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Chapter 451 Thunder Tribulation Immortal Bamboo, Lord of Punishments

"Fuck them! Counterattack!" Zhang Daniu roared.

At this moment, Han Li awakened such a foundation and physique, and his combat power soared!

He and Meng Yan are equally extraordinary. Judging from the situation just now, the opportunity to counterattack has arrived!

Moreover, they also have formations and talismans to assist them!
"My two senior brothers, go ahead and kill! I'll take the defense!"

Zhang Daniu's fighting spirit has now fully erupted. The power of the earth is continuously drawn into his body, transforming into solid armor after the battle to block attacks, allowing Han Li and Meng Yan to kill the enemy with peace of mind.

Zhang Daniu actively withstood most of the attacks coming from the Qing Shen Army formation.

At this moment, Zhang Daniu's ability to withstand damage was completely different from before. Attacks that would have seriously injured or even killed him before now only shattered the Earth Armor, with very limited damage to his body.

And these shattered armors and limited damage are rapidly restored at a visible speed by the continuous power of the earth.

This means that as long as Zhang Daniu's damage does not exceed the limit, he can basically withstand it indefinitely for a period of time!
And the auxiliary effect brought about by this is very effective.

With their hands mostly free, Han Li and Meng Yan could now focus entirely on attacking and killing.

At the same time, Zhang Daniu will use the power of the earth to bind the movements of the demons, making it easier for his two senior brothers to attack with all their might!

On the other side, after Quan Teng made his move, Meng Yan also displayed the terrifying offensive power of the Divine Flame. Holding a large hammer, he concentrated the flame domain around his body to the extreme, creating an ultimate offensive boost. Now, he can basically kill one or two demons with bloodlines around the upper level with just one or two strikes.

With his armor protecting him, even occasional attacks posed little threat to him.

However, while the Divine Flame is powerful, it also consumes an exceptionally large amount of energy, forcing Meng Yan to rely on pills to constantly recover and replenish, making it impossible for him to maintain the same level of sustained combat power as Zhang Daniu. This is one of the weaknesses of the Divine Flame.

After the attack lasted for a while, Meng Yan's attack frequency gradually weakened.

However, it is absurd to ask a weapon-refining master with the Divine Flame to engage in such a life-or-death battle. This kind of talent is best suited for weapon refining!
Han Li, as expected of Han Li, performed exceptionally well under extreme conditions. He not only relied on the Seventy-Two Thunder Flying Swords and his powerful divine sense to block many divine sense attacks, but also used the flying sword formation he activated at full power to kill demons. Almost every short while, a demon would die miserably under Han Li's sword formation.

Han Li wouldn't have dared to be so arrogant otherwise, but his strong foundation and ability to quickly recover his spiritual energy gave him tremendous confidence!

Originally, the terrifying destructive power of the Seventy-Two Sword Formation at full power was his hidden technique, but now, with the enhancement of his physique, this explosive state can be sustained for a much longer period of time.

"Awesome!" Zhang Daniu roared as he looked at the corpses of the fallen demons.

They were just killed and felt incredibly frustrated.

Now it's finally their turn to turn the tables.

However, just as Zhang Daniu was enjoying his killing spree, Han Li suddenly spoke up:

"We should retreat!"

"Why?" Zhang Daniu asked, puzzled. They were clearly in an advantageous position right now.

"Haven't you noticed that more and more demons are catching up? Although their total number is decreasing, they are moving very slowly. Those demons that we left behind have already caught up!"

"But we're getting closer to our limits right now. My mental state needs to recover, and I can't sustain such a high-intensity burst for long. Junior Brother Meng Yan's burst is also nearing its limit; his endurance isn't enough. And haven't you noticed that your recovery is gradually falling behind your damage output?"

"Moreover, what we've seen so far are only demons with mid- to high-level bloodlines. Once a demon with a king-level bloodline appears, it might possess power on par with our current strength. Previously, they might have feared our trump cards, but now, as we're being weakened, we'll be in danger if they come at us."

As Han Li analyzed the situation, Zhang Daniu broke out in a cold sweat, never expecting that such a terrifying and deadly crisis was hidden behind their current advantage.

"Senior Brother Han is right!" Meng Yan agreed, "We have the advantage now. We should fight while running, recover while wearing down the enemy, and avoid being directly surrounded by a large number of demons. This is the safest strategy!"

"That's right, we must always maintain this ability to run and fight. Survival is the prerequisite for everything, so don't act rashly!" Han Li added.

Most importantly, he could always sense a terrifying power, a talent he had cultivated over a long period of time: intuition.

However, perhaps the demons with king-level bloodlines are too afraid of death, and they may also be able to sense his deadly trump card, so they have been trying to wear down these low-level demons.

For someone who always prioritizes stability and prudence in his actions, he naturally wouldn't give that guy in the shadows a chance.

The reason he didn't tell his two junior brothers about this was that it wouldn't help them even if they knew, and it would only increase their despair. It was better for them to pretend they didn't know about the guy in the shadows and then suddenly launch a fatal attack.

"As expected of Senior Brother Han!" Zhang Daniu praised.

Following Han Li's instructions, he immediately began to fight and retreat.

However, as they retreated, they suddenly sensed an incredibly terrifying purple lightning power!

There was also a trace of tribulation lightning within it, accompanied by the wails of the demons.
"What's going on? Do you know that thunderous power that fought the demons?" Meng Yan suddenly asked.

"I don't think we have any Thunder-level experts on our Star Sea Continent, right? Nascent Soul Perfection? I don't remember! Could this be a trap?" Zhang Daniu replied after thinking for a moment.

Han Li frowned deeply; this aura seemed somewhat familiar to him.
Who is it? Is this a trap?

That's right, the flying sword! Golden Thunder Bamboo!
"Those are Senior Brother Lin Ya's bamboo!"

"What? Senior Brother Lin Ya's bamboo?"

"Brother Qi's seed?"

"Yes! It was the bamboo that absorbed the power of the lightning tribulation at the place where we were undergoing tribulation in our Azure Sky Domain!"

"Then let's go quickly! Bamboo is not mobile, we mustn't let it be ruined by the demons!"

"quick!"

Upon hearing that it was Qi Ping's bamboo, the group immediately sprang into action.

They naturally knew that the bamboo was something Qi Ping was focusing on cultivating, and it must be very important, so they absolutely couldn't let anything happen to it!

They have received so much kindness from Qi Ping over the years, and have never had the chance to repay it.

But now that they have the opportunity, they naturally won't let anything happen to Qi Ping's bamboo.

Now that they have just achieved a breakthrough and reached their limits, they are even more confident in doing it.

Moreover, they could sense that the bamboo was very powerful, and if they carried it, it would be a powerful fighting force for them.

Compared to the demons, the human race is numerically weaker and it is more difficult for strong individuals to emerge. However, the human race has an advantage in achieving a synergistic effect far greater than the sum of its parts through cooperation. Therefore, regardless of their motives, they must save Qi Ping's bamboo.

"Fuck!"

"Does this guy even need us to save him?"

"Too fierce!"

When Han Li and the other two arrived, they were almost completely dumbfounded.

The bamboo, which they had thought was on the verge of collapse, now stood almost upright on the ground. Its purple trunk and leaves were completely enveloped in a terrifying lightning tribulation power, the kind that would kill an ordinary Nascent Soul cultivator the moment it touched it.

Beside that bamboo stalk lay countless withered demon corpses, seemingly devoured by something.

Beside that bamboo, hundreds of golden marrow bees were flying around, assisting the bamboo in its battle.

At the same time, when Han Li and the other two appeared, the Thunder Tribulation Immortal Bamboo also noticed them.

"Humans, come here quickly!"

"Leave the demons to me!"

Thunder Tribulation Immortal Bamboo hurriedly transmitted its message.

It remembered its master's instructions: if it encountered humans or other beings from the Star Sea Continent, it should help them as much as possible, especially a few of them.

And now it has just seen a few people, all of whom Qi Ping has asked to pay special attention to!
It will definitely carry out its master's orders.

It is one of the master's proudest treant warriors, the Thunder Bamboo Warrior!

We can't embarrass our owner!

Especially since there was a surge of energy just now that completely transformed his bloodline abilities, allowing him to fully integrate the lightning tribulation into his bloodline and transform it into the Lightning Tribulation Immortal Bamboo!

Given its previous situation, it was already worried about whether it would ever see its owner again.

Although it had the technique to devour demons given to it by its master, that power always placed a great burden on it. In addition, there were too many demons, so it had to frantically absorb them to maintain its energy, which put it in a very dangerous situation at one point.

Fortunately, the power it had just experienced, according to its master, was the power of creation. It allowed it to completely integrate with that power and also transformed its lightning tribulation power into its bloodline. Now, with its powerful refining ability of lightning tribulation power, ordinary demons no longer pose a threat to it.

"Come here quickly! My master told me to fight alongside you after we met!"

Seeing that Han Li and the others hadn't arrived yet, Lei Jie Xian Zhu urged them on.

"Are we still running?" Zhang Daniu looked at Han Li, somewhat bewildered.

"Why run away in this situation? Is there a better place to recover than Senior Brother Crow's bamboo?"

"That's right! That's the best place for us to recover. We can help each other and try to get both of us back to peak condition to deal with any potential dangers."

At this moment, the three of them gradually breathed a sigh of relief, especially Han Li, who knew that there was a powerful enemy hiding in the shadows.

Now, with this powerful bamboo to work with, the already increased win rate will skyrocket again!
Victory on this battlefield is practically a foregone conclusion.

Unless a king-level demon with the bloodline capable of turning the tide of the battle appears.

However, the probability is very small. The truly terrifying battlefields will only appear in the Nascent Soul, Void Refinement, and Body Integration stages.
There, even someone with exceptional talent could die instantly.
Ordinary high-ranking demons or upper-level demons are already very strong, but compared to king-level bloodline demons, they are not even on the same level.

Fortunately, they are not to be underestimated either!

They already have the potential to soar to great heights; now, all they need is to annihilate all the demons!
Meanwhile, another special realm battlefield has appeared on the battlefield of the Nascent Soul stage.

There is only one person, Wang He, in this battlefield!

He was walking alone on the battlefield, utterly alone. He didn't know how long he had been walking, nor how many demons he had killed.

He only knew that he was alone; apart from that, the whole world was his enemy!

However, this was no big deal to him. As the current head of the Punishment Hall in the Nine Domains of the Star Sea, countless people, demons, and monsters had died at his hands. In fact, even Qi Ping probably hadn't killed as many people as he had!
How did the stability of the Nine Realms of the Star Sea come about in recent years?

The answer is just one word: Kill!

Over the years, although the vast majority of people have submitted to Qi Ping and many people with ulterior motives have been killed, this still cannot stop many people from harboring their own selfish desires.

Because of past habits, countless people are still secretly engaging in various underhanded tactics for personal gain.

These people not only have incorrigible bad habits, but they are also gambling that people's hearts can be bribed, and that Qi Ping can't control these small fry.

How many such people are there in the Nine Realms of Stars? The number of those who died directly or indirectly at Wang He's hands alone is more than one hundred million!
The Star Sea Continent is too vast. If too many people enter this place, even if only a small portion harbor any ill intentions, the number of these people will be an unimaginably terrifying number!

All of these people have been killed by him, either personally or indirectly!
If the souls that died by his sword were gathered together, they would be enough to form a terrifying legion!
When it comes to killing, if he says he's second, no one would dare say they're first.

Moreover, the people he killed were not the kind of people who could kill hundreds of thousands with a single blow, but rather each and every one of them with solid evidence.

He had personally seen almost every one of their names, their general life stories, and their social relationships.
For a time, when he closed his eyes, all he could see were the people who had died by his sword, and the pressure from that was immense.
He's not the kind of inhuman person who wouldn't care about these things. On the contrary, he cares most about ordinary people; otherwise, he wouldn't be the inheritor of the Righteous Sword.

But for the sake of the Nine Realms of Stars, for the prosperous era that Qi Ping wanted to create, and for fewer people to die in the chaos of war, he had to do this, otherwise even more people would die.

Now his name is the most terrifying Asura in the Star Sea Continent; even those with weaker minds would be terrified to tears upon hearing it.

During that period, Wang He didn't know how he got through it.

All he knew was that his once pristine righteous sword slowly turned red, forming a thick layer of blood scabs, and eventually even the blade itself turned black, just like his Dao heart.

Qi Ping had talked to him about this, but it was no use; only Wang He himself could get past this hurdle.

Moreover, no one is more suitable for this position than Wang He. It would be a disaster for the Nine Realms of the Star Sea to have a ruthless and indifferent person sit in that position that holds the power of life and death over countless people.

Qi Ping was also waiting, waiting for the day when Wang He would truly overcome that hurdle.

He knew that only if Wang He could overcome that hurdle while bearing the burden of endless bloodshed, could the Star Sea Continent welcome a true master of punishment.
(End of this chapter)