Swallowed Star: Lord of the Wolf

“The suppression of the Great Dao here is ten times greater than that of the outer area. The spatial structure is fragile and chaotic. Forced flight consumes a huge amount of energy and it is very easy to get lost or be caught in the spatial rift!” As a cultivator of the Great Dao of Space, Lord Liekong is very authoritative in this regard. He gritted his teeth and said, “We must find a stable crystal mountain to settle down and reposition ourselves! Fifty thousand miles ahead, there is a red-gold crystal mountain with relatively stable law fluctuations.”

He pointed to a massive crystal mountain in the distance, appearing and disappearing amidst the raging thunderstorm. Its entire body seemed cast in pure gold, radiating a powerful and masculine aura. The crystal mountain was enormous, like a floating pyramid, serving as a beacon in the chaotic environment.

Lei Zhan looked at Xue Yin, seeking his opinion.

Unbeknownst to them, the Blood Shadow Elder had become the true backbone of this team.

Blood Shadow's murky gaze swept over the crimson-gold crystal mountain, then slowly moved to a dark and desolate area below the mountain, shrouded in thick, black thunderclouds.

Deep within that area, the outline of a much larger, but entirely gray-black, and lusterless crystal mountain could be vaguely seen.

"The Crimson Gold Crystal Mountain, with its blazing Yang Lightning, is the convergence point of the violent energy in this place. It appears stable, but it is actually the core of the vortex. Stepping on it will inevitably result in being bombarded by ten thousand lightning bolts." The Blood Hidden Elder's hoarse voice rang out, calm and undisturbed. "As for the Dry Bone Crystal Mountain, it is deathly silent and deep. It seems to be a dangerous place, but it is the place where depleted energy gathers. Ten thousand lightning bolts cannot avoid it. Stepping on it is actually safe."

Blood Shadow may seem to only know about blood branches and life and death, but in reality, he also has a very deep understanding of the Great Dao of Destruction. With the intersection of the two, his sensitivity to energy is far greater than that of Rift Sky Marquis.

Upon hearing this, Marquis Liekong's brows furrowed instantly.

In his area of ​​expertise, he instinctively retorted: "Absurd! That withered bone crystal mountain is deathly still and lifeless, and the thunder pool below is a stagnant pool, surely harboring great calamity! The crimson gold crystal mountain is yang and stable, an object that can restrain great calamity, and it is precisely..."

at this time.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Boom…

Several terrifying streaks of light, tearing through the void and carrying boundless rage and an urgent aura, burst forth from the chaotic thunderstorm behind them like maggots clinging to a bone.

It was Lei Hao, Lei Xuan, Lei Jin, and the others who had come after them!
"Lei Zhan, don't run!" Lei Hao's roar was like thunder from the heavens. He looked a bit disheveled, with only seven of the nine dragon chariots remaining, and each one was injured.

Under the cover of Shadow King's shadow, Lei Xuan's starship appeared on the flank like a ghost, while the Raging Flame Lord's huge fist was already raised high.

"I never intended to leave!" Lei Zhan was not afraid at all. The void here was chaotic, and he did not believe that the other princes would dare to fight before seeing the true form of the Thunder Source Heart.

It should be noted that there are thunderous beings in this depths that are no less powerful than those at the peak of the Chaos Realm. Otherwise, the royal family would not have allowed them to each recruit two guest advisors to protect them.

As expected, all talk and no action; the four princes looked at each other, locked in a standoff, but none of them were willing to be the first to break the silence.

"Hmph! Everyone wants to take advantage, huh?" Lei Hao raised an eyebrow at the Sixth Prince Lei Jin, who was subtly moving closer to Lei Zhan, but when he saw Lei Xuan also moving in his direction, he relaxed again. "Lei Jin, look at your good fourth brother. He didn't think of you when he tore open the cracks to seize the benefits, and now you're eagerly joining him? How shameless..."

Lei Hao's sarcastic "How shameless!" was like a poisoned ice spike, piercing the already fragile alliance between Lei Jin and Lei Zhan.

Lei Zhan's face instantly turned ashen, his knuckles white as he gripped the Thunder Punishment Spear. If it weren't for the perilous nature of the place and Lei Xuan's menacing gaze, he would have loved to immediately turn the spear around and stab his foul-mouthed older brother right through.

Lei Jin's smile remained unchanged, like a steel mask, and even seemed more "sincere".

He seemed not to have heard the insulting words, looking earnestly at Lei Zhan, his voice carrying a perfectly timed hint of flattery: "Big brother, please don't use such clumsy tricks on us. The alliance between Fourth Brother and me is one of unwavering loyalty; how could such a small setback shake it?" He changed his tone, looking at Lei Zhan with a slightly reproachful smile: "Fourth brother, you see, I told you you stayed here to wait for your little brother, but I just wouldn't believe you!"

As he spoke, the Xuan Yu chariot subtly propelled the flowing ice and fire light towards the void where Lei Zhan and the other two were located, closer to the Dry Bone Crystal Mountain. Huang Wu followed closely behind the chariot, her icy blue eyes like deep, cold pools, warily scanning Lei Hao, Lei Xuan, and the Crimson Gold Crystal Mountain radiating a terrifying aura of Yang Lightning behind them.

Lei Zhan was holding his breath, and almost vomited blood.

Lei Jin's words were like putting him on the hot seat! Admitting they were waiting for him? That would render Lei Hao's provocation a joke, and the alliance would seem even more secure. But this move undoubtedly used Lei Zhan as a shield in front of him!
To deny it again? That would instantly shatter the alliance, making Lei Zhan appear heartless and ungrateful, a traitor who would not only lose his moral compass but also become the target of public criticism.

He clenched his teeth, and the veins on his forehead throbbed, but he finally managed to squeeze out a voice from his throat: "It's good that Sixth Brother understands." This was tantamount to acknowledging Lei Jin's statement.

In his heart, however, he cursed Lei Jin's ancestors for eighteen generations.

This sixth brother is so shameless and cunning, it's outrageous!
"Hahahaha!" Upon seeing this, Lei Hao laughed in anger, his laughter sounding somewhat manic amidst the raging thunder. "Good, what a deep brotherhood! Fourth brother, sixth brother, you two have truly opened my eyes!"

His gaze swept across Lei Zhan and Lei Jin's faces with a sinister intensity, his heart burning with murderous intent.

That bastard Lei Jin clearly wanted to take advantage of Lei Zhan's power, and Lei Zhan, in order to stabilize the situation, actually swallowed his anger. This made Lei Zhan feel like he had punched cotton, extremely frustrated.

Just as Lei Hao was burning with rage, Lei Xuan, who had been silent like a ghost on the flank, spoke up. Her voice was still gentle, yet it carried a chilling penetrating force: "Why is elder brother angry? It's only natural for sixth and fourth brothers to help each other. However..."

He abruptly changed the subject, his gaze fixed on the area of ​​the withered bone crystal mountain shrouded in dark, deathly thunderclouds. "The place my fourth brother chose to settle down is... quite unique."

His eyes, which seemed to hold the trajectories of stars, were sharply fixed on the Blood Shadow Elder, his tone probing: "This must be the renowned Blood Shadow Elder of the Holy City? The method he used to cross the spatial barrier just now was truly breathtaking. I wonder, is choosing such a fierce and desolate place to rest a sign of the Elder's foresight, or... is there another hidden reason?"

He deliberately emphasized the word "rest," clearly not believing that Lei Zhan and his two companions would stay there.

Lei Xuan's words were like a bucket of ice water, instantly drawing everyone's attention away from Lei Hao and Lei Jin's verbal sparring and back to the reality before them—the terrifying environment on the edge of this core area.

The situation reached a strange stalemate.

Lei Hao, Lei Xuan, and Lei Jin, along with Lei Zhan, floated amidst the raging spatial turbulence and destructive lightning breath, wary of each other, their eyes flashing as they rapidly weighed the pros and cons.

"Hahaha! It seems my royal brothers are quite cautious!" A hearty laugh, though barely concealed, came from behind.

boom! boom!
Two streaks of light pierced through the chaotic thunderstorm, revealing their forms.

It was none other than the late-arriving Third Prince Lei Jun and Fifth Prince Lei Li.

The Third Prince Lei Jun rode on a massive thunderous war drum, which was cast from an unknown dark gold metal and covered with mysterious thunder patterns. As the drum surface vibrated slightly, it emitted a deep, heart-beat-like "thump-thump" sound, forming rings of stable golden light shields to resist external erosion.

The Fifth Prince, Lei Li, rode a ferocious thunderous beast called the "Thunder-Swallowing Hou." This beast resembled a Qilin but had a single horn, and its body was covered in purplish-black scales. Its massive jaws opened and closed, constantly devouring the approaching destructive thunderous breath. Standing beside him was the Blazing Sovereign, who had previously displayed great power, with flames rising from his dark red armor.

Both groups were clearly exhausted, having forced their way through and appearing quite disheveled. The Thunder-Swallowing Hou's scales were shattered and charred in many places, and Lei Jun's Thunder War Drum's protective aura flickered. Upon their arrival, they witnessed the standoff ahead.

"All my imperial brothers are here? Hmm? Fourth Brother and Sixth Brother seem quite close... It seems my brother and I haven't arrived too late." Lei Jun said with a smile.

Lei Li also realized what was happening and, riding on the Thunder-Swallowing Beast, said, "It seems the brothers have all formed an alliance. What's the plan now? Two against two?" Although he hadn't discussed it with Lei Li beforehand, neither of them were stupid, and they immediately thought of joining forces.

The situation on the field instantly became a three-way standoff.

……

The Thunder Punishment Abyss, the deepest place.

This place has long surpassed the limits that the Chaos Realm can reach.

The raging lightning plasma was no longer liquid, but a nearly solid crystal shimmering with nine-colored destructive lightning patterns. Space was compressed to its limit, like heavy mercury, with the cage-like membrane visible at all times.

The omnipresent destructive energy was so powerful that even the souls of ordinary god-kings felt a stinging pain.

A massive array, shrouded in an almost tangible membrane of purplish-black lightning, silently floated at the core of this destructive crystal. The array was composed of countless chains of runes that constantly came into being and died, containing endless lightning, its complexity and mystery beyond imagination.

At its core, a crystal the size of a fist, yet radiating a terrifying source of energy that makes the entire abyss pulsate, floats—the Heart of Thunder!
Its entire body was an indescribably deep purple, as if it were formed from the purest source of lightning, yet it faintly revealed a pulsating rhythm as if it possessed life. Countless tiny, blood-red threads, like veins, intertwined and flowed within the crystal, radiating a faint yet incredibly pure, domineering, and at the same time carrying a trace of chaotic and violent will... the power of bloodline.

This is not the blood of the Thunder Ancestor, but the essence of the "Nine Tribulations Thunder Kui," a god-king level thunder beast with a thin layer of primordial bloodline, which was raised by the Thunder Ancient Kingdom at great cost.

The bloodline of the progenitor is so noble and terrifying, who would dare to use its blood to baptize these princes?

This Thunder Source Heart is actually the essence blood of a strange beast raised by an ancient kingdom. It was placed in the core of the Thunder Punishment Abyss, where the violent chaotic thunder power washed over it for a full hundred epochs, temporarily suppressing the fragments of primordial will contained in the essence blood. This made its violent and ferocious power relatively "mild," allowing the princes to absorb and refine it to temper their own bloodlines.

Once the trial is over, the remaining primordial essence will be recycled and utilized by the true god-king level beings of the ancient kingdom to improve themselves.

At this moment, a blurry figure floated silently outside the array's light membrane.

An ineffable law of "quantity" flowed around her, as if she carried countless worlds and countless beings. Threads of cause and effect appeared and disappeared around her, weaving into a net that isolated the terrifying pressure of this place, which was enough to annihilate a god-king.

It was a manifestation of a wisp of divine power from the God-King Jiayin.

Her eyes, composed of boundless laws and threads of cause and effect, calmly pierced through layers of lightning crystals, chaotic spatial faults, and raging destructive lightning, clearly "seeing" everything that was happening in the upper levels of the abyss.

She saw eight peak Chaos Realm experts from the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom plundering Thunder Source Crystals in the outer area like hyenas, while the Drywood Hermit was quietly leading Bone Fierce and Rock Kui into the depths of that deep purple Thunder Pool.

She also witnessed the confrontation between Lei Hao, Lei Xuan, Lei Li, and other princes.

finally--

Her gaze shifted slightly, landing on the Thunder Source Heart at the core of the formation, which was slowly pulsating and had blood-red veins flowing inside.

"One hundred eras have passed. The will of chaos has been suppressed to its lowest point by the Abyss Lightning Punishment... It's time to lay the bait."

Her fingers, composed of pure laws, gently touched the core of the massive array that enveloped the Heart of Thunder.

Om-!
At the core of the formation, a subtle mark condensed from boundless laws silently lit up.

Click!

A very faint cracking sound, like an eggshell breaking, came from inside the Heart of Thunder.

Immediately afterwards——

Boom, boom, boom! ! ! !

The entire Thunder Punishment Abyss, from the core of the formation to the outer edge, was like a stagnant pool that had been filled with a boulder, suddenly unleashing an unprecedented and terrifying torrent.

An indescribable, pure vitality, as if from the beginning of chaos and the source of all things, mixed with the majestic aura of the supreme thunder origin, accompanied by faint yet incomparably pure fluctuations of the Hunyuan bloodline, erupted from the heart of the thunder source like a bursting dam of a galaxy.

Without the suppression of the great formation, the God-King level fluctuations of the Thunder Source Heart ran rampant.

The nine-colored lightning surged wildly.

The space crystal walls trembled violently.

The abyss of thunder and lightning unleashed a raging torrent.

A colossal pillar of lightning, piercing the heavens and earth and connecting the core of the abyss with the upper space, suddenly rose up like a spear of creation!

The boundless vitality and primal aura released by the Heart of Thunder, like the sweetest bait, instantly traveled through the raging lightning to every corner of the abyss's core region.

Above, Lei Li, Lei Hao, and the others who were busy confronting each other changed their expressions drastically, and then burst into an extremely greedy ecstasy.

Deep within the sea of ​​thunder, many terrifying thunder creatures lurking and exuding the aura of the Chaos Realm were also completely awakened by this aura, letting out earth-shattering, greedy roars.

The storm was ignited completely at this moment! (End of Chapter)