"Yes, why don't you hurry up and run? You're the one the next wave of immortal tribulation will kill."
Wan Lei sneered.
Although the four little ones had been clamoring to kill all the disciples of the Five Elements Hall, Wan Lei hadn't actually planned to do so.
He needed to scare the enemy to the point where the disciples of the Five Elements Hall would not dare to provoke him again. If he killed them all, it would be unrealistic. The disciples of the Five Elements Hall were very strong. If they were pushed to a dead end, they would surely fight to the death in desperation, unleashing their peak combat power.
Killing was a means to an end, not an end in itself.
He was not a bloodthirsty person. The ambush on the disciples of the Five Elements Hall this time was purely for self-preservation.
"How is that possible? How can a rogue cultivator like you control the immortal tribulation? Who exactly are you!"
Ling Yin's voice cracked. The scene just now was too incredible.
She had witnessed with her own eyes how the lightning of the immortal tribulation was manipulated by the person called Wan Lei in his hands, and how the tribulation, which should have dispersed and struck everyone, was entirely concentrated on Chai Yan.
Then she watched as Chai Yan and several other fellow disciples all died under the tribulation, and the remaining dozen or so severely injured were also instantly killed by the enemy.
It wasn't that they were too slow to rescue, but they had been terrified.
They had all experienced immortal tribulations, so they wouldn't die from them, but the immortal tribulation before them was too strange and unbelievable.
In fact, Wan Lei couldn't control the immortal tribulation originally. At most, he could guide one or two bolts of lightning to strike himself or his enemies, just like when he fought Liu Naiweng.
However, when he first ascended to the Immortal Realm, he had undergone a heavenly tribulation, which caused the Heavenly Dao lightning within him to be tainted with the aura of the Immortal Realm's Heavenly Dao, granting him a small portion of the Heavenly Dao's authority, allowing him to control a part of the immortal tribulation.
But it could only be a small portion; anything more was impossible. Wan Lei's control over the fourth wave of tribulation wasn't perfect, and he could only guide its general direction.
This would only change if he had the opportunity to obtain more authority from the Immortal Realm's Heavenly Dao in the future.
"Actually, I am the embodiment of the Heavenly Dao's will."
Wan Lei naturally couldn't reveal his secrets to others, so he casually made up a story.
Ling Yin, of course, didn't believe him.
"Hmph, you must have used some Daoist techniques to create a sham. If they don't kill them today, we will face a punishment far worse than death when we return to the Five Elements Hall!"
Ling Yin roared, and runes suddenly lit up on her body, emanating flames. Her aura strengthened considerably, and holding her carving knife, she charged towards Wan Lei first.
Thinking of their Hall Master's temper, these disciples of the Fire Hall shuddered.
The great battle began again.
Ling Yin was like a ferocious leopard, flames erupting from her body with explosions. Her movements were incredibly agile as she continuously dodged and weaved, engaging Wan Lei in close combat.
The other disciples, those skilled in close combat, had already charged forward, while those skilled in sorcery unleashed their divine abilities from the periphery.
They had already lost nearly half of their fellow disciples, and their power was greatly reduced.
Among the group, Dada's combat power was the lowest, but his defense was undoubtedly the strongest. However, this low combat power was relative to whom he was compared with.
Compared to ordinary disciples of the Five Elements Hall, his combat power was similar, but his companions were monstrous talents like Wan Lei, Fang Xiaoyu, and the Four Little Ones who had become immortals at such a young age, making him seem weak.
Dada's screams were constant. Although his entire body was scorched black, with flames flickering from some of his flesh, his hair and eyebrows burned off, and he was covered in injuries, he still endured the searing pain and continued to charge into the enemy ranks, preventing them from regrouping.
The Four Little Ones hunted ferociously behind him. Once they selected a target, they would endure the attacks from others to kill their target with all their might.
A quarter of an hour quickly passed, and the fifth wave of heavenly tribulation arrived.
Wan Lei replicated his previous actions, looking up and fully controlling the even more abundant lightning.
Seeing the dense lightning appearing in the sky, Ling Yin's scalp tingled with fear, and she was about to retreat. However, upon reflection, she realized that no matter how fast she was, she couldn't outrun the lightning. Escaping anywhere would be certain death. The only chance for survival was to interrupt Wan Lei's control.
With this thought, Ling Yin unhesitatingly reached out and a Dao talisman appeared in her hand. It burned rapidly, transforming into streaks of rules that attached themselves to the carving knife in her hand.
In an instant, the carving knife emitted a profound and mysterious aura. The aura was peculiar, and Wan Lei couldn't understand it, only feeling as if that aura was a form of Great Dao.
"This strike will surely pierce through you!"
The carving knife spun and, with lightning speed, lunged towards Wan Lei's chest. Wan Lei immediately retreated, but the carving knife was faster, piercing into his chest in the blink of an eye and running through his heart.
Damn it, his words were law...
This was Wan Lei's last thought as he was sent flying by the carving knife.
Ling Yin dared not claim that this strike would kill Wan Lei; she couldn't bear such karma. However, she could make the carving knife disrupt Wan Lei's control over the lightning.
She succeeded.
The lightning controlled by Wan Lei, at the moment he was sent flying, lost control.
The vast, overwhelming lightning raged and struck downwards without any pattern.
It struck the ten-thousand-mile mountain range.
For a time, the earth shook and the mountains cracked!
Ling Yin breathed a sigh of relief. Having dodged Wan Lei's killing blow, she was no longer afraid.
A cold sneer curved her lips. Just as she was about to retrieve the carving knife to kill Wan Lei, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her neck, and then her head flew off. She saw her own body.
What decapitated her was a wind blade.
While it cut through space, it also severed her neck. Immediately after, two swords, like two swimming dragons, tore apart her head and body.
Fang Xiaoyu's speed was so great that before the surrounding disciples could even see what was happening, Ling Yin was already dead.
The two strongest individuals in their party, Chai Yan and Ling Yin, were now both dead.
Many disciples of the Five Elements Hall began to waver, but thinking of the punishment they would face upon returning, they dared not retreat.
"Kill the magma beast below that is undergoing tribulation, and the immortal tribulation will naturally dissipate. Then they will have no means to deal with us!"
A sharp-witted disciple shouted.
Wan Lei's expression changed upon hearing this. He absolutely couldn't let them attack the Fire Phoenix. The Fire Phoenix that had just undergone tribulation was no match for any of them.
As some disciples of the Five Elements Hall were about to charge down, Wan Lei and the others immediately went to intercept them.
However, just as the disciples of the Five Elements Hall hadn't yet reached the Fire Phoenix, countless roars echoed from the distant mountains.
The mountain peaks were shattered by the lightning, and the colossal beasts slumbering within the mountain range...
had awakened.
Mountain peaks were lifted into the air, revealing ferocious and terrifying beasts within, roaring and charging towards them.
These beasts numbered at least in the thousands, each possessing at least the strength of the Tai Xu realm, with many in the Tai Heng realm. From deeper within, Wan Lei and the others even sensed the terrifying surge of power from beings in the Wu Liang realm.
They had destroyed the beasts' homes, woken them up, and angered them...
They had caused immense trouble!