Chapter 111: Imperial Wind Fiend, Earth Vein Travel, Ranking for Entering the Si Nong Inspectorate
"Such heavy thunder-traveling power, too terrifying." Zhao Xing stared at the front.
The thunder-traveling power here couldn't be said to be thick, but it gave people a heavy feeling.
Looking from the outside, he didn't feel it, but truly entering the thunder zone, there was a feeling of being unable to breathe.
"Unless you absorb Qi from the earth vein, the Qi in the air is all squeezed out by the thunder-traveling power, and you can't absorb a single bit."
"Even in the earth vein, there is only a small amount of Qi, and it is mixed with a large amount of thunder attributes."
Zhao Xing walked a few steps and found that his hair was floating up, like cotton wool, floating upward.
"Run!"
The speed under his feet immediately accelerated. Zhao Xing knew that this area was about to be struck by thunder, and he had to leave immediately.
"Swish~"
With a kick under his feet, Zhao Xing jumped in the valley like an ape.
Just as he jumped away, a lightning bolt appeared at his original landing point.
Silently, the thunder submerged into the stone, and then that thousand-jin boulder turned into powder.
"Terrible, I don't know how many times stronger than my thunder spell. The two thunder spells I realized are not worth mentioning in front of such terrifying heavenly phenomena."
Zhao Xing's scalp went numb.
It was truly numb, because thunder was about to strike down again.
"Move clouds!"
Zhao Xing pointed with golden light, the spell rushed toward the sky, wanting to prop up the clouds.
The cloud layer unfolded, and the Cloud-Swallowing spell was about to collect the cloud Qi in the sky.
However, a scene that surprised Zhao Xing happened.
The cloud layer he propped up turned purple-black in an instant.
Thunder gestated within it, flashing wildly, as if it were about to explode.
"What's going on? I didn't even cast a thunder spell..."
Zhao Xing saw that the situation was not good and immediately jumped away from under his own cloud layer.
"Boom!"
An explosion sounded, and the thunder cloud exploded directly. Lightning splashed like water, and Zhao Xing let out a muffled groan, his internal Qi dropping by one-tenth.
"This is the first time I've lost control over the Cloud spell."
"No, forcing my way through like this is not a way."
Zhao Xing originally thought that by relying on the Cloud-Swallowing spell, he could pass through the thunder zone quickly. Now it seemed his idea was a bit naive.
"Whoosh~"
Zhao Xing accelerated himself, looking for a place to hide in the valley.
Soon he found an isolation rock.
The rock was inserted diagonally into the mountain, extending for dozens of meters, seven or eight meters thick, and was a natural shelter.
"Rocks that can exist in the thunder zone are not simple. This piece is magnetic storm rock, a material used by the Artisan School to forge weapons and mechanisms."
Zhao Xing immediately flew over and hid under the magnetic storm rock during the baptism of thunder.
"Boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom, boom!"
The thunder outside never stopped, and lightning hung down from the sky as if it were raining.
That is definitely the Ten Thousand Thunder Heavenly Attraction.
Seeing that it was temporarily safe, Zhao Xing began to recall the scene just now.
"My Cloud-Swallowing spell, after being cast, couldn't help but absorb the thunder clouds in the sky."
"In an instant, it absorbed to the limit threshold."
"The reason it exploded uncontrollably is because of this."
Zhao Xing quickly found the problem.
The Cloud-Swallowing spell could indeed cut and swallow cloud Qi, which was very overbearing.
But facing this terrifying Ten Thousand Mile Thunder Pool, the Cloud-Swallowing spell couldn't swallow it.
Because the thunder clouds were too heavy, Zhao Xing's cloud layer was blown up just as it condensed and before it had time to transform.
It was like a balloon inflating to the limit in one second, which was why it exploded.
"Try again."
Zhao Xing hid under the rock, his spell golden light flew out, and he began to condense the cloud layer at a level parallel to himself.
The second time he cast the spell, he was much more careful, going all out to control it, compressing the cloud spell to the extreme.
Only an eight-meter-radius cloud layer appeared.
Swallowing clouds was the eighth turn of the spell, and it was also the limit of Zhao Xing's control. Although he couldn't move clouds in his palm, that was the result of an old Si Nong practicing hard for sixty years, focusing on practicing one thunder spell and one cloud spell.
How long had Zhao Xing practiced? From the time he got the painting to the eighth turn of the spell, it had only been three or four months now.
"Even if it has been compressed to the extreme and controlled with all his might, it is still unstable." Zhao Xing looked at the shaking cloud layer in front.
It was tottering, shaking non-stop, with signs of falling apart.
"An eight-meter cloud layer is barely stable, but if there is a thunder strike, it will still be destroyed."
"Let's see how many strikes it can withstand."
Zhao Xing controlled the cloud layer and floated toward the thunder zone.
"Boom crack!"
A lightning bolt struck the swallowing clouds.
The swallowing clouds expanded from an eight-meter radius to sixteen meters in an instant.
"Shrink!"
Feeling that the cloud spell was about to collapse, Zhao Xing focused all his attention, making his cloud layer shrink.
The cloud layer shrank from sixteen meters back to ten meters.
But immediately after, the second thunder strike came down.
The cloud layer expanded to twenty meters.
Zhao Xing controlled it to shrink again.
The third heavenly thunder came down, and the cloud layer expanded from fifteen meters to thirty meters.
"Boom crack!"
The fourth time, the cloud layer exploded directly.
"Still not working. Relying solely on the Cloud spell to defend, I can hold on for at most three heavenly thunders."
"However, this is the situation of relying solely on the Cloud spell for protection."
"I know more than just the Cloud spell."
Zhao Xing cast the Cloud-Swallowing spell again.
It was still an eight-meter cloud layer.
"Crack!"
Thunder struck, instantly expanding to seventeen meters.
But just at this moment, Zhao Xing also moved.
"Lead thunder!"
In his own cloud layer, a thunder strike poured down to the ground.
Hum~
The cloud of swallowing clouds instantly shrank to the size of eight meters, returning to a stable state.
"Boom, boom, boom!"
Many thunder strikes struck into the swallowing clouds afterward.
However, they were still unloaded by Zhao Xing through [Lead Thunder].
"Lead Thunder is perfect, capable of unloading the thunder power in the cloud layer, and I can control the direction."
Zhao Xing revealed a smile. In this way, he could walk in the thunder zone.
This is the benefit of the cooperation of multiple spells!
If he only knew the eighth-turn Cloud-Swallowing spell, he wouldn't be able to swallow the thunder clouds above, and as soon as he cast it, it would explode immediately, making it very difficult to persist.
But with one more [Lead Thunder] perfect.
The problem was solved.
This is the benefit of broadening the breadth of spells.
It wouldn't work if Lead Thunder was slightly weaker.
If it was lower than the seventh turn, it would be very difficult for him to want to unload the thunder power through Lead Thunder.
"Continue to travel."
Zhao Xing walked out from under the rock wall.
He began to walk forward along the direction of the valley.
"Boom, boom, boom, boom!"
Thunder struck.
The probability of dense thunder landing on Zhao Xing's head was one hundred percent.
However, every strike was first absorbed by the Cloud-Swallowing spell.
After absorbing it, Zhao Xing, who had a sense of it, immediately led the thunder and unloaded the thunder power in the cloud layer to the ground beside him.
"Boom!"
Thunder splashed everywhere, and rocks cracked.
But it couldn't hurt Zhao Xing under the cloud layer.
"The cloud layer above my head catches the heavenly thunder, and the whole way is sparks and lightning; it's really cool."
Zhao Xing looked around himself, and also summoned a wind to protect his body, excluding the splashing rocks from his body.
"Have to walk faster."
"If the three suns in the sky completely deviate from the cardinal positions, the power of the Ten Thousand Mile Thunder Pool will increase slightly."
In this kind of place, Zhao Xing's luck was useless.
Because the probability of being struck by thunder was one hundred percent!
For Qi Luck to take effect, there must at least be a probability. In this kind of place, if your strength is not enough, it is equivalent to ten deaths and no life. No matter how strong your luck is, if your own strength is not enough, that is courting death.
Having solved the problem of moving forward, Zhao Xing also had free time to observe the Ten Thousand Mile Thunder Pool.
The Ten Thousand Mile Thunder Pool was also the best place to comprehend thunder spells.
Such terrifying thunder power, naturally released, dense and dense, every flash was equivalent to demonstrating thunder spells before Zhao Xing's eyes.
While leading thunder, Zhao Xing observed, and his understanding of thunder spells also grew unconsciously.
Earth Fire Plain.
"Cough, cough, cough..."
Zhuo Li took off his bamboo hat with a gray face and greedily breathed the cool air around him.
With his coughing, the fire poison was also flying out quickly.
"Finally passed this third isolation zone. If it weren't for practicing the Yin-Yang Self-Nature Sutra, which enhanced the endurance of the internal organs, I'm afraid that even if I passed the Earth Fire Plain, my mobility would have been greatly reduced."
Zhuo Li looked back.
Originally, the Earth Fire Plain wouldn't have caused him such big trouble.
Yet the guy in front managed to turn the Fire-Earth Plain into this state.
But looking at the third isolation zone, there were still so many people trapped.
He felt much more balanced in his heart.
At least he got through!
"The person who cast the spell must be strong. I don't know who it is. If I have a chance, I must find him to exchange pointers." Zhuo Li thought to himself.
He didn't hate the person who cast the spell.
Because if he had a chance, he would do the same.
"Humph, mediocrities only know how to complain."
"If you can't even pass the Earth Fire Plain, it's better to be eliminated directly!"
"Fewer people, and you can share fewer training resources."
If you can't even pass this hurdle of reporting when participating in training?
Then go back where you came from!
"Should speed up, can't let Helian Lie and the others down."
Zhuo Li immediately quickened his pace.
Ten Thousand Mile Thunder Pool, in front of the valley where the cloud layer was relatively thin.
Li Feng patted the ice on his coir raincoat with some fatigue and threw the already scorched bamboo hat aside.
"Plop~"
The bamboo hat hit the ground heavily.
Yu Chunwu lay not far from the bamboo hat, his coir raincoat completely destroyed, revealing a large area of scorched muscles.
He Yu and Peng Ran had their lower bodies frozen and couldn't move at all.
Yang Yang was sitting cross-legged not far away, recovering from his injuries. He had become a bloody man, his skin oozing blood, extremely terrifying.
As for the other group, they had long since lain on the ground, losing their combat effectiveness and falling into a coma.
"Li Feng." Yu Chunwu, He Yu, Peng Ran, and Yang Yang all stared fixedly at Li Feng.
"Skills are not as good as others, nothing to say. If you want to kill or cut, do as you please."
Li Feng looked at them: "You are fools, used by others and don't even know it. I really don't know how you were military Si Nong in your original army."
Afterward, he laughed at himself: "I am also a fool, actually being so impulsive, really fulfilling his wish."
The calmed-down Li Feng also understood that he was impulsive.
However, he didn't regret his behavior.
He came early and made a name for himself in the outer garrison of the Cave Heaven, but also attracted jealousy.
In the previous situation, only by deciding the outcome could his words be heard by others.
Otherwise, saying anything was useless.
"What do you mean? We were used?!" Yang Yang was stunned.
"Humph, think about it yourself, who benefited the most?" Li Feng ignored them.
"Crack, crack, crack~"
He stepped on the ice under his feet and walked toward the valley step by step.
Yu Chunwu, He Yu, and Peng Ran breathed a sigh of relief.
Actually, after Zhao Xing got rid of Li Feng's Blood Cloud spell and entered the valley, they also understood that they had misunderstood Li Feng.
But everyone had started a real fire, and without deciding the outcome, there was no way to stop.
Li Feng couldn't explain to them in a low voice, and they couldn't beg Li Feng for forgiveness.
This was like war; once it started, only by deciding the outcome could one reach the step of peace talks.
"Damn it, actually used as a gun. I remember that person's appearance. After going to the Si Nong Inspectorate, I must teach him a lesson!" He Yu said hatefully.
"Don't you think Li Feng is terrifyingly strong?" Yu Chunwu's mentality was quite peaceful. He didn't pay attention to Zhao Xing; using such insidious tricks proved that the person's strength wasn't very good. Instead, he felt that Li Feng was worth paying attention to.
"He dealt with our joint efforts alone and didn't even suffer serious injuries. Such a competitor is worth paying attention to."
"Indeed terrifying." Peng Ran licked his lips, a trace of fighting spirit in his eyes. "I've long wanted to fight him. This time it was also borrowing the courage of the three of you to fight him. I didn't expect him to be so strong."
They all had pride in their hearts. They were all geniuses in their original places, and now seeing another stronger genius, they naturally felt itchy.
As for who harmed them, who let them misunderstand Li Feng, does that matter?
For Peng Ran, it didn't matter. Even without that person, they would probably still fight Li Feng.
Of course, if there is a chance later, they will also find back the field from that person.
"Three brothers, I'll go first. See you at the Si Nong Inspectorate!" Yu Chunwu recovered first, stood up, and arched his hands toward the three.
"Brother Yu, see you." The others joined forces to fight Li Feng, and they also cherished each other.
Yu Chunwu was also the strongest among the four, and naturally gained their recognition.
After he left, a flame suddenly appeared on Peng Ran's body, eliminating the ice: "Two brothers, I'll go first too, see you."
"See you."
[Three suns deviate from the cardinal positions, thunder is great!]
The almanac in his bosom trembled slightly. After Zhao Xing perceived the change in the three suns, he immediately began to look for a place to hide.
Because at this time, the power of the Ten Thousand Mile Thunder Pool would increase. Of course, it was also because he had walked more than half the distance and kept casting [Lead Thunder] to unload power, and his Qi had been consumed by more than half, so he had to stop and recover.
"After passing the Earth Fire Plain and the Ten Thousand Mile Thunder Pool, the road ahead will be smooth. Just move forward another thirty miles, and you will enter the relatively stable Yangcheng territory."
"After passing the boundary marker, there are only ten-plus miles left to the Si Nong Inspectorate."
After leaving the Earth Fire Plain and passing through the Gang Wind Mountain Range or the Ten Thousand Mile Thunder Pool, there were no harsh environments and terrains.
The shortcut was difficult, but the distance was much shorter. Compared to other routes, it saved several small checkpoints.
"The two thunder spells I created have improved in this short ten-mile journey." Zhao Xing also found that the proficiency of the two thunder spells had increased significantly during his rest.
Although they hadn't broken through yet, it wasn't far.
"Not only can I train thunder spells, but in the distance I walked, I also vaguely sensed the existence of treasures. That is the Qi Luck of the third level of derivation, brought by intuition... I don't know if it's those few treasures. I have to come here often in the future." Zhao Xing thought to himself.
Shrouded by the Ten Thousand Mile Thunder Pool, this area also created many natural treasures.
Of course, Zhao Xing didn't divert his energy to look for treasures now. The current Ten Thousand Mile Thunder Pool was still somewhat different in terrain and landscape from what he had seen in his previous life.
Even if there was a slight sense, he wouldn't go looking for any treasure at this time.
Reporting was the main thing. Besides, his strength was too weak now. He was walking carefully, and to explore treasures in the terrifying heavenly phenomenon area was courting death.
"Earth Store Returning to Origin!"
Zhao Xing entered the soil with half his body and absorbed Qi from the earth vein.
The human version of Earth Store Returning to Origin was to absorb power from the earth vein to recover quickly.
Although the Qi in the earth vein was mixed with a large amount of thunder-traveling power, making it scalp-numbing to absorb, he had to endure it in this situation.
"Hm?"
Zhao Xing recovered his Qi through Earth Store Returning to Origin and suddenly sensed something approaching rapidly through the fluctuation of the earth vein.
In a purple earth vein that looked like a river, Zhao Xing suddenly 'saw' a purple humanoid figure traveling rapidly underground.
"What? Borrowing the earth vein to sneak? This is... Earth Escape from the Profound Earth Art?!"
Earth-Splitting Art, Earth Palace Art, Earth Store Art, Profound Earth Art, known as the Four Holy Arts of the Earthly Advantage School.
He had dabbled in the first three, but he hadn't learned the Profound Earth Art yet.
Among the Four Holy Arts, the Profound Earth Art was the most profound and the most difficult to practice.
He didn't expect to be able to see someone casting the Profound Earth Art here!
"Reserves are all Rank 9. A Rank 9 can actually practice the Profound Earth Art to such a profound level? Geniuses are really everywhere." Zhao Xing used to make others shocked, but now he finally sighed.
How terrifying was the thunder-traveling power of this earth vein? But it could still sneak in this kind of place; only the Profound Earth Art could do it.
It wouldn't work if the spell realm was low. At least you had to know two Profound Earth Arts, and both had to be above seven turns, to be able to sneak in extreme earth veins.
While Zhao Xing discovered the other party, the sneaking figure also discovered Zhao Xing casting Earth Store Returning to Origin.
"Hm? Someone is actually casting Earth Store Returning to Origin in the Ten Thousand Mile Thunder Pool to recover Qi?" Zhuang Ziqing was also a bit surprised. "Interesting, isn't he afraid of the Qi in his dantian going into chaos?"
The intentions of the two brushed past each other in the violent earth vein, and neither wasted time to greet or probe.
After resting enough, Zhao Xing rushed out of the Ten Thousand Mile Thunder Pool in one breath.
The view before his eyes opened up, and the sky became warm and sunny.
"Whoosh~" In the distance, a cyan whirlwind spiraled forward, flying past his eyes quickly.
"Driving the Wind Fiend forward? That's from the Gang Wind Mountain Range, another expert."
"I came to participate in the training as soon as I turned into a regular, and haven't systematically learned the many spells of the military Si Nong. I'm still at a disadvantage... I wonder what my ranking will be?"
"Entered at the Hour of the Rooster, now it's the end of the Hour of the Pig, have to hurry."
Taking a look at the almanac, Zhao Xing immediately cast a spell. He cast the Cloud-Swallowing spell, then stepped on clouds, borrowed the power of wind and clouds, and rushed toward Yangcheng.
Not long after, he crossed the boundary marker, and Yangcheng was already in sight.
"Whoosh~"
After crossing the boundary marker, Zhao Xing found that the figures around him had increased.
There were people traveling forward, backward, left, and right.
Everyone was taking out their signature skills to rush toward Yangcheng.
"The Si Nong Inspectorate is in that direction!"
Zhao Xing carried the Qi Luck and stepped on the cloud layer.
The people behind were chasing wildly, and he was also rushing forward wildly.
"Whoosh!"
A wind blew past, and Zhao Xing entered the Si Nong Inspectorate at the same time as another figure.
At this moment, on the square of the Si Nong Inspectorate, there was a huge mirror displaying the reporting ranking. ===== CHAPTER 112 =====
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