In an instant, the Second Heavenly Venerable's head was severed in two, and the remaining sword aura shredded his tattered body. A phantom soul, on the verge of dissipating, flew out of his body and plunged into the vortex without looking back.
"I told you you were trash, but you wouldn't admit it. I couldn't shatter the vortex, so I chose to attack your trashy main body."
Medusa's cold sneer reached the Second Heavenly Venerable's soul, sounding incredibly harsh.
"Medusa! For this humiliation of destroying my body, I, this Saint, will repay you a hundredfold!"
A roar filled with extreme venom came from the rapidly shrinking spatial rift, devoid of his previous arrogance and smugness, leaving only wretchedness and hatred.
"Hmph, the wail of a stray dog." Her red lips parted slightly, her voice icy. "If you, this trash, dare to come again next time, I will definitely kill you completely."
Medusa was quite satisfied with today's achievement. After all, her opponent was an Advanced Half-Saint of long standing.
Moreover, her Nine-Colored Sky Swallowing Python bloodline had not yet been fully activated; it would only be achieved after breaking through to the Dou Sheng realm.
In a battle of the same rank, the opponent's body was destroyed, and his soul was eighty percent obliterated, while she didn't suffer any injuries. It was a complete crushing victory, which would surprise many people if word got out. Not to mention she hadn't even used her true form, and her opponent was almost dead.
Suddenly, Medusa's face fell, showing a look of distress. "Sigh, after I go back, I'll probably be laughed to death by my sisters. I couldn't completely kill an opponent of the same rank. And when Xiao Jietian finds out, he'll definitely have to whip and lecture me severely again."
Medusa recalled Xiao Jietian's lectures, which came in two steps. One was a public spanking in front of her sisters. She was a dignified Queen—how could she endure that?
The second step made her scalp tingle even more. That was a direct, soul-deep lecture where begging was useless. Each time, she would be lectured into a daze and wouldn't recover for several days.
This time, to hone her combat ability, she got so engrossed in the fight that she completely forgot Xiao Jietian's teaching: "Even a lion uses its full strength to catch a rabbit," meaning to start with a big move directly upon meeting the enemy.
"I'm tired. Let it all be destroyed." Medusa sighed deeply, then headed toward Wind and Thunder City.
...
After this battle, and after destroying Wind and Thunder Pavilion among the Four Pavilions, the name of Boundless Heaven Hall spread throughout the entire continent.
The battle between Medusa and the Hall of Souls' Second Heavenly Venerable was also widely reported, with many even going to the battlefield in the Wind and Thunder Mountain Range to observe. Every person who went couldn't help but gasp in shock.
Especially since there was an Advanced Half-Saint within their faction, and this Half-Saint even defeated an old Advanced Half-Saint of the same rank.
For a time, Boundless Heaven Hall became the talk of the entire Central Plains.
Due to Boundless Heaven Hall's aggressive display, many factions near the Northern Region, such as Yellow Spring Pavilion and Myriad Sword Pavilion, adopted defensive stances, but more were filled with trepidation.
However, after this battle, Boundless Heaven Hall fell silent and did not continue to expand from the Northern Region.
This made many people suspect whether Boundless Heaven Hall's Half-Saint was also injured and had gone into seclusion to heal.
...
Time flew by, and three more months passed.
The Void Thunder Pool, a dangerous place located in the void, had no human figures around it, only billions of silver snake-like lightning bolts roaring, exploding, and tirelessly filling every inch of space with destructive energy, appearing incredibly terrifying.
Near the core of the Void Thunder Pool, a young man in a blue robe sat cross-legged amidst thousands of lightning bolts, his eyes closed, his body like a bottomless pit, madly devouring the violent lightning energy around him.
Pure bolts of lightning were drawn in, transforming into pure energy that nourished his meridians, bones, and internal organs, ultimately entering his Qi Sea.
Under the illumination of the lightning, a handsome and ethereal face, like that of an immortal banished to the mortal world, was revealed.
This person was Xiao Jietian, who had been cultivating in the Void Thunder Pool for nearly a year.
Xiao Jietian's aura suddenly surged to a critical point, and his majestic Dou Qi erupted like a volcano suppressed for ten thousand years!
"Boom!"
Centered on him, a dazzling lightning ring visible to the naked eye violently expanded, instantly annihilating and even clearing all lightning within a radius of several tens of feet!
Xiao Jietian suddenly opened his eyes, and substantial lightning beams shot out from them, tearing apart the void in front of him. A vast and unparalleled pressure soared into the sky, stirring the Void Thunder Pool!
His long hair swayed without wind, his robes flapped, and his body was enveloped in five-colored electric arcs, crackling and emitting a heart-palpitating destructive fluctuation.
"I've finally broken through to the Intermediate Half-Saint realm, hahaha! How exhilarating!"
Xiao Jietian felt the vast and powerful Dou Qi within his body, and then the nine wisps of Earth Trembling Lightning within him, making his mood even better. He couldn't help but laugh loudly. His voice rolled like thunder, actually shattering several lightning bolts that were rushing toward him from a distance.
Xiao Jietian was quite satisfied to have reached this realm. Currently, he dared not enter the Black Demon Lightning area to absorb and cultivate, so he had always been cultivating at the edge of the Black Demon Lightning area. When needed, he would use his Five Elemental Thunder God Body to enter and catch a few Black Demon Lightning bolts to absorb.
Xiao Jietian stood up, stretched his body, and his bones emitted a series of crackling sounds. A disdainful arc formed on his lips. A year of arduous cultivation had finally reached completion; it was time to emerge!
He looked at the still violent silver sea of lightning, the even more terrifying Black Demon Lightning sea, and the very core.
Just as Xiao Jietian was about to leave, the Void Thunder Pool behind him suddenly and without warning boiled over completely!
"Oh? Is it reluctant for me to leave?"
Suddenly, dozens of black lightning bolts, emitting destructive auras hundreds or thousands of times more terrifying than the previous silver lightning, like dark giant dragons, slowly emerged from the deepest part of the lightning pool.
That blackness was so deep it seemed capable of devouring all light. Just one glance made one feel as if their soul would be torn in and ground to dust.
Black Demon Lightning!
And there were almost a hundred of them, covering the sky and earth, forming an endless black sea of lightning, locking onto Xiao Jietian, whose aura had just erupted to its peak!
Xiao Jietian's smile instantly froze, and his domineering aura of looking down on the world vanished in an instant, replaced by a chilling sensation that made his scalp tingle.
"What the f*ck?!"
"Cao Cao Cao!"
"Cao Cao Cao Cao Cao!!!"
Xiao Jietian subconsciously blurted out expletives. He didn't have time to think much. If he unsealed his Five Elemental Thunder God Body, he could indeed fight them, but there would be no benefit in doing so. Moreover, it might attract even more Black Demon Lightning. If the one from the very core came out, wouldn't he be doomed?
Run! Must run! Run for his life!
He suddenly turned around. His powerful Dou Qi erupted without reservation, boosting his speed to the extreme. He continuously activated Void Piercer Art, dashing out of the Void Thunder Pool without looking back.
Xiao Jietian didn't intend to directly enter Eternal Heaven World. He could also use the pursuit of these lightning bolts to train his Void Piercer Art. Only under pressure could he make rapid progress.