Magnetic Field! Electric Field! Thunder Descends from the Heavens!

Roar!

The lead crocodile, nearly six meters long, let out a roar. The many crocodiles shot toward Jiang Chuan like arrows loosed from a bow.

Out of the wolf's den and into the tiger's maw!

Watching the charging crocodiles, Jiang Chuan was just about to strike.

Boom!

It was like a small mountain crashing into the water.

The nearly ten-meter-tall giant ape leaped into the river, raising monstrous waves.

Caught off guard, Jiang Chuan was sent flying by a wave crest.

Seeing Jiang Chuan flying toward it, the lead crocodile opened its blood-filled jaws wide.

Jiang Chuan had no time to act before the crocodile swallowed him whole.

Falling Cloud Thunder!

Jiang Chuan spoke in a low voice. Silver-white lightning flew from his palm and burrowed into every organ within the crocodile's body.

Roar!!!

With a pained wail, the crocodile was electrocuted to death by Jiang Chuan.

Jiang Chuan was just about to swing his great lance and cut open the crocodile's body to escape.

The crocodile's massive body suddenly began spinning, taking him along with it inside its body.

That giant ape is still looking for me!

Jiang Chuan immediately understood what was happening. He did not continue attacking, instead allowing the crocodile to wrap around him as he was swept away by the waves raised by the giant ape.

After an unknown amount of time, the crocodile stopped rolling. Jiang Chuan fumbled for his Electronic Smart Communicator and switched it on.

05:26

Looking at the time, Jiang Chuan muttered, "A whole night has already passed. Nandu City's reinforcements must have arrived by now, and the battle must have ended."

Rip!

He swung the blade of his lance, slicing open the crocodile's body.

Long-missed sunlight entered Jiang Chuan's eyes once more. He stood up and surveyed his surroundings.

What met his gaze was a dense forest.

Towering trees rose from the earth, their branches and leaves spreading like parasols to block out the sun. Light struggled to pierce the thick foliage, making the forest seem dark and mysterious.

He lightly inhaled the damp scent of earth hanging in the air and listened to the occasional beastly roars drifting over from afar as Jiang Chuan assessed the situation before him.

"The Magnolia River connects Nandu City and Changcheng. It looks like the river carried me into the Sparrow Demon King's territory—perhaps even deeper, into an area close to Changcheng."

"This region is fraught with danger. I need to get out as soon as possible."

With that thought, Jiang Chuan immediately headed upstream along the Magnolia River.

Before he had gone two kilometers, Jiang Chuan encountered a lion drinking by the Magnolia River.

The lion was over five meters long. Its purple fur gleamed like jade beneath the sunlight.

Noticing Jiang Chuan's arrival, the lion stopped drinking.

"A fourth-realm demon beast!"

A trace of gravity appeared in Jiang Chuan's eyes as silver-white lightning surged from his dantian.

The lion stared at Jiang Chuan's great lance, sensing the powerful aura emanating from it.

After hesitating for a moment, it leaped into the dense forest, choosing not to fight Jiang Chuan to the death.

"Just as the books said, many demon beasts are extremely intelligent. Without absolute certainty, they won't fight cultivators to the death." Jiang Chuan immediately resumed his journey.

Demon beasts were different from humans. They had no such thing as a medical system.

Nor did they have anything resembling a safe environment!

Their neighbors—demon beasts that smelled blood—might prey upon an injured demon beast.

Thus, once a demon beast was injured in the wild, it could very well be fatal!

"Luckily, that was only a fourth-realm demon beast. If it had been a fifth-realm demon beast, things would have been troublesome."

As he muttered to himself, the image of the giant ape surfaced in Jiang Chuan's mind once again.

"A fourth-realm demon beast can still be fought. With my current strength, I'd undoubtedly die against a fifth-realm demon beast. But if I can combine the spiritual power cultivated from Wrath of the Firmament with Falling Cloud Thunder, everything will be completely different!"

Anticipation filled Jiang Chuan's eyes as pitch-black spiritual power rose from his dantian.

It flew out of his body and floated around him like dark clouds.

A frigid, icy aura spread outward, and a thin layer of frost condensed across the ground.

Fuse!

Jiang Chuan shouted softly. Silver-white Falling Cloud Thunder flew from his body and poured into the pitch-black spiritual power that resembled dark clouds.

Rumble...

A muffled peal of thunder immediately sounded from within.

Magnetic Field! Electric Field!

Jiang Chuan controlled the pitch-black spiritual power and Falling Cloud Thunder, simulating a magnetic field and electric field.

At that moment, he could clearly sense the Thunder Transcendent Factors formed from transcendent factors in the sky combining with lightning beginning to gather toward him.

But the process was incredibly slow, as though countless ants were crawling along.

Faster!

Jiang Chuan accelerated the circulation of the pitch-black spiritual power and Falling Cloud Thunder.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

It was like a gale sweeping backward, and like the howls of ghosts and gods.

Jiang Chuan could clearly feel the Thunder Transcendent Factors gathering toward him at an increasing speed.

Gather! Become thunder!

With Jiang Chuan's shout, the Thunder Transcendent Factors above his head gathered together.

Boom!

A bolt of azure lightning appeared and struck down at him.

"Fuck!"

Jiang Chuan jolted in alarm and hurriedly dodged aside.

Boom!

Before he had even landed, Jiang Chuan felt countless chunks of earth and stone raining down onto his head.

Turning around, Jiang Chuan immediately saw a charred crater more than a meter wide.

"It actually has this much power!"

Jiang Chuan's face was filled with delight. "If that hit a demon beast in the head, a fourth-realm demon beast's head would definitely explode, and even a fifth-realm demon beast would be injured!"

Most importantly, a single bolt of lightning was definitely not the limit of Wrath of the Firmament!

Continue!

Once more, Jiang Chuan used the magnetic field and electric field formed from pitch-black spiritual power and Falling Cloud Thunder to draw in Thunder Transcendent Factors.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Bolts of heavenly lightning descended one after another, blasting crater after crater into the banks of the Magnolia River.

As Jiang Chuan continued practicing, the number of Thunder Transcendent Factors he could control grew greater and greater, and so did the lightning they formed.

One bolt.

Two bolts.

Three bolts.

Before long, the number of lightning bolts Jiang Chuan could control exceeded ten, reaching twelve.

Thunder, come!

Jiang Chuan shouted, raising his great lance high.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The pitch-black spiritual power spun wildly like a massive tornado, drawing in numerous Thunder Transcendent Factors.

Silver-white lightning danced within the pitch-black spiritual power, like a mass of dark clouds swirling around Jiang Chuan.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Twelve bolts of azure lightning descended from the heavens, landing upon the blade of Jiang Chuan's great lance.

The lance blade transformed into an incomparably dazzling silver light, illuminating all around.

Holding his great lance, Jiang Chuan stood surrounded by dark clouds flashing with lightning, countless times more sacred and imposing than a divine statue in a temple.

Feeling the tremendous power within the lance blade, Jiang Chuan swung his great lance and thrust forward.

The twelve bolts of lightning transformed into a Thunder Light Pillar. Like a Thunder Dragon, it charged toward the dense forest along the Magnolia River's bank.

Rumble...

Towering trees were pierced through by the Thunder Dragon as though they were made of paper, while solid rocks were reduced to flying ash.

When the Thunder Dragon dissipated, a patch of scorched earth nearly thirty meters long appeared within the forest.

"With this kind of power! If I encounter that giant ape again, I'll definitely be able to kill it!"

Jiang Chuan's eyes were full of excitement. He then continued muttering, "Unfortunately, the Wrath of the Firmament I obtained is only a partial scroll. I don't know the name of this divine ability that can summon lightning."

"Why don't I name this divine ability myself? What should I call it?"