Chapter 562: Gained Benefits

Seeing this scene, the group, who had just been relaxed, felt a tightening in their hearts and used their own defensive means one after another to resist this swift and fierce thunder light.

Fortunately, although there were quite a few more thunder lights, the power of each thunder light was about the same as before, without much change. Relying on the defensive magic treasures in their hands and various magic tools to control the thunder light, the group still managed to block the attack of this thunder light very quickly.

"This place should be a Cloud-Thunder Formation. Once someone breaks into the formation, the thunder light will not stop. We must rush through quickly!"

Seeing sparks lighting up on the surrounding stone pillars again, the knowledgeable Zhao Zhao Menglian hurriedly reminded the group and flew toward the front first, wanting to quickly pass through these stone pillars in front of her.

However, she had just flown out more than ten zhang when the thunder light from the sky fell quickly and concentrated directly on her alone, forcing her down from the high sky again.

Seeing this scene, Song Song Qingming and the others, who were preparing to follow, immediately stopped their figures.

"It seems that flying is not allowed in this Cloud-Thunder Formation. We can only walk over step by step!" After falling from the sky, Zhao Zhao Menglian also saw some clues and immediately explained to the group.

Seeing this, the group could only display their strongest coping means and bit the bullet to walk forward step by step.

After walking out more than ten zhang, hundreds of thunder lights fell from the sky again. Although these thunder lights were not very powerful, the number after each fall was clearly increasing, which also made the pressure felt by the group on their bodies greater and greater.

After walking a distance like this, as there were more and more thunder lights in the sky, Zhang Zhang Tieyang, who had a weaker strength and no specialized means to deal with this kind of thunder light on his body, was the first to be unable to hold on.

Being able to cultivate to the Golden Core realm, Zhang Zhang Tieyang naturally was not someone who did not know when to advance or retreat. No matter how many good things could be found inside, once he lost his life here for this, then there would be nothing left.

"The magic treasure on this person's body has already been damaged. I don't know if there is anything good in this storage bag!" After stepping forward to pick up a magic treasure that had suffered serious damage held in the hand of this corpse, Zhao Zhao Menglian soon discovered that there was still a storage bag on this person's waist, and a trace of joy immediately appeared on her face.

Seeing the thunder light in the black clouds above about to fall again, Zhang Zhang Tieyang bowed slightly to the group with a helpless face and immediately turned around to retreat along the original path.

Zhao Zhao Menglian did not use any magic treasure to restrain the thunder light for protection. She could persist until now mainly relying on her own ice-attribute cultivation art with relatively powerful defensive capability, as well as her natal magic treasure, the "Profound Ice Red Silk."

After walking a distance forward, Zhao Zhao Menglian, who was walking in the front, suddenly saw a figure lying motionless on the ground and could not help but let out a cry of surprise.

Following closely, not long after, Jin Wu Ziyuan and Yun Yun Xinxue also chose to stop their forward steps one after another because their magic power was somewhat insufficient. Only Zhao Zhao Menglian and Song Song Qingming were left in the formation still insisting on moving forward.

"Although hundreds of years have passed, things like spirit stones can never be damaged. Regardless of anything else, I still have to congratulate Senior Sister Zhao."

The two walked closer and only then discovered that it was a cultivator's corpse that had been trapped in the "Cloud-Thunder Formation" and had died long ago. This corpse still carried some dry skin and flesh, and it seemed to have died much later than the white bone outside. It should be a cultivator who broke in when the "Heaven-Reaching Tower" opened last time.

Although Zhang Zhang Tieyang also knew that the "Cloud-Thunder Formation" in this place was so powerful, and there was a high probability of finding some good things inside, he was troubled by his own insufficient strength and really did not have enough confidence to continue walking forward.

Song Song Qingming, on the other hand, had been wearing a golden round bead magic tool on his head all along. This bead was very wonderful. Every time the thunder light fell from the sky, it could be directly absorbed by this bead without a trace, which also made Song Song Qingming's state at the moment look even more relaxed than Zhao Zhao Menglian's.

After Zhang Zhang Tieyang took the initiative to withdraw, the group continued to walk forward for a distance. True Person Qingluo, who was relying on a second-tier thunder-resisting magic tool for protection, saw that the magic tool in his hand was about to be damaged, so he also helplessly took the initiative to withdraw from the team.

Walking to here, the sea of clouds in front still could not see the end. If they continued to walk forward, once the magic treasure defending against this thunder light was damaged or their own magic power was exhausted in advance, it was extremely likely that they would be trapped to death in this formation.

"Fellow Daoist Zhao, I am very sorry, I really have no way to continue walking forward."

Seeing Zhang Zhang Tieyang's bitter face, Zhao Zhao Menglian could only nod to him, "If Fellow Daoist Zhang doesn't want to go in, then wait for us outside first!"

"Fellow Daoist Song, since this item was discovered together with you, I naturally cannot break the rules. After opening it, I will naturally distribute a share to you." After Zhao Zhao Menglian put away the storage bag, she also smiled and explained to Song Song Qingming.

"Hehe! Then I will thank Senior Sister Zhao first."

After Song Song Qingming bowed to Zhao Zhao Menglian, he was about to walk forward again, but Zhao Zhao Menglian looked around and said, "Junior Brother Song, this Cloud-Thunder Formation, I don't know how long we have to walk before we reach the end. My magic power is not much left, and I don't intend to continue walking forward.

If Junior Brother can still hold on, then you continue to go forward and take a look. If it really doesn't work, then you can only retreat. After all, even Golden Core cultivators can be trapped to death here, so it certainly isn't so easy to break through."

After seeing this Golden Core cultivator's corpse, the confidence on Zhao Zhao Menglian's face clearly disappeared by a few points. Even with her cultivation base, she could walk to here, but the "Cloud-Thunder Formation" ahead still could not see the end. Hearing that she did not intend to continue walking forward, Song Song Qingming was not too surprised.

"Many thanks for Senior Sister Zhao's concern. I will try walking forward for a distance. If it really doesn't work, then I can only retreat. Please rest assured, Senior Sister, I have a sense of proportion in my heart."

After giving Song Song Qingming a few instructions, Zhao Zhao Menglian threw out a streak of spiritual light to roll up the corpse on the ground and turned around to retreat along the original path directly.

After Zhao Zhao Menglian left, hundreds of thunder lights descended again above Song Song Qingming's head, but without exception, they were all absorbed by the golden silk round bead above his head without a trace.

This golden round bead on top of Song Song Qingming's head was named the "Thunder-Gathering Bead," a magic treasure very rare in the cultivation world that could restrain thunder and lightning. It was crafted from the Golden Core inside the body of a thunder-attribute demon king.

Back then, when Song Song Qingming followed Huo Feng into the Taiyue Lake Secret Realm, he had witnessed the power of this magic treasure with his own eyes and had always kept it in his heart. Later, by chance, Song Song Qingming found an opportunity to exchange some spiritual items with Huo Feng for this treasure. He did not expect that this time, entering the Heaven-Reaching Tower, it finally had the opportunity to be of great use.

No matter how much thunder and lightning descended above, almost all of them were swallowed by this "Thunder-Gathering Bead" without a trace. It was precisely by relying on this magic treasure that Song Song Qingming walked all the way here easily.

Seeing that the situation of the "Thunder-Gathering Bead" had no damage, and the spiritual light on it was even more prosperous after being tempered by the thunder light, Song Song Qingming also completely put down the worry in his heart.

No matter how far ahead it was, with this magic treasure that restrained thunder light, even if he could not find any good things, returning along the original path would certainly not encounter any big problems.

Looking at the black clouds in the sky with an expressionless face, Song Song Qingming lifted his foot and continued to walk forward.

After walking forward for dozens of zhang, another corpse that had turned into white bones appeared in front. After checking that he did not find anything useful on the other party, Song Song Qingming did not delay and continued to walk forward.

As he went deeper and deeper into the formation, Song Song Qingming encountered several white bones of similar appearance. Unfortunately, apart from picking up a few magic treasures and magic tools that had suffered serious damage on the ground, Song Song Qingming did not find anything on them either.

After walking for about a mile, Song Song Qingming finally passed through that cloud-black area with black clouds pressing down on the top and arrived at an empty space located in the middle of many stone pillars.

Seeing that there were no more black clouds releasing thunder light at any time in the sky, Song Song Qingming finally breathed a sigh of relief and carefully put away the "Thunder-Gathering Bead" above his head.

In this empty space, apart from the scattered stones and weeds on the ground, there were also two spiritual trees full of fruits near the middle. Song Song Qingming stepped forward to look carefully and discovered that quite a few of these spiritual fruits had already matured.

Seeing this scene, Song Song Qingming was overjoyed and summoned Jin Feng to step forward and pick all the matured spiritual fruits on the trees.

These two spiritual fruit trees were located in this "Cloud-Thunder Formation" and had already been there for quite a few years. Among them, one older spiritual fruit tree had already reached the third-tier mid-quality, and quite a few of the spiritual fruits it bore had also reached the third tier in quality.

This time, Song Song Qingming obtained a total of four third-tier spiritual fruits, as well as more than a dozen second-tier spiritual fruits of varying quality. Adding these things together was already enough to exchange for tens of thousands of spirit stones. Song Song Qingming was very satisfied with this in his heart.

After counting the spiritual fruits brought back by Jin Feng, Song Song Qingming filled a box with these things carefully with a satisfied face and put them into his storage bag.

Song Song Qingming naturally would not move the immature spiritual fruits randomly. Since he had already gained benefits, he always had to leave some opportunities for those who came after.

After all, this "Heaven-Reaching Tower" secret realm only opens once every three hundred years. By the time it opens next time, these immature fruits on the trees should also be about to mature!

If one does things too absolutely in such a place, it will inevitably damage the merits of the Heavenly Dao. Song Song Qingming might also encounter more setbacks and tribulations in his future cultivation.

After putting away these things he obtained, Song Song Qingming returned to the "Cloud-Thunder Formation" and brought the corpses of the cultivators who had been exposed outside for hundreds or thousands of years that he had just encountered into the flat ground in the middle, letting Jin Feng dig a pit casually and burying these people one by one here.

These people could walk to a place so close to the middle position, and they must also be cultivators above the Golden Core stage. It was just that perhaps they themselves did not expect that they were Golden Core ancestors who shook one side when they were alive, but after death, they could only end up exposing their corpses in the wilderness so miserably here.

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