354: Hit and run

Chiss—!

The Zixiao Divine Thunder's property of destroying all laws was fully revealed at this moment!

Thick purple lightning accurately struck the Formation core; the crimson Formation patterns flickered violently as if meeting their nemesis, then disintegrated inch by inch!

The invisible binding force field covering the entire Fine Gold Workshop vanished instantly like a popped bubble!

"The Formation is broken! Inside!"

The leader realized he had been tricked and turned back in horror.

But it was already too late!

A massive gap was forcibly torn into the perimeter wall by the violent thunder!

Di Jingzhe's figure, enveloped in flying debris and slag, crashed into the workshop like a purple meteor!

He completely ignored the panicked guards and craftsmen, his goal clear: he charged straight for the massive warehouse in the center, built from some kind of heat-resistant black stone!

"Stop him!"

At the warehouse entrance, a burly guard commander clad in crimson-gold runic armor, with an aura reaching the Tongtian Realm Fifth Level, roared sharply. He swung a heavy warhammer wreathed in crimson electric arcs high, carrying a terrifying power capable of splitting mountains and cracking stones, drawing down a sky full of crimson lightning to smash down upon Di Jingzhe's head!

This strike concentrated his entire cultivation, causing the air to explode under the pressure!

A sharp glint flashed in Di Jingzhe's eyes!

The gap in their Realms was apparent; taking the hit head-on was not a wise move.

He suddenly ducked, narrowly passing through the whistling wind of the hammer. At the same time, he held his fingers together like a sword, and a speck of dark gold thunder light, so deep it was almost black, suddenly lit up at his fingertips!

"Startling Thunder Finger!"

The Dark Gold Crimson Thunder Divine Flame transformed into an indestructible finger-sword of thunder light!

The dark gold hue was deep and restrained, but strange flames like crimson blood dragon patterns danced along its edges, emitting a terrifying aura of incineration and annihilation!

Chiss!

The thunder light finger-sword was as fast as lightning!

It pointed directly at the relatively weak underarm joint of the crimson-gold armor!

The runes on the armor sensed the threat and instantly lit up with a blinding red light in an attempt to defend.

However, the incinerating property contained within the Dark Gold Crimson Thunder Divine Flame was overbearingly peerless!

The crimson light shield was easily pierced like thin paper!

The thunder light stabbed into the armor's gap with unparalleled precision!

"Ugh!" The burly commander's roar stopped abruptly, turning into a muffled groan.

His action of raising the warhammer froze instantly, and the violent crimson thunder yuan dissipated like a punctured balloon.

A terrifying energy mixed with destruction surged frantically into his body from the underarm wound, wantonly ravaging his Meridians and internal organs!

His fierce face instantly turned ashen, his eyes filled with unbelievable horror and pain. His massive body swayed and collapsed like a falling golden mountain or a toppling jade pillar. Beneath the crimson-gold armor, dark gold thunder fire was spreading rapidly from the wound!

Di Jingzhe didn't even look at the fallen enemy; his figure didn't pause for a second as he crashed through the warehouse's heavy metal doors like a ghost.

Within three breaths, he swept away the mountain-like piles of Crimson Thunder Fine Gold, crates of thunder-attribute Spirit Stones, and several Heaven-Grade Magic Treasures emitting powerful fluctuations, like autumn leaves before a gale!

When he burst out from the gap in the wall again, Feng Linger's zither music had already stopped, leaving behind only chaos at the street corner and the angry roars of pursuers.

The two met up and, without stopping, transformed into two streaks of swift light and vanished into the horizon before the large contingent of Flowing Fire City guards could surround them.

Behind them, fire and thick smoke rose into the sky again—Di Jingzhe had detonated a bolt of Zixiao Divine Thunder as he left, and the violent thunder fire swept through half the workshop.

Dusk, Black Marsh City.

Built on the edge of a vast black marsh, this city's air was perpetually filled with a faint smell of humus and the cold moisture emitted by the Zhou Family's Black Water Profound Crystal mines.

The Zhou Family Trading House in the west of the city was today's target; it was also one of the few places where the Zhou Family had reinforced their defenses after suffering successive blows.

In the trading house's backyard, the warehouse was shrouded in a pale blue water-curtain barrier, emitting waves of chilliness.

A sinister-looking old man in deep blue robes sat cross-legged at the center of the barrier. His body emitted the powerful aura of the Heaven-Reaching Realm Eighth Level, and his Divine Sense spread out like spilled mercury, strictly monitoring every inch of space inside and outside the warehouse.

Beside him stood four guards with steady auras, holding water-parting spikes, all at the Heaven-Reaching Realm Third Layer.

"Hmph, I want to see if those two ignorant thieves dare to intrude upon this Profound Yin Decan Water Formation!"

The blue-robed old man sneered with his eyes closed, his tone cold. "If they dare come, I'll make sure they never return!"

Before his voice could fade, a sudden change occurred!

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Three barrel-thick, matchlessly violent deep-purple divine thunders tore through the air from three different directions without warning, striking the pale blue water-curtain barrier like spears of heavenly punishment!

Purple lightning danced wildly, and the sound of thunder exploded, instantly illuminating the dusk like broad daylight!

Crack-crack-crack!

The Profound Yin Decan Water Formation, claimed to be extremely resilient and capable of neutralizing force, trembled violently before the destructive power of the Zixiao Divine Thunder, letting out an overwhelmed groan!

Three massive cracks spread menacingly across the blue water curtain, centered around the points where the thunder struck!

The entire barrier flashed wildly!

"You're courting death!" The blue-robed old man suddenly opened his eyes, which shot out brilliant light, filled with both shock and anger!

He hadn't expected the opponent to be so bold as to launch a direct assault!

His hands quickly formed seals, and the cold Decan Water yuan in his body poured frantically into the Formation Plate beneath him in an attempt to stabilize the barrier. At the same time, he shouted, "Form the Decan Water Cold Slaying Array! Trap them!"

The four guards reacted extremely quickly, their figures flickering as they took positions in four directions. They pointed their water-parting spikes at the breach in the barrier, drawing in the sky's cold water vapor to condense into countless ice-prism poison arrows, ready to fire!

However, at the very moment the barrier fluctuated violently, the cracks spread, and its defense dropped to its lowest point, a purple streak of light—so fast it exceeded the limits of visual tracking—boldly broke through along one of the largest cracks as if teleporting!

It was Di Jingzhe!

He had used the Wings of Thunder!

Deep purple thunder light condensed into a pair of magnificent and violent lightning wings behind him. With a gentle flap, his speed soared to the extreme, nearly like a spatial flicker!

"Stop him!"

The blue-robed old man's pupils shrank, and he screamed sharply.

The four guards' water-parting spikes drew in the icy water arrows from the sky, shooting them like a rainstorm toward the intruding purple shadow!

But Di Jingzhe's target wasn't them at all!

He didn't even look at the ice arrows capable of piercing metal. With another flap of his thunder wings, his body traced an inconceivable zigzag in the air, narrowly avoiding most of the attacks while tanking a few ice prisms that brushed past him, his protective thunder gang emitting a piercing scraping sound.

His eyes were fixed only on the heavy profound iron door of the warehouse!

Di Jingzhe held his fingers as a sword, condensing a three-foot-long deep purple Thunder Sound Sword Gang, a Fusion of Zixiao Divine Thunder and fierce Sword Intent!

The Sword Gang hummed and vibrated, emitting a sharp thunder sound that pierced the eardrums!

As the sword struck, it was like a thunderclap exploding; all things were revived, yet all things were destroyed!

The deep purple Sword Gang, carrying a destructive will that tore through everything, slashed fiercely at the profound iron door!

Chiss—Boom!!!

The hard profound iron was easily sliced open!

The violent Thunder Sound Sword Qi penetrated the door, instantly shattering the defensive Restrictions behind it!

The mountain-like piles of Black Water Profound Crystal, various spiritual materials, and dozens of boxes of Spirit Stones stacked in the corner were laid bare!

Di Jingzhe's figure shot inside like lightning!