144: The Power of Thunder

Grand Elder!

At the entrance of the Grand Elder's office, a person walked in a hurry.

Hearing the sound at the door, the Grand Elder slowly looked up at him.

This person immediately said: "Grand Elder, we just detected a super strong thunderstorm above Heng City, but it quickly disappeared."

"At the same time, it then reappeared on the second peak of Huping Mountain!"

Hearing this, a hint of surprise appeared on the Grand Elder's face: "Super strong thunderstorm?"

"Yes!"

After saying this, the person came over with a tablet and placed it in front of the Grand Elder. After a brief operation, a data diagram was displayed before the Grand Elder.

"The Meteorological Bureau detected that the super strong thunderstorm phenomenon previously observed above Heng City has the same energy intensity as the one currently appearing on Huping Mountain."

"However, one point is that the lightning intensity inside is nearly three hundred times stronger than the strongest lightning ever recorded on Earth!"

"Once this lightning is released, just one bolt will directly shatter the second peak of Huping Mountain."

When he heard this data, the Grand Elder could no longer remain calm. He suddenly stood up from his seat, his face full of urgency.

"Last time, Huping Mountain experienced a large amount of lightning, and I didn't expect it to appear again this time, with such immense energy!"

Huping Mountain is the first mountain where a Spiritual Vein revived, and there must be no mishaps.

Li Mu has been secretly busy, finally repairing the Formation on Huping Mountain, and now it faces such a huge problem again. Wouldn't all of Li Mu's efforts for Huping Mountain be in vain?

The Grand Elder's heart was filled with hatred.

Then, without further hesitation, he immediately gave the order: "Arrange for people to safely evacuate all the villagers from the villages around the second peak of Huping Mountain."

"Arrange for all personnel from the Special Affairs Handling Bureau to be dispatched to guard Huping Mountain!"

The last lightning shattered the Formation on Huping Mountain, and this lightning is even more severe; the Formation probably won't hold up.

And as the first mountain range where a Spiritual Vein revived, although Li Mu had eliminated them once, after such a long time, many monsters about to enter the ranks of Yao Beasts will inevitably be born inside!

There are even monsters that have already become Yao Beasts. If the Formation can't contain them, once they descend the mountain, it will cause incalculable consequences.

After receiving the order, the person immediately left the office to convey the Grand Elder's instructions.

......

And at this moment, on the summit of the second peak of Huping Mountain.

Li Mu was sitting cross-legged, calmly meditating and adjusting his state to the best possible condition to welcome his Heavenly Tribulation.

Stepping into Refining Spirit to Return to Emptiness, Body Tempering by Heavenly Lightning; if one fails to Undergo Tribulation, one's body will perish and Dao will dissipate.

As long as one succeeds in Undergoing Tribulation, one sheds their mortal body, achieves an immortal body, and their Primordial Spirit merges with their true self, allowing them to perceive the Void Realm, covering thousands of miles in an instant.

At this step, even walking in the Universe would have no effect.

In the villages down the mountain, official personnel also arrived, quickly evacuating the villagers from the area.

At the same time, the unusual phenomenon on Huping Mountain was recorded and uploaded online.

Since the last spiritual energy tide, the Grand Elder had relaxed control over this aspect, allowing all people in Xia Kingdom to gradually adapt to future changes.

It was precisely because of this that the video was not deleted immediately.

Thus, it quickly went viral on the internet, and the video was widely circulated, with a large number of netizens speculating about what was happening to Huping Mountain.

In the video, the dark, oppressive clouds and the muffled thunderclaps seemed to cause an instinctive fear in people with each sound, as if it were a deep-seated timidity from the Soul.

Time passed little by little, and when the energy of the Heavenly Lightning in the dark clouds above seemed to have gathered to a peak.

Finally...

The first bolt of Heavenly Lightning streaked across the sky and struck down!

In an instant, all the space around the Heavenly Lightning twisted, and it struck Li Mu's body in a flash. Li Mu's clothes instantly turned to ash.

The Heavenly Lightning, which could have directly shattered the entire mountain peak, was forcibly absorbed by Li Mu into his body. He intended to use the Heavenly Lightning to temper his body.

However, the second bolt of Heavenly Lightning followed closely behind.

The second bolt of Heavenly Lightning was thicker, and its power was directly doubled compared to the first bolt!

Li Mu had not anticipated that the second bolt of Heavenly Lightning would come so quickly.

The next second, the Heavenly Lightning struck his body.

However, this time, because the first bolt of Heavenly Lightning had not yet been refined in his body, when the second bolt of Heavenly Lightning struck Li Mu, he only absorbed a small portion.

His body was also charred black at this moment, and the entire second peak of Huping Mountain instantly collapsed at this moment!

At this moment, the crowd who had just evacuated to a safe location saw this scene, and everyone was completely stunned, unable to recover for a long time.

They rubbed their eyes hard, unable to believe what they had just seen.

An entire mountain peak was struck by a bolt of lightning and directly collapsed into ruins?!

However, the violent tremors from the ground and the loud roar from the distant mountain collapse pulled them back to reality.

"Gulp..."

Someone saw this scene, swallowed, and felt their legs trembling.

If they had been on that mountain just now, wouldn't they have instantly died?

On the other side, on the rooftop of an apartment complex in Menjiang City, Wang Cao was sitting with his eyes closed, meditating, with the bamboo stick placed on his legs, comprehending his Dao of the Sword.

Then he slowly opened his eyes, his gaze fixed on Huping Mountain, frowning slightly.

"The Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi is chaotic. A large amount of Heavenly Might is gathering there. Someone is Undergoing Tribulation! Is it Li Mu?"

"I didn't expect you to reach this step. Just wait, this Venerable One will also reach this step very soon!"

After speaking, he no longer comprehended the Dao of the Sword. He picked up the bamboo stick and stood up, looking in the direction of Huping Mountain, his expression filled with the arrogance and loneliness of a master.

......

At this moment, in Huping Mountain.

Li Mu crawled out of the ruins, his entire body charred black, and his back, where he was struck, even showed signs of cracking, looking extremely disheveled.

However, before Li Mu could even crawl out of the ruins and catch his breath, the last bolt of Heavenly Lightning struck down instantly.

For a moment, it was as if heaven and earth fell silent, and only the Heavenly Lightning descending from the sky could be seen from afar.

It struck Li Mu, unleashing a sky full of electric arcs, and the ground once again shattered and collapsed.

Li Mu violently spat out a mouthful of blood, instantly turning into a charred human figure, then fell into the deep pit blasted out by the Heavenly Lightning, and was buried by the soil.

With the three bolts of Heavenly Lightning finished, the dark clouds in the sky slowly dispersed, and the sky returned to calmness.

However, those who watched this scene from afar were now stunned, unable to recover for a long time.

Shi Niang from Chengyang City, due to consuming the Talent Spiritual Fruit, could also sense the changes in the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.

When she found that the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi had returned to normal, for some unknown reason, she suddenly felt an inexplicable sense of panic.

Her gaze turned towards Huping Mountain, and then she suddenly seemed to remember something. She abruptly stood up and quickly ran downstairs.

She remembered!

The scene she had seen in the future stone, when Li Mu Underwent Tribulation, was exactly the same as the current scene!

The same Heavenly Might, the same chaotic Spiritual Qi, and it was also in the direction of Huping Mountain...

Shi Niang remembered that in the scene she saw in the future stone, Li Mu successfully Underwent this Heavenly Tribulation, but he also suffered very severe injuries!

In the future stone, she had not yet possessed extraordinary abilities at that time.

But now she did, and she felt that she could help Li Mu, allowing his injuries to recover quickly...