Chapter 2738

Earl Changsheng's shout of "Thunder come" was full of momentum and grandeur!

At this moment, according to the scene Earl Changsheng had imagined in his mind, after his shout of "Thunder come," the sky would inevitably be covered with dark clouds and rolling thunder, followed by a bucket-thick thunderbolt falling from the sky, heading straight for Ye Chen's head!

And he also firmly believed that this heavenly thunder, even if it couldn't kill Ye Chen directly, would completely make him lose the ability to resist. At that time, he would have ten thousand ways to torture him and force him to say all his secrets!

However, after Earl Changsheng shouted "Thunder come," there were no dark clouds in the sky like last time, nor was there any roaring sound like lightning and thunder.

The night in Jin Ling tonight was exceptionally clear, and coupled with the lack of light pollution in the mountainous area, one could see a crescent moon and a sky full of stars by looking up.

Seeing that the dark clouds hadn't arrived and the lightning hadn't come, Earl Changsheng suddenly became suspicious. He looked at the lightning-struck wood in his hand and muttered: "What's going on? Where is my thunder?"

Just when Earl Changsheng was suspicious, the formation in the lightning-struck wood also stopped operating.

Subsequently, the spiritual energy he had infused into it was released by the formation in the lightning-struck wood and returned to his body.

Unfortunately, the "Nine Mysteries Heavenly Sutra" didn't record any formation that consumed spiritual energy out of thin air. Otherwise, as long as Earl Changsheng tried twice, his spiritual energy would be exhausted.

Earl Changsheng was also exceptionally suspicious at this time, because the spiritual energy returned to his body, so he didn't suspect that there was something wrong with the lightning-struck wood, thinking that he had just failed to activate the formation.

At this time, Ye Chen also asked curiously with a face: "That's right, old dog, where is your thunder? Is that lightning-struck wood in your hand out of power? Forgot to charge it before going out?"

Earl Changsheng knew that Ye Chen was mocking him and said coldly: "Kid, you're still spouting nonsense when you're about to die! I think you really don't know how to write the word 'death'!"

After saying this, he gritted his teeth, and while re-adjusting his spiritual energy and operating the formation in the lightning-struck wood, he pointed at Ye Chen and said loudly: "Kid, watch my thunder come again!"

As soon as the voice fell, the formation operation was completed, but there was still no sign of dark clouds in the sky.

And immediately after, the lightning-struck wood returned Earl Changsheng's spiritual energy again.

This feeling was like a child playing a game machine and dying just at the critical moment, hurriedly taking out a game coin to continue, only to have the machine spit it out from the coin exit below as soon as it was inserted into the coin slot above.

Earl Changsheng was suddenly panicked. He stared at the pitch-black lightning-struck wood in his hand and muttered in disbelief: "This... what's going on? It clearly worked once last time, why is it useless this time?"

Seeing his at-a-loss appearance, Ye Chen couldn't help but laugh loudly: "Old dog, it seems your 'Thunder Command' isn't very easy to use!"

Earl Changsheng frowned and asked back: "What Thunder Command?!"

Ye Chen laughed: "That's the magic weapon in your hand! That is the Thunder Command!"

"You know this magic weapon?!" Earl Changsheng widened his eyes, extremely shocked.

Ye Chen nodded and said seriously: "More than just know, to tell you the truth, I have one too."

Earl Changsheng gritted his teeth: "What a joke! It's a great fortune for me to encounter one such magic weapon; how could you be so coincidental as to have one too?!"

Ye Chen laughed: "Look, you don't believe me when I tell you the truth."

After saying this, Ye Chen immediately took out his own Thunder Command, showed it to Earl Changsheng, and said with a smile: "Look, mine looks much more exquisite than yours! Yours is just a piece of broken lightning-struck wood, not even properly decorated. Look at mine, the color is mellow, the lines are beautiful, and it's even been played to a patina. It looks much stronger than yours at a glance!"

Seeing the Thunder Command in Ye Chen's hand, Earl Changsheng recognized at a glance that this was also a magic treasure made of lightning-struck wood. And although he didn't know how to refine magic weapons, he still recognized the quality of the raw materials. The lightning-struck wood in Ye Chen's hand looked like it had a very long history and was absolutely top-grade.

He blurted out with a shocked face: "This... what exactly is going on? Where did you get that magic weapon?"

Ye Chen sneered: "To tell you the truth, these two pieces of lightning-struck wood of ours were actually refined by Taishang Laojun. It's just that the one in my hand is the father, and the one in your hand is the son. Although the son is usually arrogant and domineering, when he sees the father, he has to be honest, so naturally, he misfires!"

Earl Changsheng was furious and blurted out: "Fuck your mother! Do you think I haven't watched 'Journey to the West' just because I'm old?! Do you think I'll believe this kind of bullshit?!"

Ye Chen laughed: "Don't believe it? If you don't believe it, I'll demonstrate it for you!"

After saying this, before Earl Changsheng could react, Ye Chen suddenly put away his smile, his momentum like standing on the top of the Five Mountains, and shouted: "Thunder come!"

As soon as the voice fell, large dark clouds quickly gathered in the sky, and there was lightning and thunder in the clouds, which was very scary!

Earl Changsheng was very familiar with this scene. Although these dark clouds weren't as thick and scary as when he used the lightning-struck wood that day, the feeling was exactly the same!

Ye Chen suddenly summoned heavenly thunder, which shocked him as if he had been struck by lightning. He muttered in his heart: "Damn it, could it be that just as this kid said, my Thunder Command doesn't work when it sees his?!"

Thinking of this, he hurriedly retreated rapidly, wanting to avoid the incoming heavenly thunder.

However, the heavenly thunder was controlled by Ye Chen's will; how could it be easily dodged by him!

Ye Chen stared fixedly at Earl Changsheng's figure, and immediately after, a heavenly thunder roared and struck Earl Changsheng's head!

The Thunder Command that Ye Chen had tampered with could only be used once, and as long as it was used, it had to consume a large amount of spiritual energy to be activated, and its power was extremely great, belonging to the super-sized Thunder Command.

But Ye Chen's own Thunder Command was flexible, wanting to be big or small as he pleased!

He didn't want Earl Changsheng's life so quickly, so he specifically controlled the release of spiritual energy, and this heavenly thunder didn't bring too much damage to Earl Changsheng.

But even so, Earl Changsheng's hair was blown into a chicken nest by the heavenly thunder, his face was pitch black, and even the Taoist robe on his body became tattered. He was in pain and numb all over, and his whole body couldn't control itself and stood in place twitching.

Seeing his sorry state, Ye Chen asked with a smile: "How about it, I didn't lie to you, right?"

At this time, Yun Ruge, who was hiding in the dark twenty zhang away, was already scared pale. She never dreamed that this person in black could control heavenly thunder! And she never expected that Earl Changsheng, who was strong, would be so vulnerable in front of that person in black!

And she couldn't help but mutter in her heart about what she should do next.

If she rushed out to help Earl Changsheng, she probably wouldn't be the opponent of that person in black at all. Moreover, Earl Changsheng had always been arrogant and looked down on the other three Earls, and she had no friendship with Earl Changsheng. There was absolutely no need to risk her life to help at this time.

But she didn't know how to explain it if the Lord questioned her later if she didn't show up to help?

After thinking about it, she decided to continue observing in the dark for the time being. She had the method of hiding her aura taught by the Lord and should be able to hide without being discovered.

If Earl Changsheng unfortunately died at the hands of that person in black tonight, she would report truthfully to the Lord. Even if the Lord blamed her, it couldn't be a death penalty, which was much better than rushing out to die!

If Earl Changsheng was lucky enough to escape, she would simply use the excuse that the signal was blocked and she went to find a signal to prevaricate. Even if the Lord blamed her, at most she would be punished for dereliction of duty, which was no big deal!

And Earl Changsheng at this very moment, after being struck by a heavenly thunder, was naturally shocked and afraid. He knew that he had tried his best to dodge, but he was still struck by the heavenly thunder on his head. From this, it could be seen that Ye Chen's control over the heavenly thunder was extremely precise!

Moreover, Earl Changsheng also knew that the only technique he could release remotely was the sword edge of the wooden sword given by the Lord, while Ye Chen's techniques, besides the invisible blade similar to the sword edge, also had heavenly thunder falling directly from the sky. His wooden sword couldn't hurt him, and he had nowhere to hide from his heavenly thunder. If this continued, he would definitely be exhausted by Ye Chen. The only way was to fight him in close quarters!

Thinking of this, Earl Changsheng gritted his teeth and shouted coldly: "Kid! Today, either you die or I die!"

After saying this, he infused spiritual energy into his legs, performed the method of shifting shapes and changing shadows taught by the Lord, and rushed toward Ye Chen at a strange speed, like a space jump!

The biggest advantage of this technique was that the trajectory was erratic and hard to find a pattern, which not only made it difficult for the other party to hurt him but also allowed him to seize the opportunity to shorten the distance with the other party.

Although the magic treasure was at a disadvantage, Earl Changsheng firmly believed that with his physical body cultivated for over a hundred years, matched with the spiritual energy cultivated for decades and becoming more and more pure, once in close quarters, this young kid Ye Chen would absolutely not be his match!

However, just as he rushed toward Ye Chen at high speed, Ye Chen suddenly shouted again: "Thunder come again!"

Immediately after, with a bang, Earl Changsheng, who had just rushed out a zhang away, was struck by a heavenly thunder again!

The huge power made the white hair on Earl Changsheng's head, which was already messy, instantly turn into carbon powder, and the tattered Taoist robe almost vanished into thin air, leaving only a tattered red pair of underpants.

Ye Chen looked at him and mocked disdainfully: "You lecherous old Taoist, you're already over a hundred years old, and you're still wearing red underpants, have you no shame?"

Although Earl Changsheng was struck by lightning until he was half-dead, he still struggled to support his body and cursed hysterically: "You... you bastard! The... the poor Taoist... the poor Taoist is in his zodiac year this year!"

"Zodiac year?" Ye Chen was slightly stunned, then laughed: "You're so old, and you still believe in this?"

Earl Changsheng couldn't hold his face and gritted his teeth: "Whether I believe it or not has nothing to do with you!"

When he said this, Earl Changsheng's brain was already running at high speed.

He didn't expect that even though he used the technique of shifting shapes and changing shadows, he still couldn't escape Ye Chen's heavenly thunder!

And this feeling of being struck by lightning was extremely painful. The pain and injury were secondary; the key was that the electrical energy in the heavenly thunder made the body muscles twitch uncontrollably, and the body would completely lose control in a short time.

It was also at this moment that Earl Changsheng understood that he was no match for Ye Chen.

At least, he definitely couldn't beat Ye Chen tonight!

Not only was he at a disadvantage compared to Ye Chen in terms of magic weapons, but more importantly, when he tested the lightning-struck wood two days ago, he consumed one-third of his spiritual energy at once. Just now, using the wooden sword and the technique of shifting shapes and changing shadows consumed a lot of spiritual energy, and plus being struck by lightning twice, he had no chance of winning at all!

Thinking of this, he made up his mind to escape as soon as possible!

In his view, Ye Chen had already exposed his identity, as well as his magic treasure and strength. But now his magic treasure was at a disadvantage, and he couldn't fight in close quarters. There was no chance of winning tonight, so he could only seize the opportunity to escape, report this matter to the Lord, and then wait for the Lord to come and take Ye Chen's dog life personally!

Therefore, after a violent twitch, Earl Changsheng suddenly did a carp jump, jumped up from the ground, and then immediately struck two sword edges at Ye Chen, followed by turning around and running away!

He thought about taking advantage of Ye Chen being distracted to deal with it and hurry up to run away.

However, he didn't know that although Ye Chen didn't approach him, he had been staring at his every move. Seeing him strike two sword edges and turn around to run away, Ye Chen didn't think twice and immediately chased after him head-on!

The sword edge was right in front of him, but Ye Chen didn't intend to use the soul-piercing blade to resist anymore. He shouted, circulated spiritual energy around his body, and the spiritual energy wrapped around his body, spinning rapidly and whipping up a gust of wind!

Ye Chen flew sand and rocks all the way, with branches and leaves flying everywhere! The moment the two sword edges were about to slash at him, he turned his hands into fists and suddenly smashed them toward the void on both sides!

Only two extremely close explosions were heard, and the two sword edges were actually smashed into ashes by Ye Chen's fists!

And Earl Changsheng, who was only wearing a pair of red underpants, had run ten zhang away at this moment. Originally, he had run for his life frantically without looking back after using the sword edge, but after hearing the two explosions, a trace of excitement suddenly flashed in his heart!

These two explosions were significantly different from the explosions when the sword edge collided with the soul-piercing blade just now. These two explosions sounded more like the sound of the sword edge hitting the target's flesh!

"Could it be... could it be that Ye Chen didn't dodge my sneak attack?!"

Earl Changsheng was overjoyed at this thought!

He subconsciously looked back, wanting to see if Ye Chen had been injured by the two sword edges. If that were really the case, he would pursue the victory, and perhaps he could behead Ye Chen!

However, the moment he turned his head back, he was shocked to find that Ye Chen's angular and extremely cold face was less than two zhang away from him!

Ye Chen had actually caught up!

At this moment, Earl Changsheng was scared out of his wits. He turned his head back to try his best to run for his life, but heard Ye Chen shout again behind him: "Thunder come!!"

The next second, Earl Changsheng felt another heavenly thunder strike his head accurately!

His legs instantly went soft, and his running body also lost its balance in an instant. After staggering a few steps, his body fell to the ground uncontrollably.

This heavenly thunder blew his red underpants into powder, and even all the hair on his body was blown into ashes, and his skin also showed large areas of burn marks!

Because Earl Changsheng ran ten zhang back and rolled back a few times, he was now less than ten zhang away from Yun Ruge, who was hiding in the dark.

Seeing Earl Changsheng's sorry state without a piece of clothing, Yun Ruge subconsciously closed her eyes tightly and didn't dare to look again.

And Earl Changsheng, who was sitting naked on the grass, only felt a sweetness in his throat and spat out a large mouthful of blood.

Although his body didn't suffer fatal injuries, it had already reached the verge of collapse, just like an exhausted weightlifter whose body could hardly exert any more strength in a short time.

Earl Changsheng at this moment, where was his previous high spirits?

His limbs were still twitching uncontrollably due to the electric current, and because he wasn't wearing clothes, he looked like a lecherous old pervert.

And the wooden sword in his hand even fell to the ground because he couldn't control the trembling.

Seeing him in such a sorry state, Ye Chen couldn't help but mutter in his heart: "Lin Wan'er said I was in danger, but this old dog is not my opponent at all. Could it be that she calculated wrong?"

Thinking of this, he stopped thinking about the hexagram and walked to Earl Changsheng, looked down at him, and asked coldly: "When you killed my parents twenty years ago, did you ever think there would be such a day!"

Earl Changsheng looked at Ye Chen in front of him blankly, seeing that he still didn't change his expression, and a great fear and despair suddenly surged in his heart.

In the hundred years of practicing Dao, this was the first time he felt the fear of death.

A hunch suddenly surged in the depths of his heart that his hundred years of cultivation might be folded in Ye Chen's hands.

Twenty years ago, he killed his father. Could it be that today, twenty years later, he was really going to die at his hands?!