Chapter 832: Dark Clouds Gather! Multiple Sensations Awaken!

"At least seven or eight days? That's enough."

Xu Jingming smiled and continued deeper into the sea of fire, about two kilometers further.

The flames here had turned a deep purple.

Under the suppression of this powerful flame, his spiritual force could sense no farther than three hundred meters.

Protected by Ling Shuang's spatial ability, the surrounding deep purple flames were completely blocked, unable to inflict even the slightest harm!

"By now, no one should be able to disturb me."

Xu Jingming took a deep breath, made no further hesitation, and directly pressed the plus sign next to the ability section on the system panel!

'Ding! Ability evolution initiated. SS-rank Dou Tian Shen Lei evolving 0.1%... 0.2%... 0.3%......'

The instant he clicked the plus, a system notification tone unlike any before echoed in his heart.

Boom—boom—boom~~~

In the sky, a dull thunder rolled.

Unlike the real world, the Yer Secret Realm had no weather beyond day and night.

Yet now, over the entire Third Absolute, countless dark clouds were gathering!

Unlike storm clouds in the real world, these clouds were utterly black, their color so profound it seemed drawn from an ink vat!

Calling them dark clouds was almost an understatement—they were black clouds.

Simultaneously, streaks of black lightning flickered and leapt within the clouds, radiating an ancient, desolate aura.

"This is..."

Ling Shuang tilted her face upward, her rosy lips slightly parted, staring dumbfounded at the black clouds above.

She felt a crushing pressure from these clouds, as if her very life had slipped beyond her control.

"It stretches beyond sight—how vast is this patch of black cloud?"

Ling Shuang murmured involuntarily.

In truth, the black clouds had already covered the entire Third Absolute.

If calculated as a circle, the diameter of this black cloud exceeded one hundred kilometers!!

"Unheard of! Unseen before! This is a completely new phenomenon!!"

The twin-tailed little girl floated midair, her face alight with unprecedented excitement.

Simultaneously, endless streams of virtual data flashed through her eyes.

She was carefully recording every piece of data from this moment, for later analysis.

Crack!!

The sky flashed—a bolt of black lightning, as thick as a water barrel, suddenly struck down!!

By the time Ling Shuang reacted, the lightning had already struck Xu Jingming!

"It ignored my spatial power!" Ling Shuang's heart jolted.

In fact, not only had Ling Shuang's spatial ability failed.

Even the surrounding deep purple flames had parted, forming a straight, sky-reaching void.

That was the channel carved through by the black lightning!

"This lightning... is this strong?" Ling Shuang stared, stunned.

Though the black lightning was not aimed at her, she still felt as if she had walked through the gates of death.

Meanwhile,

The black lightning inflicted not a single wound on Xu Jingming.

Instead, it stained the brilliant golden lightning swirling around his body with a streak of black!

This black lightning, woven among the golden bolts, though only a thread, could not be ignored.

It seemed inherently superior, rooted in a higher origin than the golden lightning.

"Jingming's ability evolution has begun..."

Ling Shuang's gaze sharpened, her spatial ability fully unleashed.

The Nine Kite Hairpin embedded in her hair also emitted spatial ripples, stabilizing this space...

"Roar—"

"Howl—"

The instant the black lightning struck, not only did Ling Shuang feel a heart-stopping dread.

Every living thing in the entire Yer Secret Realm sensed this disturbance.

Ferocious beasts roared in unease; hunting packs abandoned their prey and fled back to their dens, refusing to move further.

Burrowing beasts dug straight underground, terrified of being touched by this unknown force.

"Such terrifying pressure!"

"Black clouds! I saw a patch of black clouds!"

"That way—Third Absolute! Let's go see!"

"..."

The cultivators near the Third Absolute sensed the disturbance immediately.

And they saw the endless black cloud of lightning hovering over the sea of fire!

Some Grand Masters chose to investigate; others chose to flee at once.

This split in choice wasn't limited to the vicinity of the Third Absolute—it was made by every powerful being across the entire Yer Secret Realm.

"That direction... is southeast."

Tian Jian, leading a group on the road, narrowed his eyes.

Four days passed, and his team had grown considerably, now numbering seventeen.

"Divine Son, should we go over and take a look?" Tianming Divine Envoy Jonathan spoke up to ask.

"Of course."

Tian Jian revealed a wickedly charming smile. "There should be a wave of ability users gathering there. We might even be able to pick up a few more companions."

"What exactly is this black cloud? Such terrifying pressure!"

"No good, the place where the black lightning is falling is deep within the flames. We can't get in at all!"

"Forget it, let's just go."

"......"

Soon, the first batch of ability users entered Hazard Zone 3.

But when they discovered that the strange phenomenon was appearing in the flame region at the very center of the hazard zone, one after another they all chose to give up.

Eighteen hours later, the Tianming Sect group likewise arrived at Hazard Zone 3.

But even though the Tianming Divine Envoy activated his Divine Blood secret art and reached Ninth Order,

he could only advance to a position roughly one kilometer from Xu Jingming, unable to push further.

"Divine Son, we can't push forward any longer."

Within the deep purple flames, Divine Blood Envoy Jonathan spoke.

The others had all stayed where the flame's power was slightly weaker; only the two of them had pressed deep inside.

Under the protection of Jonathan's formidable qi and blood, Tian Jian remained perfectly safe.

After glancing up at the pitch-black clouds flickering with black Lei Ting above, he added with a Solemn expression:

"This black cloud makes me feel very uncomfortable. Divine Son, let's leave this place first."

"For even you, the Divine Envoy, to feel uncomfortable, one can imagine just how rare the heavenly materials and earthly treasures emerging from the deepest part of the flames must be!

What a pity, we have no way to obtain them."

Tian Jian shook his head, then quickly recovered his smile. "But fortunately, there are still other ability users here to hunt.

Let's go, let's find other ability users first."

Tian Jian and Jonathan quickly turned and left.

Xu Jingming was unaware of everything happening outside.

Lei Ting and lightning continuously bombarded his body from within the black clouds.

When the first bolt of black Lei Ting struck down, he had already lost all perception of the outside world.

At this moment, he seemed to have transformed into a bolt of Doushen Shenlei, undergoing a baptism, evolving toward a more mysterious and more powerful black Lei Ting.