mtlumby2d Chapter 324: Tai Wuling
Chapter 324: Tai Wuling
Chapter 324: Tai Wuling
Tianyi clapped his hands, and lightning descended from the thunderclouds. Unlike the first time, hundreds of bolts converged around him. With each strike, the humanoid shroud surrounding Tianyi grew larger and larger until it reached over a thousand meters, dwarfing the unnamed immortal monarch’s martial manifestation.
He wasn’t done yet. The lightning giant’s pure yellow color gained four more additional hues, transforming from ordinary lightning to Five Element Lightning. The vague humanoid form condensed until it resembled Tianyi wearing armor.
The Five Element Lightning Giant clenched its fist and punched toward the unnamed immortal monarch. As the fist neared, the lion-shaped martial manifestation roared, unleashing a sonic blast that halted the fist’s momentum.
The immortal monarch charged toward the lightning giant’s chest, where Tianyi’s actual body resided. The lion-shaped martial manifestation followed closely behind and headbutted the lightning giant’s chest.
The scene of the lightning giant staggering back or dissipating did not occur as per the immortal monarch’s expectations. Instead, lightning erupted from the point of contact, shrouding him and his martial manifestation.
Another roar later, the lightning around disappeared, and the unnamed martial monarch retreated into the distance. He continued to dodge the lightning giant’s punches.
The unnamed immortal monarch growled, and the lion-shaped martial manifestation bellowed. A giant steel ball shot out from its maws and crashed into the lightning giant’s armor, but aside from a slight ripple, the metal ball bounced off.
The immortal monarch frowned. According to the short exchange of blows, he already summarized a list of weaknesses. Xi Tianyi possessed an abundant amount of immortal qi that translated to immense strength and defense but lacked the necessary speed. It was a crucial weakness brought about by inexperience in his eyes.
Although the unnamed immortal monarch knew his foe’s weakness, that didn’t mean he had an easier time dealing with Xi Tianyi. As a martial monarch, he had always excelled at close-quarter combat, not long-ranged attack. He wasn’t afraid to get in close and dirty, exchanging injury for injury, but he also had to weigh the pros and cons.
It was a question of whether he could destroy Xi Tianyi’s lightning giant and defeat him before he got too injured. The immortal monarch also hadn’t forgotten that there was supposedly another immortal monarch from the Buzhou Immortal Sect who had yet to take action.
The unnamed immortal monarch retreated to a safe distance to safely activate his next technique. The lightning giant didn’t follow and only stayed protectively in front of the immortal boat.
The lion-shaped manifestation started to shrink until it reached a similar size to the immortal monarch. A flash of white later, it transformed into a lion-shaped armor of white covering him. With a roar, the immortal monarch stomped on the air and leaped towards the lightning giant, leaving behind a sonic boom in the process.
With a ferocious punch to the chest, the lightning giant staggered backward. Behind his lion-themed helmet, the immortal monarch released a proud smirk as he continued to attack. He moved so fast it almost seemed like teleportation.
With each movement, a sonic boom would occur. Following that, the lightning giant started to stagger continuously as if an invisible giant was punching it from all sides.
The unnamed immortal monarch grinned viciously as he saw cracks appearing on the lightning giant. Thinking he had Xi Tianyi on the ropes, it was time to drive away the unnecessary interlopers and teach them never to return.
Tianyi suppressed the yawn. He was surprised by how impressive the immortal monarch had become after merging with his martial manifestation, but it still wasn’t enough to destroy his lightning giant. He had to consciously stop himself from healing the damage on the lightning giant.
By his estimations, the unknown immortal monarch only integrated three out of the five elemental qis. Aside from that, he hadn’t exhibited any full or even partial comprehension of other laws aside from the five elements. Among immortal monarchs, he should be on the average to lower-end spectrum in terms of strength.
Tianyi really wanted to just kill him and be done with it, but he didn’t want to show his strength too much. If he showed too much strength, the Eight Pillar Sect might think he was an imposter or something. They probably already thought it was strange that he was an immortal monarch at only around two hundred years of age.
He paused when he received a transmission from Daoyi. She recognized the immortal monarch’s identity, something Tianyi failed to do. His title was Monarch Whitelion of the Allbeast Sect, and he was not one of the forces he had to show mercy toward.
Tianyi smiled when he saw the true immortals behind Monarch Whitelion move forward. Obviously, they thought that he was too occupied to deal with them.
He allowed them to fly forward and even near the immortal boat. During this time, Tianyi even accelerated the injuries of the lightning giants. And just as the hundred true immortals were a few seconds away from reaching the immortal boat, he exploded the lightning giant.
“That’s mean.”
“Then you shouldn’t say weird stuff,” Daoyi said. “That only happens in stories.”
“Not really,” Tianyi said. “Well, the conclusion may be, but these protagonist-like backgrounds feel really common. There’s Lei Jingye, who I killed. The Dragon Emperor, who I solved with the previous one. Yan Nie, who got his marriage broken. Uhh, your sister, who I want to kill. Lovespot might fit the mold, too.”
Daoyi threw an amused smile. “What about you? Wouldn’t you be considered one? You reincarnated from an ordinary earthling to a powerful cultivator.”
“Nope,” Tianyi said. “Not enough setbacks. My birth is too good. I’m closer to an antagonist. Now that I think about it, almost everyone I mentioned had beef with me. Ugh.”
“You must have an abhorrent personality then,” Daoyi said with a giggle.
Tianyi gave her an unamused stare. “And finally, Daoyi. After suffering through years of abuse under Tianyi’s hand, she dies. But when she opened her eyes again, she discovered she time traveled into the past. In her new life, she swore to get revenge on everyone who wronged her and find true love, or maybe several.”
“I’d read it,” Daoyi said before breaking out in laughter.
Tianyi sighed.
It took a few more months for the immortal boat to arrive at the Eight Pillar Sect. Along the way, Monarch Whitelion never appeared again. Not because they feared Tianyi but because the Eight Pillar Sect had taken advantage of his and the true immortals’ absence to launch a counterattack.
Upon arriving, Monarch Pathway personally came forward to greet the reinforcement from the Buzhou Immortal Sect. Since Tianyi didn’t want to deal with it, he happily threw Ba Shifang under the bus and made him deal with the diplomacy.
Tianyi noticed two cultivators following behind Monarch Pathway, both young men. One of them appeared quite androgynous, but the other appeared plain. Upon closer inspection, he couldn’t find any fault in their features.
He could tell that both of them were young. The androgynous man appeared closer to his age if a bit older but the other was actually younger than him.
Monarch Pathway noticed Tianyi’s stares and said, “Linyin, Wulin. Come forward and offer your greetings.”
The androgynous man walked up and cupped his fist. “Yang Linyin greets Monarch Xi.”
Tianyi’s brows furrowed as he tried to remember where he had heard that name.
“He’s one of the Eight Pillar Sect Master candidates aside from Duan Muli. You should know him since I heard he also attended the Three Heavens Connection Gathering.”
Tianyi sent a glance at Daoyi. “No wonder I found him so familiar, but how did you know.”
“I read the report on notable figures in the Earth Continent, including notable up-and-coming figures. Didn’t you?”
Tianyi looked away. He wasn’t going to tell her that he already forgot them. Instead, he focused on the second person.
The plain-looking man cupped his fist and said. “Tai Wuling greets Monarch Xi.”
Tianyi stared at him. Tai Wuling was only a true immortal, but Tianyi felt a sense of connection with him. Specifically, his Law of Five Phases reacted to the true immortal. ‘There’s something dangerous about him. I’ll have to keep an eye on him.”