"Good heavens, you're practically a protagonist, aren't you? I don't know what that place is, but judging by its name, it must be terrifying if it's used to imprison criminals.
To achieve such advancements and have great fortune in that environment, your talent is simply heaven-defying."
"Indeed. Later, because I successfully broke through and merged with the Nether Thunder, I was released. The Demon Lord ordered me to atone for my sins on the battlefield.
So, I continued to slack off and coast, yet my cultivation kept breaking through, all the way to the upper layer of the Demon Commander realm.
Until this time, when I was assigned to your Lei Feng Realm."
"Actually, I think if you really don't want to fight, then don't. Stay here in our Lei Di Hall..."
"I will not betray my race."
"I know, I know. I won't make you fight the demon race either. Just stay here with me, and you won't have to act conflicted every day. After I defeat the demon race, I'll find a way to tear open space and send you back to the Sea of Bitterness."
"Forget it. I truly don't believe you can defeat the demon race. Moreover, even if you can achieve immortality and tear through the spatial barrier of the Lei Feng Realm, you can't tear through the barrier of the Prime Plane.
Every time our demon race invades your universe and tears through the Prime Plane barrier, it requires at least an upper-level Demon God to act, and it comes at a great cost.
If I stay here, and the demon race wins, I will be executed for treason. If you win, I will also be stuck here forever and unable to return home.
It's better to just continue this charade for now."
"Alright then. However, if you genuinely don't kill any of our people, I can promise you that after I defeat the demon race, I won't kill you either."
"If it truly comes to that, then kill me. I do not wish to live a lingering life in the Prime Plane."
"We'll see then. By telling me so much, aren't you committing treason? Or rather, aren't you afraid I'll exploit you?"
"Have I revealed any important information about the demon race? Furthermore, what can you exploit from me? I won't defect to you."
"Hahaha, straightforward! The talk is over, let's fight. Show me how strong your demon race's lightning is."
"At least stronger than yours currently is. Be warned, I'm about to get serious."
Qian Niao Demon Commander was quite chivalrous; before attacking, he didn't forget to remind Wan Lei.
As for Fang Xiaoyu, after hearing Qian Niao Demon Commander's story and seeing Wan Lei about to engage in battle, he consciously retreated to the side. With nothing else to do, he joined Huo Feng and the others in finding Demon Commanders to spar with.
They had killed too fiercely just now; it was time to slow down, like boiling a frog in lukewarm water, and kill gradually. Otherwise, if Qiong Ku was pushed to desperation, who knew what he might do.
The sooner Qiong Ku was cornered and forced to jump over the wall, the fewer demons they would have to kill. Although it was slower now, they could at least kill more.
At both ends of the Qian Niao Demon Commander's long staff, the steel casing suddenly retracted, revealing two sections of dark gray crystal, each two feet long.
These crystals were secured by several metal strips and emitted terrifying energy fluctuations from within.
Qian Niao Demon Commander swung his staff, and a violent bolt of black lightning roared towards Wan Lei.
Earlier, during their conversation, although both were covered in lightning and looked formidable, they hadn't actually engaged in combat.
Now that Qian Niao was getting serious, Wan Lei intended to receive a bolt of his lightning, see if he could absorb it, and study it at the same time.
Wan Lei spread his hands, puffed out his chest, and met the lightning head-on with his armor.
The lightning struck Wan Lei, crackling and buzzing, and was soon absorbed into his body.
However, after entering Wan Lei's body, although it was digested and absorbed, this lightning left some dark and silent energy within him, which made Wan Lei, who always used light-attribute lightning, very uncomfortable.
"Innate Lightning Body?"
Qian Niao Demon Commander's eyes narrowed, and he asked.
"Yes, have you encountered it?"
"I've heard of it. Your Innate Lightning Body can absorb any lightning to replenish itself. But I still want to remind you, if it's ordinary demon race lightning, it won't matter much if you absorb it.
But my Abyssal Nether Thunder is too dark and mixed. The lightning energy you replenish will be less than the impurities that enter your body. It's not worth the gain."
"Thank you."
Wan Lei picked up the Thunder God's Hammer, flames and lightning swirling around him, strengthening his physical body before charging directly at Qian Niao Demon Commander.
Before he even reached him, the white lightning emitted by the hammer attacked Qian Niao Demon Commander.
*Boom!!!*
Qian Niao Demon Commander swept away the lightning with a staff strike. Looking at the residual white lightning on the tip of his staff, he slowly said,
"Geng Metal Divine Thunder."
Wan Lei remained silent, then used Lightning Escape. With a sound of thunder, he appeared behind Qian Niao Demon Commander and swung his hammer down.
However, just as his hammer was about to strike Qian Niao, the Demon Commander in front of him suddenly vanished, and in the blink of an eye, he reappeared behind Wan Lei.
Qian Niao's long staff swept across with lightning speed, directly hitting Wan Lei's lower back. Wan Lei spat out blood and crashed heavily to the ground.
Wan Lei felt an unbearable pain in his lower back, and his lower body became unresponsive. He suspected his lumbar spine was broken.
In the sky, a green bolt of lightning struck down, entering Wan Lei's body, and the injury on his waist quickly healed.
While he was healing, Qian Niao Demon Commander, being chivalrous, did not attack and waited for him to recover.
"Yi Wood Divine Thunder, it can heal injuries. Not bad."
Seeing that Wan Lei had finished healing, Qian Niao instantly surged towards him.
Wan Lei immediately activated his Thunder Sea Domain, disappearing from his original position. Then, several thunder giants appeared and charged towards Qian Niao.
"Kui Water Divine Thunder?"
Qian Niao Demon Commander brandished his staff and engaged in combat with Wan Lei's thunder giants. With every strike, he easily blew up a thunder giant.
Suddenly, a whistling sound came from behind Qian Niao Demon Commander. Wan Lei, enveloped in flame and lightning, had arrived behind him.
*Boom!!!*
Wan Lei swung his hammer. Qian Niao Demon Commander had no time to block and was hit on the back by Wan Lei's hammer. His three-zhang-tall colossal body crashed to the ground.
"Bing Fire Divine Thunder. It's hard to imagine you've managed to collect all five elemental divine thunders. Now, let me see your Xu Earth Divine Thunder."
Qian Niao Demon Commander suddenly flew up, holding his staff vertically to the ground. Instantly, eight bolts of lightning erupted from the ground around Wan Lei, forming eight pillars of lightning. Between them, defensive walls made of lightning enclosed Wan Lei within.
"This is my Thunder Prison, used to trap and wear down enemies," Qian Niao Demon Commander stated.
"Hahaha, I rarely need it. I have formations, and my Thunder Sea Domain, which are more useful than this."
The eight lightning pillars spewed out violent lightning, attacking Wan Lei.
Wan Lei, however, was keen to test the defensive power of the earth-attribute lightning.
As Wan Lei willed it, a yellowish-brown lightning shield appeared around him.