Chapter 639: Karmic Tree (1/2)
An endless flood of black lightning crashed into Dongfang Hao, drowning him. He almost threw up blood from the collision.
According to his original plans, all he needed to do was to reveal himself to the tribulation the moment it dissipated to successfully ascend to immortality. It didn’t matter if the Exalted prince overcame his trial or not.
Lu Yun, however, had completely disrupted this idea. The roiling black lightning he’d directed Dongfang Hao’s way was incredibly destructive. His treasure might be able to protect him from heavenly tribulations, but not from anything Lu Yun might pull.
Lightning smote him relentlessly, sending him flying this way and that.
Imbued with the power of karmic fruit, the black lightning was exponentially more powerful than the bolts from the lighting tribulation earlier. A prolonged cacophony of screams and yelps rang out as thunder and lightning consumed Dongfang Hao.
Bam!
A beam of sword energy exploded from his body as the giant Sword of Chaos emerged, reaching high into the sky. Even the giant beast laying in the air shifted warily when it saw the sword light.
Lu Yun, however, was entirely unfazed. Under his control, the lightning targeting Dongfang Hao grew even more relentless. After all, it’d be most ideal if he could excise a serious threat like Dongfang Hao now.
“Lu Yun! I will not suffer you to live beneath the same skies as me!!” With that final shriek, the Sword of Chaos burst into numerous strands of sword energy and shot in all directions.
Dongfang Hao had escaped, the moment of his departure making the end of his involvement with the tribulation. He would still be a void realm cultivator even if Zhao Wushuang somehow overcame his tribulation in the end.
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“Lu Yun? What did he mean?” Dongfang Hao’s parting words surprised everyone. Hadn’t Lu Yun fled? Was he still lurking around somewhere? Or had he summoned the giant kui?
Another glance at the imposing beast dismissed the last speculation. A primordial divine beast who ruled over all lightning would never follow the orders of a mere cultivator. Besides, if Lu Yun really could summon kui, he wouldn’t have been bogged down by that absolute mess in Dusk Province when he tried establishing his dao.
“Lu Yun… Which emperor’s legacy has he acquired?” Qi Hai frowned deeply. As the lord of the first capital of the primeval human race, he was highly knowledgeable and enormously experienced. So far, though, he hadn’t been able to determine whose heritage Lu Yun had acquired.
“How unfortunate that he refuses to restore the era of human dao and the dominance of our race over all, despite being human himself. Whatever heritage he’s gained, he doesn’t deserve to keep it.”
A cold smile tugged at Qi Hai’s lips, while Donglin Taihuang remained wholly unconcerned. He had no reason to worry. As long as he took Qing Yu and made use of her cosmic constitution, he would become a flawless origin dao immortal. He would even gain a unique heritage, making the world of immortals his oyster.
And now, Qing Yu was in Mount Exalted.
The Exalted Immortal Sect wanted something in her possession, so they would hardly let her leave without getting what they wanted. Naturally, neither would Donglin Taihuang.
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Zhao Wushuang’s sole focus was on the giant chimera in front of him. Lu Yun stood beside him as Kui, but he didn’t even seem to notice the thunder god’s presence, his eyes fixed on the beast looming over them instead.
“That’s the Azure Dragon King’s tail,” Lu Yun’s voice suddenly echoed in Zhao Wushuang’s mind. The prince widened his eyes at the kui beside him, taken aback. “If my speculations are right… its head belongs to the White Tiger King; its body, the Black Tortoise King; and its wings, the Vermilion Bird King! Who could’ve hacked apart the kings of the four cardinal divine tribes and pieced together such a monster...”