125: Chapter 125 Heavenly Thunder Cave, Ancient Inheritance

Passing through that violent and chaotic lightning barrier, Zhao Ruoan only felt his vision blur, and a slight sense of spatial distortion came from all around his body.

The next moment, his feet touched the ground, and the scene before him suddenly opened up.

The expected scene of flashing lightning, thunder, and peril did not appear.

Here was a blessed land independent of the outside world.

The sky was a pure lavender, without sun, moon, or stars, yet it emitted a soft glow.

Beneath his feet was a vast white jade plaza, smooth as a mirror, stretching endlessly out of sight.

At the end of the plaza stood an absurdly magnificent purple palace.

The entire palace seemed to be carved from the purest lightning crystals, exuding a majestic and sacred Aura throughout its body.

Countless tiny arcs of electricity leapt among the flying eaves and bracket sets of the palace, making a pleasant crackling sound.

The air was filled with Spiritual Qi so dense it had almost turned liquid.

Furthermore, it was lightning-attribute Spiritual Qi that was pure to the extreme!

"Goodness, this display is truly colossal."

Zhao Ruoan smacked his lips.

Just this pocket dimension and this palace were of immeasurable value, truly worthy of being the work of an ancient mighty figure.

He took a deep breath, and that pure lightning Spiritual Qi rushed into his body crazily like a hundred rivers returning to the sea.

There was no need for him to actively circulate his Cultivation Technique; the Great Dao Scripture within his body was like an insatiable black hole, automatically beginning a frantic absorption and refinement.

Swirling streams of cool yet domineering power washed over his limbs and bones, nourishing his Meridians and Divine Soul.

"Comfortable."

Zhao Ruoan felt as if he were soaking in a hot spring, with every pore expanding.

He could clearly feel that his cultivation was slowly growing at a tiny yet steady speed.

Although for his current Divine Soul Realm cultivation, this bit of growth was nothing, its advantage lay in being endless.

If he could Cultivate here for a year or a half, it would probably save him decades of hard work in the outside world.

"What a pity, there is not that much time to waste."

Zhao Ruoan shook his head and gathered his mind.

His main target was Master Tianlei's Legacy, not entering closed-door cultivation here.

He strode forward, walking towards the lightning palace at the end of the plaza.

The entire white jade plaza was empty and silent, with only the sound of his single pair of footsteps echoing.

It looked peaceful, but Zhao Ruoan's Divine Sense always maintained a high level of vigilance.

An ancient ruin like this could not possibly lack defensive measures.

Sure enough, just as he walked to the center of the plaza, a sudden change occurred!

"Hum——!"

On the white jade ground beneath his feet, countless intricate array patterns suddenly lit up!

"Click! Click! Click!"

Around the plaza, stone statues towering ten zhang high suddenly shot dazzling lightning from their eyes, waking up from their deep slumber.

These stone statues, holding lightning spears and clad in lightning armor, were shockingly eight Thunder Puppets!

The Aura emitted by each Puppet was comparable to a Golden Core Stage Late Stage Cultivator!

"Those who trespass into the Tianlei Divine Temple shall die!"

The eight Thunder Puppets issued cold and mechanical roars, transforming into eight bolts of purple lightning that charged towards Zhao Ruoan from all directions!

Their speed was shockingly fast, their lightning spears cutting through the air and bringing sharp whistling sounds. The power of thunder condensed at the tips of the spears was enough to easily pierce a small hill.

"Late Stage Golden Core Stage Puppets? A bit interesting."

Facing this siege that would make any Golden Core Cultivator's scalp tingle, Zhao Ruoan's face did not have the slightest ripple.

He didn't even stop his steps.

"Just in time, I'll use you to test my newly learned moves."

Just at the moment when those eight lightning spears were about to pierce him, a flash of colorful brilliance crossed Zhao Ruoan's eyes.

He slowly raised his right hand, index and middle fingers together, and gently slashed towards the Void Realm.

"Hum!"

A streak of Sword Qi fusing the five colors of metal, wood, water, fire, and earth appeared out of thin air.

This streak of Sword Qi was precisely the fifth-grade top-tier Sword Intent he comprehended before the Sword Comprehension Monument—Five Elements Reincarnation Sword Intent!

As soon as the Sword Qi came out, the surrounding space seemed to solidify.

The actions of those aggressive Thunder Puppets suddenly stagnated.

The lightning spears in their hands, three chi away from Zhao Ruoan, could no longer advance a single inch!

"Reincarnation, rise."

Three words gently spilled from Zhao Ruoan's mouth.

That colorful Sword Qi instantly split into tens of thousands of tiny sword threads, forming a giant five-colored vortex that completely engulfed the eight Thunder Puppets.

The sharpness of metal, the entanglement of wood, the erosion of water, the explosion of fire, the heaviness of earth.

Driven by the Sword Intent, the power of the Five Elements generated and overcame each other in an endless cycle, forming a perfect slaughter field!

"Crack... Crack..."

The teeth-aching cracking sound was endless.

Those eight Thunder Puppets, crafted from extremely hard lightning-struck stone and comparable to Golden Core Stage Late Stage Cultivators, were like fragile porcelain under the strangulation of the Five Elements Reincarnation Sword Intent.

The lightning armor on their bodies shattered inch by inch.

The lightning spears in their hands turned into dust.

Their entire massive bodies were continuously decomposed and obliterated...

It was merely three breaths of time.

The five-colored vortex dissipated.

Those eight overbearing Thunder Puppets had disappeared without a trace, leaving not even a shred of residue.

As if they had never appeared.

Zhao Ruoan withdrew his finger and continued walking forward. From beginning to end, the corner of his clothes did not move at all.

"The power is all right, but using it against such lifeless Puppets is a bit wasteful."

As he walked, he evaluated in his heart.

The most powerful aspect of this Five Elements Reincarnation Sword Intent lay in eradicating vitality and reversing the Five Elements; the effect would be even better when dealing with flesh-and-blood living beings.

Meanwhile, in the outside world.

The Black Wind Mountain Range had completely turned into a chaotic mess.

Li Jiuyou's frantic roars and the terrifying heavenly might of the runaway thunder domain scared all the surviving Blood Fiend Sect Cultivators, bandits, and Yao Beasts into Soul Flying Away and Spirit Scattering, fleeing in all directions.

Above the valley, Qiuyin and Xiamo, who had been lurking all along, also saw that world-destroying scene.

"Y-Young... Young Master..."

Xiamo's little face was pale with fright, gripping Qiuyin's arm tightly and trembling all over.

The center of the energy explosion just now was precisely the direction the Young Master had gazed at earlier!

Such a terrifying explosion, along with that divine thunder like a heavenly punishment, Young Master he... he wouldn't be in trouble, right?

"Don't let your imagination run wild! Young Master will definitely be fine!"

Although Qiuyin felt anxious inside as well, she forced herself to calm down.

She understood Zhao Ruoan better than Xiamo did.

Her Young Master never did things he wasn't certain of.

Since he dared to plot all this, he must have a way to retreat unscathed.

"We'll wait right here! Young Master said, let's wait for him to return!" Qiuyin said, gritting her teeth.

She believed in Zhao Ruoan.

Right at this moment, from the center of that chaotic energy storm, a roar filled with extreme venom came over.

"No matter who you are! I, Li Jiuyou, swear! I will definitely chop you into ten thousand pieces..."

It was the voice of that Blood Fiend Sect Young Sect Master!

Qiuyin and Xiamo looked at each other, both seeing a trace of surprise and suspicion in the other's eyes.

Listening to his tone, he seemed to have... been screwed over by someone?

Furthermore, he suffered a massive loss!

Could it be...

A bold thought emerged in Qiuyin's mind.

Could that heaven-shaking, earth-shattering explosion just now have been caused by the Young Master?

He alone wiped out the entire team of the Blood Fiend Sect, along with their Young Sect Master, in one fell swoop?

As soon as this thought came out, it startled Qiuyin herself.

This... this is simply too incredible!

That was the Young Sect Master of the Blood Fiend Sect, plus quite a few Golden Core Stage old monsters!

Just how powerful had the Young Master become?

Qiuyin dared not think any further. She could only pull Xiamo, suppressing their Auras to the absolute limit, and continue lurking deep within the dense forest, waiting quietly.

...

Within the pocket dimension.

Zhao Ruoan had already walked to the front of that magnificent lightning palace.

The palace's gates were a hundred zhang high, similarly forged from lightning crystals, carved with patterns of tens of thousands of galloping thunder beasts, possessing a majestic Aura.

He reached out and gently gave a push.

"Screeech——"

The heavy gates opened at the touch.

Behind the gates was a deep and lingering corridor. On the walls on both sides of the corridor were embedded fist-sized Thunder Spirit Pearls, illuminating the entire passage as bright as day.

Zhao Ruoan stepped inside.

This time, he did not encounter any more mechanism Puppets.

He was unimpeded all the way and quickly arrived at the end of the corridor.

At the end was an even broader main hall.

The dome of the main hall was like a shrunk starry sky, with countless thunder stars slowly revolving, emitting vast coercion.

At the very center of the main hall was a high platform.

On top of the high platform, a figure condensed from lightning light was sitting cross-legged.

The figure's facial features could not be seen clearly, but the Aura on him—as if presiding over the heavens and earth's thunder punishment, majestic and domineering—made the air in the entire main hall solidify.

Although he was only a residual shadow, he gave people the illusion of facing the magnificent might of heaven.

"Having waited for three thousand years, finally... someone has come."

An aged and majestic voice resounded in the main hall.

That lightning-light figure slowly opened his eyes.

Those were a pair of eyes composed of pure thunder!