Chen Yan's confusion lasted less than a second.
Above him, the roiling tribulation clouds did not disperse after the first bolt of Heavenly Thunder was destroyed. Instead, like a vicious beast thoroughly enraged, they grew even more violent.
At the center of the dark clouds' vortex, a deep purple-black glow was rapidly gathering. The aura of destruction it contained was several times more terrifying than the previous strike.
This time, not only the watching elders but even Venerable Tianshu and Venerable Qingcang changed expressions slightly.
"The second one... is coming!"
"Rumble!"
Another enormous pillar of lightning pierced heaven and earth. This time, the lightning was nearly pure black, and wherever it passed, it left behind pitch-black cracks in space that took a long time to heal.
This strike had sealed off every escape route Chen Yan had.
He couldn't run. He couldn't dodge.
Chen Yan hadn't even thought of running.
Looking at the black bolt of Heavenly Thunder that could destroy heaven and earth, he felt his anger flare up in an instant.
His breakthrough had failed, he'd gotten nothing out of it, and now he was being chased around by lightning?
That was no way to treat someone!
"Again?!"
Chen Yan roared once more. He threw another simple punch, without any flashy moves, straight at the black Heavenly Thunder!
At that moment, the Ten Thousand Dao Diagram in his sea of consciousness reacted once again.
The golden speck of light representing the Void Dao Pupils lit up once more!
An even more solid and imposing phantom of a golden eye flickered across the diagram.
Everyone watching expected an earth-shaking collision.
But then, something bizarre happened.
The instant Chen Yan's fist touched the black Heavenly Thunder, it made no sound at all.
The terrifying bolt, powerful enough to make even