Chapter 969: Chixiao Divine Thunder! Void Beings!

Swish, swish—

Xu Jingming and Su Qingli, one black, one cyan, darted like phantom shadows through the spatial turbulence.

There was no sun in the spatial turbulence layer; the entire space was pitch black.

But for the two, who perceived their surroundings with spiritual force, there was not the slightest discomfort.

Along the way, most of the spatial fissures they encountered were instantly shattered by the lightning barrier protecting them.

Only a few large spatial fissures required avoidance.

Of course,

they had also discovered debris—and even skeletal remains—drifting through the spatial turbulence.

Some of them were clearly neither human nor ferocious beasts.

In short, seeing anything at all in this spatial turbulence layer would be no surprise.

“Eva, how far have we traveled?” Xu Jingming asked in a low voice.

“We’ve flown for one hour and three minutes; we’re over 370 kilometers from the entrance,” Eva replied swiftly.

“Three hundred seventy kilometers... not bad...” Xu Jingming mused inwardly.

Because the Goldguard had to scout ahead, their flight speed remained around 100 meters per second.

On the return trip, no scouting would be needed.

At full speed—four times the speed of sound—they could return in just minutes.

Besides, he had already tested the spatial beast bone earlier.

The spatial beast bone’s transport function remained unaffected; it still worked.

That meant they could escape if any danger arose.

“Jingming, I feel my father’s aura getting closer!”

Su Qingli’s beautiful eyes glowed faintly; after advancing another ten kilometers,

the Goldguard scouting ahead also sent back word:

a source of light had been detected seven kilometers ahead!

Xu Jingming and Su Qingli immediately accelerated; sure enough, a faint glow appeared in the distance.

As they pressed forward and drew nearer, the light grew brighter.

At the same time, deep, rumbling thunder echoed throughout the space!

When only two kilometers remained between them and the light source, Xu Jingming and Su Qingli finally saw its true form!

It was a massive lightning sphere, five hundred meters in diameter!

Crackling—

the shriek of electric arcs reverberated through space; the sphere glowed entirely crimson.

Like a sun, it continuously radiated light and heat.

“This is... Father’s S-rank ability—Chixiao Divine Thunder! Father! I’ve finally found you!”

Su Qingli’s expression surged with emotion; she stepped forward with her long legs, ready to fly toward it.

But Xu Jingming reached out and stopped her:

“Teacher Su, don’t rush. Let me check first.”

Crackling—

black lightning surged; Xu Jingming immediately entered Thunderstorm State!

Behind him, the Brilliant Thunder Ring rotated slowly; his spiritual force surged as he activated the SS-rank perception technique—“Heart Net.”

Swish—

in his perception, the previously pitch-black spatial turbulence layer instantly revealed far greater detail.

He sensed the flow of Chixiao Divine Thunder’s lightning elements, and even the splashes of lightning energy.

Then his pupils contracted.

Around the lightning sphere, he perceived countless dense, featureless, smoke-like beings!

These beings circled the sphere like moths drawn to flame.

“What’s wrong?”

Su Qingli, sensing Xu Jingming’s unusual state, asked at once.

“This area is strange. Teacher, can you identify what those things are?”

Saying this, Xu Jingming shared the spiritual force imagery with her.

“What are these things?!”

Upon receiving the shared imagery, Su Qingli’s expression changed slightly.

Though she didn’t recognize the beings, her instinct told her they were dangerous.

Seeing this, Xu Jingming immediately summoned Eva and shared the spiritual force imagery with her.

Before he could even ask, Eva whispered in shock: “Void beings! There are so many here?”

“What are void beings?” Xu Jingming and Su Qingli turned to Eva simultaneously.

Especially Su Qingli, whose face was filled with urgency.

“Void beings are a special lifeform native to the spatial turbulence layer; the Space God left records of them.

These beings have no physical form; think of them as aggregates of spiritual force.

They possess no thought; all their actions are driven by instinct.

Their instinct is to drag living beings into spiritual illusions, then slowly consume their spiritual force.”

Eva explained gravely, “In the spatial turbulence layer, void beings are natural masters of stealth.

Like Mole Metal, they’re generally undetectable by ordinary spiritual force.

They lurk like venomous snakes, silently dragging others into illusions and devouring their spiritual force.

Fortunately, your S-rank Thunderstorm State grants you strong enough spiritual force to perceive them; otherwise, we’d be in trouble.”

“No wonder the Goldguard approached without being affected.

It has no spiritual force—it didn’t alert these void beings.”

Xu Jingming chuckled bitterly after hearing Eva’s explanation, “There are at least a thousand of these void beings. To reach the lightning sphere, we must eliminate them all.”

“Eva, how strong is the spiritual force of these void beings?”

Su Qingli exhaled softly and asked quietly.

Her father’s Chixiao Divine Thunder was right before her; her father might even be inside that sphere!

At this point, she could not possibly abandon it.

“Unknown. The Space God’s records mention nothing; we’ll have to test it to find out.”

Eva replied after swiftly reviewing her database.

“Then let’s test it. If anything goes wrong, I’ll immediately use the spatial beast bone to teleport away.”

Xu Jingming stood firm, black lightning swirling around him, his voice low and powerful.

With Thunderstorm State enhancing him, his spiritual force was terrifyingly strong!

His mind sea still held the Soul-Subduing Tower’s guardian spirit—he truly didn’t believe these void beings could drag him into an illusion.

“Alright.”

Su Qingli’s gaze sharpened; she activated her own lightning domain.

Her lightning S-rank ability—“Yuqing Divine Thunder”—erupted like boiling water, roaring fiercely.

Beside her, Xu Jingming likewise unleashed his domain; wild, chaotic black divine thunder howled around him.

Hovering midair, he resembled a black hole, radiating a cold, violent aura.

“Lei Long Shu!”

One second later, Xu Jingming clapped his hands; a hundred-meter-long black lightning dragon coalesced with a thunderous roar!

The dragon’s body was black, its lightning-formed scales gleaming with a metallic chill.

Lei Long Shu!

A lightning SS+ rank technique.

Ang—

A few seconds later, another dragon roar echoed; Su Qingli also summoned a cyan jade lightning dragon!

Both were Lei Long Shu, but the black dragon radiated far greater pressure than the cyan one.

“Go!”

Xu Jingming gave the order; the two lightning dragons surged forward, crashing into the void beings swirling around the crimson lightning sphere!

Swish-swish-swish—!!

Perhaps sensing danger,

the void beings surrounding the sphere suddenly stirred in unison, then opened their mouths simultaneously.

Aaaah!!

Tens of thousands of piercing shrieks erupted at once—not sound waves, but direct spiritual force assaults striking the soul!

Boom!!

The two lightning dragons—black and cyan—collapsed instantly!

Xu Jingming and Su Qingli stood frozen, eyes vacant, utterly rigid.