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308: Connecting Heaven and Earth, Divine Thunder Destroys EnemiesSitu Xing was becoming more and more alarmed as the fight went on!

This brat was as slippery as a loach! That strange power of thunder was not only powerful but also carried a troublesome paralyzing effect, causing his sure-kill attacks to slow down at the critical moment, failing at the last step!

Moreover, this brat’s reserve of Qi was unfathomably deep. Even though he was only at the Qi Refining Stage, his Qi seemed endless and extremely resilient, capable of such a high-intensity battle with him for so long! This was simply against common sense!

”Cannot drag this out any longer! Delays will only lead to trouble!” A look of ruthlessness flashed in Situ Xing’s eyes.

He had lived behind the scenes at Black Wind Stockade for a long time specifically to avoid the pursuit of Hundred Flowers Valley. He was afraid that the commotion here would be too great and last too long, attracting unnecessary trouble, especially those sharp-nosed Cultivators from Hundred Flowers Valley.

He had to end the battle quickly, even if it meant paying a price.

Thinking of this, he bit the tip of his tongue hard. A heart-piercing pain came, and then he spat out a mouthful of crimson Origin essence blood, which sprinkled precisely onto the Flame Chain he was controlling.

”Hum!”

The Flame Chain absorbed the essence blood, and its light suddenly surged, emitting a humming sound.

The chain instantly expanded and deformed, turning into a roaring Fire Dragon over ten zhang long, with ferocious scales and imposing horns, composed entirely of pure flames.

The Fire Dragon let out a silent but Soul-shaking roar towards the sky. Carrying the terrifying Aura of burning everything in the wilderness, its huge dragon body twisted and coiled. The scorching flame Domain instantly expanded, further compressing Lin Jingyu’s evasive space, and entangled him viciously.

This was the ”Flame Dragon Bind”!

At the same time, Situ Xing formed seals rapidly with both hands in front of his chest. The surging crimson flame Qi around his body gathered crazily towards his palms, compressing and condensing.

In the blink of an eye, an energy spear about a zhang long, crimson as jade, with pale flames burning at the tip, and emitting a terrifying Aura of piercing the Void Realm and burning everything, condensed into shape.

The spear tip pointed directly at Lin Jingyu, whose movement was restricted by the Fire Dragon’s blockade. This was one of his killer moves—the Heaven Burning Spear!

”Flame Dragon Bind! Heaven Burning Spear! Go to ashes, you brat!”

Situ Xing’s face was ferocious as he roared, throwing the Heaven Burning Spear out violently.

The spear left his hand, instantly tearing through the air and making a piercing whistle. It arrived before the others, forming a pincer attack with the roaring Fire Dragon, aiming straight for Lin Jingyu’s heart.

The Fire Dragon blocked the space and limited movement.

The Heaven Burning Spear contained the essence of his lifelong cultivation, locked onto the Divine Soul, and went straight for his life.

These two moves, linked together, doubled in power and could be called a sure-kill situation.

This was a finishing move he could only display at his peak; today, he had to use it even at the cost of damaging his Foundation.

Every hair on Lin Jingyu’s body stood on end. He felt an intense threat of death, as if Death’s cold scythe had already touched his neck.

He took a deep breath, long like a whale swallowing. In his eyes, there was no despair, but rather a flash of almost crazy determination.

He no longer tried to dodge, because the space had been completely blocked by the Flame Dragon.

Instead, he poured all the Qi in his body, along with the power of the Origin of the dark gold thunder seed in his Dantian, and the massive Divine Sense power from the three spirit lakes driven to the limit by the ”Spirit Refining Art”, into his hands without reservation.

A profound realization flooded his heart. That was a deeper understanding of the Dao of thunder—that ”new life is born in destruction”—which he had gained when he faced the Origin Sea of Thunder at the peak of Thunder Mountain.

”You think only you can risk your life?” He roared to the sky, his voice shaking the surroundings, piercing gold and splitting stone!

”Nine Heavens Thunder Canon, Thunder Draws Heaven’s Might!”

He held his hands in front of his chest, no longer condensing a concrete thunder ball or thunder spear, but slowly moving them in an arcane trajectory that contained the ultimate truth of Heaven and Earth.

In an instant, thunder light flared around him, no longer pure purple, but tinged with a hint of Chaos-like color.

The remaining essence of the ”Thunder Divine Fruit” obtained from the Mysterious Youth was triggered. Deeper inside, the phantom of his perfect Foundation trembled violently, resonating strongly with the Laws of Heaven and Earth in the void.

”Rumble!”

The originally sunny sky gathered dense dark clouds at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Inside the dark clouds, electric snakes danced wildly, thunder roared, and a mighty Heaven’s might suddenly descended, locking onto this area! It was as if the heavens were furious and wanted to punish him.

”What?! Triggering natural phenomena?! Communicating with the thunder might of Heaven and Earth?! This is impossible! Even the Foundation Establishment Stage cannot do this! You are only at the Qi Refining Stage!”

Situ Xing was horrified, the ferocity on his face instantly replaced by boundless terror.

This had completely exceeded his understanding of a Qi Refining Stage Cultivator! This was simply a Prodigy! A monster!

No sooner said than done! Just as the roaring Fire Dragon was about to entangle Lin Jingyu and the Heaven Burning Spear was about to pierce his body.

”Crack!”

A silver lightning bolt as thick as a bucket, dazzling and containing majestic Heaven’s might, like a Nine Heavens Thunder Dragon, was drawn down by Lin Jingyu, using himself as the guide and the supreme secret method of the ”Nine Heavens Thunder Canon” as the bridge.

It roared to meet Situ Xing’s two killer moves!

”No!”

Situ Xing let out a desperate and unwilling roar, desperately pushing all his Qi, even burning his essence blood, injecting it into the Fire Dragon and the Heaven Burning Spear.

The Fire Dragon’s body expanded again, and the Heaven Burning Spear’s light was as blazing as the scorching sun.

”Rumble...”

An explosion ten times more violent than any previous one occurred, as if a three-colored sun had exploded over the ruins of Black Wind Stockade.

The terrifying energy storm swept in all directions like a tsunami.

The crowd on Wangfeng Slope was instantly blinded by the dazzling light and blown away by the extremely violent airwaves, falling into Chaos.

When the light gradually dissipated and the roaring sound echoing between Heaven and Earth slowly subsided, everyone struggled to open their stinging, teary eyes and climbed up, looking towards the center of the battlefield.

In the center of the battlefield, a huge crater with a diameter of over twenty zhang and a depth of several zhang appeared.

At the edge of the crater, Lin Jingyu knelt on one knee, supporting himself with his hands, coughing violently. Each cough brought out crimson blood. His face was as pale as gold paper, and his Aura was withered to the extreme. The thunder light around him was dim; clearly, he had paid an unimaginable price to draw down that heavenly thunder and was at the end of his strength.

And at the bottom of the crater, Situ Xing was charred all over, like a piece of human charcoal. That gorgeous brocade robe had long turned to ash. He lay on the ground motionless, with wisps of black smoke emitting from his body. Only a trace of extremely weak Qi fluctuation proved that he still had a breath left.

Silence, dead silence, only the whimpering sound of the wind blowing over the scorched earth.

After a long time, no one knew who reacted first, letting out an unbelievable exclamation with a crying tone.

”Won... won... really won...”

”Qi Refining Stage... fighting against the Foundation Establishment Sixth Layer...”

”Monster... he is definitely a monster...”

All eyes were focused on the boy at the edge of the deep crater, swaying and struggling to stand up.

In those eyes, there was infinite shock, unbelievable awe, and... fear deep into the bone marrow.