Chapter 408: Chapter 407: Billions of Experience, Shattering the Beast Tide

Caught off guard by the sudden emergence of a mountain-sea-like massive Ghostly Evil Beasts, Ya’er trembled and instinctively scraped at Li Jing’s head with her small claws, as if intending to dig a hole and bury herself in it.

Sensing the strange movements on his head, Li Jing silently reached his hand up and caught her, whispering soothing words.

"Don’t be afraid, Daddy’s here."

The nonchalant reassurances echoed, as if they held a strange magic.

Ya’er, manifesting in her original form, glanced at Li Jing and amiably nodded her small head.

After pacifying the youngster, Li Jing stuffed her into his collar, hanging her on his neckline, and then looked up again.

That’s when,

The opponent’s old phantom reached out and pointed towards him.

With a simple gesture, the Ghostly Evil Beasts, which were only roaring silently out of intimidation, were driven like a tide.

Bring it on!

Seeing this, Li Jing’s eyes sparkled brightly.

Compared to the horde of Ghostly Evil Beasts that had come when he had shattered the snow mountain, the massive darkness in front of him was no less than ten times the quantity.

This quantity was very stimulating!

This was a perfect opportunity to test his newly acquired forbidden skill.

Just like before,

The appearance of a massive number of Ghostly Evil Beasts triggered a change in the heavenly phenomenon, with exceedingly dense dark clouds gathering in the sky.

The difference was,

This time, the Ghostly Evil Beasts, guided by humans, did not conceal themselves within the dark clouds.

With slightly squinted eyes, Li Jing murmured softly.

"Linglong, Divine."

"Buzz!"

With a thunderous rumble,

The Linglong Tower rose from behind him, casting down a golden curtain from above his head.

Quick as a flash,

As the Linglong Tower cast down the curtain, the massive Ghostly Evil Beasts charged directly into the golden curtain, like a tumultuous wave.

"Boom!"

A loud explosion.

The Linglong Tower trembled.

Triggered by the Ghostly Evil Beasts, whose individual realm isn’t particularly high, the defensive boundary cast by the Linglong Tower quivered.

Although the shaking was slight, it clearly illustrated a principle.

Quantity can lead to a qualitative change.

The Linglong Tower, supported by Divine Might’s passive strength, is extremely stable.

If confronted by an Eighth Realm, it’s uncertain.

But against the Seventh Realm, it might remain unshaken even if one puts out all their strength.

Therefore,

If a normal Seventh Realm encountered such a beast tide, even if they possessed Immortal Items, their defense wouldn’t hold, and they could be instantly torn to pieces if it was not up to par.

Looking again at the Ghostly Evil Beasts, which covered the sky and blocked the view, being obstructed outside the Linglong Tower boundary, they were silently snarling and constantly tearing and crashing into the tower, making the boundary tremble even more. Li Jing squinted his eyes and raised his hand.

The forbidden skill symbols were triggered.

The color of the sky and earth changed.

"Boom!"

Dark clouds sparked with thunder, resulting from the gathering of a massive number of Ghostly Evil Beasts.

The phantom of the old man in the distance, who was controlling the horde of Ghostly Evil Beasts, saw the forces of heaven and earth triggered, and the heavenly phenomenon suddenly changed. He raised his eyebrows interestingly and glanced at the location that was swarmed by Ghostly Evil Beasts.

"Interesting, it’s actually the Forbidden Skill of Thunder Law. It’s a good way, but unfortunately, the ordinary Thunder Law doesn’t threaten Ghostly Evil Beasts."

While talking to himself, the old phantom put two fingers on his forehead.

"Sir, a cultivator who knows the Forbidden Skill of Thunder Law has come to the deep north. He doesn’t practice the Sky Demon Great Method. If nothing goes wrong, he should come from the Big World. I have made a move and he won’t be able to resist for long, but since the Big World people have come to explore the north, they might have discovered..."

The speech didn’t finish, and the whole world suddenly plunged into complete darkness.

Next.

Tens of golden shocks tore the darkness apart, illuminating the whole world.

The shock thunder descended onto the world.

It bombed precisely on the tip of the Linglong Tower, which was covered by the massive Ghostly Evil Beasts.

In the blink of an eye, all the Ghostly Evil Beasts vaporized on the spot.

?

The situation changed so suddenly that it left the old man’s phantom stunned.

Looking again at the distance, Li Jing’s body was enveloped in endless golden thunder light, standing quietly there, staring in his direction.

They faced each other.

Boom...boom...

Thunderous roars that shocked the sky revolved between the heaven and the earth.

Hearing these delayed thunder roars, the phantom of the old man stood still.

Yang Thunder!?

This...

How is that possible?

Clearly, this person’s forbidden skill triggered ordinary thunder, why did it suddenly change into the most positive and tough Yang thunder?

Shouldn’t the attribute of the forbidden skill be determined at the beginning of its casting?

And there’s more!

This person’s forbidden skill was completed within less than ten breaths, it’s clearly a forbidden skill specialized for individuals, so why can it form a wide area attack?

Individual specialized forbidden skills can be understood to have great power.

After all, forbidden skills are always forbidden skills.

But the individually specialized forbidden skills should only be to enhance individual combat capability.

This person...

The old phantom’s face darkened, and he whispered.

"Sir, there might be a surprising change. I tried my best."

After saying so, he slowly put down the two fingers on his forehead, ending the conversation with an unknown person, squinting his eyes and staring into Li Jing’s eyes from a distance.

At this point, Li Jing seemed to be looking at the old man.

But in fact, he was not looking at the old man, but at the message floating in front of his eyes.

"Experience +234629576."

"Level up, 118. Spiritual Power Intensity +236, Skill Points +2."

"Level up, 119, Spiritual Power Intensity +238, Skill Points +2."

"..."

"Level up, 129, Spiritual Power Intensity +258, Skill Points +2."

"Level upgraded, 130, Spiritual Power Intensity +260, Skill Points +2."

Seeing these fourteen notifications, Li Jing felt an overwhelming sense of exhilaration.

In the blink of an eye, 230 million Experience Points!

million!

Thirteen levels raised in one go!

This is more than just satisfying.

Closing the notification panel with a thought, Li Jing’s eyes flickered as he looked at the seemingly terrified old phantom not far away.

The moment they locked eyes, the old phantom’s heart leaped.

Originally, being at the Ascending Immortal Realm, he was confident in facing even Yang Thunder, which directly countered him.

After all, the aura that Li Jing exuded was just at the Merging level.

The Immortal Item at his disposal was also only at the first level.

However, the old phantom was significantly different from typical Ghostly Evil Beasts.

What he possessed was not merely the cultivation of the Ascending Immortal Realm.

But at this moment, he had only one thought in his mind.

Not to fight!

To run away!

He didn’t know why he had such a thought.

A primal fear began to creep into his heart.

It was as if he was a prey at the bottom of the food chain encountering a top predator...

Although he did not know what was going on, the old phantom did not hesitate and turned around to flee.

But just as he turned his head...

A golden curtain descended from heaven, enveloping him within.

What followed was an extremely potent restrictive force.

Enveloped by the curtain, the old phantom momentarily paused, his expression filled with anxiety.

The restrictive power of the Linglong Tower, he, being in the Ascending Immortal State, was completely capable of withstanding, the impact was very minimal.

Breaking free from the restraint forcefully wouldn’t be a major difficulty.

But would Li Jing give him that time?

Obviously, he wouldn’t.

Without rashly resisting, the old phantom reluctantly turned around.

At this moment, Li Jing, carrying Ya’er, with every strand of her fluffy fur standing on end and starry eyes, arrived in front of him.

As he faced off with the old phantom through the Linglong Tower, Li Jing spoke indifferently.

"You’re very special, I can spare your life, and I won’t ask you anything. But my time is limited, could you please summon another batch of Ghostly Evil Beasts?"

?

The old phantom slowly typed out a question mark.

He had never expected Li Jing’s first words to be such.

As a person from the Big World venturing into the depths of the Northern Polar Region, shouldn’t Li Jing have come to investigate after discovering something?

He is cornered and controlled and yet nothing is being asked?

What does it mean to summon more Ghostly Evil Beasts?

Wait a minute!

Could it be that he didn’t come to investigate after discovering something but instead to hunt Ghostly Evil Beasts?

Upon realizing this possibility, the old phantom couldn’t help but cast his gaze towards the vast location where massive amounts of Ghostly Evil Beasts were instantly slain.

There, countless Dark Pearls were scattered on the ground.

Seeing the massive amount of Dark Pearls, he felt that he finally understood.

This person...

Perhaps he just simply learned about the importance of Dark Pearls to the Da Xia people, took advantage of the lull before the Beast Tide to come alone and seize them, intending to trade with the Da Xia people later.

This...

Makes perfect sense!

Humans are all driven by profit, right?

Li Jing, although a Merging figure, is so strong. Is it not quite common for such a strong person to undertake some major tasks?

With these considerations in mind, the old phantom had a sudden moment of realization and then tentatively said.

"If you truly only want the Ghostly Evil Beasts and will not harm me?"

"Of course."

Li Jing smiled.

The phantom, manifesting completely in human form, had very realistic expressions.

Having watched the whole transformation of the old phantom’s expressions, even though Li Jing didn’t know what he was thinking, he could easily sense his desire to survive.

A desire to survive? Can that not be dealt with easily?

"You obviously have the ability to summon Ghostly Evil Beasts, given time, do you have the ability to summon all the Ghostly Evil Beasts in the Northern Polar Region?"

Li Jing spoke, his smile benevolent.

The old phantom was taken aback upon hearing this.

Li Jing wanting Ghostly Evil Beasts, he could understand.

But to say "I want them all" was somewhat unbelievable.

Does this man speak without thinking?

Does he know how many Ghostly Evil Beasts there are in the entire Northern Polar Region?

Even if Li Jing is powerful, summoning all the Ghostly Evil Beasts in the Northern Polar Region, he would certainly not be able to fend them off.

Let alone the presence of some among the Ghostly Evil Beast which were no weaker than the old phantom himself.

Although the centennial period is approaching and the number of Ghostly Evil Beasts in the Northern Polar Region has not yet reached the peak of the Beast Tide, more than half of them that make up the Beast Tide have already gathered.

They’re just waiting for the time to come, to march towards Da Xia.

The Da Xia people had to deal with the Beast Tide once every hundred years, and every time, didn’t all the cultivators of Da Xia join the fight? And every time, weren’t the casualties heavy?

This was still under the premise that the elders tried to stall the Beast Tide to attack in batches to avoid excessive casualties among the Da Xia people.

Now, Li Jing wants him to summon all the Ghostly Evil Beasts...

Isn’t that just asking for death?

The old phantom frowned, then suddenly had a realization.

Wait a minute!

If he’s courting death, isn’t that excellent?

Why should I care about his wellbeing?

Upon realizing this, the old phantom’s mind suddenly cleared.

He carefully looked at the amiable Li Jing and ventured to say.

"I can indeed summon all the Ghostly Evil Beasts, but I might need about an hour to prepare."

Hearing that the old man had the ability to summon all the Ghostly Evil Beasts, Li Jing’s eyes lit up.

This old man, it must be a blessing for him.

Listening again to the mention of an hour needed for preparation, Li Jing, who was somewhat impatient, released his just activated but cannot maintain for long Second-stage Robbery Thunder Nine Break. With the momentum of the upgrade, he used the newly gained skill points to max out the Robbery Thunder Nine Break.

Then, he waved his hand and took back the Linglong Tower that was hanging high in the sky, and said calmly.

"An hour then, I can give you that time. But if you ultimately fail to satisfy me, you should know the consequences."

Li Jing had unsealed the forbidden skill and put away the Linglong tower.

The old phantom suddenly dropped all his caution.

But facing Li Jing, who seemingly let his guard down, he still dared not resist.

With the previous scene imprinted in his memory, even with the realm difference, he had no confidence in defeating Li Jing.

The restriction of Yang Thunder was putting him at a disadvantage.

Li Jing’s unfathomably deep power made him feel even more dread.

But the problem wasn’t big.

Half an hour later, it would be Li Jing’s time to die.

He mentioned an hour, but actually kept a trump card in hand.

He planned to give a wrong time to catch Li Jing off guard.

A glint of coldness flashed in his pupils, and the old phantom complimented Li Jing with a bow.

"Your omnipotent abilities humble me. Please wait on one side, I’m about to start."

"Sure thing."

Li Jing smiled, pushed away a bit, and then casually caught Ya’er by the neck from his collar, and said,

"Girl, you go and pick up the Dark Pearls that scattered just now, be as fast as you can and pick up as many as possible. If you can’t find them, don’t force it."

Ya’er had witnessed Li Jing killing numerous Ghostly Evil Beasts twice, almost seeing this "Dad" as a god.

Given the orders, she obediently transforms into her human form and flew towards the location where the ghostly evil beasts were slaughtered in mass.

Watching him order Ya’er to pick up the Dark Pearls, the old phantom was convinced that Li Jing came here to collect Dark Pearls to deal with the Da Xia people.

Without worrying about Li Jing staying at one side and watching himself, the old phantom started to make strange handprints without any ado.

As the old phantom started to cast, the entire universe once again underwent sudden changes.

This scene was very similar to the Heavenly Phenomenon caused by the casting of forbidden skills. Instead of involving universe power, it gathered a fleeting and elusive force, and was filled with an evil and dim spirit.

Li Jing looked up but didn’t pay much attention, and opened the panel.

Administrator: Li Jing

Rule Control: Thunder Punishment

Experience Points: 14302597/29280072

Level: 130 (Convergence)/Next Stage Level 140

Skill Points: 5

Spiritual Power Intensity: 17030

Lifebound Magic Instrument: Linglong (Immortal Item Level one 43%), Qingfeng (Immortal Item Level One 43%)

Equipment: Unnamed (0%), Smoke Eye (Immortal Item Level Four 1%)

Passive Skills: Little Universe, Reverse Space (5/25)

Active Skills: Sky Eye Technique (5/5), Zhou Tian Talisman

Boundary Breakthrough (Passive): Divine Origin Unification, Divine Might...

Boundary Breakthrough (Active): Wind King Mysterious Clothing, Amazing Thunder Movement...

Forbidden Skill: World Thunder Punishment (25/25), God’s Hidden Truth (25/25), Robbery Thunder Nine Break (25/25)

After two days, he had reaped two massive waves of Ghostly Evil Beasts, allowing him to level up a whopping seventeen levels.

At this moment, the old phantom lured all the Ghostly Evil Beasts in the Northern Polar Region here, which made Li Jing not certain if it’s enough for him to step into the Eighth Realm.

In this regard, Li Jing didn’t have much confidence.

On one hand, he wasn’t the old phantom, knowing that the Beast tide had started to form.

On the other hand, the experience threshold was becoming more and more outrageous as his level increased.

When he looked at the panel yesterday, the upgrade threshold only required 9260618 experience.

Just after he leveled up thirteen levels, his experience requirement tripled, reaching 29280072.

A horde of Ghostly Evil Beasts like yesterday wouldn’t be enough for him to level up once.

Leveling up is getting harder!

The only thing worth celebrating is-

As his levels continued to rise, the Spiritual Power Intensity increase brought by level progression, although not substantial in terms of numerical value, was becoming more and more real.

Li Jing had observed this yesterday.

The previously barely noticeable daily increase of 2% in the Magic Tool raising efficiency had reached a 12-hour increase of 5% after he leveled up four times. That is to say, in a whole day, the efficiency could be increased by 10%.

This implied that after his Spiritual Power Intensity reached 113 levels and met the increment requirement in the effectiveness of Magic Tool raising, each level increase would result in at least a 2% efficiency increase.

He just leveled up 13 levels, which meant an additional 26%.

The yielding efficiency of Linglong and Qingfeng had taken off.

There should be some changes to the Smoke Eye, just that the increment might not be big.

But with another batch of sources like that coming soon, the increment is something to look forward to.

...

In the blink of an eye, half an hour passed.

As the old phantom kept changing his handprints for the spell, the dark cloud covering the sky became heavier and lower.

Li Jing stood there with his hands behind his back, waiting silently.

Ya’er was called back by him early and was standing by his side.

Li Jing didn’t have any trust in the old phantom at all.

As he continued to cast the spell, Li Jing even detected his sinister intent.

He could feel that there were more and more Ghostly Evil Beasts lurking underneath the nearby frozen ground.

Such that the Earth Realm nearby was filled with a very evil and icy cold aura.

How many Ghostly Evil Beasts had responded to the call and lurked under the icy ground, Li Jing didn’t know.

But to cause such changes in the already harsh environment of the Northern Polar Region, there was no doubt that the number was terrifying.

He was looking forward to seeing how many Ghostly Evil Beasts would pop up.

Ya’er stayed by Li Jing’s side, growing more and more uneasy.

She was very sensitive to Ghostly Evil Beasts.

She could clearly feel that countless Ghostly Evil Beasts were lurking underground, and their numbers were increasing.

But about her "Dad" Li Jing, she had inexplicable confidence.

She knew all along that Li Jing had asked the old phantom to summon all the Ghostly Evil Beasts that existed in the Northern Polar Region.

If this old man really summoned all the Ghostly Evil Beasts, and after "Dad" slaughters them all, would the Northern Polar Region return to normal?

As Li Jing was looking forward to it, so was Ya’er.

Just as they were having their hopes high, the hands of the old phantom that was making the handprints suddenly clapped together with a "pa" sound.

The sudden clap startled both Li Jing and Ya’er.

The next second.

A gust of chilling wind swept past.

Following it.

A thunderous "boom", and the snowfield below shattered like the gates of hell opening.

The earth was shaking vigorously.

Countless ghostly evil beasts emerged from the shattered snowfield, erupting like a volcanic explosion.

Both Ya’er and Li Jing were startled by this sight.

Damn it!

How come there are so many?

Li Jing had no idea that the Beast Tide was already beginning to form.

Although Ya’er knew a little bit about it and had experienced a Beast Tide once, as a native creature living in the polar region, she and her group had hidden thoroughly during the Beast Tide. She was unaware of the scale of the Beast Tide.

In front of her.

The countless ghostly evil beasts emerging from the snowfield created a scene, not unlike a natural disaster of tidal waves, which formed an endlessly terrifying grey "giant wave" rushing towards the sky.

This atmosphere was too shocking to describe!

The two’s expressions changed, which the old man as a phantom observed.

With a cold smile, his phantom body moved and transformed into a dark ray that quickly shot away even deeper into the polar region.

Li Jing, dead for sure.

It’s best not to linger in this place, otherwise this kid might fight to death with him.

At this moment, Li Jing could hardly care about the old man phantom’s departure.

He was excited.

Since realizing that he could level up by killing monsters, he had never been so excited.

Countless ghostly evil beasts constantly surged out of the snowfield, innumerable!

If he killed all of them...

How much experience would that be?

Eighth realm?

No big deal!

He might even be able to step directly into the ninth realm!

Without further thought, Li Jing puts Ya’er into the Little Universe Realm.

Fighting against the Beast Tide, he was confident.

However, facing such a massive attack of ghostly evil beasts, he might not handle it so easily, thus he could not look after Ya’er.

So after this.

He will inevitably have to face tribulation, it was not suitable for Ya’er to remain by his side.

Just at the moment when Li Jing sent Ya’er away, he was swallowed up by the endless Beast Tide.

The next second.

The sky and earth, already filled with tumult, stirred with wind and clouds, and the sky was filled with the roar of thunder.

Terrifying divine might quietly descended on the world.

???

The phantom of the old man which had already fled to a faraway place to observe Li Jing’s demise, suddenly looked up in confusion.

What’s this?

Why is this divine might so terrifying?

A forbidden skill?

Even forbidden skills couldn’t provoke such divine might!

What made him more uneasy was.

Apart from the divine might, a terrifying power that made his soul tremble, and influenced the whole world, was quietly brewing.

He, who has reached the realm of Ascending Immortal, had a vague realization.

This...

It’s the power of rules.

Rules!

Why is the power of rules manifesting!?

This is a power that only those at the apex could possibly control, why is it manifesting because of Li Jing!?

He...

He’s just at the Merging stage ...

While the old man in his phantom form was in confusion.

A deafening "boom" resounded.

A thick surge of shock...

No.

This could no longer be considered a mere shock.

It was completely a thunder wall with a diameter exceeding one kilometre.

At this moment, the whole world plunged into total darkness.

The thunder wall descended from the sky, becoming the only entity in the world.

The wide and thick thunder wall, not only appeared golden and carried the aura of Tribulation, but also pulsed with an extraordinarily terrifying power.

The word "World Thunder Punishment" surfaced in the mind of the phantom old man.

He should have been thrilled.

With his realm, it’s barely possible for him to sense the power of rules.

If he claimed to recognize it, he would have been daydreaming.

But now, he recognized what rule Li Jing was controlling.

This shit...

Is he at the Merging stage?

If that’s the case, how can he control rules?

Putting this aside!

Even if he mastered the power of rules, why could he control the World Thunder Punishment?

World Thunder Punishment!

This power should belong exclusively to the Heavenly Path!

Apocalyptic power!

Watching the thunder wall descended from the sky, striking the countless ghostly evil beasts that surged towards the sky and engulfed Li Jing, instantly evaporating an unknown number of beasts and penetrating the snowfield into the underground. Then, thunder wall after thunder wall, each thicker than the last, plummeted down, the phantom of the old man felt his scalp tingle.

The thunder wall, which tore apart the whole world, finally calmed down after nine strikes.

Li Jing stood in mid-air, his body radiating with thunder light, his eyes filled with purple lightning.

A prompt box popped up in front of him.

"Experience +9169836307."