"Humph!"
"A mere Thunder Tribulation—what can it do to me?"
Shen Ni's response rang across the Western Wilderness in a rolling Dao Sound.
He had not taken Lei Jun's Thunder Tribulation seriously at all.
Boom!
Lei Jun paid him no mind.
With a few thoughts, he manipulated the thunder, sending it crashing down again and again.
In an instant, this stretch of land was once more engulfed by a sea of lightning.
The world grew a little clearer again.
"Hahahaha!"
"Heavenly Dao!"
"Do you think a mere avatar can force me out of seclusion?"
"I'd like to see just how much Lightning Punishment this avatar of yours can unleash!"
Shen Ni's Dao Sound rang out across the world once more.
Clearly, he was handling it with ease and truly wasn't afraid of the heavenly lightning.
Lei Jun, who had summoned the lightning again, wore a rather peculiar expression.
"Did Shen Ni mistake me for an avatar of the Heavenly Dao?"
"That's great. It saves me the trouble of hiding my identity! From now on, the Heavenly Dao can take the blame!"
"Dealing with Shen Ni will be much simpler now."
With this move, Lei Jun and the Heavenly Dao were even.
Lei Jun helped the Heavenly Dao weaken Shen Ni, while the Heavenly Dao took the blame for Lei Jun.
They were square.
With a thought, Lei Jun unfurled the Small World within him, enclosing the entire Western Wilderness inside it. At the same time, the world transformed into a Furnace, refining the whole realm.
Time passed unmarked in the Primordial Wilderness.
Several million years went by.
The lightning was still purifying the baleful qi.
The world was now countless times clearer than before.
But that wasn't the point.
The point was that after unleashing Lightning Punishment for several million years, Lei Jun had gained some insights.
Using his Natal Divine Lightning as the foundation, Lei Jun infused it with other laws, adding "bricks and tiles" to build upon it!
Who knew how long had passed?
Something called the "Dao" appeared within him.
This was the Lightning Dao!
At this moment, Lei Jun had completely comprehended the Lightning Dao. His control over thunder had reached its peak, pointing straight to its Origin.
Countless lightning techniques kept surfacing in Lei Jun's mind.
"Extinction Divine Lightning, Chaos Divine Lightning, Creation Divine Lightning, World-Destroying Divine Lightning, Eternal Divine Lightning..."
"With the Three Thousand Lightning Techniques, everything is under my control!"
With a single thought from Lei Jun, lightning appeared.
It tore through The Void!
With another thought,
the lightning split into two, two into three, and three into all things.
It could take the form of a Peerless Famous Knife, a Chaos Giant Beast, or the Zhou Tian Starry Sky... There was nothing it couldn't transform into!
All things could become lightning!
"After comprehending the Lightning Dao, everything is different!"
"Wherever my Divine Sense reaches, everything can become lightning!"
"Even this baleful qi is no exception!"
"How marvelous!"
Lei Jun chuckled, then looked toward the Godslaying Spear.
"Shen Ni gave me such a generous gift. It'd be wrong not to return the favor!"
A thought arose.
Lei Jun opened his eyes, lightning flashing in his gaze.
It was as if ten thousand bolts of thunder surged forth, manifesting the Lightning Dao.
Sss!
Just then, a glimmer of lightning appeared beneath the Godslaying Spear, in the place that had been shrouded in pure baleful qi.
The baleful qi became lightning!
In the blink of an eye, boundless fierce baleful qi turned into boundless fierce thunder!
With his mighty powers, Lei Jun transformed it into the most violent and terrifying World-Destroying Thunder in the world.
Once it appeared, it was impossible to stop.
Countless wisps of baleful qi gradually transformed into World-Destroying Thunder.
Boom!
A deafening blast rang out. The Forbidden Land sealed by Shen Ni was completely shattered.
Whoosh!
At the same time,
a Green Lotus suddenly rose from within the forbidden grounds and bloomed to its fullest.
The Green Lotus had been tiny, no larger than a pair of chopsticks.
But after touching the outside world, it filled out at an incredible speed.
Like a long-parched field finally receiving rain!
It came back to life in an instant.
In the blink of an eye, small lotus blossoms opened atop the Green Lotus, their few petals blooming in all their dazzling beauty.
"This is... the Chaos Green Lotus!"
Seeing this, Lei Jun's heart jolted, and the words escaped his lips!
More precisely, it was the Twelve-Grade Chaos Green Lotus!
Chaotic Qi coiled around it, and it rivaled an Innate Supreme Treasure!
Lei Jun hadn't expected this.
His attack had actually struck a Green Lotus out of the ground!
What was going on?
Before he could think further, a roar rang across the world.
At that moment, it was as if the heavens were ending. The galaxy reversed, the earth shook, and the cosmos turned upside down.
"Roar!!!"
A World-Ending Fierce Beast beyond description had emerged!
This fierce beast was Shen Ni's true form!
It wasn't like before, when he had been made of baleful qi.
This was a real existence that transcended dimensions, swept through an entire age, and filled countless living beings with such fear that they died!
It had a form, yet no fixed shape.
Whatever one feared in one's heart, that became the source of terror when one looked at it.
It was the true first great terror of Heaven and Earth!
Had Lei Jun's Dao Heart not been clear and transcended dimensions, merely seeing this true form would have weakened his aura by thirty percent and sent his strength plummeting.
To some extent,
Shen Ni was the Source of All Evil.
Only now did Lei Jun suddenly understand.
The warning he had felt in his heart earlier had come from this.
Simply thinking of anything associated with it was enough to inspire fear.
The Source of All Evil was truly terrifying.
By then,
the Source of All Evil—or Shen Ni's True Body—was already charging ferociously at Lei Jun.
Everywhere it passed,
the sky collapsed and the earth split.
Mountains and rivers turned upside down.
Spiritual qi turned into baleful qi.
Countless living beings became Sha Puppets, their minds clouded, their bodies like corpses!
Yet Lei Jun showed no fear. He even spoke with a teasing air.
His Dao Sound consisted of just two words:
"In a hurry?"
"Roar!"
At those words, Shen Ni went completely berserk.
What kind of thing was that to say?
Anyone would be furious if their plans from thousands of Eons were ruined!
And this was the very foundation of his plan to slaughter the Heavenly Dao and destroy the Primordial Wilderness.
How could he not be in a hurry?
But he was, after all, the Fierce Beast Emperor. Though he was nearly beside himself with rage, he soon calmed down.
His voice carried the chill of the Land of Nine Abysses:
"I spent thousands of Eons on this plan, and now you've ruined it all in a single day!"
"For this Karma, I'll use your Physical Body to seal the Green Lotus again, then refine your Divine Soul into a Weapon Soul and turn the Godslaying Spear into the greatest Fierce Weapon in the world. Finally..."
"I'll sacrifice your blood to the Godslaying Spear!"
As Shen Ni spoke,
he unleashed his Killing Divine Power.
It was as if he had drawn upon half the baleful qi and killing intent in the entire Primordial Wilderness, shrouding Lei Jun and the surrounding world in it.
In an instant,
a blood-red spear carrying an aura of world-destruction appeared in the sky, locking onto Lei Jun.
Lei Jun took a step forward.
It was as if he crossed countless spaces and times, trying to escape the lock through sheer distance and time.
Unfortunately, it was all in vain.
The spear seemed to have left.
And yet, it seemed not to have left.
It remained behind Lei Jun, pursuing him wherever he went.
Another conceptual divine ability?
Lei Jun had another revelation.
Shen Ni really was a Wealth-Sending Boy.
Lei Jun had gained so much from him!
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