81: Chapter 81 Thunderous Strike! A Clash of Titans.

"Rumble—!!"

Above a continuous expanse of stone forest in the eastern direction of the Crimson Wasteland.

The originally lead-thick, dark red clouds had now been completely torn apart by a patch of violent purple-black thunderclouds.

Purple lightning as thick as water buckets, resembling ferocious Dragon, shuttled and roared crazily within the clouds.

Beneath this scene resembling a doomsday thunder punishment, a suspense-free, one-sided massacre was unfolding.

"No! Young Lord! I beg you to spare me! We are all freshmen of the same cohort, there's no need to drive us to extinction!"

A blood-soaked freshman knelt on the ground, his eyes filled with despair and supplication.

In front of him, his proud three hundred "Thick Earth Rock Man" dependents had now turned into a ground of charred gravel.

Those indestructible rock defenses were as fragile as tissue paper under the bombardment of the all-encompassing thunder.

"Freshmen of the same cohort? Are you even worthy of being mentioned in the same breath as me?"

High in the air, a youth wearing luxurious purple battle armor and with a head of wild, flying hair stood with his hands behind his back.

His gaze was disdainful, and his entire body was wreathed in heart-palpitating Tier 2 thunder Law fluctuations, resembling a thunder god wielding heavenly punishment.

This person was precisely the true favorite to win this Grand Competition, the Lei family Young Lord, Leiding Tian!

Leiding Tian's lightning Divine Kingdom had solidly stepped into the Tier 2 level.

The lightning attribute was inherently overbearing and unparalleled, possessing a natural attribute restraint against the Tier 1 divine kingdoms of the vast majority of freshmen.

What was even more terrifying was that Leiding Tian couldn't even be bothered to painstakingly hunt those scattered Yao Beasts.

"The survival of the fittest is the iron Law of the Creator. I will gladly accept your points."

Leiding Tian hooked the corner of his mouth into a cruel sneer and casually snapped his right fingers.

"Roar—"

Accompanied by a deafening roar, a "Purple Lightning Frenzied Lion" exceeding fifteen meters in size and wrapped entirely in violent purple lightning suddenly pounced out, biting the freshman's remaining few dependents into minced meat in a single bite.

"Snap!"

Seeing his dependents completely dead, the freshman was forced to crush his life-saving jade talisman amidst a series of shrill screams, turning into a white light and being teleported out of the match.

[Ding! You eliminated candidate Lin He, plundered 30% of his points, and obtained 4,500 points!]

Hearing the prompt echoing in his mind, Leiding Tian contentedly twisted his neck.

"Not bad, plundering other candidates' points is indeed much faster than killing those brainless Yao Beasts."

Leiding Tian glanced at the leaderboard; his current points had already skyrocketed to 120,000, firmly occupying the third place on the Prodigy List and biting closely behind the military district's Gemini.

Just as Leiding Tian was preparing to order the search for the next prey, the entire wasteland earth suddenly transmitted a violent tremor.

"Boom!!!"

Following that, an incomparably dazzling five-colored treasured light soared into the sky from the central region boundary of the wasteland, instantly illuminating half of the firmament!

Leiding Tian abruptly raised his head, and within those eyes filled with thunder light, unprecedented greed and fanaticism instantly erupted.

"Five-colored treasured light! This is a peerless treasure manifesting in the world!"

Leiding Tian laughed wildly aloud, his voice rolling like thunder: "Hahaha! Heaven helps me! Other than me, Leiding Tian, who else is qualified to lay their hands on such a wondrous item?!"

"Thunder Warriors, Purple Lightning Frenzied Lions, listen to my orders!"

"Target, the central region treasured light! Advance at full speed!"

Accompanied by Leiding Tian's roar, a full two thousand powerful dependents wrapped in lightning transformed into a purple torrent of thunder, violently charging towards the direction of the treasured light!

Leiding Tian's march route was incomparably overbearing; wherever they passed, whether it was Tier 2 Yao Beasts blocking the way or other candidates who couldn't dodge in time, all were ground into dust by the violent thunder.

However, when this torrent of thunder rushed to the entrance of a huge canyon at the edge of the central region, it was forced to stop its steps.

Because at the other end of the canyon, there was similarly a massive army exuding monstrous might, grandly marching over.

On the left were over a thousand Blazing Berserkers bathed in fire all over, with towering heat waves.

On the right were countless thick, wildly dancing Ironwood Tree Demons, full of vitality.

And at the center where the two armies converged, the pure white flames of purification were like a slowly blooming lotus flower, burning away the surrounding blood demon power completely clean.

"The military district's Gemini, Lian Zhan, Lian Yun."

Leiding Tian hovered in mid-air, narrowing his eyes slightly as he looked at those two familiar figures ahead, a trace of dangerous cold light flashing in the depths of his eyes.

"The Lei family Young Lord, Leiding Tian!"

Lian Zhan heavily planted his huge battle axe onto the ground, smashing out a deep pit, his tiger-like eyes staring fixedly at Leiding Tian in mid-air, while the Battle Intent on his body rose like substance.

Meanwhile, Lian Yun crossed his arms in front of his chest, and the Ironwood Tree Demons behind him frantically twisted their vines, emitting a series of teeth-aching frictional sounds.

Two forces that could be called the absolute Peak of this Grand Competition violently collided at this narrow canyon entrance!

The temperature in the air instantly climbed to the extreme.

One side was the violently unmatched Tier 2 purple lightning Law, while the other side was the perfectly fused purification flame!

Even before actually making a move, the collision of both sides' auras had already caused the surrounding rocks to begin shattering inch by inch.

Swords drawn and bows bent! Ready to trigger at any moment!

"What a narrow path for enemies."

Leiding Tian looked down condescendingly at the Gemini, the corners of his mouth curving into an arrogant arc: "What? You two precious darlings of the military district also want to come and snatch the treasure of the central region with me?"

"Leiding Tian, stop being so arrogant here!"

Lian Yun coldly snorted, refuting without yielding an inch: "Your Tier 2 lightning Divine Kingdom is indeed very strong, but if we really start fighting, our purification flame might not necessarily fear you! The wondrous item within that five-colored treasured light belongs to those capable!"

"Hahaha! What a good 'belongs to those capable'!"

Leiding Tian looked up to the sky and laughed loudly, a terrifying earth-shattering thunder might suddenly erupting from his body.

With a single-handed grip, a battle spear condensed from pure thunder instantly appeared in his hand, its tip pointing directly at the Lian Zhan brothers.

"Since you are in such a rush to court death, this Young Lord will first use your points to sacrifice to the flag! After trampling your so-called Gemini to pieces, it won't be too late to go get that treasure!"

"Arrogant! Then let's fight!"

Lian Zhan also had a violent temper; with a roar, the blazing flames on his body instantly surged by several zhang, and the battle axe in his hand had already locked onto Leiding Tian's aura.

Just as both sides exhausted their trump cards and were about to erupt into an earth-shaking decisive battle!

An unexpected change suddenly occurred!

"Rumble!!!"

A dull and orderly sound of footsteps, resembling ten thousand horses galloping, suddenly came from a secretive path on the right side of the canyon.

Following that, a hair-raising, massive force of blood Qi was like a backward-rolling red waterfall, instantly piercing through the blood-colored mist of the wasteland!

That force of blood Qi was so condensed and so pure that it even faintly converged into a blurry Azure Dragon phantom in mid-air, exuding an incomparable killing aura!

"Hmm?!"

Leiding Tian and the brothers Lian Zhan and Lian Yun simultaneously changed expression drastically, abruptly turning their heads to look in the direction where the blood Qi came from.

In their perception, this suddenly appearing force was frantically advancing along that path towards the direction of the central region treasured light at an incredible, terrifying speed!

"This flawless battle array Qi mechanism—it's an absolutely unified elite army!"

Lian Yun's expression instantly became incomparably solemn.

"Someone bypassed us and is charging towards the central treasured light at full speed!" Lian Zhan also drew a sharp breath of cold air.

A trace of shock flashed in Leiding Tian's eyes, and then his expression turned livid.

He could clearly perceive that although that mysterious army was desperately suppressing its aura, that extreme marching speed and terrifying discipline were definitely targeted at that peerless treasure!

If the three of them fought here to mutual exhaustion, they would definitely be taken advantage of enormously by this suddenly emerging mysterious force!

"Stop!"

Leiding Tian abruptly retracted the thunder battle spear, his expression so gloomy it seemed capable of dripping water.

"Consider yourselves lucky! There's no time to waste with you here now. If those head-hiding and tail-revealing rats snatch it first, that would be the biggest joke!"

Lian Zhan and Lian Yun exchanged a glance and quickly reined in the purification flames on their bodies as well.

They naturally weren't fools either. At a time like this, whoever got the treasure first would be able to occupy absolute initiative in this Grand Competition.

As for grievances, settling them after getting the treasure wouldn't be too late!

"Leiding Tian, once we reach the core of the central region, we'll fight for supremacy once more!"

Lian Zhan let out a cold snort and fiercely waved his battle axe.

"All armies listen to the order, give up entanglement, and advance towards the treasured light at full speed!"

"Thunder army, charge for me!" Leiding Tian was not to be outdone either, roaring repeatedly.

The three Prodigies, who were originally with swords drawn and bows bent and about to erupt into a life-and-death bloody battle, unexpectedly maintained a tacit understanding at this moment, turning their weapons around and sweeping wildly toward the depths of the wasteland like three violent tornadoes!

Meanwhile, on a highland dozens of kilometers away from them.

Lin Yunfei stood with his hands behind his back, the violent wind blowing his black robes.

His eyes, as profound as the night sky, were calmly watching the three huge light spots representing Leiding Tian and the Gemini on the holographic terminal, moving rapidly toward the core of the central region.

Behind him, one thousand Azure Dragon Guards stood silently like ghosts, their starlight battle armor flashing with a cold luster under the dark red light.

High Priest Xi stood aside, a smile of controlling the overall situation hanging on the corners of his mouth.

"Main God, your strategy has succeeded. Just now, according to your instructions, this subordinate intentionally leaked a trace of the Azure Dragon Guards's blood Qi fluctuation, and those three little fellows really fell for it."

"They have now given up their brawl and are rushing madly toward the core of the central region."

Hearing this, the smile at the corners of Lin Yunfei's mouth gradually spread.

He had long since perceived the collision between Leiding Tian and the Gemini through his vast Divine Thought. If they really started fighting halfway and slowed down their progress, it would instead be unfavorable to his plan.

The location where that five-colored treasured light resided must be guarded by unimaginably terrifying Yao Beasts.

He needed someone to scout the path for him, attract firepower for him, and consume the strength of that guardian Divine Beast.

"Since they want that treasure so much, let them go shed some blood first."

Lin Yunfei slowly pulled out the longsword at his waist, the blade cutting a cold arc in mid-air, pointing toward the five-colored pillar of light soaring straight into the clouds.

"Transmit my divine oracle."

"Azure Dragon Guards, restrain your auras and break down into smaller parts."

"Let us follow behind these Prodigies and see what kind of good show is hidden in the deepest part of this Crimson Wasteland!"

"The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind!"