Tower Defense: Public Enemy

Lei Chi's voice caused Li Luo and Gu Ran's expressions to change drastically. The two looked over in disbelief, only to see that Lei Chi was still the same as before, without the slightest damage.

"How is this possible? You actually managed to break free of the Heavenly Bond!"

"My Corrupting God Poison has no effect on you? That's impossible!"

The two women no longer cared about scheming against each other. They acted decisively and without delay, flying towards the exit of Fish Dragon Lake.

"Trying to leave? It's too late!"

Lei Chi smiled slightly. Previously, he had only been playing around. He seemed fierce, but he hadn't used any killing moves against Gu Ran and Li Luo. But now that he understood his own strength, he had had enough and didn't want to play with Gu Ran and Li Luo anymore.

With a thought, 168 long-range swords shot out from behind him.

While both involve controlling objects with mental power, Lei Chi's methods are now vastly different. Previously, his thoughts were merely thoughts, but now they can solidify into physical forms, making him countless times more powerful than before. Even without using them to control objects, he can kill enemies with his thoughts alone, and players like Qi Xingge are already unstoppable.

It can be said that Lei Chi has truly achieved the power to decide life and death with a single thought.

When he controlled the Long Sky Sword with his mental power, its power was naturally even more terrifying. Each Long Sky Sword seemed to have a spirit, not only flying forward but also spinning at high speed. With a clang, they scattered and then reunited, forming two long snake sword formations that snaked out and rushed towards Gu Ran and Li Luo.

Knowing the danger, the bearded man opened his mouth and spat out a round shield in front of him. Clang clang clang clang, the rapidly flying swords struck the round shield. Although many of them were deflected by the impact, the round shield quickly developed cracks and shattered in less than a breath.

The ancient bearded man was experienced in combat. After raising his round shield, he quickly retreated. When the shield shattered, his face showed fear, but his figure vanished in a flash, disappearing into the void.

Li Luo, however, did not have his ability. She was already poisoned, and her strength had dropped drastically. She was unable to withstand the Long Sky Sword Formation at all, and her body was shredded in an instant.

However, strangely, another "Li Luo" appeared in the distance. This Li Luo rushed straight towards the exit of Yulong Lake, while the two mighty tigers, who had been waiting for a long time, roared at the same time and reached out their claws to press her down.

With a bang, Li Luo's body exploded again, turning into a cloud of green mist. The green mist quickly split into nine streams, transforming into nine small green foxes that fled in different directions.

"Where to go?"

Lei Chi now had his hands behind his back. His eyes were like lightning, and wherever his thoughts went, discs wrapped in electric light appeared and swiftly slashed towards the nine little foxes.

The electric discs were about ten feet in diameter, resembling a convergence of lightning, flashing with arcs of electricity and crackling loudly. Upon closer inspection, one could see that they were spinning at an extremely high speed and had serrated edges.

This was Lei Chi using the [Flying Thunder God Technique]. This technique was created by Supreme Treasure based on the abilities of the seventh-tier [Swimming Fin]. When Lei Chi unleashed it, he could use his magic power to condense a lightning bolt saw to kill the enemy. The lightning flashed, and its speed was extremely fast.

It can be said that the Flying Thunder God Technique is the fastest attack method in the Thunder Pool.

In an instant, the nine blue foxes were killed by the lightning and lightning saw, and then turned into blue mist, which gathered into a ball and formed a small blue fox only the size of a fist.

The little blue fox shimmered with a faint blue light. After transforming, it immediately clasped its hands in a gesture of respect and knelt down to worship the Thunder Pool.

"Now you're begging for mercy?" Lei Chi shook his head. "I gave you a chance, but you didn't cherish it. Now, it's too late!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a lightning-fast lightning saw flashed by, cleaving the little blue fox in two.

Her body transformed into azure mist again, revealing an expression filled with resentment and venom, yet she spoke, "With my Heavenly Silk, I can capture the Ancient Beard and kill him..."

Before he could finish speaking, the green aura dissipated.

Lei Chi had already sensed that Li Luo was truly dead this time, not even a single thought remained.

"Leaving behind this dying message, even in death you betray us—what was the point of your life?"

Lei Chi shook his head. He wasn't in a hurry to perform the ritual for Li Luo. He reached out and grabbed a shimmering thread with his powerful mental energy.

This thread is the Heavenly Balance Thread that Li Luo mentioned. Li Luo should have four of them; three were destroyed by the Thunder Pool, and this last one is intact.

"It seems to be a treasure."

Lei Chi examined the thread for a few moments. At this moment, the thread was only the length of a hair, about a foot long, crystal clear, and had a metallic texture.

Although the system did not reveal the attribute information of the silk thread to Lei Chi, he could already confirm that it was a rare treasure that could respond to mental power, and it was not unreasonable to call it a mental weapon.

The other three Heavenly Bonds were broken by the Thunder Pool, meaning they were completely destroyed and turned into nothingness.

"This thing still needs to be nurtured with spiritual power to develop its functions. It's a pretty good loot."

With a thought, Lei Chi wrapped the Heavenly Silk around his thumb. He reached out and grabbed a thumb ring and a token in front of him.

Those were Li Luo's storage ring and cave token.

Lei Chi wasn't in a hurry to examine the items in the ring, much less leave Fish Dragon Lake to explore Li Luo's cave. After putting the two items away, he calmly raised his gaze and looked towards a point in the void.

That ancient-bearded man possessed the abilities of a Void Sword God, and thought he had vanished into the void, but in reality, Lei Chi could clearly see him from beginning to end.

"Your turn!"

Lei Chi said calmly, and the next moment, a light shone between his brows.

Mo Lang, Lucifer, and Yudara watched Lei Chi fight against Gu Ran and Li Luo. They were shocked and unable to calm down. The strength Lei Chi displayed completely exceeded their imagination and almost shattered their worldview.

At this moment, they were surprised to see that after a flash of light between Lei Chi's brows, a tall figure with three rings of light and flame behind him slowly appeared behind Lei Chi.

The figure looked exactly like Lei Chi, but he was filled with a sacred aura. He sat cross-legged with a calm smile on his face. He was wearing a robe that resembled both a Taoist robe and an official's robe. Beneath him, there was something that looked like a lotus platform formed from lightning.

They didn't recognize it; it was the divine form of Lei Chi.

The Divine Image of Freedom was formed through the [Freedom and Bliss Skill]. Initially, it was a projection of the mind, but with Lei Chi's cultivation of the [Great Might Divine Skill] and the creation of the [Universal Unification Divine Skill], it and the Divine Image of Bliss have become a real existence between the real and the illusory, more than just a thought, and have become a part of Lei Chi's divine soul.

Normally, the Free and Easy God Dharma Image and the Blissful God Dharma Image reside in Lei Chi's sea of ​​consciousness, making his sea of ​​consciousness extremely stable. However, at this moment, Lei Chi descended this Dharma Image into the world to deal with the Ancient Beard.

"go!"

Lei Chi gave a soft shout, and his Free God Dharma Image suddenly turned into light and disappeared. Mo Lang and the others could no longer see it; this Dharma Image had already vanished into the void.

The void can isolate real space, but it cannot isolate thoughts. Lei Chi has not cultivated the [Divine Sword Technique] and does not know the methods of the Void Sword God, but he has the [Universal Unification Divine Art] as his foundation, which allows him to easily peek into and deduce the mysteries of the technique.

Therefore, although he cannot enter the void in his true form now, he can allow his Dharma form to enter it.

The divine form of the Free God that escaped into the void was originally formed from the divine soul of Lei Chi. Naturally, it followed the will of Lei Chi. After it escaped into the void, the colorful world it saw, where everything in the real space was distorted into colorful light bands, was truly wondrous.

Here, the divine image of Zizai Shenfa feels as if it were in its own water.

"So this is the void! The void, the void, this is the realm of the gods!"

He spoke softly, and the next moment, he saw an old man with a missing arm and a horrified expression not far away.

"What...what are you?"

The ancient bearded man also saw the divine form of the Free God. He felt that the form was not a living being, yet it gave him an extremely strong sense of oppression. He could not understand what was happening in front of him.

The image of the Free God sat cross-legged, like a Taoist or a Buddha, and softly said, "I am the Free God. I have come to guide you by the command of my lord!"

"Ishvara!"

The old bearded man still didn't understand, but he hurriedly ran away, as if he instinctively felt that the free god in front of him was extremely powerful.

"Where do you think you're going to escape to?"

The God of Freedom chuckled and suddenly transformed into a multicolored tiger, clearly the Great Mighty Tiger. It leaped out and quickly caught up with the Ancient Beard, then gently patted him on the back, sending the Ancient Beard flying out of the void and reappearing in the real world.

Where he appeared was exactly where Lei Chi was looking, and his appearance was naturally noticed by Lei Chi immediately.

"Back to your positions!"

Lei Chi gave a soft shout, and the Divine Avatar of Freedom also emerged from the void, transforming into light, which Lei Chi pressed into his brow with a finger.

The old bearded man panicked and tried to get up to escape, but in a flash of lightning, both of his legs were severed by Lei Chi's [Flying Thunder God Technique].

"hateful!"

Gu Ran cried out in pain, only then realizing that he was surrounded by countless Sky Swords and Lightning Saws.

"Unbelievable! I, the Ancient Beard, have been driven to the brink of defeat by modern-day players!"

The old man with the ancient beard looked dejected and bowed deeply to Lei Chi, saying, "I, the old man with the ancient beard, hereby swear that I am willing to serve you as your slave for the rest of my life. I beg you, master, to show mercy and spare my life so that I may serve you! I know many secrets of the Holy Palace and will tell you everything."

"Ha ha!"

Lei Chi laughed and said, "Why do you all have the same face? When you can't win, when you're pinned down, you immediately surrender, admit defeat, and willingly become slaves? It's just a pity that the True God Lord still says the same thing: the opportunity was given, but you didn't cherish it. Now that you're about to die, it's too late to beg for mercy. This God Lord will not accept it! As for the secrets of the Holy God Palace that you possess, this God Lord doesn't care! Just go in peace. If you have anyone to blame, blame yourself for your own misdeeds; you deserve to die!"

After saying this, Lei Chi had a thought, and the Long Sky Sword and the Lightning Lightning Saw exploded into the ancient bearded man with a loud bang, instantly blasting this former disciple into nothingness.

The light disappeared the next moment, and Fish Dragon Lake fell silent. Gu Ran and Li Luo were no longer there.

Lei Chi reached out and grabbed the storage ring and cave token from the ancient bearded man.

There were also many fragments of weapons here, which Lei Chi roughly collected.

"The harvest should be quite plentiful!"

Lei Chi nodded, and then he began the ritual of deliverance, chanting scriptures to help Gu Ran and Li Luo pass on to the afterlife.

A moment later, Lei Chi completed the three rounds of the ritual of deliverance before looking at Mo Lang and the others again.

Mo Lang, Lucifer, and Yodara had already climbed to the shore. Seeing Lei Chi looking over, they immediately knelt down in awe.

"Senior Brother!"

"Thank you so much, Senior Brother, for saving me!"

"Senior Brother is truly invincible! Those two, Gu Ran and Li Luo, are formidable figures. Even in my temple, they would at least be judges. I never imagined they would be so weak in Senior Brother's presence. Killing them is as easy as turning one's hand, without breaking a sweat..."

The three of them naturally went out of their way to flatter and fawn over him.

"Well……"

Lei Chi gave a simple reply. Seeing that the three men were covered in wounds and looked miserable, as if their foundations had been damaged, he felt little pity for them and didn't want to listen to their flattery any longer. He said, "You'd better watch yourselves!"

After saying this, Lei Chi turned and left.

He naturally still wanted to explore Yulong Lake, for the lake was no ordinary place and there must be a great opportunity within it.

However, this hidden realm has already been opened by the Thunder Pool, and the passage will remain for a long time, so there is no need to rush to explore it.

He wanted to first take inventory of Li Luo and Gu Ran's storage rings, and then plunder their cultivation caves.

Three years ago, if they had been treated like this by Lei Chi, they might have felt unhappy, thinking that Lei Chi was arrogant and looked down on them. But now, they only felt gratitude, respect, and... deep fear towards Lei Chi.

This senior brother is no longer in the same league as them; at the very least, he is two levels above them.

When Lei Chi left Yulong Lake, he saw Zhao Shuibiao, Asmi, and Meiji waiting outside. He simply nodded slightly and said nothing before heading straight to find Li Luo and Gu Ran's cultivation cave.

Soon, Lei Chi found Li Luo's cultivation cave.

By this time, he had already finished examining Li Luo and Gu Ran's storage rings.

These two were extremely wealthy, with their storage rings containing a large amount of cultivation resources, weapons and magic treasures, cultivation manuals, rare materials, and even thirteen other cave dwelling tokens.

Thirteen cave dwelling tokens mean that they have killed at least thirteen inner disciples.

Lei Chi also found the creation tokens of these two people. As he expected, Gu Ran was the Void Sword God, who had passed the Level 3 certificate exam. He was also a Level 1 Returning Origin Immortal, a Level 1 Universe Sword God, a Level 1 Sky-Breaking Sword God, and a Level 1 Overlord War God.

In fact, his strength was probably about the same as that of Yushura, who had been killed by Lei Chi long ago.

Li Luo did not possess any Level 3 status. Although she had cultivated several inherited techniques such as the [Return to Origin Qi Cultivation] and the [Divine Sword Manual], she only obtained Level 1 certificates for each of them.

Among the many spoils of war, what Lei Chi cared about most was a cultivation manual, which he had found in the storage ring of the ancient bearded man. The manual was called the "Beast Soul Technique," a unique secret method for "nurturing" a beast soul within the body.