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Chapter 379: Lightning Prison Array, Suppressing Wang Yuan
Chapter 379: Lightning Prison Array, Suppressing Wang Yuan
Within the Ninth Mountain.
Swirling dark clouds gathered and dispersed, casting a gloom as if a black curtain shrouded the area for a thousand li.
Snaking silver serpents encircled, and thunderclaps reverberated.
Occasional thunderstorms appeared, becoming denser as one ventured deeper.
Even Foundation Establishment Cultivators, if struck, would suffer minor injuries.
Should they encounter an endless expanse of thunderstorms, even the most formidable Foundation Establishment Cultivators would perish within.
Perhaps only Golden Core Seniors could barely withstand such a storm.
But even that was just a possibility.
This was the natural might of heaven and earth!
Even without intentionally targeting powerful cultivators, it was not something ordinary people could take lightly.
It was unimaginable what level the rumored Nascent Soul Tribulation would reach when heaven sent down its punishment in the form of tribulation lightning. The tribulation lightning produced during such a tribulation was entirely different from ordinary lightning, and those at the Golden Core stage would perish upon contact!
Whoosh!
On the mountain slope, a sound of breaking through the air came.
The gust of wind stirred up debris, causing stones to shoot out.
A figure abruptly halted, and the spirit energy wings on its back slowly retracted.
As the misty air currents rippled, the cultivator's true appearance was revealed.
The cultivator had distinct facial features, tight-lipped, with a coldness in its star-like eyes beneath sword-like eyebrows.
"Blood Demon!"
"A Pseudo-Core Cultivator!"
"No wonder ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivators never survive after encountering him."
"His magical treasure is both offensive and defensive, and he also has the Blood Escape Technique for accelerated flight, leaving almost no weaknesses."
"If I hadn't used my tactics to create distance from the start, setting up Vine Barriers, Earth Mountain Techniques, and the Thousand Peaks Binding Technique along the way, and then using the Mystic Fire Sword to unleash the Blazing Sun Technique, I probably wouldn't have been able to injure him at all."
Luo Chen opened his mouth and exhaled a long breath of turbid air.
In the previous battle, he seemed to have the upper hand, dominating his opponent from start to finish.
But that was just an appearance.
The opponent's magical treasures and skills were no less than his, and due to the vast difference in realms, there was an even more insurmountable gap between them.
If they fought head-on, neither retreating nor escaping.
Even if Luo Chen used all his trump cards, after hundreds of moves, he would undoubtedly no longer be a match for his opponent.
The only advantage he had was probably his flight speed.
The speed he had just displayed was not even at its limit; he had only used seventy percent of his full power.
In other words, if Luo Chen didn't want to fight the opponent, he could have created distance from the start and shaken off the Blood Demon.
But that would mean having a persistent pursuer on his tail.
The most annoying thing was having a persistent pursuer, so Luo Chen deployed various deadly moves, attempting to severely injure his opponent.
Killing him would be best, but if that wasn't possible, intimidation would suffice.
Unfortunately, the opponent had a defensive magical treasure, a crimson gauze, which prevented Luo Chen from achieving complete success.
"But now, he probably won't dare to pursue me anymore!"
Standing on the mountain slope, Luo Chen's spirit eyes gazed into the distance, looking back at the path he had come from.
Due to environmental restrictions, his spirit sense couldn't probe very far, only a few li.
However, his Thousand Mile Eyes had no such limitation.
Even if the terrain and trees obstructed his view, making it unclear, he could still estimate the general area.
After a while, Luo Chen focused his gaze and vaguely detected the opponent's trail.
Within the dense forest, a streak of light skimmed the ground, gradually leaving the Ninth Mountain.
Seeing this, Luo Chen finally relaxed.
Although he wasn't afraid of the opponent, it was still undesirable to provoke such an enemy without cause.
After all, he had important matters to attend to.
"Speaking of which, who is this person?"
"His appearance, voice, height, and build were all disguised. It could be a loose cultivator who doesn't want trouble, but he's more likely a true disciple of a major sect!"
"Ordinary loose cultivators can't cultivate to the Grand Perfection of Foundation Establishment, let alone reach the temporary realm of Pseudo-Core. If there was such an accomplished cultivator, they would be renowned throughout the Jade Cauldron Region!"
"But if he's a true disciple of a major sect, he should only target one side, not provoke everyone. It's unusual for him to be so indiscriminate."
"Could it be a deliberate ploy to create confusion?"
Luo Chen recalled the various skills the opponent had temporarily displayed.
For a moment, he was at a complete loss.
The opponent hadn't revealed any signature techniques or characteristic magical treasures or flying swords.
The only eye-catching item was the crimson gauze defensive magical treasure.
But he had never heard of such an item before.
"That's right! During my continuous onslaught, he revealed a flaw. If the thunderstorm hadn't arrived, I could have injured him!"
"If a Pseudo-Core Cultivator had refined a defensive magical treasure for over a hundred years, such a flaw would never appear."
"In other words, he probably hasn't had the crimson gauze defensive magical treasure for long, which is why..."
Luo Chen's thoughts trailed off.
This discovery still didn't help him determine the opponent's specific identity.
Shaking his head, Luo Chen popped a high-grade Ascending Dragon Pill into his mouth.
Using the Sword Orb, he carved out a cave in the mountainside and was about to enter when he frowned and retreated.
The interior of the Ninth Mountain actually contained a formidable Thunder Power, making it unsuitable for quiet cultivation.
Shaking his head again, Luo Chen took out a cloud and mist illusion array that concealed his figure.
Right on a rocky platform at the mountain's waist, he sat down to meditate.
His Spirit Power reserve was indeed incredibly thick, not inferior to any Advanced Foundation Establishment Cultivator. Even when facing a Pseudo-Core Cultivator, he dared to fight.
But this didn't mean he would recklessly charge around the Ninth Mountain.
He had to maintain his state at its peak at all times.
Only then could he face any enemy without worry! Time slowly passed.
Merely refining the pill without absorbing and expelling the Spirit Energy of Heaven and Earth, time naturally flew by.
In just the time it took to burn a stick of incense, Luo Chen opened his eyes in satisfaction.
In this short time, he couldn't fully refine the massive medicinal power of the high-grade Ascending Dragon Pill, but he had absorbed most of it.
As he began to open his pores, his primordial spirit became increasingly formidable.
The number of high-grade pills he could refine daily had also increased to two, indirectly boosting his cultivation speed.
If this news got out, it would surely shock many.
Ordinary Foundation Establishment Cultivators would take at least one or two days to refine a low-grade second-rank pill. For a high-grade one, it would take three to five days! Considering the pill's toxicity, they'd also need time to slowly expel the poison.
But for Luo Chen, these were trivial matters.
As a pill concocting master, he had the most profound insights into quickly absorbing the Spirit Power contained within pills.
Coupled with the Cleansing Pill Technique, a method to transform toxic pills, he completely eliminated the worry of pill toxicity.
"No wonder Qingdan Valley has the most Foundation Establishment Cultivators in the Jade Cauldron Region. Even if not everyone is as skilled as me, at least 70% of them are at that level, which can produce a large number of Foundation Establishment Cultivators!"
Luo Chen sighed, and his heart suddenly stirred.
He reached for his waist, and a jade pendant appeared before him, its surface shimmering with divine light.
Luo Chen knew exactly what this meant!
"It's nearby!"
Luo Chen's eyes lit up, and he put away the cloud and mist illusion array, leaping into the deeper parts of the Ninth Mountain.
...
Inside a valley.
Two figures stood facing each other, each occupying a position.
Their eyes flickered, fixed on the valley below.
Within, lightning flashed and thunder roared, as if a thunderstorm raged.
But upon closer inspection, it wasn't a thunderstorm; instead, it was a temporarily constructed second-rank array formation!
Inside, two more figures were present.
One sat cross-legged, continuously waving a small flag, seemingly controlling the array formation.
The other's figure flickered, constantly attacking the formation, occasionally unleashing a palm strike that shook the formation with surging energy.
Occasionally, lightning would fall, but it was always brushed aside by the massive crimson energy flow surrounding him.
Judging by his might, this formation couldn't seem to hold him!
Withered Toad's expression darkened.
"This person's body cultivation prowess is terrifying!"
"When we first met, he had only mastered Dark Energy Mastery, but after months of pursuit, he has grasped Transformation Energy. Even Yang's Lightning Prison can't suppress him!"
He observed clearly.
Every time the chains of lightning, extended from the array formation, tried to bind Wang Yuan, the crimson energy flow surrounding him calmly dissolved them.
Even after tricking him into the array formation, they couldn't handle him for a while.
It could even be said that he was constantly trying to break through the formation.
The second level of body cultivation, Transformation Energy, is comparable to the eighth level of Qi Condensation Stage!
Especially since he cultivates both body and energy.
Suddenly, a voice of urgency came from within the formation.
"This person isn't a reckless fool. He seems to understand the principles of array formations and is heading straight for the array core."
"Withered Toad, Flame Thunder Son, quickly come into the formation to help me!"
Almost as he finished speaking.
From within the formation.
A deep, rumbling roar, like a bull's bellow or a tiger's growl, echoed.
Wang Yuan's figure began to rapidly expand.
Initially, he was only seven feet tall, but in the blink of an eye, he broke through ten feet, then twenty.
In just two breaths, his entire body reached a towering thirty feet!
Terrifying crimson energy swirled around him.
His muscles were like rocks, gleaming with an antique copper luster.
Veins bulged like coiling dragons, winding across his body.
With each breath, he stirred up a howling gale.
His massive palm waved, tearing down large sections of the formation's lightning chains.
As his size increased, he took steps forward, gradually approaching the cross-legged Yang, who was suspended in mid-air.
Rumble...
The array is unstable!
Withered Toad's expression changed drastically.
Standing opposite him was another young man in a black and red two-toned robe, his eyes gleaming.
"Let me go and meet him!"
"Flame Thunder Son, wait!" Withered Toad quickly spoke up.
Flame Thunder Son was puzzled and looked at him.
Withered Toad took a deep breath and pointed to the sky.
Flame Thunder Son suddenly understood.
"Alright, you go alone. If a small thunderstorm forms, I'll take care of it for you. But are you sure you can handle him?"
Withered Toad's face turned ferocious.
"I'm at the seventh layer of Foundation Establishment, and with Fellow Daoist Yang, also at the seventh layer, assisting me, and with this Lightning Prison Array set up in Sunken Valley's unique terrain..."
"If this doesn't kill him, then what's the point of my revenge?"
Flame Thunder Son's eyebrows rose, and he didn't say more.
Withered Toad took a deep breath, and his entire body was filled with Spirit Power.
A jade ruler appeared in his hand.
Then, he leaped into the array.
Soon after, the sound of wind and thunder howling could be heard from within the array.
The jade ruler, shimmering with white jade light, grew larger, reaching a size of several dozen zhang, like a massive door panel, continuously striking the equally gigantic Wang Yuan.
Flame Thunder Son watched this scene, his expression filled with awe.
He was impressed by the enemy Wang Yuan's Body Cultivation prowess and also amazed by the trump cards of the Advanced Foundation Establishment Great Cultivators, Withered Toad and Yang Wei.
If it weren't for the special environment of Thunder Accumulation Nine Mountains, he, at the sixth layer of Foundation Establishment, wouldn't dare to stand on equal footing with them.
However!
As long as this war ends, with the accumulated merit points, he can advance to the Advanced Foundation Establishment stage upon returning to the sect.
At that time, there will be no more shortcomings in his cultivation realm.
Furthermore, with his father's support, he can even compete for the position of Flame Alliance Daoist!
"Right now, I'm no less than you. In the future, I can even surpass you by far."
Flame Thunder Son watched the intense battle within the array, his heart filled with passion.
He could see clearly.
After Withered Toad went in to restrain Wang Yuan, Yang Wei, who was in charge of the array formation, finally breathed a sigh of relief. More lightning chains appeared above the array, binding Wang Yuan.
Currently, there were already three chains piercing his feet and abdomen.
Once seven chains pierced his body,0000, the Seven Thunder Imprisonment formation would be complete.
At that point, Wang Yuan would have no choice but to surrender and await his execution!
"Array formations are indeed powerful. With proper preparation, suppressing peers is easy, and killing those of higher realms is also simple."
"If Yang Wei was here earlier, we wouldn't have been obstructed by that Thunder Array Master. I wouldn't have been so embarrassed and almost perished under the Five Thunder Peaks."
As he marveled at the skills of those within the array, he suddenly felt something was amiss.
He looked around, and everything was quiet.
He raised his head to look at the sky; although the dark clouds were gathering, there was no sign of a thunderstorm.
Sunken Valley was a peculiar terrain on the Ninth Mountain, with thick dark clouds stretching for hundreds of miles, but thunderstorms rarely occurred.
Then, where was this sense of unease coming from?
Flame Thunder Son's eyebrows furrowed, and his sharp eyes scanned the surroundings.
"Who's there? Show yourself!"
His loud shout elicited no response.
But it was precisely this lack of response that made him feel an even stronger sense of danger.
Suddenly, he looked down at the ground, where a small stone was inexplicably rolling.
"Hmm?"
Just as he was puzzled, the next moment—the ground began to shake violently, and countless rocks trembled.
As the tremors intensified, large rocks from the cliffs on both sides began to fall into Sunken Valley.
"An earthquake?"
Flame Thunder Son was unsure.
Suddenly, he looked into the valley.
The violent earthquake caused the mountains to collapse, resulting in the earth's energy flow changing and the terrain shifting.
As a result, Yang Wei's Lightning Prison Array would be affected.
If Wang Yuan broke free, with his formidable power, the three of them might not be able to stop him.
"No!"
"We must act quickly!"
"I must enter the array and join Withered Toad to suppress Wang Yuan!"
Just as he was about to take a step, a cheerful laughter came from outside the mountain.
"Fellow Daoist, please wait!"
Flame Thunder Son turned around abruptly.
A man in a crimson cloud Daoist robe stepped out of thin air, dragging a Mystic Fire Sword behind him. Red energy streams continuously flowed from the sword's tip, filling the area with a radius of several li.
It seemed as if the sword was pulling the entire world!
As he approached step by step, the ground's tremors became more apparent.
A great terror was slowly descending.
(End of Chapter)
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