Chapter 77: Executed
Duan Shuang’s combat awareness was really powerful.
He was once an elder of the sect’s Demon Vanquishing Hall and often drove a flying ship to slay demons. He naturally knew the pros and cons of the sect’s warship like the back of his hand.
Although the warship was powerful, it had a fatal flaw. It was not flexible enough. If a high-level cultivator got close to it, it would likely be struck down without any ability to resist.
However, the flying ship had three elders presiding over it. It was not something he could break through easily. Furthermore, he was too far away and did not have time. He could only choose a direction to escape in.
North, south, east, and west were all dead ends, but he knew that when a warship’s bow cannon was raised or lowered, its speed would be slower than the others.
This gave him a chance to live!
Duan Shuang did not choose an underground location that was obviously safer. Instead, he risked his life and plunged into the tribulation clouds above him!
The person facing tribulation charged into the tribulation clouds!
Such an act of courting death could almost be regarded as contempt for the heavens!
Then, three more pillars of light followed Duan Shuang into the tribulation cloud.
This sort of undisguised provocation was simply unbearable!
The three elders had already regretted raising the cannon, but it was already too late to stop!
In the next moment, it was as if the world was enveloped by endless lightning. Three bolts of lightning that were even more exaggerated than ordinary lightning struck directly at the three flying boats!
Boom! Boom!
The first was the intense sound of a cannon being stuffed into the back of the ear. However, after the momentary pain in the ear, the world became only a buzzing sound.
What followed next was weightlessness!
Jiang Li, who was staying in the flying ship’s engine room with more than ten inner sect disciples and using his spiritual qi to supply the flying ship to reduce the expenditure of spirit stones, clearly discovered that everything in front of him was floating for a short period of time.
This meant that their flying ship was falling!
The tribulation cloud, which should not have any intelligence, seemed to have been angered and dealt a heavy blow to everything that dared provoke it.
None of the three flying boats were spared! Under the lightning tribulation, it was already the limit to keep the ship intact. However, a large number of runes on the ship were burned by the lightning. It was impossible to maintain flight.
The huge flying ship landed on the ground and glided for a long time in the ruined city before finally stopping. Fortunately, all the cultivators on the ship were safe.
Looking at Duan Shuang, he was obviously not so lucky.
He was originally the target of the divine punishment. Out of the lightning bolts that covered the sky and the earth, seven of them were headed towards him. That kind of power was something that even he could not resist after the “Heavenly Lightning Indestructible Zombie Core” was completed, let alone now.
As the three airships crashed to the ground, a black lump of coal fell from the tribulation cloud. Without sufficient imagination, one could not even make out the shape of a person from the lump.
“Is he still alive!?”
Elder Zhong, who was gasping for air on the flying ship, realized that the tribulation clouds in the sky had yet to disperse. He felt terrible.
The three precious warships of the sect had been struck down. How could that guy not die after bearing the brunt of the attacks? Was there still justice in this world?
He and the other two elders could not be bothered to protect the other disciples in the ship. They hurriedly transformed into streaks of light and flew up to deal the final blow to that guy.
However, before they arrived, the tribulation clouds in the sky began to slowly dissipate.
When they arrived, there were only a dozen broken pieces of coal on the ground.
After putting the pieces together, one could vaguely make out a shape that could barely be called a human.
“I can’t find the fused Golden Core.”
“With such a powerful thunderstorm, no matter how hard that Golden Core is, it can’t possibly remain.”
The three elders were a little disappointed. They had suffered such heavy losses this time, but their possible gains had all dissipated under the lightning tribulation. Anyone would find this hard to accept.
“Forget it. It’s good that the mission is completed. I’ll go search and rescue the disciples first. I’ll count the number of people and see how many outer sect disciples I lose this time.”
At their cultivation level, they basically did not need to worry about the sect’s punishment anymore. The reason was very simple. There were not many people whose cultivation level was higher than theirs.
Even if it was the Scripture Storage Valley’s Valley Master, he would at most say a few words to them and there would not be any substantial punishment.
In the flying ship that crashed, the uninjured inner sect disciples were all arranged to search for outer sect disciples.
The thick-skinned Jiang Li was naturally among them.
He had just become an inner sect disciple and his cultivation was low. In the beginning, that elder did not plan to let him out.
However, Jiang Li was abnormally persistent. He earnestly expressed that since he had already become an inner sect disciple, he should shoulder the responsibility of an inner sect disciple.
The elder was speechless. Since when did this become the responsibility of inner sect disciples?
However, since the traitor had already been executed, there was no longer any danger in the city. Since Jiang Li wanted to go, he would let him go.
Jiang Li first changed into a white disciple uniform. Due to the lack of a suitable size, it looked a little inappropriate for him to wear it.
However, this was still clothes that only inner sect disciples could wear. The word “Storage” on his chest and the inner sect disciple token on his waist indicated that his identity had undergone a huge change.
After leaving the flying ship, Jiang Li stood on the ground of Cloud Stream City again.
However, the current Cloud Stream City was filled with broken walls and ruined land. It was no longer the bustling city from a few hours ago.
At this moment, even if he compared it to the map, he would probably not be able to find the location.
Jiang Li channeled the Yin-attribute spiritual qi into his eyes. The Yin qi and death qi that filled the entire city had already vanished completely under the lightning tribulation.
He could not find the Feng Shui Yin Gate in that city with this method.
Fortunately, the Yin Burial Coffin did not seem to have been damaged by the lightning tribulation. Jiang Li moved through the ruins using his connection to the artifact and quickly rushed over.
Yin Burial Coffin, rise!
As Jiang Li struck out with his spell technique, a ruin suddenly exploded, and an ordinary grayish-black coffin flew out.
The coffin began to automatically shrink in midair, and when it landed in Jiang Li’s palm, it had already transformed into a palm-sized piece of wood.
Jiang Li sensed the interior and was delighted in his heart. The concentration of Yin qi was more than ten times higher than before. It seemed that his thoughts were correct.
Due to the previous lightning tribulation, the Yin qi in this city was suppressed, and it was forced to find a place to escape.
There were not many choices. One was the Feng Shui Yin Gate, and the other was the Yin Burial Coffin that gathered the souls of most humans in the city.
At that time, Jiang Li had been obstructed by the ghosts and souls he collected, so he was unable to leave with the coffin in a short period of time. So, he took a gamble and buried the coffin in the Feng Shui Yin Gate.
With these two factors combined, the Yin Burial Coffin became the only place in this city where the Yin qi could escape to. Although most of the Yin qi was dispersed by the lightning tribulation, just the remaining portion was enough to benefit it greatly.