Chapter 41: Thunder Emperor Supreme Precious Art, Auspicious Thunder Descends from Heaven

【You have countered the Divine Sword Controlling Thunder True Art. Under your Against-Heaven Comprehension, the Divine Sword Controlling Thunder True Art has successfully merged with the Ten Thousand Nothingness Heavenly Thunder Array to be comprehended as the Thunder Emperor Supreme Precious Art.】

【Thunder Emperor Supreme Precious Art: Comprehended as the Thunder Emperor, one can command all Thunder Techniques in the world!】

This sudden comprehension caused a shock in Su Zhangqing's heart.

Seeing that magnificent heavenly thunder about to crash down upon him, Su Zhangqing no longer felt any panic at this moment.

"I am the Thunder Emperor; I decree this thunder to descend upon the mortal world, to overturn heaven and earth, to shake the universe, to settle the sun and establish the moon—the supreme majesty cannot be fully described!"

Su Zhangqing immediately comprehended this art, began to recite the incantation silently, and as the words fell, he pointed toward the sky.

Everyone thought Su Zhangqing had been scared silly; instead of thinking about how to defend or retreat, he pointed at the sky and actually drew down the magnificent heavenly thunder that Lu Xueqi had summoned.

Yet in the next moment, everyone was stunned.

The heavenly thunder smashed into Su Zhangqing, and the blinding flashes of lightning made it difficult for everyone to open their eyes to look at where the thunder fell. The sound of the thunderclaps startled birds for a hundred miles, and the entire Tongtian Peak trembled violently.

After about a few seconds, the lightning and thunderous sounds ceased, but Su Zhangqing's figure was nowhere to be seen on the spot. Everyone was shocked, and the entire scene fell into absolute silence.

"Su Zhangqing hasn't been smashed to death, has he?"

A voice came, breaking the silence. Everyone cast their gazes toward it, and the person who spoke hurriedly shut their mouth.

In fact, at this moment, without needing a reminder, everyone already had this vague thought: had Su Zhangqing been smashed to pieces under this Thunder Technique?

One must know that this heavenly thunder was truly full of might. Each of them asked themselves if they could survive under this Thunder Technique, let alone Su Zhangqing, who had not defended or retreated but met it head-on; it was very likely he had been smashed to death.

Lu Xueqi also felt a moment of panic; after unleashing this move, she had already regretted it.

She had originally intended to use this move to force out Su Zhangqing's limit, but she had not expected Su Zhangqing to be so foolish as to take it with his physical body, without any intention of defending.

As things stood, Su Zhangqing had disappeared, and not even a trace of his presence could be felt.

Just as everyone was becoming more convinced that Su Zhangqing had perished under the Thunder Technique, they suddenly heard someone say: "Look at the sky, everyone!"

Everyone looked over in the direction pointed out.

They saw a figure appearing prominently upon the black clouds.

This person stood atop the thunder clouds, dressed in a white robe embroidered with purple lightning patterns. These patterns flickered with a mysterious light, as if telling of his power. His hair fluttered in the wind, revealing his handsome face.

Lightning flashed, possessing the majesty of a Heavenly Emperor. His gaze was like lightning, yet he wore a faint, indifferent smile, like a Heavenly Emperor surveying the world below. Beneath his feet, thunder clouds rolled and electric snakes danced wildly, as if submitting to him.

And this person was none other than Su Zhangqing.

But when had he appeared above those black clouds, and how could he create such a scene?

"Senior Sister, this true art is truly formidable!"

Su Zhangqing stood gracefully upon the thunder clouds and said to Lu Xueqi with praise.

"You scared me to death!"

Lu Xueqi immediately wept with joy. If Su Zhangqing had not appeared, she would have thought her junior brother had been blown to death by her own Thunder Technique. The sense of self-reproach and guilt had filled her heart, even bringing her to the verge of collapse.

"It is this junior brother's fault; I just borrowed Senior Sister's Thunder Technique to comprehend a new art, so I hid in the thunder clouds to practice for a while."

Su Zhangqing smiled and explained to her. "Everyone, be ready to receive this move of mine!"

Su Zhangqing looked down from high above and called out to the crowd, then began to form the incantation: "I am the Thunder Emperor; I decree this thunder to descend upon the mortal world, to overturn heaven and earth, to shake the universe, to settle the sun and establish the moon—the supreme majesty cannot be fully described!"

As the incantation was recited, the magnificent heavenly thunder that had already stopped appeared once again in the high sky.

Just as everyone was wondering what Su Zhangqing was doing, they saw bolts of heavenly thunder falling directly. The places where these thunder arts descended were not elsewhere, but precisely upon the spectator stands where they, the Qingyun Sect Disciples, were watching the match.

"This is lethal! Su Zhangqing, have you been struck silly by the thunder? The one you are fighting is Lu Xueqi, why are you blasting us!"

"He's crazy, he's completely crazy! I have no grudge against you, Su Zhangqing, what is the meaning of blasting me with thunder!"

"Run! Run quickly!"

Seeing these Thunder Techniques falling, the crowd did not understand what Su Zhangqing was doing at all and began to scramble desperately to flee in all directions. For a time, the scene was in chaos.

Who could have imagined that at the end of a competition, the spectators would be the ones to suffer.

"Sect Leader, this Su Zhangqing has fallen into a demonic obsession; he is actually casting Thunder Techniques to strike these disciples. Why not act quickly to stop him!"

Cangsong saw this scene, and with indignation and anger in his heart, he requested instructions from Daoxuan Zhenren.

"No rush, let us watch a bit longer!"

Daoxuan watched with a solemn expression and stopped Cangsong, who wanted to intervene. Even as a Sect Leader who had experienced so many storms, he did not know what Su Zhangqing was doing.

But clearly, a disciple with Su Zhangqing's temperament would certainly not fall into a demonic obsession; perhaps there was a reason for his actions.

Shuiyue slightly supported her forehead. She knew that Su Zhangqing would definitely cause a big stir by participating in this grand competition, but she had not expected him to cause such a big one. As his Master, Shuiyue felt extremely nervous at this moment, wanting to know what her usually well-behaved little apprentice was doing now. If he truly intended to hurt people, she, as his Master, would certainly eliminate the harm herself.

Some disciples ran very fast, which allowed them to avoid the Thunder Technique, but some disciples had weak cultivation and could not dodge in time, so the heavenly thunder landed directly on them.

"Ah!"

With a scream, just as he thought he was about to be smashed to death by this Thunder Technique, he opened his eyes again after two seconds and looked himself over, finding not a single trace of injury.

"I've broken through! I've actually broken through!"

Just at this moment, he discovered that the Qi within his body had begun to grow abundant. In an instant, he had broken from the Qi Refining Third Realm directly into the Qi Refining Fourth Realm.

Following his cheer, the people around him cast surprised gazes toward him.

What? Not only were they not injured after being struck by the heavenly thunder, but they used it to break through? "Stop running, everyone! Accept this heavenly thunder; this is auspicious thunder, it can increase our cultivation!"

Another voice came from elsewhere, and the crowd was even more puzzled. Could this heavenly thunder actually increase one's cultivation? Holding a heart of experimentation, they also stopped fleeing and accepted the heavenly thunder.

The next second, those people's eyes lit up. It was indeed so; this heavenly thunder was full of Qi, not only replenishing their Qi but also allowing them to break through realms.

More and more people began to sit cross-legged on the ground and accept the rapidly falling heavenly thunder. For a time, a rare scene appeared on Tongtian Peak: thousands of disciples began to cultivate collectively, and the heaven and earth Qi turned into a vortex, rushing toward Tongtian Peak.

"Senior Sister, how is this Thunder Technique of mine?"

Su Zhangqing slowly descended from the thunder clouds to Lu Xueqi's side and asked her with a calm smile.

(End of chapter)