The Purgatory Calamity
Chapter 744 - 706: Capturing Old Thunder Dragon_1

Chapter 744: Chapter 706: Capturing Old Thunder Dragon_1

She had what could be described as a blind faith in her own brother.

Ever since childhood, she had lived under Pang Jian’s care, and in her eyes, her brother was simply omnipotent.

Especially when she learned that her brother had been taken as a direct disciple by Pu Zhaotian and made a name for himself across the realms of Purgatory, she increasingly felt that in this world, nothing could halt her brother’s progress.

Not even The Overbearing Thunder Dragon!

"How could he make his way over?"

Elder Wang Beihong from the Pure Land, looking at the shattered blood color in the sky and the demon clouds demolished by thunder and lightning, secretly admonished the disciples deep within the land of Pure Land, urging them to be ready to staunchly support the "Glass Cleansing World God Array" with their lives, insisting that the array must not break.

"We have no idea where he is!"

Wang Beihong raised his voice slightly, took out a pill that enhanced soul power, swallowed it, and said to Guanghe, "I will also delve into the core of the array, and try to sustain it a bit longer!"

"I hope when the Pure Land array is shattered, you can bring out the Sword Tower to exert some pressure on that old dragon."

As soon as the words were out, this Elder from the Immortal Realm of Pure Land, merged into the ground like water.

"Pang, when can he come over?!" Yao Junhong asked urgently.

"Soon!" Pang Lin clenched her teeth lightly.

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In the sky.

"If you two are hell-bent on seeking death, do not blame me for being ruthlessly efficient."

Long Xiao once again transformed into the image of an elder in green robes.

He stood barefooted above a segment of the "Nine Heavens Thunder God Tree," harvesting a "Tao Fruit" containing the mysteries of the Thunder God and swallowing it in one gulp.

In the depths of his mind, his dragon soul had begun to materialize slowly, about to gain a real body.

Feeling the transformation of his dragon soul, Long Xiao truly reveled in delight.

He was acutely aware that with his talents and deep understanding of the Thunderbolt Profound Argumentation, he had all the qualifications needed to ascend to Middle-level God.

Originally, he just needed to break free from Purgatory, shatter the constraints of godhood, and he would have smoothly become a Middle-level God.

Now, due to the changes in the inherent laws of Purgatory and the absence of restrictions regarding Middle-level Gods, he directly embarked on the path of ascension!

"Go!"

Nine great Thunder Vortices flew from the side of this thousand-feet-tall divine tree toward Dong Tianze and Wu Yuan, and also toward Dong Shangqing and Li Jie.

As a Demon God, Long Xiao’s weakest aspect was at the soul level; his dragon soul’s control over thunder and lightning was slightly inferior to other races.

But after he swallowed a "Tao Fruit," as his dragon soul began to transform into God Status, he was able to finely manipulate thunder and lightning with his dragon soul.

The flight of the nine great Thunder Vortices no longer relied so heavily on the bloodline crystal chains of his dragon heart; he did not need to release strands of qi and blood outward to propel the vortices forward.

A movement of the dragon soul, a transmission of consciousness, and the power that belonged to him would display its magical prowess.

Suddenly, behind Wu Yuan, an illusory space appeared, and immediately afterward, numerous thunder orbs tumbled out.

"Boom!"

Wu Yuan operated his divine skills, and a huge demon stone he had formed shattered to pieces from the bombardment of the thunder orbs.

This rising star of Demon Tao was immediately further injured.

Elsewhere.

Millions of blinding thunder and lightning streaks emerged from different illusory spaces, like ferocious giant pythons and sky snakes, fiercely chasing and attacking Dong Tianze who was fleeing.

With the "Dragon Bead" in Long Xiao’s possession, he could construct numerous illusory worlds capable of withstanding the release of his Thunder Divine Power.

Wherever Long Xiao conceived in his mind, a hollow world would quietly exist, and once the thunder and lightning he amassed erupted, that area would immediately become a disaster zone.

The same was true for both Wu Yuan and Dong Tianze, as well as for Dong Shangqing and Li Jie!

"Crack!"

A broad bolt of lightning like a light blade struck toward Dong Shangqing and Li Jie, with more dazzling electric flashes intertwining in front, behind, and beside them.

Because of the great increase in Long Xiao’s magic power, Dong Shangqing, who was already feeling distressed, wryly smiled as he cast out seventy-two talismans.

These seventy-two talismans, corresponding to the seventy-two celestial spirits, shone brightly near Dong Shangqing and Li Jie, evolving into various otherworldly mysteries.

Yet in an instant, they were smashed to pieces by the broad bolt of lightning like a light blade.

"Li Jie, get out of here! I have summoned Pei Yishan; he will arrive soon!"

Dong Shangqing shook his sleeve and tossed the "Kylin Bell" out into the sea of electricity.

He remained in that perilous area and shouted, "Elder Long, are you truly determined to take this to the extreme?"

"What if I am?" Long Xiao laughed loudly and said, "I didn’t dare before because I wasn’t sure I could defeat Zhu Ji, because there were too many Human True Gods and too few Demon Gods!"

"Now that I hope to advance further and become the first Demon God of Purgatory to break through the lower ranks, why should I have any concern?"

"Once I break through the current level, apart from that outsider Sovereign who sank into the Lower Realm, I will fear no one else, god or human! In the future, whatever I, Long Xiao, wish to do, who can stop me?"

"Is it you, Dong Shangqing? Or Pei Yishan?"

"Whoever it is, if they dare to block my path, they should just die ahead of time in Purgatory!"

This Old Dragon clearly had no intention of leaving anyone a way out; whether it was Dong Tianze, Wu Yuan, or Dong Shangqing—a True God among humans—he was determined to wipe them all out in one fell swoop.

And that included Pei Yishan!

He hoped that through this battle, he could completely exterminate all Human True Gods that emerged in the Upper Realm!

After the war, He had a great chance to refine His God Status through the "Tao Fruit", even if Zhu Ji, Pu Zhaotian, and Ghost Mother managed to escape alive from the Fifth Realm, He remained utterly fearless!

Moreover, the Sovereign who had reached an understanding with Him might not permit those true gods of the human race to leave unscathed.

"Times have changed. When I can become a middle-level god in Purgatory, my demon race will rise again!"

Long Xiao stood on the branches of the "Nine Heavens Thunder God Tree" with his hands behind his back, his overbearing presence fully on display, sneering, "As for the two evil demons of the Human Race, I will eradicate them on behalf of this world first."

In front of Dong Tianze’s escape route, five illusory worlds flashed successively, with dense and intertwined thunder and lightning forming a wall.

Lightning chased from behind and a wall blocked the way forward, trapping Dong Tianze in an instant dilemma.

"You shouldn’t have been so hasty. You haven’t yet completed the Blood God Body, and your Soul of the Blood God hasn’t stabilized. We should have lain low a bit longer. Ah, that old dragon is truly formidable."

"If it’s not possible, you should escape using the Blood Escape technique. Even if it means sacrificing some of your cultivation, at least we can get away from that old dragon, and then we can seek revenge another day."

The Sword Spirit of the Bloodthirsty Blade kept reminding Dong Tianze to make a decisive move.

"Hiss!"

A faint light suddenly pierced through the "Glass Cleansing World God Array," appearing instantly in front of the thunderous wall confronting Dong Tianze. A giant glowing pillar smashed toward the wall made of thunder and lightning.

The blinding light forced Dong Tianze to close his eyes, and with a roar, the wall disappeared.

Before closing his eyes, Dong Tianze saw Pang Jian emerge, his lips curving into a cold smile.

He knew that with Pang Jian’s arrival, the battle to come would be much easier. No matter how strong that old dragon was, it wouldn’t be able to control the situation entirely.

"Boom!"

In the world where Wu Yuan stood, multicolored divine thunder exploded.

These massive bolts of divine thunder didn’t destroy Wu Yuan’s body, instead, they extinguish the lightning that had tried to strike him down, ensuring his safety.

The broad bolt of thunderous lightning directed at Dong Shangqing also eerily went out, wiped away by another force.

Then, in front of the "Nine Heavens Thunder God Tree" suspended high in the sky, a tall figure with black hair and black clothes suddenly appeared.

His face, as if finely carved by axe and chisel, was sharp and defined, exuding a cool and unruly charisma. His deep, ocean-like eyes shimmered with endless mystery.

Because of his appearance, the thunder and lightning splashing around became as docile as sheep.

Dong Tianze, Wu Yuan, and the crisis that the true god, Dong Shangqing, encountered were all dissolved into nothingness by him.

Before anyone could grasp the situation, the three of them were already taking powerful medicines for healing, swallowing them as if they knew the dust had settled and that the old dragon couldn’t stir up any more waves.

"Pang Jian!"

Li Jie, huddled within the "Kylin Bell," cried out bizarrely from within.

"Pang Jian!"

The cultivators of the Pure Land within the "Glass Cleansing World God Array," the elders of Sword Tower, several Sword Spirits, and the Heaven Treasure Sect elders watching from a distance in the sky also exclaimed in unison.

He had appeared in a blink amidst the Bee Insects and vanished in the next.

Pang Lin hadn’t even seen him clearly when he had already left the "Glass Cleansing World God Array" and stood before that overbearing old dragon.

"We meet again."

Pang Jian, with his black hair flowing freely in the wind, grinned at the old dragon.

"Crackle!"

Behind him, a narrow and bright space fissure tore open.

Within the fissure’s depths lay a vast and boundless grey Misty Sea, where another Pang Jian with wings like a lion-or-tiger-like skeleton body flew side by side through the sea, surrounded by a halo of seven colors.

The skeleton creature, with hollow eye sockets flickering with blue flames, turned its head curiously.

The other Pang Jian smiled casually, tossing the Thunder Pond he had absorbed into his body casually towards the space fissure.

A miniature Thunder Pond then appeared in Purgatory through the fissure, gently held in Pang Jian’s palm.

He smiled again at Long Xiao.

That smile sent chills down Long Xiao’s spine and shattered the old dragon’s confidence and overbearingness.

"I will leave Purgatory now!"

"From this moment forward, I will never set foot in Purgatory again!"

"Pang Jian, I bear no deep hatred or grievous enmity against you and your sister; I have made no grave mistake!"

"Please spare my life!"

The green-clothed elder’s color changed dramatically. His courage, arrogance, and dominance disappeared in an instant!

His innards felt torn apart, and he suddenly rushed towards the Heaven Forbidden of Purgatory, not even taking the "Nine Heavens Thunder God Tree" with him, desperate only to flee as soon as possible.

Pang Jian shook his head: "The mistake you’ve made requires death as repayment."

The "Nine Heavens Thunder God Tree" that Long Xiao had nurtured and summoned numerous thunderbolts and lightning to conceive a "Tao Fruit" suddenly became supple as vines.

The Divine Tree loomed in mid-air as its branches wound around Long Xiao.

Even as Long Xiao hastily transformed into a giant green dragon, the Divine Tree’s upwards-stretching branches caught up and knotted around him, dragging him downwards.

Long Xiao, who sought to escape immediately when the situation turned dire, couldn’t actually escape.

The "Nine Heavens Thunder God Tree" of the Forbidden Land of Thunder God, which stood rooted in Purgatory, changed ownership in the blink of an eye when Pang Jian held aloft the Thunder Pond, no longer belonging to him, Long Xiao.

This old dragon, who had dominated the Thunder God’s Path of Purgatory World for thousands of years, couldn’t withstand even a moment when faced with Pang Jian again and was captured alive.

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