Free Web NovelChapter 51: Chapter 51: Advancement, Departure
In an instant, an aura as deep as an abyss erupted from Gu Yun. Thunder flickered all over his body.
Three Thousand Thunder Flashes!
His body became a phantom of thunder, dodging the terrifying Fist Seal that was just inches away with lightning speed.
The Fist Seal, carrying an aura of annihilation, passed through Gu Yun’s afterimage.
The old man’s pupils constricted, and a cold sweat broke out on his back. "An afterimage?! Damn it!"
But it was too late.
BOOM!
The terrifying Fist Seal, capable of annihilating anything, slammed into the ground. Rock shattered instantly, sending fragments shooting in all directions like bullets.
The ground was blasted open by the terrifying Fist Seal, leaving a massive crater dozens of yards wide.
Dust and smoke instantly filled the air!
Immediately after, Gu Yun appeared behind the old man with his thunder-like speed.
Wreathed in Thunder, he threw a punch. Accompanied by the Mountain-Breaking and Mountain-Suppressing technique, the Fist Seal seemed to carry the crushing weight of a collapsing mountain.
It shot toward the old man’s back with world-destroying momentum!
Just as it was about to make contact,
the old man suddenly vanished, leaping over thirty yards away with unimaginable speed.
He had dodged Gu Yun’s mountain-crushing fist by a hair’s breadth.
A hint of surprise appeared on Gu Yun’s face.
But his hands didn’t slow in the slightest.
With a wave, the pale blue Thunder Listening Saber appeared in his hand.
He immediately slashed out. Saber Qi soared through the air, tearing through space like a blue Flood Dragon as it raced toward the old man!
"What!?"
The old man’s pupils constricted, his face filled with horror as he stared at the approaching arc of light.
It was as if it had ignited the world, then fallen like a river of stars, streaking across the sky and tearing through space to slash down on him in an instant!
The old man had just used a Secret Technique to escape death. Upon seeing this arc of saber light, the relief he’d felt from his narrow escape instantly plummeted.
Despair washed over his face, like a great beast from the abyss devouring his last vestiges of hope.
SHINK!
The old man’s head flew into the air, spinning several times. His eyes were wide with terror, horror, and overwhelming regret.
’Why did I have to provoke him?!’
THUD!
The head rolled to the ground.
SHING. Gu Yun sheathed his saber.
He gave the old man’s corpse an indifferent glance, then walked over, took the Storage Ring from the body, and turned to walk toward the Water Spirit Thunder Pool.
On the mountaintop, besides the devastated ground and scattered rubble, it was as if nothing had ever happened.
As Gu Yun approached the Water Spirit Thunder Pool, he felt a tremor of anticipation.
’I came to the right place,’ Gu Yun murmured.
Then, taking a deep breath, he leaped directly into the pool.
The moment his skin touched the pale blue, electrified water, dense arcs of electricity shot out with a sharp CRACKLE.
In an instant, streaks of lightning covered every inch of his body!
Gu Yun frantically circulated the Nine Tribulations Thunder Gang Decision, completing a full Circulation to absorb the Thunder Power from the inside out.
Tempered by the vast amount of Thunder Power, Gu Yun’s Physique grew stronger and stronger, and his Cultivation rose along with it.
The improvement was steady and visible to the naked eye.
It was then that Gu Yun decided to cultivate his Thunder Martial Techniques in the Thunder Pool.
He immediately circulated the Nine Tribulations Thunder Gang Decision, drawing in the Thunder Power to begin his Cultivation of the Thunder Martial Techniques.
As he drew in a large amount of Thunder Power,
Gu Yun was pleasantly surprised to discover that cultivating Thunder Martial Techniques in this thunder-filled environment...
...progressed at an incredible speed, advancing by leaps and bounds.
[You have diligently cultivated Thunder Gang Body ten times in the Thunder Pool filled with Thunder Power. Thunder Gang Body Skill Level +20%]
[You have wholeheartedly cultivated Celestial Thunder Hand ten times in the Thunder Pool filled with Thunder Power. Celestial Thunder Hand Skill Level +20%]
[You have diligently cultivated the Nine Tribulations Thunder Gang Decision ten times in the Thunder Pool filled with Thunder Power. Nine Tribulations Thunder Gang Decision Skill Level +15%]
...
[You have... Thunder Gang Body has successfully broken through to Minor Success.]
「Time passed slowly.」
Gu Yun’s aura grew steadily stronger.
「One day,」
BOOM!
An aura as deep as the abyss erupted in all directions like a tidal wave.
The surrounding Spirit Water, now completely drained of its Thunder Power, was instantly blasted away.
Gu Yun’s eyes snapped open. A flash of lightning crackled within his pupils, releasing a soul-shaking pressure.
’I’ve broken through! Second Layer Middle Stage!’
On top of that, all of his Thunder Martial Techniques had improved significantly.
...
Gu Yun stood atop the lightning-wreathed mountain peak, his hair whipping in the wind as he gazed into the distance.
A vast sea of mountains and forests stretched out before him.
’I’ve been away from the Sect for so long. It’s time to go back.’
He then stepped into the air, transforming into a streak of lightning that shot toward the distant horizon.
「Not long after,」
Gu Yun arrived at the spot where he had first entered the ruins of the Black Flame Sword Sect.
The spatial vortex still swirled in the sky above.
He transformed into a streak of light and shot toward the vortex.
A moment later, Gu Yun emerged from the vortex to a dim sky filled with raging storms, tsunamis, and a boundless sea.
He couldn’t help but sigh. ’Six people went in, but I’m afraid very few are coming out. Even I almost died in the Black Flame Sword Sect’s Land of Inheritance.’
His figure then vanished, transforming into a streak of lightning as he sped away from the Canglan Sea Region.
「Half a month later,」
Gu Yun was aboard a merchant ship returning to the Eastern Profound Domain.
’It’s not that I don’t want to fly back directly,’ he thought. ’But the Chaotic Star Sea is just too vast. With my current True Essence Power, my True Yuan would probably run out before I even got there. And then what? I’d have to find a place to recover my True Yuan? Running out of True Yuan in the middle of this endless ocean would be extremely dangerous.’
Fortunately, he had encountered a merchant ship heading back to the Eastern Profound Domain and hitched a ride.
The other passengers on the ship, however, were chatting excitedly.
"Hey, have you heard? Ji Changkong of the Red Demon Flame Sect made it onto the Eastern Profound Domain’s True Martial Celestial List."
"Hiss! The True Martial Celestial List is for the top one hundred peerless masters of the True Martial Realm in the entire Eastern Profound Domain!"
"They say that Ye Xuantian from the Profound Celestial Sect has always held the top spot on the True Martial Celestial List. He’s at the very pinnacle of the Eastern Profound Domain’s True Martial Realm!
"He’s incredibly young, only twenty-seven or twenty-eight, but his Cultivation has already reached the True Martial Realm Ninth Layer Peak. He’s invincible in his generation!"
"Ye Xuantian! Ah, but you probably don’t know this part."
"It’s said he once used his True Martial Realm Cultivation to fight across realms, battling a Tongxuan True Monarch from a rival Sect—a being of immense power!"
Hearing the passengers talk about Ye Xuantian, Gu Yun sighed to himself.
’He is a mountain that all the disciples of the Profound Celestial Sect, including the True Disciples, can only look up to in awe, never to be surpassed.’
Suddenly,
just then,
the merchant ship was rocked by a violent impact from the turbulent waves.
Gu Yun and the other passengers looked out.
The expressions on their faces were ones of pure shock.
"A Tongxuan True Monarch!!"
RUMBLE!!!
In the sea, an incredible distance from the merchant ship, Tongxuan True Monarchs were engaged in battle!
Even from a great distance,
they could see a gigantic golden palm, dozens of miles wide and inscribed with profound runes, tearing the very sky apart with its immense Divine Power.
It looked as if a massive hole had been punched straight through the heavens!
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