Chapter 299: Twin Dragons Take to the Sea, Their Thunder Shakes the Heavens! (Part 2)

Chapter 299: Twin Dragons Take to the Sea, Their Thunder Shakes the Heavens! (Part 2)

Although the Five Thunder Rightful Law Talisman, the Thunderous Might Talisman, the Inferno Sea Talisman, and other high-level spirit talismans were not Chu Kun's signature talismans, with his Six Heavens Dao Seal realm cultivation, any one of those talismans was at least of superior quality.

The simultaneous use of such a large number of high-level talismans, with some degree of coordination between them, ensured that they wouldn't collide and interfere with each other.

For each high-level spirit talisman, Chu Kun didn't just cast it and leave it at that; he controlled them to a certain extent.

The eruption of so many spirit talismans all at once burned up almost all the spiritual energy in the surrounding heaven and earth, creating a vacuum zone.

At the same time, it turned the coastline into a scorched wasteland.

The Ink characters and blades of the TianLi cultivators were stubborn, but they couldn't withstand Chu Kun any longer and were swept away by the exploding thunder and fire storm.

The TianLi cultivators also fell one after another.

In the storm of thunder and fire, only Chu Kun's figure flickered in and out of sight.

Around his body, hundreds of stars rose and fell like a galaxy encircling him, their light gradually dimming.

Lei Jun smiled as he watched from a distance.

That was Chu Kun's signature art.

After Chu Kun reached the Middle Three Heavens of cultivation, his first signature art, the God Striking Talisman, evolved into the Battle General Talisman, and his second signature art, the Wind Riding Talisman, evolved into the Heavenly Wind Talisman.

As for his self-created third signature art, the Star Talisman, it evolved into the Galaxy Talisman.

With his unique physical constitution as a foundation, when Chu Kun cast the Galaxy Talisman, he could simultaneously wield multiple spirit talismans in attack.

While the power of a single spirit talisman didn't set him apart from his peers at the Tian Shi Fu sect, the sheer number of talismans he could use made all the difference.

Of course, under normal circumstances, Chu Kun wouldn't be able to cast so many high-level talismans at once.

This feat was only possible after he had been empowering himself by continuously circulating the Trigram Step Battle for some time.

Back when Lei Jun was at the Lower Three Heavens realm, he had also made a similar attempt with his self-created Chain Blast Talisman.

However, upon reaching the Middle and Upper Three Heavens realms, he focused more on exploring other spells and supernatural powers.

During their usual exchanges and discussions, Lei Jun and Chu Kun often studied together, and they inspired each other.

Seeing Chu Kun's display of power to defeat the enemy, Lei Jun felt a sense of satisfaction for his junior martial brother.

However...

"Junior martial brother, you've betrayed the traditions of our lineage!" Lei Jun exclaimed.

With the Battle General Talisman and the Heavenly Wind Talisman, Chu Kun seemed to be following the path of physical enhancement, but in reality, he was a cannon-type spellcaster.

Although his attack range wasn't particularly far, the attack area and the fire strength within a unit space were simply inhumane.

Or rather, it was 'taoist inhumane'.

Chu Kun's burst of power had also drained an exaggerated amount of his spellcasting materials and spiritual energy.

However, Chu Zhongguang remained calm and collected, casually popping a red gem into his mouth.

The gem shone with a gentle radiance, quickly replenishing Chu Kun's depleted spiritual energy and mental focus.

The cost was high, but the rewards were greater.

As the smoke of battle cleared, aside from Chu Kun, there was no one left standing at the site.

Among the fallen were even some TianLi cultivators of the same Six Heavens realm.

Only the strongest leader, the middle-aged official, remained alive, struggling to get up from the ground.

But he was in a pitiful state, his face covered in dirt and blood, his official robes in tatters.

"Heretic!" The middle-aged official trembled with rage.

But before he could finish his sentence, a tiger's roar and the sound of wind rushing behind him startled him.

A wind tiger appeared behind the official, cutting off his escape route.

Chu Kun's first and second signature arts seemed quite orthodox, as they were the most popular choices among Middle Three Heavens cultivators at the Tian Shi Fu sect: the Trigram Step Battle and the Dragon and Tiger Dual Spirits.

At this moment, the wind tiger cut off the enemy's escape route, while the cloud dragon guarded Chu Kun, who was recovering his spiritual energy.

However, as the middle-aged official tried to fend off the wind tiger, he noticed something amiss.

A few points of starlight circled around the wind tiger's body, flickering in and out of existence.

Then, several high-level talismans erupted with power.

The TianLi cultivator didn't even have time to utter a sound before being engulfed by thunder and fire.

"That was quick and efficient," Lei Jun praised.

"Don't embarrass me, Senior Martial Brother. I'm almost depleted," Chu Kun said as he spat out the red gem, now dull and lifeless. But his spiritual energy had been replenished.

Lei Jun continued, "The others are coming."

With his explosive power, Chu Kun quickly finished off the enemies.

At the same time, the magnitude of his spellcasting had attracted attention.

Other TianLi cultivators in the nearby bay area noticed the disturbance.

Additionally, someone else was drawn to the scene.

It was the successor of Tian Long Temple, one of the four great sacred grounds of the Great Tang's Buddhist sect.

The leader of the group was a monk who appeared to be in his thirties or forties. His Dharma name was Fa Ming, and he had recently broken through to the Seventh Heaven of Buddhist cultivation, the Dharma Image realm.

With Fa Ming and the other Tian Long Temple monks arriving, along with Chu Kun, the newly arrived TianLi cultivators felt a sense of urgency.

"Chu Daoist?" Fa Ming was a little surprised but didn't say much else. He simply greeted Chu Kun before taking action to capture the TianLi cultivators.

Fa Ming's Dharma Image, attained at the Seventh Heaven of cultivation, was a massive white elephant.

The white elephant stomped the ground, causing the earth to shake and making it difficult for the TianLi cultivators to defend themselves.

With the arrival of Fa Ming and the Tian Long Temple monks, Chu Kun didn't just stand by and watch the show. However, he reined in his aura, once again becoming a half-swimming, half-walking cultivator who focused on physical enhancement.

But the battle situation soon changed again.

From the distant Dqing Bay, a group of TianLi cultivators led by a man in high-quality official robes of the Great Ming Dynasty arrived.

The official's face turned green with anger as he asked, "How was our plan leaked?"

Lei Jun guessed that this man might be the aforementioned Wang Bu Tang, but he heard the other TianLi cultivators address him as "Minister Su."

Minister Su glared at Fa Ming and shouted, "Bold heretic monk! How dare you disobey the law?"

"The official's authority was overwhelming, and without any apparent action, the spiritual energy of the heavens and the earth seemed to stagnate momentarily, as if an invisible shackle had materialized to restrain Monk Fa Ming first."

Monk Fa Ming's White Elephant Dharma form, empowered by his vow and Buddhist practice, struggled against the invisible shackles. However, it was immobilized on the spot.

The middle-aged monk's expression turned solemn, but he remained calm.

He had been in the East China Sea for some time and was not encountering these Tianli Confucian scholars for the first time. Thus, he was mentally prepared for their methods.

Undoubtedly, the opponent before him was a formidable foe.

Monk Fa Ming's White Elephant Dharma form possessed immense strength, and it continued to struggle against the restraints.

The invisible shackles created by the man named Su seemed to waver under the force of the White Elephant's struggles.

However, as time passed, the power of the invisible shackles grew stronger.

Lei Jun watched from the sidelines, deep in thought.

One of the unique abilities cultivated by Confucian scholars in Tianli was called 'Zu Zhi' in Chinese.

In external battles, its most distinctive feature was that the longer a particular ability was used, the stronger and more challenging it became to dispel, constantly iterating and becoming increasingly formidable.

Lei Jun had heard about this ability before.

However, his attention was focused on another aspect.

Although Monk Fa Ming wasn't as extraordinarily talented as Wang Guiyuan, the Future Maitreya, or Yuanmie, the abbot of Dakhang Monastery, his strength in the same realm was not weak.

Even compared to his senior fellow sect member, the venerable Elder Miaoyi, he was not lacking.

But at this moment, facing this man named Su, he was immediately suppressed and fell into a disadvantageous position.

Was this man named Su exceptionally powerful compared to his peers?

Based on Lei Jun's observation and intuition, the answer was yes and no.

Indeed, the opponent was not weak, but under normal circumstances, he should be roughly equal to Monk Fa Ming.

Yet, he was overwhelming the monk.

If Lei Jun hadn't mistaken, this was due to the difference in their respective doctrinal lineages.

The Confucian teachings of the Great Ming Dynasty suppressed the Buddhist vows of the Great Tang Dynasty.

This doctrinal lineage was like a fence, restricting the inheritance of other major doctrinal lineages.

On the one hand, it had its unique characteristics, but on the other hand, it was probably because, as rumored, these Confucian scholars shared the same burden as the emperor and the same fate as the nation, shouldering the destiny of the country... Lei Jun pondered.

However, the middle-stage Confucian scholars who had fought with Chu Kun earlier did not exhibit this apparent advantage.

With a sideways glance, Lei Jun's expression turned slightly strange.

Among the monks of Tianlong Temple and the Confucian scholars who had fought with Chu Kun, there were varying levels of cultivation.

The only Upper Stage Confucian scholar, the man named Su, had the aura of destiny upon him, giving him a clear advantage over Monk Fa Ming, who was of the same realm.

The middle-stage Confucian scholars who fought with Chu Kun and the others seemed relatively normal and did not exhibit any obvious benefits.

As for the few younger Confucian scholars in the lower stage, their average strength seemed noticeably weaker than their counterparts in other doctrinal lineages.

"..."

Lei Jun was rarely left speechless.

You guys... Don't tell me you've broken the historical norms of the cultivation world, where the hardships of youth lead to greater power in old age and a career that gets better with age?

Recalling the other major practice of these Confucian scholars, called 'Gang Chang' in Chinese, which represented the unbreakable rules of heaven and earth, Lei Jun's eyebrows twitched slightly.

Without further thought, a slight movement in his heart alerted him to the presence of someone else hiding in the distance, secretly observing the battle between the Confucian scholars and the monks of Tianlong Temple.

Lei Jun's eyes, empowered by the Heaven-Earth Insight Spell, quietly scanned the area.

Soon, several figures came into view.

They were also cultivators of the Confucian teachings of Tianli, dressed in plain clothes, but their cultivated aura of authority was unmistakable.

They watched the battle from a distance.

One of them whispered, "Your Excellency, your prediction was accurate. Those monks indeed came here, but their leader only has a cultivation of the Seventh Heaven. I'm afraid he won't be able to stop the plans of Wang Butang and Minister Su."

The leader, a middle-aged man, said, "I hope these monks will attract more powerful opponents and disrupt the ceremony that gathers the essence of the sun, moon, and sea."

The man next to him hesitated, "Your Excellency, the flow of Tianli's spiritual energy may indeed start to decline in the future. Although Wang Butang and the others are reckless, if they succeed, it will benefit our Great Ming..."

The Excellency named Fu slowly turned his head, his expression unreadable.

Without harsh words or a fierce tone, the man who had spoken earlier broke into a cold sweat.

Someone else said, "It's hard to determine Tianli's future, but if we let the Wu Party of Song Ge Lao, Wang Butang, and the others gain power, it will bring chaos to the country and shake the foundation of our nation!"

The man across from him, with a face as pale as soil, bowed to the Excellency and said, "I spoke out of turn. Please forgive me, Your Excellency!"

The Excellency named Fu turned his head back and said calmly, "It's not wrong to have the country's best interests at heart, but many things can't be judged by appearances."

The man's face turned ashen, and he said, "I understand my mistake."

Lei Jun watched this scene quietly.

Hmm, just as Master Martial Sister said.

These people and events of Tianli have their unique aspects, but they are annoying.

Lei Jun's gaze shifted towards the distant sea of Dqing Bay.

Over there, someone else was approaching.

A group of people stopped in the bay, while another group headed towards the shore.

Among those who landed, the leader was also a Confucian scholar of the Seventh Heaven, a high-ranking official of the Great Ming Dynasty.

"Brother Mingquan!" he called out to the man named Su from a distance.

Minister Su: "Brother Dufeng, has Minister Bu arrived?"

The latter replied, "Minister Bu has already started making preparations in the outer sea."

Minister Su: "I'm ashamed to ask for your help, Brother Mingquan. Let's capture these heretic monks quickly!"

With two Seventh Heaven Confucian scholars working together, Monk Fa Ming could barely hold his ground and could only struggle to defend himself.

Minister Su said, "Capture them all, and make sure the news doesn't spread."

The Confucian scholar who had come to assist continued to suppress Monk Fa Ming, while Minister Su turned his attention to the others present.

He hadn't seemed to notice Chu Kun, a disciple of the Taoist sect, earlier.

But now that he took action, his first target was Chu Kun!

Even at the same realm, Monk Fa Ming struggled against this opponent.

At this moment, Chu Kun, whose cultivation was one minor realm lower, felt it even more intensely.

He seemed to see a faint glow enveloping his opponent's body, with landscapes of mountains and rivers undulating within the glow, intertwining to form an inky darkness.

With this darkness shrouding him, the Heavenly Masters of lower realms than this Senior Official Su would find their attacks greatly diminished in effectiveness.

However, Chu Kun wasn't just going to sit there and wait for death.

His third innate technique was already preparing to act.

Its name was the Star-Moving Talisman.

It wasn't a powerful offensive technique, but it had repeatedly helped Chu Kun avoid danger.

At this moment, even though he was about to reveal himself to outsiders, it was obviously better to escape the immediate calamity first.

However, before Chu Kun could even activate the stars around him, a brighter starlight shone in the distance.

It was as if the Milky Way had turned upside down, and as the starlight flowed and shifted, a towering and majestic Taoist law figure suddenly appeared beside Chu Kun without any warning.

Then, with a single punch, the Senior Official Su was sent flying.

The scene froze for a moment.

Those who were still fighting for their lives were filled with shock and uncertainty as they looked at the suddenly appeared giant Taoist law figure.

Lei Jun, the Thunder Elder of Dragon and Tiger Mountain's Celestial Master's Mansion, had been suppressed, but he suddenly felt relieved.

"Senior Martial Brother," Chu Kun said calmly.

The Thunder Elder, Lei Jun, turned his head, and the two martial brothers nodded to each other.

Previously, without the monks of Tian Long Temple around, Lei Jun had left the battlefield cleanup to Chu Kun.

Now, he wouldn't force his junior martial brother to expose his secrets in front of outsiders.

Moreover, sensing the changes in the distant Dqing Bay, Lei Jun deduced that the opportunity he had been waiting for in Dqing Bay had finally arrived.

As expected, after Lei Jun, an Eighth Heaven cultivator, suddenly appeared, the distant sea responded with a flash of white light.

It was as if a bright moon had risen from the sea.

However, it was still daytime.

Thus, the moon in the sea seemed to form a spectacle of the sun and moon shining together.

An elderly man, tall and imposing, dressed in the second-ranking official robes of the Great Ming Dynasty, appeared within that bright moon.

He was undoubtedly an Eighth Heaven Confucian scholar.

Lei Jun sized him up with a glance, confirming that he was performing some kind of special sacrificial ritual.

It felt unfamiliar to him, but he could tell that it generally affected the meridians, gathering and guiding the spiritual energy of this world to connect with another place, probably Tian Li.

The man, addressed as Wang Butang by his subordinates, looked directly at Lei Jun and said, "An Eighth Heaven cultivator should understand the Mandate of Heaven and know that going against the heavens will bring retribution."

"A Mandate of Heaven that robs others?"

Lei Jun asked, "Is that how people from your world usually talk?"

He shook his head without saying more.

As he spoke, the Mysterious Dark Five Thunder Talisman took form, and a giant black dragon emerged from the dark mysterious thunder, letting out a silent roar.

Xuan Xiao Thunder Ancestor Talisman!

The black dragon appeared and immediately knocked down the Seventh Heaven Confucian scholar who had been suppressing Fa Ming, the monk.

Then, it pounced on the few Confucian scholars who had been secretly observing from the shadows.

The man known as Fu, his face changed as he was forced to reveal himself, showing that he, too, was a Seventh Heaven cultivator.

As Lei Jun made his move, there was a rumbling from the sea, and Wang Butang's eyebrows furrowed as he shouted, "Yao Dao, how dare you!"

As he spoke, a mixture of righteous qi and ink transformed into shackles and fell towards Lei Jun.

Lei Jun's body transformed into the Life Star God, and with the enhancement of the Spirit Official Talisman, the Heaven-Walking Talisman, and the Revolving Star Array, he completely ignored the invisible shackles and headed straight for Wang Butang in the sea.

Wang Butang's face darkened as he saw the black dragon pulling out those who had been hiding in the shadows, "Gu Lang, you're here too..."

Unfortunately, he couldn't afford to pursue those who, like Gu Lang, came from Tian Li and were also from the Great Ming Dynasty.

Lei Jun's strength had exceeded his expectations.

But Wang Butang remained calm and shouted again, "Yao Dao, how dare you!"

This shout seemed to pierce through the void, striking directly at Lei Jun's soul.

It was a unique ability of the Confucian scholars, called 'Li Yu' in Chinese.

It suppressed human desires and followed the Mandate of Heaven.

It directly attacked the opponent's mental fluctuations and emotional waves.

However, Lei Jun no longer needed to rely on the Celestial Master's Seal to defend against attacks targeting his soul.

A thunderous explosion resonated within his soul.

Then, purple Nine Heaven Thunder appeared.

With the Thunder Law Heaven Talisman in motion, the purple thunder coalesced into a giant thunder dragon.

Nine Heaven Thunder Ancestor Talisman!

The purple thunder dragon coiled around Lei Jun's Life Star God, propelling it like a lightning bolt, punching through Wang Butang's pristine bright moon!

An Eighth Heaven Taoist Talisman practitioner, displaying three Taoist law figures?

Wang Butang was stunned. He hadn't expected that his mountain river aura would be completely ineffective against this Taoist.

He formed a dark ink grid to protect himself.

But Lei Jun's black Yin thunder dragon flew towards him again.

The black and purple Yin-Yang twin dragons intertwined and merged, then coiled around Lei Jun.

Although it wasn't a dragon-tiger combo attack, it displayed a different kind of Yin-Yang harmony.

Twin Dragons at Sea.

Thunder Shakes the Heavens!

The intertwining purple and black light pillars swept out, striking Wang Butang's black grid and completely shattering it!

A more intense and profound glow emerged from Wang Butang's body, carrying an even greater aura.

However, the purple and black dragons around Lei Jun didn't disperse but circled back to coil around his towering Life Star God.

Doumu Star God Talisman!

Nine Heaven Thunder Ancestor Talisman!

Xuan Xiao Thunder Ancestor Talisman!

With the power of the three talismans combined as one, they struck Wang Butang directly, shattering the glow around his body and creating a hole in his chest.

Lei Jun's fist punched through Wang Butang's body, emerging from his back!

PS1: 10,000-character chapter

PS2: I thought about it, and I decided to finish writing this plotline before posting, but I ended up posting late again. My apologies.

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