573: Chapter 573 Eavesdropping on a Meeting

According to rumors, before this person named Jonas was born, his mother began taking a treasure called Ten-Thousand-Year Spirit Chiming Liquid, and then used a secret technique to help the fetus absorb it.

After birth, he bathed in dragon blood, and various natural treasures were constantly provided to him.

It could be said that he won the race before he was even born, and after birth, he showed even more extraordinary talent.

His aptitude was practically heaven-defying; cultivating was not much different from eating and drinking water, and his combat strength was enough to thrash almost anyone under the seventh rank.

This was also the reason why Nie Ning had been keeping a relatively low profile lately, not even trying to compete for a spot in the Extreme Academy like Amivika did.

There was no helping it; even someone as strong as him would find it difficult to secure an absolute advantage when crushed by sheer capital.

After all, the most expensive thing he had ever consumed in his life was star marrow.

But look at the other guy: Nie Ning hadn't even heard of most of the natural treasures he used, and his equipment was probably armed to the teeth.

Although he wouldn't necessarily lose in a pure contest of combat strength, crushing him was simply impossible.

This was the backing of a major power; ordinary Transcendents didn't even have the right to look up to them.

As for wanting to destroy a major power, the difficulty was simply staggering.

Because the foundation of a major power was right there; even if the resources they controlled were used to feed dogs, they could still thrash 99.99... percent of people.

And this was just one person, let alone those higher-ranking and higher-level geniuses; this was the very foundation upon which those major powers could stand.

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"There is no need to be overly modest. Ogden of the Crimson Holy Blade is quite strong, and the fact that you could defeat him with early sixth-rank strength is enough to prove your capability."

Elder Feng Jue spoke up at this moment.

"I'm not being modest, I'm stating a fact. Why don't you find someone to help modify the ranking list?"

Nie Ning said with some helplessness.

He had always adhered to the principle of keeping a low profile, fearing he would be targeted by certain people with ulterior motives.

After all, a single deity was already enough to keep him busy; god knows what kind of consequences would arise after this ranking list appeared.

Elder Feng Jue shook his head slightly. "Then we are powerless to help with that."

"Young people shouldn't be hesitant and fearful. Only by pressing forward courageously can you overcome all obstacles. Do not suppress yourself too much."

The eighth-rank deacon beside Feng Jue spoke up.

"Yes, yes, yes."

Nie Ning agreed on the surface, but rolled his eyes inwardly.

'Now that you've all grown strong, you start making sarcastic remarks. Isn't it just to boost the reputation of the Extreme Phase Demon Palace? A bunch of selfish, opportunistic snobs!'

No wonder things felt weird when he entered the academy just now. It was highly likely that even the students knew about this.

"Since you lords have business to attend to, I shall take my leave first."

Nie Ning bowed slightly and said.

Facing these old geezers, he really couldn't stand staying here for another second.

Now that this bullshit ranking list had suddenly popped up, he would probably have a lot of things to deal with.

"You shouldn't have anything urgent to do, right? Why don't you sit down and listen with us? After all, the future of the Extreme Phase Demon Palace will belong to you young people. It's good to learn more."

Just as Nie Ning was about to leave, Elder Feng Jue spoke up.

"I... Alright then."

Although Nie Ning was very reluctant, brushing off an elder's face was not a good idea.

Moreover, by letting him stay here, perhaps he really had a chance to enter the upper echelons of the Extreme Phase Demon Palace. When the time came, he might even be able to use this to seize that unknown divine artifact fragment.

Of course, he definitely wouldn't hand it over to Nales, but he could use the divine artifact fragment to set a trap to harm the Nales Church.

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Next, Nie Ning sat at the very end of the long table and began to listen to everyone discuss the purpose of their visit.

It was pretty much as Nie Ning had guessed, mainly regarding the Teleportation Array.

However, with the arrival of a ninth-rank powerhouse, the Extreme Phase Demon Palace clearly already had a corresponding countermeasure to make those major powers allow the establishment of the Teleportation Array.

Nie Ning was completely lost in the explanation and could only exchange glances with Wandru, who sat opposite him.

Wandru still had that cynical and playful look, constantly winking at Nie Ning, with a trace of doubt in his eyes.

Clearly, the fact that Nie Ning had not cultivated the Myriad Paths Reversing Human Scripture had caught Wandru's attention.

After all, the Myriad Paths Reversing Human Scripture was a true top-tier sect-guarding ultimate technique. Learning this method could allow one to surpass ordinary Transcendents by a large margin; absolutely no one could resist the temptation.

At least among the people he knew before, no one could withstand the temptation.

But in reality, besides being afraid of a back door left inside, Nie Ning had another reason: he was lazy!

Even the cultivation techniques he learned were the simplest and most efficient kind; how could he have the time to learn such a delicate thing as the Myriad Paths Reversing Human Scripture?

For him, his goal was to level up and then use the bloodlines of those powerful creatures to supplement himself and enhance his own combat strength.

For this reason, he would not hesitate even if he had to sacrifice the title of being the strongest in his rank.

Because his enemy was a deity, and he didn't have that much time to ponder.

Besides, he was not weak to begin with. Too many methods wouldn't bring him a qualitative change, but would instead land him in the awkward state of stagnant levels.

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"Bronk, what do you think about letting the academy's students undergo Corruption experiments?"

Perhaps noticing that Nie Ning was spacing out, Elder Feng Jue looked at Nie Ning with a smile and asked.

The corner of Nie Ning's eye twitched slightly, but he could only brace himself to answer.

Fortunately, he was now capable of multitasking; otherwise, he would have been in deep trouble.

"I think it's inappropriate. The Power of Corruption is uncontrollable. Although our original intention is to let these students acquire corresponding talents, the probability of causing harm is obviously much higher."

Back then, he had also conducted corresponding experiments and obtained those elemental talents.

But the problem was that the warping effect of the Power of Corruption was extremely strong. At that time, he didn't even dare to let anyone get fully infected, precisely because he was afraid that Corruptors would appear.

The Extreme Phase Demon Palace, however, was quite extreme. They clearly had safer ways to acquire talents, yet they were not satisfied with that.

Because that could only achieve the acquisition of elemental talents, the strength of which was clearly not within the scope of what the Extreme Phase Demon Palace recognized.

However, although Nie Ning did not agree, low-rank talents were indeed somewhat lacking.

This resulted in a situation where even if these people barely reached the first or second rank, it was very difficult for them to access higher-dimensional information, such as those high-rank runes.

Of course, there was another reason: the Extreme Phase Demon Palace did not have the technology of Liuguang City, so ordinary people's talents would ultimately be restricted to low-rank domains.

Just then, Elder Feng Jue suddenly took out a small notebook from his spatial ring and slid it across the table to Nie Ning.

"Take a look."

Although Nie Ning was puzzled, he still took the book and began to read.

But as he opened the book and read, Nie Ning grew increasingly alarmed.

Nie Ning had not expected that the Extreme Phase Demon Palace's research into the Power of Corruption would be so deep, even reaching the point where it could already be put into practice!

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