Lord Lei, Help Me!

Sharp wooden spikes, hidden among the leaves of the trees overhead, shot down.

Fortunately, Jiang Yun had warned her in advance, so she was prepared, and her martial arts were not bad.

She rolled to the side and fell to the ground.

She managed to dodge these sharp wooden spikes, and then...

With a bang, she fell into a pit.

The flying insects chasing her instantly flew into the pit.

The pit was narrow, and there was nowhere to escape.

Fortunately, Jiang Yun had drawn a talisman on her palm in advance: "Heaven and Earth are boundless, Qiankun borrow my power!"

Boom.

A huge bolt of lightning erupted from the pit outwards.

It blasted the flying insects attacking Xu Suwen into pieces.

Xu Suwen climbed out of the pit somewhat disheveled, looking resentfully at Jiang Yun, and gritted her teeth, saying, "You bastard, are these traps specifically made for me?"

Jiang Yun was also helpless. These three evil people had been standing still since they entered, and there was nothing he could do.

"Big brother, was that girl using Daoist magic just now?" one of the evil men whispered to Yang Qian.

Yang Qian had also seen the lightning bolt and felt a sense of unease.

"Kill that scholar quickly, avenge our fourth sister, and then retreat."

Their ability to survive the imperial pursuit until today had a reason.

In fact, the news they received was that Ghost Granny had died at the hands of an Imperial Guard and a scholar.

As for the Imperial Guard matter, none of the three of them mentioned it, and they certainly wouldn't seek revenge on an Imperial Guard.

They could only come to kill the scholar to vent their anger.

The three did not dare to delay, and they quickly attacked Jiang Yun.

Xu Suwen had just climbed out of the pit and wanted to help, but it was too late.

However, Xu Suwen's eyes flickered slightly, and she looked forward to Jiang Yun making a move.

She couldn't help but think to herself, although she didn't know why, Jiang Yun had always hidden his true strength.

Now that the three evil people were attacking him, it would surely force him to act, right?

In Xu Suwen's opinion, Jiang Yun's strength was definitely not weak, and even far surpassed hers.

At this moment, Jiang Yun stood calmly in place, making Xu Suwen's thought even more certain.

Jiang Yun stood motionless, even feeling a little anticipation.

Finally, they were coming towards him. He had a big pit in front of him!

It wasn't dug in vain.

Suddenly, a sword flew from the night sky.

With a whoosh, it landed between the evil men and Jiang Yun.

Yang Qian and the other two stopped in their tracks, their pupils contracting slightly, and looked in the direction the sword came from: "Who's there?"

"Life is unpredictable, dreams are easily startled; clouds gather and scatter, always hard to fathom. If life could be spent in leisure, I'd ask not of the future, nor of fame."

On the eaves nearby, Xu Xiaogang was standing there at some unknown time, reciting poetry with his hands behind his back.

"Xu Wuchang of the Capital City is here."

Seeing the astonished expressions on the faces of the three below, Xu Xiaogang felt a secret thrill and was about to leap into the courtyard.

But thinking of the traps in the courtyard, he hesitated, then leaped lightly and landed in front of Jiang Yun.

In his opinion, since Jiang Yun was standing there, there couldn't possibly be a pit.

With a bang.

Another pit appeared.

"It hurts so much," Xu Xiaogang said, climbing out of the pit with a dark expression: "Why is there a pit here too?"

Jiang Yun: "Why do you think I've been standing here motionless?"

"The traps in my courtyard are almost all ruined by you two siblings."

Since the three evil men entered, Jiang Yun hadn't moved, and that was precisely the reason.

Meanwhile, Xu Suwen in the distance frowned. She had finally been about to see Jiang Yun make a move, and this brat was causing trouble.

Yang Qian breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing Xu Xiaogang's disheveled state, he had thought a master had arrived.

It seemed he was nothing special.

At this moment, dark clouds gathered overhead, and a thundercloud slowly approached. Seeing the thundercloud, Jiang Yun's heart stirred.

Xu Xiaogang tidied his clothes, pulled out the long sword from the ground, and said, "Are the three of you going to come one by one to die, or all at once?"

"What arrogant words."

Soon, Xu Xiaogang rushed forward, his sword moving swiftly.

He forced the three evil beings to retreat step by step.

But just like Xu Suwen earlier, no matter how he attacked them, their wounds would quickly heal.

"Is that all you've got?" Yang Qian asked coldly.

Xu Xiaogang inwardly cursed his bad luck; the wounds inflicted by ordinary swords and blades couldn't harm these three evil beings.

"Heaven and Earth, boundless, Qiankun, lend me your power!"

Xu Suwen's voice echoed from afar. A powerful Lightning Palm Strike struck one of the evil beings in the abdomen with a loud boom.

It directly split the evil being in half at the waist.

However, there was no flesh or blood inside the evil being's body. Instead, it was filled with countless Gu worms.

The Gu worms wriggled, and the wounds began to heal rapidly.

Xu Suwen's brows furrowed tightly. No wonder these evil beings had evaded capture by the imperial court for so many years.

Strictly speaking, they were no longer human.

They had cultivated themselves into Gu People.

"Hahahaha," Xu Xiaogang burst into laughter, looking at the three evil beings before him. "This is quite interesting."

"It seems I have no choice but to unleash my ultimate sword technique..."

Xu Xiaogang thought to himself that once he used his trump card, he would definitely be able to slay these three evil beings.

The dramatic atmosphere would also reach its climax.

Awesome!

But just as Xu Xiaogang finished speaking.

Thunderclouds had already gathered above Nanzhou Prefecture. Lightning flashed incessantly within the clouds, as if compressing immense thunderous power with nowhere to release it.

Rumble...

The thunderclouds flickered. Under the electric light, everyone saw Jiang Yun, who had somehow climbed to the rooftop using a wooden ladder.

He cautiously approached the iron rod.

Jiang Yun had observed the celestial phenomena earlier and knew there might be rain that night, so he had installed an iron rod in advance.

This was not a lightning rod, of course.

To be precise, it was a lightning-attracting rod.

Thunder rumbled overhead, and a fierce wind raged.

Jiang Yun looked up, then formed a hand seal and began to chant: "As urgent as a collapsing temple, matters require the absorption of Qi before withdrawing troops. I wish to see the Five Directions Thunder Department, arriving on clouds to join my form."

"Thunder God Spell!"

Then, a faint stream of Magical Power shot towards the thunderclouds in the sky.

The vast thunderclouds above, crackling with lightning, roared.

Yang Qian and the other two evil beings in the courtyard instantly felt immense pressure.

It was as if the myriad forces of thunder above were about to descend.

After exchanging glances, the three of them changed color.

"Go!"

But it was too late!

Jiang Yun formed a hand seal with his right hand and pointed towards the sky: "Lord Lei, Help Me!"

Boom!

Instantly, a massive bolt of lightning struck the iron rod fiercely.

The thunderous power flowed down the iron rod and into Jiang Yun's body.

Jiang Yun's hair stood on end from the electricity, and his entire body crackled with electric light, like a thunder god descending, his oppressive aura spreading outwards.

Xu Xiaogang looked at Jiang Yun, and only one thought entered his mind.

It's over. All his painstaking setup throughout the night was about to be stolen by him.