Chapter 357 - 356: Destroy a city with a single thought, Rule Control

Time rewinds a few minutes.

Under the illusionary array.

Within the Divine Capital City.

The street scene is almost identical to that of Yun City.

Not only are the monsters, led by the fox demons, walking on the streets.

There are shops and stalls by the streetside.

There are hawker cries and disputes over prices.

What sets it apart from Yun City.

The demons here all emit a visible brutal aura from their bodies, looking ferocious.

Items sold on the streets are mostly forbidden in the outside world.

This is how Divine Capital City is structured.

Though modeled after Yun City as a monster town on the surface, its true nature is of a nefarious character.

The demons here are all wicked monsters, recruited from all over by the fox master and his six Seventh Realm fox demons.

Divine Capital City itself operates under the principle: if you’re not vicious, you can’t stand firm.

Without some ferocity, even if you are accepted, you will only be oppressed.

Here, there’s no fairness or justice.

Only the fist.

Standing in the inner courtyard hall of the city lord’s mansion at the city center are a man and a woman, sitting across from each other at a chessboard.

The woman is charming and enchanting. The man is as handsome as jade.

They are two of the six fox kings allied with the fox master.

The woman is named Sang Yu; the man is named Qi Yun.

Externally, they are fox kings.

Internally, they are elders and city lords of Divine Capital City.

Their duty is to stay in Divine Capital City.

Sang Yu is responsible for domestic affairs, Qi Yun for external affairs.

Considering their status, they are certainly above the few fox kings who are "running business" out of town, even the fox master himself has to listen to their advice when making decisions.

In terms of strength, they are the cream of the crop amongst the seven. They are not inferior to the fox master himself, who has the Thousand Faces ability.

Their contributions are indispensable to the rapid development of the Divine Capital City within just fifty years.

Sang Yu lightly drops a white piece on the chessboard.

"Have the Demon Beast Union sent any news yet?"

"Not yet."

Qi Yun shakes his head, places a black piece down, and says.

"That side is in complete disarray right now, their foothold in Longyu Country’s Capital has been rattled before it even got started, and they still don’t know who did it. The great demon who was responsible for safeguarding their foundations has defected to Longyu’s patrol, the foundations that it took the Union over a decade to lay down have lost all meaning."

As he speaks, a smirk of schadenfreude appears on his face.

"It’s not easy to establish a foothold in Longyu’s Capital. I heard that the top echelons of the Union are fuming with rage, desperate to figure out who did it. But when it comes to the Longyu’s patrol, they don’t even have the ability to make the defector pay for their actions."

Sang Yu listened to Qi Yun’s words and agreed reluctantly.

"It turns out that Longyu’s patrol did have some abilities. In previous years, the Demon Beast Union’s smooth growth in Longyu territory was wholly due to their behind-the-scenes influence. In recent years, they have grown somewhat arrogant, they haven’t come to the forefront, but their little underhanded moves are increasing. Now, they are getting what they deserve. Isn’t the reason we several chose to leave Longyu and develop elsewhere just because the restrictions were too great for free development?"

After commenting on this, Sang Yu snorts.

"I told that useless Fox Master early on that we only needed to use the Demon Beast Union as a springboard, but he was only focused on trivial benefits and always maintained close contact with the Union. Making it seem like we old friends would covet his position as the Fox Master, and that if he didn’t achieve something substantial, we would sideline him. Now he has gone missing and we still have to clean up his messes."

"Indeed, this matter is troublesome."

Qi Yun whispered, his expression somewhat gloomy.

"If the fox master is dead, it will be a significant blow to us in Divine Capital City. Replacing him is not a problem, but the network of contacts and relationships that he holds are hard to restore. If he is not dead and has fallen into the hands of Longyu’s patrol, although Divine Capital City won’t be in big trouble, a period of unrest is unavoidable. The bastards in the God Church Country should be able to withstand external pressure, but they will undoubtedly make some ridiculous demands from us."

"At this point, we can only resist any attacks that come our way."

Sang Yu sighed, and picked up a white piece.

"For now let’s observe the situation in Longyu. If necessary, we can call back the others and figure out a solution. As for the Fox Master, let’s just assume he’s dead. After all, even if we confirmed he’s fallen into the hands of Longyu’s patrol, we can’t... "

Before she could finish her sentence, the entire world was enveloped in darkness in an instant.

The sudden turn of events freezes Sang Yu and Qi Yun in their tracks. They both look up.

The illusionary array cloaking Divine Capital City serves primarily to obscure it.

From the outside looking in, one cannot perceive what’s within Divine Capital City.

From the inside looking out, there’s no influence whatsoever.

At this moment, they look up.

What they seen are dense, endless dark clouds.

Facing this strange scene.

Sang Yu and Qi Yun look bewildered.

They are both Seventh Realm fox demons.

At this moment, before the endless dark clouds in the sky, they both can clearly sense a terrifying and horrifying divine might, causing them to shudder.

This divine might is...

Countless times stronger than a Seventh Realm heavenly tribulation...

An Eighth Realm heavenly tribulation?

Obviously not.

Forget about the current Divine Capital City, only the two of them are at the late stages of the Seventh realm.

Even if there was one in the late stages of the Seventh Realm who needed to traverse tribulation, they wouldn’t be reckless enough to do it within Divine Capital City.

Forbidden skill.

The correct answer surfaces in their hearts.

But they couldn’t understand.

Why would someone suddenly cast a forbidden spell in the God’s Capital...?

What happened?

Who’s got their eyes on us?

The same questions arose in both of their minds.

Both easily thought of Longyu.

Different systems have different forbidden spells.

Though when it comes to that extent, the outcomes of forbidden spells are essentially alike, resembling world-ending devastation.

But the grand scene right before them, achieving near-Heavenly Punishment with the help of the world’s power, could only be achieved by Longyu’s Orthodox Immortality Path and the Western Magic System.

Only these two systems would directly associate forbidden spell and natural disasters.

If we talk about other systems, essentially they are implemented using other elements.

Take the God Church Country for example, their forbidden spells are primarily around strengthening oneself to achieve unparalleled battle prowess in a short time.

It’s mostly the same for the Northern God Country.

The Western Faith System can’t separate itself from the Holy Light...

If the Fox Master incident hadn’t happened a few days ago, perhaps Sang Yu and Qi Yun would suspect people of Western Magic System.

But now, they could only think of Longyu.

So the question arises.

How did the Longyu people find their way here?

How did they have the guts to run to the land of God Church Country and cast forbidden spells?

Faced with terrifying Heavenly Might, Sang Yu and Qi Yun were both shocked and furious, but their present feelings were of despair.

Even with their cultivation reaching the late stage of the Seventh Realm, they clearly felt how insignificantly small they were in face of such formidable opposition.

Seventh Realm?

A joke!

Facing the enormous pressure of Heavenly Might, they couldn’t even move a muscle!

They don’t even have the right to run away!

Sang Yu and Qi Yun couldn’t understand.

Just how powerful was the one who made the move, who made them immobile with just their aura?

Monsters can’t grasp forbidden spells.

But once they reach that realm, they’re not bad at resisting forbidden spells.

So long as they weren’t directly targeted, they should at least be capable of running away.

But now...

Could it have been an Eighth Realm power that made a move?

No way!

Even if Longyu received information about Divine Capital City, that wouldn’t mean they’d let an Eighth Realm individual walk around and stroll, would it?

This is way too much; using a Seventh Realm is already taboo, let alone the Eighth Realm...

...

Even Sang Yu and Qi Yun, who both had cultivation at the late stage of the Seventh Realm, were unable to move while facing the terrifying Heavenly Might brought by the forbidden spell, much less other monsters in the Divine Capital City.

A moment ago, each monster, exuding an aura of violence, now stood dumbfounded on the streets, trembling all over, their faces worldly pale, like sheets of white paper.

Meanwhile.

At the boundary of the Northern God Country.

A tall and attractive figure stood in mid-air on the border, gazing at the dark clouds closely stretching up to the border of the God Country, then quietly retreated several kilometers backward.

Suspension in mid-air, the attractive figure pulled out a cell phone, hesitated for a moment, but finally put it away without performing any extra actions.

Gazing into the distance again, a strange light flickered in her eyes.

Just then.

The pitch-black distance was ripped apart, and the red flames covered the sky and the earth.

Then, the clouds on the horizon disappeared.

Merely in an instant.

Everything became clear.

Like nothing had ever happened.

The breeze blew.

A very strong burning aura came blowing from the boundary of the God Church Country.

...

Near the Divine Capital City.

Li Jing stood on the peak, looking down at the valley that had been completely burnt to the ground.

At this point, he was already adept at using World Thunder Punishment.

Without the extra spice of course.

From the moment the forbidden spell was initiated until it was completed, it didn’t consume 30 seconds.

To destroy a God’s Capital, Li Jing would certainly not use his full power to sprinkle extra spice.

Moreover, if he added things, the range of the World Thunder Punishment would certainly spread to the Northern God Country.

The whole spell casting process was smooth.

No one even tried to stop him in the God’s Capital.

Just in that moment, World Thunder Punishment completed its task.

What was unbelievable to Li Jing.

The World Thunder Punishment that he held was much more powerful than before...

Even though he didn’t add any extra elements, casting the most basic World Thunder Punishment combined with Fire Thunder was done in a terrifyingly overwhelming manner compared to his previous full-force efforts.

Indeed.

Since stepping into the seventh realm, he had yet to use the Power of World Thunder Punishment.

It was expected that its power would have grown stronger.

But the increase in power was truly outrageous.

Not only that.

Linglong, who caught a rat for him to use as a target for testing this forbidden skill, couldn’t protect the rat.

The moment the Thunder Punishment descended, the rat was instantly evaporated by the Fire Thunder.

Incidentally, it also burnt Linglong to the point she was crying out in pain...

Theoretically,

Even if Linglong did not reveal her Immortal Item form, the World Thunder Punishment should avoid targeting her.

At least in the past, this would not have happened.

Is it an invisible change after the upgrade of the Panel Status bar?

Li Jing speculated.

The influence of Heavenly Path Qi was not only the visible changes of the Panel Status bar upgrade, he had already experienced it last night.

Just that he was unclear what else had changed.

He glanced at Linglong who was frowning and blowing her chubby hand, called her back with a thought, then turned to leave.

The Divine Capital City, completely destroyed.

The World Thunder Punishment, which he conjured casually, had a power beyond imagination.

Unlike when he used Fighting Thunder in the past to try to preserve the bodies as much as possible, this time he used Fire Thunder.

This time, he only planned to recover a few Seventh Realm Fox Kings.

The Seventh Realm Monster, had a strong resistance to forbidden spells.

Certainly, they could be killed.

But even if it was Fire Thunder, it wouldn’t incinerate them to nothing.

Li Jing initially planned to burn all the other monsters to ashes, so as not to leave any benefits for God Church Country.

Even if what’s left of the monsters was only a pile of rotten flesh, there would still be some value.

Even though less, it still could be useful.

But if there were a lot, they could still generate a substantial income when used in different applications, just that it might be more troublesome to clean up.

Li Jing did not know exactly how many monsters were in the Divine Capital City.

However, based on what he saw with his Heavenly Eye, there should be tens of thousands of monsters.

The World Thunder Punishment, whose power far exceeded his imagination, had smashed his plans.

Given this situation, can the bodies of the Seventh Realm be well preserved?

Maybe only an Eighth Realm character like the New God could possibly retain a complete body.

Without the need to search for the "corpses", Li Jing naturally didn’t want to stay here any longer.

After making such a big fuss, the God Church Country will surely respond.

And this response will certainly not be small...

Who made the power of his World Thunder Punishment so high?

What might arrive later could be more than the Guardian Gods of the God Church Country...

The wind is tight, pull the guy!

Just as he was about to transform into thunder, a transparent dialogue box appeared before Li Jing’s eyes.

"Experience+26582234."

"Level up, 107. Spiritual Power Intensity+214, Skill Points+2."

"Level up, 108. Spiritual Power Intensity+216, Skill Points+2."

"Level up, 109. Spiritual Power Intensity+218, Skill Points+2."

"Level up, 110. Spiritual Power Intensity+220, Skill Points+2."

"Level up, 111. Spiritual Power Intensity+222, Skill Points+2."

"Level up, 112. Spiritual Power Intensity+224, Skill Points+2."

Seven pieces of data were presented consecutively, causing Li Jing to halt his steps.

In the past, after his large-scale "harvest", it would take at least a while for the experience points to be calculated. He didn’t expect it to be calculated so quickly.

Without the electronic female voice to announce it, looking at the raw data, he couldn’t tell at first glance how many digits the experience was.

Seeing six level-up prompts under the experience data, Li Jing took a closer look at the experience he gained.

This glance left him surprised.

Over 26 million...

Divine Capital City,

It really didn’t let him down...

This experience gain was much more than he predicted.

Indeed.

Through the Heavenly Eye, he saw tens of thousands of Demonic Qi clusters.

But he never thought he could gain so much.

The number of monster groups gathered in the Divine Capital City was not only large, but their individual standards seemed generally high.

This wave of harvest greatly surprised Li Jing.

He felt,

There was a need to change his inherent notion that he couldn’t gain much experience in the world, and could only level up in the Secret Realm.

The fact is,

There are opportunities to harvest large amounts of experience in the world.

This trip was indeed worthwhile.

While he was excited about this, another transparent dialogue box popped up in front of his eyes.

"Rule Control, Thunder Punishment."

?

Li Jing slowly typed out a question mark.

In the Panel Status Bar, it shows that he does not yet have Rule Control, something he hasn’t had time to research nor thought of researching.

In his opinion, it was a feature he didn’t need for now.

It was only because of the upgrade of his Panel Status Bar and his promotion from a host to an Administrator that this feature was unlocked.

As someone who was currently only at the Seventh Realm, he didn’t think he could utilize it fully.

Just like his position at the Management Bureau was nominal, the word "Administrator" was merely a title to him.

Who could have expected that it would suddenly come into play?

The prompt for Rule Control popped up, indicating that he had mastered the Thunder Punishment related to Thunder Skill. Li Jing reckoned he understood why his World Thunder Punishment suddenly underwent a change.

Given that he was in the midst of escaping, Li Jing didn’t dwell on this revelation. Instead, he leaped off the mountain peak.

...

The impact range of Li Jing’s World Thunder Punishment was enormous.

It wasn’t just limited to the valley where the Divine Capital City was located.

The indiscriminate attack feature of World Thunder Punishment turned the snow-covered forest into a scorched wasteland.

The scorching Fire Thunder not only annihilated all beings in the vicinity of the Earth Realm, it also vaporized the accumulated snow and burned the nearby plants to cinders.

Li Jing landed in the charred mountain range, cursing the destruction even as he continued to sprint away.

Within a few minutes, he successfully entered the Northern God Country’s territory.

No pursuers had appeared from God Church Country yet.

Though, this was understandable.

Everything happened so abruptly.

Moreover, the power displayed by Li Jing’s World Thunder Punishment exceeded imagination.

Even if a Guardian God were to appear, they wouldn’t be able to solve this problem.

God Church Country needed time to react and analyze the situation.

When Li Jing entered the Northern God Country’s territory, he naturally had a quick chat with the charming figure who, as planned, was waiting at the border.

Spotting the charming figure standing in the distance, Li Jing gave a friendly smile before rushing off.

The charming figure didn’t attempt to engage him in conversation.

At this critical moment, it wasn’t advisable for Li Jing to stick around.

Seeing Li Jing, who a moment ago had unleashed that terrifying Forbidden Skill, quickly get away with a warm smile, the charming figure couldn’t help but laugh.

This contrast was indeed huge.

After watching Li Jing escape into the distance, the charming figure stopped laughing and put on a serious face.

Any moment now, people from God Church Country could arrive.

After the commotion caused by Li Jing, the Guardian God of the God Church Country wasn’t the only one who would have been startled. Some unknown old monsters hidden in the God Church Country might have been alerted too.

She couldn’t afford to be seen grinning or gloating.

Her mission was to stop anyone from crossing the border and prevent Li Jing from being apprehended.

This was relatively easy.

As a Guardian God of the God Kingdom, she represented the prestige of the Northern God Country.

Even though she was alone, nobody dared to lay even a finger on her.

The wrath of the Northern God Country was not something the God Church Country could endure.

...

Li Jing foresaw that the situation might get complicated because of the strength of his World Thunder Punishment.

But he also expected that once he encountered that person, no one would dare to touch him.

As a result, he traveled through the Northern God Country’s hinterland unhindered. Once he felt it was safe, he transformed into a thunderbolt and disappeared.

This speed stunned him.

The speed of his Thunderbolt Travel had doubled!

And this was only the result of an instant cast... Under normal circumstances, even with a Level 10 Spirit Weapon, he wouldn’t be able to reach such a speed!

Without a doubt, it was due to his Rule Control.

After traveling thousands of miles in a flash, Li Jing stopped in mid-air. Having confirmed no one was on his tail, he summoned the Panel.

Administrator: Li Jing

Rule Control: Thunder Punishment

Experience Points: 1728398/5708293

Level: 112 (Convergence) /Next Stage Level 140

Skill Points: 19

Spiritual Power Intensity: 12656

Lifebound Magic Instruments: Linglong (Immortal Item Level 1, 3%), Qingfeng (Immortal Item Level 1, 3%)

Equipment: Nameless (0%)

Passive Skills: Little Universe

Active Skills: Sky Eye Technique (5/5)

Limit Breakthrough (passive): Divine Origin Unification, Divine Might, Silent Shadow, Moon Shadow, Still Water Like Mirror

Limit Breakthrough (active): Wind King Mysterious Clothing, Thunderbolt Travel, Spirit Soldier Break, Whisper of Spirit God

Forbidden Skill: World Thunder Punishment (25/25), God’s Hidden Truth (25/25)