Chapter 492

Chapter 492: Blood Spirit Sealing the Beasts

“So you just wanted me to stop? Then I stopped!”

Ye Yun stood enveloped in crackling lightning, his figure submerged in the Sea of Thunder, resembling a war god clad in tempests.

Jun Ruolan froze, her eyes sharp with caution as she glared at him.

“Hand over the seed of the mysteries of thunder. If you’ve already absorbed its Thunder Spirit Qi, consider it a gift.”

Ye Yun smirked, the swirling thunder around him dissipating as he stepped closer. “You mean this?”

A faint purple crystal rested in his palm, devoid of any spiritual energy.

Jun Ruolan snatched it without resistance. She merged her mental intent with true qi to probe the crystal, then paled. The seed was empty—no Thunder Spirit Qi, no secret techniques, not even a trace of the laws of thunder.

“You absorbed it all?” Jun Ruolan’s voice turned glacial, unable to grasp how he’d drained the seed’s power so swiftly.

Ye Yun shrugged. “Was there more? I’ll take it if there is.”

Jun Ruolan inhaled sharply, her gaze piercing. “Since you refuse to yield, I’ll drag you back. Even if I can’t fully refine the Lightning Technique or laws now, I’ll extract them from your corpse.”

She raised her hand, a blood-red silk scarf glowing ominously, and swallowed a pristine pill.

Instantly, color flushed her pallid face. A razor-sharp aura erupted from her, like a spear tearing through the heavens.

Her cultivation had been at the Fifth Level of the Golden Core stage, boosted to seventh-level strength by her mid-grade Immortal artifact. But the pill’s power surged beyond the Golden Core stage, radiating a force that could crumble mountains—a presence rivaling a Nascent Soul elder.

Ye Yun tensed under the crushing pressure. Even with his Thunder Spirit False Pill, he doubted he could withstand her full assault.

“Big brother, don’t fight her!” Tongtong whispered urgently. “That pill temporarily boosts her to near-Nascent Soul strength. Evade until it fades!”

Ye Yun shot her a puzzled glance but trusted her insight. Thunder Falls Valley’s natural restrictions annihilated Nascent Soul intruders. If Jun Ruolan’s aura crossed that threshold, heavenly thunder would strike her down.

He steadied himself. If her power stayed within Golden Core limits, he could fight. If not, the valley itself would end her.

“Ye Yun, your recklessness seals your fate.” Jun Ruolan’s step cracked the thunder-forged ground.

Ye Yun retreated two paces, grinning. “Must we fight, Jun? We were once sect siblings. Is a mere seed worth this?”

“A ‘mere seed’?” Jun Ruolan sneered. “It holds nature’s laws of thunder, not just Qi or techniques. That wisp of Lightning Element Law you’ve grasped? Pathetic. True laws shift between simplicity and complexity, boundless in power. You’re not even close.”

Ye Yun chuckled. “Laws never interested me. Strength does. The seed boosted my Thunder Spirit Qi—that’s enough.”

“Then die!” Jun Ruolan’s hair whipped back as her scarf coalesced into a blood-red battle spear. “Blood Spirit Sealing the Beasts… Awaken! Pity your first taste is human blood, not beasts.”

The spear hummed, resonating with her malice.

“Run! That spear has a spirit!” Tongtong cried.

Ye Yun grabbed her and fled. He only needed to outlast the pill’s effects.

But Jun Ruolan anticipated this. Her spear trembled, unleashing crimson rays that outshone the thunder. The beams converged overhead, exploding into a blood-red curtain that engulfed a hundred zhang.

The spatial crystal walls shattered under the onslaught, dissolving into light and shadow.

Ten zhang away, Du Jianyin seized the vanishing restrictions. With a roar, his crystalline sword lunged at Jun Ruolan’s back.

Ye Yun gaped as Jun Ruolan spun the spear effortlessly. Its bloody light clashed with Du Jianyin’s blade—*crack!*—webbing the flawless sword with fractures.

Yet Du Jianyin grinned, battle-madness igniting his aura. He became a living blade, sharp enough to split the sky.