"Trying to escape?"
Seeing the giant blood-red bat, covered in injuries, frantically flapping its wings, trying to fly out of the range of his Plant Domain, Yun Chuan's expression was calm. He simply extended his right hand, and blue electric arcs immediately flickered.
He watched as crackling electric arcs gradually gathered in his palm, surging wildly around him. He focused intently, carefully controlling these electric arcs to calm down and coalesce into a shape according to his will… Finally, a blue-silver spear formed in his hand!
This move was a utilization of the lightning attribute, one of the four attributes inherent to the Supreme Haotian Hammer, and could be considered a self-created Spirit Ability. The principle was to condense a large amount of lightning into the stable form of a spear!
But while it sounded simple, condensing amorphous lightning into the shape of a spear involved many intricacies. It was not something that could be accomplished casually, as it touched upon knowledge from many different areas.
He named this move the Thunder Spear!
"Compared to lightning, your speed is as slow as a crawling turtle!"
Yun Chuan raised the Thunder Spear in his hand, adopting a javelin-throwing stance.
A flash of electricity streaked across.
The next moment.
A thunderous explosion erupted around the giant blood-red bat, which was struggling to fly away in the distance. The area it occupied was then enveloped by terrifying lightning, with a large circle of blue-silver electric arcs raging, illuminating the surroundings.
It was as if a small sun had appeared in mid-air.
In contrast, the Thunder Spear in Yun Chuan's hand had already vanished. At present, it seemed the giant blood-red bat had been taken down by his truly lightning-fast Thunder Spear.
However, Yun Chuan frowned, looking at the area where large electric arcs still raged. He felt something was off. He felt this Evil Spirit Master had died too easily.
According to past records of Spirit Hall's purges of Evil Spirit Masters, Evil Spirit Masters all shared a common trait: they were exceptionally good at escaping and preserving their lives! They possessed numerous bizarre methods to evade disaster, even faking death to get away.
Yun Chuan suspected this Evil Spirit Master had also used a similar tactic.
In the distance, the crackling electric arcs gradually subsided. As for the giant blood-red bat, it had long since been incinerated into charcoal by the high temperature of the electric arcs. Blown by the wind, it turned into scattered ashes, gently falling…
On the surface, after being struck by the Thunder Spear, the Evil Spirit Master's massive body was enveloped by lightning, leaving no possibility of escape. It was clear he had died beyond resurrection in the lightning's fury.
"Something's strange!"
Yun Chuan closed his eyes and began to use his Domain to search the barren mountain for any anomalies.
However, he scoured the entire barren mountain, yet found no trace of the Evil Spirit Master. It seemed that Evil Spirit Master had truly perished in the lightning.
But the more this was the case, the stranger Yun Chuan found it, and the more certain he became that there was definitely something wrong with that Evil Spirit Master.
After a moment of thought, Yun Chuan's figure flickered and disappeared from his spot.
At the same time, the many plants that had been raging on the barren mountain gradually calmed down, then surprisingly began to return to their original positions. A moment later, the barren mountain returned to its usual tranquility. It appeared that the barren mountain at this moment was no different from before.
Time flowed silently.
In a flash, the sun set.
The entire world became dark.
The night was dark and windy; even the moon hadn't appeared tonight.
At this moment, the barren mountain was still the same barren mountain, without a single sound.
Another few hours passed.
It was deep into the night.
Finally, something unusual appeared.
At the location of the large tree where the Evil Spirit Master had originally hidden, the tree itself had been destroyed in the daytime battle, leaving behind only debris and a tree stump.
But now, beneath the tree stump, an extremely faint sound began to emerge, seemingly the sound of some small animal digging in the dirt?
A moment later, a small mound suddenly bulged on the surface of the soil.
And then, a sneaky little creature poked its head out.
It was actually a blood-red bat, only about the size of a mouse. After emerging from the soil, it twisted its head, looking around. Seeing that its surroundings were calm, it breathed a sigh of relief.
"...That was close!"
"Fortunately, I hid my main body under the tree stump early on; what was outside was just a clone. Otherwise, I would surely have died today."
After this small blood-red bat crawled out of the dirt, it shook its body, then a faint red light began to glow on it. Its body gradually expanded, and a moment later, it transformed from a bat into a human.
His sixth Spirit Ability was very special, named 'Substitute Clone'. It could create a clone with flesh and blood, and temporarily transfer all of his cultivation and consciousness to the clone. Although his main body would become extremely weak, it could hide. Once the clone died, consciousness and cultivation would return to the main body. This move was truly a life-saving divine ability!
The only drawback was that this move could only create one clone at a time, and once the clone died, the Spirit Ability would enter a cooldown period, only usable again after a year. But despite these many restrictions, it could not obscure the excellence of this Spirit Ability.
"Now the people from Spirit Hall must think I'm dead. This place is temporarily safe. I'll hide here for a few days to recover my lost power. Once the storm passes, I'll first drain all those commoners nearby dry of blood. Then I'll go to other places to hunt for blood food. This time, I'll choose a place with a larger population, and next time I expose myself, I'll definitely drain everyone's blood first!" The Evil Spirit Master's face was sinister, his eyes flickering with bloodlust. Thinking of the commoners who had made him so wretched, he wished he could go back and drain all their blood right now.
"...I think you won't get the chance."
A soft and pleasant voice suddenly sounded.
It was such a soft, pleasant voice, yet in the Evil Spirit Master's ears at this moment, it was no less than an atomic bomb exploding beside him!
The Evil Spirit Master abruptly looked towards the source of the sound, only to see a figure in white clothes with black hair appear there at some unknown time, standing with hands behind his back, smiling as he looked at him.
"It wasn't in vain that I waited here for so long. As expected, you Evil Spirit Masters aren't that easy to kill," Yun Chuan said with some emotion, looking at him. Who would have thought that the person who had fought him earlier was merely a clone?
And the true main body was hidden beneath this ordinary wooden stump.
If Yun Chuan hadn't felt something was wrong, intentionally feigned leaving, but actually hid in the shadows with his Domain constantly active, and patiently waited, he might not have been able to ambush this Evil Spirit Master.
"Yun... Yun Chuan Saint Son!" The Evil Spirit Master looked at him, stuttering slightly, recalling how his clone, possessing his full power, had been decisively dealt with by this person during the day. He felt his life was over!
"Crackling! Crackle, crackle…"
Faint electric arcs suddenly appeared on Yun Chuan's body, and then his entire being was quickly enveloped by blue-silver electric arcs. At this moment, he had completely become a luminous body. The electric light illuminated the surrounding dark forest, making it as bright as day!
"...I'll use you to test my new move."
"—Thunder Body!"
Yun Chuan's entire body was enveloped by electric arcs, but this lightning could absolutely not harm him; instead, it would greatly increase his speed. With just a movement of his foot, his entire being transformed into a streak of lightning, striking towards the Evil Spirit Master like a bolt of electricity!
"So fast!"
The Evil Spirit Master was startled, only feeling a fist rapidly enlarging before his eyes. He immediately instinctively burst forth with the remaining, not much, spirit power transferred back from the clone, wanting to shake off the person who had already reached him.
But before he could unleash his spirit power, the flashing, electric fist had already slammed heavily into his face.
"Bang!"
The Evil Spirit Master was sent flying from his head, shattered teeth scattering, his face a bloody mess! The lightning damage attached to the fist further paralyzed his body, causing him to be enveloped in electric arcs.
But this was not over; Yun Chuan pressed his advantage!
Under the enhancement of lightning, his speed at this moment, though not comparable to true lightning, was still far faster than his usual speed.
The Evil Spirit Master, who had been sent flying into mid-air by a punch, hadn't even fallen yet when Yun Chuan's fist landed on him again. First, a punch to the chest, then he flashed behind him for another punch. Then, a raised leg delivered a horizontal kick, directly to the waist…
"Bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang!!!…"
After a series of crackling, sparking, and flashing lightning-infused punches and kicks.
The Evil Spirit Master had been beaten beyond recognition by Yun Chuan's fists and feet, especially with the accompanying lightning damage, which had almost roasted his entire body.
"Finally… take my Lightning Thunder Fist!"
Yun Chuan's figure flashed, then he raised his hand and clenched his fist. The lightning all over his body began to gather at his fist. At this moment, he was still a few meters away from the Evil Spirit Master, but when he threw a punch.
A spherical lightning ball shot out!
It directly hit the Evil Spirit Master, who was paralyzed by the lightning and stiff, unable to move from his spot.
"Boom!!!"
The spherical lightning ball exploded.
Terrifying lightning raged around, blue-silver electric snakes constantly splashing out, charring surrounding trees, some even catching fire…
A long time passed.
The electric arcs gradually stopped raging.
The blue-silver light gradually dimmed, then slowly disappeared.
Only occasional residual electric arcs still flickered in the surroundings.
As for that Evil Spirit Master, he had long since been reduced to a pile of ash by the raging lightning after the spherical lightning ball exploded.
"Hoo…"
Yun Chuan let out a long breath, then withdrew his hand. He felt refreshed after throwing a series of punches and sweating slightly, as if he had just had a sauna.
"This time, he's definitely dead!"
He nodded, muttering to himself, "As expected, fighting to the death like this is more enjoyable. No need to hold back, just fight however you want."
He had fought with others in Spirit Hall before, but those were all sparring matches, which felt constrained. How could they be enjoyable?
As the saying goes, with a sharp weapon in hand, a killing intent arises!
When you possess power, you will inevitably have the desire to use it. The saying 'a knight uses martial arts to violate prohibitions' comes from this.