The Rain Clan

"Haha! Under our clan's divine decree, no matter who you are, you won't escape death today," Yu Yan said coldly.

As he spoke, he was also using all his strength to activate the decree.

Lei Chong stood silently where he was, feeling the pressure from the decree.

Activated at full strength, the pressure it radiated was comparable to that of a Venerable-an ordinary Venerable, of course.

If it had been the Rain Clan's complete decree, it could have unleashed the pressure of a god.

Yu Yan was no ordinary person, to have been able to bring out a divine decree.

But since he had provoked Lei Chong, his good days were over.

Lei Chong shook his body and easily forced the decree back.

This was only a corner of the decree, and its might was not as great as he had imagined.

With his current strength, he needed no outside help to easily withstand the pressure and break free of the decree's suppression.

Bang!

The instant Lei Chong forced the decree back, Yu Yan's face abruptly went pale. His body flew backward uncontrollably and crashed into the massive mountainside.

"You... who are you?" Yu Yan was alarmed and bewildered.

"You don't need to know. All you need to know is that you're about to die." Lei Chong raised a hand coldly, and several bolts of lightning flew from his five fingers.

Crack!

Five streaks of lightning tore through the void like five golden dragons, their bodies blazing with golden light so dazzling that no one could keep their eyes open.

"This is bad." The expressions of Yu Yan and the others changed drastically.

They immediately brought out precious artifacts to shield themselves.

Crack!

The lightning seemed to turn into five dragon-serpents, coiling around them. The precious artifacts in front of them instantly crumbled into heaps of fine powder.

Pfft!

Their faces turned deathly pale as blood gushed endlessly from their mouths.

"This man is too strong. We have to attack together, or death is our only road," Yu Yan said, struggling to his feet, his gaze growing evasive.

"All right," Shi Chuan of the Martial King Manor was the first to answer.

As he spoke, he turned his hand and took out a precious bow.

The others did not dare be careless either, and each brought out a precious artifact they had refined.

Only Yu Yan, his gaze evasive, took out no weapon. Instead, he urged the others to move so he could take the chance to slip away.

The moment the decree had been forced back, he had understood that Lei Chong was an enemy he could not defeat.

Hum!

The decree tore open a rift and swept Yu Yan along as he tried to leave.

"Trying to escape?" Lei Chong snorted coldly and thrust out a finger. Streaks of lightning appeared in the void and struck the decree, closing the passage it had torn open.

Yu Yan had just stepped into the rift when the blow knocked him back out.

Crack!

Several more streaks of lightning fell, sending Yu Yan flying. He screamed as he crashed into the valley, his life completely extinguished.

Rumble!

Endless lightning continued to rain down, engulfing Shi Chuan and the others in an instant.

None of them could withstand even a single strike of the violent lightning.

Plumes of black smoke rose as they were completely reduced to charcoal.

Hum!

A streak of golden light flew up, heading toward the imperial capital of its own accord.

Sizzle!

Lei Chong opened his mouth and gave a soft cry. Several streaks of lightning poured out, pinning the decree in the void so it could no longer move an inch.

At last, under his control, the decree was drawn into his hand.

The decree looked extremely thin, yet it was as tough and flexible as cowhide.

Lei Chong extended a wisp of divine sense, hoping to comprehend the decree.

The decree had been written by an ancient god and contained the god's spiritual imprint.

Studying it carefully could strengthen the primordial spirit to a certain extent.

Hum!

Yet the moment his divine sense touched the decree, it was met with a terrifying impact.

The patterns on the decree gave off a spiritual force that attacked anyone who activated it, unless they were a powerful expert of the Rain Clan.

Lei Chong's head spun and his primordial spirit suffered some damage. A spiritual imprint from the decree flowed through his primordial spirit.

"It really is strange," Lei Chong said, feeling the change.

Fortunately, this was only a spiritual body, so his true body would not be harmed.

Lei Chong silently experienced it for a moment, then activated his own magic power to shatter the spirit within the decree and repair his injured primordial spirit.

The spirit within the decree was extremely strange and quite difficult to remove.

Lei Chong drove the magic power in his body to fight against it.

Before long, the spirit was completely removed, but Lei Chong felt that his primordial spirit had become somewhat more solid.

"Oh? A divine decree has this use? I'd better study it carefully." Lei Chong grabbed the divine decree and began to examine it in earnest.

Hum!

Lei Chong attacked with his primordial spirit, clashing head-on with the patterns on the decree.

As he attacked again and again, the patterns gradually faded, and the spiritual imprint within the decree dwindled bit by bit.

Pfft!

After who knew how many attempts, the decree finally could not withstand it any longer. All its patterns vanished completely, and it seemed to become a useless scrap of paper.

Lei Chong could also clearly feel that his primordial spirit had shrunk by more than half.

But compared with before, it had become much more solid.

After confirming that the decree really was effective, Lei Chong decided to visit the Rain Clan. The clan had complete decrees, and he had to seize every one of them.

As for the other magical artifacts, they were nothing but junk.

Pfft!

Lei Chong entered the valley, found Yu Yan's corpse, and casually cut off his head. Then he turned and flew toward the imperial capital.

On the outskirts of this mountain range, Shi Hao was searching.

He had originally been following Lei Chong, but had lost him after leaving the city. Using the Double Pupils in his hand, he had followed the ripples in the void to this place.

"Oh, Brother Lei, you're here!" Shi Hao hurried over.

"Yes. I was transported here as soon as I stepped out of the city gates. It seems they made thorough preparations," Lei Chong said with a nod.

"Where are those people?" Shi Hao looked behind him.

"I killed them. I'm going to visit the Rain Clan now. I heard they have divine decrees, and I want to take them and study them carefully." Lei Chong stared at the distant imperial capital.

"Perfect. The Rain Clan bullied my grandfather, so I'm going to demand an explanation from them too." Shi Hao ground his sparkling little canine teeth.

The two hit it off at once and immediately headed for the imperial capital.

The Rain King Mansion!

It was an enormous residence. Its towering gatehouse, imposing gates, and the two stone beasts standing on either side lent it a spectacular, majestic air.

The Great Demon God had destroyed the place some time ago, but after the Rain Clan repaired, redesigned, and rebuilt it, the mansion looked even grander.

Its gray-red walls and pale golden roof tiles stretched across the view like a city. The Rain Clan had carefully arranged the grounds, inscribing numerous runes and grand formations to guard the entrance.

"Who are you? Get away! Don't block the entrance to our Rain King Mansion!"

"I'm talking to you! Are you deaf? Did you hear me? This isn't a place for the likes of you!"

Clearly, the people guarding the mansion were far from polite. Seeing the two stop before the gates and stare at the residence, they shouted at them and even moved forward to drive them away.

Boom!

Lei Chong hurled the head in his hand. With a tremendous boom, the gates of the Rain Manor shattered, sending countless splinters of wood flying in all directions.

The shock wave sent the guards at the gate flying. Blood spilled from their mouths, and they fell to the ground, unable to get up.

The Rain Manor fell into chaos. The roars of ferocious beasts and the pounding of armored cavalry rang throughout the grounds. Startled pedestrians in the street scattered and fled, afraid of being caught up in it.

Thanks to readers Bianhua Dalao and Tianyu for the rewards.