptied by some force. Gradually, he forgot the voices and faces of his parents. He forgot the chrysanthemum-like smile of the old devil and the snow of Qimei. Gradually, he could hardly even remember the face of the paper crane.
Who is Paper Crane and where is Qimei?
who I am
"It's three breaths. If we don't take action, this boy will really be trapped in the annihilation technique. Even the immortal emperor can be trapped by the magical power. How can this boy break it? What kind of cultivation level does he have?"
"It's a pity, it's a pity that he seems to have lost his voice to ask me for help, so I have to take the initiative to save him. What a loss."
Is it not a loss if I lose an opportunity to beg for mercy with a paralyzed face?
The eyeball monster muttered dissatisfiedly, and was about to activate the deceiving formation, when suddenly his eyes were startled.
But in the night that shrouded the world, a glimmer of light suddenly appeared, like a bright crack, tearing open from the darkness.
The bright light only appeared for a moment, and was soon swallowed up by the night again. However, the eyeball monster still couldn't hide his shock.
Gradually, more and more light began to tear through the night, only to be swallowed up by the night again.
"This kid didn't completely lose consciousness during the Annihilation Technique. He can still resist this technique." The eyeball monster hesitated. He was hesitating whether to immediately activate the sky-defying formation or whether to let Ning Fan try to break the seventh damage. Opportunity.
At this moment, in the endless darkness, Ning Fan's voice suddenly sounded, with a sense of determination.
"I don't care who you are, but please don't disturb me."
"This river has taken away my memory. Now, I want to take it back."
Ning Fan actually spoke up to stop the eyeball monster from activating the formation.
At this moment, he was stuck in the long river, standing on the shaky real bridge.
He had no memory, and forgot that he was undergoing the seventh injury. His expression was as cold as the ice that had not melted in three winters.
The ghost face had already retracted automatically, revealing a young face, which was reflected in the dark river water, looking at himself blankly as well.
Then, the water rippled, and the reflection dissipated
"I lost part of my memory, but I remember that this was my real bridge."
Scenes of broken scenes appeared in front of his eyes. In those scenes, countless female cultivators were humiliating him. Only a stupid girl ran over and handed him a steamed bun and a jade lock.
"This woman looks familiar. I should know her, but I can't remember who she is."
More pictures appeared before his eyes, and Ning Fan's expression became colder and colder.
He did not remember that he was undergoing the seventh loss.
But he would not allow the water of this long river to take away his memory.
He wants to take it back
No one is allowed to take away his memory
In the fourth breath, the real bridge under Ning Fan's feet kept making rattling sounds and was full of cracks. His real bridge was about to collapse.
The eyeball monster hesitated unprecedentedly. He was already on his fourth breath. Ning Fan was really going to get into trouble in the Seventh Damage. He had to take action to save Ning Fan. Ning Fan couldn't die. If he died, who would help him kill Yin Mo?
However, Ning Fan said again, don't let him disturb you. Ning Fan has already lost his memory and is unconscious. He is probably talking nonsense.
Never mind him, save that brat first and then talk about it
He was about to activate the Heaven-Deceiving Formation when suddenly the entire night began to collapse in large areas.
Boom, boom, boom.
Ning Fan seemed not to have seen the real bridge collapse under his feet. He had forgotten many things, but he still remembered the Mountain and Sea Curse.
He forgot that this was his seventh injury, but he could feel the crazy flow of vitality in his body.
He raised his hand and grabbed the river water, and large swaths of river water were forcefully taken into his body.
"Resistance. Useless." Above the long river, the shadow of Tagu silently watched everything happening under the river.
He knew that Ning Fan was resisting his annihilation technique, but he didn't think that Ning Fan could resist this technique.
Throughout the ages, many immortal emperors have died under this technique. What surprised Tagu was that Ning Fan was only crossing the real bridge, but the real bridge actually lasted four breaths in the river and did not collapse.
If it were an ordinary crossing, I'm afraid it would fly into ashes and disappear as soon as it enters this river.
This son's real bridge. It seems a little extraordinary, oh, it turns out that this person is cultivating the Tao.
So what about the cultivators? It’s not like the river has never killed cultivators.
Although the cultivators are persistent and can survive in this river of annihilation for a longer time, that's it for this time.
This child cannot survive the seventh loss
fifth breath
An undercurrent suddenly formed in the river, rushing towards the real bridge at Ning Fan's feet. Trying to destroy Ning Fan's real bridge.
Ning Fan flicked his sleeves, already holding the Clutch Sword in his hand, and slashed towards the undercurrent ahead, splitting the undercurrent into two pieces.
The real bridge was temporarily saved, but the moment the clutch sword collided with the undercurrent, it seemed to be melted away by the undercurrent.
This sword was actually destroyed by the undercurrent.
After destroying the Clutch Sword, Ning Fan didn't show any signs of distress. He felt distressed. There is only the little sword spirit in the sword bag.
What a great sword, ruined like that
A few little girls were chirping and seemed to be saying something, but all the words were. They were all submerged in the river and could not hear clearly.
Ning Fan only glanced at Broken Sword, his eyes even colder.
This sword will be destroyed if it is destroyed, but his memory must be regained
collapse
Ning Fan shouted out one word and directly took out the broken clutch sword. Suddenly he pinched a spell.
The next moment, the majestic clutch sword of the twelfth level of nirvana was directly detonated by Ning Fan ruthlessly. The fluctuation of the explosion of the magic weapon immediately blasted a gap in the entire river bottom.
"Not enough. The twelve nirvana magic weapons cannot break this technique." Tagu shook his head disapprovingly, but in the next moment, he showed emotion for the first time.
At the bottom of the long river, Ning Fan moved like lightning, sacrificing magic weapons one after another and destroying them without mercy.
The Demonic Ruler, the Seven-Star Lamp, the Burning Cang Fan, and the Twelve Nirvana magic weapons were all exploded by Ning Fan without mercy.
More magic weapons were taken out by Ning Fan from the storage bag and exploded one by one. Many of the magic weapons were stained with blood, and they were obtained by Ning Fan after killing people to seize the treasure.
That amount was too much. It was the wealth Ning Fan had accumulated by killing countless people along the way.
Even Tagudu was slightly moved. Although the young man in front of him was not highly cultivated, the killing was quite shocking.
However, it was still not enough. Tagu shook his head slightly.
Ning Fan showed a look of satisfaction, his eyes flashing with green light.
His cultivation level may not be as good as that of the Seventh Generation Barbarian God Ta Gu, but his divine vision is definitely incomparable even to Ta Gu during his lifetime.
That is the vision of the second level of heaven and human. Even Tagu has not broken through to the second level of heaven and human.
Therefore, in Ning Fan's eyes, this long river has three weaknesses. He can see this, but Tagu cannot.
After he detonated countless magic weapons, the entire river began to become unstable. He could see this, but Tagu couldn't see it either.
He doesn't want to break this technique, he just wants it to be loosened for a moment.
"My cultivation is not as good as yours, but I won't let you take away my memory."
"No matter who you are, if you take away my memory, you must give it back."
Ning Fan suddenly jumped up from the real bridge, and before his eyes, scenes of broken scenes of the Huanhe Sect appeared again.
He didn't remember who the girl was, he only knew that he was determined at this moment to win back
On the sixth breath, at this moment when the long river was unstable, Ning Fan was like an arrow from the string, suddenly rushing out towards the top of the long river.
Before, he could not move even an inch in the long river, but now he can move
Tagu was quite surprised. He never imagined that a mere junior Duzhen could actually make some flaws in his magical powers.
Just as he was about to do something to make up for it, Ning Fan had already rushed out of the Heihe River, turned into a golden light, and rushed towards the shadow of Tagu above the Heihe River.
"Give my memory back"
At this moment, the sword light of Zhan Yi pierced into Tagu's shadow.
Memories like a flood immediately came back to Ning Fan's mind.
Tagu's expression was unprecedentedly ugly. Along with Ning Fan's own memories, other memories were mixed together and flowed into Ning Fan's mind. To be continued.
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