316: Thunderous Blue Star!

Just as Chen Ao was trembling with fear and lost in wild thoughts,

the figure high in the sky finally made a move.

He slowly raised his hand.

An extremely simple action.

Yet it instantly tugged at the heartstrings of everyone below.

Chen Ao’s heart leaped directly into his throat.

Damn it, this starting stance, it's so damn familiar!

It's over, it's coming!

It's about to happen!

Judgment is about to descend!

He almost subconsciously closed his eyes.

However.

The anticipated thunder and destruction did not arrive.

The entire world was eerily silent.

Chen Ao trembled, cautiously and carefully opening a slit.

Then, he saw it.

A brilliant, indescribable golden pillar of light shot up into the sky from the man’s palm.

The pillar of light was not thick, but it was incredibly solid.

It instantly pierced through the indestructible dome of the Black Market, which was constructed from special materials.

Leaving behind an incredibly smooth, circular opening.

Immediately after.

That golden pillar of light continued upward without any pause.

Finally, it broke through the clouds and pierced into the boundless, azure sky!

At this moment.

The entire Linzhou City fell silent.

Chen Ao stared blankly at the pillar of light, his mouth agape, his mind a complete blank.

What... is this?

He couldn't comprehend what he was seeing.

That golden pillar of light seemed to pierce through reality and illusion, standing silently between heaven and earth with an absolute majesty that did not belong to this dimension.

This wasn't a skill.

There was no skill in this world that could create such an unbelievable sight.

Inside the Black Market, everyone looked up, mouths agape, having forgotten what a brain was, completely dominated by their emotions.

Fear, awe, bewilderment—all kinds of emotions intertwined, ultimately converging into a primal tremor towards the unknown existence.

They even forgot to breathe.

Every corner of Linzhou City also came to a standstill.

Vehicles unconsciously slowed down and parked by the roadside.

Pedestrians on the street stopped, and office workers in high-rise buildings rushed to the windows.

Everyone, in an almost pilgrimage-like posture, gazed up at the golden divine sword that pierced the city's skyline.

High above.

Lin Yu floated at the broken opening of the dome he had pierced, feeling the tens of thousands of gazes below, mixed with fear and awe.

Around him, an invisible, immense torrent of energy, powerful enough to distort space, swirled.

A trillion-fold amplification.

This was the power he wielded at this moment.

The golden pillar of light that pierced through heaven and earth was not intentional.

It was merely the unconscious prelude of this power, a preliminary overflow, when activating the Lightning Spell.

It was an appetizer.

The main course was only just beginning.

Lin Yu’s will transformed into the final command.

Lightning Spell!

Activate!

Buzz!

The trillion-fold energy, accumulated to its peak, finally found an outlet for release.

It did not transform into the anticipated world-destroying thunderous storm.

Instead, it all converged and condensed.

Finally, at the top of that golden pillar of light, it gathered into a single point.

A point of ultimate, pure, golden lightning that seemed to devour all light.

There was no earth-shattering roar.

No power that ripped through the sky.

That golden lightning merely leaped forward gently.

Then, it vanished.

As if it had never appeared.

At that very instant.

A series of information streams exploded in Lin Yu’s mind.

[Detected that the skill 'Lightning Spell' has been cast one trillion times, proficiency increased!]

[Congratulations! You have comprehended the "Origin of Thunder"!]

All of this happened in a flash of lightning.

Lin Yu didn't even have time to process the information.

A new understanding of the existence of "thunder," originating from the depths of his soul, was forcibly poured into his consciousness.

He understood.

It turns out that true thunder is not golden.

Nor is it purple.

It is the most ordinary, most primitive, white electric light, carrying the aura of destruction and rebirth.

The next second.

An abrupt change occurred!

The golden pillar of light that pierced through heaven and earth instantly shattered!

In its place, countless thick, silver-white violent lightning bolts surged wildly from the void where the pillar of light had shattered!

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom!—

The terrifying, deafening thunder, delayed but finally, descended!

It was no longer a single explosion.

Instead, it was a continuous, destructive symphony formed by billions of lightning bolts erupting simultaneously, capable of crushing stars!

The sky was completely torn apart at this moment!

Innumerable lightning snakes, centered above Linzhou City, spread wildly in all directions!

Their speed surpassed light!

It surpassed imagination!

In just one second!

The entire daytime region of Blue Star had its sky covered by a sea of silver-white lightning!

Another second later!

The sea of thunder crossed the terminator, turning night into day!

The eternal night of the polar regions, the storms in the middle of the ocean, the deathly silence deep in the desert... at this moment, were illuminated indiscriminately and completely!

The entire Blue Star, no matter where, no matter when, all living beings looked up and saw the same sight.

Lightning snakes dancing across the sky.

A world-destroying apocalypse.

Viewed from outer space.

This azure planet had completely transformed into a gigantic, violent thunderball, shining with dazzling electric light!

The roar lasted for a full thirty seconds.

Black Market, Central Management Tower.

Chen Ao’s legs gave out, and he collapsed to the ground.

He looked through the huge floor-to-ceiling window at the world of thunder outside, which could no longer be called “sky,” his mind a blank, his consciousness completely melted.

What is this?

Is this divine punishment?

Is this creation, or destruction?

He didn't know.

He only knew that the man, the man he treated like his own father and revered as an ancestor.

Was even more outrageous than his wildest imagination!

Thirty seconds.

For all living beings on Blue Star, it was thirty seconds that felt like an eternity.

When the global lightning, as abruptly as it appeared, completely dissipated.

The entire world fell into a strange, deathly silence.

As if all sounds had been completely swallowed by those thirty seconds of terrifying roar.

People stared blankly at the sky, which had returned to its original colors; many were still unable to recover from the extreme fear, remaining slumped on the ground.

Above the Black Market in Linzhou City.

Lin Yu floated quietly.

The global spectacle he had single-handedly created did not cause him much emotional fluctuation.

What truly concerned him was something else.

The moment the lightning dissipated.

A grand, ancient, gender-neutral will, without warning, directly poured into the depths of his consciousness.

"Follower... of lightning..."

The will was ethereal and majestic, every syllable carrying an ancient charm from the primordial universe.

"Your devotion has touched the Origin..."

"However, this is not the end."

"Go, seek the 'Marks of Thunder' scattered throughout the world, and complete the final 'Divine Revelation'..."

The will paused, as if a gaze traversed endless time and space, falling upon him.

"Then, I shall abdicate, and you shall become the sole sovereign of thunder."