Cloud Burst

Lin Xiao felt his vision completely filled with an immense amount of lightning!

The lightning bolts crisscrossed and rubbed against each other, gradually changing from their original blue-purple color to silver-black.

Lin Xiao also noticed that the surrounding clouds and mist no longer felt as thick and soft as before, but had become as light and ethereal as ordinary clouds and mist.

But right now, these clouds and mist seem to contain a powerful force that needs to be released, constantly exploding within the layers of air currents whipped up by lightning!

Under such circumstances, Lin Xiao was already feeling a slight sense of suffocation.

The exploding clouds and surging lightning interacted wildly, generating even more massive lightning bolts that triggered even stronger cloud explosions.

However, Lin Xiao soon discovered that he was surrounded by lightning.

The clouds and mist exploded around him, blasting his entire body repeatedly.

A bolt of lightning, a thousand meters thick, swept over Lin Xiao as easily as an elephant's leg crushing an ant. The ordinary low-grade robe that Lin Xiao had bought in a market in a certain city was torn to shreds, and his original disguise was instantly exposed.

Even the stone walls inside the cave crackled and emitted a dry, scorching smell.

Lin Xiao immediately took out his sect's robe and put it on, thus preventing himself from being naked in the wilderness.

Although there is probably no one else within thousands of miles of him right now.

He then discovered something: not only was there no one within a thousand miles of him, but even the plants that were once abundant and unique to the Chongxiao Domain had vanished.

They weren't gradually ravaged and destroyed within the Cloud Burst; they simply vanished all at once.

Lin Xiao carefully recalled the situation after the Cloud Burst began; it seemed that the plants had been... taken underground by the clouds on the ground.

Based on the normal course of events, he estimated that these plants would likely be released again by the clouds on the ground after the Cloud Burst ended.

If his idea is correct, then the specialty plants of Chongxiao Domain must have been preserved through the repeated Cloud Burst in this way... He had previously wondered if the cultivators had some special methods to take these plants with them and preserve their seeds before each Cloud Burst.

Their sect's robes are of very high quality; at least for now, there's no sign of them falling into disrepair.

Feeling that the Cloud Burst didn't pose a significant threat to him at the moment, Lin Xiao let his mind wander for a while before continuing to meditate and recover his Spiritual Power and Origin Qi.

The capture of the Execution Qi in Cloud Gathering City had really drained him.

He never had a chance to properly recover afterward. This was the first time he had used up all his Spiritual Power and Origin Qi after reaching the Nascent Soul Realm.

Speaking of this, although he can now directly cultivate Origin Qi, because he is in the Immortal Cultivation Realm, in order not to casually reveal that he cultivates Origin Qi, he often cultivates Spiritual Power, and most of what he stores in his body is Spiritual Power. This makes it much easier for him to deal with other cultivators.

As for Origin Qi, it is generally most useful for dealing with Execution Cultivator, but the probability of encountering it is too small. Therefore, he basically only keeps a small portion in his body as a precaution. After all, even if this small portion is not enough when needed, he can convert the rest of his Spiritual Power into Origin Qi, which is not difficult for him and will not affect its use.

Thinking of this, he suddenly remembered the large amount of Execution Qi he had previously captured in his private treasury.

He opened the private vault and scratched his head, looking at the Execution Qi inside.

What should we do with this Execution Qi? Just releasing it anywhere is definitely not an option; letting it escape is no different from poisoning the Execution Qi.

But does it have to be stored in a private vault indefinitely? That's not impossible...

He suddenly remembered the Void Return Senior who had given him the Silver Moon Longbow, and the dashing scene of him tearing open a void rift and throwing the Execution Stone Crystal into it.

I don't know when I'll be able to learn this...

No, he needs to focus on his cultivation!

Recalling what the city lord, Senior Duan, had told him, he felt a sense of urgency. He immediately disregarded the fact that he was still in the midst of the Cloud Burst and began to meditate and cultivate diligently in the cave.

He didn't know that the Cloud Burst was divided into three stages. The first stage had the lowest intensity, and the intensity increased step by step thereafter, with super-leap-like enhancements.

What we are experiencing now is only the first stage of the Cloud Burst. In the first and second stages, even Golden Core cultivators or Foundation Establishment Great Perfection cultivators with sufficient strength and resources can barely survive.

In the third stage, it will be a completely different story.

Inside the cave, Lin Xiao sat in meditation, while outside Cloud Burst and thunder roared.

In other parts of Chongxiao Domain, a large number of relocation ships, fully loaded or even overloaded, were rapidly departing. These ships belonged to sects, Lineage, and were dispatched by city lords from various cities.

Whether they were disciples of sects, members of Lineage, or Rogue Cultivator, they were all refugees from the Cloud Burst disaster. Moreover, this time it was an unprecedentedly early outbreak, catching the entire Chongxiao Domain off guard. All the relocation ships that had spare capacity were not stingy in letting people board.

Some of the relocation boats encountered refugees who had no other way to board. Although the boats would not stop for a few individuals, they would extend boarding ladders for people to climb aboard.

The defensive formations on the relocation ship can only protect the ship from Cloud Burst, but they cannot protect the cultivators on board, facing the same problem as the city's protective formations.

Cloud Burst are quite unique. They seem to be selective; their damage is almost ineffective against inanimate objects when protected by arrays, but for cultivators, they are like targeted attacks that are impossible to avoid, no matter how they defend themselves or what methods they use.

Many cultivators with low cultivation levels on the ship were injured because they could not withstand the intensity of the first stage. Those with resources immediately took out pills and started taking them, or used various restorative magic Law Artifact, talismans, and formations, while cultivators without resources could only endure it.

Some cultivators with more resources would share a portion of their wealth with those who had less.

In short, regardless of how people usually compete for interests, the vast majority of people in Chongxiao Domain are now united and seeking refuge.

As time went on, the Cloud Burst gradually began to develop into its second stage.

The entire Chongxiao Domain was filled with dark clouds and vast amounts of lightning, with loud howling and explosions echoing everywhere.

The range of all lightning strikes continues to expand.

After an unknown amount of time, all the lightning in the Chongxiao Domain finally merged into one, and the entire Chongxiao Domain, regardless of its level, instantly became a vast lightning domain.

The first and second phases of the Cloud Burst represent the final evacuation time left for everyone.

When Lin Xiao opened his eyes again, the cave was gone.