324: Chapter 324: Thunder Badger, Thunderous Revenge!

Kunyuan Mountain Range, Kunyuan Mountain Peak.

The Disciples of each sect had only just entered the Secret Realm when the entrance closed behind them. It would not open again for three months.

High in the Void Realm, the Nascent Soul True Monarchs of the four nations stood in four directions, their hearts filled with agitation.

Suddenly, the western horizon darkened abruptly.

The originally gloomy mist was forcibly torn apart by a force of extreme violence.

A purple-gold thundercloud, like an inverted ocean, bore down upon the Kunyuan Mountain Range with speed akin to teleportation...

Within the thundercloud, countless thick electric serpents slithered incessantly, bringing with them an aura of absolute destruction as they descended upon this world!

Accompanying this were billowing clouds of pure white, covering the sky and obscuring the sun.

"How bold!"

True Monarch Qingxuan's expression changed abruptly. He pointed a finger lightly, and that vast Qi of righteousness transformed into a barrier in front of him...

True Monarch Ziyang's expression was gloomy, his facial muscles twitching as he stared fixedly at the sea of thunder: "Myriad Demon Domain... that peculiar Thunder Bear has actually achieved a Nascent Soul!"

Boom!

The thundercloud pressed down upon them, and the Void Realm collapsed instantly.

Two figures stepped out from the nothingness. The one on the left, wearing a white-feathered cloak with an elegant temperament, was none other than Demon Lord White Crane.

The one on the right was draped in a luxurious purple and white robe. His face was cold and resolute, and a purple lightning divine mark flickered incessantly between his brows. As his eyes opened and closed, purple-gold thunder could be seen manifesting and perishing.

It was Shi Jian, though now he should be more appropriately called: Demon Lord Zishu!

Shi Jian did not hold back at all. The might of his Nascent Soul, mixed with the tyranny of his Zishu Immortal Foundation, bore down like crushing mountains, intimidating the group of True Monarchs.

The rocks of the Kunyuan Mountain Range below shattered inch by inch, and several Disciples from various sects who were left behind, unable to dodge in time, were directly crushed into bloody mist by this pressure.

"The master of the Myriad Demon Domain, Shi Jian!"

True Monarch Wenxuan gasped. The pressure brought by this aura was actually comparable to a Middle Stage Nascent Soul...

A Yao Beast that had just achieved a Breakthrough, yet it possessed such a profound foundation!

Or perhaps, the strength of this bear's Bloodline was already comparable to some great ancient Yao, which showed how powerful its foundation truly was.

Shi Jian's gaze was indifferent as he swept over the Human Race True Monarchs present, as if he were looking for something.

Just at this moment, strange changes occurred again in the northern and southern skies.

"Hahaha!"

"I have long heard that there is a peculiar Thunder Bear named Shi Jian in the Myriad Demon Domain. I assume that must be Your Excellency. Brother Shi has come out of seclusion today; how could my Tianyuan Domain be absent from such a scene of establishing prestige!"

To the north, wind and snow rolled backwards.

Two massive Sea Ape Demon Kings, covered in long, icy-blue fur, strode through the air. The thick, forceful Qi around their bodies put immense pressure on the surrounding space.

To the south, water vapor towered to the heavens.

"The Dragon Lord has issued an order, specifically commanding us to come and offer our congratulations to the master of the Myriad Demon Domain!"

Two flood dragon kings, with horns on their heads and clad in black Dragon scales, broke through the waves. They were Ao Hai and Ao Lie, two Flood Dragon Demon Lords!

The Tianyuan Domain and the Flood Dragon Domain—four great demon kings had specially come here to bolster their momentum!

Together with Shi Jian and White Crane, there were a full six Transformed Demon Kings, tightly surrounding the Human Race True Monarchs of the four nations in one place.

Demonic Qi soared to the heavens, and the world changed color.

True Monarch Ziyang, True Monarch Qingxuan, and the others had expressions that were gloomy to the extreme.

They had never expected that a small disturbance in the Myriad Demon Domain would actually draw out the demon kings of the other two major demon domains.

The three domains of the Yao Race had, unbeknownst to them, reached some sort of tacit understanding.

"Esteemed Demon Kings, today is the day our Human Race's Kunyuan Secret Realm opens."

True Monarch Zhengyi of the Zhengqi Sect stepped forward, the Qi of righteousness surrounding his body, and said in a deep voice: "The Yao Race is pressing down with such a large force; could it be that you wish to ignite an all-out war?!"

Shi Jian ignored Zhengyi.

He tilted his head slightly, his gaze piercing through the crowd, locking firmly onto the other Nascent Soul of the Zhengqi Sect: True Monarch Jianling.

"Tianjian Sect, Jianling."

Shi Jian spoke slowly, hatred flashing in his eyes, his voice like ice from the Nine Netherworlds.

True Monarch Jianling frowned and gripped the hilt of the sword on his back: "That is I. I am now a member of the Zhengqi Sect. What instruction does the Demon King have for me?"

A cruel arc curled at the corner of Shi Jian's mouth.

"A hundred years ago, your Tianjian Sect juniors killed my subordinate, the Thunder Badger, and slew my Thunder Bear subordinate, Lei Nu, in the Kunyuan Secret Realm."

"This account, I have kept in mind for a hundred years!"

"Today, I am going to settle this account with you properly!"

Once these words were spoken, the entire scene fell into dead silence.

True Monarch Jianling was stunned at first, then laughed in extreme rage.

"Absurd!"

"Mere low-level Yao Beasts—if they died, they died! You, a dignified Transformed Demon King, are actually using such stale, long-forgotten excuses to cause trouble?!"

In the eyes of the Human Race, low-level Yao Beasts were nothing more than Materials and food.

Seeking revenge for two low-level Yao Beasts? It was simply the height of absurdity.

"An excuse?"

Shi Jian laughed instead of getting angry, pointing at True Monarch Jianling's nose and questioning him sternly:

"When I kill you, what need do I have for an excuse!"

Boom!

Before his voice had finished echoing, Shi Jian's figure instantly vanished from where he stood.

There was no afterimage, nor was there any sound of breaking through the air.

That was the speed of thunder, akin to teleportation, which directly tore through the constraints of space.

"Careful!"

True Monarch Zhengyi shouted, his long sword suddenly unsheathing, and a brilliant river of swords slashed directly toward the position where Shi Jian had originally been standing.

But it was too late.

Shi Jian had already appeared above True Monarch Jianling's head.

He raised his right hand, his five fingers forming a claw, and purple-gold thunder compressed crazily in his palm, transforming into a thunderball only the size of a fist, yet radiating an aura of world-ending destruction.

Zishu Thunder!

"Die!"

He swiped down with his claw, and the thunderball erupted with a boom.

True Monarch Jianling's eyes were wide with rage and terror. Under the crisis of life and death, he frantically drove his Nascent Soul.

His life-bound Flying Sword transformed into a silver Flood Dragon, swelling in the wind, and with a Sword Intent that could tear the heavens apart, it slashed fiercely at that thunderball.

Crack!

A series of cracking sounds rang out. The life-bound Flying Sword that True Monarch Jianling had nurtured for hundreds of years, the moment it touched the Zishu Thunder, became like fragile glass, shattering inch by inch and turning into fluorescent light filling the sky.

The purple-gold thunder drove straight in, slamming fiercely into his chest.

"Pfft!"

True Monarch Jianling spat out a large mouthful of blood. His sternum was completely shattered, and half of his body was instantly carbonized by the thunder.

His entire body, like a shooting star, slammed fiercely into the Kunyuan Mountain Range below, smashing through several mountain peaks, and the earth itself shook!

One strike.

Just one strike, and True Monarch Jianling was heavily injured in a single move!

The entire scene was horrified.

True Monarch Qingxuan gasped, and True Monarch Ziyang's pupils contracted sharply.

"Junior Brother!"

True Monarch Zhengyi's eyes were bloodshot, and he rushed toward the ruins below regardless of everything else.

"Your opponent is me."

White Crane chuckled softly, his figure flickering, and the clouds filling the sky transformed into a cage, directly trapping True Monarch Zhengyi in the Void Realm.

The cloud Qi transformed into thousands of White Cranes, constantly wearing down True Monarch Zhengyi's protective sword light.

"You lot, you truly go too far in bullying others!"

True Monarch Qingxuan roared, the horsetail whisk in his hand swelling, and he prepared to intervene to help.

"Old ox-nose, try moving and see what happens?"

Demon Lord Yuan Shan stepped out, his single arm clenching into a fist, and his violent demonic power locked directly onto True Monarch Qingxuan. The other Sea Ape Demon King set its sights on True Monarch Zhaohuo and True Monarch Qinglie.

The two Flood Dragon kings, Ao Hai and Ao Lie, sneered as they blocked the path before True Monarch Ziyang and True Monarch Wenxuan.

"Old man Ziyang, if your Shangqing Sect is tired of living, I don't mind sending you on your way." Ao Hai licked his lips, his eyes full of bloodlust.

The Nascent Soul cultivators of the four human nations were instantly pinned down by the powerful figures of the Yao Race, and no one dared to act rashly.

Once they made a move, it would mean an all-out war to the death between the four nations and the three domains.

And among the Human Race True Monarchs present, no one was confident they could survive in the hands of this group of fierce and malevolent demon kings.

Today's situation was an old grudge between the Myriad Demon Domain and the Zhengqi Sect.

There was no need for them to get involved.

In the ruins below.

True Monarch Jianling struggled to climb to his feet. He was charred black all over, and his aura was withered to the extreme.

He stared fixedly at that purple and white figure in mid-air, a trace of astonishment finally appearing in his eyes—how could this Yao Bear be so incredibly strong!

"Do you truly want to fight me to the death!"

True Monarch Jianling continuously condensed his Physical Body, and the dao rhyme quickly repaired his body. The resentment in his eyes grew sharply; evidently, he was still unwilling to accept defeat.

Both being at the Nascent Soul stage, he did not believe the gap could really be that large!

Those who could cultivate to the Nascent Soul stage—who didn't have a few trump cards, and who hadn't fought their way here? How could he be convinced!

But Shi Jian only replied coldly:

"Do you think I am joking with you?"

"Today, I will surely kill you!"