Chapter 467 - 466: Annihilation Divine Thunder, Conversation with the Devil

Located far from the entrance to the Chongyuan Holy Realm, near a deep and old forest where once upon the Ghost Clan Holy City stood.

Heavy clouds amassed above, plummeting the world into total darkness.

The terrifying aura in the high sky made the air suffocatingly oppressive.

"Boom!"

Yonder, a sudden thunderclap resounded, a five-colored thunder split the darkness and tore apart the whole universe.

The Five-Color Divine Thunder, powerful enough to change the complexion of any ordinary Tenth Realm being, descended. Li Jing stood mid-air, willingly accepting its impact.

Thunder fell.

He exhaled satisfiedly.

Four near-depleted origins inside him could hardly keep up with the nourishment required to sustain the elevation of his four major realms.

It was an unbearable sensation.

But, after bearing one thunder strike, the void inside his body was instantaneously replenished.

Having control over the Thunder Punishment Rules truly had a countless number of benefits.

Indeed the Five-Color Divine Thunder falling overhead was greatly capable.

With just one drop, the power within him, surpassing a regular Tenth Realm being since the Ninth Realm, was filled to the brim.

But what was this thunder?

Li Jing curiously looked upward.

It was his first time seeing a multicolored thunderbolt.

The thunderbolt held a shocking amount of energy despite lacking the power of Thunder Punishment and this resulted in its force exceeding, if not equal to that of Thunder Punishment.

However.

Raw power meant little to nothing.

The power of the Thunder Punishment lay within its unreasonable ability to destroy, demolishing everything in its path.

"Boom!"

Another Five-Color Divine Thunder descended from the heavens.

Li Jing carefully timed his True Vision Eye’s activation.

As a result, he easily grasped the essence of the Five-Color Divine Thunder.

Annihilation Divine Thunder.

Essentially, it was the amalgamation of the five natural Thunders into one, merging the unique attributes of each thunder and exponentially multiplying the power of the thunder attacks.

After understanding the nature of the Five-Color Divine Thunder, Li Jing’s eyes flickered with curiosity.

The Five Thunders united.

This wasn’t a bad idea, it was worth emulating.

Barely interested in enhancing raw power alone, Li Jing, who was easily able to control the Thunder Punishment, didn’t think highly of other types of thunder.

However, as things stood.

He was using the Five Thunder Righteous Method to control the Five Thunders less and less.

Despite that, he had to admit, the unexpected effects that the unique characteristics of the Five Thunders often produced could not be overlooked.

The Thunder Punishment’s power was useful.

However, its drawbacks were also glaringly apparent.

If one were to be struck by the Thunder Punishment...

Unless able to withstand it, nothing would remain.

This, frankly, was a bit troublesome...

Often, the corpse of one’s enemy could be put to significant use.

Such as the bodies of Great Demons or other Alien Species that could be used as elements in Artifact Refinement.

"Boom."

Another Annihilation Divine Thunder came crashing down, as Li Jing absorbed the impact to enhance his physical strength and Primordial Spirit, he opened his palm and revealed fingers spread apart.

Suddenly.

Five electric arcs, representative of the Five Thunders, lept from the tips of his open fingers. Then, they merged together in his palm, transforming into a five-colored thunderbolt.

He did it just like that?

Li Jing was surprised.

While realizing it was actually quite easy to stimulate the Five Thunders to merge, the multicolored thunderbolt in his hand suddenly became extremely unstable and began to fiercely convulse.

Seeing this, Li Jing’s heartbeat quickened.

He could sense it with absolute clarity.

The power of the Five Thunders in the Annihilation Divine Thunder he created seemed to have triggered a nuclear reaction.

The energy of the five types of thunders was colliding frantically and rapidly multiplying.

Gazing at the increasingly unstable, potent yet seemingly limitless Annihilation Divine Thunder, Li Jing couldn’t help but feel a chill run down his spine.

Without much thought, he tossed the turbulent five-colored thunderbolt from his palm.

"Boom!"

A terrifying explosion went off, instantly vaporizing a nearby mountain and leaving only scorched earth.

Upon witnessing such a spectacle, Li Jing’s eyes widened.

That power...

It had to be said that it was a bit outrageous.

On his first attempt, Li Jing didn’t use much power, keeping the Five Thunders at about the level of the Fifth Boundary.

The five merged.

The initial power was just slightly better than the level of the Fifth Boundary, not even reaching the Six Realm.

Yet, when it went off, its power was no less than that of someone from the Eighth Realm!

It jumped three realms in one go!

If he were to use his full force, what would the result be?

Li Jing dared not try recklessly.

After all, at this moment, he was going through a tribulation.

Although the influence of Thunder Punishment Rules made crossing tribulations a pleasure for him, it was wrong for him to recklessly probe the edge of death.

If any unforeseen incident occurred, it wouldn’t be worth it.

Once again merging the Five Thunders in his palm, Li Jing reduced his output for his second attempt.

The principle of Annihilation Divine Thunder seemed simple, but the actual operation was much harder than expected.

On the second try, Li Jing still failed and ended up creating a bomb.

He had a general idea of where the problem lay.

Apart from the Fighting Thunder which was purely for assault...

Yang Thunder, Yin Thunder, Water Thunder, and Fire Thunder had a mutual generation and restraint relationship.

To integrate them as one, naturally, one must take advantage of their generating relationship. Yet, the restraining relationships among the Five Thunders could not be ignored.

If one relied solely on the generating relationships without managing the restraining relationships, the result would be an unstable bomb that could explode at any time.

It was that simple.

Yet, putting it into practice was another matter.

After multiple attempts, Li Jing found himself stuck in a vicious cycle.

Mind: I’ve got it.

Hand: No, you don’t.

After dozens of continuous attempts, Li Jing silently decided to give up.

He had the ability to control the Five Thunders, but he didn’t have a deep understanding of their essence, he completely relied on the Five Thunder Righteous Method he initially learned.

There was no point in stubbornly pursuing this dead-end.

At least, he didn’t come out of this wave of attempts empty-handed.

Although the failed Annihilation Divine Thunder was very unstable and lost the five characteristics of the Five Thunders upon explosion, its pure power was not inferior to the genuine Annihilation Divine Thunder and had a very high potential.

As long as the failed Annihilation Divine Thunder did not explode, its power would have a considerable increase in a short time.

When necessary, this method could give his opponent a surprise.

After some contemplation, Li Jing named the failed Annihilation Divine Thunder as the Dimming Divine Thunder, planning to familiarize himself with it more when he had spare time, and strive to keep it stable for longer periods while in a volatile state.

Having set his thoughts, Li Jing looked up.

The Ninth Realm tribulation would last for seven days.

But this Tenth Realm’s... who knew how long it would last.

That was a bit troublesome.

Moving his gaze away, Li Jing, with a thought, moved the female Cardinal in red and the Linglong Tower, whom he had previously coerced into the Little Universe, out.

The Cardinal in red who had been pitifully subdued...

Oh, no.

To be accurate, the Sky Demon who was pitifully subdued was completely resigned by now.

From the moment she entered the Little Universe, she had realized that Li Jing was the controller of that world.

She was just a tiny Ninth Realm Sky Demon, how could she compete against the master of a realm?

Let alone compete with him.

Stuck in the Linglong Tower, she found herself in a completely hopeless situation.

Suddenly being removed from the Little Universe, the Sky Demon was slightly taken aback.

Before she could recover, a resounding boom echoed from the high sky, and a bolt of Annihilation Divine Thunder rained down on someone’s head.

Of course, Li Jing didn’t even blink an eye, but the Sky Demon couldn’t do the same.

Just that one bolt, merely feeling it from a close distance, nearly suffocated her.

With her wisdom,

she recognized at a glance that she was in the midst of an extraordinarily terrifying tribulation of an unknown level.

Was this trying to kill her?

Underneath Li Jing’s tribulation, the only thing she could feel was her own insignificance.

But that’ not the point.

The important thing is.

On Li Jing’s body, she felt something that made every Heaven Demon instinctively scared.

This kind of aura.

It was the first time she had felt it.

However, at the moment she felt it, several threads of information that seemed to be engraved deep in her memory emerged.

Color, Desire Heaven, The original Demon.

The origin of Heaven Demons.

The beginning of all evils in the world.

At first glance, these messages didn’t seem to mean much.

They were merely informing her of what kind of existence the presence she felt belonged to.

But simply knowing this information made her tremble from the depths of her soul.

Seeing the Heaven Demon trapped in the Linglong Tower turning pale and shivering at her sight, Li Jing blinked his eyes and used Smoke Eye to hide his own aura.

With the influence of the Charming Spirit’s spiritual sense being gone, the Heaven Demon instantly became much calmer.

But she was not dumb.

In Li Jing’s hands, her situation hadn’t changed at all.

At the same time, she also understood.

He was not crushing her like an ant, while instead holding her captive because she was still of use.

And all the Heaven Demons who had attended the banquet of the Ghost Clan were probably in great danger now.

Having quickly assessed the situation, she decided to speak.

"If you are willing to spare me, I will agree to whatever you ask. And after this, I will no longer stay in this world. I will return to the Outer Realm Sky immediately and never set foot on this land again in my lifetime."

I must say, this Heaven Demon’s desire to survive is very strong.

Faced with her words, Li Jing spoke calmly.

"First, get out of this body you snatched."

Hesitating slightly upon hearing this, the Heaven Demon complied.

A thick black flow of air was spat out from the full lips of the female red-robed archbishop, stretching her cherry lips to the point of cracking. Eventually, the dark air all over the sky converged into a female phantom.

Then she whispered.

"Sorry, I can’t easily show my true face as a Heaven Demon, otherwise, I would lose the ability to return to the Outer Realm Sky. I can only use this form to talk to you."

Li Jing paused at her words.

Not showing the true face of a Heaven Demon was something he had never heard of before.

But he could let this matter slide.

"Never mind."

Waving his hand and speaking, Li Jing glanced at the fallen red-robed archbishop who had lost her voice. Unintentionally, his eyes met the Health Bar shown above the female Heaven Demon’s head.

12,499.

She was just at the beginning of the Ninth Realm.

In comparison to the fifteen Heaven Demons that he had wiped out with the pure Power of Rules at the banquet, she was relatively weak.

The Essence Source displayed behind her Health Bar was not small though, it was just over a hundred thousand.

This indicated that she was in control of at least one rule.

Over a hundred thousand Essence Sources.

It was a bit of a pity if he let go of this...

But her value didn’t lie solely in the Essence Source.

After a moment of thought, Li Jing spoke.

"Since you said you are willing to leave the Chongyuan Holy Realm, I am willing to spare you. But before that, you have to tell me how many Heaven Demons are there now in the Holy Realm."

"I really don’t know about this."

The female Heaven Demon shook her head, saying.

"Like me, a low-level Heaven Demon in the Outer Realm Sky, I am just like an ordinary soldier. I am not qualified to know too much. What I can tell you is that there are many Heaven Demons in this unexpected place linked to the Outer Realm Sky, but they are all scattered."

Li Jing fell silent after hearing this.

He had expected that there wouldn’t be a few Heaven Demons in the Holy Realm at present.

But he didn’t know exactly how many or where they were, which frustrated him.

There were so many Heaven Demons to kill, he naturally wanted to gather some more Essence Source.

However, this hope.

It seemed unlikely to become a reality.

With a soft sigh, Li Jing inquired.

"Heaven Demons invaded the Chongyuan Holy Realm and caused havoc, and it’s only in the past two months that things have settled down. I guess they were secretly planning something. Do you know anything about this?"

"I know a bit."

The female demon responded and then elaborated.

"Currently, a high-ranking demon is supervising, planning to internally divide and gradually devour the various tribes of the Ancient God’s Descendants, in order to gain control over the entire tribe in the future."

"Control?"

Li Jing was taken aback, asking confusedly.

"Isn’t your aim the God’s Power within the Ancient God’s Descendants?"

"That’s right."

The female demon agreed and added,

"However, Ancient God’s Descendants are, after all, finite. It makes more sense to exert our control and claim their power periodically."

Li Jing was rendered speechless.

All things considered, the demons’ plan to control the Ancient God’s Descendants was akin to "raising pigs" in the Chongyuan Holy Realm and benefiting from them in the long run.

Remaining silent, Li Jing asked another question.

"Where is the demon who you mentioned is currently directing the bigger picture?"

"I don’t know."

The female demon shook her head.

Hearing this, Li Jing clicked his tongue in displeasure.

He deliberately kept her alive, even prepared to let her go.

But her responses, they are utterly disappointing.

Couldn’t she provide him with some useful information?

Observing Li Jing’s unhappy expression, the female demon felt as if there was a sign labeled "danger" hanging above her head.

Just then,

An astonishingly thick Annihilation Divine Thunder fell, swallowing Li Jing.

Watching as the terrifying five-color lightning struck Li Jing without him even flinching or showing any signs of resistance, the fear of death led the female demon to quickly speak up.

"If you intend to hunt demons, I can temporarily act as your hunting dog."

?

Slowly raising a question mark, Li Jing asked in confusion.

"Do you mean...you want to help me find other demons?"

"Yes."

The female demon nodded vigorously, explaining,

"Demons can sense each other within a hundred miles. If there are any in that range, I can detect them immediately."

Li Jing raised an eyebrow at her reply.

A hundred miles, that was a rather small range.

However, at his speed, he could carry the female demon and conduct a carpet search; there should be quite a lot of gains. Currently, he was undergoing tribulation and couldn’t risk moving to a crowded area.

Moreover, hunting merely benefits him alone by providing essence sources through hunting demons, but it can’t ultimately solve the problem of the demon invasion in the Chongyuan Holy Realm.

After some hesitation, Li Jing said,

"Let’s postpone this issue for now. I still have to get through my tribulation. We’ll talk about hunting demons after I’m done. I have one final question, why did you choose someone from the Present Supreme Church instead of quietly devoring and replacing one of the Ancient God’s Descendants like other demons?"

"I didn’t want to."

The female demon spoke up in a helpless tone, explaining,

"Previously, I encountered a unique Ancient God’s Descendant. While trying to devour her, I was almost counter-devoured, which resulted in a drop in my own power by one Small Realm. I couldn’t devour God’s Power during my recovery. Therefore, I had to settle for someone from the Big World, quietly swallowing a few Present World People to recover my full glory."

"....."

Li Jing fell silent.

Listening to what the female demon just said,

It seemed she was the one who tried to devour Bai Yu and almost got killed in the process?

What are the chances...

What a coincidence...

There was nothing more to say.

Fate, indeed, works in mysterious ways.

Shaking his head slightly, Li Jing waved his hand.

"Fine, just stay over there for now."

After that, he casually took out the Flying Sword Blue Edge and sent it into the void to Quan Chang’s side, then crossed his legs to calmly face the heavenly tribulation.

Seeing that Li Jing no longer had any questions or was making things difficult for her, the female demon quietly breathed a sigh of relief.

She felt quite safe inside the Linglong Tower.

Occasionally, Li Jing’s Heavenly Tribulation reached her, but it was all neutralized by the Linglong Tower.

She didn’t have much she could do in Li Jing’s hands anyway, so she simply crossed her legs and sat down along with him.

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