Battle Through the Heavens: Purple Heaven Thunder Emperor

Chapter 283: The Black Robe of a Douhuang with Lightning Attribute?

"Boom!"

A sound like surging ocean waves came from behind.

Above the Tianmu Mountains, the energy tides were like a giant beast awakening, emitting violent roars.

The immense energy broke through the clouds and spread rapidly in all directions. Xiao Bai looked up and a look of surprise appeared in his eyes.

With his extraordinary spiritual power, he clearly sensed how vast and powerful this energy was.

If this had happened before he entered the mountains, he wouldn't have been confident he could force his way in.

"Alright, the spots are now set, and the tidal energy has reached its peak. It's time to enter the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool. Follow me!"

Slowly withdrawing his gaze from looking up, Jin Shi glanced at the crowd and took the lead in heading deeper into the mountaintop.

Seeing this, everyone hurriedly followed.

The platform fell silent instantly, with only two figures standing there and the endless howling of the wind.

With his eyes fixed on Xiao Bai's figure disappearing into the rocks, Bing Ze crushed the ice crystal in his hand, his gaze dark and almost dripping with water.

"Senior brother..." the blue-robed youth said in a low voice, but was interrupted by Bingze raising his hand.

"It's alright." Bingze's voice was as cold as a poisoned ice blade. "Let's go down the mountain first!"

As he spoke, he staggered to his feet, looked up at the rapidly surging energy tide in the sky, and a cold smile curled at the corner of his mouth.

"Since you love the Tianmu Mountains, then let it stay here forever!"

at the same time.

Xiao Bai and the others followed Jin Shi, heading deeper into the mountaintop along the steep mountain path.

The fluctuations of the surrounding energy tides became increasingly violent, and the air was filled with a rich energy aura, as if every breath could inhale a vast amount of energy from heaven and earth.

Seeing this, everyone's expressions became even more expectant, and their pace quickened suddenly.

After a while, a volcano came into view, with wisps of scorching hot smoke constantly billowing out as energy surged forth. The center of the smoke emitted a bright red light, which was extremely conspicuous.

"That is the Blood Pool of Tianshan. Once you enter, remember, although the energy within the Blood Pool is abundant, it is also filled with extremely strong fire poison, and the fire poison intensifies the deeper you go. You must come out within three days at most, otherwise the fire poison will accumulate in your body, and unless some high-level alchemists intervene, it will be extremely troublesome!"

Standing on the edge of the crater, Jinshi pointed to the center that emitted a crimson light, his voice slightly heavy.

Everyone's hearts skipped a beat, and their previously excited expressions changed slightly as they looked in the direction he was pointing.

In the center of a cloud of fire and mist, a pool about ten feet in size could be vaguely seen, overflowing with a blood-red liquid that rolled like magma.

"Alright, you can go in now!"

Upon hearing this, everyone's eyes lit up, and a whooshing sound rang out as they eagerly entered.

"Aren't you going?"

Jin Shi turned around and looked at Xiao Bai, who was standing there calmly, with a surprised expression.

Judging from the young man's previous actions, he was clearly very interested in the Blood Pool, even at the cost of offending the Ice River Valley. Why is he acting so unhurriedly now?

"Didn't Chief Jinshi just suggest we move over for a chat?"

Xiao Bai withdrew his gaze from the blood pool and turned it to Jin Shi, a playful smile appearing on his lips.

His goal wasn't this small pool, but the bottom of the volcano.

"Hehe. Interesting!"

Jin Shi was taken aback, his eyes showing a strange light. After looking Xiao Bai up and down, he smiled and said:

"If I'm not mistaken, young friend, you are an alchemist, aren't you?"

Without waiting for Xiao Bai's reply, he continued to speak eloquently:

"Moreover, you are a high-ranking alchemist. I have sensed the fragrance of pills on you before in some high-ranking alchemists in the Pill Domain. Ordinary alchemists do not have such a strong fragrance."

After saying that, she looked at Xiao Bai with a smile, but there was something else she didn't say.

The soul power that Xiao Bai had previously displayed was too astonishing.

With just his soul power, he could suppress a nine-star Dou Huang to his knees. If he wasn't an alchemist, how could he possess such powerful soul power?

Xiao Bai remained noncommittal, a fleeting glint of light flashing between his brows.

"You want me to expel the fire toxins from your body?"

Jin Shi felt an invisible force sweep over him, and a strange light flashed in his eyes. He stepped forward, staring intently at Xiao Bai, his voice trembling slightly:

"Young friend, are you confident?"

"The fire poison has seeped into your very bones. If you hadn't been strong enough to suppress it, you would have been reduced to ashes long ago."

Xiao Bai shook his head. At this moment, he looked just like an old Chinese medicine doctor who had just finished taking a pulse, with a compassionate expression that said, "Eat whatever you want."

Seeing Jin Shi's face gradually darken, he slowly said after a long while:

"It's tricky, but not without a solution!"

Upon hearing this, Jin Shi's disappointed expression froze, his breathing gradually became heavy, his eyes turned bloodshot, and he took another step forward.

"Clatter."

The stones beneath their feet shattered instantly.

"Young friend, can you really help me get rid of the poison?"

Xiao Bai didn't answer immediately. He walked to the edge of the crater with his hands behind his back, looked at the blood pool in the center, and chuckled softly, his tone enigmatic:

"These guys absorb energy pretty quickly!"

Jin Shi was taken aback. Following his gaze, he instantly understood. His cloudy eyes flashed with a sharp light. After hesitating for a moment, he gritted his teeth and said:

"Young friend, if you can completely expel the fire poison from my body, I will give you a guaranteed chance to advance to the Dou Zong realm!"

"Not enough!" Xiao Bai was not surprised by this condition and shook his head slightly.

Aren't you curious at all?

Jin Shi was slightly surprised. He had thought that once this condition was set, the person in front of him would definitely agree.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Bai showed no surprise upon hearing this news; in fact, his expression did not waver at all.

"Why are you curious? The fire poison in your body couldn't possibly have accumulated to this level with the Blood Pool opening only once every three years. I think there should be a place with more abundant energy at the bottom of this volcano, right?"

Xiao Bai glanced at Jin Shi and smiled slightly.

Upon hearing this, Jin Shi's pupils contracted, and his heart was filled with turbulent emotions.

What a clever kid!

Over the years, even among the Gold-Eating Rat Clan, only a handful of people knew about the events at the bottom of the volcano.

Based solely on the brief description of the Blood Pool and the fire poison on his body, the young man deduced the location.

No wonder he remained calm while those nine people kept absorbing the energy from the blood pool.

"Let me add one more condition: during my secluded breakthrough, no one is allowed to interfere with me."

Xiao Bai turned his head to look at Jin Shi, his tone seemingly implying something:

"Remember, it's anyone!"

Upon hearing this, Jin Shi's eyes flashed, and he immediately realized that this guy was worried about Ice Valley!

"Very well! I agree. Within the Tianmu Mountains, even the people of the Ice River Valley will not be able to disturb you!"

After a moment's hesitation, a glint flashed in Jin Shi's eyes, and he said in a deep voice:

"However, this only applies during your seclusion. Once you emerge from the Blood Pool, the Gold-Eating Rat Clan will not interfere in your affairs or those of the Ice River Valley!"

"Can!"

Xiao Bai nodded, a meaningful smile curving his lips.

He knew about Jin Shi's concerns, but he didn't care. As long as no one disturbed him during his seclusion, he was fine. As for the Gold-Eating Rat Clan, he wasn't very interested.

Turning to look at the pool of blood, his eyes flashed with multicolored light:

"Well then, it's time to fulfill your first promise. Once I break through, I can help you get rid of the poison!"

"I hope you keep your word!" Jin Shi stared at Xiao Bai for a while before nodding slightly.

Without further ado, he turned his gaze to the blood pool, his expression complex, his tone a mixture of love and hate, and said:

"Just as you guessed, the location they are in now, although rich in energy, is not the most exquisite part of the Tianshan Blood Pool."

"With each energy tide, although a large portion of the energy condenses into the red liquid in the pool, a considerable portion of the energy also settles down and infiltrates the bottom of the volcano. Although this portion of energy is not much, it is exceptionally pure and concentrated through the accumulation of time."

"However, while it is a treasure land, it is also very dangerous. It is the place with the most concentrated fire poison in the entire Blood Pool. When our clan opened up that place, many of our clansmen died. Therefore, it has always been considered a secret place of the Gold-Eating Rat Clan."

As he spoke, he flipped his hand, and a dark golden rat skull appeared in his palm. With a flick of his finger, a golden light streaked across the space and rushed toward Xiao Bai.

"Beneath the blood pool lies a spatial barrier erected by my Gold-Eating Rat Clan. Only with this barrier can one enter!"

Xiao Bai reached out and caught the dark gold rat skull. It felt warm and smooth to the touch, yet he could faintly sense the spatial power contained within it.

This is exactly what he needs. Otherwise, if he goes down directly and triggers the barrier, the attitude of the Gold-Eating Rat Clan will not be as easy to talk to as it is now.

He gently traced the fine lines on the bone surface with his fingertips, then glanced back at the metal and stone:

"Remember your second promise."

As soon as he finished speaking, his figure transformed into a streak of lightning, heading straight for the blood pool.

"I hope that after I fulfill my promise, you will also fulfill the terms of the deal, otherwise..."

Watching Xiao Bai's retreating figure, Jin Shi muttered to himself, a hint of expectation flickering in his eyes, while also revealing a trace of coldness.

"I really don't know what you were thinking. That guy is just a lightning-attribute cultivator, and you actually believe he's an alchemist, let alone a high-level one?"

The space rippled, and a short figure appeared, dressed in a gray robe, whose aura was weaker than that of Jin Shi.

Jin Shi didn't turn around, seemingly unsurprised by the newcomer. Hearing this, he sighed, his tone bitter:

"Jin Gu, I can't hold on much longer. If the fire poison isn't resolved, it will erupt fully in a few years at most. This is an opportunity. After all, those seventh-level alchemists in Zhongzhou are arrogant and proud. If we were to ask them for help, we would probably have to pay a high price."

Jin Shi didn't finish speaking, but Jin Gu already understood that healing injuries was different from alchemy.

Refining pills has a clear price tag, but treating this kind of injury depends entirely on the alchemist's words, and it's uncertain whether it can be cured. If they encounter a greedy alchemist who exploits them to the point of marrow draining, they are helpless.

After all, even the Gold-Eating Rat Clan might not be able to afford to provoke an alchemist whose alchemy level reaches the seventh rank. This is the frustrating thing about magical beasts.

This is because alchemy is a profession that humans possess.

In Warcraft, alchemists are extremely rare, let alone high-level alchemists.

Deep within the pool of blood.

Xiao Bai was surrounded by five-colored lightning, which kept the viscous blood-red liquid out.

As they descended, the fiery toxins contained in the surrounding red liquid became increasingly concentrated, and the temperature rose sharply.

"If Xian'er were here, she would probably thrive."

Sensing the increasingly intense fire poison around him, a hint of surprise flashed in Xiao Bai's eyes.

These fiery toxins were even more massive than those produced by the Fallen Heart Flame of Canaan Academy. When they struck the lightning, sparks flew everywhere, accompanied by a constant hissing sound.

The viscous, magma-like liquid was continuously pushed aside, and Xiao Bai descended another hundred feet. The dark golden skull in the book began to heat up faintly, and a few rays of light flickered.

"Are we almost at the bottom?"

Xiao Bai was overjoyed and accelerated his descent.

A moment later, he paused, suddenly stopped, and a distorted transparent light screen suddenly appeared in front of him.

Runes flowed across the light screen, and the faint silhouette of a gold-devouring rat could be seen.

Take out the rat skull and gently press it onto the light screen.

"Buzz—"

The light curtain rippled like water, and a crack appeared.

In an instant, an energy dozens of times more concentrated than the blood pool surged out!

Xiao Bai cautiously passed through the light curtain, and the scene before him was astonishing.

This spatially sealed area wasn't very large, about ten zhang in size, but the viscosity of the crimson energy inside was so high that Xiao Bai had never seen anything like it before.

"What a wonderful place! It was worth the long journey from the Northwest Continent!"

Feeling the resistance that was dozens of times greater than outside the barrier with every move he made, Xiao Bai's eyes lit up with surprise. Even the stench and heat from the dense fire poison around him didn't seem so unpleasant anymore!

Xiao Bai took a deep breath, channeling the lightning power within his body to its maximum.

Five-colored lightning flowed across his body, completely isolating him from the incoming fire poison.

Without further hesitation, Xiao Bai sat cross-legged, formed hand seals, circulated his internal energy, and his body was instantly engulfed in five-colored lightning.

"boom!"

A violent surge of lightning swept out, forcing back the viscous liquid and creating a lightning domain three zhang in diameter around it.

The energy of the blood pool was frantically absorbed into it, and the fire poison and ash mist mixed in were quickly extinguished into nothingness by the lightning when they passed through the lightning domain, and could not get close to his body at all.

Suddenly, Xiao Bai felt a strange movement in his dantian. Since the last overuse, his Five Elements, which had been somewhat dim, seemed to smell something fishy.

It instantly burst forth with a bright light, and in the blink of an eye, an extremely powerful devouring force erupted.

The energy in the space surged even more violently, even bringing with it bursts of howling sounds, like a vortex constantly converging into Xiao Bai's body.

"Such pure energy!"

Xiao Bai's body trembled, his eyes blazed with divine light, and streams of powerful energy surged into his body. His meridians, bones, and flesh absorbed this energy with great thirst, rapidly strengthening themselves.

Although this energy is domineering, after being filtered by the power of thunder, it is more than ten times purer than the outside world!

Time passed second by second, and his aura began to rise at an astonishing rate.

Black impurities seeped from the pores all over the body, and then instantly vaporized under the high temperature of thunder.

Just as Xiao Bai transformed into a Devouring Demon, on the outskirts of the Tianmu Mountains.

On a cliff, Bingze and the blue-robed youth stood before an old man in white robes, their eyes lowered.

"So you're saying you were defeated in one move, and your spot was snatched away?"

The old man stared directly at the two of them, his voice low and somber. Frost spread beneath his feet, instantly covering the entire cliff, and the surrounding temperature dropped rapidly.

His heart was burning with anger, partly from the two men's humiliation in front of everyone, but mostly from the person who dared to oppose his Ice Valley.

Taking a deep breath to suppress his surging emotions, the old man waved his hand, withdrawing his imposing aura, and said calmly:

"Tell me the whole process from beginning to end!"

The young man in the blue robe glanced at his silent senior brother and had no choice but to tell him the whole story.

"Battle Emperor. Black Robe, Lightning Attribute?"

Upon hearing this, the old man's face immediately showed surprise and uncertainty. The image of that person in the Netherworld Swamp, who was also a Dou Huang, also dressed in black robes, and also had the same lightning attribute, immediately flashed into his mind.

(End of this chapter)