Not long after Qin Fengming's words fell, the bolts of lightning darting through the dense clouds seemed to finally break free of their restraints. They suddenly burst out of the cloud layer and slashed toward a certain spot below.
The bolt was thick and exceptionally long. The instant it tore free of the clouds, it transformed into a gigantic flood dragon covered in flashing azure-black light, baring its claws and fangs. As its enormous body swayed and flickered, it plunged into the ocean formed by Vital Energy and Power below.
This flood-dragon lightning radiated vast soul energy and possessed an intensely icy yet scorching power. Its aura and attributes were clearly different from the lightning that had radiated during Qin Fengming's Heavenly Tribulation.
"Crack—!" A terrifying electrical explosion rang across the area, and a huge depression immediately appeared atop the boundless ocean of Vital Energy and Power.
Electric light shot in all directions within the depression. Amid the crackling flashes, a small beast with golden fur that gleamed with a metallic luster was curled up deep within the ocean of Vital Energy and Power.
The thick lightning arc, shaped like a gigantic flood dragon, did not strike the small beast directly. The dense Vital Energy and Power had blocked most of the lightning's might.
Before Qin Fengming could see how the Soul Devouring Beast was faring, the surging Vital Energy and Power around it suddenly converged. The huge depression rapidly contracted and closed once more.
In an instant, the Vital Energy and Power where the Soul Devouring Beast was located suddenly gathered at tremendous speed, surging and crashing toward the void. A gigantic energy mass resembling a mountain appeared before them.
Across that rapidly gathering and surging mountain-like mass of energy, densely packed faces of resentful souls continuously surfaced. Waves