Li Hong made a decisive move, sheathing the Vermilion Bird Nine Li Blade and taking a wide stance. Her massive golden fist struck one of the Dark Return to Nothingness Thunders directly, while her other fist aimed at another bolt of heavenly thunder. At the same time, the Giant God moved its entire body, using elbows, kicks, twists of the waist, and strikes from above; every action collided heavily with a bolt of thunder. In just a brief moment, all eight remaining bolts of heavenly thunder were intercepted.
However, they were merely blocked; the Dark Return to Nothingness Thunder did not disappear. The parts of the Giant God that came into contact with the thunder began to dissolve silently. It was a complete and terrifying dissolution, leaving no material behind.
In an instant, the Giant God shrank significantly.
The eight bolts of heavenly thunder only slightly reduced in size; they became more agile. Three of them leaped high like a soccer ball, avoiding the body of the Giant God and swiftly heading towards Yandao Lingyizi. The remaining five bolts eerily adhered to the chest of the Giant God.
The Giant God suddenly stiffened and stood motionless because that chest was its vital point!
The Dark Return to Nothingness Thunder silently corroded the Giant God's chest, quickly creating five dark holes. Through those holes, one could see Li Hong Tian Zhu and eleven other figures moving rapidly within, executing an incredibly intricate formation. The five bolts of heavenly thunder continued to penetrate deeper, silently drifting towards Li Hong Tian Zhu and the others.
Li Hong's hair stood on end as he sensed an intense aura of danger—danger so great that even a moment's hesitation would lead to death!
In an instant, he moved.
All his avatars returned to his main body in an instant. Li Hong kicked the Heavenly Torch out from the Giant God's chest cavity and immediately shot out, breaking through the Giant God's chest.
Without Li Hong's control, the Giant God began to dissolve immediately. However, it was composed of the purest Five Element Energy in existence. Li Hong wasted no time; he turned around and with a wave of his hands, executed countless spiritual formulas with incredible speed that was almost impossible to see. The numerous dissipating Five Element Energy from the Giant God's body compressed instantly with a loud bang, transforming into a massive five-colored sphere that tightly enclosed the five bolts of Dark Return to Nothingness Thunder at its center.
The five-colored sphere rapidly dissolved as it countered the energy from the Dark Return to Nothingness Thunder.
Moments later, the five bolts of thunder reappeared; they had shrunk considerably and were now only bowl-sized, beginning to show signs of disintegration. A dark unknown substance exuding a terrifying aura of death began to seep from within the thunderbolts. Li Hong let out a sigh of relief and was about to leap back into action when suddenly, a blazing fire surged from beside him, racing toward the shrinking bolts of thunder.
Li Hong turned around to see that Heavenly Torch had manifested its true form—a gigantic fire dragon soaring through heaven and earth. From its mouth erupted an incredibly pure fire pillar infused with Five Element energy, continuously spraying toward the Dark Return to Nothingness Thunder. The two forces collided and silently canceled each other out.
But ultimately, it held!
Li Hong finally breathed a sigh of relief for the first time, but when he looked down, his expression changed drastically again.
He saw Yandao continuously retreating, frantically throwing various objects at the three Dark Return to Nothingness Thunders that were rushing towards him. However, no matter what he threw, it vanished without a trace, disappearing at an indescribable speed. In the blink of an eye, Yandao's face turned ashen. He threw out another item, which turned out to be a Superior Spirit Artifact level Cosmic Bag. It was clearly the last thing Yandao could grab at hand. Even after throwing the Cosmic Bag, it only managed to hold off for a brief moment before it too disappeared. The three Returnless Heavenly Thunders formed a triangular shape and continued to rush towards Yandao. With a bitter expression, Yandao reached out to grab the Spirit Object Celestial Pillow.
This was his last defensive treasure, and at this point, Yandao had no other options. It was easy to imagine that even if he used the Celestial Pillow, it would only buy him a moment! He could already see his inevitable end.
Just when Yandao thought he was doomed, a shiny object suddenly flew down and positioned itself between the Spirit Object Celestial Pillow and the heavenly thunder. It was a beautiful transparent stone about the size of a tea table.
The shiny stone crackled for a moment before half of it disappeared in an instant, but it indeed held off for a little longer. Seeing this, Li Hong gritted his teeth and repeatedly threw out numerous similar shiny stones of various sizes.
These stones, known as Crystal Lights, shimmered with a rich elemental aura and proved to be even more effective. With each stone that countered the dark heavenly thunder, it shrank further. Gaining this brief respite invigorated Yandao; disregarding his dignity, he flew up and hid behind Li Hong, gasping for breath.
Li Hong secretly lamented; this was Supreme Celestial Stone! It was the foundation of his cultivation and his last stock! Watching the Supreme Celestial Stones dwindle made Li Hong's heart ache as if bleeding! Yet there was no other choice because these Supreme Celestial Stones contained rich Five Element Energy, perfectly capable of countering the Dark Return to Nothingness Thunder.
In just a breath's time, the Supreme Celestial Stones in Li Hong's Cosmic Bag were nearly exhausted, leaving only one last large piece about three feet square. Li Hong could no longer bear to use it and began throwing out various Strange Creatures instead. Various refining materials were the first to be tossed out since they also contained different types of Five Element Energy and had the advantage of being extremely hard.
As precious Fluid Sand, Celestial Star Iron, Heavenly Outer Mysterious Iron, and Fire Jade Essence turned into nothing one after another, followed by Azure Jade Boxes filled with various Ten Thousand Year Spirit Herbs… watching these treasures with Azure Light rapidly dissolve made Yandao unable to help but feel pain for Li Hong. Meanwhile, Heavenly Torch protested vehemently while spewing fire: "Save some! Don't waste so much!"
No one paid attention to him; at this moment, no treasure mattered more than their lives.
However, no matter how hard the refining materials or how precious the Ten Thousand Year Spirit Herbs were, they could not withstand the terrifying corrosive nature of the Dark Return to Nothingness Thunder. Fortunately, there was still some good news: these items thrown out were still effective; the three Dark Return to Nothingness Thunders were shrinking further and began showing signs of dissipating.
On that side, Heavenly Torch had already started shouting: "Brother, I can't hold on anymore! I'm out of strength!"
In the midst of his busy efforts, Li Hong turned back to look and saw that indeed Heavenly Torch's flames were becoming thinner and weaker. But those five heavenly thunders had not yet completely dissipated. Li Hong inwardly cursed his troubles.
At that moment, Yandao suddenly shouted, "What is this?! This thing is actually holding up!"
Li Hong focused his gaze and saw a large red object resembling a small mountain. It turned out that what he had inadvertently thrown earlier was the claw of an Exotic Giant Scorpion obtained from the Heavenly Grain Immortal Field.
Over the years, these Venomous Scorpion Claws had been completely consumed as materials for refining weapons for the disciples. However, Li Hong had kept the last two largest and best ones in his Cosmic Bag. These two were the hardest and biggest ones left in the Ancient Celestial Field. Li Hong had tried to transmute them before, but even the innate fire could not burn them, so he stored them away in his Cosmic Bag. He never expected that they would actually withstand the Dark Return to Nothingness Thunder!
This type of Venomous Scorpion Claw was highly corrosive and poisonous, roughly matching the properties of the Dark Return to Nothingness Thunder. The three bolts of Dark Return to Nothingness Thunder actually abandoned Yandao and Li Hong, tightly adhering to it. The Venomous Scorpion Claw sizzled as it was burned, but it stubbornly held its ground, although it began to shrink gradually.
Li Hong was overjoyed and without hesitation summoned the other claw from his Cosmic Bag and threw it in front of the Heavenly Torch. The five bolts of Dark Return to Nothingness Thunder immediately attached themselves to it as well, producing a chorus of sizzling sounds.
Li Hong, Tian Zhu, and Yandao all took a deep breath together, and Yandao realized that his entire body felt icy.
The eight bolts of Dark Return to Nothingness Thunder clung to the Venomous Scorpion Claw like leeches, causing it to shrink continuously. The three pairs of eyes were fixed on the two claws. To their astonishment, the claws appeared to be refined and purified, becoming increasingly red, their aura starting to resemble that of the Dark Return to Nothingness Thunder, exuding an eerie void-like quality. Eventually, they shrank down to about three feet in length, crystal clear and obviously valuable. At this point, the eight bolts of Dark Return to Nothingness Thunder had shrunk down to the size of teacup openings.
With gritted teeth, Li Hong suddenly extended both hands, which instantly transformed into blazing True Fire hands. He grasped the two three-foot-long Venomous Scorpion Claws and forcefully swung them, sending the eight bolts of teacup-sized thunder flying away. Before they could attach themselves again, he vigorously shook them, and two Crimson Shadows struck heavily against the eight pure black small spheres.
With a pop...
The eight bolts of thunder instantly dissipated into countless slender and strange black threads resembling spirit snakes. Some silently seeped into Li Hong, Yandao, and Heavenly Torch's bodies while the rest quickly fled in all directions. In an instant, this area became a Dead Zone; anything or anyone that came into contact with those strange black threads would immediately vanish without a trace.
In no time at all, some black threads overflowed for miles. Outside, all the experts from both the Immortal Sect and Demon Sect present were restless with excitement in their eyes. This was a treasure capable of refining the Dark Return to Nothingness thunderbolts that could aid in transcending tribulations!
An Azure Guardian could not help but summon his Soul Summoning and Spirit Refining Banner to capture a strand of overflowing Dark Return to Nothingness Thunder. Just as he wrapped it up, joy appeared on his face when suddenly he saw a large hole silently appear in his Soul Summoning and Spirit Refining Banner. That strand of black thread rolled upward at lightning speed and instantly entered his body. The Azure Guardian was stunned; in the next moment, he screamed in agony as he tore at his chest with an indescribable expression of pain on his face.
In just a moment, his chest skin turned charred black as wisps of black smoke emerged from within him. Amidst horrifying screams filled with terror, he seemed to burn from within without any flames and quickly turned into ashes scattered across heaven and earth, unable even for his Nascent Soul to escape.
Seeing such a terrifying sight, everyone from the Demon Sect was alarmed. Phoenix Perches on the Wutong shouted, "We must not use any life-bound treasures to collect it!"
Meanwhile, everyone from the Immortal Sect, including Yun Jiuzi and Xuan Xuzi, collectively exhaled a long breath. This calamity had finally been overcome by Li Hong and Ling Yi Zi! They showed joy on their faces and began discussing how to work together to collect the overflowing Dark Return to Nothingness Thunder. Soon, they came up with a plan.
With the Mystic Spirit Net deployed, the surrounding area was completely sealed off, trapping the wisps of Dark Return to Nothingness Thunder inside so that they could not escape and disperse further. Within the Mystic Spirit Net, the leaders of the Immortal Sect stood solemnly, each revealing various treasures in their hands as they began to collect the drifting Dark Return to Nothingness Thunder.
Chuxiong remained still, standing atop Black Abyss with a heavy look of concern on his face. Behind him, Yan Luo was covered in blood, and both of them stood motionless, gazing into the depths of the dark Desert.
Having grown up alongside Li Hong, the two brothers shared a deep bond. Chuxiong felt uneasy—very uneasy.
His worries were not unfounded. In the center of the Desert, Li Hong and Yandao Heavenly Torch stood frozen in place, their faces filled with indescribable horror.
No one had expected that after the Dark Return to Nothingness Thunder was shattered, the scattered strands of black energy would swiftly invade their bodies. The three felt their bodies stiffen simultaneously and were suddenly unable to move.
At that moment, the Eighth Wave of Heavenly Thunder had successfully brewed within the Calamity Cloud Eye.
A white light resembling a massive whip with a diameter of six zhang struck down violently, hitting all three of them directly. Following that, another strike came, then another… in an instant, nine strikes landed in succession.
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