Chapter 192 - 120: Vermilion Bird Heaven-Burning Thunder
As expected of a Tribulation Cultivator.
But what was the meaning of that white lotus?
He then shook his head gently. ’It doesn’t matter. Why overthink it?’
With a flicker, his figure appeared before the corpse of the finely-dressed young man, Lin Zhuangyuan.
He used a sliver of True Yuan to take the man’s Storage Ring into his hand. As his Spiritual Sense swept through it, he expected to find very little.
Suddenly, his expression twisted with ecstatic, unrestrained joy!
Inside, a battered and ancient Jade Scroll, glowing faintly, contained information about the Vermilion Bird Heaven-Burning Thunder.
This was the Vermilion Bird Heaven-Burning Thunder, ranked sixth among the Twelve Divine Thunders!!
What Thunder Law Cultivator wouldn’t be driven mad with joy by this?
The worn-out Jade Scroll offered a few clues: Celestial Essence Realm, Southern Wilderness Domain, Jue Ding Ridge.
He never expected this trip to yield such a monumental reward.
As these thoughts raced through Gu Yun’s mind,
he had already made a decision.
After the upcoming Inner Sect grand competition ended,
he would immediately set off for the Southern Wilderness Domain.
With that settled, his body flickered and transformed into a streak of lightning, shooting toward the Profound Celestial Sect.
From a distance, all one could see was a flash of lightning tearing through the void, gone in an instant!!
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「A few days later.」
Profound Celestial Sect, Inner Sect.
Gu Yun soared through the sky. After several days of traveling at top speed, he had finally returned to the Sect!
The hardships of his journey went without saying. He would definitely take Jiang the Dog’s life!!
"Hm?
What’s this?!"
Soaring high above, Gu Yun’s profound gaze fell upon a huge arena below, surrounded by a crowd. On it stood two figures.
The two faced each other from a distance, their robes stirring despite the still air, which was thick with battle intent.
One wore blue robes with a Longsword on his back. His face was ordinary, yet he radiated an extremely tyrannical Momentum. The aura he emanated, on the verge of transforming into Sword Intent, seemed poised to pierce the heavens!
The other wore simple robes, his Physique powerful. He was tall and burly, with knotted muscles, and stood with his arms crossed, his eyes seeming to hold a domineering power.
"The once-every-fifty-years Inner Sect grand competition is coming up. Are all the monsters and prodigies coming out of seclusion?"
"That’s Chen Ping from Spirit Sword Dao Peak, ranked seventy-eighth on the Profound Celestial List,"
"versus Song Dingkun from Flame Fire Dao Peak, ranked eighty-first. Who do you think is stronger?"
"Hmph, what kind of stupid question is that! Of course Chen Ping is stronger!!"
"Junior Brother, don’t be so sure. I heard Song Dingkun has already broken through to the True Martial Eighth Layer.
With his True Yang Flame Technique, Chen Ping might not actually be able to beat him."
"I heard that over a decade ago, Song Dingkun was defeated by Chen Ping."
"According to Song Dingkun, this fight is just a warm-up for the Inner Sect grand competition!"
"Heh heh,
Using Chen Ping to warm up?
He’s more likely to get his body broken!"
In the spectator stands around the arena, the Inner Sect Disciples were all discussing animatedly.
At that moment, on the massive arena, an ancient and profound Array activated, covering the entire vast stage in faint streams of light.
On the stage, the two figures faced off, their gazes clashing in the air like lightning. In an instant, their battle intent surged!
"Chen Ping, I wonder if after all these years,
your sword is still sharp?"
The tall and burly Song Dingkun stood with his arms crossed, his eyes filled with a trace of solemnity.
He was well aware of how formidable this old rival was.
"Of course. Time only sharpens a sword’s edge!"
From across the stage, Chen Ping, his eyes as sharp as a falcon’s, replied slowly.
"Excellent!"
"Worthy of being the opponent I chose for myself!"
"But,
I am not the man I used to be!"
"Do you understand?!"
Song Dingkun’s deep, powerful voice instantly echoed through the heavens and earth.
At the same time,
as the words fell,
RUMBLE!!
Song Dingkun’s True Yuan erupted from within him, boiling like an active volcano!
Scorching heat surged upwards, sweeping through the world and transforming the thousand-foot area around him into a Fire Domain.
The searing flames looked as if they would burn the very void to ashes!
A sun-like brilliance flashed in his pupils, shocking all who saw it!
"HAAAH!!!"
With a furious roar from Song Dingkun, his voice seemed to take on physical form as it howled toward the sky.
BANG! BANG! BANG!
A crisp, vibrating sound came from the void.
Song Dingkun’s brawny muscles swelled like balloons, glowing with a crimson light.
His hard, powerful muscles rippled like horned dragons, striking against each other with a sound like clashing iron.
Terrifying flames radiated from his entire body, emitting an incredibly dreadful Momentum!!
"WHOOSH!!"
From within the roiling flames that formed a thousand-foot Fire Domain,
Song Dingkun walked out step by step, each footfall producing a crisp sound.
His entire body was the crimson color of molten lava.
Sparks trailed behind him.
He looked like a Fire God stepping out of a boundless sea of fire!!
He didn’t restrain his formidable Momentum in the slightest.
The terrifying aura emanating from his supremely powerful Physique was enough to part the sea of flames in the void!
The unrestrained release of his abyss-deep True Yuan seemed to suppress the surrounding void with immeasurable force,
creating a powerful pressure that was utterly suffocating!!
"ARGH!"
Song Dingkun violently stomped on the hard stone floor of the arena.
The tyrannical force instantly shattered the stage beneath his feet,
sending cracks spreading in all directions like a spider’s web!!
"Come and fight!!"
With a furious roar, Song Dingkun’s powerful voice shook the heavens and the earth.
His crimson figure then transformed into a furious dragon soaring to the Nine Heavens,
surrounded by roiling flames that seemed to burn all of existence to nothing!
Song Dingkun’s lava-like figure crossed several thousand feet in an instant, his incredible speed like a bolt of blood-red lightning tearing through the sky, creating a deafening sonic boom.
He then hurtled toward Chen Ping, carrying an immense power!!
"Chen Ping!!"
Song Dingkun roared in mid-air, his voice like a clap of thunder.
He clenched his five fingers into a fist the size of a human head and threw a punch!!
BOOM!!
A massive Fist Seal, hundreds of feet wide, crushed the void. It bloomed in mid-air like a blazing sun, emitting a dazzlingly brilliant light.
The terrifying power of the fiery sun annihilated the void as it pressed down on Chen Ping, as if intending to defeat him in a single blow!!
Watching this punch, like a blazing sun, come crashing down,
Chen Ping’s expression darkened slightly.
’This guy,
I didn’t expect him to have improved so much.’
’But,
so what!!’
’I, Chen Ping, will always believe in my sword!!’
In but an instant,
a glimmer of sword light flickered in Chen Ping’s eyes, like a sharp blade piercing the sky!!
CLANG!!
Following a Heaven-Reaching sword cry,
the Longsword on his back was instantly in his hand.
It shimmered with blue light, its blade trembling as if with immense excitement.
Then, a brilliant flash of sword light appeared out of thin air.
Accompanied by an overwhelming Sword Qi,
it was like a River of Sword Qi bearing down upon the void.
The Sword Qi, on the verge of becoming Sword Intent, possessed an extremely sharp edge.
It tore through the void and slashed fiercely toward the sun-like Fist Seal!!
"RUMBLE!!"
The two extremely powerful attacks collided in mid-air.
Instantly, a terrifying explosion erupted.
A sound like roaring Thunder echoed,
and the incredibly fearsome power shattered the surrounding void like glass.
A terrifying storm of True Yuan swept out in all directions.
The powerful aftershock tore countless intersecting fissures across the ground, like ferocious, angry dragons!!
In the stands outside the arena,
some of the talented newcomers who had just joined the Inner Sect were wide-eyed and dumbfounded.
Their mouths hung open, their hearts filled with shock at such tyrannical power!!
’So strong!’
’The damage is off the charts!’
At this moment,
at the center of the explosion, Song Dingkun’s gaze was heavy as he watched the formidable, sharp Sword Qi endlessly clash with the punch he had charged up.
He couldn’t help but think to himself, ’As expected, it’s not that simple!’
Seeing that the incredibly sharp Sword Qi was evenly matched with his Fiery Sun Fist and couldn’t break through, Song Dingkun let out a sudden roar.
"ARGH!"
In that instant, a vast surge of True Essence Power erupted from his body, and his head-sized fist continued to radiate a light as brilliant as the blazing sun!!
Immediately, the entire arena seemed to be enveloped by the scorching sun!!
Chen Ping’s expression remained placid, completely unmoved. The light of the sword in his hand simply grew a degree more brilliant!!
"BANG!!"
With a massive explosive sound,
Chen Ping’s eyes suddenly became incredibly sharp,
and a gleam of sword light flashed, like a sharp sword piercing the heavens.