Black Myth: Starting from the Destined One
Chapter 103 - 99: Shocking Thunder Technique!

Chapter 103: Chapter 99: Shocking Thunder Technique!

"Didn’t expect this Dragon Soul to be so fierce, I underestimated him. Time to escape first, Borrowing Wind!"

Li Ping’an invoked Divine Skills Borrowing Wind and immediately his body became as light as a feather, a wind sprang up under his feet, and just as he flew away to dodge a lightning strike, he headed towards the outside of the Barrier.

But no sooner had he flown five meters than the first Barrier reappeared. A giant hand, just like the one that had grabbed the Beheaded Dragon King, snatched the fleeing Li Ping’an and pressed him down to the ground, then disappeared without a trace.

"Damn it! Is this trying to kill me?!"

Li Ping’an immediately realized that he couldn’t fly within the Barrier, so he ran on foot, tumbling and scrambling toward the edge of the Barrier while lightning constantly pursued him from behind.

"Huh?"

Just as Li Ping’an reached the edge of the Barrier and was about to feel relieved, just as he was about to step out with one foot, it was as if there was an invisible glass in front of him—like a huge transparent cage—he couldn’t walk out of the Barrier no matter what.

Boom!

Thunder struck from above, and Li Ping’an sighed helplessly, only able to continue hiding near the Barrier, occasionally glancing with peripheral vision at the Beheaded Dragon King and the lightning amidst the clouds.

At this moment, the Beheaded Dragon King’s body was trembling, his hand holding the head gazing into the sky, shooting out sharp rays of light, concentrating on controlling the lightning, almost to the point of madness.

And in the sky, the lightning under the direction of the Beheaded Dragon King went from striking one at a time to two, three... five... striking simultaneously.

"Damn it! It looks like this Dragon Soul won’t stop until I’m dead!"

Exhausted, Li Ping’an complained bitterly, deeply regretting that he should never have provoked the Beheaded Dragon King. Now, trapped within the Barrier, the descending lightning started to spread out, squeezing the available space for him to dodge.

As Li Ping’an’s space to dodge gradually shrank, he realized he was about to be struck dead by the lightning covering the entire Barrier.

In this critical moment of life and death, a cunning survivor like Li Ping’an would not just wait for his demise; he had to make one final gamble.

Though his strength was nearly exhausted, and the space to escape was shrinking, survival was still a possibility, and this was not enough to stump the crafty Li Ping’an.

"If I can’t go up, then I’ll go down! Carrying Mountains!"

As another bolt of lightning was about to strike, Li Ping’an punched the ground several times, creating a huge deep hole, and then jumped into it. He took off his storage gourd from his waist, thinking that if it could store weapons and equipment, it might as well store his body. He directly crawled into the storage gourd.

With a resounding boom, the lightning struck, hitting right next to Li Ping’an’s hiding spot, the storage gourd. However, after this strike of lightning, Li Ping’an, hidden in the storage gourd, heard the number of lightning strikes outside getting fewer and fewer.

The Beheaded Dragon King, sensing that Li Ping’an had suddenly vanished, turned the head held in his hands to search meticulously for Li Ping’an within the Barrier. Seeing no trace of Li Ping’an, the Beheaded Dragon King, having utilized the Dragon Clan Thunder Method, finally ceased, and the twin Barriers also disappeared instantly.

"Has he stopped?"

Li Ping’an could hear everything clearly, there was no more sound of lightning outside, the storm of blood had gradually calmed. So, he stuck his head out for a look, and boom, the lightning struck again, almost killing him.

"Hiding here is safe for now, but I can’t hide forever! Am I supposed to hide here for the rest of my life?"

Li Ping’an realized that as long as he showed himself, the Beheaded Dragon King would kill him with the Thunder Technique. Continuing like this was ultimately not a solution, so he began to calm down and think of a countermeasure.

"Got it! Heaven doesn’t seal off all exits. Although I can’t withstand the Thunder Technique, I have Divine Skills to control ghosts!"

Li Ping’an then mustered his courage and started to crawl out, with most of his body emerging from the palm-sized storage gourd. Just before the Beheaded Dragon King could control the lightning to strike him, he yelled at the Beheaded Dragon King,

"You may be powerful, but in the end, you’re just a Fierce Ghost! Expel spirits!"

The moment Li Ping’an looked at the Beheaded Dragon King, he immediately used his Divine Skills to control the ghost, rendering it unable to move.

"Soul Collecting!"

Seeing that his method was effective, Li Ping’an crawled out of the storage gourd like an acrobat skilled in the Bone Shrinking Skill and then cast his Divine Skills of Soul Collecting on the motionless Beheaded Dragon King.

The stationary Beheaded Dragon King uncontrollably flew towards Li Ping’an, turning into a water dragon as it moved. Just when it was about to reach Li Ping’an’s palm, it shrank into a water ball the size of a walnut.

At that moment, the two barriers emanating from the Dragon Locking Well disappeared instantly, which meant that Li Ping’an had successfully saved himself.

Looking at the devastated ground filled with fissures and scorched earth, and thinking about how he was nearly killed by the Beheaded Dragon King, an indignant Li Ping’an raised the Hundred Plays Steel Rod in his hand to smash the ghost of the Beheaded Dragon King.

"Immortal, spare my life!"

Inside the ball of water in Li Ping’an’s hand, a dragon the size of an earthworm kept slamming against the water ball, trying but failing to escape. Seeing that Li Ping’an was about to destroy his soul, it immediately begged for mercy.

"If it weren’t for my quick wits and calmness, you would have zapped me into a charred corpse by now. Thinking you can beg for your life is out of the question!"

"Immortal, please hear me out; it was not Xiao Wang who wanted to kill you, it was the Deities and Buddhas who set up this barrier that want you dead!"

At those words, Li Ping’an couldn’t help but laugh mockingly,

"Do you take me for a fool? Trying to feed me that line? Where are these Deities and Buddhas? Why would they want me dead? Such words might deceive a three-year-old child. You must be an evil spirit that failed to claim a life and now seeks to silence me. And now you try to argue your case?"

"Immortal, you misunderstand. It truly is the Deities and Buddhas who set up this barrier who want to kill you. Since you have Divine Skills to control this lonely ghost, what do you have to fear from me doing harm again? Please listen to what Xiao Wang has to say, then it won’t be too late for you to make your decision!"

The Beheaded Dragon King desperately pleaded, and since Li Ping’an’s Divine Skills could expel spirits and collect souls, especially effective against evil ghosts, he pondered for a moment. Indeed, the Beheaded Dragon King had no grievance against him, and the barrier formation was indeed strange. To be cautious, Li Ping’an Borrowed Wind to rise.

With his limited Cultivation, he could only fly ten meters high. He looked around the Fallen Dragon Pit and beyond a hundred meters, where he saw the locals nearby unaffected by the fight going on here, going about their business as if nothing had happened, some strolling through the streets, others hawking their wares.

"Such an earth-shaking event here, yet unbeknownst to those outside, there must be something peculiar!"

Wanting a safe place to stay before finding Zixia, Li Ping’an decided to believe the words of the Beheaded Dragon King. He landed and released the soul of the Beheaded Dragon King.

The Beheaded Dragon King returned to his true form, holding his dragon head and floating obediently in front of Li Ping’an. Li Ping’an threatened,

"I’m giving you a chance to explain. If you dare to deceive me by half a word, I will destroy your ghost immediately!"