Chapter 186: Heavenly Thunder Displays Its Might

A sharp piece of iron sheet pierced his shoulder, mixed with some wood chips.

Fresh blood soaked the cotton armor.

Qin Donglai clutched his shoulder and retreated repeatedly.

Panic had already appeared in his eyes at this moment.

Li Lin was still forming hand seals.

A new spiritual pressure had been drawn, and the heavenly thunder was about to form.

Just then, a young man suddenly rushed over and knocked him aside.

The heavenly thunder descended, striking that young man; after a deafening boom, the young man was torn into four pieces.

The hot blood thrown out carried a burnt smell and splashed all over him.

This scalding hot blood, made blazing by the lightning, instantly burned the exposed skin on his face and hands until blood blisters rose.

But he paid no heed to the pain on his body; instead, looking at the head that had been 'blown' far away, he screamed in despair: "Little Brother!"

At this same moment, Qin Donglai felt the spiritual pressure continue to be disturbed.

Looking at the purple heavenly thunder already formed in the sky, he smiled despairingly.

All along, he had looked down on the Spirit Hunters, even though he was one himself.

But he never expected that a Spirit Hunter who had mastered true techniques would be so powerful.

He couldn't even withstand a single heavenly thunder.

Yet at this time, several Spirit Hunters from Yulin County broke through to the altar, and with combined effort, shattered the blood-colored altar.

The altar contained special inscriptions that could restrain the behavior of the Apparitions, ensuring their 'sanity'.

At the same time, it was also the Apparitions' 'restriction tool'.

Without the altar, the Lizard Taowu Zhenjun's eyes suddenly turned completely red, and he immediately broke free from the Tree Immortal Lady's 'illusion art'.

His body instantly shifted above Tai Donglai, and his left claw pushed upward, blocking that purple heavenly thunder.

But shortly after, the Lizard Taowu Zhenjun let out a cry of pain, filled with anger and disbelief.

Because this single heavenly thunder had directly blasted away his massive left hand.

The Lizard Taowu Zhenjun instinctively looked at the stump of his left hand; then his eyes grew redder and redder. He struggled to look down at Qin Donglai below: "Flee... quickly..."

The Lizard Taowu Zhenjun's voice was already clearly stuttering, on the verge of losing his sanity.

Seizing this opportunity, several Spirit Hunters rushed forward; Bai Zhiwei, Ding Yingqiu, and others unleashed their signature techniques, and beams of light in various colors struck the Lizard Taowu Zhenjun, leaving wounds of varying sizes on his body.

Qin Donglai looked at Li Lin before him, his eyes already filled with fear.

He roared: "Retreat! Leave one hundred men to hold the rear!"

Immediately, one hundred emaciated Southern Barbarian soldiers charged forward wildly, using a method of trading life for life to force the local militia to retreat step by step for the time being.

Taking this opportunity, Qin Donglai led the remaining two hundred-plus men, turned around, and fled.

Without a shred of hesitation.

Seeing Qin Donglai leave, the Lizard Taowu Zhenjun seemed to have shed some heavy burden; at the same time, his eyes turned completely red.

The Tree Immortal Lady also floated to the top of Li Lin's head.

Her long snake tail coiled around Li Lin through the air, forming a cage to protect the latter.

Li Lin stood within it... looking at the snake tail so close, he couldn't help but reach out and gently touch it.

Smooth, and still carrying a bit of coolness.

The Tree Immortal Lady's snake tail seemed to tremble slightly.

The expression on her face remained cold, though her eyes held a hint of shamed anger.

The Lizard Taowu Zhenjun opened his mouth, about to absorb the dead bodies around him again... but at this moment, a purple heavenly thunder descended, striking directly on his head.

Green scales were blasted flying everywhere.

The Lizard Taowu Zhenjun let out a wail, his body leaning backward.

"Well done!"

Bai Zhiwei shouted loudly, throwing two short daggers simultaneously from his hands.

The two short daggers embedded themselves in the Lizard Taowu Zhenjun's neck; then Bai Zhiwei quickly formed hand seals with both hands, and subsequently threw out a yellow talisman, sticking it onto the Lizard Taowu Zhenjun's body.

Immediately, this yellow talisman turned into a bundle of blue flames, blazing and hammering away.

Ding Yingqiu, after all, was a descendant of the Seeking Immortal family; she took a long chain from her body and threw it over.

The chain grew longer upon sensing yin energy, and subsequently bound the Lizard Taowu Zhenjun.

Bai Bufan, Zhao Xiaohu, and other Spirit Hunters charged forward; the weapons in their hands turned blood-red, an effect of attaching yin energy to them.

Then these blood-red weapons continuously struck the Lizard Taowu Zhenjun's body.

The Lizard Taowu Zhenjun wailed incessantly but could not struggle.

He had already been weakened greatly within the Tree Immortal Lady's illusion, and then was struck by Li Lin's Fallen Thunder Incantation driven by spiritual energy, suffering severe injuries.

Moreover, the yin energy techniques of the other Spirit Hunters were specifically designed to counter Apparitions.

Therefore... the Lizard Taowu Zhenjun could only submit without resistance.

After all, he was not considered a very powerful Great Apparition.

Not long after, the Lizard Taowu Zhenjun's body shattered, turning into countless broken pieces of transparent glass, falling to the ground.

This was yin energy stone... only a Great Apparition could form it.

At this time, Su Bei and the other captains organized the local militia to assemble and wipe out those Southern Barbarian soldiers who had harbored a will to die.

Subsequently, after the last Southern Barbarian soldier died, the battlefield quickly fell silent.

The figure of the Tree Immortal Lady gradually vanished; she returned to the Taowu Zhenjun Temple.

"Captains, immediately treat the wounded soldiers and collect the bodies of the local militia; we must return to the city."

The township soldiers immediately sprang into action.

Bai Zhiwei walked over, disbelief in his eyes: "We killed a Zhenjun? Am I dreaming?"

Not a single one of the Spirit Hunters in Yulin County was even at seventh rank.

Originally, Su Huafang had that ability, but he had already left now. Bai Zhiwei himself was still some distance from seventh rank.

Four eighth-rank Spirit Hunters, along with two newcomers who had just joined, had killed a Zhenjun. If this matter were reported to the imperial court, it would most likely be dismissed as "absurd," and the documents would be sent back.

Li Lin smiled and said: "The main credit goes to the Tree Immortal Lady for being so powerful. Without her controlling and weakening the enemy's Zhenjun, we really wouldn't have been able to win."

"Right, right, the Tree Immortal Lady is amazing." Bai Zhiwei said, while looking at Li Lin with envious eyes.

Every Spirit Hunter in Yulin County wanted to get "close" to the Tree Immortal Lady, yet not a single one had ever succeeded.

The Tree Immortal Lady would rather not absorb blood qi, only enjoying the incense offerings of two or three hundred villagers, than form a bond with other Spirit Hunters.

But Li Lin's appearance was an exception.

More than half a year ago, when Li Lin became a Spirit Hunter, in the Zhenjun Temple, he had also pointed at the Tree Immortal Lady.

At the time, Su Huafang and Bai Zhiwei were both present, and the two were actually there to watch him make a fool of himself.

They thought Li Lin would be rejected by the Tree Immortal Lady like everyone else.

As a result... the Tree Immortal Lady nodded in agreement.

At the time, Bai Zhiwei had even thought that the Tree Immortal Lady had been bewitched by Li Lin's handsome face. But now, seeing those bolts of purple heavenly thunder from Li Lin, the majestic purple lightning of heaven's might, he felt that he himself had been shallow.

The Tree Immortal Lady must have seen Li Lin's potential and talent, which was why she formed a bond with him.

Li Lin took a deep breath and called out again: "Once we're back, everyone get a good sleep, then we'll discuss rewards and merits."

The battlefield fell silent for a moment, then cheers erupted thunderously.

(End of this chapter)