Free Web NovelChapter 655: Chapter 30: The Demise of a Great Cultivator! (Part 2)
This is his Lifebound Magical Treasure, the Profound Thunder Armor. Not only does it have astonishing defensive power, but when combined with his Profound Thunder True Body, it has an effect greater than the sum of its parts.
Previously, he did not summon it even when dealing with the Earth Spirit Beast King.
As for Zhou Xun, he spat out nine Thunder Seeds, transforming them into Thunder Shields that orbited around him. Now within the Thunder Prison, with abundant Thunder Spirit Power,
it wouldn’t be as draining as when he was in the Quicksand Sea.
The remaining three also each used their defense techniques.
Having done that, the group quickly flew close to the ground towards the depths of the Thunder Prison,
where the high sky of the Thunder Prison was full of Thunder Light, giving them an extremely dangerous feeling, naturally, they dared not fly wantonly.
Very soon, they arrived at the foot of a gigantic mountain,
they had to pass through this mountain to go deeper into the Thunder Prison,
luckily, there was a narrow valley at the base of the mountain, allowing them to traverse directly across. Otherwise, passing over the mountain, each stroke of captivating Thunder Light was not easily overcome.
The valley stretched less than a hundred li, with their speed they could quickly pass through,
observing the stone walls on both sides of the valley, Zhou Xun felt a pulse in his heart and raised his hand to point,
"Swoosh—"
A strand of Sword Qi appeared out of thin air, striking the stone wall beside him!
The next moment, an astonishing scene unfolded,
The Sword Qi only drilled a mere one chi deep small hole, with no further effect,
one should know, Zhou Xun now is a Nascent Soul Stage Cultivator, a casual Sword Qi strike is of the Nascent Soul Level!
Against these stone walls, however, only such an effect was achieved, truly baffling!
"Within the Thunder Prison, not only the stones and trees are extremely tough, but even we Nascent Soul Cultivators find it hard to casually destroy them like in the outside world!"
True Monarch Thunder Prison explained immediately upon seeing this.
"Truly a peculiar place!" Zhou Xun couldn’t help but marvel and continue forward without further experiments.
Soon, they passed through the valley,
a vast and broad plain appeared before them, the group continued forward,
for about half an hour,
Suddenly—
The sound of thunder rolling ahead reached them,
lifting their eyes to see, not far atop the hill, one demon beast after another appeared,
"Not good, it’s Thunder Beasts!" True Monarch Thunder Prison exclaimed in shock!
Those Thunder Beasts were enormous, each over ten zhang tall, standing like towering small hills on the slopes,
they resembled yellow cattle somewhat, but emanated an awe-inspiring aura, with Thunder flashing across their bodies, interweaving into form.
These Thunder would flicker weakly at times, and erupt fiercely at others, akin to a layer of Thunder Armor, tightly encasing the Thunder Beast’s body.
Every strand of fur seemed like a fine filament of Thunder, emitting formidable Thunder Spirit Power.
"These are half-spirit, half-demon creatures, each equivalent to a Late-Stage Core Formation Cultivator!" True Monarch Thunder Prison quickly explained.
"Late-Stage Core Formation!"
Hearing this, Zhou Xun was also taken aback, here lay over a hundred of them, not to mention the presence of several even larger beings within,
this was certainly beyond their ability to handle!
At that moment, those Thunder Beasts discovered them too, their hooves sped furiously, with Thunder Light gleaming underneath, charging directly at them!
"Run quickly!"
Zhou Xun shouted, glancing around quickly, pointing to the left mountain,
"Move left, use the terrain to shake them off!"
Speaking with a decisive thought,
"Whoosh!"
A pair of wings spanning several zhang spread on his back, precisely his Thunderbolt Wings!
With a light flap, he turned into a streak of light, appearing several hundred zhang away, then continued forward with flashes, leading the charge.
Amazingly, two others closely followed, their speed not much slower than his.
One was True Monarch Thunder Prison, who turned into a spherical bolt of electricity, speeding towards them, resembling their previous ’Thunderous Void Escape’,
the other was True Monarch Profound Thunder, emitting flashing Thunder Light, flew like a Thunder God, evidently using his Profound Thunder True Body techniques.
As for True Monarch Hong Chuan and True Monarch Profound Time, they lagged behind considerably.
Seeing Zhou Xun and the others running ahead, they grit their teeth, forced to boost their mana output, speed increasing instantly by several times.
A large group of Thunder Beasts followed closely behind them across the void.
Soon, the group reached the foot of the great mountain,
just as Zhou Xun was preparing to ascend the mountain,
suddenly—
A cave about the size of a zhang appeared within Zhou Xun’s sight!
"Quick, head there!"
Zhou Xun without hesitation rushed inside first, followed closely by True Monarch Profound Thunder and True Monarch Thunder Prison.
Soon after, True Monarch Hong Chuan and the others flew inside as well.
The stone here was tough and difficult to damage.
With this cave, they need not worry about being besieged by Thunder Beasts; even if the beasts minimized their forms, only one could chase them inside at a time,
with the strength of Zhou Xun and the others, they could manage easily!
The group collectively breathed a sigh of relief.
"Thanks to Brother Zhou’s decisiveness, we have this opportunity to escape!" True Monarch Thunder Prison acknowledged,
"Strange, why do those Thunder Beasts linger outside and not dare to enter?" True Monarch Profound Time muttered,
upon hearing this, the group turned their gaze toward the entrance,
only to see those Thunder Beasts encircling outside the entrance over a hundred zhang away, afraid to come closer,
as if wary of something,
witnessing this, the group was greatly surprised,
with their knowledge, they could naturally infer that something must exist within the cave that made the beasts wary!
"Not good, there might be something else inside this cave!" True Monarch Profound Thunder spoke solemnly,
"Then what should we do?" True Monarch Profound Time asked,
"No choice but to venture inside and see!" Considering the Thunder Beasts gathering outside and reluctant to leave,
while perceiving the breeze wafting through the cave,
this represents a connectivity of the cave, another side must exist with an exit. He sent his Divine Sense inward, spanning a thousand zhang with no discovery!
"Let’s go deeper!"
True Monarch Profound Thunder uttered, taking the lead, the group simultaneously cast spells, jointly erecting a protective light curtain around them!
With the defense technique conjured by five Nascent Soul True Monarchs cooperative efforts, it could resist a Tier Four High-Grade Demon Beast’s attack to a certain extent.
The group thus proceeded slowly deeper into the cave.
Suddenly, the forward True Monarch Profound Thunder gestured to stop with his left hand,
"What’s the matter?" True Monarch Hong Chuan asked,
"There is a change ahead, look!"
Upon hearing True Monarch Profound Thunder’s words, everyone released their Divine Sense forward to investigate, finding before them, a thousand zhang hence,
a colossal stone chamber of several hundred zhang size appeared,
around the stone chamber were multiple passageways, the one they were on was just one of them.
"It seems this is some kind of demon beast lair!" True Monarch Thunder Prison remarked.
"Perhaps the path to leave lies through those other passageways!" Zhou Xun speculated,
"Certainly, we just need to make it to the stone chamber, then choose a passageway to leave, evading the Thunder Beast herd!" True Monarch Hong Chuan concurred.
"Then let us proceed, but who knows what demon beast dwells here, how strong it might be, we must remain vigilant!"
True Monarch Profound Thunder as he spoke, tapped himself,
a blue light curtain arose, shielding him, coupled with the Profound Thunder Spirit Armor and the outer light barrier, accounting for three layers of defense,
worthy of being the foremost Thunder Cultivator in Central Continent, truly cautious!
Zhou Xun also produced a Tier Four Defense Talisman, activated it, attaching it to himself, transforming it into a golden light barrier encasing him,
others did the same, each augmenting their defense, and advanced onward.
Soon, the group arrived within that enormous stone chamber.
"Beast bones... and us humans!" At that moment, True Monarch Profound Time’s voice echoed,
the group was startled upon hearing this,
they followed his gaze only to see a skeleton over ten zhang in length, about a zhang in size, appearing before them. Before it by several zhang,
a human skeleton lay scattered,
Zhou Xun, heart tightened, promptly moved over, bent down to examine,
after some time, raised his head, with a solemn expression, slowly said:
"Judging from the remains of spiritual energy in these bones, during its lifetime, it was actually a Great Cultivator!"
