Dragon-Marked War God

Thunder rolled and lightning flashed. Sparks of electricity and fire flared everywhere without end, like a hell on earth.

The whole mountain and the entire canyon were surrounded by lightning.

“Such big talk. Do you really think you can bargain with me here? Now that you’ve come in, you still want to fight it out with me? A mere Half-step Divine Emperor? That’s pure fantasy.”

The Heavenly Lightning Spirit’s voice was extremely cold, without a shred of emotion, full of domineering might that could swallow mountains and rivers.

Jiang Chen narrowed his eyes and said calmly:

“You should know better than anyone how strong you are, right? Even two Mid Divine Emperors could badly wound you. I think your strength is only so-so. Not that strong. You’re probably at the end of your strength by now. How big a wave can you still stir up? Heh.”

Jiang Chen’s words instantly made the Heavenly Lightning around him roar and surge even more. The terror of the Heavenly Lightning began to come down little by little around Jiang Chen.

“Is this your way of provoking me? Hahaha, arrogant fool. A Half-step Divine Emperor like you, I could crush to death by moving a finger. Who are you to even talk to me?”

“Then why don’t you hurry up and kill me? A centipede may be dead but it doesn’t stop twitching. You’re not sure either, are you? That’s why you’re so wary of me.”

Jiang Chen said with a smile.

“Those two Mid Divine Emperor old guys are already dead. I killed them.”

He said it full of confidence. At this moment, the Heavenly Lightning Spirit actually fell somewhat silent.

“You killed them? Do you think I’d believe that?”

“You don’t have to believe it, but soon you’ll realize how stupid you are. Going against me, the only road left to you is death. Today I have only one purpose, and that’s to swallow you.”

Jiang Chen was extremely certain and extremely proud.

“You’re dreaming. Even if you killed those two old guys, wanting to swallow me is a fantasy. Do you really think you can swallow me? Trying to make me your own is no different from seeking your own death.”

The Heavenly Lightning Spirit laughed loudly. Jiang Chen’s brazen boasting made it scoff all the more.

But the Heavenly Lightning Spirit was also rather shocked. That Jiang Chen could enter the Heavenly Lightning canyon meant that at least things outside had calmed down. It did not know what had happened outside, but when those people had seized the Lightning Mother Seed, both Mid Divine Emperor experts had been badly wounded by it. It, too, had wounded the enemy a thousand while losing eight hundred itself. Its strength had suffered a heavy blow and could not possibly return to its peak in a short time.

“How do you know you can’t until you try? Haha.”

Jiang Chen was full of high spirits, his eyes full of pride. This had been a battle where he looked on death as going home from the start. The arrow was already on the string. Jiang Chen would not return until he had conquered his goal!

“You’re seeking death. Since that’s so, I’ll grant your wish. The Mid Divine Emperor Realm is trash in my eyes. That those two old fogeys escaped alive was their good fortune, but you, leaving here is simply impossible.”

The Heavenly Lightning Spirit’s deep voice sounded in Jiang Chen’s ears again.

Swords were drawn and bows bent. The atmosphere grew extremely tense, and more and more Heavenly Lightning gathered around Jiang Chen.

“Accept the judgment of Heavenly Lightning.”

The voice of Heavenly Lightning came from the nine heavens and echoed through the canyon. Jiang Chen knew this thing was about to make its move on him.

“Lightning Punishment, Five Thunders Break!”

The Heavenly Lightning Spirit turned into five terrifying streaks of lightning that shot through the void. Jiang Chen stood firm like a general on horseback and charged straight up toward the top of the sky. The five bolts of lightning struck his body. Jiang Chen’s face was grave, but he was not afraid at all. Bolt after bolt of Heavenly Lightning passed through his body, and a faint smile appeared at the corner of Jiang Chen’s mouth.

The Heavenly Lightning Spirit was greatly shocked. Ordinary people, even at the Mid Divine Emperor Realm, would not dare take its Five Thunders Break head-on. Yet this Half-step Divine Emperor had actually met the Five Thunders Break head-on, and the lightning had passed right through his body without him showing the slightest sense of danger.

“What’s going on?”

On top of its shock, the Heavenly Lightning Spirit was also full of doubt.

In the canyon, a gigantic fiery red lightning shadow formed into a human face that gathered in the void, filling almost the entire canyon. Lightning flashed within its enormous pupils.

“Damn your ancestors’ coffin boards, that felt great!”

Jiang Chen stretched his muscles and bones all over, smiling.

“Your Heavenly Lightning doesn’t seem to be much use against me. If that’s all you’ve got, I’m afraid you’re going to meet your end here today. Hahaha.”

“Arrogant fool, let’s see how long you can hold out. Heavenly Lightning Draw!”

From the Heavenly Lightning Spirit’s huge face came incomparable fiery red lightning, one bolt after another, like giant pillars of magma, or a volcanic eruption, pouring straight down. The whole sky over the canyon turned into a fiery red cloud, extremely dazzling.

The frenzied fiery red lightning crushed down. Jiang Chen did not dare be careless. Compared with the Heavenly Lightning just now, this was what was truly terrifying. Only now had the Heavenly Lightning Spirit begun to use its own origin power. It was not even in the same league.

The fiery red lightning poured down and darkened heaven and earth. Magma exploded and lightning blazed, light overflowing in every direction. Jiang Chen was completely drenched in the downpour of lightning. That terrifying pressure left his whole body in extreme pain and difficulty. If it had been an ordinary Early Divine Emperor expert, this terrifying crushing force of the lightning alone would have been enough to break him.

“Divine Golden Bell, God Sealing Prohibition!”

Jiang Chen gripped the Eastern Emperor Bell. The terrifying divine bell rose to meet the difficulty and kept Jiang Chen firmly protected inside it. Let the rain beat and the wind blow as they would, the Heavenly Lightning came down on the Eastern Emperor Bell, and the might of the divine bell shimmered with flowing light, shining against the dazzling glare of the Heavenly Lightning.

“This is… the Eastern Emperor Bell!”

The pupils of the huge face contracted, its expression extremely grave. The Eastern Emperor Limitless Art drove the Eastern Emperor Bell soaring upward, holding up nine layers of Heavenly Lightning. In that moment, light flowed and swirled, and the Eastern Emperor Bell withstood nearly all of the Heavenly Lightning’s attacks. Jiang Chen’s gaze was extremely grave too. Beneath the Eastern Emperor Bell, layer after layer of Heavenly Lightning struck down, yet none could hurt him in the slightest. But the enormous drain of driving the Eastern Emperor Bell left Jiang Chen feeling quite helpless.

“This Eastern Emperor Bell only has half its bell soul, yet it’s already this terrifying.”

Jiang Chen could not help feeling awed. The bell soul of the Eastern Emperor Bell was a huge boost for him, quite a large gain from his trip into the Gate of the Divine Court. But at this moment he could not bring out the Eastern Emperor Bell’s suppressing power at all. Holding his ground and stabilizing the situation was already enough to satisfy Jiang Chen.

When the Heavenly Lightning came pouring down, he had almost felt an invisible pressure that left him unable to breathe. No wonder those two Mid Divine Emperor old guys had barely escaped with their lives at its hands. One could see how fierce and terrifying their earlier battle must have been.