Black Myth: Starting from the Destined One
Chapter 192 - 168: A Shocking Battle, Heaven’s Thunder Lures the Earth Fire!_4

Chapter 192: Chapter 168: A Shocking Battle, Heaven’s Thunder Lures the Earth Fire!_4

"Yes!"

The National Teacher Pudu Cihang, who was healing a sword wound on the dais, slightly opened his eyes and then gently closed them again,

"Issue an order to the Imperial Edict Office to thoroughly investigate the source of the loud boom. Tomorrow the Emperor will surely inquire. We should prepare in advance!"

"Yes!"

In the Prime Minister’s Mansion, just as Wang Tianran, The World’s Foremost Talented, had fallen asleep, he felt uneasy, especially after hearing the loud boom, which made him even more restless. He got up directly, tidied up a bit, and went to the True Buddha Temple to seek the Emperor Tathagata Dragon Tree Divine Monk.

Atop the Imperial Palace Ascension Tower, where the current Emperor Li Gai practiced Mystic Cultivation, Household Department Minister Di Lishi also heard the loud boom and was looking in the direction of the sound,

"How strange and mysterious! How did such a loud boom occur in Chang’an City?"

"Dang!" (Are you not going to investigate quickly? How much longer must we wait?)

Inside the Taoist temple, Emperor Li Gai suddenly struck the Jade Chime.

"This old servant will attend to it at once!"

On the street closest to the Fallen Dragon Pit residences, a man carrying a coffin, after hearing the loud boom and glancing towards the Fallen Dragon Pit, displayed a wicked smile,

"It seems tonight I will have bodies to collect!"

...

"This guy should be dead, right?"

Li Ping’an and the others, including Iron Staff Wang Lang and Cen Fuda, who were trapped in the firewall, saw Pei Yuanjing getting hit and falling into the deep pit after being wounded by the Fire-Subduing Earth Thunder Talisman.

"Li Ping’an, since the battle has been decided, it’s time for you to die!"

Hiding in the dark, Xie Wenren, although shocked by Li Ping’an’s means, immediately drew his bow and readied an arrow as he saw Pei Yuanjing defeated. He prepared to shoot Li Ping’an unexpectedly from the shadows.

Unaware of this, Li Ping’an was about to seize the sword from Pei Yuanjing’s hand when he heard a crack. A sound of breaking bones came from the deep pit.

"Hm?"

What followed was truly a heart-pounding scene, as if fierce ghosts from Hell had crawled out of the ground, causing Li Ping’an, Iron Staff Wang Lang, Cen Fuda, and all the ruffians, servants, and idle followers to be dumbfounded and feel a chill run down their spines.

They saw Pei Yuanjing, supposedly killed and split open by the Fire-Subduing Earth Thunder Talisman, crawling out of the deep pit clutching the Immortal Slaying Sword, yet his former haughty demeanor was gone. Instead, he was in disarray, his hair disheveled, half his body burnt and covered in blood. Moreover, his left arm had been severed by Li Ping’an’s Fire-Subduing Earth Thunder Talisman, revealing a frightening sight of bone at the wound.

"You beast, you’re not dead yet? Or are you a fierce ghost?"

Startled, Li Ping’an quickly composed himself and thought for a moment. Pei Yuanjing, with lower Cultivation than his, couldn’t have withstood the Thunder Technique, but the scene before him was inexplicable. Therefore, he immediately used Divine Power: Insight into the Hidden to check:

Pei Yuanjing was not a soul; indeed, he wasn’t dead. His attributes hadn’t diminished whatsoever; on the contrary, his Cultivation had risen to 99%!

In other words, Pei Yuanjing had somehow increased his Cultivation through this very battle!

What did this mean?

This was a treatment that was supposed to be exclusive to Li Ping’an, just as when he had witnessed Ye Wenjie open the Netherworld Gate with the Gouchen Grand Formation as a catalyst at the expense of her own actions in the real world, which caused his Cultivation to surge after being profoundly moved!

"Pei Yuanjing! You bastard, you’re still not dead? And your Cultivation has even skyrocketed! Strange! Strange! Strange!"

Li Ping’an tilted his head in disbelief, both admiring and questioning.

"He he!"

Pei Yuanjing, using the Immortal Slaying Sword as a crutch to strenuously support his body, pale-faced but pridefully smirked at Li Ping’an,

"Immortal Li, although I don’t know how you, a Cultivator without a sect, practice your Cultivation, you’re probably a Cultivation genius too. But you should know that I, Pei Yuanjing, am The World’s Second Most Talented! These years, I have pursued Dao through battle, realizing Taoist Magic during combat and making continuous progress!"

After hearing this, Li Ping’an irritably scratched his temple rapidly with his hand:

"No, you keep saying you’re The World’s Second Most Talented, I want to know what The World’s Second Most Talented really means!"