How fast is lightning? Xue Qinghe knew that he couldn't easily dodge it, yet Jian Lan was right in front of him, dodging his lightning attack with such slow movements. It was simply unbelievable.
Shocked, Xue Qinghe needed to understand what had happened, so he stared intently at Jian Lan's movements, hoping to figure out how Jian Lan had done it.
However, Xue Qinghe then discovered something that puzzled him greatly: Jian Lan's movements were indeed very simple and unadorned, and could even be described as very slow, with nothing particularly remarkable about them. So how did she dodge the lightning with such movements?
Immediately afterwards, Xue Qinghe noticed something strange: Jian Lan's movements were very slow, but the lightning bolts around Jian Lan that she dodged were even slower!
That's right. The lightning from the sky struck Jian Lan almost instantly, but when Xue Qinghe shifted his gaze from the lightning to Jian Lan, the lightning's speed actually slowed down! Slowed down to the point that he could almost dodge it by walking.
"What... what's going on? What did she do?" Cold sweat dripped down Xue Qinghe's forehead, completely bewildered. "Is there some special power around her? Or did she activate her own domain? Or did she directly interfere with the existence of lightning? Damn it, what is it?!"
It's no wonder Xue Qinghe was so conflicted, because with his abilities, he simply couldn't figure out what Jian Lan had done. To put it simply, it wasn't Jian Lan or Lightning that slowed down; it was Xue Qinghe and everyone else's vision that slowed down!
Jian Lan has now reached an extraordinary level of self-cultivation, so when others' eyes fall on her, they are affected by her. If their self-cultivation is insufficient, they will not be able to keep up with Jian Lan's movements.
When this situation reaches its extreme, it creates a scenario where the sword has already killed someone before it is even drawn, because the opponent simply cannot keep up with the speed of the sword.
So, looking at Jian Lan's actions, Xue Qinghe couldn't understand, but he intuitively felt that things couldn't continue like this. If Jian Lan continued to affect everything around her, he was afraid that in the end he would only be able to stretch out his neck and let her cut him.
Then Xue Qinghe let out a dragon's roar, his slender body soaring into the sky and directly entering the black clouds. Then, an extremely heavy pressure came from the sky, and the dense black clouds became even deeper, like iron floating in the air.
The changes in the clouds didn't stop there. The sound of thunder grew louder and louder after Xue Qinghe flew into the clouds, and no more lightning appeared. Instead, the clouds became brighter and brighter, as if an unimaginable amount of energy was gathering there.
How powerful can lightning be gathered from a continuous stretch of dark clouds? This scene was like the end of the world, and these dark clouds eventually formed a vortex. At the center of the vortex, the dazzling lightning was almost painful to the eyes.
Those who witnessed this scene were shocked. They never expected that Xue Qinghe could do such a thing, using the power of heaven and earth to unleash a force beyond their imagination.
Even Yu Tianyi, who is also of the lightning attribute, would probably not be able to remain unharmed in such lightning. The qualitative change caused by the quantitative change is enough to break through all defenses.
Xue Qinghe's figure reappeared in the clouds, clearly having completed all the preparations for the attack. He hovered outside the clouds, looking down.
"Since you can dodge, then I'll give you an attack you can't dodge!" Xue Qinghe said smugly. "You can't interfere with an attack like this, can you? Come and try to take my World-Destroying Demonic Lightning!"
The lightning at the center of the vortex converged into something resembling plasma, then transformed into a lightning Thunder Dragon, about ten meters in diameter, carrying a world-destroying force as it charged towards the Jian Lan below.
Such an attack is indeed not easy to dodge. Not to mention its wide attack range, even if you dodge it, the Thunder Dragon will burst out in all directions after hitting the ground, making it impossible to avoid.
Qi Ling and the others couldn't help but worry about Jian Lan, wondering how she would deal with it. But then Qi Ling was surprised to find that Jian Lan showed no surprise in the face of such an attack, and still had that faint smile on her face.
Then, facing the terrifying Thunder Dragon, Jian Lan finally raised her sword and slowly drew it from its sheath. The moment the sword was drawn, everyone felt an incomparably sharp aura and couldn't help but touch their necks.
Then, facing the Thunder Dragon that was diving towards him, Jian Lan made no attempt to dodge. Instead, he stood in front of the Thunder Dragon Thunder Dragon swung his sword at it as soon as it reached him.
At this moment, Jian Lan's sword light was even more dazzling than the lightning. Then, an astonishing scene unfolded: Jian Lan actually severed the lightning in the air, causing the Thunder Dragon to lose its power.
Then, facing the Thunder Dragon that had lost its support, Jian Lan swung her sword again, splitting the Thunder Dragon in two with a single strike. The Thunder Dragon fell to the ground and transformed into surging plasma, but it couldn't harm Jian Lan in the slightest.
The dense dark clouds in the sky gradually dissipated, and Xue Qinghe fell back to the ground, regaining his human form. He appeared to be panting heavily, clearly having expended a great deal of energy just now.
What Xue Qinghe found most unacceptable was that despite expending so much power, even borrowing the power of heaven and earth to attack Jian Lan, she had been easily defeated. Had she become so powerful that she could disregard heaven and earth?
"Just how strong are you? How could you possibly do something like this!" Xue Qinghe said in disbelief. "How could a sword possibly cut through lightning!"
"But I did it, didn't I?" Jian Lan laughed. "I can see you have other abilities you haven't used yet. Hmm, let me guess, your greatest strength isn't direct confrontation, but rather gradually changing the surrounding environment to lure your opponent into your trap."
"So, you're not trying to talk to me right now, but rather you're setting up an environment that's advantageous to yourself! The direction is... downwards? Are you trying to alter the underground environment to launch an attack from the surface?"
When Jian Lan exposed his conspiracy, Xue Qinghe was stunned. This was even more shocking than when Jian Lan cut the lightning earlier.
Qi Ling smiled helplessly. It seemed that Jian Lan's mind-reading ability had become stronger as his power increased, even reaching a terrifying level.
Now, Jian Lan can not only judge the other person's next move by observing their actions and expressions, but also understand their psychology by observing their surrounding aura. When she cultivates her mind to the extreme, she can even understand the other person's heart.