Outside the camp.
The night rain became violent without warning, and huge raindrops fell on the iron roof and the rammed earth floor, making a crackling sound.
What is even more heart-stopping is that pale electric snakes begin to swim in the dark clouds, and dull thunder rolls in from far away, bringing with it a suffocating pressure.
The three siblings Qiu Family, who had just finished storing water, looked at the heavy rain that poured down instantly, with expressions of surprise and uncertainty on their faces.
"Why is it raining so hard all of a sudden?" Qiu Jiu picked up the door frame and looked out at the scene that looked like the sky was leaking.
"Something's wrong," Qiu Rao turned pale and pointed at the sky, "Look at that cloud! The center of the vortex seems to be right above our heads!"
"Why does it feel like this thundercloud... just surrounds our area?"
Not only them, but all the professional warriors headed by Zhou Li were alerted the moment this abnormal energy of heaven and earth appeared!
One after another, figures rushed out of the house as if facing a formidable enemy, gathered in the square, and looked solemnly at the terrifying thundercloud in the sky.
Thunderclouds hang low in the sky, with electric light swirling inside.
"Captain! This pressure... this battle! Isn't that Thunder Cloud Eagle King coming earlier?!" A burly warrior's voice contained a subtle tremor, and his hand tightly grasped the handle of the knife.
"It's over, this kind of power... how can we stop it?" Another person looked desperate.
"King Rank... Is there really such a big gap?!"
Zhou Li stood in front of everyone, his body as straight as a javelin, turning a deaf ear to the panic and fear behind him.
His sharp eyes were shining brightly at this moment, locked firmly on the rolling thunderclouds.
The aura around him was no longer concealed, and a sharp sword intent began to accumulate, as if a sharp sword was about to be unsheathed and cut into the sky!
He was preparing for what seemed like a fatal blow.
No matter if I fight back on the verge of death, I will still eat a piece of your flesh!
However, at this time, Chen Yan in Scroll World felt a chill coming from the depths of his soul!
A terrifying feeling of being locked by the whole world enveloped him, as if a pair of ruthless eyes penetrated the barrier of Painted World and stared at him coldly.
The rolling thunder coming from the outside world was like a death spell in his ears.
He became more and more anxious, wondering why a breakthrough would lead to such a strange phenomenon.
[Ding! The first qualitative change of host Chaos Dao Body has been detected, attracting the attention of heaven, and thunder disaster is about to come!]
The cold system prompt sounded in time.
"Thunder tribulation? Why is there thunder tribulation?"
[The creation of a top-notch physique that conquers the world, its birth and advancement will trigger the balance mechanism of heaven and bring down the test of thunder and calamity. This is the law of the universe.]
"What is the probability that I will survive the thunderstorm safely now?" Chen Yan asked hurriedly.
[It is difficult to estimate accurately. Generally, geniuses of a race need to be under the supervision of guardians of at least two realms higher to overcome the tribulation, supplemented by countless defensive weapons, formations, and instant recovery elixirs, in order to have a higher success rate.]
Chen Yan was speechless for a while. "... Am I not 'lucky'? What kind of treatment is this?"
[Tip: Chaos Dao Body is not included in the conventional judgment of the Heavenly Dao sequence. It has the supreme characteristics of concealing the secrets of Heaven and confusing Yin and Yang. The host is asked to explore on his own.]
Chaos Dao Body... Hide the secret?
The final prompt from the system is like a flash of lightning in the darkness!
Chen Yan was so blessed that he immediately tried to control the gray Chaos Qi in his body.
At first, he only carefully drew out a trace, covering himself like a veil.
Something magical happened!
The terrifying locking feeling that seemed to crush his soul actually weakened a bit!
Effective!
Chen Yan was overjoyed, no longer hesitated, and immediately ran Chaos Dao Body with all his strength, and the pure and majestic Chaos Qi surged out...
Completely cover and isolate him from head to toe, from body to soul!
The moment he finished all this--
In the camp square, Zhou Li's whole body's sword intent has been accumulated to its peak, and his robes are moving automatically without wind, making a hunting sound.
He shouted, "Get ready!"
All the professional warriors behind him, no matter how scared they were, gritted their teeth and showed their weapons, or activated their protective weapons True Qi, ready to fight to the death!
"Is it coming?!" Someone yelled, looking at the extremely condensed destructive lightning in the center of the thundercloud, which seemed to be about to fall down in the next second.
However, the thunder that was expected to tear the heaven and earth apart did not fall.
That condensed and terrifying thundercloud seemed to have suddenly lost its target after reaching a certain critical point...
The electric snakes swimming wildly inside quickly weakened and dissipated, and the thick clouds became thinner at a speed visible to the naked eye. In a few breaths, they... disappeared!
The downpour also stopped abruptly.
All that was left was the messy puddles on the ground, the smell of moist earth in the air, and... a dead silence and the members of the mercenary group looking at each other in bewilderment.
"Disappeared... disappeared?" Someone opened his mouth wide.
The other professional warriors were also stunned. They looked at the night sky that cleared up quickly and even revealed a few stars. They were full of doubts. "What's going on? Thunder Cloud Eagle... is gone?"
Zhou Li slowly calmed down the fierce sword intent around him, frowned tightly, and stared at the place where the thunderclouds dissipated, with a deep gaze, as if he wanted to see something from it.
Instead of diminishing, the doubts in his heart only deepened.
He was silent for a moment, waved his hand, and said with a hint of unnoticeable fatigue in his voice, "It's just a false alarm... let it go. Be more vigilant."
Everyone then woke up from a dream and put away their weapons one after another.
With a look of confusion and joy on their faces as they survived the disaster, they whispered about the "unexpected" incident that had come and gone even more bizarrely, and each returned to their residence.
Only Zhou Li was left, standing alone in the empty square, looking at the direction where the thunderclouds dissipated, and said nothing for a long time.
The threat of thunderclouds quietly dissipated, and Painted World returned to calm.
Chen Yan slowly opened his eyes and let out a long sigh of relief.
He realized that the function of Chaos Qi was like an exquisite disguise program, wrapping up his "abnormal existence" that should have been marked by the rules, and temporarily deceiving the system's detection mechanism.
But he could clearly feel that the terrifying thunder disaster had not really dissipated...
He just temporarily lost his target, like a sharp sword hanging above his head, still wandering and searching above the clouds.
As long as he takes the initiative to remove the Chaos Qi cover around him, that destructive thunder will definitely follow him and come instantly.
Chen Yan No longer thought about it, he stepped out of the scroll and reappeared in the simple room.
Without any delay, he went straight to the bed, undressed and lay down.
Almost as soon as his head hit the pillow, his breathing naturally fell into a mysterious rhythm.
He quickly entered the cultivation state of [Deep Sleep].
[You quickly enter sleep, skill (Deep Sleep) proficiency +5]
The night flows quietly outside the window.
The mental and physical energy consumed in his body was quickly restored in this high-quality dormancy, just like dry land being nourished by sweet rain.
[Proficiency +5]
[Proficiency +5]
The next morning, it was just getting dark.
Zhou Li handed Chen Yan a well-marked map and an envelope sealed with fire paint.
"Map, and a letter of recommendation for Black Wind Valley base." His tone was calm, but his eyes were firmly fixed on Chen Yan with a hint of doubt.
Suddenly, without any warning, he pointed at Chen Yan's Jianjing point with his sword-like fingers as fast as lightning!
This finger may seem ordinary, but it contains the pure Qi of Professional Rank 9 warrior, which is enough to crack monuments and crack stones.
However, the fingertips, which were still three inches away from Chen Yan's body, seemed to have hit an invisible yet extremely tough wall.
Suddenly stagnant, it is difficult to move forward at all!
A force gently but firmly blocked his temptation.
Zhou Li's eyes suddenly widened, and for the first time, an expression of surprise appeared on his face that could not be concealed.
He suddenly retracted his fingers and said in silence, "Zhenqi autonomous body protection?! You... you just broke through the professional level?!"
When he asked this question, even he himself found it ridiculous.
In other words... yesterday, or even earlier, this kid single-handedly killed a fifth-level Earth Scale Python with his amateur level cultivation?
Moreover, under the temptation of Professional Rank 9, how many moves can you make back and forth?
Although yesterday was mainly to test his boxing skills and not use his true strength, but...
"But this is too damn exaggerated!!"
Zhou Li was shocked and could not calm down for a long time.
If he hadn't suddenly been unable to detect the specific energy and blood fluctuations of Chen Yan this morning, he would definitely not have tried again, and naturally he would not have been able to detect this subtle sign of true energy protecting the body.
If this kid broke through to the professional level just last night...
That terrifying thundercloud that came and went even weirder last night...
He raised his head suddenly, stared at Chen Yan with burning eyes, and blurted out:
"You little monster! With such a talent... how could you be taken advantage of by that old boy Du Chun and become his disciple?!"