Soul Emperor Martial God

Chapter 73: Chapter 72: Restoring Strength

Countless bolts of lightning struck down.

Demon Hunters, including Li Yuan, Wang Yu, and a group of Innate Martial Artists all had deathly pale expressions.

Thinking of those Demon Hunters who turned into blue smoke under the lightning, instantly killed, they felt powerless and panicked.

But facing death, everyone would fight desperately.

They were no exception, their True Qi surged out from within, setting up a True Qi Barrier in an attempt to withstand it.

Boom boom boom...

As the lightning struck, Li Yuan and the other Innate Martial Artists felt their Qi-Blood churn inside them.

Acquired Cultivation Demon Hunters, on the other hand, spat out mouthfuls of fresh blood.

There were no deaths.

”Do not be afraid, everyone.” Li Yuan, with the most experience and widest knowledge, thought of something and immediately shouted aloud, ”This vile creature is still under the Prohibition of the Bloodthirsty Profound Monarch, its Cultivation suppressed; it won’t kill us so easily.”

Indeed, the Heavenly Star Thunder Crocodile’s Cultivation was still restrained, which was why it needed the essence of all Martial Artists here to break through the Prohibition.

Previously, within the 16 corridors, the Demon Hunters were scattered, and the Heavenly Star Thunder Crocodile only needed to release dozens of bolts of lightning to kill them one by one.

But now, there were several hundred Demon Hunters here, united in defense.

The Heavenly Star Thunder Crocodile had to control hundreds of lightning bolts, and naturally, the power of each was diminished.

Moreover, those who had the life to escape the corridor were the elite among Demon Hunters with stronger strength.

Atop the throne, the eyes of the Heavenly Star Thunder Crocodile suddenly turned cold.

”Futile and inferior humans, merely struggling in vain,” the Heavenly Star Thunder Crocodile sneered.

”Under my Heavenly Thunder Grid, you still dream of resistance? Meekly surrender your Essence Blood and Cultivation, hahaha.”

The faces of Li Yuan and the others tensed, and they yelled, ”Vile beast, do not be arrogant; it’s not yet certain who will die today.”

Although they were defiant in words, they had no confidence at all.

Each bolt of lightning that fell made them suffer.

And as for the Postnatal Realm Martial Artists, there was no need to say more; one after another, they vomited fresh blood, pale-faced.

Even if they could resist temporarily, they could not hold on for long.

The Heavenly Star Thunder Crocodile looked at them coldly, its eyes filled with a bloodthirsty light, ”Within an hour, you will all turn to dust under my lightning.”

The Heavenly Star Thunder Crocodile sat on the throne with a mocking look, quietly watching the people amidst the dense lightning as if watching a group of ants struggling desperately.

As if enjoying a feast of slaughter.

...

In the lower chamber of the palace, Xiao Yi, through the light screen, saw that Uncle Tie Da and the others were temporarily safe and breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Without daring to delay, he immediately sat on the meditation mat to cultivate,

Both the Ice Phoenix Sword and the Fire Control Beast Martial Souls were activated.

Purple Martial Soul, green Martial Soul, plus the amplification of the mat, the rich Spiritual Energy around him rushed into his body like a landslide.

Spiritual Energy transformed into True Qi, and the True Qi rapidly repaired the damaged major meridians.

At the same time, he dedicated a thread of his mind to concocting an Elixir to heal the meridians.

Among the Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures obtained in the first room, as well as those obtained here, there were many suitable for the concoction of Elixirs that treated the main meridians.

As soon as the Elixir took form, he immediately swallowed it.

True Qi rapidly nurtured him, and together with the Elixir, the damaged main meridians inside his body quickly recovered.

Xiao Yi methodically went about everything, but his speed was by no means slow. Remembering what was recorded in the books, his expression became extremely grave.

The book that had appeared out of nowhere before was indeed a record of everything about this Cave Mansion.

Back then, the Bloodthirsty Profound Monarch, who was once so powerful, did not die from reaching the end of his lifespan, but from sealing this Heavenly Star Thunder Crocodile.

The Heavenly Star Thunder Crocodile, born with the Cultivation of the Mystic Breakthrough Ninth Layer, drew upon the Heavenly Thunder to wreak havoc across the region, destroying all life.

The life force of all beings, such as Spiritual Energy and True Qi, was the source of its power and Cultivation enhancement.

The Thundering Desolate Marsh of those days was the best example.

Beneath the lightning, nothing lived; it was like a land of death.

The Thundering Desolate Marsh was just the beginning.

Once the Thundering Desolate Marsh was completely destroyed, and it obtained all the life force, its Cultivation greatly increased, it would seek out the next target.

One place after another, after annihilation, it would leave, leaving only a land of death behind.

Doubtlessly, the closest to the Thundering Desolate Marsh was Mystic Breakthrough City.

The Bloodthirsty Profound Monarch acted as a result.

Although he was the strongest in the Mystic Breakthrough Realm and had even slain an Earth Origin Realm warrior,

But the Heavenly Star Thunder Crocodile, possessing a trace of the Ancient Thunder Beast’s Bloodline, wielded thunder with immense physical strength and terrifying power.

Even the Bloodthirsty Profound Monarch couldn’t handle it.

In the end, he could only seal it away with a lifetime of Cultivation.

Even before death, he left behind this Cave Mansion, imprisoning both the Heavenly Star Thunder Crocodile and the Thundering Wilderness Crocodile.

The Bloodthirsty Profound Monarch was left with no choice, for he knew he had already offended the Heavenly Star Thunder Crocodile. Once this demon beast broke through to the Earth Origin Realm, it would mark his doom.

Rather than that, he preferred to perish together with the Heavenly Star Thunder Crocodile.

Those individual rooms were not for storing treasures, but for imprisoning the Thundering Wilderness Crocodiles.

Those Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures were also used to amplify the Prohibition powers of the Cave Mansion.

The entire Cave Mansion, every corner, every inch of soil, was sealed by the powerful Spiritual Barriers.

That’s why the initial pit would recover automatically, and why the barriers in that room before were so formidable—it ultimately took the Ice Phoenix Sword to break through.

Those barriers trapped one after another of Innate-Level and even Mysterious Profundity Realm Thundering Wilderness Crocodiles.

Of course, under the Spiritual Barrier, the Cultivation of these demon beasts was greatly reduced.

Any living being that entered the Cave Mansion, no matter how high their Cultivation, if it did not surpass the Bloodthirsty Profound Monarch, would be suppressed to below the Innate Ninth Layer.

This applied to both Human Martial Artists and demon beasts.

The suppression was mainly targeted at the Heavenly Star Thunder Crocodile.

Thus, the Heavenly Star Thunder Crocodile now only had the strength of an Innate Ninth Layer, instead of the powerful Mystic Breakthrough Ninth Layer.

However, the Heavenly Star Thunder Crocodile’s methods of controlling thunder and lightning were so brutal that it made all the Demon Hunters within the palace no match for it.

This was somewhat like when Xiao Yi used the Flame Gloves to deal with the Innate-Level Desert Crocodile.

Xiao Yi could continuously release the Fire Devouring Hundred Blades to kill the Desert Crocodile; similarly, the Heavenly Star Thunder Crocodile relied on endlessly releasing thunder and lightning to deal with the numerous Demon Hunters.

But back to the main point.

At this moment, Xiao Yi’s eight main meridians had fully recovered, returning to the Postnatal Eighth Layer of Cultivation.

Furthermore, he took advantage of the massive Spiritual Energy here, and as soon as his main meridians were completely healed, he broke through the ninth meridian in one go, becoming Postnatal Ninth Layer.

Xiao Yi clenched his powerful fist and said in a deep voice, ”My Cultivation has finally completely recovered, and I’ve even advanced a layer. Next is to concoct the Golden Vein Pill. Uncle Tie Da, you all must hold on.”

After speaking, Xiao Yi quickly began Alchemy.

The Source Cultivating Red Fruit, the Third-level Demon Beast’s inner core, and other materials—he had already gathered them all.

...

Above the palace, the Demon Hunters were still struggling to support each other.

It seemed they could hold on for a while longer.

Every thunder strike made Postnatal Realm Martial Artists cough up blood violently, nearing serious injury.

But each time this happened, several streams of life-bringing energy would hit them, alleviating their injuries.

There were ten Pharmacists here, of which three were Innate Martial Artists.

Whenever a Demon Hunter couldn’t hold on, they would release their Martial Soul Power to heal them.

What was surprising, though, was that a typical Pharmacist could at most heal a few people simultaneously.

Even the three yellow-ranked Martial Soul Innate Martial Artists could only heal a dozen people at the same time.

Yet the seemingly weakest Qianmo, once she deployed her Longevity Vine Martial Soul, would wave her hand and heal dozens of people’s injuries.

It was unknown what grade her Martial Soul could possibly be.

Many Martial Artists were astonished as they looked towards her.

She was the weakest, always hiding under Uncle Tie Da’s True Qi Barrier, occasionally releasing her Martial Soul Power to heal others.

At this moment, the Heavenly Star Thunder Crocodile on the throne above had also noticed Qianmo.

”Hmph, damned humans, wasting my time,” the Heavenly Star Thunder Crocodile snorted as it flashed, appearing out of thin air in front of Qianmo.

”Ah,” Qianmo let out an astonished cry.

”Evil beast, what do you think you’re doing?” Uncle Tie Da and Lin Fei exclaimed in alarm.

But they were already struggling to withstand the assaults of the thunder and lightning and had no capacity to extend a helping hand.

”Little girl, do you realize you’re ruining my enjoyment?” said the Heavenly Star Thunder Crocodile, its face showing a murderous intent as it slowly stretched out a finger.

”Don’t you dare hurt Qianmo,” Uncle Tie Da swung his sword.

The Heavenly Star Thunder Crocodile uttered a scornful note, ”Scram,” and with a flick of its finger, Uncle Tie Da’s True Qi Barrier shattered instantaneously, and Uncle Tie Da was blasted away.

”Puh.” Uncle Tie Da spat out a mouthful of blood as he was thrown dozens of meters, instantly seriously injured, and even lacked the strength to construct another True Qi Barrier.

”Tie Da.” Luckily, the direction he was flung in was towards Wang Yu.

Wang Yu hurriedly pulled him into his own True Qi Barrier; otherwise, Uncle Tie Da would have surely been pulverized by the lightning.

Heavenly Star Thunder Crocodile didn’t even glance at Uncle Tie Da as it continued to extend its finger towards Qianmo.

”You’d better not resist, little girl. Just let me touch you, and there will be only a moment of pain. Don’t force me to torture you,” the Heavenly Star Thunder Crocodile sneered viciously.

Lin Fei and the others closed their eyes in agony, as if they had already seen the scene of Qianmo being reduced to powder by the lightning.