Chapter 168: Shadow of Wind and Thunder, Entering the Third Trial!

"Ahhh, I want you to die!"

The Lion King restored his smashed face, roared, and charged up!

Seeing this, Lin Potian curled his lips into a cold sneer: "Boastful words, still unable to recognize reality?"

Having said that, Lin Potian's fist, wrapped in the power of sand and water, struck toward the Lion King who was charging over!

"It's bad, Lion King, retreat quickly, retreat quickly!!"

The Rhino King and the Tiger King both had their beastly pupils constrict; after feeling the extreme hardness of this punch from Lin Potian, they almost felt fear in their hearts, and knowing the Lion King certainly couldn't block it, they hurriedly called out for him to retreat.

But an arrow shot has no turning back; although the Lion King had already felt the power of this punch, it was too late to retreat, and he was struck squarely on the lion face he had just repaired!

Bang!

The Lion King only felt darkness before his eyes; Lin Potian's fist of sand and water power, like a meteorite, crashed down with a boom, instantly smashing his just-restored lion face to pieces!

Blood and minced flesh splattered everywhere; the Lion King's skull seemed to have been heavily struck by an invisible giant hammer, caving in a large chunk, with only a small bit barely still connected to his neck!

"This, how is this possible!"

The Lion King's eyes widened, full of shock and unwillingness; his massive body lost balance in mid-air, stumbling backward like a kite with a broken string, finally crashing to the ground, panting heavily, severely injured by a single blow!

Seeing this, Lin Potian immediately pressed the attack, wanting to finish off the Lion King first, when the Tiger King, whose figure was as fast as lightning from the nine heavens, suddenly erupted and attacked him!

"You really aren't afraid of death!"

Lin Potian frowned slightly, preparing to temporarily spare the Lion King's life to finish off the Tiger King first.

However, the Tiger King's figure drew a sharp arc in the air, his sharp claws flashing with cold light in the sunlight; the seemingly fierce strike suddenly turned at a distance of less than a meter from Lin Potian, transforming into a blurred shadow that swept past, lunging straight at the severely injured Lion King on the ground!

Lin Potian's eyes froze, confused by this sudden change in tactics; then, in the moment Lin Potian was stunned, the Tiger King exerted force, gently tossing the Lion King's massive body to a safe place aside, then flew back, staring at Lin Potian with a wary face, emitting bursts of tiger roars, and immediately charged over!

At the same time, all the exotic beasts also joined forces to attack again!

"Enough, let's end this quickly."

A flash of determination crossed Lin Potian's eyes; utilizing the strange changes of the water and sand power, his figure erupted, like a storm in the desert, sweeping toward those giant beasts!

The Rhino King's massive body became sluggish and clumsy under the cutting of the sand blades; Lin Potian seized the opportunity to leap onto its back, the Yellow Sand Power condensing into a fist, which he smashed down, shaking the Rhino King until it wailed repeatedly, its massive body teetering!

Seeing this, the Tiger King roared and pounced, but was trapped by a net woven from water and sand by Lin Potian, unable to move; the sharp claw tips scraped sparks onto the water-sand net, but could not break the restraint!

"My turn!"

The Lion King roared; although he was not lightly injured, he still continued to besiege him, but the power of water and sand in Lin Potian's hands turned into sharp attacks, forcing the Lion King to retreat repeatedly, his eyes flashing with terror and unwillingness!

Next, Lin Potian's figure was like a ghost, weaving between the giant beasts, striking the Rhino King first; punch after punch, each containing the terrifying might of the water and sand power, slammed into its hide, and finally, with a loud bang, the shell cracked, and the Rhino King crashed to the ground, having no more combat power!

Immediately after, Lin Potian's figure flashed, appearing beside the trapped Tiger King; his water-sand hand wrapped around like a chain, and with a sudden pull, the Tiger King screamed and was dragged out of the net!

A knee strike landed squarely on the Tiger King's lower abdomen!

"Ah!"

The Tiger King lay with his four claws facing the sky, no longer having the strength to struggle.

"Run, run quickly!"

Seeing this, the remaining exotic beasts began to show expressions of terror; they had been beaten into fear and attempted to scatter and flee!

"I am also doing this to pass the trial, sorry!"

Lin Potian whispered, then his figure was like lightning; he took a step, pursued them, and wove through the herd of beasts; the sand and water power flew in his hands, turning into sharp sand blades and water currents, cutting through the air and making a swishing sound!

A giant Black Bear King saw it couldn't run away and suddenly turned its head to pounce!

But it was stepped on the chest by Lin Potian, whose sand-water fist pierced through its thick fur and struck its vital point; the black bear wailed, and its massive body crashed to the ground!

Another Leopard King was extremely fast, but in front of Lin Potian, it was like slow motion; with a light wave of his hand, a water column sent it flying, slamming it hard against a tree, unable to move!

"Ahhh, I won't run anymore, I'll fight you to the death!"

A massive Elephant King raised its long trunk and let out a deafening roar, attempting to overwhelm Lin Potian with absolute power!

"Slow, too slow."

Lin Potian shook his head slightly, then leaped lightly onto the Elephant King's broad back, his hands condensing the power of sand and water, and smashed a punch onto the wild elephant's thick spine!

"Hiss... roar!"

Instantly, the Elephant King roared in pain, its massive body trembling violently, its knees softening as it knelt to the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust!

The remaining exotic beasts were also dealt with by Lin Potian one by one, all of them defeated...

Looking at the exotic beasts all over the ground that had lost their combat power but were not dead, Lin Potian wiped the sweat from his forehead and panted, saying: "Huff huff, this should be enough to pass, right?"

The next second, the voice of Mu Qingxin, devoid of joy or sorrow, sounded in the void:

"Only defeated but not killed? By rights, you wouldn't pass, but your performance is still acceptable."

"I will barely count it as you passing."

As the words fell, the wounds on the bodies of those exotic beasts that had fallen to the ground healed at a speed visible to the naked eye, and their eyes were also slowly regaining their luster!

Then they got up and fled quickly without looking back, not daring to look at Lin Potian again; they had all been beaten into fear!

Hearing this, Lin Potian muttered to himself: "I'm afraid if I had really killed all these exotic beasts, you wouldn't have let me pass, right?"

Based on the few words from that Lion King earlier, Lin Potian had already inferred that these exotic beasts were all the spirit beasts of this teacher's wife, Mu Qingxin; if he had slaughtered them all, Lin Potian felt there was a high probability she would be a sore loser!

That was why he didn't deal a lethal blow, and as expected, the facts were just so.

He passed.

Then, a flash of light appeared in the sky, and Mu Qingxin's figure seemed to merge into the void, leaving only a cold voice echoing: "Reward granted, the Meng Hu Shen Di's innate divine ability—Wind Thunder Shadow!"

"Likewise, I give you a hundred years of cultivation time."

As soon as the voice fell, a phantom suddenly appeared in Lin Potian's eyes that was very close to the Tiger King but clearly far more powerful; dazzling electric light suddenly erupted from its body, the sound of thunder rumbled, and it intertwined with the gale into a violent storm!

One could see this phantom twisting and changing in the electric light and hurricane, as if it had turned into countless blurred shadows, shuttling rapidly through the void, each flash accompanied by a sonic boom that tore through the air!

"That tiger didn't use this divine ability just now, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to touch it at all!"

Lin Potian only felt a blur before his eyes, and his heart was suddenly startled!

If the Tiger King were here, it would certainly cry out in grievance; this wasn't it, if only it knew this Wind Thunder Shadow!

"This speed is too fast; it is definitely a movement technique of Immortal Emperor level!"

Lin Potian stared intently at the "Wind Thunder Shadow" displayed before him. After the demonstration ended, he took a deep breath, closed his eyes to focus, and began to attempt to cultivate this newly acquired innate divine ability.

In an instant, the surrounding air completely solidified, and faint electric light coiled around Lin Potian's body, gently resonating with the breeze...

In the blink of an eye, several decades passed.

Suddenly, Lin Potian's eyes snapped open, his figure abruptly blurring as if wrapped in a violent storm; amidst the flashing electric light, he had already left behind trails of afterimages where he stood!

With every flash, Lin Potian's speed increased by a fraction!

Boom, boom, boom!

Explosive sounds rang out continuously in the air, as if countless figures intertwined with wind and thunder were galloping through the void, dazzling to the extreme!

"Faster, faster still!"

Lin Potian was immersed in the cultivation of "Wind Thunder Shadow," his figure galloping through the dense forest; every step he took was accompanied by flashes of electric light and the echoes of thunder!

There is no concept of time in cultivation; a hundred years passed quickly, like a white horse passing a crack, gone in the blink of an eye.

Lin Potian, who had been flashing to increase his speed, suddenly stopped; electric light coiled around his body, and his eyes were like lightning, flickering with dazzling radiance!

"Become wind, become thunder!"

With a fierce stomp on the ground and a low roar, his entire being seemed to merge into the wind and thunder, disappearing from sight and transforming into a bolt of lightning that tore through the sky, with explosive sounds ringing incessantly in his ears!

Lin Potian's figure twisted and shifted in the void, every flash carrying unparalleled speed and power, as if he were the embodiment of wind and thunder, resonating with heaven and earth. Every one of his attacks carried the power of wind and thunder, with astonishing might, snapping the surrounding trees one after another and leaving behind charred cracks!

The Wind Thunder Shadow has reached Great Success, and it is not far from Perfection!

Wherever he passed, it was so fast that the air twisted completely; in fact, as long as Lin Potian wished, he could transcend time and space to return to the past or even the future!

It was just that his cultivation and physical body could not keep up yet; if the Wind Thunder Shadow reached Perfection and he attained the Immortal Emperor realm, Lin Potian estimated he could traverse time and space by relying on this ultimate speed!

With an emergency brake, Lin Potian stopped his figure and muttered to himself: "Not only that, this Wind Thunder Shadow also comes with an attack divine ability, Wind Thunder Finger; let me test its power."

Saying he would test it, he did; the electric light coiled around Lin Potian's body suddenly retracted, merging into his body. Electric sparks flickered in his eyes like Stars, and he slowly raised his hand, his fingertip lightly tapping the void; in that instant...

That patch of the firmament directly split open!

One finger breaks the sky!

"It's actually this strong?!"

Even Lin Potian was taken aback by the power of this finger; it was almost catching up to two-thirds of the power of destroying the Eternal Lotus!

And more importantly, this can be cast instantly!

Although it also consumes a lot of Immortal Divine Power, it is no problem to point out several dozen fingers!

While destroying the Eternal Lotus has greater power, it requires charging in advance; by comparison, each has its own advantages.

Lin Potian could not suppress the wild joy at the corner of his mouth; the reward for the Second Stage was even more explosive than the First Stage, so the Third Stage...

"Hahaha, Third Stage, here I come!"

Lin Potian took a step forward and walked directly into the black hole that appeared in the void, and behind the black hole was the Third Stage!

After a period of traversing, Lin Potian arrived in a new world.

With his body suspended in the air, he looked down and froze...

There was actually no land here, nor was there an ocean; below was just a pitch-black expanse, like an abyss, with only the sky.

Before Lin Potian could observe for long, Mu Qingxin's voice, in which no joy or anger could be detected, rang out:

"Third Stage, begin!"

"Task: kill the footless bird! Note, it is to kill!"