Chapter 911: Chapter 159 Ding Jingshan
In the Dingwei region, the only floating island.
This floating island belongs to Yang Valley, manned by strong individuals dispatched from the valley to suppress it.
Colonel Ding Jingshan is the guardian of this floating island.
Although he possessed the Divine Arrival Realm, his combat power was slightly weaker, not yet qualified to bear his own flag, only able to raise the imposing flag alongside Yang Feng’s, thus serving as the Colonel of Imposing Might.
Normally, a peak Outer Tower cultivator endowed with divine skills would suffice to hold an island. However, the Dingwei region, with just one Human Race floating island, was isolated and weak, necessitating the stationing of those in the Divine Arrival Realm.
Unless they did not want to keep the floating island.
This was why Ding Jingshan personally held this post.
The high mountain at the central of the island was where he meditated and practiced cultivation all year round.
He felt a strong connection to the Dingwei region because he shared the surname "Ding."
This floating island represented his achievements, his duty, and his honor.
For many years, he had never slackened.
It was fair to say that in the Dingwei region, the fact that the Human Race had maintained a pure land under the oppression of five Sea Nests and had not completely fallen was greatly thanks to Ding Jingshan.
At this moment, he sat cross-legged at the summit, watching the day turn dark then light in the Lost World.
The Lost World inherently held no conception of up, down, left, or right, but with the floating island located here, where he sat naturally dictated that looking up was sky, and bowing down was ground.
Carving a platform from the mountain was trifling for a Transcendent; his constant solitude here clearly wasn’t for the viewing of scenery.
Controlling all directions and mastering the overall situation from this location was the true objective.
Not far in front of him, an open long scroll floated erratically, on which various dense messages were recorded.
This was a projection of the Sea Boundary List in the Dingwei region.
A group of rapidly changing messages captured his attention.
It was information about a cultivator who came to cleanse his crimes in the Dingwei region.
Two individuals personally cast out by Zhenren Chongguang of the Diao Hai Building, he had no leeway nor the need to refuse them.
All crime cleansers possessed significant strength and talent, giving their cleansing value. Those of lesser value would generally be just killed outright, who would bother sending them for cleansing?
These capable crime cleansers tended to act even more ferociously in the Lost World.
Naturally, each floating island was happy to receive such individuals. Where a crime cleanser killed members of the Sea Clan, that island chalked it up as an achievement.
This time, after the two crime cleansers appeared on the Sea Boundary List, there were no movements for several days; later, the stronger of the two dimmed significantly.
He initially thought this was a streak of bad luck, receiving two useless individuals, but did not dwell on it.
However, days later, the younger individual of only God’s Inner Mansion Realm began to increase his tally of slain Sea Clan, sparking his interest.
You see, the standard Zhenren Chongguang set for this Inner Mansion cultivator to cleanse his crimes was Commander-level Sea Clan.
This young man, without even the Starlight Holy Tower, would almost certainly face death in the Lost World without guidance. Yet, the count of his Sea Clan kills continued to rise, improving in a very stable manner, showing he had the steady ability to slay Commander-level Sea Clan and was continuously becoming more efficient in handling them.
For a cultivator of the Inner Mansion Realm, this could be deemed a performance of genius level.
Therefore, he finally understood why the eminent Zhenren Chongguang would send such a capable cultivator for crime cleansing. A genius indeed deserves privileged treatment.
Communication between the present world and the Lost World was not very convenient, and Yang Valley had no reason to specifically send a powerful being to contact Ding Jingshan to inform him about Jiang Wang and Granny Bizhu’s information.
Thus, Ding Jingshan had no idea of the crimes Jiang Wang had supposedly cleansed. There were many geniuses; a flawed, sin-burdened genius was not worth too much of his attention.
But just now.
Behind Jiang Wang’s name, that blood-red number originally was thirty-seven. In a mere few breaths’ time, it changed repeatedly, finally becoming forty-three!
This meant that the young man who came to the Ding sector to cleanse his sins had slain six commander-level Sea Clan members in an extremely short period of time!
He knew very well how difficult this was, and for many powerful Outer Tower Cultivators with Divine Skills, it might be possible. But this young man, he was only at the Divine Skills Inner Mansion Realm! He had merely opened two mansions.
This young man called Jiang Wang... how did he do it?
At the very least, one thing was clear to Ding Jingshan, when he first opened two mansions, he absolutely couldn’t have done such a thing.
This was definitely a peerless talent!
Ding Jingshan tapped his left index finger with his right, pondered for a moment, and spoke, "Go and check this Jiang Wang’s background, see why he entered the Lost World, and what his relationship with Diao Hai Building is."
"Also, send someone to the wild lands to find him. They must not assist in any battle he is in, even if he’s on the brink of death. But if he’s not in combat, try to bring him back."
Only a voice responded in the void, "Yes."
Yang Valley, originally an army, naturally enforced strict orders.
Ding Jingshan looked at the number on the Sea Frontier list again and nodded in satisfaction.
As a Divine Skills Inner Mansion Realm cultivator having slain six commander-level Sea Clan members, no matter how it was done, would certainly deplete immense energy. Such a promising young talent, no matter which force he belonged to, was part of the human race. As long as he grew, he would inevitably shine in the Lost World, and supporting him would be a great help.
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Jiang Wang did not know that his performance had already caught the attention of a powerful guardian of the Ding sector’s Floating Island.
He simply cleaned up the battlefield and hurried back.
His physical condition was too poor, and roaming in the wild land was almost tantamount to seeking death.
At least for today, there was no possibility of hunting any more commander-level Sea Clan members.
Both great secret treasures had already been opened today, and the two Divine Skills had been used multiple times. The Dao Yuan, nearly exhausted, had received some replenishment after absorbing Prime Stones.
But having destroyed the majority of the Soul Stealth Snakes had inflicted severe damage on his soul, and it was not something he could recover from in a day or two.
The only consolation was that his current level of combat did not absolutely require the aid of the soul in battle. In other words, as long as his body recovered adequately, even if his soul hadn’t healed, he could still continue hunting Sea Clan and continue his mission to cleanse sins.
The Five-Colored Fish had exhausted its venom, which allowed the Sea Clan member with innate Divine Ability to fall in battle before it could demonstrate its effectiveness. The next time he used the Five-Colored Fish, it would have to be at least a month later. Moreover, the cloud dusk jar now held only ordinary water and lacked other fish to create an environment within the water jar; perhaps the Five-Colored Fish would not recover for a month...
Before departing, Yan Fu had given him a box of a hundred talismans, twenty-seven of which were used to kill Granny Bizhu, leaving seventy-three unused. Later, in the great battle that had just happened, another fourteen were used. After several fights, a whole box of talismans was left with only half, simply burning through Dao Yuan Stones.
Moreover, the Seven Mysteries Treasure Robe was destroyed, with the embellishments added by Xu Xiangqian exhausted.
This meant that in his upcoming battles, there was no margin for error. A single mistake meant death.
But in Jiang Wang’s mind was only one thought—
"Still fifty-seven more to go."
