As soon as the thunder tribulation began, the three elders of Sutra Valley immediately controlled their magic weapons and flew out of the city.
At this time, seeing the rebellious cultivator Duan Shuang rising to high in the sky despite the thunder, he gritted his teeth and was also filled with strong doubts.
Exposing the vital golden elixir directly to the thunder tribulation is no different from seeking death. If the golden elixir is destroyed, what is the point of keeping the physical body?
Moreover, according to the sect's records, Elder Duan Shuang was only at the Solid Core stage a few days ago. How come he became a Golden Core after just a few days? "It must be a magic cultivation technique. I never thought that the talented and upright Duan Shuang would actually slaughter an entire city of mortals just to practice magic!"
"What a misfortune for the sect!"
The three could not think of any other explanation except for the breakthrough in cultivation in a short period of time and the large-scale death of humans.
Elder Zhong raised his hand and shot a small copper mirror towards the top of his head. After it collided with a thin bolt of lightning that was striking them, the small copper mirror burst into light and refracted the lightning to an open space not far away, where it exploded.
Then they flew out of the range of the calamity clouds in Yunxi City and were no longer affected by the aftermath of the thunder calamity.
The small mirror flew back and was caught by Elder Zhong, who was filled with heartache and stuffed back into his arms.
The power of the scattered thunder in the aftermath of the thunder tribulation is naturally far less than that of the formal thunder tribulation, but it is also not a force that they are willing to face easily.
"It is his own fault that he has been punished by heaven, but he has done such a thing and brought shame upon the sect. It is really abominable!"
The three elders turned around and looked at Duan Shuang who was in the center of the calamity cloud, all with unhappy expressions on their faces.
Although Sutra Valley is a sect formed by the union of independent practitioners, it set strict rules to restrain its disciples when it first became an independent sect.
For more than two hundred years, the monks of the sect have seldom done anything harmful to the world. Instead, they often show off their prowess in front of others and do things like slaying demons and protecting mortals.
Among the four major sects in Dachong Mountain, it has always had a good reputation, second only to Shushan Five Elements Peak and Cihang Temple... At least it ranks in the "top three".
This time, such a vicious and evil demon cultivator has appeared in the sect, and its reputation in the world of immortal cultivators will definitely suffer a great blow.
Seeing the lightning strike Duan Shuang's head one after another, they just felt so happy in their hearts that they wished that the lightning from heaven would directly strike him into ashes!
"Old Chen, what's wrong with you? With such a great punishment from heaven, there is no way he could survive even if he became a golden elixir."
At this moment, Elder Zhong suddenly discovered that the other elder among the three had not spoken a word since Duan Shuang appeared. His expression was solemn and no one knew what he was thinking.
"Look at the other corpse pill on his head."
With the cultivation level of the three elders, it was not difficult for them to cross half the city to see the two pills above Duan Shuang's head.
A golden pill with some black aura was undoubtedly his golden elixir.
But the other one was exactly the same size as the golden elixir, completely pale in color, and surrounded by a thick, impenetrable corpse aura. It was exactly the golden elixir corpse demon elixir that was recaptured a few days ago.
The other two elders thought that Duan Shuangding's magic weapon was damaged in the previous pursuit and escape battle, and he had no other way to resist the thunder at this time, so he released the golden elixir and the corpse elixir together to block the thunder above his head.
But this elder named Chen was knowledgeable and saw some clues from it.
"Maybe he's not looking for death...Have you heard of refining pills through thunder tribulation?"
Elder Chen considered his words and said this with some hesitation. It was obvious that he was not very sure about it.
"Thunder tribulation can also be used to make pills? How is that possible? And he doesn't even have a pill furnace?"
When Elder Chen said this, the other two elders couldn't believe it.
They had heard of thunder tribulations and alchemy, but when they put these two completely unrelated words together, they would subconsciously feel that it was absurd.
This is a punishment from heaven, this is a thunder tribulation! Facing this kind of disaster, it is difficult to survive, how can one use this violent power of heaven and earth to make an elixir? "Thunder tribulation is not about refining elixirs, but about cultivators' golden elixirs. I am not very clear about the specific situation, but according to ancient records, there are great terrors and great fortunes under heavenly tribulations."
“If he really uses the thunder tribulation to refine the corpse pill and the golden pill together, and the energy of life and death merges into yin and yang, I’m afraid we’ll be in big trouble!”
Elder Chen expressed what he was really worried about, and the other two elders frowned deeply after hearing it.
Seeing the golden elixir corpse pill above Duan Shuang's head getting closer and closer, they couldn't help but become serious.
"So what do you mean?"
Elder Zhong guessed what the other party meant, but looking at the thunder and lightning that were still falling from time to time in the city in front of him and turning the fleeing outer disciples into ashes, he still asked hesitantly.
“Although we are not completely sure, in order to prevent any accidents, we should go back and kill Duan Shuang in one fell swoop while he is distracted by the thunder tribulation!”
Elder Chen is a ruthless man. He attacks people when they are going through a tribulation. Such behavior is notoriously harmful to others and not beneficial to oneself.
The heavenly punishment cloud has no idea of your purpose. As long as you enter the range of the cloud, you will be regarded as a provocation and attacked. The closer you are to the cloud, the more severe the lightning strike will be. Therefore, unless there is a deep hatred, few people would risk doing such a thing.
In his heart, Elder Zhong actually wanted to refuse. In a battle between high-level cultivators, even if one won, it would cost a huge price. If the thunder tribulation could directly kill the opponent, that would be the best thing.
But looking at the distance, there were clearly seven or eight thunder tribulations falling, but the two pills floating above Duan Shuang's head were still not breaking, which made him hesitate.
In their impression, Elder Duan Shuang is a young and promising junior, and has never been an impulsive and brainless person.
Duan Shuang, in a very strange way, risked divine punishment and massacred all the citizens of Yunxi City!
In addition to practicing magic, he might... intentionally bring about a heavenly tribulation! In order to use the tribulation thunder to refine the damned life and death elixir! What if... What if, as Elder Chen said, the other party succeeded in refining it? The consequences would be unimaginable! Thinking of this, the elder who felt sorry for his precious magic weapon finally made up his mind.
"Well... well! It's just a punishment from heaven, so let's face the lightning and give that guy justice!"
In the end, they gritted their teeth and used their own magic weapons.
The reason why these three elders were sent out by Sutra Valley to chase Duan Shuang was naturally because they all possessed enough strength to suppress Duan Shuang.
Two of these three elders were Jindan and one was Shidan. With the combined strength of the three, even Duan Shuang, who was intact, had no choice but to flee for his life.
Now Duan Shuang, even after relying on special means and sacrificing the people in the city, has recovered from his injuries and even improved his cultivation.
However, his magic weapon was damaged in the previous pursuit, and he was also plagued by divine punishment, so he was definitely no match for the three people.
A bronze mirror, a bamboo umbrella, and a bracelet, three magical body-protecting weapons were placed above the three people's heads. A thin spiritual light splashed down, forming a layer of spiritual energy barrier to protect the body. The three elders once again turned into streams of light and rushed towards Duan Shuang in the center of the calamity cloud.
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Just as they left, the north gate of Yunxi City exploded with a loud bang, and a figure instantly broke through the city gate like a cannonball and flew out.
A bolt of lightning with scattered aftermath exploded on the ground just behind his feet, pushing him hard from behind, even though his already fast speed was even faster.
As a result, after Jiang Li broke through the city gate, his remaining momentum did not decrease. He flew out more than a hundred meters before he hit a hard rock hard.
The rock was smashed into pieces, and Jiang Li, who had barely escaped death, vomited a mouthful of blood.
Lying in the rubble, every part of my body ached, and from time to time my body was twitching slightly as if there were arcs of electricity flashing across it.
Jiang Li opened the panel and looked at his health value. This one blow alone had reduced his health by one-fifth.
The collision just now was actually just barely within the acceptable range for him. Even if he was injured, it was at most some superficial injuries, which he would be able to recover in a few breaths.
But the thunder just now was really scary.
This was the case when the lightning did not hit him directly. Instead, it struck the ground behind him. The diffuse arc impact alone was enough to cause him this level of injury.
The power of lightning was too difficult to defend against. His proud defensive ability was completely vulnerable to the lightning arc and was penetrated in an instant! If he was really hit head-on, even he would hardly be able to escape.
Fortunately, he has left the range of the calamity cloud. As long as the cultivators targeted by the heavenly punishment do not run around with the calamity cloud, he should be safe.
"Huh? Those three streams of light must be the sect's elders, right? Why did they go back again?"
Jiang Li, who was lying on his back in the rubble, just happened to see three elders of the sect rushing back to the city with defensive magic weapons.
"Could it be that they want to save more outer disciples, kill Duan Shuang, and end the Heavenly Punishment early?"
Jiang Li thought so in his heart. Although the outer sect competition arranged by the sect this time was really a bit unfair, they probably had a certain expectation of the losses of their disciples and it was impossible for them to let everyone die.
For Sutra Repository Valley, outer disciples suffer casualties every day, so the death of a dozen or even dozens of outer disciples this time may not be a big deal.
However, the 500 outer sects here are the strongest one twentieth of the entire sect’s outer sects. If the loss is too great, or even if all of them are lost.
Then in the next ten years, there will be a huge gap in the number of outer disciples.
Even the sect cannot accept it.
“But are all the elders in the sect so fearless? Rushing forward despite the thunderbolt, it seems that not all elders are as treacherous as the red-haired elder.”
Jiang Li's current life recovery speed has reached two health points per second. Theoretically speaking, it only takes about two hundred and sixty seconds, or less than five minutes, to recover from his injuries.
So he just lay quietly in the rubble, feeling the pain in his body gradually ease, intending to appreciate from this angle what a top-level battle between Jindan stage cultivators was like.
However, before he could wait long, his expression changed.
"What the hell... this is such a bummer!"
The three elders flew at an extremely fast speed. It didn't take them much time to get close to Duan Shuang. Then they used their spells and magic weapons without hesitation.
Their offensive was extremely fierce, and the three-color spiritual light tore the air above Yunxi City like a long rainbow, which looked magnificent and shocking! However, Duan Shuang was not a dead man, he was also a golden elixir, he could fly, hide and fight back.
It didn't matter that he flew away, the calamity cloud above his head also moved following his footsteps.
The Jindan cultivator moved a distance of a hundred feet in one go. As they fought fiercely, the calamity clouds above their heads began to jump back and forth, sometimes covering Jiang Li and sometimes moving further away.
The sense of life and death crisis that appeared and disappeared in an instant repeatedly irritated Jiang Li's nerves, and he was so uncomfortable that he almost vomited blood again.
Thank you for your hard work, comrades! (End of this chapter)