What was especially bizarre was that the instant Xiao Hua landed, his entire figure vanished. Only faint threads of lightning remained at the edge of the void!
Those lightning threads flickered only half a beat before the blood-colored clear stream descended, snapping every thread apart. The space there shattered and crumbled as well.
"Damn it... that was close~" Before Xiao Hua appeared a passage like a pillar of light. Without needing Xiao Hua to activate the Lightning Evasion Technique again, his entire body began flowing through the passage. Yet the pressure within was extraordinary, accompanied by violent tearing force that distorted even his fleshly body. Xiao Hua circulated his mana to resist it, still feeling immensely fortunate. If this Xiao had not had a flash of inspiration and used the Five Qi True Thunder to activate the Lightning Evasion Technique, not only would it have been nearly impossible to force the technique into the realm of Thunderous Three Realms, it would have been even more impossible to break free from the imperial formation...
"Whoosh..." Just as Xiao Hua's thoughts turned, the pillar of light vanished again. The weight around him abruptly lifted. Looking around, he saw nothing but crimson rays of sunset—not a single star!
"Whew..." Xiao Hua let out a long breath. Earlier, he had exhausted every ounce of strength to activate the Lightning Evasion Technique and forcibly charge into the realm of Thunderous Three Realms. His entire fleshly body was suffused with fatigue, as though the realm of third-grade Lightning Evasion was far beyond what a Nascent Soul cultivator could control.
Yet Xiao Hua had barely caught his breath when a gust of clear wind rolled up at his side, and what had happened before occurred once more. "Damn it, can't I even catch my breath?" Feeling the