Deathmatch in the Mire

The Marsh Monster's shriek was soundless, yet it shook the soul. Lu Chen bore the brunt of it, feeling an icy, filthy spiritual assault filled with endless pain and resentment crash viciously into his sea of consciousness!

Before his eyes seemed to rise visions of countless wronged souls wailing, mountains of corpses and seas of blood, seeking to shatter his fighting spirit and taint his soul.

"Hmph!" Lu Chen snorted coldly. Within his sea of consciousness, the seed of his Supernatural Power blazed brightly. The roars of dragons and thunder reverberated through the depths of his mind, instantly dispersing the illusions and steadying his soul.

The innate mental resistance of the Dragon Emperor Domain also played a crucial role.

Almost at the same instant he resisted the mental assault, he launched a fierce counterattack!

"Thunder God Descent!"

Facing an enemy far stronger than any before, Lu Chen did not hesitate to employ the explosive secret art of the Nine Heavens Thunder Command Art!

Thunderlight exploded around him, purple-gold lightning coiling about his body. His figure seemed to grow taller, his aura surging explosively as his lightning-attribute attack power increased by 300% for a short time!

Like a thunder god descending into the mortal world, the violent power of lightning forcibly drove away the death aura and resentment flooding toward him.

"Nine Heavens Thunder Command—Heavenly Thunder Cage—Alter!"

Rather than trying to trap the Marsh Monster's entire body, he clasped his hands together and drew in the lightning filling the skies, transforming it into countless dense purple-gold lightning chains. They interwove into a gigantic thunder net that covered nearly half the basin—not to imprison, but to sever and purify!

The thunder net crackled as its supremely yang and unyielding lightning power frantically scorched and annihilated the dense death aura pouring from the