Chapter 823
by fanqienovelChapter 823: Thunder of Ten Thousand
Twenty miles southeast of White Deer Academy.
On a hill shrouded in mist, a dark shadow loomed, faint and ghostly.
Crack!
Suddenly, a bolt of lightning streaked across the night sky, and in an instant, the brilliant lightning aspect broke through the mist, illuminating the face of the dark figure.
It was indeed Master Ji Yun, one of the nine elders of Qinyun Palace!
He wore a black robe, a tall crown on his head, and clutched a golden bell, his eyes filled with a fierce glare as he intensely stared in the direction of White Deer Academy.
Surrounding Ji Yun were fierce beasts with prominent horns.
Ji Yun continuously shook the golden bell, and as the bell rang, the fierce beasts grew increasingly restless.
They let out low roars, their bloodshot eyes filled with violence.
They could hardly contain themselves!
“Go!”
Ji Yun suddenly pointed forward and shouted fiercely, “Kill everyone!”
Roar~
The pack of beasts roared in unison and charged forward like arrows released from a bow.
In the surrounding darkness, more fierce beasts appeared, as if being struck by an invisible whip, surging toward White Deer Academy like a tide.
Tear everything apart, destroy it all!
Thud!
As the beast horde launched their attack, Ji Yun collapsed to the ground, and the golden bell slipped from his hand.
This treasure, capable of commanding the Ten Thousand Beasts, was now dim and powerless.
And as the wielder, Ji Yun had exhausted a significant portion of his own strength.
In fact, to control more fierce beasts, he had also used several of his most powerful treasures.
“Wang Chen!”
Ji Yun spat out two words through gritted teeth, filled with deep resentment.
The price he paid to obtain that fierce beast was far too high.
If he failed this time, he might as well jump from Qinyun Peak; he could not face the consequences of failure.
He took out an elixir and swallowed it, then gripped the Ten Thousand Beasts Bell once more.
“Kill, kill, kill!”
On the vast plain, thousands of fierce beasts formed a massive torrent, sweeping toward White Deer Academy.
These fierce beasts were at least fifth level, with a few beast kings reaching seventh-tier. Considering their terrifying numbers, conquering Taiwu City was a hopeless dream; clearly, they posed no challenge to an academy with little Defense.
With the target in sight, the fierce beasts let out excited roars.
Tonight, they would feast!
However, the fierce beasts, lost in their madness, failed to notice Wang Chen perched high above them on a towering tree outside White Deer Academy, observing their every move with a commanding gaze.
As the main force of the beast horde ventured within three hundred steps of the academy, Wang Chen swiftly formed a spell with his hands and bellowed in a deep voice, “Rise!”
Crack!
No sooner had his voice echoed than a bolt of lightning tore across the sky.
The lightning instantaneously illuminated the heavens and the earth, casting light upon the stampeding beast horde below.
An indescribable mystical aura rapidly expanded, enveloping a vast area in the blink of an eye.
Wang Chen shouted once more, “Lightning come!”
In the next moment, bolts of lightning rained down from the heavens, striking the heart of the beast horde with unrelenting fury!
Ten thousand thunders unleashed their wrath!
From the very inception of White Deer Academy, Wang Chen had meticulously laid down a grand formation in its periphery.
This formation, imparted by Elder Yao, was crafted using numerous treasures from the Nascent Soul true immortals, representing a monumental investment.
Wang Chen’s prudence proved to be well-founded.
Under his command, the lightning, imbued with devastating power, ceaselessly struck down, hurling the thick-skinned fierce beasts to the ground and mercilessly snuffing out their lives.
Some fierce beasts were reduced to charred remains by the lightning, while others, though not immediately killed, collapsed to the ground, their limbs convulsing uncontrollably.
The three seventh-tier beast kings endured the most severe onslaught.
Bolt after bolt of lightning pursued them with unerring precision and ferocity.
Despite their formidable Defense, these seventh-tier fierce beasts could not withstand such relentless attacks.
Their flesh was torn asunder, blood spraying in all directions, and the excruciating pain jolted them back to their senses, their frenzied minds cooling as they howled in agony and turned to flee.
But the three beast kings found no escape.
The unending lightning forged a colossal prison of death in the sky.
Any fierce beast ensnared within faced the same grim fate.
The symphony of death became the lament of the fierce beasts!
At this moment, the many disciples sheltering within White Deer Academy, though unable to see beyond the high courtyard walls, could witness the lightning streaking across the sky and hear the mournful cries of the fierce beasts.
They exchanged bewildered glances, each one struck dumb with awe.
Some even fell to their knees, murmuring prayers under their breath!
All understood that this was the handiwork of Wang Chen.
They knew Wang Chen was formidable, but none had anticipated his power to be so overwhelming!
Never had they encountered an Immortal Master who could rival Wang Chen.
Simultaneously, far away in Taiwu City, the martial masters stationed on the city walls turned their gaze toward White Deer Academy, their faces etched with astonishment.
In Qinyun Palace atop Qinyun Peak, Elder Wu emerged silently at the pinnacle of the Star Observation Pavilion.
He gazed intently at the distant lightning and thunderclouds, his visage—part aged, part youthful—deep and inscrutable, betraying a hint of trepidation.
As for Wang Chen, the architect of this cataclysmic event, he too was not without strain.
To command the Ten Thousand Thunder formation, he exerted every ounce of his skill, and the innate true energy within his body surged forth, continuously harnessing the might of heaven and earth to strike down thousands of fierce beasts.
Even with Wang Chen’s prodigious strength, sustaining this onslaught was no small feat.
The expenditure of true energy was immense!
But he held an ace in the hole.
His Qi and blood value, which could be "exchanged" for innate true energy!
Wang Chen’s Qi and blood value reserve had long surpassed seven digits, typically lying dormant but now shining brilliantly in this critical moment.
Through the conversion of his Qi and blood value, Wang Chen’s true energy seemed inexhaustible, fueling the relentless barrage of lightning.
Under his unyielding and ferocious assault, the beast horde finally crumbled entirely.
Each fierce beast lost its will to fight, the terror of death driving them to yearn for their mothers, only to be obliterated by the relentless lightning.
The air was thick with the acrid stench of scorched flesh!
The lightning storm persisted for the duration it takes to drink a cup of tea, until the last fierce beast fell.
The thunderclouds in the night sky dispersed, and peace returned to the world.
Only the countless charred corpses littering the ground bore testament to the recent cataclysm.
Wang Chen did not linger on the remains of the beasts; his gaze shifted to the horizon.
There, twenty miles away, lay the true culprit.
Ji Yun!
Having just regained a fraction of his strength, Ji Yun was suddenly seized by a profound shock, feeling as though an unfathomable fierce beast had fixed its gaze upon him.
A wave of dread washed over him, and the golden bell slipped from his grasp once more!