Chapter 2581 – 2581. Ascending To The Light

I looked down at the ground with my Mind’s Eye.

The monsters that had broken through the walls of the Earthly Star were swarming. Their information flowed through my Mind’s Eye, directly into my mind.

The Mind’s Eye didn’t just collect and receive information. It processed it at the same time. It felt like my head had become a computer. Usually, this would overwhelm and break a person’s mind with the sheer amount of information, but I had an Absolute Mind.

‘The number of allies and enemies. The monsters’ magic. The formations of allies and enemies. The state of the battlefield. I can see it all.’

Kwarururung! Kwarung!

Above my head, the giant cumulonimbus cloud rumbled incessantly. The lightning that had been resonating ceaselessly within the dark clouds had finally reached its limit. The dark clouds were ready to unleash the lightning they had been holding back.

Thunder Sky Style (雷天流) Ultimate Technique (極技) Thunder Sky Decree (雷天命).

From the pitch-black cumulonimbus cloud, thousands of bolts of lightning poured down towards the ground.

The world was filled with lightning. Most of the monsters couldn’t withstand the lightning and were swept away.

Originally, I couldn’t control Thunder Sky Decree either. But now, with the Mind’s Eye technique activated, I was different. I could perfectly control thousands of bolts of lightning. So, the lightning only struck the enemies.

It wasn’t just one strike and done. Lightning was still being generated in the cumulonimbus cloud and continued to strike the enemies.

‘Thunder Sky Decree consumes a massive amount of internal energy due to its wide range and power… but the situation is a bit different now.’

With the power of the Mind’s Eye, I could perfectly control Thunder Sky Decree, making internal energy consumption efficient. The resonance of the lightning was amplifying the energy itself.

On top of that, I now had the Hundred Battle Spear, a magical artifact that amplified lightning energy, and the Vajra Thunder, which helped control lightning energy just by possessing it.

‘70% of the monster army is dead.’

Since the lightning was still falling, the remaining 30% wouldn’t last long either.

I leisurely watched the massacre of thousands of monsters.

“Aaaaaaaah!”

“The enemy general has appeared with the lightning!”

“S-save me! They said there was no general!! This is different from what we were told!!”

“Commander Two-Horn! Please help us! Aaaah! This isn’t normal lightning, it’s hard to withstand!!”

Two-Horned Heavy Wolf (二角重狼).

A monster commander with a human body and a wolf’s head with two horns.

He was dazed from being struck by lightning like the other grunts, but he regained his senses and shouted.

“Don’t run away! Those who run will die by my hand!!”

Two-Horned Heavy Wolf, who had torn apart a fleeing monster with his own hands, spread his energy. The monsters, who had been fleeing in terror, reformed their ranks.

Two-Horned Heavy Wolf raised his spear. He took a stance, gathered his strength, and then threw the spear towards the sky.

The spear pierced through the cumulonimbus cloud, creating a shockwave. The center of the cumulonimbus cloud was blown open, revealing the clear sky.

I rotated the cumulonimbus cloud with the power of the Cloud Control Ring. Lightning began to gather and compress in the blown-open center.

“I won’t let you get away with this! Dog of the Emperor! Come down to the ground!”

Two-Horned Heavy Wolf shouted and used his magic.

Gravity was focused on me. The clouds couldn’t bear the weight, and my body fell to the ground. I landed calmly on the ground. Gravity was being applied to me like a gravitational pull, but it wasn’t enough to overwhelm me.

Two-Horned Heavy Wolf threw a new spear at me. The spear, imbued with gravity magic, flew at near-sonic speed.

I swung the Hundred Battle Spear and deflected the spear.

“Get your facts straight. You’re the dog. Did you think the situation would change if I came down to the ground? I commend you for your stupidity.”

I sneered at Two-Horned Heavy Wolf. Two-Horned Heavy Wolf grinned, baring his teeth.

“Hehehe. Lightning General. I already heard the news that you’ve become the Emperor’s new general. Do you know why we dragged out the siege against a city without a general? It was all to lure you out. You’re stronger than expected, so we did suffer some losses… but if we can kill you here, it’s a much bigger gain.”

So there was a spy from the monster side in the Empire. It wasn’t a strange thing. The Empire was so vast that it was easy to send spies.

Two-Horned Heavy Wolf used his magic again. An invisible force pressed down on my body. Kwaaang! A shockwave was created by the sudden force, wreaking havoc on the surroundings.

‘No. I can see all the gravity as well.’

It was just magic, not a true force of nature. There was no reason why the Mind’s Eye couldn’t see through it.

I trembled slightly. I pretended to be unable to move, caught by the gravity.

“Brother! I’ve got the Lightning General! Kill him quickly!”

Outside the city walls, Four-Horned Eternal Deer (四角永鹿), who had been disguised as a monster grunt, revealed his true form. He transformed into a 5-meter tall deer with four horns and eight legs and charged.

Bang! Rumble!

He broke through the city walls and rushed towards me.

I had known about Four-Horned Eternal Deer’s existence from the beginning, so I dealt with him calmly. I released the Vajra Thunder that I had been holding in my left hand. The Vajra Thunder moved on its own according to my will, blocking Four-Horned Eternal Deer’s path.

Kwaaaaaaaang!

A huge shockwave was created, but the Vajra Thunder blocked Four-Horned Eternal Deer’s charge without budging an inch.

“What?! This mere magical artifact is blocking me…?!”

“Are you blind because you’re a beast? It’s a Dharma Treasure of Sakra. There’s no way you can do anything about it.”

I reached out and grabbed one of his four horns, pushing it down.

“You…! Are you trying to have a strength contest with me? A human?!”

Four-Horned Eternal Deer shouted confidently, sure of his strength, but when I applied force, his head dropped down, and his eight legs couldn’t withstand it, breaking at the joints.

“Kuaaaaaak! How can a human have such strength…?!”

It was the power of the Cloud Dragon Armor set. The Cloud Dragon Armor set had an effect that became slightly stronger when all the pieces were worn. Among them, the ones that affected strength were the gauntlets, Cloud Dragon Hands (雲龍手), and the greaves, Cloud Dragon Feet (雲龍足).

Among them, Cloud Dragon Hands amplified pure strength, and Cloud Dragon Feet increased overall physical abilities and recovery when the feet were on the ground, receiving the earth’s energy.

“You’re still pretty good. I can’t kill you with just my left hand.”

I released the Hundred Battle Spear that I had been holding in my right hand. Since I was already the owner of the Hundred Battle Spear, its effects didn’t disappear just because I released it from my hand.

I clenched my right fist.

Over the past two years, I had gained experience and enlightenment by sparring with the Martial Alliance Leader of the Supreme Heavenly Clan (太極天君), and I had created a technique.

Pajijik!

Lightning flickered on my right hand. Perhaps sensing danger, Four-Horned Eternal Deer moved his neck to create a flow, even though all his legs were broken. He seemed to know the principle of using softness to overcome hardness.

I used lightning energy to concentrate all the power of my body into one point, my fist. I even pulled in the gravity force that Two-Horned Heavy Wolf was applying to my body.

‘Softness overcomes hardness? This is a technique I created to beat that Martial Alliance Leader.’

The pinnacle of hardness overcoming softness.

Thunder Sky Style (雷天流) Crushing Wave Strike (霹波鎭).

I swung my fist towards the deer’s head. The flow that Four-Horned Eternal Deer had created to deflect the force was instantly broken the moment it touched the Crushing Wave Strike. Four-Horned Eternal Deer’s head and torso were shattered, and he fell to the ground as a lump of flesh.

“If you’re not skilled enough, kneel.”

I shook my fist to flick off the blood.

Four-Horned Eternal Deer’s flesh began to twitch and gather back into a torso. The internal energy that remained in his corpse began to restore his body. His corpse trembled and then became a voice.

“I am a descendant of the Qilin! The great descendants have received the immortality technique! Kill me as much as you want! I will not die, so I will ultimately be victorious!”

“It’s the Heart Preservation Technique (保心術). A technique that allows you to recover without dying if your hidden heart isn’t destroyed. The heart is hidden 77 li to the northwest, under an old tree.”

“H-how did you…”

“I can see it.”

I thought of ways to kill Four-Horned Eternal Deer. The easiest way was to drop lightning on the old tree where his heart was. It wasn’t difficult for me now.

But it was too annoying to just kill him like that.

I opened my right hand.

Pazzzzzzzzz!

The color of the blue lightning, which was burning like flames, changed to navy blue.

Thunder Sky Style (雷天流) Lightning Technique (雷術) Evil Lightning (惡雷).

Originally, Evil Lightning was created by mixing lightning energy and demonic energy. No, in reality, it was closer to giving lightning energy the properties of demonic energy. It was the result of clumsily mixing lightning energy and demonic energy when I was still inexperienced. Evil Lightning had a heavy and lingering quality.

I had now modified it into a lightning technique with malice.

The navy blue lightning fell on Four-Horned Eternal Deer’s body.

The Evil Lightning clung to Four-Horned Eternal Deer’s body. It absorbed his energy, burned his flesh, and lingered. It was a kind of flame and poison.

“Kuaaaaaaaaaaak! This, this is such an evil sorcery!!”

He wasn’t dead, but he couldn’t shake off the Evil Lightning while he was recovering, so Four-Horned Eternal Deer would suffer eternally until someone saved him.

“So, he feels pain even though he’s a corpse because he’s spiritually connected. This is an unintended effect… good. Try begging for your life.”

“Kueeeuk! I’d rather…!”

The flesh that was writhing to recover while being endlessly burned by the lingering lightning stopped moving. He had released the immortality technique, the Heart Preservation Technique, with his own will. The Evil Lightning burned all of Four-Horned Eternal Deer’s flesh and disappeared.

I turned my head and looked at Two-Horned Heavy Wolf. From the moment Four-Horned Eternal Deer was subdued, he had been squeezing out all his power, including magical artifacts and innate energy, to use magic. He had gathered the surrounding soil and rocks into the sky, creating a small mountain. He was bleeding from all seven orifices and shouted.

“Lightning General!! I will wipe you and your city out in one go!!”

“Is that all you’ve prepared? I finished my preparations a long time ago.”

Thunder Sky Style (雷天流) Ultimate Technique (極技) Thunder God Decree (雷神命).

From the center of the rotating dark clouds, a lightning spear forged from hundreds of thousands of bolts of lightning fell towards Two-Horned Heavy Wolf.

The lightning spear pierced through the mountain of soil and rocks that Two-Horned Heavy Wolf had created, annihilated Two-Horned Heavy Wolf, and burrowed into the ground.

The massive lightning energy caused an explosion in the ground. The ground cracked and split with the earthquake, and lightning surged out of the gaps like a flood.

‘The city walls and houses collapsed due to the aftershocks of the earthquake. I tried to control my power, but it was too strong. It’s not a technique I can use often, so I misjudged it.’

Well, it seemed like there were almost no casualties among our allies, so it didn’t matter.

As the lightning energy of the Thunder God Decree that had burrowed into the ground disappeared, the earthquake subsided.

I spoke to my allies, putting internal energy into my voice.

“What are you doing? I’ve done everything for you. Don’t just stand there, go and kill them.”

I absolutely couldn’t stand the idea of the grunts having an easy time.