It’s not hard to imagine that even if Jiang Yun was at the Nine Levels of Vein Opening! Realm, or even the Ninth Level of Fortune Land, or even the Ninth Level of Cave Heaven Realm, if he were struck by this black Dao Thunder, he would instantly turn to dust and vanish.
Just then, Dongfang Bo suddenly sat down cross-legged, his hands clasped together, forming a hollow circle at his chest, and said to Jiang Yun, “You can rest assured and open your tenth Meridian!”
As his voice faded, Dongfang Bo closed his eyes and began to chant, “The world says my Dao is great, but it seems unlike. It is precisely because it is great that it seems unlike; if it were like, it would have been small for a long time…”
As Dongfang Bo chanted, a blue light suddenly shot out from the top of his head, blooming in the air and splitting into three, meeting the black lightning.
“Boom, boom, boom!”
Three earth-shattering roars echoed consecutively as the three blue lights all collided with the black lightning, weakening it by at least one-third. Dongfang Bo, however, spat out three mouthfuls of blood, his face pale, and he instantly became listless, his body swaying precariously.
The remaining two-thirds of the black lightning continued its descent towards Jiang Yun without losing momentum.
“Where the spirit is, Qi is also; where Qi is, essence is also; and all depend on and complement each other, to achieve the natural function…”
Situ Jing’s voice followed immediately, as three lights of different colors shot out directly from her body, meeting the black lightning and weakening it by another third.
Finally, Xuanyuan Xing’s voice rang out: “I have three treasures, which I hold and treasure. The first is compassion, the second is frugality, and the third is not daring to be first in the world…”
“Boom!”
The successive attacks of the three finally made the black lightning completely vanish. Although they were all heavily injured, they still tried their best to remain seated, shielding Jiang Yun in the middle.
Watching all this unfold, Jiang Yun gritted his teeth, his eyes filled with countless bloodshot veins, and the thought of giving up arose in his heart.
He was not afraid of death, but he did not want Dongfang Bo and the others to suffer undeserved calamity because of him.
However, as if knowing his thoughts, Dongfang Bo’s faint voice happened to reach his ears at this moment: “No matter what, don’t give up. I’m still waiting for you to become my Junior Brother!”
Dongfang Bo’s words caused Jiang Yun’s fingers, which had just paused, to tremble slightly, but then, with even greater speed and stronger force, he frantically tapped his tenth Meridian again and again.
“Buzz, buzz, buzz!”
The sky once again emitted a violent roar, and the anger on the old face in the sky became even clearer. Clearly, the actions of Dongfang Bo and Jiang Yun had completely enraged him.
A black Dao Thunder, ten times larger than before, once again spewed from his mouth and struck towards Jiang Yun.
Just the pressure emanating from this Dao Thunder caused blood to gush from the seven orifices of Dongfang Bo and the two others. Although they wished to continue helping Jiang Yun resist, they were clearly powerless.
Fortunately, at this moment, Dao Tianyou’s figure suddenly appeared above Jiang Yun and the three others. His yellow Daoist robe billowed without wind, expanding to cover the four beneath him.
Staring at the black Dao Thunder descending from the sky, Dao Tianyou did not immediately act. Instead, his aura surged madly, and two strange runes reappeared in his eyes.
The black Dao Thunder drew closer and closer to the group. Just as it was about to land on Dao Tianyou’s head, the two runes in his eyes instantly shot out, exploded violently, transforming into countless specks of light that rushed towards the Dao Thunder and merged into it.
The black Dao Thunder, which had been unstoppable and possessed destructive power, immediately froze after these specks of light merged into it, as if it had been fixed in place, unmoving.
Even more miraculously, its black color rapidly became transparent. In just a few breaths, the Dao Thunder had completely turned colorless, as if it had vanished.
Only then did Dao Tianyou lower his head to look at the four beneath him, then turned his gaze to Gu Bu Lao and said, “I can only stop this Dao Thunder for a quarter of an hour!”
Gu Bu Lao softly uttered two words: “That’s enough!”
After speaking, Gu Bu Lao closed his eyes, as if falling into a deep sleep, while Jiang Yun continued to use the power of his Physical Body to diligently open his tenth Meridian.
Jiang Yun didn’t know how much time or difficulty Feng Wuji had encountered when opening this Meridian back then. He only knew that with each tap of his finger, although the Impurities would loosen more and more, the power contained in his finger was essentially striking his own body.
The intense pain made his teeth almost shatter, and coupled with the significant loss of blood in his body, his face became even paler.
Yet, despite this, his face remained filled with determination, and his fingers continued to strike out as if it had become an instinct, not stopping for a moment.
Meanwhile, tens of thousands of miles away from Wen Dao Sect, streaks of light had already begun to appear, each containing a figure radiating a powerful aura.
The heavens showed their wrath, and although most people didn’t know where it was directed, some powerful Cultivators closer to Wen Dao Sect could vaguely infer that the rage of the Heavenly Face was aimed at Wen Dao Sect.
Therefore, they all wanted to come and see what exactly was happening within Wen Dao Sect.
As for the people within Wen Dao Sect, although Gu Bu Lao had previously activated the Dao Seal, causing the area around Hidden Peak to appear as distorted nothingness, the momentum of the black Dao Thunder was simply too vast, and it was directly striking Hidden Peak. So, they naturally understood that the Heavenly Face’s target was Hidden Peak.
However, they couldn’t know what exactly was happening inside Hidden Peak.
Nevertheless, the Elders of the Five Peaks, and all Cultivators in the Cave Heaven Realm, had already appeared around Wen Dao Sect, even Wei Zhengyang was no exception.
Furthermore, at the Sect gate, two white-haired, ancient-looking old men silently appeared. They were the Grand Elders of Wen Dao Sect, and could also be considered the Sect’s foundation and most powerful existences.
Because Dao Tianyou had already issued them a command: no outsiders were allowed to step within a hundred miles of Wen Dao Sect!
As the quarter of an hour was about to expire, Dao Tianyou’s eyes showed anxiety as he looked at Gu Bu Lao and said, “Quick!”
“Done!”
Gu Bu Lao’s eyes opened again. He stood up and took a step towards the sky, appearing about a hundred zhang above Hidden Peak.
With that single step, his body suddenly grew several times larger. Even his handsome, childlike face gained a few touches of maturity, making him appear no longer a child, but a Young man of sixteen or seventeen.
While the change in his appearance was astonishing, even more terrifying was the aura emanating from him, which was rapidly surging and vaguely solidifying. At that instant, the anger on the old face in the sky even showed a hint of shock.
After Gu Bu Lao’s aura reached an extreme, he suddenly opened his mouth and exhaled a golden long Qi, which also enveloped a golden light sphere.
As this long Qi was exhaled, Gu Bu Lao’s appearance instantly reverted to that of a child, though his face was now tinged with paleness, and even the immense aura emanating from him vanished without a trace.
However, that golden long Qi suddenly expanded in the air, becoming tens of zhang long. After circling once in the air, it rushed towards Jiang Yun below!
“Buzz!”
The golden long Qi seemed to transform into a giant Dragon, rapidly rotating around Jiang Yun. And under its rotation, Jiang Yun’s figure actually began to disappear bit by bit!