Qing Li Sea Region, Heavenly Clam Archipelago.
On a desolate island over a hundred li across, Wang Changsheng stood atop a low earthen slope, his expression solemn as he gazed toward a mass of black thunder cloud high in the sky.
The black thunder cloud was filled with countless Silver Electric Arcs. Countless Silver Lightning Serpents moved restlessly within it, accompanied by booming thunder as streaks of Silver Lightning rained down.
In a small valley surrounded on three sides by mountains, the Twin-Pupil Spirit Rat lay sprawled on the ground, its body trembling as it was covered by a thick layer of yellow earth armor.
Streaks of Silver Lightning struck down, landing on the Twin-Pupil Spirit Rat. The earth armor quickly turned black and scattered completely.
As time passed, dazzling Thunder Light swallowed the small valley, and powerful waves of air flattened everything within dozens of li.
Wang Changsheng was not worried. The Twin-Pupil Spirit Rat was a Spirit Beast, after all, and its defenses were powerful. It would have no problem surviving its first Grand Heavenly Tribulation.
Wang Changsheng seemed to sense something. He turned his head toward the sea beyond the island and said in a deep voice, "Since Daoist has arrived, why not come out and meet me?"
No cultivator appeared. It seemed he had judged wrongly.
Wang Changsheng snorted coldly and reached his right hand toward the surface of the sea.
Several hundred li away, the seawater churned violently and surged hundreds of zhang high. A Blue Escape Light shot out from beneath the sea, revealing a tall, thin blue-robed elder. The blue-robed elder had a round face and large eyes. Judging by his fluctuations of spiritual power, he was a Void Refinement Middle Stage cultivator.
"This old man was merely passing by. I thought a