Longevity Thunder Ancestor

Chapter 780 Murong Zhaoxue
The Thunder-Swallowing Ancestor looked at Zhu Tianlei, who was bound to him by the Thunder Python, with eyes as if he were looking at a precious treasure.

Immediately, he grabbed at the top of Zhu Tianlei's head with his right hand, and blue lightning flashed wildly on Zhu Tianlei's body, converging towards the hand of the Thunder-Swallowing Ancestor.

Zhu Tianlei's face was contorted with terror and pain; he tried to shout but couldn't.

Immediately, a golden pill the size of a pigeon egg, a deep blue color, flew directly from the top of his head. The Thunder-Swallowing Ancestor caught it with two fingers and swallowed it whole while laughing wildly.

At the same time, the aura of lightning spiritual power emanating from his body also increased significantly.

Not long after, Zhu Tianlei's body fell heavily to the ground.

He was hunched over, his face aged beyond recognition, as if he had been dried up in the desert for decades, and he died with his eyes wide open.

Such a bizarre and bloody scene sent chills down the spines of everyone present.

Su Wanwan's pretty face turned pale. Although she already knew from the mysterious bronze mirror that the Thunder-Swallowing Ancestor could devour cultivators with thunder spirit roots, seeing this scene in person still made her feel a chill in her heart.

She glanced at Ning Fa, who still appeared calm, and then calmed down as well.

Even Ning Fa frowned slightly. This Thunder-Swallowing Ancestor was truly domineering, actually able to directly devour the golden core of a Thunder Spirit Root cultivator.

Judging from this person's words, it seems that at his peak, he could even devour the nascent souls of Nascent Soul cultivators to increase his strength.

This was truly extremely evil, giving him an uncomfortable feeling.

At the same time, he frowned deeply.

In his opinion, since the Nascent Soul cultivator of the Fuling Palace wanted to deal with the Thunder-Devouring Ancestor, why didn't he make a move at this time, but instead sat and watched him devour others to recover from his injuries?

Moreover, he had not been able to detect any trace of that person since entering the cave.

However, he was certain that this person had secretly followed him in, but must have used some clever concealment technique to avoid being detected by the Thunder-Swallowing Ancestor.

"Our ancestor's divine might is unparalleled!" Huo Yong shouted, and Liu Chengjun and the other cultivators from the Changsong Society echoed him with excited expressions.

Lu Dong, who was also under control, looked around in a panic.

Just then, the Thunder-Swallowing Ancestor, who was seemingly savoring the moment with his eyes closed, suddenly opened them, his eyes flashing with lightning as he stared intently at Ning Fa and Lu Dong.

He then grabbed with both hands, and after two thunderclaps, two more giant lightning pythons appeared in the air, attempting to use the same trick to capture the two men.

Lu Dong, who had little power to resist, was bound around the waist by the giant lightning python and flew towards the Thunder-Swallowing Ancestor.

Ning Fa's eyes flashed with a cold light, and his right foot burst forth with silver light, shattering the blue lightning ring. He then narrowly avoided the lightning python's attack.

He still didn't unleash his full power, pretending to be entangled by the lightning python.

Inside the hall, the two moved with lightning speed, Ning Fa appearing to be fleeing in a disheveled state, seemingly in grave danger.

Su Wanwan frowned deeply as she watched this scene, because she was well aware of Meng Yi's strength.

Although the thunder python was an attack from the Thunder-Swallowing Ancestor, she was confident that even she could get rid of it. She didn't believe that Meng Yi would have such difficulty dealing with it.

She couldn't help but wonder if it was because this Thunder-Swallowing Ancestor had a severe suppression of Meng Yi, a cultivator with a thunder spirit root.
Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel anxious for Ning Fa.

Although she was confident that she had the means to escape, she knew that taking another person with her would not work.

If Ning Fa is killed by the Thunder-Swallowing Ancestor, wouldn't the hope of resolving her troubles also be gone?

Ning Fa did this intentionally. He had already secretly planned that if the cultivators from the Fuling Palace did not show up after the Thunder-Swallowing Ancestor had devoured Lu Dong, then he would have no choice but to leave first.

Ning Fa's performance surprised the Thunder-Swallowing Ancestor. His eyes lit up because the stronger Ning Fa was, the greater the benefits he would gain from devouring him.

The Thunder-Swallowing Ancestor flicked his finger again, and another thunder python appeared in the sky, also chasing after Ning Fa.

Huo Yong and the others exchanged glances, then unleashed their magical weapons and attacked Ning Fa as well.

At this moment, the Thunder-Swallowing Ancestor stretched out his right hand and grabbed Lu Dong, who had come in front of him.

Lu Dong looked terrified, opened his mouth as if to shout something, but no sound came out.

A strange light flashed in the eyes of the Thunder-Swallowing Ancestor, and without hesitation, he covered Lu Dong's head with his right hand.

The same scene unfolded again, with blue lightning surging wildly around Lu Dong's body and converging towards the right hand of the Thunder-Swallowing Ancestor.

Then a bright blue golden pill flew out from the top of his head, which the Thunder-Swallowing Ancestor picked up and put into his mouth without hesitation.

He had an expression of enjoyment on his face, and the purplish-red spiritual patterns on his body seemed to come alive, writhing and flashing with eerie purplish-red lightning.

Just then, the expression on the face of the Thunder-Swallowing Ancestor changed drastically.

Suddenly, the purplish-red lightning around him began to flicker wildly out of control, interspersed with wisps of green lightning.

This sudden scene silenced the hall. Ning Fa stopped in mid-air, and the two giant lightning pythons that had been chasing him disappeared because of the strange behavior of the Thunder-Swallowing Ancestor.

The Changsong Society cultivators, including Huo Yong, who had also been chasing after him, froze in their tracks, staring in astonishment at the Thunder-Swallowing Ancestor.

Ning Fa narrowed his eyes, suddenly understanding. No wonder the Nascent Soul cultivator from the Fuling Palace behind him hadn't shown up yet; it turned out he had a backup plan. Lu Dong was clearly bait, and a poisoned one at that.

Judging from the shocked and terrified expression on Lu Dong's face at the end, he probably didn't even know that his body had been tampered with.

He might have thought his mission was simply to lead the way to the location of the Thunder-Swallowing Ancestor and that would be the end of it.

Thinking about this, Ning Fa had gained a preliminary understanding of the Fuling Palace's style.

He sighed inwardly, because this meant his plan to fish in troubled waters had naturally fallen through.

At the same time, he was also highly focused, estimating that the Nascent Soul cultivator from the Fuling Palace would appear soon.

Sure enough, at that moment, a slight whooshing sound came from behind.

A flash of blue light appeared inside the hall inside the mountain, and a figure suddenly appeared.

She was a tall woman wearing a black dress and a black veil.

His eyes were like cold stars, and his long, azure hair emitted wisps of blue electricity, radiating an extremely powerful spiritual pressure.

The woman swept her gaze around, lingering on Ning Fa for a moment before turning to the Thunder-Swallowing Ancestor, who was clutching his head and howling in agony, and said in a hoarse yet melodious voice:
"Thunder Devourer, isn't the Thunder Serpent Ash I prepared for you quite good?"

Huo Yong, Liu Chengjun, and the other cultivators from the Changsong Society exchanged glances, all seeing the shock in each other's eyes. Only then did they realize that Lu Dong's joining them was also for ulterior motives, with the aim of dealing with the Thunder-Swallowing Ancestor.

Seeing the current state of the Thunder-Swallowing Ancestor, the group couldn't help but feel despair.

Su Wanwan, still trapped in the lightning ring in the corner, frowned even more deeply, her regret growing stronger. She shouldn't have gotten involved in this mess; she hadn't expected another Nascent Soul cultivator to appear.

She had already secretly held a white fish-shaped jade pendant in her hand, ready to activate it at any moment.

Just then, the Thunder-Swallowing Ancestor slowly raised his head.

His body was still crackling with that eerie green electricity, but his expression had returned to calm, even bearing a strange smile as he said:
"Murong Zhaoxue, it really is you. My preparations were not in vain."

Upon hearing this, Ning Fa was startled. It seemed that the Thunder-Swallowing Ancestor had been prepared all along.
The Nascent Soul cultivator, who seemed to be named Murong Zhaoxue, frowned slightly, then snorted coldly, "Still playing tricks even when you're about to die."

After speaking, the woman raised her right hand, and a blue ancient mirror flew into the air. Several mysterious lightning runes were engraved on the edge of the mirror, and a powerful spiritual pressure emanated from it.

Its surface surged like thunderclouds, and then a beam of blue light shot out from it.

It transformed into a lightning rune about ten feet in size, flashing with electricity and radiating a powerful binding force, heading straight for the Thunder-Swallowing Ancestor.

The Thunder-Swallowing Ancestor calmly raised his right hand, and a purple lightning nail several feet long suddenly flew out. Dense purple lightning and fire shot out from the nail, firmly blocking the descent of the huge lightning rune.

At the same time, the Thunder-Swallowing Ancestor suddenly let out a low shout, and several silver needles slowly emerged from several acupoints on the top of his head before flying away and disappearing.

Immediately, the aura emanating from the Thunder-Swallowing Ancestor surged dramatically, and the purplish-red patterns on his face writhed like living snakes, making him look extremely terrifying.

The spiritual pressure he emitted was more than twice as strong as before, and he showed no signs of injury at all. The green electric sparks on his body had also disappeared.

"Your injuries have already healed?" Upon seeing this, the woman in the black dress immediately changed her expression.

"Haha, Murong Zhaoxue, you underestimate my Thunder-Swallowing Spirit Body."

Now that my spirit has reached the second stage, this mere Thunder Serpent Ash can no longer cause me much trouble.

"How could I have lured you into this ambush if I hadn't swallowed that brat whole?"

The Thunder-Swallowing Ancestor grinned maliciously.

He clenched his right hand suddenly, and a loud buzzing sound rang out.

At the entrance to the hall, a sudden flash of black light appeared, instantly forming a black lightning net like a spider web, blocking the entrance.

That wasn't all; patches of black lightning also appeared on all the walls of the hall inside the mountain, connecting into one large area.

In the blink of an eye, it completely covered the entire hall, with countless black vortex-like nets slowly rotating, exuding a chilling aura.

At the same time, another black lightning vortex, about ten feet in size, appeared out of thin air behind the Thunder-Swallowing Ancestor, which was extremely strange.

The woman in the black dress immediately turned pale, her eyebrows furrowing as she exclaimed, "This is... the Black Thunder Spirit-Capturing Array! I didn't expect you to have even learned this array!"

The Thunder-Swallowing Ancestor laughed wildly and said, "Since I know that Fellow Daoist Murong Zhaoxue is coming, how can I not make full preparations?"

I heard that you possessed a flawed innate lightning spirit body, which was later transformed into an extremely powerful acquired lightning spirit body by the temple.

"If I were to devour you, I would likely break through to the mid-Nascent Soul stage directly."

Ning Fa, who was not far away, was somewhat dumbfounded. He did not expect that the Thunder-Swallowing Ancestor had foreseen the arrival of the woman in the black dress and had carefully prepared an ambush.

Those who can become Nascent Soul cultivators are indeed not to be underestimated.

(End of this chapter)