Chapter 12 - The Roaring Thunderous Sword Qi (1/2)

He's the one Elder Pu was referring to!  thought the stunned Ting Lanyue. She looked blankly at the figure that rode the lightning in the skies and wielded it in his hands as if he was the legendary god of thunder.

In the Knowledge Teaching Pavilion, Elder Pu said that only one pupil perceived his true teachings and everyone thought Elder Pu was talking about themselves until Ting Lanyue defeated everyone. After her victory, everyone was then led to believe that Elder Pu was talking about her.

However, she did not fight with Zhong Yue at all.

While practicing [Spring Thunderbolt Sword Skill], Zhong Yue appeared to be very slow and stubborn. At that time, Ting Lanyue failed to realize the ingenuity of Zhong Yue's swordsmanship, and so she naturally thought she was the one Elder Pu was referring to.

But now, as Ting Lanyue witnessed Zhong Yue soaring in the skies and controlling the elements of thunder and lightning, she became cognizant of that fact that this could only have been achieved by truly understanding the quintessence of the [Spring Thunderbolt Sword Skill]!

The spring thunderbolt that struck away winter, the radiance of the lightning that shined upon the nine provinces!

Zhong Yue's [Spring Thunderbolt Sword Skill] was very different from Elder Pu's. The branches that extended from the lightning tree and spread across the skies were, in fact, the precipitation of thunderous lightning Sword Qi. Although there were no such moves in the [Spring Thunderbolt Sword Skill], Ting Lanyue saw the same spirit as Elder Pu's.

What was the true form of [Spring Thunderbolt Sword Skill]?

This is the true form!

Even if one managed to learn all the moves in the [Spring Thunderbolt Sword Skill], they would never be considered as having mastered the skill entirely. The criterion for mastering a skill was through the distillation of the instructor's knowledge and understanding into one's own unique insights!

What most stunned Ting Lanyue was not Zhong Yue's [Spring Thunderbolt Sword Skill], but the huge Sui Sovereign behind him, the Sui Sovereign formed by his very own psyche.

Even though she looked at the Sui Sovereign from far away, she could still feel the immense and majestic aura that felt like it could crush the heavens and conquer everything.

But, isn't he a bit too daring?

Ting Lanyue's heart pumped quickly,  He can't possibly think that he could kill that mutated demon with natural totem markings so easily?

She was still quite a distance away from Zhong Yue. She could see the mutated demon brandish its arm-scythes. The totem markings on its skin glimmered, and with a fierce countenance, the mutated demon leaped into the air. It seemed to have no intention of evading the lightning as it directly withstood it as it dashed toward Zhong Yue who was in mid-air – its attacks were dreadful and dominating!

Ka-cha!

The lightning tree landed on the mutated Mantis Demon. It split its flesh into halves and burnt them to ashes!

Ting Lanyue felt worried in her heart as she thought that the [Spring Thunderbolt Sword Skill]was only effective against ordinary ones among the Mantis Demons.

Things would be completely different when it came to the mutated Mantis Demons. Their bone structures were replaced by pure darksteel when they reached adulthood, which would channel the thunderbolt released by the [Spring Thunderbolt Sword Skill] to the metallic bones of these mutated demons instead of their hearts!

Not only would [Spring Thunderbolt Sword Skill] be incapable of reaching the hearts of these mutated Mantis Demons, but it would also not be able to harm their brains at all. Similarly, with their hearts, the brains of these demons were also insulated from the destructive effects of the Sword Skill due to a layer of darksteel bones, rendering the [Spring Thunderbolt Sword Skill] ineffectual.

Although the power of Zhong Yue's [Spring Thunderbolt Sword Skill] was a few times stronger than Ting Lanyue's, it would still be unable to threaten the life of this mutated demon.

Besides, through the abnormal heteromorphic existence behind Zhong Yue and the thunderbolt tree Sword Qi created by Zhong Yue, Ting Lanyue was very sure that it would cost him a great deal of psyche!

At this rate, Zhong Yue's psyche would be depleted in a very short period of time!

Once he depleted his psyche, the mutated Mantis Demon would be able to kill Zhong Yue easily!

It is very dangerous for Junior Martial Brother Zhong to use the [Spring Thunderbolt Sword Skill] on this mutated demon!

Ting Lanyue's prediction came to fruition not long after. After being struck numerous times by Zhong Yue, the mutated demon's charging momentum did not slow down at all. It soon closed the distance with Zhong Yue in a blink of an eye and launched an attack on him with his metallic scythe-hands!

At the same time, thunderbolt exploded under Zhong Yue's feet and with the explosion, he managed to side-step away from the scythes of the mutated demon.

Ka-cha!

Another lightning tree was launched by Zhong Yue, striking onto the body of the falling mutated demon. As he was hit heavily by the lightning tree, the mutated demon could only helplessly plummet to the ground from the skies.

However, Zhong Yue was also unable to fly in the skies, using the power of lightning or otherwise, and he too slowly fell to the ground. While falling, he continued launching one lightning tree after another, each landing fearsomely on the body of that mutated demon.

Ting Lanyue dashed forward and said in her heart,  Junior Martial Brother Zhong just entered the upper house recently, and he lacks real-life combat experience, so his fighting skill is still too weak. At the rate that he is using his strongest attack, he should not have much psyche left. Please let me save him in time…

Dong, dong.

The human and the demon fell to the ground together. They both let out a demonic roaring and thunderous sound when they got up and charged at each other. A loud noise could then be heard as they collided and the earth trembled heavily!

The place they landed was a col. Due to that, Ting Lanyue could not see the actual situation save for the massive Sui Sovereign that moved with lightning quickness. It must be Zhong Yue moving very fast while fighting with the mutated demon.

If Junior Martial Brother Zhong landed on the ground, he would be put at a disadvantage. Mantis Demons are not able to fly so he would be able to suppress it in the air. But when they touch the ground, mutated demons would then seize the initiative—with Junior Martial Brother Zhong's speed, he will not be able to dodge its attacks….

When she thought of this, the Sui Sovereign formed by Zhong Yue's psyche was launched into the skies, and Zhong Yue could be seen following after, both landing on the mountains violently.

Seeing how things turned out, her heart sank deeply. Zhong Yue flew out of the col. It was clear that he was hurled out of the col by the substantial impact from the mutated demon!

A mutated demon possesses the strength of tens of thousands pounds. He could easily smash Zhong Yue into minced meat!