189: Heavenly Punishment and Thunderous Retribution

Xu Le looked at Heavens Punishment nearby. His body, which had been heavily injured, had its health bar completely refilled, likely due to some Medicinal Pill.

"Die!"

The snow-bright yanyue saber slashed down, and Heavens Punishment's body became like wind-blown duckweed, dancing along with the saber's wind.

The moment the saber rose, a wind swirled up, and his body swayed along with it.

As long as the divine statue opposite didn't act, he was confident he could withstand Xu Le's slashing for three minutes.

After three minutes, once the effect of the mythic-grade item [Dancing on the Blade's Edge] ended, he could definitely slip away while the opponent was frustrated.

Swish, swish, swish... Three consecutive slashes failed to hit.

Heavens Punishment's movement was silky smooth. He even deliberately approached the tip of Xu Le's saber to provoke him: "It's useless. Your blade is too slow; even an old lady would be faster than you."

In fact, the effect of [Dancing on the Blade's Edge] allowed one to dance with the "tip" of a cold weapon; within three minutes, one was invincible.

Even if Xu Le's speed were ten or a hundred times faster, it would be useless.

The only way was to not use cold weapons; without slashing and without creating wind, he naturally wouldn't be able to dance.

Xu Le slashed more than ten more times in succession. No matter how fast he was, the opponent always managed to dodge when the saber's tip was just a centimeter away.

Many times, it was even in an anti-physics state. Clearly flying forward to provoke him, he could fly backward in 0.01 seconds. Forget Newton, even Marton's coffin lid wouldn't be able to stay closed.

His heart stirred, and his hands moved even faster, but secretly he used "Mind Link" to communicate with the divine statue. With a "crack" sound, Heavens Punishment was struck by a [Divine Punishment] heavenly bolt.

The second protection chance of the newly replaced god-protecting spirit jade was consumed. Heavens Punishment was both shocked and furious: "You brat, in a one-on-one duel, you actually shamelessly sought outside help. Can't you afford to lose?"

Provocation tactics.

It generally didn't work well on the older generation, but it was exceptionally effective on hot-blooded young men, especially someone as young, famous, and proud as Xu Le.

But Xu Le didn't even bother to engage in a war of words. With a thought, the divine statue blasted another bolt of lightning.

"Shameless little thief, I won't accept this even in death!" Heavens Punishment's new god-protecting spirit jade shattered completely; he didn't even have time to replace it.

"Wait."

Xu Le interrupted in time. Just as Heavens Punishment thought his scheme had succeeded, he saw Xu Le pull out a staff, and then the divine statue blasted another bolt of lightning.

Swish!

Another flash of white light passed, and Xu Le reached level 94 Peak.

Xu Le bent down to pick up the loot. Before he could check it, he heard Kunpeng's anxious voice.

"Run quickly, you have three seconds left."

"What three seconds?"

Xu Le acted hurriedly, first picking up the dagger on the ground. This had fallen from the sky and might be a Divine Artifact, but there was no time to check.

Then he picked up the space rings of the two Zhous and various equipment dropped by Ghost Shadow. Although most were of average quality, they could still be sold for some money.

Rumble... Endless thunderclouds roared and rolled in the sky. The world turned completely dark, carrying the Aura of "the wind blowing through the tower heralds a rising storm in the mountains."

Even the blood-red color in the air seemed to be cowed by the thunderclouds' Deterrence, dimming by eighty or ninety percent.

"Quickly, put away the contracted beasts around you so they don't get caught in it."

"What exactly is the danger?"

Xu Le grew anxious and hurriedly put Little Dog and the Little Peach Tree back into the Contract Space. Seeing only one second left, he asked quickly.

He needed to know what it was so he'd know how to run; otherwise, wouldn't charging blindly into the enemy's trap be seeking death?

"Heaven!"

"What?" Xu Le felt he had misheard. Although he hadn't helped an old lady across the street, he hadn't helped an old man run a red light either.

He sensed danger in his heart and hastily rolled forward. Only then did he hear the "crack" sound as a purple lightning bolt blasted the spot where he had been standing.

The fear in his heart did not dissipate; instead, it grew stronger. Xu Le hurriedly ran forward.

Then he heard another "boom" explosion. A bolt of purple lightning, thicker than his own summoned Earth Spike, blasted the ground.

Dust flew from the magic-reinforced ground as a bottomless hole was blasted open.

"What the hell, is heaven really trying to strike me?"

"I kindly came here to destroy the cult's Formation and save the victims. Why am I still being struck by heavenly lightning?"

"Heaven is blind!"

The more Xu Le thought about it, the angrier he became. He cursed under his breath but didn't dare to stop for a second; even a slight delay would mean death.

"Stop cursing, it's just a retarded program." Kunpeng's voice sounded a bit weary; clearly, it wasn't having an easy time either.

"Why don't you come in and hide too?"

"Sure. If you're not afraid of being struck by lightning a thousand times stronger."

Xu Le stole a glance and saw that the massive Kunpeng was being struck by thousands of heavenly lightning bolts, with no chance to dodge at all. Its size was too large; while it possessed infinite strength, its vulnerabilities were also infinite.

"Can't you turn small and then run away quickly?"

"Can't escape. Locked by the Heavenly Dao. Even if you run to the ends of the earth, you'll have to take as many lightning strikes as you're meant to."

"Huh? Then why am I running?"

Xu Le felt he was doing useless work. Since he couldn't escape, he might as well take a gamble while the Little Demon Monkey's attribute buff was still active.

"You're different. You're only implicated because I used Divine-Grade power. You can hide."

Xu Le finally understood why Kunpeng had been unwilling to act back then, yet it had acted in the Tenth City.

Seeming to understand Xu Le's question, Kunpeng's weary voice came: "The god-sacrificing formation here is running, and the Aura of the outer god is exposed to the limit. The Heavenly Dao has been watching this place all along."

Xu Le understood.

Before, it hadn't attracted the Heavenly Dao's attention, so showing off occasionally was fine. Now that this place was under strict surveillance by the Heavenly Dao, even a second of exposure would result in being struck by lightning.

Understanding was one thing.

But why should he, a good person who finally did a good deed, be struck by lightning? No matter how he thought about it, it was unreasonable.

The ones who truly deserved to be struck by lightning were those who sacrificed innocent civilians.

While running, Xu Le contacted Kunpeng: "Can you hold on?"

"Heh, can you stop being narcissistic? If I couldn't hold on, why would I help you? We only have an equal contract... Hiss, that's right, it's an equal contract. Why am I suffering heavy injuries to help you? Did you give me some kind of potion, kid?"

Kunpeng's voice was very weary, clearly enduring extreme pain.

Xu Le thought about how the Little Demon Monkey used to want to steal peaches every day, but now it wouldn't even act when they were right in front of it. It seemed that the contracted beasts who signed a contract with him would gradually have their favor and loyalty towards him reach the maximum value.

"Hiss, this secret must be kept for a lifetime. I can't tell anyone."

Xu Le secretly decided. He had Kunpeng guide him; he was going to the three major commercial districts.

Those were the three important nodes of the Formation. Although they couldn't compare to this place, the protectors inside would certainly not be weak. Those true villains were the ones who should taste the lightning from the sky.