Elven cultivators

"That's it?"

Looking at the leaden gray clouds that had closed up overhead, Anton couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

For the past three days, he has been struck by lightning almost non-stop.

The violent energy coursed through his limbs and bones, and each bolt of lightning felt like a red-hot iron scraping through his marrow. Waves of pain washed over him, almost tearing his consciousness apart.

That feeling is worse than ten thousand ants gnawing at your bones, more intense than being torn apart by a thousand cuts.

On the contrary, the harvest was very pleasing.

After three days of being tempered by thunder, he managed to refine a full 50% of the pill's essence.

Under normal circumstances, even with the aid of the Evil-Transforming Pill, the Nine-Turn Evil-Refining Array, and the spiritual veins, it would have taken him at least twenty years to achieve such results.

Including the one-tenth that he had already refined, he has now refined six-tenths of the Dan Sha.

The thick layer of five-colored mist on the surface of the Golden Core has now visibly shrunk.

His magical power has more than doubled since he broke through.

More importantly, being bathed in lightning and personally experiencing its destructive power gave Anton a deeper understanding of the laws of lightning.

He benefited greatly from the vitality contained within the rage and destruction, and the delicate balance between disorder and order.

This experience will likely be of great help when I cultivate supernatural powers related to lightning in the future.

It must be said that although the method of using the power of lightning tribulation to refine the pill's evil energy is dangerous and can result in serious injury if one is not careful, the effect is simply too good.

Thinking of this, Anton's gaze fell on the ground not far away.

One of the seven lightning pillars had now shattered into dozens of pieces of varying sizes, the broken ends charred black, with faint arcs of electricity still flickering within.

The other six likely met a similar fate.

Unfortunately, the Thunder Prison Pillar has been completely destroyed. Otherwise, once the energy in Ure Valley has accumulated enough, he could set up another Thunder Prison Cage and perhaps break through the shell barrier directly.

"I wonder where the Lightning Pillar is located?"

Anton pondered the possibility of acquiring the Thunder Prison Pillar.

However, this thing is extremely rare, and even top-tier and first-class forces may not have any in stock.

Collecting all seven is extremely difficult.

Just then, a low groan interrupted Anton's thoughts.

He looked in the direction of the sound and found that it was coming from the earth elemental giant.

The enormous creature was curled up on the ground, its grayish-yellow body covered with spiderweb-like cracks, like a piece of rough pottery that had been smashed and then barely pieced back together.

It looked like it was at its last gasp, as if a few more blows would kill it completely.

However, Anton knew that this was just a facade.

Only an earth elemental giant whose body has been fused with the crystallization of the elemental origin would not be so fragile.

For elemental beings, elemental crystals are a super supplement.

This thing will continuously replenish the elemental creatures' energy and heal the damage they suffer.

Currently, the damage and energy consumed by the earth elemental giant have exceeded the replenishment rate of the elemental essence crystals, which is why it appears weak and listless.

But if you give it half a day, the elemental crystals can restore it to its full strength.

It can be said that elemental creatures that possess elemental origin crystals are as difficult to kill as if they have a cheat code.

If it weren't for the Cage of Lightning, it would have taken Anton a great deal of effort to kill this earth elemental giant.

As he was pondering, Anton suddenly changed his expression and turned to look in the direction of the valley entrance.

After most of the thunder energy in Ure Valley was consumed, the energy flow became much calmer, and the previous 'oppressive' feeling was gone. Anton's divine sense coverage radius also recovered to most of its previous value.

At that moment, his divine sense detected more than a dozen figures dressed as adventurers moving rapidly in this direction.

Before long, the person came into his sight.

With just one glance, Anton could tell that these people were not adventurers at all. The familiar, chilling aura emanating from them was so overpowering that it immediately reminded him of a certain secret organization.

"The Ring of Annihilation".

Xavier and the others had just stopped and hadn't even spoken when they suddenly heard those four words from Anton, and they were all stunned.

Their first reaction was that the plan had been leaked and that Anton was targeting them.

But he quickly realized something was wrong.

If Anton knew their identities and plans, why would he still step into the trap?

"You recognize us?" Xavier frowned as he stared at Anton.

Anton smiled wryly and ignored the question.

He was just guessing, casually trying to trick these guys, but he didn't expect that he would actually be right.

It seems his intuition and experience haven't faded.

Seeing that Anton ignored his question, Xavier's gaze darkened for a moment, but quickly turned into scrutiny as he looked Anton up and down.

"To be able to withstand the Lightning Cage for three whole days, the Fallen Dragon Sword Saint's strength is indeed as formidable as rumored, but I don't believe you can maintain your peak condition."

"After three days of being battered by thunder, you must be quite exhausted, right?"

Anton smiled faintly: "Why don't you try and see?"

Even setting aside his feud with the Ring of Annihilation, the fact that both sides are currently targeting the Earth Elemental Giant means they will inevitably have to fight eventually.

Since that's the case, there's no need to play along with these guys.

However, his calm and composed demeanor made Xavier somewhat unsure of what to do.

But soon, Xavier's inner greed overwhelmed his hesitation.

The corpse of a young legendary swordsman was enough to elevate his power to a new level. With such a good opportunity right in front of him, he couldn't possibly give it up.

At this point, even if Anton wanted to abandon the earth elemental giant and turn away, he would never agree.

As for Anton's current appearance... he is more inclined to believe that Anton possesses some kind of method that can quickly heal injuries, but such a method must consume a great deal of energy, otherwise it would be too overpowered.

Don't be fooled by Anton's current composed demeanor; his strength is definitely not what it used to be.

Now is the perfect time to kill them!

In a flash, Xavier no longer hesitated and decisively raised his hand and waved.

A stream of grayish-black mist burst forth from his palm in an instant, writhing and expanding in mid-air like a living thing, and in the blink of an eye, it transformed into a thick fog that swept over Anton.

Wherever the fog passed, the pebbles on the ground turned gray and brittle at a visible speed, like rotten wood that had been eroded by time for millions of years, turning into dust at the slightest touch.

A sour, rotten smell spread out, like the smell of rotting meat and moldy wood mixed together, making one want to vomit.

"The law of erosion?"

Anton recognized this rule at a glance.

This is a secondary law of "degradation" in the natural law category, belonging to the lower-level law category.

Its core capability is to accelerate the decay and decomposition of matter.

Whether it is metal, rock, or flesh and blood, everything will quickly decay and disintegrate in the face of the law of erosion.

In actual combat, this is undoubtedly an extremely difficult rule to deal with.

It does not pursue explosive power that kills in one strike, but weakens the opponent through continuous erosion, like boiling a frog in warm water. By the time the opponent realizes something is wrong, it is often too late to turn the tide.

Seeing Xavier make his move, Kyle and the others standing behind him all showed excited expressions.

Lord Xavier's erosion laws are most effective against restoration laws.

Once the body is invaded by the power of erosion, any recovery will be greatly reduced.

Especially since Anton had just experienced three days of thunderous baptism, even if he wasn't completely exhausted, he was already at his limit and certainly didn't have any extra strength to resist the corrosive force.

The outcome of this battle is a foregone conclusion!

The title of Meteor Dragon Sword Saint will end here today!

But just as this thought surfaced in their minds, they suddenly saw a radiant golden sun rising slowly from the gray-black mist.

No, that's not Yaoyang.

It is a sword wheel formed by the convergence of countless sword lights!

In the next instant, countless beams of dark golden sword light burst forth in the void, like a galaxy suddenly exploding in the night sky, or like a blazing sun shattering into millions of dazzling arrows of light.

Wherever the sword light passed, the gray-black corrosive mist vanished and disappeared silently, like boiling water poured on snow.

In just a few breaths, the gray-black fog that filled the sky was completely wiped out.

Xavier's pupils contracted sharply.

Kyle and the others standing behind him all changed their expressions, looking horrified.

Before they could recover from their shock, the hundreds of dark golden sword lights vanished from their spot.

However, it didn't actually disappear; it just moved too fast, exceeding the limits of their visual perception.

Only Xavier saw the trails of those sword flashes.

He could see it, but he didn't have time to make any dodging movements.

In the blink of an eye, hundreds of sword lights attacked within two meters of him, the sword energy causing his skin to sting.

Xavier's pupils suddenly contracted to a thin slit.

He didn't even have time to think; his body reacted instinctively, honed through countless battles.

A dark gray mist suddenly surged out of his body, bursting outwards like an explosion.

boom!

A deafening roar exploded in the valley, and a thick, gray-black mist spread rapidly, instantly filling every inch of space within a radius of several hundred meters.

The members of the Ring of Annihilation hastily retreated, creating distance between themselves.

Knowing how terrifying the law of erosion was, they dared not be touched by even a little bit of that gray-black mist.

Once they had steadied themselves, they looked up and found that the battlefield was completely shrouded in a gray-black mist, making it impossible to see the specific situation inside.

All that could be seen was the fog churning violently, as if being stirred by an invisible giant hand.

Amidst the swirling mist, a dark golden light flickered.

At first, there were only a few thin, wispy rays of light, appearing and disappearing in the thick, gray-black fog, as if they could be swallowed up at any moment.

But the light grew more and more abundant, spreading like a spider web through the mist, cutting the once seamless gray-black fog into countless fragments.

Each time the mist surged, it was suppressed by the golden light net, the surges becoming smaller and smaller, and the recovery speed becoming slower and slower.

It is being suppressed.

Upon realizing this, everyone present showed expressions of shock and disbelief.

Lord Xavier was actually at a disadvantage?

How is that possible?

Could it be that after experiencing three days of thunderous baptism, Anton's own strength was not depleted at all?