Chapter 117: The Trial of Life and Death Battle!
Chapter 117: The Trial of Life and Death Battle!
Lightning flashed, and brilliant Heavenly Thunder suddenly struck down from the clouds.
The Lightning Rod in mid-air was not very long.
But at this moment, in the sky, it stood out unusually!
Boom!
The rolling Heavenly Thunder crashed down directly!
Almost at the same time, Wang Che flung the Green Caterpillar at his feet out of mid-air.
Green Caterpillar: “…”
From this height, falling wouldn’t even cause a scratch to it now.
But the throw was just too sudden.
Still, such Heavenly Thunder was a bit dangerous for the Green Caterpillar.
Wang Che wanted to preserve the Green Caterpillar’s combat strength.
Immediately after, Wang Che lightly tapped his toes.
He quickly ascended upward from the Magnetic Sword!
“Come!”
Wang Che formed a mysterious hand seal with one hand and reached upward. The Magnetic Sword, extremely excited, flew along with Wang Che into his palm.
It also flickered with red lightning.
Just then, the terrifying purple thunder suddenly struck the Lightning Rod.
Seeing this scene,
the Ghost Disciple in the distance was stunned.
Then he burst into laughter.
“Hahaha, I never thought the heavens would be on our side… We chased you all this way, and now Heavenly Thunder strikes you dead?”
“Wang Batian, oh Wang Batian, if we’d known your luck was this bad—you’d probably choke on water sooner or later—why did we even bother with all this effort?”
With such Heavenly Thunder striking down,
and torrential rain pouring, even an ordinary low-level Soul Master below level 20 would lose half their life, let alone a student who had just awakened their Martial Soul.
He was thrilled.
Not because Wang Che was struck dead by Heavenly Thunder, but because the heavens were actually on their side.
“This kid’s luck is just too terrible, isn’t it?” A figure materialized in the void.
Just as it was about to take action,
however, in the next moment!
Heavenly Thunder rolled down, its radiance illuminating the dark world.
Wang Che held the Magnetic Sword, and a strand of Hundred-Tempered Soul Force rapidly circulated within him.
Though it was just a strand, it had been tempered a hundred times and had already withstood the baptism of two Heavenly Thunder strikes.
Wang Che’s own body had grown incredibly strong.
“Heavenly Thunder Slash!”
Wang Che silently recited it in his heart. That strand of Hundred-Tempered Soul Force, channeled through the blade, directly infused into the Magnetic Sword’s body.
In an instant!
The Magnetic Sword’s glow erupted once more, and the red energy light on the blade seemed to be catalyzed.
The red lightning, in a flash, swiftly dyed the descending purple Heavenly Thunder a crimson hue.
Even more astonishingly!
The Heavenly Thunder, thick as a bucket, took the shape of an energy sword.
Viewed from afar,
it looked like a towering sword aura shimmering with red lightning.
Intense energy fluctuations erupted all around!
“Slash!”
Cracks spread all over Wang Che’s body as if it were about to shatter.
Yet, he showed no change at all.
He gently swung the not-so-long Magnetic Sword in his hand, cutting downward ahead.
Though it seemed casual, a certain profound mystery caused the towering sword aura’s momentum to surge by another threefold!
The Magnetic Sword was ecstatic at this moment.
It felt as if it had become the towering long sword from Wang Che’s earlier vision.
It radiated an aura of unrivaled power.
With one sword slash,
only a flash of light could be seen!
The next moment, the Millipede Ant horde in the distance seemed as if time had stopped.
All of them froze in place.
Immediately after, bright red lightning rapidly spread throughout the entire Millipede Ant horde.
Amid the raging storm, crackling sounds erupted.
“Damn! What in the world is that!”
It wasn’t until Wang Che swung his sword that the Ghost Disciple sensed something was off.
Only when the terrifying Heavenly Thunder gradually transformed into a towering lightning energy long sword did he suddenly snap to realization.
The Soul Wings on his back flickered wildly as he hastily retreated from the Millipede Ant horde.
But he was still a step too slow.
Under the storm, the red lightning spread at the speed of light, covering the entire ant horde.
He was dumbfounded.
Not just him.
The figure that had appeared from the void was also dumbfounded.
“What kind of monster is this kid…”
the figure murmured. “An ordinary student’s body simply couldn’t withstand the power of Heavenly Thunder, not even if they’ve awakened their Martial Soul. Has this kid cultivated? No, no… even if he has, it’s only been a few days. His body shouldn’t be capable of this… and that red Magnetic Sword…”
“Could this be a Soul Skill? Impossible… he doesn’t have a Soul Ring yet… he hasn’t even manifested or used his Martial Soul… This is definitely no coincidence… Using the Magnetic Sword to channel Heavenly Thunder for an attack, that sword-shaped energy long sword formed from Heavenly Thunder couldn’t be wielded so casually…”
“Such imposing force… could it be a unique Sword Move? But Sword Moves are mostly performed using one’s own Martial Soul… Using a Soul Pet like this, could it be the Soul Pet’s Soul Skill? The Magnetic Sword does have similar Sword Move Soul Skills.”
“But their power doesn’t reach this level… especially with that kind of imposing force, it was clearly unleashed by him. The Magnetic Sword was just a tool… It doesn’t seem like a Soul Pet’s Soul Skill… particularly since there wasn’t the slightest hesitation in its execution… It doesn’t seem like something just learned…”
“Incredible!”
“The power of this Sword Move, combined with Heavenly Thunder, is terrifyingly imposing and immensely powerful…”
“Striking with Heavenly Thunder, conducting through the rainstorm… those Millipede Ants, though not dead, have certainly lost all combat ability… and they’re still hovering in the lower sky…”
As expected.
Immediately after this slash.
The ant swarm quickly fell down and became paralyzed.
Most of the newly evolved Thousand-Legged Flying Ants were not strong fliers.
Especially because their physical condition was weak—even though their cultivation had increased due to illness.
Under this move, almost all of them were electrocuted and numbed.
They couldn’t recover in less than half an hour.
Soul Beasts’ bodies were very tough. Ordinary animals would have died for sure under such powerful Heavenly Thunder, especially when Wang Che used a special sword technique.
But Soul Beasts wouldn’t die so easily.
Those ants were only paralyzed as a group and didn’t actually suffer serious injuries.
Wang Che’s current body could withstand Heavenly Thunder.
These Soul Beasts with Centennial Soul Power Cultivation naturally could too.
Of course, most of it was absorbed and endured by Magnetic Sword.
After all, it was the one performing the sword move.
Heavenly Thunder Slash was indeed a very ordinary sword skill.
It was a basic sword skill from the Divine Sword Thunder Control True Scripture, and it could be used without summoning Heavenly Thunder.
But its power was far less than it was now.
This sword move itself focused on speed and momentum.
With lightning speed and the Heavenly Thunder Sword Momentum, it could slash through everything.
As for its power, Wang Che felt it was actually quite average.
But it depended on who was using it.
He chose this move to not give the opponent a chance to react.
Also, to quickly deal with those Thousand-Legged Flying Ants.
And to teach Magnetic Sword a Soul Skill.
Moreover, this move was also a basic sword move from the Divine Sword Thunder Control True Scripture.
Mastering this move would help in learning other powerful sword moves later.
Normally, with Magnetic Sword’s current cultivation and Wang Che’s own strength,
one move of Heavenly Thunder Slash could probably only take down a few Thousand-Legged Flying Ants.
Unfortunately,
the Divine Sword Thunder Control True Scripture emphasized using small means to achieve big results.
With Heavenly Thunder summoned, plus the storm and gale, a single-target sword move directly became a group sword move.
Its power skyrocketed!
A great cultivator of the Ascension Realm’s use of basic sword moves was naturally masterful.
Moreover, performing it once also helped in cultivating the Divine Sword Thunder Control True Scripture.
It was just perfect.
Everything was within his calculations.
The not-so-great part was that Wang Che checked the weather forecast, which said the thunderstorm would come ten minutes later.
“Did you learn it?” Wang Che asked.
“Zizi, zizizi!”
Yes, he learned it.
Seems he was also a little genius.
Wang Che was very satisfied.
If he couldn’t learn such a basic sword move, that would be a problem.
“Next, it’s that Ghost Disciple,” Wang Che said immediately. “Let’s go down and bring Green Caterpillar up.”
By now, Green Caterpillar, already on the ground, was looking up at the shocking scene.
Its mind was greatly shaken.
It was the most awe-inspiring battle scene it had ever witnessed.
When Wang Che landed on the ground, Green Caterpillar’s body was glowing with green light.
“Huh, what’s going on with you?” Wang Che looked at Green Caterpillar.
The green patterns on its body had faded a lot, meaning the Plant Life Energy from the Rainbow Road was being absorbed quickly by Green Caterpillar.
Although they were faint, they hadn’t completely disappeared.
Now they were lighting up, showing that the Life Energy inside its body was fluctuating intensely.
“Siwu siwu!”
“Hmm… You say you want to learn it too…”
Wang Che: “…”
Magnetic Sword flew over to Green Caterpillar’s head and ruthlessly made zizi sounds, mocking it.
Green Caterpillar shot out a Silk Spitting move, sending Magnetic Sword tumbling down to the ground.
The Silk Spitting Soul Skill was very powerful.
Magnetic Sword had just used Heavenly Thunder Slash, and its Soul Power was already drained.
Its Mechanical Energy was greatly reduced too, so it couldn’t cut through the silk at all.
“Zizizi (I’m sorry)…” Magnetic Sword said.
Only then did Green Caterpillar withdraw the silk.
Magnetic Sword jumped up and flew higher immediately.
Wang Che could only pat Green Caterpillar’s head and said, “Alright, I’ll teach you a move later: Sword-Riding Flying Insect.”
Green Caterpillar’s eyes lit up.
That sounded awesome!
“But right now, we need to deal with that guy,” Wang Che said, looking at the Ghost Disciple flying towards them slowly.
At that moment, the Ghost Disciple’s black robe was torn and tattered, and his hair was standing on end. He looked like a man very similar to that Xue Batian from before.
“Impressive,” the Ghost Disciple said.
The Soul Wings behind him flickered, clearly showing he had taken quite a hit earlier.
But this was nothing.
He looked at Wang Che with extreme shock in his eyes, but his expression was very unfriendly.
No wonder they arranged a sniper-like plan for a student.
Though it was only a small-scale plan, it seemed impossible for a student.
This was just too abnormal!
Last time, as an ordinary student, he ruined their plan at a critical moment.
This time, he actually used a Magnetic Sword with only two or three hundred years of Soul Power Cultivation.
He defeated thousands of ant swarms.
That was just too ridiculous!
Of course, he knew.
It wasn’t Wang Che who was strong, but the timing and terrain.
Yet exactly this timing and terrain were clearly calculated by him.
What did that mean?
It meant that this Wang Batian had planned it from the very start.
Just now, that terrifying Sword Move was so smooth, it didn’t seem like his first time using it.
If it were a coincidence, there wouldn’t be no sign of haste at all.
Otherwise, things wouldn’t be this way.
But…
“What a pity, what a pity. You’re still just a student after all.”
Ghost Disciple moved closer, his voice growing colder. “You used the Heavenly Thunder and heavy rain to unleash such a powerful move and defeated the ant swarms. But you can’t defeat me!”
“I think I can give it a try,” Wang Che picked up the Green Caterpillar.
Escaping wasn’t easy at this point.
The Magnetic Sword couldn’t fly long distances anymore.
It was too small, and its Soul Power Cultivation wasn’t enough.
It had just used a Sword Move and practiced the Divine Sword Thunder Control True Scripture, so it was now in a weakened state.
It needed to recover its energy.
“Just with a Green Caterpillar?” Ghost Disciple laughed.
I’m a full-fledged Level 30 Soul Pact Master! Do I have no pride?
A Green Caterpillar with only a few hundred years of Soul Power Cultivation wants to defeat me?
Yes, this Green Caterpillar is quite strong.
But…
“Do you think I have no Soul Pets?” Ghost Disciple sneered.
The black conch in Ghost Disciple’s hand trembled slightly.
Three Soul Rings lit up around him.
Purple, purple, yellow.
From the Soul Rings, three Soul Pets flew out.
Rain Demon Butterfly, Sky-Speed Bird, Slippery Giggling Ghost.
Rain Demon Butterfly was an Insect Element Soul Pet with a strange personality and deadly poison.
Sky-Speed Bird seemed to be a standard for Ghost Disciples.
Slippery Giggling Ghost was a Battle-Type Soul Pet.
In terms of Racial Potential, these three Soul Pets were all of very rare quality.
Rain Demon Butterfly was a Second Stage Evolution, a rare case among Insect Element Soul Pets with only two stages.
Sky-Speed Bird was a common Soul Pet, evolved from the third stage of the Sky-Sound Bird.
Wang Che had seen one on that Xue Batian before.
The Soul Ring of Slippery Giggling Ghost was yellow, meaning its Soul Power Cultivation wasn’t high.
It was at the Centennial stage.
But its base form was evolved from a rare Giggling Monster, and now it should be at its second stage of evolution.
Wang Che scanned with his Divine Sense and roughly sensed their Soul Power Cultivation.
Rain Demon Butterfly was the highest; it was his first Soul Ring, meaning he had raised it the longest.
It had over two thousand years, followed by Sky-Speed Bird with over a thousand years, and lastly Slippery Giggling Ghost with only a few hundred years of Soul Power Cultivation.
Compared to the Xue Batian he had seen before on the floating island, this one was clearly several levels weaker.
Xue Batian’s Sky-Speed Bird had ten-thousand-year Soul Power Cultivation.
That guy was a leader.
This Ghost Disciple was probably just a minion.
Wang Che could roughly tell the minion’s strength from his Soul Pet setup.
Sky-Speed Bird was for Soul Wings, giving him great mobility so he wouldn’t be easily taken out in battle.
Rain Demon Butterfly was used to wear down the enemy’s strength.
Slippery Giggling Ghost was to cover his lack of offensive power; Battle-Type Soul Pets all had strong attack capabilities.
But since it was his third Soul Pet, he probably got it not long ago and hadn’t raised it much, so its Soul Power Cultivation was quite low.
His Martial Soul was a black conch.
From what Teacher Zheng explained about Soul Pact Master categories, this kind of Tool Martial Soul.
Belonged to Art Soul Masters related to tactical support.
They had low combat ability themselves, used for tactical control and support.
He couldn’t possibly fight with a palm-sized conch, right?
Otherwise, the sound from the conch wouldn’t have been able to control those swarms of ants.
This Ghost Disciple’s Soul Pet setup was quite reasonable.
He could fight, escape, and control the field.
Even as a minion, his strength wasn’t low.
Wang Che thought he was just a minion compared to Xue Batian.
But he didn’t really know.
After all, he wasn’t part of Ghost Disciple’s group.