Chapter 350: The Jade Scroll's Unusual Movement, Traces of the Divine Thunder

Chapter 350: Chapter 186: The Jade Scroll’s Unusual Movement, Traces of the Divine Thunder

Both men were Loose Cultivators. They had come to the Silent Extinction Abyss, naturally, for a fated treasure.

The portly cultivator was named Ji Li. He had learned from a minor family that an unparalleled treasure was hidden within the Silent Extinction Abyss, and he even had a precise Treasure Map for it.

According to them, obtaining this opportunity would be enough to defy the heavens and change one’s fate.

As a Loose Cultivator who had struggled and clawed his way up in the Cultivation Realm to reach the True Martial Realm Second Layer, Ji Li naturally understood the importance of such opportunities.

After taking care of that family, he called upon a trustworthy fellow Daoist and headed for the Silent Extinction Abyss together.

“Fellow Daoist Bi Jiang, look at this place. Does it seem different from the other areas?” Ji Li said. “Do you think there might be some mystery hidden here?”

Hearing Fatty Ji say this, the middle-aged man in the black shirt, Bi Jiang, swept his hawk-like gaze forward.

Although the sky ahead was dim, it was crowded with peaks that pierced the heavens.

In the deepest reaches, there was even a canyon formed by two cloud-piercing mountains. The bottomless abyss and countless ravines within it stood in stark contrast to the rest of the landscape.

“Fellow Daoist Ji, you’re right. If this is truly our lucky chance, then our time has finally come!” Bi Jiang said with a faint smile.

“Heh, you can say that again…” A smile quivered on Ji Li’s round face. His eyes, small and narrow, squeezed into thin lines. But within those lines, a glint of light flickered, hinting at unspoken thoughts.

Then, the two transformed back into streaks of light, whistling through the air with powerful gusts of Qi as they flew deeper.

Suddenly, while passing a dim mountain cliff, Bi Jiang came to an abrupt halt. His hawk-like eyes shot toward a smooth section of the cliff face. There, in a crack, was a Spirit Grass, surviving against all odds, emitting a hazy, ethereal glow and containing a majestic power.

“This… This is the Nine Nether Spirit Dark Grass!!”

The portly cultivator Ji Li, who was beside him, followed Bi Jiang’s gaze. Seeing the Spirit Grass that survived in the cliff’s crack, emitting an ethereal glow, he cried out in shock.

The Nine Nether Spirit Dark Grass, an Earth Tier Upper Grade Treasure! Legend said it grew in the darkest of places and possessed the miraculous ability to enhance one’s Spiritual Sense, improve their constitution, and even transform them into a Dark Spirit Body!

A treasure of this caliber would tempt even a True Monarch at the Tongxuan Realm, let alone two mere Loose Cultivators at the True Martial Realm Second Layer.

“Hahaha, to think that such an unparalleled treasure exists in this desolate, lifeless Silent Extinction Abyss!” The middle-aged man in the black shirt, Bi Jiang, laughed excitedly. “The heavens are truly smiling upon us brothers,

don’t you agree, Fellow Daoist Ji?”

“Hehe, of course!”

“Our luck has turned! I never thought we’d have such heaven-defying fortune. The future is bright, so bright!” Ji Li’s portly frame trembled with excitement. He then said, “When we came here, we agreed that any treasure we found, we would split evenly. What do you think, Fellow Daoist Bi Jiang?”

‘Split it evenly? How do you split a single Nine Nether Spirit Dark Grass?’

‘How could such an opportunity possibly be shared?!’

Bi Jiang sneered inwardly, but his face remained impassive as he replied with a smile, “But of course.

Brother Ji, you know me. I, Bi Jiang, am a man of great honor, loyal and trustworthy!”

A fact that could be attested to by all the cultivators who had died by his hand.

“Heh, Brother Bi, I know you’re not the type to go back on your word. Otherwise, why would I have asked you to cooperate with me?” Ji Li said, his face a mask of trust. “Come on, let’s go take a look at this legendary Nine Nether Spirit Dark Grass together!”

Then, the two of them sped through the void, heading toward the cliff where the ethereal glow pulsed with an intoxicatingly immense energy.

“Brother Ji, look! What’s that?!” Bi Jiang’s eyes widened as he stared toward another spot, a brilliant light flashing in them as if he had spotted some other peerless treasure.

“Oh?” Hearing this, Ji Li started to turn his head.

But in the next instant, a cold glint flashed in Bi Jiang’s eyes.

‘Die!!’

His five fingers instantly clenched into a fist. True Yuan gathered, surging forth like a torrential ocean wave. Then, he punched, shattering space and whistling through the air as he aimed for Ji Li’s head!

‘Hmph!’

‘A man of great honor? To hell with your “great honor”!!’

As if he had anticipated this, Ji Li instantly raised his thick, fleshy arm. He condensed his True Yuan, and terrifying flames coiled around his hand as he formed a fist. Searing through space, he unleashed the power of his fiery True Yuan, smashing it into the oncoming Water Element Fist!

“BANG!!”

The two fists collided solidly, instantly creating a True Yuan explosion that made the surrounding space tremble.

Deep blue aquatic light and scorching fiery light intertwined, illuminating an area thousands of feet wide.

The terrifying aftershock blasted outward in all directions. The surrounding sword-like cliffs were ripped apart by the impact, forming hideous, tangled cracks like a spider’s web. Then, they crumbled into rubble, plummeting downwards with a deafening RUMBLE and kicking up a cloud of dust!

“SWOOSH!!”

The two shot back through the air, each retreating five hundred feet in an instant. Their eyes were filled with malice, and the acrid smell of smoke filled the void.

“Bi Jiang! ‘Loyal and trustworthy’?!”

“This is what you call being loyal and trustworthy?!” Ji Li’s robes fluttered as he roared, a cold glint in his eyes.

Bi Jiang hovered in mid-air, his hawk-like eyes fixed on Ji Li. “Fatty Ji, stop the fucking act,” he said grimly. “Even if I hadn’t made a move, you would have sooner or later!

A supreme treasure like the Nine Nether Spirit Dark Grass! With your vindictive personality, would you really let someone else have a piece of it?!”

Ji Li just snorted coldly at his words, his small eyes on his round face filled with a chilling frost. “Do you think I am the same as you?”

“Enough with the bullshit!!”

“The Nine Nether Spirit Dark Grass is mine! No one can take it from me,

No one!

Now, die!!”

A murderous intent flashed in Bi Jiang’s eyes. The True Yuan in his body churned like a dragon, and he unleashed his full Cultivation. The space for dozens of feet around him began to tremble as he instantly formed a hand seal.

“Water Spirit Dragon Technique!”

As his True Yuan erupted, a surging torrent of water burst from the void. It coalesced into a Flood Dragon hundreds of feet long, which then tore through the sky with a great roar and immense Momentum, lunging to devour Ji Li!

“Very well. Since you were merciless, don’t blame me for being unjust!!” Ji Li’s voice was ice-cold.

His small eyes watched the coiling water Flood Dragon attack from above, his face devoid of panic. The True Yuan in his body surged, and his Fiery Flaming True Essence erupted. The temperature for hundreds of feet around them shot up, as if a furnace was about to incinerate the very air.

“Fiery Sun Burning Fist!”

In the next moment, a cold light flashed in Ji Li’s eyes. He clenched his fist, drew it back slightly to gather power, and then punched forward with explosive force.

In that instant, a Fist Seal hundreds of feet wide, coalesced from countless flames and resembling a blazing sun, crushed the void. It carried the might of a scorching sun as it hurtled toward the Devouring Heaven and Earth Flood Dragon!

“BOOM!!”

The two powerful True Yuan attacks collided violently in the void, creating a terrifying explosion. The surrounding space was hit by a cataclysmic shockwave and began to tremble violently.

The water Flood Dragon and the Flame Fist intertwined, emitting a dazzling light that covered an area thousands of feet wide!!

A terrifying storm of True Yuan swept through the sky, letting out a Powerful Qi howl. In the dimness of the Silent Extinction Abyss, it was as frightening as the wails of ghosts!!

…

「Meanwhile.」

In the Silent Extinction Abyss, across the dim expanse of the sky,

a figure flickering like lightning moved as if teleporting, crossing thousands of miles in an instant with extreme speed.

‘Hm?!’

Suddenly, Gu Yun’s figure came to a stop. He hovered in the sky, his robes fluttering and his long hair drifting as if in a wind. With a wave of his hand, a fragmented, ancient Jade Scroll appeared in his palm, emitting a faint glow.

“This damn Jade Scroll is finally showing some activity!” Gu Yun murmured to himself, his deep eyes fixed on the scroll in his hand.

He then infused a trace of Magical Power into it.

The next moment, the Jade Scroll lifted from Gu Yun’s palm on its own. It floated in front of him, radiating a blazing light that eventually formed a screen-like map in the air.

“Is this… a topographical map of the Silent Extinction Abyss?” Gu Yun was slightly surprised, then his gaze sharpened, focusing on a bright red dot in an extremely remote corner of the abyss.

If he wasn’t mistaken, that was likely the location of the Vermilion Bird Heaven-Burning Thunder!!

‘But why is this damn Jade Scroll only reacting now?’ A flicker of doubt crossed Gu Yun’s mind.