Free Web NovelChapter 26: Chapter 26: Demon Thunder Beast
It scrambled up from the ground, glaring at Gu Yun with apprehension, not daring to attack recklessly again.
The nearby Earth Demon Wolf instinctively moved closer to the Purple Extreme Demon Bull.
Then, the Purple Extreme Demon Bull and the Earth Demon Wolf roared in unison and charged Gu Yun from the left and right—
one as fast as lightning with terrifying Momentum, the other moving like black smoke, nimble and agile.
Gu Yun’s eyes turned cold. He snorted. ’I don’t have time to play with you.’ He extended his left palm toward them.
He shouted coldly, "Earth-Bursting Heaven-Shaking!"
An immense, invisible repulsive force instantly blasted toward them like an overwhelming tide.
In that instant, the Purple Extreme Demon Bull and the Earth Demon Wolf felt as if they had crashed into a rebounding wall.
Then, their bodies were sent flying backward uncontrollably.
Gu Yun, having seized the advantage, gave the Demon Beasts no quarter.
He immediately swung his blade twice, and two streams of Sword Qi shot out, striking like Flood Dragons toward the heads of the Earth Demon Wolf and the Purple Extreme Demon Bull.
Gashes deep enough to show bone appeared on each of their foreheads. Their bodies staggered and fell, flying back dozens of meters from the momentum until they crashed into another ancient, towering tree.
Finally, they came to a stop. Their massive bodies crashed heavily to the ground like collapsing mountains of gold and toppled Jade Pillars, all signs of life gone.
Two Spiritual Martial Ninth Layer Peak Demon Beasts were worth at least a hundred Spirit Stones.
Gu Yun collected the two corpses into his Storage Ring.
Gu Yun had come to the Demon Beast Mountain Range to find a Thunder Attraction Stone within the Thunder Marsh.
With a push of his feet, he launched himself into a nearby ancient tree dozens of feet tall. After a few flickers, he vanished without a trace.
Several days later, Gu Yun successfully found the Thunder Marsh.
However, there were many people milling about the area for some unknown reason.
Gu Yun casually stopped a young man.
The incredibly potent aura emanating from Gu Yun made the young man gulp, too afraid to make a single move.
"Senior, what can I do for you?" the young man asked cautiously.
"Why are there so many people here at the Thunder Marsh?"
"I heard there’s a Demon Thunder Beast in the Thunder Marsh with strength comparable to the Spiritual Martial Ninth Layer Peak. The Zhou Family has made a huge move, mobilizing most of the family’s High Tier Spiritual Martial Realm Cultivators to hunt it and take its Inner Core."
"A Demon Thunder Beast?" Gu Yun was slightly surprised.
Gu Yun had read about the Demon Thunder Beast before. Despite its name, it was actually a type of Demon Beast.
It was a rather special type of Demon Beast. Unlike ordinary Demon Beasts, it didn’t feed on flesh and blood but grew by devouring Thunder and Lightning Power.
Because it had spent years devouring Thunder Power, the Inner Core inside a Demon Thunder Beast contained an extremely vast and pure amount of Thunder Power.
Furthermore, because the Thunder Power within its body was nurtured by the Demon Thunder Beast, it had lost its initial violent nature and transformed into pure Thunder Energy.
It could therefore be easily absorbed by people without the risk of being harmed by the violent power of Thunder.
For Cultivators who practice Thunder Element techniques, this was an extremely precious treasure.
’Great. It looks like in addition to the Thunder Attraction Stone, this Demon Thunder Beast is now my target too.’
"The Zhou Family?" Gu Yun raised an eyebrow. "Tell me about them."
’This Senior doesn’t seem to know about the Zhou Family,’ the young man thought. ’Is he just passing through?’
The young man slowly explained, "The Zhou Family is a major family in Celestial Water City, which is next to the Demon Beast Mountain Range. They’ve gone to all this trouble to get the Inner Core and help someone break through to the Half-Step True Martial Realm."
"Okay." Before the word fully left his lips,
Gu Yun’s figure flickered and vanished without a trace, leaving a Spirit Stone behind for the young man.
...
When he reappeared, Gu Yun was standing atop a towering tree, gazing into the distance.
In the sea of trees not far ahead, he could sense a large number of auras. Although the dense forest obscured his vision, preventing him from seeing any figures,
the streams of Spiritual Qi they emanated were as conspicuous as beacons in the night.
"Seems like there are quite a few people," Gu Yun muttered, rubbing his chin.
’Three at the Spiritual Martial Ninth Layer, and dozens at the Spiritual Martial Eighth and Seventh Layers. The Zhou Family’s strength seems quite impressive. It’s just that they don’t have a True Martial Realm expert presiding over them, or else they wouldn’t be a force confined to just Celestial Water City.’
’That Demon Thunder Beast must be over there.’
Gu Yun’s gaze shifted to the southeast, where a towering mountain peak pierced the clouds.
At the top of the peak, a faint blue light swirled and flowed.
As someone who also cultivated a Thunder Technique, Gu Yun could determine that the blue glow was the flow of Thunder.
Moreover, from within the mountain, Gu Yun sensed a terrifying aura.
Its strength had likely reached the Half-Step True Martial Realm, and its aura was ferocious and violent, like thunder descending upon the world.
’I wonder what plan the Zhou Family has for this Demon Thunder Beast. If they have none, they’ll probably just be sacrificing lives to achieve their goal.’
As expected, that was Gu Yun’s target for this trip: the Demon Thunder Beast.
And as for its Inner Core, Gu Yun very much wanted it as well.
’Judging by its aura, it’s a Half-Step True Martial Realm Demon Thunder Beast, but its current state seems off. The aura is fluctuating.’
Gu Yun frowned. Looking down at the Zhou Family members, who weren’t making a move, a few theories began to form in his mind.
’A fluctuating aura... Generally speaking, this means the Demon Thunder Beast is either on the verge of a breakthrough, in its birthing period, or injured by poison.’
Any of these three situations would cause the Demon Thunder Beast to enter a weakened state.
’Before, I found it strange. How could the Zhou Family, whose strongest expert is only at the Ninth Layer Peak, dare to go after a Half-Step True Martial Realm Demon Beast?’
’Now it seems the Zhou Family likely knew about this, which is why they chose to mobilize their full strength to grasp this chance.’
’After all, the Demon Thunder Beast’s Inner Core, containing a vast amount of pure Thunder Power, is a considerable stroke of fortune for anyone who cultivates a Thunder Technique.’
’If he were to obtain it, he could use it to accelerate his breakthrough to the True Martial Realm. Even he was tempted, let alone the Zhou Family.’
Gu Yun retreated to a mountaintop, quietly waiting for the right moment.
On this day, the sky darkened. Layers of black clouds stacked upon each other, shot through with bolts of lightning. Deafening thunder boomed from all directions.
’Seeing this display of power, is the Demon Thunder Beast about to break through to the True Martial Realm?’
A light rain began to fall from the sky.
It started as a drizzle, but it grew more and more intense. A fierce wind swept through, turning it into a torrential downpour!
Gu Yun sat peacefully cross-legged on the distant mountaintop, a faint mist of Spiritual Qi emanating from him to ward off the downpour. He rose to his feet and stood at the peak’s edge, looking toward the other mountain where a blue light now pulsed and flickered.
’It seems the time is right.’
With that thought, Gu Yun took a single step forward and vanished from sight.
...
Around the mountain that emanated blue light was a forest, and numerous figures could be seen flitting through it. Despite the fierce storm,
their expressions were incredibly grave as they stared intently toward the mountain peak flickering with blue light.
In the center of this woodland area were several tents. Inside the largest one, three people were seated.
Judging by the fluctuations of Spiritual Qi around them, all three were at the Spiritual Martial Ninth Layer.
The man in the center was a middle-aged man with a square face and long black hair. His features were stern, and he possessed an imposing air without needing to show anger.
He radiated the aura of a leader, one that made it difficult for others to meet his gaze.
The Patriarch of the Zhou Family, Zhou Qiantian.
An expert at the Spiritual Martial Ninth Layer Peak!
