Song Zhong, Too Big to Be Chosen

Cultivators of every race had already made their moves, but the Human Race cultivators had not. They were all of the same race, and there were so many of their own people here.

If they had been alone somewhere and could obtain a supreme treasure by killing a fellow clansman, they might have acted. But at a time like this, they could not attack one of their own—so many people were watching!

Besides, with so many cultivators of other races attacking, even if they did nothing, their fellow clansman who had obtained the Thunder of Chaos was as good as dead.

Some Human Race cultivators even revealed looks of regret.

What a pity. They did not know which great sect had nurtured this Heavenly Prodigy, only for him to die here.

If it were them, possessing such strength at the first layer of the Immortal Affinity Realm and earning the recognition of the Thunder of Chaos, they would have abandoned the Thunder of Chaos without hesitation.

With such talent, would it not be better to stay alive?

This Heavenly Prodigy was truly unable to see the light.

Before even the time of a breath had passed, bolts of lightning had already plunged down, striking the spot where Song Zhong had just stood.

In an instant, the ground in that area was utterly destroyed, caving in by an unknown number of meters.

Streams of underground spring water shot skyward.

"Did he die just like that?"

"Was he blasted into dust?"

"That would be normal. With so many spells raining down, forget the Immortal Affinity Realm—even someone in the True Immortal Realm would be blasted into dust. What a pity, a Heavenly Prodigy."

"No, over there!"

Suddenly, everyone saw a figure appear amid a group of Spirit Race cultivators.

Before those Spirit Race cultivators could even react, a long blade fell. In that instant, two Spirit Race cultivators were slain by a single strike!

"It's him?"

"The cultivator with the Thunder of Chaos!"

"How did he appear there?"

"There was not the slightest warning!"

"Kill him!"

The radiance of the Thunder of Chaos above Song Zhong's head had been shooting into the heavens all along. Identifying him was far too easy.

The next moment, bolts of lightning streaked toward Song Zhong once more from afar.

As for those Spirit Race cultivators?

Who cared about them? They were not cultivators of their race anyway. If they were caught in the attack, they could only blame their own bad luck.

In the blink of an eye, bolts of lightning descended again. Under the terrifying bombardment, the void in that region seemed to shatter completely.

The entire world trembled madly beneath the violent force.

Yet the instant the lightning struck, Song Zhong's figure vanished once again.

In the distance, several Boar Demon Clan cultivators whose bodies looked human, whose faces even looked human, save for their especially large ears, were staring into the distance.

Suddenly, a ripple of lightning came from behind them.

Not good!

The boar demons were instantly horrified and whirled around.

They had only just turned when searing pain spread through their bodies.

A long blade blazing with lightning had already slashed down.

With one strike, two boar demons were killed on the spot.

It was that Human Race cultivator. He had flown here again!

The surviving Boar Demon Clan cultivators stared at the human cultivator before them, their eyes filled with terror. How had this Human Race cultivator come here? Why had there been no warning at all?

He...

Before they could figure it out, waves of violent lightning aura enveloped them from the void, and bolts of lightning suddenly crashed down.

"Not good!"

"Don't attack!"

The Boar Demon Clan cultivators cried out in terror, but why would the other cultivators care about them?

In an instant, the Boar Demon Clan cultivators were blasted into dust.

Song Zhong's figure, meanwhile, appeared before an Insect Clan cultivator once more.

"He's still moving!"

"He vanishes and reappears without any warning at all!"

As Song Zhong moved again and again, many cultivators around him noticed the problem.

"He can vanish directly, then appear elsewhere."

"He seems to emerge straight from within the lightning."

"Lightning? If he can move freely through lightning, who can restrain him? None of us can do anything to him!

"This is the Lightning World! Lightning is everywhere!"

In the distance, the Human Race cultivators who had been standing off to the side finally understood as they watched that figure continuously moving through the lightning.

"So that was it. No wonder he dared not give up after obtaining the Thunder of Chaos!"

"If I had such a method, I would not give it up either. Lightning is everywhere here; he can go elsewhere at any moment. How could anyone target him?"

"Especially now, when the lightning is still growing stronger and increasing in number."

"Yes. The power of the lightning falling from The Ruins itself has grown stronger again! Even resisting the lightning in the void is putting me under some pressure now."

The cultivators of the other races quickly discovered the problem as well, and many began shouting.

"Stop attacking first! He can move freely through lightning!"

"Do not cast any more spells! We cannot kill him like this at all!"

Some cultivators shouted, but it was useless.

Some cultivators were rational, but others saw the radiance emitted by the Thunder of Chaos and simply unleashed their spells without caring about anything else. They did not care who they hit, so long as they did not hit themselves.

More importantly, cultivators kept flying in from all around. They had not seen the earlier battle at all. They merely saw the radiance of the Thunder of Chaos and immediately attacked.

Then, after they understood what was happening, more new cultivators flew in.

For a time, spells and lightning continuously fell through that region, while cultivators of every race died one after another.

At last, after an unknown amount of time had passed.

Perhaps because all the cultivators nearby had already been killed, not many new cultivators arrived for a while.

The cultivators present all came to understand.

"Stop attacking!"

"If we keep this up, the only ones dying will be us."

"This fellow can keep moving as long as there is lightning!"

"Th-this... with so many of us, can we really do nothing against him alone?"

The cultivators of every race finally stopped, frowning as they watched the figure still moving continuously through the lightning.

They had stopped, but Song Zhong had not.

"Damn it! He still hasn't stopped!"

"Does he intend to kill all of us?"

"This place, this Ruins, seems as though it was born for him. Outside, in another world, we could still target him. But here, lightning is everywhere—how can we target him?"

"Could it be that this Ruins will truly produce a cultivator directly recognized by Immortal Lightning, who will ultimately obtain the Immortal Lightning?"

The moment a Fox Demon Clan cultivator finished speaking, a chilling voice sounded beside him.

"No. He will still die."

As the voice fell, a Fox Demon Clan cultivator dressed in a black robe appeared, his face filled with sinister gloom.

Unlike ordinary lightning, black bolts of lightning flickered around him. As the lightning flashed, a grim and terrifying aura shrouded the surrounding space.

The gazes of the cultivators around them instantly turned toward him.

"Hu Yuxi!"

"The peerless Heavenly Prodigy of the Fox Demon Clan!"

"It's him! They say that among the Demon Race's Immortal Affinity Realm cultivators, he can rank in the top five, perhaps even the top three!"

"He is not even of the Fox Demon Clan's royal bloodline, merely an ordinary fox demon by birth. Yet through his talent alone, he became one of the most outstanding Heavenly Prodigies of the Fox Demon Clan's younger generation!

"They say even the Fox Demon Clan's clan chief wishes to marry a princess to him!"

Hu Yuxi looked at the figure continuously moving through the lightning, a cold expression appearing on his face. He said icily, "At the first layer of the Immortal Affinity Realm, you already comprehended the Source of Lightning. You truly are a Heavenly Prodigy!

"I only comprehended the Source of Lightning upon reaching the ninth layer of the lower Immortal Affinity Realm.

"If you were allowed to continue growing, you would certainly become one of the Human Race's foremost experts in the future. Unfortunately, you have no such chance, because you encountered me!"

As he spoke, the power within his body surged once more. At the same time, he addressed the cultivators around him, "Do you know why you have no way to deal with him?

"Because you have not comprehended the Source of Lightning. You have no way to deal with his spells!

"But I have already comprehended the Source of Lightning.

"Give me some time, and I will certainly find the flaw in his spell.

"At that time, although I will not be able to restrain him completely, I can still make him remain in place for one or two breaths."

The moment his words fell, a voice sounded beside him. "If you and I join forces, the time needed will be shortened again.

"Because I have also comprehended the Source of Lightning.

"Moreover, I have been observing for some time already. I have found the flaw in his spell!"