337: Chapter 337 You, do you even deserve it?

The Azure Thunder Plate-Footed Leopard had been attacking for a long time without success, becoming increasingly irritable.

It suddenly reared up and let out a heaven-shaking roar. The thunder-plasma between the gaps of its carapace suddenly boiled and surged, all converging toward its chest area! A destructive energy fluctuation climbed crazily!

"Not good! It's about to unleash its innate Divine Ability!" Bai Ling exclaimed in horror.

Ye Tian's eyes narrowed as his spiritual sense locked onto the point where energy was gathering on the Yao Beast's chest.

That was its Origin core!

But at this moment, with the opponent's energy gathering, its defense had reached its peak, making ordinary attacks difficult to be effective.

"Very well, let me let you try my new sword technique!"

For the past few days, Ye Tian had been researching how to fuse thunder techniques with the Taiyi Light-Splitting Sword Art.

However, the power of thunder was too violent, while the Taiyi Light-Splitting Sword Art was a technique-based Martial Skill, and the two were initially incompatible.

However, as he became more proficient with thunder techniques, and once he was able to completely control the flow of thunder, he finally succeeded in fusing these two Cultivation Techniques together.

And now, it was the best moment to verify his new martial art!

"Ten Thousand Sword Thunder Formula!"

He let out a low roar, raised both hands, and pointed his fingers like swords. Dozens of thunder swords formed from thunder suspended around him, their lightning connecting to form a thunder ring, emitting sizzling crackling sounds.

Then, he brought his hands together above his head and finally thrust them forward. The dozens of thunder swords turned horizontally and all rushed toward the ball of destructive thunder about to erupt on the Azure Thunder Plate-Footed Leopard's chest!

Finally, under the shocked gazes of the Bai sisters, those dozens of thunder swords actually converged halfway into one larger thunder sword.

"Roar!!!"

At this moment, the thunder ball on the Azure Thunder Plate-Footed Leopard's chest expanded to its limit and exploded, turning into a destructive pillar of thunder a zhang in diameter, intending to completely swallow Ye Tian!

The next moment, the two terrifying forces collided, and a mushroom cloud bloomed in the center.

The destructive shockwave blew the two women watching from afar away again, and countless rocks were swept into the high sky, turning into powder.

The light lasted for a few breaths before slowly dimming.

In the center of the valley, a scorched giant pit with a diameter of several tens of zhang appeared, and the rocks at the bottom of the pit showed a glazed luster.

At the edge of the giant pit, Ye Tian knelt on one knee, supporting himself with his sword. His face was pale, blood spilled from the corners of his mouth, and his green robes were scorched and torn in many places. The black tortoise spirit armor shield on his left arm had dimmed and automatically retracted into its bracer form.

His aura was also much weaker than before, clearly due to massive consumption and internal organ tremors.

In the center of the giant pit, the monstrously fierce Azure Thunder Plate-Footed Leopard stood frozen in place.

In the area on its chest, there was a bowl-sized, scorched hole that went right through it. The carapace at the edges had melted, and wisps of searing white electric arcs were still jumping.

The fierce light in its eyes had dissipated, and the thunder-plasma flowing around its body had extinguished.

"Boom."

Finally, a few seconds later, the Azure Thunder Plate-Footed Leopard could no longer hold on, fell backward, and died with unwillingness.

In the distance, Bai Ling and Bai Shaoyi struggled to stand up. Looking at the green-robed figure standing in the pit with a sword, they were shocked beyond measure.

He... actually managed to kill that Sea Transformation Realm Yao Beast all by himself!

Ye Tian slowly adjusted his breath for a moment, and after his breathing became steady, he walked to the side of the Yao Beast's corpse.

He swung his sword to cut open its chest and saw a Yao core with liquid lightning flowing within it.

The Yao core of a Sea Transformation Realm Yao Beast was priceless and was a supreme treasure for Cultivating thunder-type Cultivation Techniques or refining high-grade thunder-attribute Magic Treasures.

He put away the Yao core and took some valuable claws, pincers, and parts of the special carapace Materials before walking toward the two women.

"Senior Brother Ye! Are... are you alright?" The two women hurriedly stepped forward, both grateful and worried.

"It's fine, just a large consumption." Ye Tian swallowed a few Medicinal Pills, and his expression eased slightly. "This place is not suitable for a long stay; the smell of blood and energy fluctuations might attract others. How are your injuries?"

"After taking the Medicinal Pill, it has stabilized quite a bit. Many thanks to Senior Brother Ye for saving our lives!"

The two women bowed solemnly again, and Bai Ling even took out a Jade Slip. "Senior Brother Ye, we previously accidentally obtained a map of the Restrictions on the periphery of that ancient Immortal Cave deep in the Chixiao Stone Forest, which might be useful to you. That Immortal Cave is in the very core of this Thunder Abyss, and it has likely attracted many experts by now."

Ye Tian took the Jade Slip and scanned it with his spiritual sense; it indeed recorded some secret Restriction nodes and safe path information. "Many thanks. What are your plans next?"

The two women looked at each other, and Bai Ling smiled bitterly, "We plan to first find a hidden place to heal our injuries."

"Is Senior Brother Ye going to that Immortal Cave?"

Ye Tian nodded.

"Senior Brother must be careful!" Bai Shaoyi couldn't help but say, "We heard before that the Beiming Family's Young Lord, Bei Minghong, has already arrived, and Heavenly Sword Sect's Li Xuanxiao, Nangong Family's Nangong Yu, and others are also there. That Bei Minghong is said to have reached the Sea Transformation Realm, and his personality is arrogant and cold."

"Bei Minghong?" Ye Tian's gaze flickered.

The most mysterious Beiming Family among the four great protector Families... Sea Transformation Realm, it is worth meeting.

After resting for a while, Ye Tian parted ways with the two women and continued alone toward the deepest part of the Thunder Abyss, in the direction of the ancient Immortal Cave.

After walking for half a day, Ye Tian finally emerged from that most terrifying thunder zone, and the view before his eyes suddenly brightened.

It was a large expanse of crimson flat land, as if it had been forcibly scraped out by something.

At the very end of the flat land, the shadow of a great hall floated in mid-air. It was not very clear, but one could vaguely see that it was built with metal and red stone, covered by a thick fire shield that flashed with seven-colored light and crackled with electricity.

That was the place everyone came for—the Chixiao Thunder Hall.

At this time, several groups of people had already gathered on the flat ground, each occupying one side, not touching anyone else, and the atmosphere was tense.

On the east end stood a row of white-clad Sword Cultivators, all looking quite spirited. The leader, who was holding a sword and resting with his eyes closed, was Li Xuanxiao of the Heavenly Sword Sect.

To the south was a group led by Nangong Yu, looking quite arrogant, but when they glanced toward the west, there was clearly a bit of trepidation in their eyes.

There were the fewest people on the west side, just three.

They were all wearing black clothes embroidered with strange vortex patterns, giving off a chilly feeling.

The leader was a young man who was devilishly handsome, with cold eyes, sitting there alone, out of place with his surroundings; he was Bei Minghong.

His cultivation of the first level of the Sea Transformation Realm was clearly displayed there, suppressing everyone present.

Besides these groups, Zhao Mao from Tianhu Gate, the masked Ghost Girl from the Xuanming Way, and other people with some reputation were also scattered around in twos and threes, their eyes fixed on the shield outside the hall.

Feng Xuan and Yu Miaoqing from the Liuli Xuan Sect had not yet been seen.

When Ye Tian arrived, not many people noticed.

A True Martial Tenth Level with a somewhat unstable aura and torn clothes was indeed not very noticeable among this crowd.

Only Nangong Yu, who had suffered a setback from him before, and the particularly perceptive Li Xuanxiao and the Ghost Girl took an extra look at him.

Ye Tian happened not to want to attract attention, so he slipped behind an inconspicuous red stone on the side, popped a Medicinal Pill, and while adjusting his breath, he quietly observed the shield and the people around him.

He could feel that the power of the seven-colored thunder light shield was fluctuating, becoming strong and then weak, slowly weakening, but to fully open it, he estimated he would still have to wait for an opportunity.

Just as he was waiting there, feeling a bit bored, a sarcastic voice rang out, breaking the silence: "Yo, isn't this our Liuli Xuan Sect's Ye 'Genius'?"

"What, did you get beaten up by some stray cat or dog outside, and come running here all disheveled, wanting to try your luck at this Chixiao Thunder Hall too?"

"With those injuries, don't wait until the Restriction opens and find you don't even have the strength to squeeze in; that would be a huge joke."

Nangong Yu fanned himself with a red jade fan and swaggered over, surrounded by a group of followers. The mockery on his face couldn't be clearer; he was obviously trying to embarrass Ye Tian in front of so many people to vent the frustration in his heart.

The platform went quiet for a moment, and many gazes looking for a show immediately gathered.

Bei Minghong didn't even move an eyelid. Li Xuanxiao opened his eyes a slit and glanced. Zhao Mao had a smile of watching a good show. The eyes above the Ghost Girl's veil flashed gloomily.

Ye Tian slowly opened his eyes, looking at the triumphant Nangong Yu. There was no sign of anger on his face; he was just very calm, even a bit too lazy to bother, and replied with three words:

"You, are you even worthy?"