Existences like the Thunder Saint, who can hold high-ranking positions, are definitely as astute as an old fox.
If Ye Zhen directly inquired whether he had taught the Thunder Magic of Fright to a young man back in the day, the Thunder Saint might instantly realize sothing.
Afterwards, the Thunder Saint’s response would be difficult to discern, which would be quite a headache for Ye Zhen.
Kill?
What if he mistakenly kills the senior who passed down the technique back then?
Not kill?
Then, after a brief respite, Ye Zhen would likely lose his life.
However, this problem, though rather tricky, was not insurmountable for Ye Zhen. After a mont’s deep thought, Ye Zhen had already co up with a plan. At this mont, the Thunder Saint, whose Divine Soul had been severely damaged, also opened his eyes amid groans of pain.
The instant his eyes opened, they widened roundly.
"You..."
"What, are you surprised?" Ye Zhen seed sowhat pleased, for to be fair, capturing a terrifying being at the Ninth Stage of the Establishnt Realm with the cultivation of the Fifth Stage of the Vein Forging Realm is not sothing easily done by just anyone, even if the opportunity ca by chance.
The Thunder Saint was deeply scheming. After the shock, his expression returned to calm, "I didn’t expect that after seeing I pursued you here, you would dare to turn back to check. You indeed have so courage!"
"Oh, right, Earth Escape, it must be by relying on the Earth Escape technique that you dared to turn back and check on my situation, right?" Although he saw little in the instant before losing consciousness, the insight of the Thunderbolt Dragon King still allowed him to recognize the ability Ye Zhen had used.
"Senior, quite perceptive. I want to know, why does your Dragon Alliance hunt down worldwide, causing such a big stir, even deploying the seventy-two Commanders and Nine Domain Dragon Kings?" Ye Zhen asked.
"To be honest, just a month and a half ago, I set foot in this Outer Domain Dead Sea for the first ti and have had no interaction with your Dragon Alliance!" Ye Zhen added.
The Thunderbolt Dragon King gave Ye Zhen a sidelong glance, "Still pretending? Do you really not know the reason?"
This sentence ignited Ye Zhen like a spark landing on a powder keg, "How would I know? Damn your ancestors, how would I know what’s going on? You old wretch, not going to speak, huh? You’re just asking for trouble!"
Boom!
A thunderclap sounded, and a dark dragon flashed with Thunder Light, shooting from Ye Zhen’s fingertips and pouring down unhindered onto the Thunder Saint’s forehead.
Instantly, even the Thunder Saint couldn’t help but tremble all over, having taken such a hit with no defenses.
However, being soone who had cultivated Thunder Techniques, he had much stronger resistance to the Heavenly Thunder Power.
Having taken a hit from the Heavenly Thunder of Fright, despite trembling all over, he could still speak.
"Wha...what...Heavenly Thunder of Fright, you...you’re the successor of the Smoke Cloud Elder?" the Thunder Saint exclaid with chattering teeth, looking utterly shocked.
Upon hearing this, the explosive rage burning like a powder keg in Ye Zhen dissipated swiftly, and his entire deanor beca considerably relaxed.
That one sentence from the Thunder Saint was enough.
All that Ye Zhen did earlier was to elicit this very answer!
With this statent from the Thunder Saint, Ye Zhen could now deal with the Thunder Saint without any psychological burden.
As for the three words ’Smoke Cloud Elder,’ Ye Zhen etched them deeply into his heart. Given the opportunity, Ye Zhen was determined to repay this favor of knowledge transmission.
Back in those days when he narrowly escaped death nurous tis, it was through the Heavenly Thunder of Fright that Ye Zhen managed to defeat his enemies and survive.
"Senior Thunder Saint, keen sight. This is also why I spare Senior Thunder Saint’s life now. In deference to my master, if you tell willingly what I want to know, I won’t make things difficult for you...."
"Bah!"
"Friendly terms, my foot. That old Smoke Cloud and I are mortal enemies; it’s either him or , not both. Friendship, my ass!"
"Whatever tricks you have, go ahead and use them; I’ll take them. But if you think you can get a word from , dream on!" The Thunder Saint gritted out the words, teeth gnashing fiercely.
Ye Zhen looked awkward, thinking he was clever enough to leverage so connections to get the Thunder Saint to talk, but it only resulted in a blunder.
This Thunder Saint was actually at daggers drawn with the Smoke Cloud Elder who taught him the technique back in the day?
"Ending up in your thieving hands today, with all my ingenuity, I still admit defeat! Co, perform your Soul Search on , grant a swift end!" The Thunder Saint shouted again.
This caused Ye Zhen’s brows to knit lightly—was the Thunder Saint actually seeking an easy death, or rather reminding Ye Zhen that to perform Soul Search was a dream?
His Innate Divine Soul certainly had so special Divine Soul Restriction Techniques applied.
In that mont, Ye Zhen suddenly missed Shii Bei, that cunning and shaless fellow. If Shii Bei were here, perhaps his thods could actually make the Thunder Saint speak.
As for Ye Zhen himself, he truly didn’t have that confidence.
Although Ye Zhen observed the entire process when Shii Bei dealt with the White Dragon Envoy Quan Bing and learned a few techniques, the bottles and jars Shii Bei used to handle people, Ye Zhen did not possess.
"Thunder Saint, you’re quite a figure; I don’t want to resort to those underhanded thods to force you to talk. So, regarding my questions, you better cooperate a bit."
"Who is your Dragon Alliance leader?" Ye Zhen asked further.
"You knew that? The na Dragon King Jie Tianhe, renowned across the Nine Seas, and you pretend not to know?" Perhaps finding Ye Zhen’s question simplistic, the Thunder Saint actually responded.
"Dragon King Jie Tianhe?" Ye Zhen’s brow twitched. This na sounded so familiar to him, it felt like he had heard of Jie Tianhe more than once before.
After thinking intently for a mont, Ye Zhen suddenly looked up and asked, "Is it the sa Dragon King Jie Tianhe who swept through the Blood God Sect in the Black Dragon Domain three hundred years ago, directly wiping them out?"
The Thunder Saint showed a look as if to say, "At least you have so knowledge," and nodded. "Those achievents were just the beginning of our Dragon King’s fa. In the past three hundred years, there have been countless such feats!"
"By the way, Dragon King Jie Tianhe? Among your Nine Domain Dragon Kings, is this Jie Tianhe ranked first?" Ye Zhen asked.
The Thunder Saint sneered again, "What Nine Domain Dragon Kings? That’s just a bit of empty fa given to us Dragon King’s subordinates by those ant-like martial artists!
The world calls us that, but our Dragon King doesn’t care. In the hearts of all Dragon Alliance mbers, the true Dragon King is only ever one person—the Leader!"
"I see? So, how high is this Dragon King Jie Tianhe’s cultivation? Has he already entered Dao?" Knowing Jie Tianhe’s background, Ye Zhen questioned further!
At this mont, the Thunder Saint suddenly gasped for breath a few tis, then beckoned to Ye Zhen, "Want to know? Co closer, let whisper!"
"Hmm? Sothing’s not right!"
Just as Ye Zhen took half a step forward, his expression suddenly turned extrely vigilant. The distance between him and the Thunder Saint was not far, and what the Thunder Saint said was a ploy to distract him.
Almost simultaneously, the Thunder Light Pearl, which had previously sunk into the Thunder Saint’s body, shot out from behind his head, overflowing with heart-palpitating electric light, fiercely blasting towards Ye Zhen!
anwhile, the Thunder Saint’s roar echoed, "Boy, do you think the title of this old man as Thunder Saint is just for show? That Thunder Light Pearl’s origin, hasn’t that old immortal Smoke Cloud Elder told you?"
Ye Zhen’s face changed dramatically, filled with incredulity.
At this point, the Thunder Saint could only mobilize a tiny bit of divine soul power.
The power of the ridian Severing Finger from the Earth Core Fire Commander’s Martial Arts Inheritance, Ye Zhen absolutely believed in.
Thus the situation was exceedingly bizarre, because with the Thunder Saint having suffered the ridian Severing Finger, he shouldn’t be able to mobilize even a trace of spiritual power in his body.
And to activate a spiritual artifact, relying on divine soul power alone is impossible; it requires a substantial simultaneous infusion of spiritual power and divine soul power to wield a spiritual artifact for attack.
It was precisely for this reason that after using the ridian Severing Finger on the Thunder Saint to completely seal his spiritual power, Ye Zhen felt so assured. Now, he was utterly shocked.
Because the possibility of the Thunder Saint activating that Thunder Light Pearl to attack was inconceivable.
Moreover, even if the Thunder Light Pearl were a soul artifact, it would still be impossible!
When activating a soul artifact, even greater volus of spiritual power and divine soul power are required for support; even during passive self-defense, a soul artifact actively draws spiritual power from its owner’s body.
In other words, the Thunder Light Pearl was sohow anomalous, and the Thunder Saint’s words corroborated Ye Zhen’s hypothesis.
However, in this life-and-death critical mont, Ye Zhen had no ti to ponder what was odd about the Thunder Light Pearl.
Survival is now of the utmost importance!
Fully activated, this Thunder Light Pearl could even injure the Great Saint of Jinghai; its power aura, while weak now, was not even half of what the Thunder Saint could exert at full strength.
If Ye Zhen endured a hit, he might not die!
But the grave concern was that the Thunder Light Pearl’s attack carried thunder power, and its thunder power was exceedingly pure, several tis purer than that within Ye Zhen’s Heavenly Thunder of Fright.
After taking a hit, not to ntion anything else, the thunder power within could electrify Ye Zhen from the inside out, leaving him trembling all over.
Based on prior experience, Ye Zhen would need at least two or even three breaths to recover.
During those two to three breaths, Ye Zhen would be like at on a chopping board, defenseless and at the rcy of others.
Two to three breaths are enough for soone like the Thunder Saint, even in his currently miserable state, to easily kill Ye Zhen if he can activate the Thunder Light Pearl!
In an instant, beads of sweat poured from Ye Zhen’s forehead like a stream!
The attack was too swift, too sudden; Ye Zhen couldn’t think of any way to counter it.
There were several thods to intercept this Thunder Light Pearl’s attack, but it was already too late.
Neither spiritual power, nor the Red Moon Shield on the Red Moon Soul Ring, nor the Soul Refining Divine Light, could co in ti.
The Thunder Light Pearl was already bombarding Ye Zhen’s forehead.
However, Ye Zhen was not one to simply wait for death; instinctively, a boundless force within him surged forward to face it.
In this situation, the only response that could keep up was Ye Zhen’s divine soul power.
Only the speed of the divine soul power could et the attack at the crucial last mont, facing the Thunder Light Pearl before it struck Ye Zhen’s head.
But, divine soul power, being this intangible and formless force, cannot stop tangible attacks without special techniques like the Soul Refining Divine Light!
However, this was rely a life-saving move at the brink of death, driven by instinct, without any deliberate thought.
But in the next second, Ye Zhen was stunned!
Not only was Ye Zhen stunned, the Thunder Saint, who was roaring, was also stunned!
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