Chapter 674 Like a Hot Knife Slicing through Butter (2/2)

Zhou Yuan’s lightly shut eyes opened, revealing a pair of eyes that were still shining with liveliness. Opposite him, Ye Ge’s expression involuntarily changed; he likely sensed the demise of his Spirit flame.

This was quite inconceivable to him. Only a few dozen breaths had passed, but Zhou Yuan had already neutralized the Spirit fire that had invaded his body?

Ye Ge’s mouth repeatedly opened and closed. In the end, he could only smile bitterly as he sighed and said, “I’ve lost.”

True to his word, he threw the Spirit Lantern Art jade scroll to Zhou Yuan.

Zhou Yuan caught it and cupped his fists together. He likewise did not waste any time and directly turned around to fly towards the Lightning Prison Peak.

...

Lu Jing, the Lightning Prison Peak Chosen, stared at Zhou Yuan and said in a booming voice, “The Cangxuan art belonging to my Lightning Prison Peak is called the Lightning Prison Art. Like its namesake, it creates a lightning prison that is near inescapable. Anyone trapped within will ultimately be blasted to ashes by ten thousand thunderbolts.”

Rumble!

As his voice thundered, surging Genesis Qi erupted from his body with a violent peal of thunder.

Zhou Yuan looked over and found that thunderclouds had already surrounded him. Within them, thunderbolts filled with alarming destructive power were zipping like giant pythons.

Boom boom!

The thunderclouds billowed and immediately unleashed an endless bombardment of lightning.

Ten thousand bolts fell, and they exploded with dazzling light as they drowned out Zhou Yuan’s body.

The attack caused the expressions of the onlookers to change. They were not worried about Zhou Yuan’s safety, but were instead wondering whether this barrage would be able to halt Zhou Yuan’s unstoppable momentum.

Ten thousand lightning bolts roared on the mountain top. The phenomenon lasted for an entire half an incense stick of time before a pale look emerged on Lu Jing’s face, a sign that his Genesis Qi was nearly depleted.

As such, the blinding lightning light gradually receded.

A charred black peak appeared within everyone’s sights, dotted with uncountable craters. However, the crowd ignored everything else as their gazes focused on the spot where Zhou Yuan had been.

A figure silently stood there, powerful Genesis swirling around his body to form layers of defense. These layers had blocked every single thunderbolt. What was more, a jade glow seemed to be slowly blossoming from his skin, so even if any thunderbolt had managed to slip through, his sturdy body would have warmly received it.

With his Genesis Qi and tough body, Zhou Yuan barely sustained any damage after being bombarded in the lightning prison for half an incense stick of time.

The entire place was silent. Nothing needed to be said about the outcome.

Lu Jing had a calm expression, clearly anticipating this result. Hence, he sent a jade scroll shooting towards Zhou Yuan with a flick.

Zhou Yuan reached out to catch it as the Genesis Qi around him withdrew into his body. The smell of charred earth entered his nose before he released a long deep breath. Three down, three more to go.

Zhou Yuan turned around and disappeared, appearing again in Snow Lotus Peak.

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Li Qingchan was seated on a boulder atop the peak, her slim figure as amazing as usual. There was currently a complicated expression on her usually frosty face as she gazed at the figure that had arrived.

She still remembered when she had first met him; he had bafflingly appeared in her personal hot spring. If not for Yaoyao, she would have most certainly taught him a painful lesson.

Back then, she had felt rather indignant at Yaoyao’s concern for Zhou Yuan. In her eyes, someone as amazing as Yaoyao should absolutely have a special place amongst the younger generation of Cangxuan Heaven.

In fact, even the Sacred Palace’s Zhan Taiqing could not compare.

Hence, she felt that Zhou Yuan was exactly like a toad shamelessly sticking to a swan. He was that offending murky green amidst the breathtaking snow white.

In the past, she had been unable to understand what Yaoyao saw in Zhou Yuan. As the saying went: a dragon does not stay with a snake, and a phoenix does not share a nest with a sparrow. Zhou Yuan and Yaoyao were the most unfitting of duos.

However, over the past two years, Li Qingchan had personally witnessed how the young man, who completely did not match up to Yaoyao, had advanced step by step, ultimately catching up to the Chosen amidst her occasionally surprised gaze.

In fact, he had now begun to surpass them.

At this current moment, Li Qingchan had no choice but to admit that her judgement was far worse than Yaoyao’s.

Under Li Qingchan’s complicated gaze, Zhou Yuan’s footsteps stopped as he awkwardly smiled at her. In her eyes, it somewhat resembled the awkward smile the young man had displayed two years again when he suddenly popped out from the water under her shocked gaze.

But the loathsome smile from back then now appeared calm and humble.