No Need to Think of Me, Eat My Lightning!

The Divine Phoenix let out a scream of extreme misery, frantically flapping its wings in a desperate attempt to flee the area locked on by the Heavenly Punishment.

But it was all too late.

"Rumble—!"

The Eye of Heavenly Punishment gazed down mercilessly at the Divine Phoenix that had committed such a monstrous crime.

A bolt of divine lightning, as thick as a mountain and deep purple in color, shattered the void directly. Ignoring the distance of time and space, it crashed down onto the head of the Divine Phoenix.

There was no suspense.

There was no room for resistance.

A dignified, early-stage Primordial Unity Golden Immortal, an absolute hegemon who ruled over a vast territory of the Phoenix Clan.

Within the destructive radiance of the Purple Heaven Divine Lightning, it did not even last for half a breath.

That formidable physical body, capable of hard-resisting acquired spiritual treasures, and that tempered Primordial Spirit, dissolved and evaporated in an instant, silently, like fresh snow under the scorching sun.

"Hiss—"

A wisp of blue smoke drifted away with the wind.

The sky was empty and vast; not a trace of that Divine Phoenix's aura remained.

Body and spirit both destroyed!

Dead silence.

A suffocating, absolute silence.

Across the battlefield spanning tens of thousands of miles, there was no sound other than the whimpering of the wind blowing through the ruins.

The remaining Divine Phoenix in the sky, along with the two heavily injured Golden Dragons, stood frozen in mid-air as if struck by a binding spell.

They had even forgotten how to breathe, their enormous eyes filled with a terror that defied description.

A Primordial Unity Golden Immortal had been struck by heavenly lightning and reduced to nothing but dust right before their eyes.

And the cause of all this was merely because that Divine Phoenix had accidentally grazed the cultivator below—who was hiding behind a turtle shell—with an area-of-effect attack!

"Gulp."

The three great beings in the sky swallowed in unison.

Their gazes, filled with the terror and awe one might reserve for a Chaos Demon God, fell simultaneously upon the tiny figure still standing within the Mysterious Yellow light screen below.

That primitive shield, radiating a profound sense of Dao.

The Mysterious Yellow Qi that swirled around the shield, impervious to all laws.

And that calm posture, which had remained unmoved even when the heavenly lightning descended, as if it had all been anticipated.

"Who... who is this peerless hidden expert?"

"Could it be some ancient monster that existed since the dawn of creation? Or perhaps the legendary Old Ancestor Hongjun, who cultivates in seclusion on Jade Capital Mountain?"

"Too terrifying... The mere causal backlash was enough to summon the Purple Heaven Divine Lightning to instantly kill a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal. With such a foundation, even if the Ancestral Dragon himself were here, he would likely have to give way!"

In the minds of these great beings, countless terrifying titles capable of shaking the Primordial Land flashed by, scaring them into calming their surging mana, lest they leak even a hint of hostility and incur the displeasure of this titan.

Meanwhile.

Lu Changsheng, whom they regarded as a peerless expert, was standing behind the Mysterious Yellow Shield.

His legs, hidden beneath his wide sleeves, were shaking uncontrollably with tiny, frantic tremors.

Scared the hell out of me... it really scared the hell out of me!

That was Separation Fire from a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal. I really thought I was going to die here.

Lu Changsheng roared internally, his back already soaked in cold sweat.

Although he knew he was protected by the Heavenly Dao and the Mysterious Yellow Shield, the sheer oppressive force of facing an attack from a Primordial Unity Golden Immortal was not something that could be overcome by logic alone.

Fortunately, the Heavenly Dao had not failed him.

Watching the Divine Phoenix in the sky be blasted into fly ash, the heart that had been stuck in Lu Changsheng's throat finally dropped back into his stomach.

"Phew..."

He exhaled a long breath.

Through the Mysterious Yellow light screen, he saw the three Primordial Unity Golden Immortal experts in the sky, who dared not move, their eyes filled with terror.

Lu Changsheng's eyes rolled slightly, and the cunning wisdom of one who follows the Dao of Cowardice instantly kicked in.

Since they are terrified and think I'm some untouchable big shot.

Then today, I might as well play the part of the high-level expert to the very end!

Lu Changsheng took a deep breath, forcibly suppressing his trembling legs.

He did not put away the Mysterious Yellow Shield, but slowly withdrew the outermost light screen, which had spanned a hundred feet, letting the Mysterious Yellow Qi flow closely against his body instead.

Then, he stood with his hands behind his back.

Under the horrified gazes of the Primordial Unity Golden Immortals.

He took a step, walking unhurriedly toward the Golden Dragon that was on the verge of breathing its last.

Lu Changsheng did not even glance at the three mighty figures in the sky, as if they were nothing more than three insignificant flies.

He lowered his head, looking at the massive crater smashed out by the Golden Dragon and the Earth Vein that had been destroyed once again.

A voice, devoid of any joy or anger yet permeated with the indifference of having weathered countless ages, slowly emerged from Lu Changsheng's mouth, echoing over the deathly silent ruins.

"Young people these days really don't know how to measure their strength when they fight."

Lu Changsheng shook his head and extended a finger, the tip glowing once more with a pure, golden light of Great Dao Merit.

As he channeled the golden light into the ground to stitch the severed Earth Vein back together, he spoke in an extremely casual tone.

"This Daoist was merely passing through; seeing this land shattered, I am simply mending the path."

"There is no need for you all to be constrained."

He raised his head, his golden eyes devoid of any ripples, holding only absolute calm.

"You may continue."

These four light words from Lu Changsheng, paired with his indifferent posture of bowing his head to mend the Earth Vein without even sparing a glance at the mighty figures in the sky.

To the ears of the three Primordial Unity Golden Immortals above, it was no less than three thousand bolts of Purple Heaven Divine Lightning exploding at once!

Continue?

Continue my foot!

That Divine Phoenix at the early stage of the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm had been struck into nothingness by Heavenly Punishment simply because a spark from her breath had splashed onto your golden shield.

And now you want us to continue fighting?

Who knows if the next spell we cast will inexplicably trigger that terrifying karmic backlash surrounding you?

If the Heavenly Dao happens to find us displeasing and decides to drop a few more bolts of lightning, who could possibly withstand it?

"Gulp."

In the sky, the Golden Dragon with the most massive form, whose cultivation had already reached the late stage of the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm, swallowed with extreme difficulty.

He transformed into a burly man clad in tattered golden armor, retracting all his dragon might and even suppressing the violent mana within his body deep into his dantian.

He descended from the sky with extreme caution, stopping at a distance of a full thousand feet from Lu Changsheng.

The dignified Dragon Clan powerhouse now acted like a junior who had made a mistake, bowing deeply to Lu Changsheng in a standard gesture of respect.

"Senior, please calm your anger!"

The Golden Dragon man's voice was laced with an unconcealable tremor.

"Because our minds were clouded by the karmic debt of the Tribulation of Measure, we lost our sense of propriety in this wilderness. During our duel, we inadvertently disturbed your cultivation and even destroyed the Earth Vein you were mending..."

"This junior deserves death! I only hope that you, Senior, will be magnanimous and forgive our unintentional transgression!"