Forced to Fight (Happy New Year, Fellow Daoists)

Yuan Ming spurred his thoughts, circulating the Golden Sunflower Beast Taming Art within his body and channeling mana into Thunder Rain to increase his escape speed.

Mao Yi and the others could emerge from the Flame Emperor's Tomb at any moment. Unless something was wrong with his head, he would not fight Jiang Liu here.

However, before Thunder Rain could flap his wings and speed away again, a streak of black lightning suddenly appeared out of thin air overhead, followed instantly by a thunderclap.

Yuan Ming's heart jolted. Without the slightest hesitation, he raised a palm and struck upward.

The next instant, a thick bolt of black lightning descended from the sky and collided with the azure palm imprint Yuan Ming had unleashed.

Amid a thunderous explosion, the azure palm imprint shattered instantly.

Half of the black lightning dissipated, but the remaining current still struck down relentlessly toward Yuan Ming and Thunder Rain.

The instant Yuan Ming raised his palm to block it, Thunder Rain had already activated his lightning escape ability again, transforming into a streak of electricity and carrying Yuan Ming several miles away.

Yet the moment the two reappeared, another bolt of lightning crashed down upon them.

Yuan Ming hurriedly dealt with it, and Thunder Rain escaped once more.

But the following several attempts all ended exactly the same way. The black lightning clung to them like a maggot attached to the bone, locking onto them tightly. They simply could not escape.

After appearing once more, Yuan Ming was already gripping the Immortal Slaying Sword. Without even looking, he slashed forward.

When the sharp sword light struck a bolt of lightning, it suddenly exploded, shredding the black lightning into pieces.

Standing on Thunder Rain's back, Yuan Ming gazed into the distance.

In the void directly ahead, a