The road is vague

Chapter 330 Dark Thunder Heavenly Book
Seeing that the Soul Refining Banner was gradually weakening under the Five Thunders to Dust Divine Power, Venerable Lei Yuan was naturally unwilling to sit idly by and wait for death. He immediately withdrew the Soul Refining Banner and let out a low roar.

The two bolts of Yin lightning intertwined and formed a mid-to-high-level Yin lightning spell, heading straight for Li Mo.

This time, Li Mo transformed into lightning, his body suddenly disintegrating. While dodging the Yin Lightning spell of Thunder Venerable, he appeared behind him, unleashing a terrifying lightning pressure. With a wave of his hand, he released a high-level intermediate spell, Thunder God Fist.

This is also the highest-level ready-made thunder technique among the three levels of the Hidden Merit Pavilion on Qingming Mountain.

Judging from the name alone, Thunder Fist seems to be just a basic spell, similar to the name "Palm Thunder".

But in reality, this is a proper high-level Yang Thunder spell, which has a certain sense of returning to simplicity.

By deeply studying these advanced spells, one might occasionally have a flash of inspiration over many years, grasp a certain pattern, comprehend a certain supernatural power, and thus lay a solid foundation for advancing to the middle or late stages of the Golden Core realm.

However, for Li Mo...

He not only mastered the Five Thunders Transformation into Dust Divine Power, but also comprehended the Multiverse Chaos Thunder Dao. In addition, with his understanding of Thunder Wu Transformation and Extreme Thunder Body, based on his comprehension of the Great Dao, let alone advancing to the Golden Core stage, even the Nascent Soul stage would no longer be an insurmountable obstacle. Therefore, he naturally did not need to delve deeper into these high-level thunder techniques, but simply used them as a means of combat.

Crackling!

The pure, supreme yang lightning, like a violent ray of spiritual light, was blasted out by Li Mo with a punch, aiming straight for Lei Yuan Venerable's back.

The intense, scorching white lightning, containing destructive power, spread countless currents in all directions like ripples, creating a visually stunning effect, as if a thunderbolt had descended upon the world.

High-level spells have the property of drawing upon the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, often creating some unusual phenomena in the world, which is enough to exert a mental pressure and intimidate low-level cultivators. Venerable Lei Yuan was greatly alarmed.

However, in Li Mo's eyes, this was merely a facade, a mere illusion.

“Spending energy studying various techniques and altering their structure is merely a minor path; exploring deeper principles and mastering supernatural powers can only be considered a middle path; studying the Daoist tradition, exploring the secrets of heaven, and possessing one's own principles are the true Great Dao.”

For example, binary chaotic lightning has no fancy structure and does not need to conform to the laws of order.

Because it is itself a kind of order and law!
Even though it was just an ordinary strike, the dualistic chaotic thunder represented the multi-dimensional chaotic thunder path. In the face of the power of the Great Dao, which was like a crushing force of realms, no fancy appearance could withstand it. It could only be destroyed and torn apart.

That being said.

Now, after sacrificing the Wu Clan twice, Li Mo, with his early Golden Core cultivation, casually unleashed a high-level mid-grade spell, which truly terrified and horrified Venerable Lei Yuan.

This was a talent far beyond his imagination.

Faced with a life-or-death crisis, Venerable Lei Yuan immediately bit his tongue, spitting out a mouthful of blood essence. He released the Blood Dragon Protective Technique at all costs, and then fell to the ground under the power of thunder.

With a loud bang, the earth trembled.

The thunderbolts relentlessly pounded the earth, sending dust flying everywhere. The violent power of the thunder lasted for more than ten breaths before gradually subsiding.

"Oh?"

Li Mo saw the situation below through the Eye of True Spirit.

The dust, smoke, and chaotic spiritual energy fluctuations below could no longer hinder him in the slightest.

Within the deep crater blasted by the lightning, a blood-red object resembling a silkworm cocoon had formed, protecting Venerable Lei Yuan within. However, due to the overwhelming power of the Thunder God Fist, its center was ultimately torn apart by the lightning, revealing the heavily injured Venerable Lei Yuan inside.

If he hadn't been corrupted by evil spirits and become a god of evil, he would most likely be a corpse by now.

Even so, his gaze towards Li Mo revealed deep fear. As the power of the Thunder God Fist dissipated, Venerable Lei Yuan gritted his teeth and roared, unleashing the remaining power of the Blood Dragon Protective Technique.

This secret technique could originally be divided into two parts.

The first stage involves sacrificing one's own essence and blood to activate the protective power of the Blood Path Demon Art, which not only powerfully protects oneself but also absorbs the attacks received during this period.

The second phase involves unleashing both the protective blood magic and the absorbed attacks.

It can be described as a very powerful bloodline secret technique.

Unfortunately, the power of Li Mo's Thunder Fist had clearly exceeded the range that Lei Yuan Venerable could withstand after using his secret technique. Therefore, this second phase of the counterattack became weak and was easily dodged by Li Mo in the air.

Li Mo summoned the Black Gold Pagoda.

The black shell, resembling a pagoda, stirred up the surrounding spiritual energy, creating a distorted and chaotic visual effect as it descended from the sky.

There was a bang.

The ravines on the waist of Refining Soul Mountain spread out, cracking into countless fissures that rapidly expanded in all directions. Unfortunately, Venerable Lei Yuan once again used his Dark Thunder Movement Technique to escape.

He turned to look at the shocking blow delivered by the gravity artifact.

"How much gold essence would it take to refine this treasure!"

After taking a deep breath, Venerable Lei Yuan completely lost the courage to fight Li Mo and quickly fled into the distance. Seeing that Li Mo was about to recall the Black Gold Pagoda to chase after him, he immediately opened the Dark Thunder Heavenly Book.

A strange scene appeared.

The Dark Thunder Heavenly Book closed itself again, seemingly unwilling to be controlled, leaving Venerable Thunder Origin speechless.

He knew that the Dark Thunder Heavenly Book was like this entirely because of that person.

"Where exactly are you, you rogue cultivator? What's your background?!"

While roaring, Venerable Lei Yuan seemed to have lost his mind, continuously releasing large amounts of lightning and fire spells behind him in an attempt to stop Li Mo's pursuit.

Upon hearing this, Li Mo smiled proudly.

He had long ago discovered that the cultivators here were much weaker than those of the same level in the Central Plains.

It seems that due to their long period of hiding, the cultivators here have no inherited foundation whatsoever. In addition, with the extreme scarcity of various resources, it seems that it is not impossible for cultivators from the great powers of the Central Plains to kill people of higher levels here.

As a true disciple of the Lingmu Sect, he can be considered one of the best cultivators in the Central Plains. Although he has only recently advanced to the Golden Core stage, the strength he has demonstrated has far exceeded Lei Yuan Venerable's understanding of early-stage Golden Core cultivators.

At the same time, Li Mo had already seen through the opponent's scheme through his True Spirit Eye.

The enemy appeared to be panicking and losing their minds, launching a large-scale lightning attack, but their real purpose was to cover up a single lightning bomb that had been mixed in with their own.

boom!
The Three Yang Lightning was once again blocked by the Black Gold Pagoda, erupting with astonishing cyan-green flames, but it did not harm Li Mo behind it in the slightest. It is evident that the fire and lightning of the previous Thunder Envoy was bestowed by this Thunder Venerable.

Li Mo had no choice but to stop. Seeing that his sneak attack had failed, but that he had temporarily stopped Li Mo's pursuit, Lei Yuan was overjoyed.

He has decided to abandon the vast empire of the Lei Yuan Sect and from now on, he will be free to roam the world.

"Ugh."

It would be a pity to give up the vast wealth of the Lei Yuan Sect and the three giant serpents trapped in the great formation, but he had fled from the Lost Continent to survive here. In his nearly 100 years of cultivation, he had experienced countless hardships and setbacks. He could be described as someone who could take things on and let them go, and he could be considered a decisive and ruthless hero.

But at this moment.

A figure bearing a striking resemblance to Li Mo suddenly appeared several hundred feet away from Venerable Lei Yuan, looking at him with a beaming smile.

"kindness?"

This slightly sinister figure, who was looking at Lei Yuan Venerable with a friendly expression a moment ago, suddenly stretched out his right hand, pulled out his own bloody spine, and strode wildly towards Lei Yuan Venerable.

"Mid-stage Golden Core cultivation!"

Lei Yuan Venerable gasped, realizing that Li Mo had also caught up from behind, and a look of despair immediately appeared on his face.

……

Half an hour later.

Even though Venerable Lei Yuan fought desperately, he was in poor condition, and the Dark Thunder Heavenly Book was causing trouble at this time. At the same time, the Three Kings Giant Serpent was also trapped due to Li Mo's ambush. Under the combined efforts of Li Mo and the True Demon Avatar, this early Golden Core cultivator died in less than the time it takes for an incense stick to burn during the entire battle.

This was the first Golden Core cultivator that Li Mo personally killed.

Thinking of the once high and mighty Golden Core cultivators who had now been annihilated by him, he revealed an indescribable excitement.

"If I were on Qingming Mountain, I would already be the grandmaster uncle of all the Qi Refining disciples."

After shaking his head, Li Mo first glanced at the Soul Refining Banner, which was now in a terrible state.

Such magical artifacts are quite popular overseas. After all, although there is a lack of various materials here, there is no shortage of living souls. There are no moral constraints, so it is naturally easy to refine them.

Li Mo then looked at Lei Yuanzun's storage bag.

Although this was a high-level storage bag and contained quite a lot of items, it was still far too meager compared to the expected value of a Golden Core cultivator in Li Mo's mind.

Don’t say anything else.

Looking at the readily available spirit stones, there are only a few thousand of them, despite him being the leader of a sect.

The only thing that comforted Li Mo was that there were actually four demon cores in the storage bag. They all had the peak cultivation of the late Foundation Establishment stage in life. This was because the demon cores of the sea monsters here had more spiritual power than the demon cores of the same level in the Central Plains. If he could gather the relevant spiritual herbs and neutralize their brutal aura, it would be enough to refine spiritual herbs that could improve the cultivation of the Golden Core stage.

"How about we try hunting down the sea monsters here?"

Li Mo looked thoughtful, but his rationality quickly prevailed.

The sea monsters here are all man-eating beasts that don't spit out bones, similar to the man-eating monsters of the southern barbarian lands, and are the so-called outer gods.

Every few decades, the Outer Gods in the deep sea would attack the many islands surrounding the Lost Continent, devouring the humans there, and the Thousand Pearl Islands were no exception.

If he were to recklessly stray from the Thousand Treasures Islands and venture into the more distant outer seas, even if he were to manage to hunt down some sea monsters, he would ultimately be devoured by all sorts of deep-sea gods.

At last.

Li Mo looked at the black book in Lei Yuan's hand, the cover of which clearly bore the words "Dark Thunder".

He immediately signaled his demon clone to step forward, intending to refine it in the same way he had treated the ancient scripture tablet. However, the black book opened on its own, and the constantly leaping black lightning formed a line of silver swan-like characters.

"Respected, noble, and great Sealer, Dark Thunder is willing to become your servant and obey all your will. Dark Thunder begs you not to destroy my consciousness."

"kindness?"

Upon seeing this, Li Mo immediately signaled the True Demon clone to stop its actions.

The True Demon Avatar represents the indescribable entity within the Misty Box. Li Mo revived the True Demon Avatar through the Misty Box, clearing away the special will within the original demonic blood, and then refined it into an external avatar, enabling him to absorb these evil spirits.

"You know I can destroy you?"

The black lightning on the Dark Thunder Heavenly Book transformed into new silver swan-like characters.

"Yes, you have sealed the source of order for all evil spirits. Through it, you can decide whether the existence of all evil spirits has any real significance."

Even though Li Mo had already guessed this, his eyelids still twitched wildly after seeing An Lei's response.

"You were created by it?"

Black lightning flashed, and the silver runes changed once more.

"No, we are temporarily stealing the lost order after its death, giving birth to a special order that may be distorted, unreasonable, supernatural, or should not exist. Once it comes back to life, we will all disappear and become reasonable."

Li Mo began to engage in continuous dialogue and questioning with him.

During the question-and-answer session between Li Mo and the evil spirit, it was discovered that this evil spirit knew nothing about anything except its own affairs, or rather, about the irrational and nonexistent order.

Even so, Li Mo benefited greatly from it.

"So, one last question: if I leave you here to continue evolving, what benefits can you bring me?"

Black lightning flashed, seemingly with a hint of elation, forming new silver spherical patterns.

"I am a kind of Yin Thunder Order in the Mountain and Sea Realm. I am good at eroding the great demon remnants and wild creatures that should not exist in the Mountain and Sea Realm. They have thick skin and flesh, and their souls have a special connection with the Mountain and Sea Realm. As long as I absorb thunder spirit treasures and continue to evolve, I can forcibly control the souls of these lives that should have been extinct and should not exist, and make them your loyal slaves."

Li Mo got the answer he wanted, and couldn't help but reveal a slightly sinister smile.

(End of this chapter)