Beaten into Submission!

Seeing Shi Jian's arrogance, Lei Ya took the initiative to attack.

A pale blue arc of lightning condensed in his palm, transforming into a pale blue lightning hammer, which he slammed down on Shi Jian's head; this blow showed no mercy.

[Azure Profound Lightning] Immortal Foundation was fully activated, and thousands of azure lightning arcs spread out like a swarm of snakes, completely sealing off Shi Jian's retreat.

Shi Jian raised the tip of his spear.

"Clang!"

The lightning hammer and the lightning spear collided, and purple-gold and azure-blue lightning exploded at the point of contact; the shockwave spread in all directions, blowing away several meters of rock beneath their feet.

Lei Ya's mouth and his arm bones humming incessantly.

With just one strike, he knew the difference in skill.

But he did not retreat; his fighting spirit only grew stronger!

"Superior!"

Lei Li followed closely behind, his short, stocky body shooting out, his fists crackling with dark gray lightning, slamming in from Shi Jian's right flank.

The force of his punches was like a mountain, each punch carrying the destructive aura of [Life-Extinguishing Lightning].

Baoting Hong charged in from the left flank, wielding a thunder blade whose light was sharp and fierce.

Xuanlei Min swooped down from above, condensing a ball of dark green lightning in his palm, and smashed it down on Shi Jian's head.

They attacked from all sides, giving them no chance to breathe.

Shi Jian swept his spear horizontally, knocking Lei Li's fists away with a single blow; the spear tail lashed out, blocking Baoting Hong's lightning blade, and then the spear tip flicked upwards, a purple-gold spear light piercing through the air, splitting Xuanlei Min's lightning ball in two.

The remaining three, Lei Yuan, Xiong Wanjun, and Xiong Jun, also moved at this moment.

Three streaks of light simultaneously swept in from three directions, each activating its Immortal Foundation, their Dao of Lightning energy overlapping and crushing him.

The seven Nascent Soul attacked simultaneously, causing the heavens and earth to change color.

Thunderclouds surged for miles, with arcs of lightning in shades of azure, dark gray, emerald green, and deep purple weaving together to create a net that churned the sky for hundreds of miles around into a sea of thunder.

Shi Jian stood in the center of the sea of thunder, his body surging with purple-gold lightning.

The Thunder Spear spun in his palm, its shadows blooming like flowers; each shadow carried the power of Nascent Soul Perfection, precisely blocking attacks from all directions.

"Clang clang clang!"

The collisions continued, sending sparks flying.

Lei Ya's thunder hammer was deflected three times, and blood was seeping from his tiger's mouth.

Lei Li's fists were blocked by the gun barrel, and each contact sent him flying several miles away.

Baoting Hong's lightning blade fared even worse; after several collisions, cracks appeared on its surface.

This Thunder Spear Law Treasure is ridiculously tough!

"His strength is incredible! We're all from the same Giant Bear Clan, so why is his bloodline strength far superior to ours!"

Lei Li sighed inwardly, his arms so sore and numb that he could barely lift them.

Xuanlei Min swooped down from the heights again, pushing forward with both palms. The destructive aura of [Life-Extinguishing Lightning] transformed into a dark green lightning pillar, striking directly at Shi Jian's face.

Shi Jian turned his head, and a bolt of lightning grazed past his ear, scorching the ground for miles behind him into a glazed glaze.

He fired a shot with his backhand.

The spear tip pierced Xuanlei Min's chest, moving so fast that it tore a rift in the void.

Xuanlei Min's expression changed drastically. He desperately activated his protective Daoist aura and crossed his arms to block.

"Bang!"

The spear tip pierced his crossed arms, and the Barbarian Bone Dao Rhyme and Purple Pivot Lightning erupted simultaneously.

Xuanlei Min's entire body was blasted away, and most of the bones in his arms were shattered. He tumbled in the air for more than ten miles before he could barely stabilize himself, and a trickle of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

One strike.

With a single blow, the most stubborn of the seven was wounded.

"Damn it, let's fight!"

Seeing that a direct confrontation was not an option, Lei Ya roared, and his bones cracked all over his body; his dark blue hair grew wildly from under his skin, and his body swelled rapidly.

With the full force of his Nascent Soul Late Stage Demon Power, within a few breaths, a giant bear with a completely azure body stood between heaven and earth.

The giant bear was over a thousand feet tall, with limbs as thick as mountain pillars, and arcs of blue lightning crackling through its fur, exuding an awe-inspiring presence.

Seeing this, the other six no longer hesitated and transformed into their true forms.

Dark gray giant bear, dark green giant bear, deep purple giant bear...

Seven enormous creatures, each of varying sizes, the smallest being hundreds of feet tall, illuminated the desolate wasteland with a sky full of lightning.

The seven giant bears roared in unison, their combined roars shattering the clouds that stretched for hundreds of miles.

Shi Jian looked at the seven giant bears, a slight smile playing on his lips.

"It does have a certain imposing presence."

He released the Thunder Spear, and the spear transformed into light and disappeared into his palm.

The next instant, bones cracked and flesh tore apart.

Pale downy hair burst forth from under the skin, covering the entire body; the size of the body increased several times, ten times, a hundred times in a single breath.

A giant, pale bear, its body shattering the earth beneath its feet, stood tall beneath the sky.

The bear's massive body, thousands of feet long, shrouded all seven giant bears in shadow.

Purple-gold lightning leaped and danced among the pale fur, each hair carrying an arc of lightning; the beast's eyes, like two purple suns, looked down upon the seven bears, its power crushing down.

The seven giant bears froze for a moment.

The sense of disparity was even more palpable than when the magical Law Treasure clashed earlier; they were like seven cubs standing before a fully grown ferocious beast.

"Are you scared?" Shi Jian's voice echoed between heaven and earth.

"Who's afraid!" Lei Ya roared, and the Azure Giant Bear pounced first.

With its four claws gripping the ground, the earth cracked, and the thousand-foot-tall bear body, carrying the power to Mountain-Moving, crashed straight into Shi Jian's waist and abdomen, only to see Shi Jian's front paw strike down.

"Bang!"

The giant azure bear was slammed into the ground with a single blow, its entire body creating a trench more than ten miles long; the ground collapsed, and magma gushed out from the cracks.

Lei Ya let out a miserable groan, his limbs trembling.

Yet he managed to climb out of the ravine, even with several broken bones in his spine.

The dark gray giant bear Lei Li and the deep purple giant Xiong Jun attacked simultaneously from the left and right flanks.

The two giant bears opened their mouths and spewed out their innate lightning breath, and dark gray and deep purple lightning pillars intertwined to form a net, continuously enveloping Shi Jian.

Shi Jian did not dodge, but instead roared.

The roar, carrying with it the Purple Pivot Lightning, transformed into a visible purple-gold shockwave; as the shockwave swept over, the lightning net shattered, and the two giant bears were forced back dozens of miles, blood spilling from their mouths and noses.

The dark green giant bear Xuanlei Min launched a sneak attack from behind, biting at the back of Shi Jian's neck.

The fangs were imbued with the destructive aura of [Life-Extinguishing Lightning], specifically designed to break through physical defenses.

Shi Jian twisted his elbow.

The elbow struck Xuanlei Min's jaw precisely, shattering three of his fangs; the entire dark green giant bear was sent tumbling and plummeting from the sky, creating a crater a hundred feet deep.

"Let's fight!"

Lei Ya roared, realizing that brute force alone couldn't harm the Lightning Bear in the slightest.

To acquire real skills, you have to do some tough work!

The seven giant bears activated their Immortal Foundation almost simultaneously.

Azure-blue [Azure Profound Lightning], dark gray [Life-Extinguishing Lightning], and deep purple [Frenzied Thunder Sound]—several immortal Immortal Foundation beneath the Frenzied Thunder Dao Fruit —simultaneously manifested in the sky.

Thunder gathered into a river, pouring down from the sky and crashing down on Shi Jian.

The heavens and earth changed color, and the void trembled.

With the combined power of the seven Immortal Foundation, they truly possessed the might of a Nascent Spirit Transformation; that overwhelming power pressed down, even causing the earth beneath their feet to crack.

Shi Jian raised his palm, Purple Pivot Lightning surged forth.

A pillar of purple-gold lightning shot into the sky from his palm, meeting the endless river of lightning.

Boom--!!

Two forces of Dao of Lightning collided in mid-air. Purple-gold and seven colors intertwined, exploding into a ball of light that spanned dozens of miles in radius; the shockwave spread in all directions, leveling a layer of the wasteland.

The seven giant bears were forced back by the aftershocks, but the purple-gold lightning pillar was unstoppable, forcefully splitting the seven-colored lightning river in two!

A bolt of Purple Pivot Lightning forcefully suppressed seven Immortal Foundation.

This is the difference between the Nascent Soul Perfection stage and the late Nascent Soul stage, and it is the overwhelming power of the Purple Pivot Thunder Dao Rhythm over the Mad Thunder Immortal Foundation.

"Impossible!"

Lei Yuan roared in disbelief. He cultivated the [Yin Void Lightning], which was the most unpredictable among the seven. Taking advantage of the moment when the purple-gold thunder pillar crushed him head-on, an invisible wave of thunder spread out from his body.

Yin Void Lightning specializes in attacking the spirit and soul.

However, the lightning wave was crushed by a divine soul power far exceeding the Nascent Soul level as soon as it touched Shi Jian's Divine Sense.

Shi Jian's spiritual strength is comparable to that of a Nascent Spirit Transformation.

Lei Yuan's face turned pale, and his whole body trembled.

Shi Jian gave them no chance to catch their breath.

The pale giant bear strode out, covering dozens of miles in a single step. Its forepaw slammed towards Lei Yuan, unleashing countless purple-gold lightning arcs that blanketed the sky.

Lei Yuan desperately activated his Immortal Foundation to resist, and the [Yin Void Lightning] transformed into dozens of invisible lightning waves to meet it.

useless.

The giant hand slammed down, shattering the lightning waves, and Lei Yuan's protective Dao aura collapsed like thin paper; his entire bear body was slammed into the ground, his limbs twisted, and most of his bones shattered, instantly losing his fighting ability.

Xiong Wanjun and Xiong Jun exchanged a glance and then pounced together.

One cultivated [Thunder Like a Roar], the other cultivated [Wind and Lightning Tribulation]; the two Immortal Foundation combined their power, transforming into a ten-thousand-foot-tall phantom of Lightning Beast, which crashed into Shi Jian with the might of wind and thunder.

Shi Jian pushed his right palm horizontally, and the Barbarian Bone Dao condensed on his palm.

One palm strike shatters the beast.

The phantom of the Lightning Beast crumbled before the Barbarian Bone Dao aura, and the purple-gold lightning arcs rebounded along the shattered phantom; the two giant bears screamed simultaneously, struck in vital areas by the lightning arcs.

Xiong Wanjun's forelimbs were pierced by the lightning arc, with bone fragments protruding from his flesh, and he collapsed to his knees.

Xiong Jun's entire left side was charred, his skin and flesh were turned inside out, and blood was gushing out.

Baoting Hong and Lei Li were the last two who could still stand.

The two giant bears trembled, their vertical pupils filled with fear and resentment; but they gritted their teeth and pounced together.

Baoting Hong activated [Frenzied Thunder Sound], opening his mouth to unleash a deafening roar; the roar transformed into tangible sound waves, tearing cracks into the void.

Lei Li unleashed a barrage of punches, the destructive aura of [Life-Extinguishing Lightning] condensing on his fists, intending to clash with Shi Jian.

Shi Jian slapped away Baoting Hong wave with one palm, and met Lei Li's fists with the other.

Palms and fists collided.

Lei Li's arm bones shattered from his fingertips to his shoulders; his entire bear body was sent flying thousands of miles, crashing into a distant mountain range and collapsing half of it.

Upon seeing this, Baoting Hong turned to flee.

But just as he activated his escape technique, a purple-gold lightning bolt struck his hind leg precisely, shattering his kneecap.

Baoting Hong screamed as he fell to the ground, rolling for miles before coming to a stop.

Finally, there's Lei Ya.

The giant blue bear was covered in blood, with several broken bones in its spine, but it still persevered and walked step by step toward Shi Jian.

"Laozi... you haven't lost yet!"

He opened his mouth and activated [Azure Profound Lightning], concentrating all the Immortal Foundation power within his body into his right palm.

A surge of azure lightning erupted, and a claw slammed towards Shi Jian's face.

This strike was the culmination of his millennia of skill.

Shi Jian was not afraid at all. He raised one claw and clashed head-on with Lei Ya.

"Bang!"

The azure lightning shattered, Lei Ya's right palm, along with half of his forearm, turned into a bloody mist in the collision; the azure giant bear's body swayed, its knees slammed into the ground, and its massive head slowly lowered.

He finally couldn't hold on any longer.

On the desolate plains, all seven giant bears lay dead on the ground.

Some had their limbs shattered, some had their bodies torn apart, and some had fainted; none of them were able to stand up.

Shi Jian withdrew his lightning, and the pale giant bear's body slowly shrank, transforming back into human form.

He walked up to Lei Ya and looked down at the half-dead, pale blue giant bear.

Lei Ya had only one eye still open, and the stubbornness in his vertical pupil gradually dissipated under Shi Jian's gaze.

"I give up." Lei Ya's voice was so hoarse it was almost inaudible.

In the distance, the other six bears also regained some consciousness; Xuanlei Min lay in the deep pit, spitting out blood and muttering something.

"Damn it... this is what you call being at the same level?"

No one answered him.

Shan Li stood up from the rock, patted his backside, and slowly walked over; he took out several bottles of pills from his storage Law Treasure and threw them over one by one.

"Alright, alright, stop pretending to be dead. We're all family. Take your medicine and get up now, get out of here."

Shi Jian turned around and looked at the seven giant bears.

"Within three years, all tribes will relocate to Divine Firmament Plain."

"The inherited Cultivation Method must be compiled within one month."

He paused, then added one last sentence.

"From now on, the affairs of the Lightning Bear Line are your affairs; we will share the good times and the bad times, so please don't take it to heart."

Lei Ya struggled to lift his head and glanced at Shi Jian.

In that one glance, the resentment was gone, leaving only an extremely complex expression and a sense of awe and Qi Ingestion for the strong.

"Here."

Six voices rang out one after another, weak and feeble, but without the slightest hesitation.

Shan Li stood with his hands on his hips, a broad smile on his face.

Shi Jian withdrew his gaze and looked towards the ancestral court. The Territory Enfeoffment Ceremony was over, and Lightning Bear's integration was imminent; eleven Nascent Soul Nascent Soul and a territory of three hundred thousand miles—this was just the beginning.

He accepted the spot for the Spirit Transformation stage.

Then we cannot let them down.

"Husband," Shan Li leaned closer and lowered his voice, "the Giant Bear Lineage sent someone to deliver a message today."

Shi Jian frowned slightly. "What did you say?"

Shan Li's smile vanished, and his expression turned strange.

"They say that the one at Myriad Bones Ridge... wants to see you."

[One million words! Congratulations! Congratulations! The new Tomato rules have been implemented, looks like I'll have to update like crazy. 200,000 words a month, oh dear, it's so painful~~]