Chapter 1097: How Could Such a Living Being Appear in the Lower World?

Under the watchful eyes of the Thunder Department's heavenly soldiers and generals, whose auras were terrifying, who wielded chains of thunder order, and around whom hundreds of millions of thunder runes swirled, the thunder talisman summons unleashed by Thunder God General Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun was pinched out between two fingers of the blue-robed youth.

"Fellow Daoist, are you simply weak?"

"Or is your status actually very low, and you spoke first because you hold a position similar to a herald?"

Jiang Ding looked toward the million Thunder Department heavenly soldiers and generals beyond the boundary and asked earnestly.

He believed that communication had always been an essential act in exchanges between civilizations; once both sides laid out their full strength, if one side truly was far too powerful and the gap too vast, the other naturally needed to yield, avoiding pointless conflict.

If escape was called for, escape; if surrender was called for, surrender; if one was meant to die, then die—the weak must accept their fate, lest others be dragged in and countless casualties result.

After all, they were all of the human race.

Although these people were exceedingly arrogant, viewing lower-world cultivators as ants and casually killing or enslaving them, in the end they still needed the human race to rule the earth; compared to alien races like the Horned Demon Imperial Clan, there was still a bottom line, and communication was still possible.

These nearly sincere words made the Thunder God General's face turn iron-blue in an instant, fury blazing in his heart.

"Brat, you're seeking death!"

Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun gave a low shout, his killing intent icy.

With a flip of his hand, a twisted, flickering divine thunder spear appeared—clearly a magic treasure, yet it writhed like a living thing, blooming with endless radiance, electric serpents hissing and crackling; its mere presence caused the space within hundreds of li to blur as if melting, terrifyingly fearsome.

This was one of the three great inherited treasures of the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder True Sect—the Divine Sky Demon-Slaying Thunder Spear!

The Divine Sky Demon-Slaying Divine Spear was a treasure the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder True Sect had refined for untold years, wielded by every generation of cultivators bearing the Dao title 'Divine Sky,' representing the sect's will to slay enemies within and without—primarily external enemies, rogue cultivators from outside, hostile sects invading their territory, and the like.

In the past, whenever the Divine Sky Demon-Slaying Divine Spear appeared, it was always accompanied by the collapse of heaven and earth, ten thousand thunderbolts descending together; countless enemies of the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder True Sect feared it, and at the mere mention of its name would immediately ignite their essence blood and flee madly, not daring to delay even a moment.

At this moment, Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun was clearly furious to the extreme, bringing out this sect's heavy treasure right from the start.

Boom!

The Nine Heavens Demon-Slaying Divine Spear crackled with thunder and lightning, vanishing amid hundreds of millions of thunder lights.

All the Thunder Department heavenly soldiers and generals revealed reverent expressions.

Even the cultivators in the nearby billions-strong Blood Lake of Ghosts and Demons, who had been watching the show, revealed wary expressions; countless blood-colored runes rose, unconsciously unfolding layer upon layer of defenses to guard against the other side using the pretext of slaying lower-world cultivators to launch a sneak attack.

Such things had not necessarily been absent in the past; cultivators of the Thunder Dao were not as grand and upright as their thunder arts.

Rumble!

Hundreds of millions of thunder lights struck down toward the blue-robed youth; clearly it was only a single Nine Heavens Demon-Slaying Divine Spear, but at the moment of its appearance

?? it was already hundreds of millions of thunderbolts, divine might like a prison, divine might like a sea, bearing an entire thunder world as it descended—its thunder art had reached the pinnacle, terrifying beyond compare.

The so-called thunder arts of this world's Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Sect were no different from tricks before the opponent; the same amount of magic power produced effects several times greater, let alone the gaps in foundation, magic treasures, and other aspects.

No wonder upper-world cultivators viewed lower-world cultivators as ants.

This was the gap between the levels of immortal Dao civilizations!

"Quasi-Emperor weapon?"

Jiang Ding's expression also grew solemn.

This divine spear, carrying hundreds of millions of thunderbolts as it struck down, had in essence already surpassed the limit of a Primordial Spirit treasure, and had gone to a very deep degree—an astonishing heavy treasure forged over countless years by generation after generation of Soul Transformation cultivators taking turns to refine it, possessing dominating, terrifying might on a Soul Transformation-level battlefield.

In terms of pure power alone, this magic treasure had already surpassed Chong Chong Guang Zi's flying sword by a large margin.

"However, even with my provocation like this, no other cultivator has appeared."

"Perhaps, Fellow Daoist, you really might be the strongest among the upper-world cultivators; if that's truly the case…"

Jiang Ding Zi muttered to himself, his hand resting on the sword hilt.

Clang!

He drew his sword.

The sword left its sheath, its blue-gold blade illuminating the starry sky!

The terrifying auras of Forbidden Law, Law Destruction, Annihilation, and Distortion filled the starry sky, instantly causing the endless hundreds of millions of thunder runes and the blood light of the Ghost-Demon Blood Lake filling the starry sky to retract and vanish, forbidden.

These blazing, imposing pressures disappeared; the upper-world cultivators were stripped of their lofty, transcendent majesty, returning to a mortal appearance, no longer shrouded in a veil of mystery.

Boom!

Like the first rising sun, a resplendent great sun of sword Dao rose from the Minor Thousand Worlds; meeting the sunlight of the cosmic starry sky, it charged toward the descending world of hundreds of millions of thunderbolts.

It shattered everything before it, plunging of its own accord into the thunder world.

The great sun of the Sword Dao retracted its light, not letting out a single ray.

The world of hundreds of millions of thunderbolts also came to a halt, ceasing its descent, freezing hard in the void just like that.

The next moment,

"Impossible!"

Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun, surrounded by the Thunder Department heavenly soldiers and generals, changed expression drastically.

Clang!

Clang-clang!

Amid the tidal roar of sword-chimes and sword-howls, one after another resplendent golden sword lights pierced the thunder clouds, tearing apart the world of hundreds of millions of thunderbolts, projecting streaks of dazzling brilliance outward.

In an instant, they shredded the world of hundreds of millions of thunderbolts of the Nine Heavens Demon-Slaying Divine Spear into complete fragments!

And they shattered at a touch, without any stalemate!

Boom!

From within the shattering, collapsing thunder world, a resplendent, endless great sun rose; a single sword sent a writhing, unceasing divine thunder spear flying,

leaving a deep sword scar on its indestructible spear body, causing its spiritual light to greatly diminish, its aura to weaken as it was sent flying backward.

"Pah!"

Among the Thunder Department heavenly soldiers and generals, at the moment the Divine Sky Demon-Slaying Divine Spear was damaged, Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun spat a great mouthful of blood, his face deathly pale.

"I said you were weak,"

"And you still won't accept it??"

Within the resplendent sunlight, Jiang Ding roared low: "Your magic treasure isn't bad—it's already reached the Quasi-Void Refinement grade—but you yourself… are far too weak!"

"Your divine soul is weak!"

"Your thunder magic is weak!"

"Your magic power is weak!"

"There's not a single thing about you that isn't weak!"

"How do you even have the face to call yourself a being of the upper realm?"

"You've shattered the beautiful vision I held in my heart!"

Jiang Ding was furious beyond measure, bringing his sword down in a killing slash.

"Die for me!"

"Give your life as an apology to me!"

Boom!

The resplendent great sun in the starry sky blazed one degree brighter, trailing boundless radiance, containing Sword Light Division, Sword Qi Thunder Sound, Sword-Refining into Silk, Indestructible Sword Qi, and even more terrifying Great Sun Annihilation Sword Qi hidden within.

Her speed had reached the extreme, nearly exceeding the limit of a Soul Transformation cultivator's divine sense, impossible to perceive with divine sense.

The resplendent great sun arrived in an instant.

"How could such a being possibly appear in the lower realm?"

Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun's heart trembled.

Under this sword, his magic treasure was damaged, his Shen Hun He Fa were damaged, and he vomited blood without cease.

If he had encountered the other party alone in the wild, a single sword would have already decided victory and defeat, and even life and death.

With the disparity in strength reaching such a degree, escape had become a luxury.

Boom!

In the instant before the heavily wounded Master Canghai Canghai Tianjun could react, a resplendent great sun descended from the heavens, slamming into the world of Lei Ting, shattering countless bolts of thunder.

Amid the fierce slaughter, countless Great Sun Annihilation Sword Qi also perished along with it, revealing a blue-gold sword body several inches long.

The military formation of the Thunder Department's heavenly soldiers and generals!

This was the most powerful force of the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder True Sect!

Clang!

The blue-gold sword body did not linger; after a brief probe, it swiftly turned back.