God-Striking Technique

"Demon Spirit Lake." Shi Hao clenched both fists tightly.

"What did the one who issued the wanted notice look like? Do you still remember?" Shi Hao suddenly raised his head.

"It was a Demon Spider who issued the notice, but he's already been killed." Lei Chong did not hide what had happened that day.

Hearing that the Demon Spider had been killed while the wanted notice for his grandfather remained meant that his grandfather was still alive. That put him considerably at ease.

"Wait, that Demon Spider was a Venerable. Could he really have been so easy to kill?" Shi Hao seemed to have thought of something.

"He was killed by a killing formation," Lei Chong replied with a smile. As for the details, he did not want to reveal too much.

"What a pity." Shi Hao felt somewhat frustrated.

He had wanted to use the Little Pagoda's might to trick those people from Demon Spirit Lake to their deaths.

"Ahem! It seems you hate Demon Spirit Lake deeply. I do have a way to let you vent some of that pent-up anger," Lei Chong said with a smile.

Shi Hao's eyes immediately lit up, filled with anticipation. But after a moment's thought, he sensed something was wrong.

"Wait, why would you help me? We don't seem to know each other that well, do we?" Shi Hao stared at Lei Chong warily.

"We really don't know each other well. I'm helping you vent because I also want to make a deal with you." Lei Chong did not intend to hide it.

"First tell me what kind of deal." Shi Hao was not reckless.

"You have the God-Striking Stone. I want to borrow him for half a day, then return him to you." Lei Chong pointed at Shi Hao's hair.

Many cultivators in the Desolate Region knew that Shi Hao had the God-Striking Stone, so there was no need to beat around the bush.

Shi Hao narrowed his eyes slightly and secretly communicated with the Little Pagoda.

He felt that the person before him was mysterious, someone even he could not quite see through.

If the other party tried to seize him, he would have the Little Pagoda strike once.

"Don't worry. I'll sit right here and won't go anywhere. You can take some time to consider it too," Lei Chong explained.

He was also worried that Shi Hao might turn ruthless and have the Little Pagoda strike him once.

"Tell me your plan first. Then I'll consider whether to make the deal." Shi Hao relaxed. If it was only here, there would not be much of a problem.

Lei Chong opened his Qiankun bag and took out a Demon Spider leg.

"This is that Demon Spider's leg. If we throw it outside the city, will the Demon Spiders of Demon Spirit Lake come to investigate once they find out?" Lei Chong shared his idea.

Shi Hao's eyes lit up. The method was indeed feasible.

"That's a good plan, but the God-Striking Stone has a consciousness of his own. Whether he'll stay with you isn't something I can control," Shi Hao replied after thinking for a moment.

"It's fine. He'll definitely be willing," Lei Chong replied with a smile.

As he spoke, he took a stone from his Qiankun bag.

"Ah, you're my big brother, my own big brother! I'm willing to follow you for half a day!" a shout suddenly rang out.

A streak of light flew from Shi Hao's hair and lunged toward Lei Chong's hand, shouting as he went.

It was a special stone with a mouth on it. The mouth opened and closed, letting out a clear voice.

The God-Striking Stone had absolutely no scruples. He lay on top of the stone and refused to get up.

Hum!

A lustrous white bone pagoda flew up and floated before Lei Chong.

"Give me this stone, and I can strike once for you."

The God-Striking Stone panicked at once. How could he possibly compete with the Little Pagoda? "Lord Pagoda, you're so handsome and elegant, yet you're still fighting me for a stone?"

The Little Pagoda did not respond to the God-Striking Stone, instead continuing to ask Lei Chong.

Lei Chong did not hesitate and directly refused the Little Pagoda's request. This Little Pagoda was far too much of a swindler; trading with him was not worth it.

Besides, the Little Pagoda was still following Shi Hao. If he really encountered danger, even if the Little Pagoda wanted to act, he would not make it in time.

"Big brother, my own big brother, what exactly do you want to do? I absolutely won't resist." The God-Striking Stone had no scruples whatsoever.

"It's nothing, really. I just want to look at the primordial runes inside you." Lei Chong stated his purpose.

"Ah..." The God-Striking Stone's mouth gaped wide open.

From the time he came into the world until now, he had never known there were runes inside him.

"I see." The Little Pagoda swayed gently, sending out that fluctuation before returning to Shi Hao's hair.

"Big brother, I'm just a stone. What runes could I possibly have inside me? Don't let yourself get the short end of the deal!" the God-Striking Stone shouted.

Lei Chong picked up the God-Striking Stone and carefully examined his body.

"The reason you're called the God-Striking Stone is that you have special runes inside you that specifically target an opponent's primordial spirit. Without special runes, how could you strike primordial spirits?" Lei Chong explained.

Hearing Lei Chong's explanation, not only did the God-Striking Stone understand, but Shi Hao, standing nearby, also grasped the secret behind it.

"Well? Are you willing to make the exchange?" Lei Chong asked.

"Yes." Without hesitation, the God-Striking Stone opened his mouth and swallowed the piece of Myriad Law Stone.

Hum!

Lei Chong immediately activated his Heavenly Eye. Two bolts of lightning shot from his eyes, threaded with special runes, and completely enveloped the God-Striking Stone.

Sure enough, at the very center of the God-Striking Stone, a cluster of golden runes flickered within him, emanating a special power.

Shi Hao's eyes widened, envy showing in them.

This person was not much older than him, yet he had cultivated the Martial Dao Heavenly Eye.

He was immensely envious of such an ability. It had nothing to do with cultivation realm and depended entirely on one's own fortuitous encounters.

After seeing the runes inside the God-Striking Stone clearly, Lei Chong began to force himself to memorize them. He intended to first remember the patterns, then slowly study and comprehend them.

Boom!

But just as he tried to remember them, the runes sent out a fluctuation that shook his primordial spirit, making him forget them.

Lei Chong let out a muffled grunt, and immediately afterward, his head began to spin.

He slowly opened his eyes, a trace of bitterness appearing at the corners of his mouth.

The God-Striking Stone did not merely strike an enemy's divine sense. Even the primordial spirits of those who tried to learn his secret technique would come under attack, leaving them completely unable to remember it.

The God-Striking Stone himself knew nothing of what had just happened. After swallowing the Myriad Law Stone, he had gone completely still, evidently working hard to refine it.

Hum!

Shi Hao had clearly grown interested as well. He took out an eyeball and activated it to emit a beam of light, looking inside the God-Striking Stone.

Soon, Shi Hao let out a muffled grunt, and his face turned deathly pale.

Seeing that Shi Hao intended to keep observing, Lei Chong hurriedly stopped him. "We can't be reckless for now. We can use another method."

"What other method?" Joy appeared in Shi Hao's eyes.

Lei Chong did not answer him directly, instead fetching a piece of bone.

"This technique targets primordial spirits. We can't remember it simply because our primordial spirits are too weak. For now, we can only carve it onto the bone and study it slowly later," Lei Chong explained.

"I see." Shi Hao nodded slightly.

Hum!

Lei Chong opened his Heavenly Eye again and studied the God-Striking Stone's runes.

This time, once he saw the runes clearly, he immediately carved them down.

The carving went smoothly, without any obstacles.