Ye Qiu’s shout of “Thunder, come” exuded overwhelming dominance. Even Jiang Feng, the Cave Heaven realm city lord, was momentarily stunned by Ye Qiu’s aura.
However, no heavenly thunder descended.
Jiang Feng sneered coldly: “A mere King realm cultivator, and you think you can command the Heavenly Dao?”
Ye Qiu grinned: “Sorry, the Heavenly Dao really does listen to me. If you do not believe it, just watch.”
Boom!
The heavens and earth trembled as myriad zhang of thunder crashed down from the sky, instantly engulfing the entire city lord’s mansion.
“Heavenly tribulation!”
Jiang Feng’s pupils contracted sharply. Only at this moment did he realise why Ye Qiu dared to challenge him.
Soon, thunderclouds roiled across the entire sky, purple lightning dancing wildly, as if countless flood dragons were boiling in fury, or like the Milky Way pouring forth, heralding the apocalypse.
The onlookers who had fled from the city lord’s mansion entrance earlier now halted their steps one after another, gazing towards the mansion with eyes full of terror.
“What happened?”
“Why is thunder descending?”
“This is heavenly tribulation!”
“Could the city lord have broken through again?”
“That murderer is only at the peak of the King realm, yet he dared to kill the young master and enrage the city lord. He will surely die a miserable death.”
…
City lord’s mansion.
Jiang Feng’s face was terrifyingly sombre as he raged: “This man actually thinks he can use heavenly tribulation against me. He truly overestimates himself.”
The thousands of soldiers beside him were filled with dread and unease. In the face of heaven and earth’s might, they felt their breathing grow laboured, death drawing ever nearer.
“Run!”
No one knew who shouted it, but several soldiers immediately tried to charge out of the city lord’s mansion.
However, Jiang Feng had already activated the mansion’s guardian grand array. Those men crashed into it like hitting a steel plate and were instantly repelled back.
“City lord, quickly open the guardian grand array, or we will die here,” one soldier said.
“What is the punishment for deserting in the face of the enemy?” After Jiang Feng spoke, he pointed a finger.
Pu!
At once, a bloody hole appeared in that soldier’s throat, and he collapsed, lifeless.
Jiang Feng’s ruthlessness terrified the other soldiers into silence, leaving them frozen in place, not daring to move.
“You all must remember, you are the guards of the city lord’s mansion. When a great enemy appears, you should fight bravely, not cower in fear of death.”
“If any dares to act as a deserter again, I will ensure he leaves no bones behind.”
“But rest assured, you are safe here.”
Jiang Feng said: “The heavenly tribulation that boy has stirred up may look terrifying, but the city lord’s mansion has the guardian grand array for protection. With the tribulation he has summoned, it cannot break the array.”
Boom!
Just then, the first heavenly tribulation fully descended, a bucket-thick bolt of thunder slamming into the guardian grand array.
The array’s divine fire flickered and surged, instantly enveloping the thunder. In the blink of an eye, the thunder vanished without a trace.
“Hm?”
Ye Qiu’s eyelids twitched. He had not expected this array to annihilate a bolt of heavenly tribulation.
Seeing the guardian grand array truly block the tribulation, the soldiers not only breathed sighs of relief but also began to jeer.
“Boy, you did not expect that, did you?”
“You thought summoning heavenly tribulation would exterminate us. What a pipe dream.”
“Fool!”
“Hahaha…”
The group laughed maniacally.
Jiang Feng also said: “The guardian grand array is activated. Heavenly tribulation cannot descend upon the city lord’s mansion. Boy, prepare to die!”
Shua!
Jiang Feng moved like a ghost, instantly appearing before Ye Qiu and thrusting out a large hand to seize his head.
Before Jiang Feng’s palm even fell, Ye Qiu felt himself plunged into immense danger, a vast force nearly crushing his bones.
In the face of this hand, Ye Qiu felt as insignificant as an ant.
“This is the power of the Cave Heaven realm? Terrifying!”
Without hesitation, Ye Qiu swiftly used a lightning talisman and shot out, narrowly dodging Jiang Feng’s palm.
“I told you, you cannot escape.”
Jiang Feng flipped his right hand, wind and thunder roiling in his palm as he pursued and thrust out once more.
His palm was about to land on Ye Qiu.
“Swoosh!”
Ye Qiu used an invisibility incantation, concealing his body in the air.
“Petty tricks, hmph.”
Jiang Feng snorted coldly and turned his palm towards the void, grasping at it.
Hidden in the air, Ye Qiu saw Jiang Feng’s large hand swinging towards him and felt his heart pound with fright.
“Damn it, how did this old bastard spot me?”
Ye Qiu burst out from the air and soared skyward, shouting loudly: “Thunder, come!”
Jiang Feng said indifferently: “Useless. Your cultivation is too weak, and the heavenly tribulation you summon is feeble too. It cannot break the guardian grand array at all, so today you will surely die by my hand.”
Ye Qiu refused to believe it and shouted again: “Thunder, come!”
Boom.
Finally, thunder crashed down from all directions.
A sudden unease stirred in Jiang Feng’s heart. He looked up to see nine bolts of purple thunder descending from the heavens.
His face changed instantly.
For each bolt was thicker than the city lord’s mansion itself, like nine vicious dragons, shattering the void wherever they passed.
“How is this possible!”
“He is only at the peak of the King realm. Even if he succeeds in crossing the tribulation, he would merely reach the initial Golden Core realm.”
“Why is the heavenly tribulation he has summoned now stronger than the one I faced when crossing to the Cave Heaven realm?”
Countless thoughts raced through Jiang Feng’s mind. In the moment of his distraction, the nine bolts of thunder fell.
“Boom!”
The nine bolts instantly pulverised the guardian grand array. Flames scattered across the sky amid earth-shaking roars that shattered countless eardrums, as if about to flip this land upside down.
The massive city lord’s mansion was reduced to rubble in an instant.
The area boiled over completely.
“Ah…”
Piercing screams rang out endlessly. Countless soldiers were struck dead on the spot by the thunder, bone fragments flying chaotically.
In less than three seconds, hundreds of soldiers lay dead on site.
As for the remaining soldiers, they were already terrified out of their wits. In their panicked flight, many more were trampled to death.
Seeing this, Jiang Feng’s eyes nearly burst with blood.
These soldiers may not have been very strong in cultivation, but they were his city lord’s mansion troops. Losing so many at once, how could he not feel the pain?
Moreover, his family members were inside the mansion. Now that the buildings had been destroyed by the tribulation, they were buried beneath the ruins, their fates unknown.
At once, Jiang Feng fixed his gaze on Ye Qiu and said through gritted teeth: “You killed my son and destroyed my mansion. This enmity reaches the heavens. Today, even if you have a thousand tricks, I will not let you go.”
Ye Qiu laughed: “City Lord Jiang, if I were you, I would flee with those soldiers instead of staying here to await death.”
“Since you refuse to leave, then enjoy it well!”
As Ye Qiu crossed the tribulation, he harnessed its power to bombard Jiang Feng.
In this moment, he was like the incarnation of the thunder god, his body covered in lightning, with several massive bolts trailing behind him, utterly terrifying.
Shua!
Ye Qiu charged at Jiang Feng with the thunder, fearless and unstoppable.
