Simultaneous traversal: All Abyss difficulty.

Chapter 712 The thunder method is completed!

On the Hundred Refinement Platform, the atmosphere was stagnant, as if Sister Yu was pressing down on him.

The Foundation Establishment Pill, suspended high above, shimmered with light, silently stirring the nerves of everyone present.

After Fang Yu's several battles that defied common sense and were utterly devastating, the gaze of all the Golden Gate disciples toward the corner where that dilapidated figure stood had long since changed from initial disdain and mockery to deep awe and incomprehensible fear.

He was like a meteorite thrown into a stagnant pool, disrupting the order that Kinmen had maintained for many years and also disturbing the plans in the hearts of many people.

On the high platform, the Second Elder Li Cha's face was as black as ink.

The son's opponent turned out to be this monster!

His withered fingers nearly crushed the jade chair armrests, and his eyes flashed with a cold, predatory glint and barely suppressed anxiety.

The Foundation Establishment Pill was right in front of them, a ladder to heaven that should have been prepared for their two sons, but it was blocked by Fang Yu, this stubborn rock that appeared out of nowhere.

"Boom--!"

The dull gong that signaled the start of the semi-finals struck like a blow to the hearts of everyone.

The disciples in charge called out the names loudly, their voices sounding particularly jarring in the silent valley:
"The first match of the semifinals: Li Hu versus Fang Yu!"

Li Hu took a deep breath, his eyes no longer showing any trace of his previous arrogance.

He understood that he might be the sect's only hope in openly blocking this monster—at least that's what his father, Li Cha, hoped.

A solid, deep blue aura suddenly rose from his body, and the small, black jade shield he had inherited from his father, which had once aroused countless envious discussions among the audience—the "Ink Scale Shield"—emerged in response!

The ancient patterns on the shield surface shone with a dark light, and a thick, almost tangible, black jade-colored light film instantly enveloped its entire body, exuding an aura as solid as a mountain.

This layer of light had allowed him to emerge unscathed from previous battles!
"Fang Yu!" Li Hu's voice was deep and solemn, with an unprecedented gravity. "No matter what kind of sorcery you used, this ends here! Under the Ink Scale Shield, no magic can penetrate!"

A glimmer of hope rekindled in the eyes of the disciples below the stage.

The Ink Scale Shield! This was the Second Elder's most treasured defensive magic weapon from his early days in the cultivation world!
With this item on your person, you might actually be able to block that invisible and terrifying force!
"Oh?" Fang Yu's lips curled into a playful smile. "Ink-scaled Turtle? Its shell is quite shiny, what a pity."

His voice wasn't loud, but it clearly penetrated the defensive light membrane surrounding Li Hu and entered Li Hu's ear.

"What's a pity?" Li Hu asked instinctively, his mind highly tense.

"Unfortunately, in my eyes," Fang Yu's flippant expression vanished abruptly, his eyes widened, and the ripples in his pupils suddenly spun faster, a chilling aura emanating from them, "it's just a tortoise shell!"

The words have not yet been spoken!

Fang Yu raised his hand!

A terrifying gravitational force, seemingly originating from the core of the void, suddenly descended!
"Ugh——!"

The dark jade light membrane enveloping Li Hu instantly emitted a twisted, mournful cry, unable to bear the strain!
Li Hu felt as if he were being grabbed by an invisible giant hand, completely unable to resist!

His feet left the ground against his will, and he and his shield were pulled up from their original positions by that strange and unparalleled gravitational force, dragging them toward Fang Yu at an extremely fast speed!

"What?!" Li Hu was terrified! This power completely ignored his protective spiritual energy and the footwork that made him feel rooted to the ground!

The Ink Shield flickered violently, struggling to resist, but the pure gravity seemed to act directly on space and Li Hu himself! He was about to be dragged in front of Fang Yu!

Just as Li Hu's body was being forcibly pulled like a cannonball to within three feet of Fang Yu.

Fang Yu's cold, indifferent Rinnegan gaze swept over the prey that had been "sent" to him.

His lips opened and closed silently:
Shinra Tianzheng!

boom--! ! !
A terrifying repulsive force, ten times more violent than ever before, suddenly erupted and crushed outwards from Fang Yu as the center!
The thick, dark jade-like membrane of the Ink Scale Shield was the first to be hit! Under everyone's horrified gaze, it only lasted for less than a moment!
“Crack! Crack!!!!”

A sickeningly loud popping sound rang out!

That light membrane, symbolizing the highest level of defense, shattered like a fragile eggshell, turning into countless crystalline energy fragments that exploded in all directions!

The Ink Scale Shield, now free from the protection of the light membrane, let out a mournful cry. The light on its surface dimmed instantly as it was slammed into Li Hu's chest by the violent and unparalleled repulsive force!

"puff--!"

Li Hu's eyes bulged out, his heart felt as if it had been struck by a giant hammer, and he spat out a mouthful of scalding blood! Like a worn-out ball being blasted with all its might, he was sent flying backward at a terrifying speed several times faster than when he arrived! The speed was so fast that he left a trail of afterimages in the air!
"Tiger!" On the high platform, Li Cha's eyes were bloodshot as he suddenly stood up!
A collective gasp rippled through the audience! Even the Ink Shield couldn't withstand a single blow?!

however!
Just as Li Hu's body was about to crash into the edge of the arena's barrier, suffering a complete defeat and serious injury, the Ink Scale Shield, which had been blasted away but not completely damaged, seemed to have activated some kind of life-saving mechanism.

A flash of dark light appeared, and a gentle force supported Li Hu's back, forcibly offsetting part of the impact and preventing him from crashing directly into the protective barrier.

Using the momentum, Li Hu performed a clumsy roll in the air, miraculously dissipating most of the force, and barely managed to steady himself on the edge of the ring!
He was in excruciating pain, his chest was tight, his clothes were torn, and blood was dripping from the corner of his mouth, but his eyes were blazing with a frenzied, beast-like will to survive!
He stared intently at Fang Yu, who was still standing in the same spot, seemingly having just finished some kind of "breathing" and post-swaying.

"His sorcery has gaps!" This thought flashed through Li Hu's mind like lightning!
An opportunity! This is the only opportunity! Take advantage of the "cooling-down" gap before Fang Yu's terrifying repulsive force can build up again!
"Die!" Li Hu let out a desperate roar like a trapped beast, forcibly squeezing all the spiritual power from his dantian, even biting his tongue to release a burst of energy! With unprecedented speed and determination, he frantically poured the remaining spiritual power into the sharp longsword in his hand!
bass!
The longsword erupted with a fierce azure sword light! Man and sword became one! Like a moth drawn to a flame, carrying a ruthless and desperate intent to burn everything, it transformed into a resolute azure rainbow, tearing through the air and piercing straight for Fang Yu's vital heart!

This was a desperate strike that combined all his strength and will!
The speed of that instant almost made Su Su's heart stop beating!
This caused countless people in the audience to instinctively hold their breath!

Is victory or defeat decided in this one sword strike?!

however!
Just a moment before the deadly blue rainbow was about to pierce Fang Yu's chest, amidst hundreds of fixed, frozen gazes...

Fang Yu's face showed no panic or fear whatsoever. Instead, a smile spread across his face, a mixture of mockery, cruelty, and a hint of excitement, as if he had been waiting for this moment for a long time!

Faced with this deadly sword rainbow, which embodied the dying struggle of a Foundation Establishment cultivator and was within arm's reach.

He did not dodge.

No repulsive force was used.

He even slowly raised his right hand.

That ordinary, unremarkable hand.

"Remember, this is the closest you'll ever be to a tribulation of lightning in your entire life."

Then he gently squeezed it!
Boom!

The world suddenly brightened!

Throughout the Hundred Refinement Platform and even the entire Golden Gate Mountain area, everyone felt their retinas instantly engulfed by an extremely blinding, destructive incandescent light that seemed to have existed since the beginning of time!
It was neither an electric snake formed by lightning magic nor an energy beam gathered by spells.

It was more like a deity from the heavens who wielded the power of thunder and punishment, who, without warning and at will, brought a pure, violent, and destructive bolt of lightning directly to the mortal realm, precisely pouring it into Fang Yu's body, and then, with him as the center, it suddenly expanded and erupted outwards!
A pure thunder prison, over three zhang in diameter and constructed from billions of wildly leaping blue-white plasmas, was instantly born!
Fang Yu is the king of thunder!
Li Hu had just pounced within three feet of him.
He is the only sacrifice in this thunderous hell!
"Ah ah ah ah ah--!!!"

The heart-wrenching screams were instantly drowned out by the deafening roar of thunder that seemed capable of destroying one's very soul!
Li Hu, along with his sword, all the broken pieces of magical artifacts on his body, and even the mouthful of blood he spat out, were mercilessly enveloped, torn, pierced, and ground by the endless blue and white lightning!
The Ink Shield that had saved his life burst forth with its last dim black light, flickering wildly like a candle struggling in a storm to protect its master. Yet, under the supreme majesty of thunder, it emitted a wailing "sizzle" as it could not bear the weight. The surface of the shield charred and cracked at a speed visible to the naked eye!
One ten-thousandth of a second!

The thunder and lightning dissipated!

The devastating white light and deafening roar receded like a receding tide.

At the center of the Hundred Refinement Platform, only a terrifying crater, several feet in diameter, remained, its ground scorched and cracked, hissing with blue smoke.

Fang Yu slowly lowered his hand from its angled position towards the sky, the crackling electric sparks around him gradually subsided, and his cold Rinnegan gazed indifferently ahead.

About ten feet in front of him.
A charred, mangled body, as if just dragged from the bottom of an incinerator, fell straight forward like a half-burnt log, crashing heavily onto the smoky, blackened ground.

Li Hu's handsome face was already charred and deformed, and what spewed from his mouth and nose was no longer blood, but black smoke with a burnt smell.

His eyes were wide open, filled with boundless fear, pain, and utter bewilderment.

The longsword in his hand, imbued with the power of life, had long since turned into a twisted and deformed piece of scrap iron.

Only the Ink Scale Shield protecting his chest, though completely devoid of its dark luster, charred black and cracked, with even faint traces of melting visible, barely maintained its shield shape, embedded in his charred body. It was this broken magical artifact that preserved his faint breath at the last moment, preventing him from turning to ashes on the spot.

Dead silence.

Absolute, deathly stillness, like a vacuum graveyard.

The breathing of more than a thousand people ceased.

The mountain breeze also stopped.

Everyone's eyes were fixed on the charred hole in the arena and the charred figure still twitching slightly at the edge of the hole, their minds blank.

On the high platform, Li Cha slumped back into his chair as if all his bones had been removed, his face ashen, his whole body trembling uncontrollably, his mouth wide open, but he couldn't utter a single sound.

For the first time, the sect leader Li Suanming's cloudy old eyes flashed with a sharp, tangible light. He suddenly stood up, his calm expression replaced by an unprecedented solemnity and a hint of shock that even he could not comprehend!

Han Feng's pupils shrank to pinpoints, and his fingers, clasped behind his back, unconsciously crumpled the hem of his robe into a ball. Cold sweat quietly soaked his temples.

He looked at Fang Yu and for the first time felt a chilling sensation, a feeling of "loss of control," run down his spine.

Su Su stood frozen in place, her cherry lips slightly parted, her cold eyes wide open to the limit, reflecting the destructive light and shadow left by the thunder explosion and Fang Yu's indifferent figure like a thunder god, her thoughts in complete chaos.

Only the boy standing in the center of the scorched earth gently flicked his wrist, as if dispelling a wisp of insignificant static electricity between his fingers. In his eyes of reincarnation, there was no ripple, only indifferent gazing down.

The whole world has fallen silent!

After a long while, Fang Yu finally asked the person on stage, "Did I... win?"

The referee then realized what was happening and quickly banged the gong, announcing, "Winner! Fang Yu!"

(End of this chapter)