Chapter 109: The Way Forward

I never knew that ordinary thunder spells could have such a trembling power. Even though the thunder spells I have been able to use since I grew up to this point are quite powerful, I am afraid that they can only get a good evaluation in the eyes of the upper-level cultivators.

This is a good evaluation, which means that the power is on the table, with an amazing power, but the power is definitely not enough to make people tremble.

But what is going on now? That ball of lightning, just a flash of light, and my soul is trembling… I believe in my spiritual awareness, my natural judgment of danger, the power contained in this ball of lightning is amazing!

It’s just a simple compression… I thought to myself, but then I began to laugh at myself. Is this compression simple? The requirements for spiritual perception have reached the extreme, and the concept of this technique is definitely not something that any modern sect can have!

I was so excited that I was about to perform the final hand gesture to release the terrifying power of the lightning… But my inner will began to stop me again. This is not the limit, this is definitely not the limit… Don’t forget to hone yourself at every opportunity.

I simply had no way of resisting my own heart, and almost subconsciously, I once again pressed the hand seal, compressing the ball of lightning infinitely once again.

This compression was much slower than the previous one, and every little bit of progress was accompanied by extreme caution. My brain was dizzy to the extreme, and I felt that if I were given just a little bit of stimulation, I would vomit. Is this the limit? I asked myself. I can still pinch the hand seal. No!

Is this the limit? I asked myself again… No, is your brain fainting because it can’t take it anymore?

I couldn’t stop. I simply couldn’t stop. During this time, Shitu called me three times, twice calling me brother, urging me on. The last time, he called me directly, saying “Brother Chengyi.” His voice felt like that of a gentle but irritable young man. If I had to describe it, it would be like the feeling of Hua Rong calling Song Jiang “brother” in “Water Margin.”

But in the last instance, all I felt was the anxious impatience of Shatu. It was about to burst, anxious and afraid that I would be hurt.

At this time, the thunderball in my world of thought had already been compressed to the size of a half-basketball, and my compression technique was no longer able to pinch it… My legs were trembling, and I felt that if I took one more step, I would fall to the ground, and the thunder and lightning would disperse.

At this time, the wind in the cave had formed large swirls… It felt like the wind that had been infused had reached its limit… And the dampness of the rain had also reached its limit. Although there were no cumulus clouds and no torrential rain, every time I breathed, I felt a layer of water droplets touching my nasal membrane, and even the hemp clothes on my body became moist.

I heard my sigh, which was barely tolerable… I seemed to see a realm where a more powerful thunder spell was compressed into a ping-pong ball in a short period of time, and the spinning thunder ball, every trace of electricity flowing, was awe-inspiring to the soul.

Unfortunately, I can’t do that anymore… Thinking about this, I finally began to pinch the thunder spell… With the completion of the thunder spell, this ball of compressed lightning, which had been compressed to the size of a half-basketball, finally exploded!

Because it was compressed to the limit… so this lightning, under the traction of a thunder spell, was successfully released.

At that moment, there was a second of silence in the entire cave… Then, my eyes were dazzled by a huge flash of light that pierced the darkness of the cave and directly flashed into my eyes… It made me unable to see clearly for a moment.

I instinctively closed my eyes, but I heard a deafening sound, and the lightning struck… In this small cave, although these lightning bolts would never hurt me, I still felt the hairs on my body stand on end from the electricity… At that moment, Silly Tiger ran towards me and hid directly in the depths of my soul.

I felt my nasal cavity getting warm, and then two streams of liquid gushed out… I fell to the ground uncontrollably, and my entire brain went numb.

But when I opened my eyes again, I saw countless blue and golden electric dragons dancing in the cave… and the ghosts were scattered to the wind and dust under the power of the thunder and lightning…

Is this really right? I reached out to wipe my nose, but I realized that I had really had a nosebleed. If it wasn’t for the pressure on my brain reaching its limit, how could I have felt this way? I smiled wryly, looking at the ghosts that had been reduced to ashes, and asked myself, is this really, really okay?

But my inner thoughts firmly told me that this is how it should be… The ghosts have already been unable to reincarnate, and it is better to destroy them all at once than to leave them here to suffer the trials of man. If they cannot be suppressed here, these ghosts will also harm people when they go out.

Due to the exhaustion of my brain, I was too lazy to think about who was right and who was wrong. Although this was a grand event of “fireworks,” and I had destroyed so many evil spirits with one move, which was a shocking result, I just watched numbly, watching…

I don’t know how long it took, but the lightning and thunder in the cave finally subsided… It was quiet in the cave… except for the ghost king who was locked up and lying on the ground. There was no longer a single ghost in the cave, but there were still a few ghosts outside the cave, probably those who had escaped during the chaos at the edge of the cave.

It is not an exaggeration to describe the scene as bleak… My head was spinning, and at this time, Silly Tiger once again sprang out of my soul. I received its clear intention to fight the ghost king again, and it strongly wanted to devour the ghost king.

I simply said “hmm” and closed my eyes… If before, Shatu and the ghost king were evenly matched opponents, now the ghost king, who had nowhere to escape from the thunder and lightning (because he was bound), was no match for Shatu.

I didn’t watch how they fought… It was only a short time before I heard the ghost king scream in agony, and then there was no sound… After that, I felt the absorption of the tiger… because the hunger of the soul was slowly disappearing…

After that, Shatu returned to the depths of my soul and began to sleep again… But this time, before falling asleep, I felt Shatu’s thoughts. It told me that this time it would not sleep for too long, that it needed a little time to digest. It had just swallowed no less than 20 evil spirits and a ghost king.

I also know that for Shahu, even the ghosts are much stronger than the ghosts it has swallowed before… because they are complete souls that have not been deliberately refined! As for the ghost king, it goes without saying that it is even more nourishing for Shahu.

Here, I felt the anxiety of Silly Tiger… but what was he anxious about? Silly Tiger didn’t express anything to me, but instead hid in the deepest part of his soul, which I couldn’t see.

Jenny said that I would die without a burial place if I took a few steps here. But the funny thing is that I almost killed all the ghosts in front of the first gate, plus a ghost king… There are only a few dozen left. Does this count as destroying the trials of the Snow Mountain lineage?

I also know my own state. My brain should have reached its limit, which means that my mental strength and mysterious spiritual awareness have been depleted… I feel like I need to sleep, but even if there are only a few dozen evil spirits left here, it is definitely not a place to sleep.

I stood up unsteadily and walked step by step to the bronze door behind the locked ghost king… I found that the door was only blocked from this side with a copper beam. As long as I pushed it open, I could enter the next place… In this drowsy state, my heart was inexplicably a little nervous, and I subconsciously put my ear against the bronze door to listen.

It was not at all as lively as the cave full of ghosts on this floor.

I swallowed a mouthful of saliva, then reached out and grabbed the copper beam. As a result of a dizzy spell, I suddenly sat down on the ground. Since I had already come this far, I didn’t have to hurry. I felt that I really needed to rest for a while, and the presence of Silly Tiger made me feel a little bit of comfort and warmth while walking alone in it, as well as a great sense of security.

Here, the passage of time has no concept at all. I closed my eyes, originally just wanting to close my eyes to rest, but I really fell asleep… When I woke up from my dream, the cave was still dark and cold, and I couldn’t feel how long it had been… except that the ghosts didn’t come to harass me. I guess they were scared by the huge change just now, or they were afraid of the reappearance of Silly Tiger.

After such a rest, I was in a much better state, at least the feeling of being drowsy was gone. I took a deep breath and stood up, ready to push open the door and continue downwards.

But at this moment, my own heart told me that the evil spirits in these caves must be killed without exception, or else they would be devoured by the tiger, because if they were released, they would bring disaster to the world.

What is this idea, what will? Is it the Taoist boy? I don’t think so… because I have been with the Taoist boy for so long, I have already gotten used to talking to him.

Then what is this?