Chapter 1085: Chapter 458: Capturing the Thunder Spirit (2)

That Thunder Spirit charged headfirst into a seemingly ordinary void, causing the space to ripple like water, revealing a highly unstable, lightning-lit portal.

The Thunder Spirit vanished into it in an instant.

Without hesitation, Xu Ping stepped forward, and his figure disappeared at the entrance of the spatial portal.

...

The scene before him suddenly became clear.

It was no longer a sky filled with yellow sand but a strange world entirely constructed of lightning.

The sky was filled with eternally rolling thunderclouds, the ground was blackened rock sparking with electric flames, and the air was thick with the ultimate concentration of Spiritual Qi, with countless small electric snakes swimming through the air.

"I made it inside!"

Xu Ping’s Divine Sense spread out like mercury, instantly locking onto the Thunder Spirit ahead whose speed had significantly decreased due to its injuries.

He no longer held back, reaching out with his right hand, grasping at the void.

A giant hand formed of pure Mana, its edges wrapped in a faint golden blood energy, appeared out of nowhere, disregarding the rampant stray lightning in the space, and descended upon the Thunder Spirit like a heavenly net.

The giant hand closed, and no matter how the Thunder Spirit struggled, releasing terrifying lightning enough to trouble a mid-stage Nascent Soul Cultivator, it could not shake the giant hand in the slightest, and was firmly locked within its grasp.

However, at the moment Xu Ping successfully captured the Thunder Spirit—

Boom!

An indescribable, irresistible, primordial, violent, and destructive force erupted from the depths of this thunder world!

This force’s will was far stronger than the fleeing Thunder Spirit earlier.

Even with the Thunder Secret Realm’s rules boosting it, its overwhelming presence was slightly stronger than a Nascent Soul Perfect Cultivator.

It seemed as though it was the ruler of this world, the king of all thunder!

"Not bad, not bad."

Feeling this terrifying will, Xu Ping was not frightened but rather pleased, a trace of satisfaction flashing in his eyes.

Indeed, this Thunder Secret Realm was not simple, capable of nurturing such a powerful Thunder Spirit origin.

The stronger this origin Thunder Spirit, the greater the enhancement to the Canghua Divine Wood Sword after refining it.

Standing on the void, Xu Ping did not immediately reveal his full strength, instead cleverly maintaining his external aura at the level of a late-stage Nascent Soul.

He was waiting, waiting for the real "primary target" to appear.

At the same time, it was also to avoid exposing his full strength too early, in case it scared off the not very intelligent origin Thunder Spirit, complicating the chase in its home ground.

The energy of the thunder world began to wildly converge towards a certain point.

Endless thunderclouds rotated, forming a massive vortex, into which countless huge bolts of thunder poured from all directions like subjects paying homage to a king.

The next moment, amidst the explosive glare of lightning, a colossal Thunder Spirit ten zhang tall, formed entirely of the purest purple divine thunder, appeared abruptly before Xu Ping.

Its form was blurred, yet it exuded a suffocating pressure, with chains of electricity like laws entwining it, making all thunder elements seem docile and obedient before it.

This origin Thunder Spirit, though its energy level was extremely high, seemed as Xu Ping had anticipated, its intelligence not particularly high, relying more on instinct.

As soon as it appeared, the pair of eyes composed of two leaping thunder cores locked onto Xu Ping, the invader and plunderer.

There was no communication, only the most direct desire to attack.

"Roar!"

In a roar that seemed like ten thousand thunders exploding at once, the origin Thunder Spirit swung its giant arm, drawing upon the entire realm’s Thunder Power.

Countless thick buckets of purple divine thunder converged into a column of destruction over a hundred zhang in diameter, carrying a terrifying aura of penetrating space and obliterating all, as it thunderously smashed towards Xu Ping.

The force of this attack had already touched the threshold of the Divinity Transformation realm.

A regular Nascent Soul Perfect Cultivator facing this strike would need to be extremely cautious, lest they risk severe injury or even death.

However, Xu Ping’s expression remained calm.

Divinity Transformation threshold?

To him now, indeed.... it wasn’t much of a concern.

However, to achieve a quick victory and avoid complications, Xu Ping decided to hold nothing back.

With a thought.

The Wood Spirit Avatar appeared in the void, wielding the Canghua Divine Wood Sword.

The sword sensed the abundant thunder power and strong enemy here, spontaneously emitting a clear hum.

At the same time, Xu Ping’s body’s blood energy burst forth, ten pillars of blood energy as focused as dragons shot into the sky, instantly connecting with the aura of the ten puppets stored in the magical treasure.

Buzz!

The puppet array was instantly formed.

The Military Array Power augmented his body, causing Xu Ping’s already terrifying aura to surge once more, resembling an ancient war deity!

The next moment, Xu Ping, piloting the puppet array, charged towards the destruction thunder column like a golden meteor.

He did not employ any fancy Divine Techniques, merely delivering a simple punch.

The punch carried the supreme might of the Nirvana Golden Body and the destructive energy of the military array.

Boom!

The punch clashed fiercely with the thunder column!

The expected world-shaking explosion did not occur; the destruction thunder column, which could threaten the Divinity Transformation realm, under Xu Ping’s ultimate punch combining his body and the military array’s power, crumbled and disintegrated from the point of contact like fragile glass.

The rampant thunder energy was forcibly scattered and annihilated.

The origin Thunder Spirit’s simple intelligence seemed momentarily stunned.

And in that instant, the Wood Spirit Avatar moved.

With a swing of the sword, the sword light transformed into a cyan rainbow that pierced through the heavens and earth.

Swish swish swish!

Numerous thunder runes on the Thunder Spirit’s body were severed and stripped away by the sword light.