Thunder Flood Dragon

Lei Xiao's body gradually took on a layer of faint purple fluorescence, the halo shed after the power of lightning had settled within his cellular spaces.

Across the surface of his skin, countless hair-thin purple patterns could vaguely be seen flowing, as though Great Dao runes had been branded into his flesh and blood.

Who knew how long passed before Lei Xiao abruptly opened his eyes.

Two streaks of purple lightning shot from his pupils, leaving behind two scorched marks in the air that lingered for a long time.

Huff—

Lei Xiao let out a long breath of turbid air, and even that breath carried flecks of lightning that crackled and popped.

"I opened up a full twelve thousand cellular spaces."

Lei Xiao silently sensed the changes within his body. "If all the lightning power stored in these cellular spaces were released, it would be enough to rival a full-force strike from a late-stage Primordial Unity Golden Immortal."

More importantly, after refining this lightning snake, the fusion progress of the Purple Firmament Origin Divine Thunder had directly increased by 0.1 percent.

At this rate, so long as he refined another dozen or so lightning snakes like this, he would be able to condense immortal power and charge into the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm.

"Unfortunately, such lightning lifeforms are rare even in Thunder Marsh." Lei Xiao licked his lips, a lingering hunger flashing through his eyes.

He rose to his feet and continued deeper into Thunder Marsh.

The deeper he went, the more violent the lightning between heaven and earth became. Three days later, Lei Xiao's eyes suddenly lit up.

He saw a lightning waterfall stretching across heaven and earth!

The waterfall was not made of water, but of liquid lightning condensed to the utmost purity. It poured down from the vault of heaven and crashed into the Thunder Pool below.

"Lightning lifeforms."

Lei Xiao's gaze locked tightly onto the Thunder Pool. Within it, he saw three Thunder Flood Dragons swimming about.

The lightning lifeforms he had failed to find after searching for three years had suddenly appeared—three of them at once.

Lei Xiao's heart gave a violent leap, and irrepressible excitement flashed in his eyes.

Each of the three Thunder Flood Dragons was over ten zhang long, their entire bodies covered in deep-blue scales. Lightning flowed across the scales' surfaces, radiating an aura that made one's heart tremble.

They drifted leisurely through the Thunder Pool, occasionally raising their heads to swallow the liquid lightning cascading down from the waterfall.

"Three Thunder Flood Dragons... and none of their auras are weaker than that silver-white lightning snake from before! They are even stronger. If I refine them all, the fusion progress will increase by at least 0.3 percent."

Advancing the fusion progress normally was far too slow. Even if he continued cultivating in Thunder Marsh without relying on external objects, it would take him nearly three thousand years to raise it by one percent.

But if he devoured these three Thunder Flood Dragons, he could save nearly ten thousand years of bitter cultivation!

"Fortune is sought amid danger. These three Thunder Flood Dragons are mine!"

With a thought from Lei Xiao, the Eye of Heavenly Retribution fired a streak of purple lightning at the smallest Thunder Flood Dragon.

That purple lightning was not meant to injure it. Instead, it carried the overwhelmingly tyrannical devouring power of the Eye of Heavenly Retribution and wound around the smallest Thunder Flood Dragon with flawless precision.

"Hiss—!"

The little Thunder Flood Dragon let out a shrill scream, feeling the lightning power and lightning origin within its body being frantically sucked away like water bursting through a collapsed dam.

Yet before Lei Xiao could rejoice, that devouring power vanished.

"Looks like devouring it from afar won't work."

Lei Xiao frowned. Not only was devouring from afar impossible, but the three Thunder Flood Dragons seemed to have been startled by the aura of the Eye of Heavenly Retribution. All three plunged into the Thunder Pool and disappeared.

"Since range won't work, I can only fight them up close."

A ruthless glint flashed in Lei Xiao's eyes. Judging by the three Thunder Flood Dragons' reactions just now, with the Eye of Heavenly Retribution, he would have no problem protecting himself.

He no longer hesitated. With a flash, he leaped directly into the Thunder Pool.

What Lei Xiao did not know was that the instant he entered the Thunder Pool, the entire pool vanished from Thunder Marsh.

At the same time, in the Million Demon Mountains.

As numerous demons broke through and assumed human form, tribulation clouds began to gather.

Especially above a mountain peak not far from the Demon Emperor Palace, it was as though an invisible giant hand had stirred the skies. Rolling black clouds converged from every direction, piling layer upon layer over the mountaintop.

Within the dark clouds, lightning serpents danced wildly and distant thunder rumbled, exuding a suffocating pressure.

"Rumble—"

Suddenly, a Thunder Pool manifested from within the tribulation clouds. Immediately afterward, one Thunder Flood Dragon rushed out, followed by a second, then a third.

Below, the one undergoing tribulation was merely an early-stage Primordial Unity Golden Immortal of the Demon Race. The instant the first Thunder Flood Dragon appeared, he was struck dumb.

The aura emanating from the Thunder Flood Dragon was far too powerful. It was simply not something he could contend against.

The demon cultivator was so terrified that his liver and gallbladder nearly split. The spirit treasure he had used to protect himself could not even withstand a single breath beneath that pressure before shattering inch by inch.

He raised his head in despair, staring at the two more Thunder Flood Dragons that had appeared. Only one thought remained in his mind—Heaven wants me dead!

"Demon Emperor, save me—"

Within the Demon Emperor Palace, Dijun and East Emperor Taiyi also discovered the presence of the three Thunder Flood Dragons at once.

"Brother, this transformation tribulation seems somewhat abnormal." East Emperor Taiyi frowned.

"It is indeed abnormal. His karmic sin must be too heavy, causing the transformation tribulation to mutate."

Dijun's voice paused slightly before he continued, "These Thunder Flood Dragons contain immense lightning origin. If a demon king at the peak of the Primordial Unity Golden Immortal realm refined them, it would certainly help him break through to the Zenith Heaven Golden Immortal realm."

"Big Brother, I'll make a move and capture these three Thunder Flood Dragons..."

"Wait—"

Just as East Emperor Taiyi was about to act, Dijun stopped him. "Wait first. Let's see whether more Thunder Flood Dragons will emerge from the Thunder Pool."

As for the Demon Race cultivator pleading to Dijun for help, Dijun ignored him outright.

He was merely an early-stage Primordial Unity Golden Immortal of the Demon Race. The Demon Race had as many as they wanted.

But a single Thunder Flood Dragon could create a Great Land Golden Immortal.

This was not a choice at all.

"Big Brother is wise."

Just as Dijun and East Emperor Taiyi spoke, Lei Xiao also rushed out from the Thunder Pool.

"Wasn't I in Thunder Marsh? Where the hell did this send me?"

Seeing the demon qi soaring into the sky below, Lei Xiao's pupils abruptly contracted.

As far as the eye could see, there was no longer the boundless, violent lightning of Thunder Marsh, but an endless mountain range stretching for hundreds of millions of li, blanketed in demon qi so dense it could not be dissolved.

Among the mountains, countless powerful demon auras rose and fell like a boiling ocean. At the deepest part of that sea of demons, a majestic palace complex appeared and vanished through the haze, exuding a terrifying pressure capable of suppressing heaven and earth.

"Could this be... the Million Demon Mountains, the Demon Race's territory?"

That thought flashed through Lei Xiao's mind in an instant.

He never could have imagined that merely by jumping into a Thunder Pool, he and the pool would cross endless void and be teleported directly into the Demon Race's headquarters!

"Roar—!!!"

Before he could recover from that immense shock, three dragon roars that shattered the firmament exploded behind him.