"Damn!"
Zhang You jolted awake from his daze. This bolt of Heavenly Thunder was far more powerful than the one he had endured when he had first entered this world.
His current condition was practically half-crippled; even his special constitution had been used to mend his internal injuries.
What mattered was that the thunder also contained a dense, chilling killing intent. It was clearly preparing to blast him into tribulation ash.
If it struck him directly, there was a ninety-nine percent chance he would croak!
He could not sit still and wait for death, or it would cost him his life!
But time waited for no one. The thunderbolt fell in the blink of an eye!
Gritting his teeth, he drew upon his remaining blood qi, swung the broken immortal artifact sword in his hand, and slashed viciously at the descending thunder.
"Break for me!"
He suddenly felt nearly half his blood being drained away in an instant. The broken immortal artifact sword blazed with red light, and a thick streak shot against the heavens, colliding with the thunder above.
"Crackle!"
The killing intent within the thunder was cut apart, yet the thunder itself remained unstoppable, pouring down through the crown of his head!
His face turned even paler, and he felt somewhat drained.
He recalled the thread of lightning that the White Tiger phantom in his Dantian had swallowed. Treating a dead horse as though it were alive, he clenched his teeth, ignored his weakness, and directly connected with it as it burst from his body.
"Awoo!"
The White Tiger opened its jaws wide and spat out a thread of lightning.
That thread of lightning plunged directly into the thunder descending from the sky!
Zhang You felt his scalp tingle, then saw a ball of lightning appear above his head.
The White Tiger phantom behind him opened its mouth and swallowed it, then sank back into his Dantian and fell silent once more!
Zhang You hurriedly reined in his aura!
After several more explosive booms, the lightning in the sky lost the momentum it had been gathering again, scattered in every direction, and finally vanished!
"Whoosh!"
Sleet began to fall from the sky!
The broken immortal artifact sword in Zhang You's hand suddenly transformed into a streak of light and sank into his Dantian!
"Isn't an immortal artifact something from the Immortal Path? It should logically reject me. What's going on now?"
"Perhaps it was never a proper immortal artifact to begin with!"
Zhang You sank his consciousness into his Dantian and stared thoughtfully at the broken immortal artifact sword!
"Tap, tap, tap..."
At that moment, a jumble of footsteps sounded outside.
"Five people?"
Zhang You was surprised and tossed aside the hard board in his hand.
He hurriedly used the chance to recover a trace of blood qi and forcibly steadied himself.
Aside from his pale complexion, there was no sign that he had been injured.
Soon, five people entered the secret chamber.
He knew all five of them. They were Shopkeeper Li's group.
They looked Zhang You over and noticed his tattered clothes and bloodstains.
"Little Zhang! Where have you run off to these past two days?"
Shopkeeper Li asked with a frown.
"I don't know either! That night, I went to the bun shop outside to buy a few buns and fill my stomach. But on my way back, someone ambushed me, and I passed out. When I woke up, I was already here!"
Zhang You wore a puzzled expression and shook his head, indicating that he was utterly confused as well!
Looking at the group, he already knew exactly who the five people fighting in his room that night had been!
They were those diners who had wanted to eat him!
On the surface, Tang Julou was the strongest among them, possessing second-level Foundation Establishment Realm cultivation.
The city lord, Qin Fengtian, also had first-level Foundation Establishment Realm cultivation.
Though Shopkeeper Li had concealed his aura, Zhang You could sense that he too had first-level Foundation Establishment Realm cultivation. His aura was somewhat unstable, clearly indicating that he had only recently broken through.
Boss Ren had also concealed his aura, but he possessed second-level Foundation Establishment Realm cultivation.
Only Pang Biao possessed Half-step Foundation Establishment Realm strength.
It seemed these people also had their own little secrets between them!
"What's with the blood on you? And what was that thunder just now?"
Pang Biao was not polite in the slightest.
At this moment, a trace of thunderous power still lingered outside the secret chamber.
This was also the question in everyone else's mind.
"Bloodstains? I don't know either!"
"As for the thunder, I saw a black shadow in the sky just now. The thunder was coming for him!"
Zhang Lin also shook his head, saying that he had no idea what had happened.
"And then?"
Pang Biao's expression darkened. This was far too perfunctory; even an idiot could tell Zhang Lin was not telling the truth.
"And then... that thunder nearly blinded me at the time. I couldn't see what happened afterward at all! When I opened my eyes, both the thunder and that black shadow had already vanished! Then you all came over!"
Zhang Lin put on an innocent expression.
"You..."
Pang Biao was just about to fly into a rage!
"Enough. Since we've found him, Shopkeeper Li can rest easy. Let's all head back. It's getting late!"
Tang Julou interrupted Pang Biao and walked out first.
Afterward, the others no longer hid their identities as cultivators. Right in front of Zhang Lin, they leaped outside.
Shopkeeper Li grabbed Zhang Lin as well, and after several bounds, they left the ruins.
After that, the group went their separate ways!
"Shopkeeper, you're cultivating immortality, right? Can you teach me someday?"
Zhang Lin seemed very excited, chattering nonstop along the way.
"I'll teach you after you've rested up."
Shopkeeper Li did not refuse, and his tone remained calm.
Before long, they returned to their residence.
"Get some rest early! Open up early tomorrow!"
Shopkeeper Li said this, then returned to his own room.
"Okay! Okay!"
Zhang Lin nodded and bowed, smiling broadly on the outside while cursing furiously inside.
After returning to his room, he shut the door.
After checking for a long while and finding no one watching outside, he sat cross-legged on the bed.
He also sorted through what he had gained after going to the Ghost Domain.
At the same time, a black-robed figure suddenly appeared above Fahua Temple.
He lightly traced a finger through the air before him, opening a crack, then entered it.
Not long after, the person emerged from the rift again.
"I never expected the Ghost Domain to be swept completely clean, and for the Netherworld Ghostfire to be snatched away by someone else!"
His voice was hoarse, and dense killing intent radiated from his body.
A surge of spiritual power suddenly spread out beneath his feet, turning the nearby broken walls and ruins directly into powder!
Then, with a beckon of his hand, an enormous transparent sphere suddenly appeared before him.
If Zhang Lin were here, he would certainly recognize the scene within as the Ghost Domain where he had previously been!
This Ghost Domain had not formed naturally after all!
Soon, the transparent sphere gradually shrank, finally becoming a small round bead in his hand.
The Ghost Domain Bead, a magical treasure capable of transforming into a Ghost Domain, had been obtained by him by chance from an ancient tomb. Its method of creation had long since been lost.
"What is this?"
After closing his eyes and sensing it for a moment, he was somewhat shocked.
The Ghost Domain Bead possessed a recording function.
However, because the battle had been so fierce, only a small portion of the images had remained.
As a result, he had not obtained any useful information!
He only knew that two people had entered. One of them was Qingyuan Old Daoist, whom he knew.
But the other person's figure had constantly been obscured by an invisible force, so he did not know Zhang Lin's true appearance.
He only knew that he had seen traces of Martial Arts on the other person!
How was that possible?
"Hm? The Life Origin Sustaining Formation!"
The man suddenly sensed that Xiaolin City was enclosed by an enormous formation, and he fell into thought!
"Good. It can be used to recover some of my losses! But that little thief who took the Netherworld Ghostfire, you had better not let me catch you. Otherwise..."
A moment later, he sent the Ghost Domain Bead out once again, sinking it beneath the ground!
After finishing everything, he vanished from where he stood!
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