Jiang Chuan looked at the pitch-black spiritual power swirling around his body and the flickering silver-white lightning.
With a thought from him, the pitch-black spiritual power began circulating without pause like a howling gale.
The silver-white lightning flashed wildly within the pitch-black spiritual power like streaks of thunder snakes.
"This really looks like a gale sweeping through dark clouds. How about calling it Gale Rolls the Clouds?"
Jiang Chuan shook his head. "No. This divine ability mainly draws upon thunder that fills the skies. How can it not have the word thunder in its name?"
"Gale Thunder Shaking Nine Heavens Descends?"
"No, there are no clouds."
"Clouds Surge, Wind Rises, Heaven-Shaking Thunder?"
"Doesn't sound very good."
Jiang Chuan felt his naming difficulty acting up.
So he thought as he walked.
Half an hour later, Jiang Chuan finally made up his mind.
"For now, I'll call it Wind Rises Thunder Clouds Surge. I'll change it later if I come up with something better."
Having settled on a name, Jiang Chuan quickened his pace in high spirits.
Just then, his pupils suddenly constricted.
Because in his field of vision, the once blue sky abruptly turned five-colored.
He had seen a similar sight before!
Jiang Chuan whipped his head around and saw the White Peacock Demon King, snow-white all over and blooming with Five-Colored Light, flapping its wings as it flew in his direction.
Ahead of the White Peacock Demon King was a middle-aged man.
The middle-aged man wore a dark-purple robe. His forehead was broad and full, and his eyes brimmed with authority. Anyone who saw him at first glance would know that he was a man who wielded great power!
"The White Peacock King and the Immortal Slaughter Divine Cult's Vice Cult Master, Chu Shengjie!" Jiang Chuan had never expected that Chu Shengjie, whom the White Peacock Demon King had chased far away from Nandu City, would actually lead the White Peacock Demon King back here.
"Screech!!!"
The White Peacock Demon King let out an enraged cry.
The Five-Colored Light descended from the heavens like a long rainbow, hurtling straight toward Chu Shengjie.
Chu Shengjie moved like a ghost, evading the White Peacock Demon King's attack.
Boom!!!
A deafening roar erupted out of nowhere, like a mountain collapsing or a thousand cannons firing in unison.
The aftershock became a violent gale that swept in every direction, uprooting towering trees one after another.
Jiang Chuan shuddered in alarm, then saw Chu Shengjie and the White Peacock Demon King continue racing in his direction.
"Why the fuck are you coming this way?!"
Realizing that he might suffer a calamity for no reason at all, Jiang Chuan did not hesitate in the slightest. He immediately changed direction and plunged headfirst into the dense forest.
He ran at full speed, terrified that if he were even one step too slow, he would be caught in the White Peacock Demon King's attack.
"Chu Shengjie! I, Jiang Chuan, will remember this!"
Jiang Chuan said through gritted teeth, "Once I reach the seventh realm, I'll definitely let you know what a! calamity! for! no! reason! is!"
Boom!!!
As Jiang Chuan sprinted, he suddenly realized that he had been engulfed by a shadow.
Bang!
Before Jiang Chuan could see clearly, he felt an immense force strike his back.
A towering tree that had been uprooted was like a massive hammer, sending him flying.
His body shot uncontrollably forward like a cannonball fired from a barrel.
Then Jiang Chuan suddenly discovered that there was a basin ahead of him!
"Fuck! Why is there a basin here?!"
From nearly a hundred meters in the air, Jiang Chuan looked down at the basin.
The entire basin was surrounded by mountains. A babbling river flowed through it, and lush green grass carpeted the ground, making it look brimming with life.
This beautiful scene would put anyone at ease, but for Jiang Chuan, who had been flung into the air, it was the deadliest danger possible!
Falling from ten meters and falling from nearly a hundred meters were completely different matters!
Even with Jiang Chuan wearing B-grade Alloy Battle Armor and having completed Bone Strengthening, falling from such a height would still mean certain death!
"What should I do now?"
Jiang Chuan considered how to resolve the immediate crisis and quickly found an answer.
"Flood Dragon Python Entanglement!"
Thirty-seven invisible strands of Divine Sense surged out from Jiang Chuan's Sea of Consciousness.
Like pythons as thick as bowls, they wrapped around the towering tree that had sent Jiang Chuan flying.
Generally speaking, cultivators rarely used Divine Sense, and the reason was simple.
Activating Divine Sense consumed a great deal of the Yin Spirit.
Jiang Chuan had once used Divine Sense to lift himself just an inch, and it had already left him exhausted.
On a battlefield, a single instant was enough to determine life and death.
If Divine Sense was overconsumed, at best one would become exhausted and suffer slower reactions; at worst, one would fall unconscious on the spot.
Therefore, even a genius like Song Zhiyan, whom Qu Shi considered gifted, only controlled magical treasures.
Unless it was absolutely necessary, she would never use Divine Sense to fight an enemy.
But Jiang Chuan's life now hung by a thread!
The instant he realized he was falling, Jiang Chuan used his Divine Sense to pull the tree over.
He grabbed a thick branch, and with the help of his Divine Sense, flipped himself onto the trunk.
The tree plummeted at tremendous speed, and Jiang Chuan's heart rose into his throat.
His gaze remained locked on the basin covered in fragrant grass.
Just as the tree was about to strike the ground, Jiang Chuan exerted force with both legs and sprang into the air.
Bang! Bang!
The instant his feet touched the grass, they drove deep into the earth like iron nails.
"Divine Arrow Strike!"
Before he had time to pull his feet free, Jiang Chuan directly swung the great lance in his hand.
At the same time, thirty-seven strands of Divine Sense shot toward the boulders, trees, and demon beast corpses that came crashing down from the sky right behind Jiang Chuan, like arrows fired from powerful bows.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Boulders and towering trees were pierced straight through by Jiang Chuan's Divine Sense as though they were made of paper, then split apart by the edge of his lance.
"Hah!"
A moment later, Jiang Chuan looked at the ground littered with shattered rocks and broken timber and let out a long breath.
"When immortals fight, mortals suffer!"
As Jiang Chuan sighed with emotion, he pulled his feet out of the ground.
"Hm? Now that I've relaxed, I don't feel tired at all. Could it be that my Divine Sense can already be used as one of my everyday methods?"
Jiang Chuan pondered inwardly as he turned around, preparing to return to the Magnolia River.
Just then, a patch of earthy yellow appeared in his vision.
He looked into the distance and discovered more than ten earthy-yellow flowers blooming freely in the center of the basin.
"Could these be the Earth Dragon Flowers Teacher Wu Jing talked about in class?" Jiang Chuan's face filled with excitement.
According to ancient texts, Earth Dragon Flowers were spiritual flowers nurtured by absorbing the essence of the earth.
They had miraculous effects in nourishing the body!
With these Earth Dragon Flowers, he could easily complete Blood Replacement and Rebirth, cultivating all the way to the Three Realms Peak!
"Sure enough, surviving a great calamity brings great fortune afterward."
Thinking this, Jiang Chuan ran toward the Earth Dragon Flowers.
When he reached the Earth Dragon Flowers, Jiang Chuan involuntarily slowed his steps.
Because he discovered circular holes of varying sizes scattered across the ground around the Earth Dragon Flowers.
"That's right. If a treasure like Earth Dragon Flowers had no demon beast guarding and occupying it, I wouldn't be the one harvesting it in this primeval forest. It would have long since been devoured by some other demon beast."
As Jiang Chuan spoke to himself, he felt the earth beneath his feet begin to tremble. He tightened his grip on the great lance in his hand.
"I just wonder what race of demon beast occupies these Earth Dragon Flowers?"
"Roar!"
The moment the words left his mouth, a roar came from underground.
Under Jiang Chuan's watchful gaze, a blackish-gray object flew out from the underground hole before him.
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