Chapter 293: Self-Explosion
After searching for four days, the three finally found the thunder pool.
Unfortunately, they were not the only ones who wanted to enter the pool and collect the heavenly thunder stone!
When they arrived, there were already more than a dozen people around the thunder pool.
The one with the highest cultivation was at the seventh level of the origin tempering realm while the least powerful was at the fourth level.
"If you have some self-awareness, leave right now and I will let you keep your lives." A young lady said.
The young lady was at the sixth level of the origin tempering realm and she seemed to be the leader of a group of five.
However, her cultivation and threats were not important to the three.
What was important was that the identities of the group of five were exposed which meant they were on the bounty list.
"Leave?" Jiang Yue chuckled and then sneered.
"You should have escaped as soon as we arrived. Unfortunately, you didn’t and now you don’t have a chance."
After saying that, his sanxian appeared in his hand and a harsh note echoed in the surroundings.
At the same time, Yu Nianzhen and Xuan Ke moved.
One was holding a sword while the other held a staff. Before the opponent could react, the two arrived within striking distance.
"Bastards, are you looking down on us?" The woman asked angrily.
Her group of five had one person at the sixth level, three at the fifth level, and one at the fourth level.
It was because their strength was not low that the others didn’t dare to attack them.
Otherwise, the others would have already allied to deal with them before talking about the thunder pool.
"Wait, that sword..." A person said before retreating hurriedly.
Unfortunately, Yu Nianzhen didn’t give him a chance to continue. He swung his sword and an arc of sword intent rushed toward the man.
In the blink of an eye, the person was turned into a blood mist and the spectators couldn’t help but gasp in horror.
"It’s only been three years since the martial conference at the Ice Palace sect. How did he become so much stronger?" Someone muttered and then sighed.
’This is the difference between ordinary geniuses and heaven-defying geniuses.’ He thought and was no longer entangled.
"Senior brother, should we help them?" A young man asked and looked at the leader of his group.
His group had three people-two men and one woman.
The leader was a man at the seventh level of the origin tempering realm while the other two were at the fourth level.
In such a group, the strongest had absolute say and the other two couldn’t act without his approval.
At this time, the young man and woman obviously wanted to join the fight to eliminate the group of Death Flower Ascension Front members.
However, they couldn’t do so unless the leader gave a nod.
"Don’t interfere." The leader said and glared at two people.
"Why?" The young woman asked.
Her voice was filled with dissatisfaction but the senior brother didn’t care about that.
"The battle for the thunder pool will start soon. Do you want to consume yourselves before we get the treasure?"
"But..." The young woman wanted to argue but couldn’t withstand her senior brother’s glare.
"Do you think we didn’t fight them because we couldn’t defeat them?" The senior brother said and snorted.
"We could have defeated them but why should we exhaust ourselves and make it cheaper for others to gain the thunder pool?"
At that, the young man and woman could not continue arguing with their senior brother.
Although they thought it was more important to eliminate the Death Flower Ascension Front, they couldn’t disagree with their senior brother.
While the three were talking, Jiang Yue’s trio had already eliminated three enemies.
Following the current trend, they would soon eliminate the remaining two.
"The three of you are too naïve." One of the enemies said.
"Even if you defeat us, you will be exhausted and won’t be able to fight for the heavenly thunder stone."
"You overestimate yourselves too much." Xuan Ke said and lunged at the opponent.
"It doesn’t take a lot of effort to kill you." Jiang Yue taunted in a happy voice.
He finally had one merit point and he couldn’t help but be excited.
"Even if we can’t defeat you, we can still let you die with us." The enemy at the fifth level of the origin tempering realm shouted.
His face was distorted into an ugly mask and the three couldn’t help but be vigilant.
They knew the other party was about to explode himself and they hurriedly retreated.
When Yu Nianzhen and Jiang Yue fought a member of the Wang family in Fengying city, they experienced the power of self-explosion.
At that time, the enemy was at the origin forging realm but his explosion still devasted the main hall of the Bai family residence.
Now, the enemy was at the fifth level of the origin tempering realm.
His self-explosion would be more powerful than the previous case and the three couldn’t relax.
"You can’t escape." The enemy shouted and the atmosphere became tense.
A terrible power swept the air and three became more solemn.
"We are too close." Yu Nianzhen said and pulled Jiang Yue to retreat again.
When they were sixty metres from the enemy, the person finally exploded himself.
As expected, the explosion was incredibly powerful and a ball of violent qi rushed toward the three.
At a glance, the qi looked like an ordinary ball of fire but the three knew it was much more powerful.
"We are still in range." Jiang Yue said angrily and Yu Nianzhen frowned.
He knew they would get injured if they got involved with the violet qi so he pulled out his sword and tried to reduce the impact.
Unfortunately, the self-explosion of a cultivator at the origin tempering realm was not something he could handle and they were soon engulfed by the ball of fire.
After an incense stick, the ripples from the explosion finally stopped and the dust began to settle.
When the dust settled, a crater was revealed and there was no one around the thunder pool
.....
"LanLan, did you hear that?" Yang Xu suddenly asked and looked into the distance.
His brows were creased in a frown and he felt a little uneasy.
"It sounded like an explosion." Bing Lan said and also frowned.
After cultivating in the thunder forest for so many months, Bing Lan’s body had improved a lot.
Just two days before, she finally gained the confidence to venture into the core region.
However, she and Yang Xu didn’t leave right away.
Instead, they entered their ancient palace and spent some time together before exiting today.
Their plan was to enter the depths to find the others but they didn’t expect to encounter an explosion as soon as they came out.
"Let’s hurry forward to find the boys." Yang Xu said and held out his hand for his wife to take.
"Good." Bing Lan said and the two set out.
After three days of travel, they finally reached the depths of the thunder forest.
However, they didn’t encounter any acquaintances so they began searching while harvesting treasures along the way.
Unfortunately, most of the resources had already been taken by those who came earlier and the two didn’t gain a lot.
Fortunately, neither was a lightning cultivator and they weren’t too disappointed by their poor harvest.
"AhXu, do you think they are okay?" Bing Lan asked and her brows creased in worry.
They had been searching for three days but they had yet to find a clue and she couldn’t help but worry.
"Don’t worry too much." Yang Xu said but his steps quickened.
Although he didn’t show it on his face, he was also worried about the boys.
Among cultivators, the most dangerous were those who were driven into a corner.
In his long life, Yang Xu had seen a lot of cultivators who chose to die with their enemies.
In such cases, some would even hug their enemies before exploding themselves.
When he thought of that last scenario, Yang Xu couldn’t help but worry.
If it was just an explosion, he was confident the boys could find a way to preserve their lives.
However, if the enemy hugged any one of them...
"The boys are resourceful; they won’t die easily." Yang Xu reassured his wife.
"Anyway, the explosion may have nothing to do with them."
"You are right. We shouldn’t assume they had the bad luck of encountering a desperate enemy." Bing Lan added.
However, they were just consoling themselves.
For some reason, they were both sure the self-explosion had something to do with the boys and Yang Xu couldn’t help but be a little irritated.
’How could they get into trouble everywhere?’ He thought angrily.
’When I find them, I will definitely teach them a lesson they won’t forget.’
