The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 244 - 229 Thunder Punishment Land_1

Chapter 244: Chapter 229 Thunder Punishment Land_1

Looking at Pang Jian before him, Lei Kun couldn’t help but feel amazed and thought to himself, "Are disciples of the Sword Tower all so excessively powerful?"

"Yuanmang’s Pang Jian, after I wisely bid farewell and left, killed Liang Ying, killed Lou Yunming, killed Jiuyuan, killed Cao Mang..."

"This Luo Yuan, to actually be able to survive under that level of Thunderbolt assault with Hollow Profound Realm cultivation!"

Lei Kun, unaware that the two were the same person, pondered wildly.

"Senior Lei, could you tell me about the origins of the Thunder Punishment Land?"

Pang Jian asked curiously.

He had felt that this person was the face-saving type since Yuanmang times, as long as due respect was given, this hot-tempered Individual Cultivator was easy to talk to.

"Of course."

Finally encountering an Upper Realm disciple who knew manners, and from the Sword Tower he rather approved of, Lei Kun was happy to enlighten him: "This Cloud Thunder Forbidden Zone, it’s a fragment that fell from the First Realm."

Pang Jian was slightly shocked: "A fragment?"

"Yes, a fragment of a much larger Fragment Land!"

Lei Kun, who frequently practiced his cultivation here, spoke with a solemn expression: "Before this White Crane appeared, every now and then, I would come here to endure hardship and cultivate. Since I cultivate the thunder method, I am particularly concerned about this forbidden land. In the Third Realm, probably no one understands it better than I do."

He paused for a moment and glanced at the sky.

"Rumor has it, the Cloud Thunder Forbidden Zone belongs to a Sect called Black Thunder Pavilion, which once stood in the First Realm!"

"Thousands of years ago, Black Thunder Pavilion was suddenly attacked by an age-old Thunder Dragon, and its Pavilion lord was tragically killed on the spot."

"That massive piece of Fragment Land belonging to Black Thunder Pavilion was also torn apart by the agitated Thunder Dragon, one of its pieces fell into the Third Realm."

"It’s the Cloud Thunder Forbidden Zone beneath our feet."

Lei Kun solemnly exclaimed.

"The Thunder Dragon again!"

Pang Jian frowned.

The Three Immortal Islands were also split into three by the Thunder Dragon, and the Cyclops Clan was driven out by the Thunder Dragon, forced to sink down into the Fifth Realm.

Sitting on the icy altar with an air of chill, he saw scenes through the method of "Unity of Heaven and Man," which made him deeply aware of the Thunder Dragon’s strength.

"The Old Thunder Dragon is still alive, resting in the Dragon Cave of the Second Realm, he..."

Lei Kun spoke with some reverence, lowering his voice: "The Pavilion Master of Black Thunder Pavilion had a dispute over the Great Tao with that Old Thunder Dragon, that’s why the Thunder Dragon hunted him down and killed him."

"This dragon... has great merit to our Human Race. In the ancient times, he helped the Human Race eliminate some evil clans."

"Also, I heard that the fall of the Heaven Phoenix, this Thunder Dragon also contributed greatly."

"For this reason, the death of Black Thunder Pavilion’s Pavilion Master only resulted in the Old Thunder Dragon resting long in the Dragon Cave, and those supreme Sects of the First Realm didn’t plan to exact revenge from the Thunder Dragon for life debts."

"As for the Thunder Punishment Land under our feet, I heard it used to be a place where Black Thunder Pavilion attracted Thunderous Lightning."

"Because the original Fragment Land was in the First Realm, it was closest to the purgatory skies, thus the easiest to attract the descent of cosmic Thunder."

"..."

Lei Kun, focused on cultivating in the Cloud Thunder Forbidden Zone, shared its mysteries with Pang Jian, and finally complained angrily: "Before, the Cloud Thunder Forbidden Zone used to have many Ferocious Beasts that could absorb Thunder and Lightning to strengthen themselves, but due to that wily White Crane, they were all deceitfully killed."

"It regards this Cloud Thunder Forbidden Zone as its own private territory, attacking anyone who steps in."

"Damn it, I was once the strongest here before it came!"

Lei Kun cursed uncontrollably.

Just then, another loud crane cry suddenly resounded.

Lei Kun’s face changed, sparks of faint electricity shot from the corner of his eyes as he stared into the misty half-sky and roared, "It’s coming again!"

"That Old Thunder Dragon in the Dragon Cave, sooner or later, will be strangled by my Lord, this path of achieving godhood through Thunderbolt, has already been claimed by my Lord, Lord Crane!"

The White Crane reappeared through the fog, its wings stirring up thick bolts of lightning that hammered down.

"A pair of lowly creatures from the Lower Realm, daring to linger on Lord Crane’s territory!"

"Hmph, do you think I, Lord Crane, can’t hear your whispering?"

"I’ve been secretly watching your every move all along!"

"Boom! Sszz! Sszz!"

Amid the rumbling sounds of Thunderbolt, blinding bolts of lightning suddenly enveloped the area around Pang Jian and Lei Kun.

"Whoosh!"

"Sszz! Sszz!"

As if by tacit agreement, one person cast out a Qingying Gang Shield of spiritual power while the other released his own Thunder and Lightning, as if condensing into a small Thunder Pond.

"Haha, even Luo Yuan couldn’t be killed, showing that you, this flat-haired beast, have weakened!"

Lei Kun laughed loudly as he threw out a bright silver thunder pearl.

Unhurriedly, he first used the pearl to absorb some of the weaker lightning, then pulled the pearl’s contained lightning into his own Thunder Pond.

Lei Kun, enveloped in dazzling lightning, then took out a flag within the Thunder Pond and continued to mock the White Crane: "The path to godhood through Thunderbolt has long been firmly occupied by the Old Thunder Dragon. What about your so-called Master? How dare he contend with the Old Dragon sleeping in the Dragon Cave for this Divine Tao?"

"In our Purgatory World, the ultimate end of the path of Thunderbolt is that Old Dragon in the Dragon Cave!"

"As long as he lives, no one will successfully ascend to the status of True God along this Divine Tao!"

Lei Kun laughed maniacally.

"Shut your stinking mouth! Wretched cur, you have no idea of the might of my Lord, Lord Crane!"

"This path to Divine Enthronement has been claimed by my Lord, and that Old Dragon better make way or die!"

The frenzied White Crane let out a shrill screech.

As if anyone who dares to insult or doubt its Master, they’re incurring an irreconcilable enmity with it.

"The path to Divine Enthronement actually requires competition? In the Purgatory World, can only one True God emerge from a Great Tao?"

Pang Jian, shielded by the Qingying Gang Shield, endured the bombardment of thunderbolts while listening intently.

The conversation between Lei Kun and White Crane opened the gates to a new world for him, revealing the numerous obstacles on the arduous path of cultivation.

"You two scum from the Lower Realm, especially you, you old dog, today you will surely die! Lord Crane has predicted correctly—among these waves of Thunderous Lightning, there will be a mix of a special Void Crack!"

"I’ll see how you two die!"

White Crane soared through the Thunder and Lightning, screeching.

"A special... Void Crack?"

Lei Kun’s face showed a look of bewilderment, as if he was unaware of such a strange thing’s existence deep within the Cloud Thunder Forbidden Zone.

Pang Jian’s expression, meanwhile, remained unchanged.

He also suddenly noticed, amidst the countless thick thunder and lightning bolts that cascaded like a waterfall, there was a slender and blinding bolt, which tore through the void like a knife, slashing a narrow gap in the middle of the air of the Forbidden Land.

From the eerie crevice, a dense and enigmatic "Mysterious Fog" emerged quietly, as if the fissure was connected to the Boundary Wall at the edge of Purgatory.

Pang Jian instantly realized that the special "Thunder and Lightning" that he had surreptitiously absorbed with a copper plaque some time ago, must be similar to the Void Cracks mentioned by White Crane.

"Hiss! Hiss!"

That fissure, which was tearing ever wider, this time did not forcefully break through the Spiritual Power Strong Shield Pang Jian had conjured, nor did it enter the copper plaque known as "Purgatory Gate."

"Whiz! Whiz, whiz!"

Golden bolts of lightning suddenly shot out from the crack, scurrying into the silvery white lightning.

All the lightning gathered by the malevolent White Crane, once penetrated by a strand of golden lightning, instantly turned pure gold.

Furthermore, the lightning seemed frozen in time.

Dozens of thick bolts of lightning, like a frozen golden waterfall, hung vertically in the half-sky of the Thunder Punishment Land.

"Hiss! Hiss! Crack!"

The gold-tainted lightning shot upwards and pierced straight towards the ground.

The lightning, which was active at both ends, remained still in the center, hanging motionless in mid-air.

"Ah! How can this be?"

White Crane’s pupils suddenly filled with terror.

It seemed not to have anticipated that the special Void Crack would tear ever further abnormally, showing no signs of healing.

Just at that moment!

A burning sensation came from the back of the copper plaque engraved with "Purgatory Gate," hidden underneath Pang Jian’s clothes.

Looking at the ever-widening fissure, Pang Jian suddenly had an incredibly eerie feeling.

It was because of the phrase "Purgatory Gate" reappearing and because of the presence of this copper plaque that the Void Crack continued to tear open wider, and golden lightning began flying out from it.

"To the southwest, a golden sea of lightning has appeared abruptly!"

"That White Crane, the Individual Cultivator Lei Kun from the Third Realm, as well as Luo Yuan, are all in the midst of it!"

"I must take a risk and investigate!"

Cultivators wandering in other parts of the Forbidden Land also noticed the anomaly here. Knowing well the dangers, they desperately rushed from all directions to converge on the area.

"Mysterious Fog!"

In the Thunder Punishment Land where the thick golden lightning was being frozen in place, Lei Kun, upon realizing he was no longer under attack by the lightning, looked toward the ever-widening fissure in shock.

He saw the "Mysterious Fog." His face turned pale with terror, seemingly already thinking about how to escape.

The cultivators of the Purgatory World always harbor a reverent fear for the supernatural "Mysterious Fog," considering it a mystical existence that transcends even ethereal God Spirits.

Upon the sudden emergence of "Mysterious Fog," Lei Kun’s only thought was to get away as quickly as possible, no longer willing to remain within the Cloud Thunder Forbidden Zone.

On the contrary,

Pang Jian, who felt a certain affinity towards the "Mysterious Fog," watched as the Void Crack gradually tore wider, and as the gap became increasingly larger...

He began to dodge the thick golden lightning and rapidly approached the position of the crack, wanting to closely observe what wonders lay deep within the "Mysterious Fog" inside the fissure.

"Luo Yuan, don’t go over there!"

Lei Kun suddenly called out in alarm.

Pang Jian turned a deaf ear.

"Something’s wrong, it’s not supposed to be like this! You two scum from the Lower Realm, it must be you who have thrown off Lord Crane’s rhythm!"

White Crane, dodging the skyward golden lightning in the high altitudes, could no longer pay attention to Pang Jian and Lei Kun, for the lightning previously under its control had now completely run amuck.

"Hiss! Hiss! Crack!"

Even more slender golden lightning bolts, like golden light dragons, spurted from deep within the "Mysterious Fog" of the Void Crack, causing chaos to the alien power around the area of the crack.

"Boom! Crack!"

The vertically hanging lightning in the sky, like a waterfall, carved deep caverns into the basin, seemingly attempting to drill through the entire Cloud Thunder Forbidden Zone.

Above the hills and plateaus, a Protector from the Star River Alliance and other newcomers like He Hui and Ning Wei also noticed something strange in the sea of clouds below the basin. They saw beams of golden lightning shooting straight into the sky.

"What kind of strange event is occurring?"

All those who saw the lightning shooting into the heavens were screaming in fear and astonishment.

And at this moment,

Pang Jian had reached the position of the Void Crack, shielded by the thick Qingying Gang Shield, squinting as he peered into the "Mysterious Fog" deep within the fissure.

He saw a colossal being, as if from another world, attempting to cross the "Mysterious Fog" and enter this one.

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