Free Web NovelChapter 333: Chapter 333: Struck by Lightning
"Alright, we’ll sneak in later. Steal her stuff first, and we’ll figure out the rest after!"
Old Wu chuckled deviously, patting a small pouch of powder in his hand.
"This here is Enchanting Powder, personally refined by Qi Danzun himself. It cost me over three thousand low-grade spirit stones!"
"If these Ascenders weren’t all such fat sheep, I wouldn’t have been willing to use it!"
Any Cultivator who could ascend must have been thriving in the Lower World, and they’re bound to have plenty of treasures on them.
Plus, they have no background here. Even if they get killed, no one will come looking for revenge, which is why they’re so often robbed.
Now that Song Wanning had appeared, many people were secretly targeting her.
Especially when he thought about how she’d been noticed by *that person* and was doomed to die anyway, the itch in his heart became unbearable.
So, he partnered up with the waiter to steal her things in the middle of the night.
Their method was crude: first, they’d knock her out with the powder, then snatch her Storage Ring. After that, they’d pay a black market expert to open it, and everything inside would be theirs!
A smirk played on Old Wu’s lips as he quietly pushed the door open.
But in the next instant, the smirk on his face froze, and his eyes widened in shock.
Because Song Wanning, who was supposed to be on the bed, was now like a ghost shrouded in the darkness, her gaze locked onto him.
Just meeting that stare was enough to make one’s skin crawl.
"What are you frozen for?"
Seeing him motionless, the waiter’s heart lurched. A moment later, as if he’d understood something, he turned and fled without a second thought.
Old Wu snapped out of it when he saw this and became furious. He opened his mouth to curse, "You son of a bitch, you’re leaving me—"
Before the word "me" could even leave his lips, a bolt of Divine Thunder materialized out of thin air and struck the fleeing waiter.
BOOM—
A flash of lightning lit up the entire town in an instant.
Old Wu watched, wide-eyed, as the waiter was blasted into ashes. He was utterly destroyed before he could even let out a scream.
His eyelid twitched, and he nearly fell to his knees.
He was already scared out of his wits.
But when he whipped his head around, the person on the bed had already vanished.
While Old Wu was still in a daze, another bolt of Divine Thunder fell.
This Heavenly Tribulation was even more ferocious, directly destroying more than half of the inn.
The Shopkeeper and the other Cultivators were also frightened, scrambling out of the inn. They stared with horror and confusion as the Divine Thunder gradually dissipated.
"Why in the world is there lightning in the middle of the night?"
"Yeah, scared the hell out of me! I was in the middle of cultivating when that bolt struck without any warning. It made my qi go haywire, and I almost had a cultivation deviation!"
"Dammit! If I find out who’s behind this, I’ll teach them a lesson!!"
The crowd pointed at the inn, completely baffled as to why Heavenly Thunder would suddenly fall.
The inn’s Shopkeeper was especially heartbroken. More than half of his inn was destroyed. To restore all those Arrays, he would have to spend a considerable amount of Spirit Stones.
He grit his teeth, silently cursing the waiter for being useless. He couldn’t even handle a single Ascender.
Once he was sure no more Heavenly Thunder would fall, the Shopkeeper hurried back into the ruined inn to search for any sign of Song Wanning.
Only after failing to find the slightest trace of her did the Shopkeeper reluctantly give up his search.
’That woman was probably killed by the lightning, too!’
But, adhering to the principle of leaving no one unaccounted for, he still quietly sent out a message.
...
Under the cover of night, Song Wanning had already left the town and was flying toward the dense forest outside it.
She had only just ascended, and she’d already run into this kind of trouble. Song Wanning was in a very foul mood.
The Golden Small Sword was so angry it was practically hopping mad.
"Sister, they went too far! Good thing you acted decisively and zapped them to death!!"
It circled curiously around Song Wanning’s Dantian, its eyes filled with wonder and amazement.
"This Thunder Seed is so useful! No wonder the Heavenly Dao loves striking people with lightning. Who wouldn’t love this???"
"Getting smote by thunder from the heavens—it’s so simple and brutal."
"Right, right, right! And it’s not just any Thunder Seed, it’s a Divine Thunder Seed! What it summons is the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder!"
The Dragon Spirit gazed at Song Wanning with adoration, thinking its sister was just the coolest!
The little ones all stared eagerly at the Divine Thunder Seed, clearly loving it.
Hearing this, Song Wanning’s brow smoothed, and her gloomy mood lifted slightly.
’It seems the environment in the Upper Realm is far more difficult than in the Lower World.’
’In the Lower World, I was powerful and influential.’
’But here in the Spirit Realm, who knows me?’
’And now that the Prophet is gone, I can only rely on my own judgment to avoid risks one by one.’
’I have to be even more careful.’
With the little ones’ playful banter, Song Wanning didn’t feel lonely traveling at night. But as she flew, she suddenly realized something. She stopped abruptly, immediately descended to the ground, and found a cave to stay in for the time being.
"Sister, what’s wrong? Is there danger?"
The Golden Small Sword instantly went on alert, its blade flashing with light.
"No, I just suddenly remembered what I saw during the day..."
"Ever since we entered the town, have we only seen men?"
Song Wanning’s sudden question silenced the Golden Small Sword, and the Dragon Spirit also began to think back seriously.
"That’s right, there really weren’t any women! Not a single one!!"
The Golden Small Sword answered decisively. It had just reviewed its memory fragments and confirmed that it truly hadn’t seen a single woman.
’That’s really strange!’
Combined with their master’s experience of nearly being robbed, they all felt something was off.
Song Wanning also felt the situation wasn’t good. The Cultivation World had always been a place of gender equality where strength was all that mattered. A region inhabited by only one gender was almost unheard of, unless it was some kind of special organization.
But according to the map, that wasn’t the case here.
Therefore, that town was definitely not normal.
"Sister, you’re a woman too. Could you be in some kind of danger?"
The Dragon Spirit immediately grasped the key point, its large eyes filled with worry.
’I thought the Spirit Realm would be a pure land, but who knew it would be just as bad as the Lower World, if not worse.’
’More people just means more trouble!’
"Yes, I’m afraid there really is danger."
Song Wanning’s face was grim. After a moment of thought, she decided not to leave just yet.
She took out several Array Plates and set them up in the cave, then concealed her aura before summoning her clone.
The clone could freely change its gender, aura, and appearance, making it perfect for gathering information!
"It’s a good thing you didn’t hold back with the Xirang back then, Sister. Otherwise, this clone wouldn’t be so perfect!"
’Most clones are exact duplicates of their original selves. They certainly can’t change their appearance, gender, or aura...’
’If Master had been a little greedy and kept some of the Xirang, the clone wouldn’t have turned out so perfect!’
Song Wanning didn’t say anything, but she was clearly also very satisfied with her clone.
Soon, the clone took advantage of the night, changed direction, and headed back toward the town.
