I bear witness to immortality in the human world.

Chapter 268 Ruins
A top-tier grandmaster was killed instantly!

What a horrifying scene this is.

As a grandmaster of Daoist arts who has reached the pinnacle of the Eight Refinements, even when facing an extremely rare 'Peerless Grandmaster,' he can at least hold his own and will not be easily killed.

The ability to instantly kill a top-tier Grandmaster is something that only Dao Saints and Martial Saints can achieve.

However, in this world, the upper limit of power that can be exerted is limited to the Dao Saint level. Even if a Dao Saint-level being conceals their aura and enters this world, the power they can exert will still be limited to the Eighth Refinement level. It is precisely because of this that Wu Ming's instantaneous annihilation of a top Grandmaster appears even more terrifying and unbelievable.

"escape!"

Yuan Boyong had no other thoughts in his mind.

As a top-tier Daoist master, he instantly unleashed three Daoist techniques. The first was burning his primordial spirit and soul power to unleash its full potential. The second was his most proficient technique, Heavenly Wrath Thunder, which he used to strike Wu Ming. The third Daoist technique was 'Thunder Extreme Escape Light,' where dazzling lightning instantly enveloped his entire body, carrying him away to escape into the distance.

This was the best he could do at the moment. He unleashed his full power and used desperate measures to block Wu Ming with his strongest Dao technique and then escape with his fastest escape technique. With this set of moves, he could escape unscathed even against any peerless grandmaster.

But he was facing Wu Ming.

These methods, however, had no effect on Wu Ming.

"go."

With a mere flick of his finger, Wu Ming unleashed nine blood swords that swept forward, tearing apart Yuan Boyong's Daoist technique in a brief collision before disappearing into the clouds.

At the same time, the pressure from the supreme secret technique also acted on Yuan Boyong remotely.

"...Gu!"

As Yuan Boyong was desperately trying to escape, he suddenly staggered, and the escape light surrounding him instantly shattered, revealing a face filled with extreme horror.

"What kind of move is that?!"

A look of disbelief crossed his eyes.

With his level of strength, burning his soul power to the extreme would naturally be extraordinary, but Wu Ming's supreme-level formation suppression was even more terrifying, instantly reducing his strength by 70%, which was equivalent to forcibly lowering him from the level of a top grandmaster by two levels. At this moment, he also understood why his companions were instantly killed by Wu Ming.

This bizarre method that can suppress a person's strength is completely unpredictable and impossible to deal with when caught off guard!
"No!"

Just as Yuan Boyong was about to rebuild his escape light and continue his escape, nine blood-red flying swords caught up with him and trapped him inside.

Despair and resentment welled up on Yuan Boyong's face, and then the blood-red sword light engulfed him.

Swish! Swish!

The sword light crisscrossed, then vanished without a trace in an instant.

The nine flying swords nimbly tumbled and flipped back as if controlled by an extension of their own limbs, arriving in front of Wu Ming and landing in his sleeve. Meanwhile, Yuan Boyong's figure had vanished without a trace.

Just as Yuan Boyong's body completely disintegrated, and he was strangled to the point where he died, three golden runes quietly appeared and floated silently in the air.

"Only three dishes?"

Wu Ming walked over, glanced at the three thunder talismans floating in the air, thought for a moment, and then reached out to take them.

Based on their brief conversation, he learned the purpose of these lightning runes: they would be very useful when they arrived at the central ruins. However, these lightning runes could not be taken out of the lightning domain, and no matter how they were collected, they would fall back to their original location after one died.

Upon careful reflection, Wu Ming vaguely understood the reason for the commotion he had caused earlier. The Thunder Talisman was likely a fragment of the Thunder Domain's power, a part of it, and he had attempted to incorporate it into the Demon Subduing Diagram... If he had only tried to incorporate some ordinary grotto-heaven treasures, it would have been one thing, but the Demon Subduing Diagram itself was a supreme treasure. Attempting to collect the Thunder Talisman was undoubtedly like using the Demon Subduing Diagram to plunder the power of the Thunder Domain.

It's not surprising that this situation caused a tremor in the Thunder Domain, since, based on his current understanding, there is an ancient ruin in this Thunder Domain, and that ancient ruin comes from the legendary 'Thunder Emperor'!
Having understood the situation in the Thunder Domain, Wu Ming had a clear objective.

On one hand, they wanted to plunder as many thunder talismans as possible to obtain useful resources in the Thunder Domain. On the other hand, they wanted to find as many grandmasters from the Great Jin cultivation holy land as possible in the Thunder Domain to find a way back to the Great Jin.

……

Amidst the clouds and mist.

Wu Ming's figure moved swiftly.

He paused abruptly, then changed direction, flying diagonally to the right. At the same time, he raised his sleeve, and nine blood-red flying swords instantly flew out from his sleeve, transforming into a nine-sword killing formation that rushed forward.

Not far in front of him, amidst the swirling clouds and mist, a thick bolt of blue lightning spread through the clouds and mist. Calling it lightning was a bit inappropriate, because it looked more like a dragon, a dragon made of lightning!

"hiss."

As Wu Ming suddenly charged forward, the thunder dragon also spotted him, letting out a majestic roar before rising up and spitting out a bolt of azure lightning towards Wu Ming.

This bolt of azure lightning was as thick as a bucket, and its power was extremely astonishing, far exceeding the lightning beings Wu Ming had encountered before. It directly reached the level of a top-tier grandmaster in the Eighth Refinement stage.

Crackling! !
The crimson sword light collided with the azure lightning, instantly exploding into bursts of light within the clouds.

The two forces clashed fiercely, and for a time they were evenly matched.

Wu Ming, who was manipulating the Nine Swords Killing Formation, was not surprised to see this scene. Without the suppression of a supreme-level formation, the power of his Nine Swords Killing Formation was only at the level of a top-tier grandmaster.

In fact, the full power of the Nine Swords Killing Formation is not limited to this, but he has just broken through to the eighth level of refinement, and the nine flying swords of the Nine Swords Killing Formation are high-grade spiritual treasures, which are extremely powerful weapons. With his current ability, it is indeed a little difficult for him to forcibly control the nine swords.

If one could cultivate in seclusion for two or three years, further enhance one's primordial spirit, and completely stabilize the eighth level of refinement, then one could perfectly master the Nine Swords Killing Formation, and the power of this sword formation would inevitably directly reach the 'peerless' level.

As for what would happen if one could comprehend the second step of the Law of Slaughter, coupled with the suppression of a supreme-level formation...

Then, even if they faced a true Dao Saint or Martial Saint, they might still be able to put up a fight.

"kill!"

Wu Ming didn't say much, focusing all his efforts on manipulating the Nine Swords Killing Formation to annihilate the thunder dragon.

These lightning beings are different from the Daoist cultivators of the human race. Like the golden lightning talisman, they are also part of this lightning domain. Therefore, the suppressive power of the supreme array has no effect on them. Or rather, Wu Ming's current primordial spirit array is not yet capable of affecting the entire lightning domain.

However, with the power of his Nine Swords Killing Formation, he is one of the most threatening among top grandmasters. His killing ability is unparalleled. In addition, he possesses the "Zhe" technique, so he is not afraid of confrontation or exhaustion. He can easily handle a thunder dragon of top grandmaster level.

Especially since these lightning creatures within the lightning domain lack intelligence and don't know how to escape, only knowing how to fight relentlessly, it was naturally not difficult for Wu Ming to kill the lightning dragon before him. An hour later.

Wu Ming's Nine Swords Killing Formation unleashed a blinding crimson sword light, piercing and tearing through Lei Long's body.

The thunder dragon, its form somewhat dim and seemingly on the verge of collapse, finally succumbed to the heavy blow. Its body exploded with lightning and vanished completely into the clouds.

After it collapsed and shattered, strands of lightning power quickly gathered together, eventually forming a total of seven golden lightning runes.

"good."

Seeing the number of lightning runes that appeared after the thunder dragon's demise, Wu Ming nodded slightly and smiled. This number was well worth the more than an hour of fighting here.

He has been in the Thunder Domain for nine days now, and has twenty-seven Thunder Talismans in his hands. Adding the seven in front of him, he has a total of thirty-four. Most of these are from the Thunder Lifeforms in the Thunder Domain, and only a small part are from Daoist cultivators and martial artists from different forces.

It is worth mentioning that there are also a few martial artists in this Thunder Domain, but they are indeed very few. Wu Ming has encountered more than one grandmaster from different sects in these nine days, either in groups of two or three or alone, but he has only encountered one martial artist.

Unfortunately,

So far, none of the forces he has encountered have come from the Great Jin Cultivation Holy Land.

After collecting all the golden thunder talismans, Wu Ming didn't linger. He quickly left the spot and ventured back into the clouds to continue collecting thunder talismans.

After about seven more days, he dealt with some more lightning beings and a Daoist Grandmaster who dared to attack him and try to plunder him. He had accumulated a total of sixty golden lightning talismans!

"It should be about time. We should go and take a look at the ruins in the center of the Thunder Domain."

Wu Ming clenched his fist and looked at the sixty star-like dots that had appeared on the back of his hand.

The Thunder Domain has only been open for a month, and half a month has already passed. He hasn't been to the Central Ruins yet, and he doesn't know what sixty Thunder Talismans can be exchanged for. He certainly won't wait until the last day to rush over and exchange them.

Now,

Wu Ming changed direction and flew towards the center of the lightning domain.

The center of the Thunder Domain was not far from where Wu Ming was. In no time, Wu Ming had reached the edge of the central Thunder Domain. Here, the clouds and mist were even thicker, and deep within the clouds and mist, a huge black shadow could be vaguely seen. The black shadow was wrapped in the clouds and mist and could not be seen clearly.

After pausing briefly at the edge, Wu Ming stepped forward and entered. He quickly discovered what the huge black shadow was—it was a floating island in the center of the Thunder Domain!
Although it's called a floating island, it looks more like a broken piece of land.

On this island, the clouds and mist imbued with the power of thunder are even thicker, making it impossible to see what lies deep within. Even releasing one's soul to explore is blocked by the clouds and mist, making it impossible to glimpse anything. Only on the outer perimeter of the island can one vaguely see some ruins, filled with an ancient aura.

When Wu Ming arrived at the edge of the island and tried to step inside, he was immediately blocked.

His physical body had already been thrown into the Demon-Subduing Diagram, and he was now in his primordial spirit form. Normally, he could penetrate even a thick mountain directly, but when he tried to enter the island, he felt a faint barrier.

Wu Ming was not surprised by this situation. He flicked his finger and a golden thunder talisman appeared in his palm. He placed the talisman in his palm and pushed it forward lightly.

Ding!
An invisible ripple spread out.

Immediately afterwards, the golden lightning talisman melted away and merged directly into the invisible barrier in front of it.

Entering the central ruins requires at least one golden thunder talisman, a fact Wu Ming had learned several days prior.

hum.

As the golden lightning talisman merged into the island, Wu Ming quickly felt the barrier in front of him disappear rapidly. Without much hesitation, his figure swiftly floated forward and stepped directly into the island.

As soon as he landed on the island, Wu Ming immediately felt that the fog on the island seemed to have dissipated a bit. He could vaguely see that there were ruins everywhere on the island. Each of these dilapidated ruins was extraordinary.

Inside those broken and collapsed stone pillars, many fine and mysterious patterns could be seen with the naked eye. These patterns felt to Wu Ming almost exactly like the array patterns contained in the Demon Subduing Diagram. He could only sense their mystery, but he could not comprehend or understand them at all.

Wu Ming arrived at a broken stone pillar, examined it carefully, and finally shook his head.

Obviously,

The array patterns contained in these ruins are all at the immortal level, far beyond his current comprehension.

After bypassing the stone pillar, Wu Ming continued to venture deeper into the area, where he could see many dilapidated ruins, but unfortunately, he found nothing of value among them.

at last.

He arrived at the center of the ruins.

This is a magnificent ancient palace, standing amidst swirling lightning. Above the palace is an astonishing sea of ​​golden lightning, enveloping nearly half of the ancient palace.

On the front of the ancient hall, a plaque can be vaguely seen. There seem to be words on the plaque, but they cannot be seen clearly due to the interference of thunder and clouds.

Just as Wu Ming arrived at this palace...

A string of invisible information silently flooded into my mind.

This information was not a statement, but a peculiar statistical dossier, the contents of which are roughly as follows.

— Thunder Spirit Grass (five Thunder Talismans)
—Thunder God Stone (twelve thunder talismans)
—Drops of Thunder (eight thunder runes)
……

This was a resource exchange list of the thunder talismans he had acquired. Every resource recorded in it was extremely valuable, making Wu Ming somewhat dazzled.

Among these exchangeable items, the most expensive and the strangest is the one at the very bottom.

—Enter the Thunder Emperor's Palace (50 Thunder Talismans)

"Thunder Emperor Palace... Could it be this ancient hall...?"

Wu Ming looked up at the majestic and ancient palace, a strange look flashing in his eyes.

This is the only exchange item with an unclear purpose. It seems to grant the right to enter the Thunder Emperor's Palace, but there's no idea what the benefits are of entering, and it also costs a full fifty Thunder Talismans.

(End of this chapter)