113: The dust has settled, and new challenges are coming

Lei Jingyu fell heavily to the ground.

He stared blankly at his lower body, which was rapidly dissipating.

Yet, there was no trace of fear on his face; instead, he bared his blood-stained teeth and let out a maniacal laugh.

His laughter echoed continuously across the silent mountain peak.

"Su Lei... you are indeed strong!"

With every word he spoke, a large amount of blood gushed from the corners of his mouth, but the fierce glint in his eyes grew even more intense.

"My third brother died by your hand; it's no injustice!"

"Crack." A crack appeared in the blue crystal on the Kaitian Blade.

Su Lei's seven orifices bled, and he gasped for breath.

These three strikes had almost completely drained his Protective Aura and Mental Energy.

But it was worth it!

In the distance, Chen Xuan, who was watching the battle, stood dumbfounded.

Cold sweat soaked his back, and an indescribable sense of trepidation lingered in his eyes.

Although he had anticipated that Su Lei might win, seeing this scene unfold before his eyes still felt unreal.

At this moment, he felt as if he had personally witnessed the birth of a myth and the collapse of the old order!

The roar of propellers came from the distant sky; the military's support had finally arrived.

Several armed helicopters hovered over the mountain peak, their searchlights illuminating the scarred battlefield as if it were daylight.

Wang Kai was the first to leap out of the cabin, but when he saw the scene before him, he froze instantly.

The entire summit of Kunlun Main Peak had been forcibly shaved off by dozens of meters.

The cross section was as smooth as a mirror, as if it had been severed by a Heavenly God's sword.

The scorched earth was covered with a spiderweb of cracks, each one retaining a chilling power of lightning.

In the center of the battlefield, Su Lei stood with his blade, his black trench coat flapping in the strong wind.

At his feet lay Lei Jingyu, his body reduced to half, continuously spitting blood.

"This..." Wang Kai's breathing almost stopped.

He had seen Su Lei fight more than once, but this scene completely exceeded his understanding.

Lei Jingyu's pupils began to dilate, but his voice grew even more venomous.

"But don't be too happy too soon..."

"There's no need for my father to act... when my elder brother comes out of seclusion... you will surely die!"

Su Lei glanced at him indifferently and suddenly spoke: "Medical team."

Everyone was stunned.

"Save him." Su Lei sheathed his blade, his voice eerily calm, "Don't let him die."

Wang Kai reacted sharply and shouted, "Quick! Stretcher! Plasma!"

...In the cold laboratory, a faint blue nutrient solution slowly flowed in the life support pod, emitting a subtle "gurgling" sound.

Lei Jingyu's incomplete body floated within it, his pale skin covered with purple electric patterns, like a shattered electrical net.

Dozens of neural tubes, like living tendrils, pierced into his spine, slowly injecting life-sustaining medication.

On the monitoring screen, the heart rate curve fluctuated violently from time to time, emitting "beep beep" alarm sounds.

Su Lei stood silently before the life support pod, his slender fingers caressing the blade of Kaitian.

The star marrow core at the hilt glowed faintly, rhythmically flickering like breathing.

Strands of cool energy flowed along his Meridians into his glabella, nourishing his overdrawn Mental Energy.

He could feel that his depleted Sea of Consciousness was refilling, becoming even more condensed and pure than before.

"Let's begin."

He whispered, his voice almost inaudible.

Faint golden ripples, like those on water, spread in his pupils.

Invisible Mental Energy penetrated the reinforced glass of the life support pod, wrapping around Lei Jingyu's temples like tentacles.

Lei Jingyu, in his coma, suddenly convulsed violently, his facial muscles contorting into an expression of pain, but quickly returned to calm.

The holographic projection "buzzed" to life, and Lei Mietian's majestic face appeared in the air.

The old man's sharp gaze, like a knife, swept through every corner of the laboratory.

Upon seeing his "son's" incomplete body, his brow furrowed almost imperceptibly.

"Father..."

The manipulated Lei Jingyu's voice was hoarse, as if coming from a great distance,

"Su Lei was defeated by me and escaped with severe injuries..."

"But there was a sudden disturbance in the Kunlun Secret Realm... I need to guard it here."

Lei Mietian's hawk-like gaze fixed on his son's holographic image, as if trying to see through something.

He suddenly looked aside and said in a deep voice, "Prepare a special plane, I'll go there."

Su Lei frowned slightly, controlling Lei Jingyu to continue.

"There's no need to trouble Father. Once the excavation is complete, I will transmit all the murals here back."

Lei Mietian's fingers tapped lightly on the armrest of his chair, each tap seemingly striking everyone's hearts.

After a moment of silence, he slowly nodded.

"Transmit all the data back, completely intact..."

A cold light flashed in his eyes, and his voice suddenly turned cold,

"Remember, when you return, I want to see Su Lei's head."

The moment the projection extinguished, the temperature in the laboratory seemed to drop by several degrees.

Su Lei's face was ashen.

Through Lei Jingyu's memory fragments, he had learned a lot.

The eldest son of the Lei Family, currently in seclusion, already possessed the strength of a half-step Great Grandmaster.

And Lei Mietian, the Lei Family Patriarch, could make an entire mountain collapse with a casual wave of his hand, like a god or demon... Su Lei went to the window.

Outside the window, the re-opened excavation site was brightly lit, and the roar of engineering machinery penetrated the thick blast-proof glass.

Beams of searchlights pierced the night, casting shifting shadows on the cracked rock wall.

The Lei Family was temporarily stabilized, but it could only be delayed for two more weeks at most.

The only hope was to become stronger by obtaining the secret hidden deep within the Kunlun Secret Realm once the excavation was complete... Urgent footsteps echoed in the corridor.

"Bang!"

The laboratory door was suddenly pushed open, and Liu Hongyan hurried in, holding a tactical tablet.

"Geological scans show that the aftermath of the battle shattered the underground basalt layer..."

Her voice trembled slightly with excitement, but then softened abruptly when she looked up and saw Su Lei's grave expression,

"The construction period can be halved."

She turned the tablet towards Su Lei, and a holographic projection unfolded in the air, slowly rotating a 3D model of the newly discovered passage.

The rock fissures spread like a spiderweb, glowing with dangerous red warning lights in the projection.

"We can break through to the core area in three days."

Her fingertip traced a winding path downwards on the projection. Just then—

"Beep beep beep!"

The monitor suddenly emitted a piercing alarm.

The nutrient solution in the life support pod churned violently, bubbling profusely with "gurgle gurgle" sounds.

Lei Jingyu's heart rate curve frantically jumped on the screen; his hypnotized consciousness was struggling violently!

Su Lei's eyes narrowed, his body unmoving, yet his immense Mental Energy, like a sharp sword, pierced deep into Lei Jingyu's Sea of Consciousness!

In the instant of the consciousness clash, he saw—

The complete operational trajectory of the Lei Shi Body Forging Cultivation Technique!

The scene of purple lightning coursing through the Meridians was as clear as a flash of lightning; the sequence of activating each Acupoint, the pattern of each lightning pattern forming, were all imprinted in his memory like a brand.

"Interesting..."

Su Lei raised an eyebrow slightly.

He looked at Lei Jingyu, who had once again quieted down in the life support pod, as if looking at an opened Secret Manual.

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