Cultivation: Fortune by Lots

In terms of speed, martial artists reign supreme by average standards.

For Upper Three Heavens Cultivators like Lu Fang, who can cover visible distances with abrupt advances and retreats, nearly teleporting, it’s difficult for the naked eye to track their movements.

This even means that in terms of attack distance, it’s hard to say they are at a definite disadvantage.

As for defense, when their qi and blood are full and they are unharmed, they are comparable to the Taoist Sect’s Dan Ding and the Buddhist Sect’s Zen Martial Arts. They are second only to the Precept Holder of the Buddhist Sect. This is an area where Body-Refining Martial Artists have a slight advantage over Weapon Strike practitioners.

Although their active sensing and penetrating abilities are not outstanding, their self-awareness is extremely strong, and it is very difficult for an enemy of similar cultivation to succeed in a sneak attack.

Their spirit has less offensive power but is incredibly resilient. To use terms from Lei Jun’s past life of gaming, their mental resistance is near maxed out, making them essentially immune to illusions and various negative effects.

Rather than saying they are warriors, it’s more fitting to describe them as assassins with extremely strong offensive and defensive capabilities.

Given their astonishing burst strength, their stamina is relatively ordinary.

At Lu Fang’s realm, compared to their attack distance, their true deficiency might be their attack area.

So, facing Tao Zhun, who can manifest a vast area of the Blood Sea, the situation is similar to when Shangguan Peng faced Tu Dong back then.

Strictly speaking, Lu Fang’s strength is slightly inferior to Shangguan Peng’s, but Tao Zhun is far worse off than Tu Dong.

Shangguan Peng had a tough time fighting Tu Dong, but now Lu Fang has the upper hand against Tao Zhun.

However, in a short time, Lu Fang can pierce through Tao Zhun’s Blood Sea but is unable to completely extinguish him.

If Tao Zhun wishes to fight to the death with Lu Fang, he would have to rely on his self-healing capability and the erosive power of the Blood River to slowly wear Lu Fang down to see who can’t hold out first.

But with more than one opponent present, Tao Zhun naturally thinks of retreat, trying hard to escape from this place.

Thus, after his Blood Sea is torn apart by Lu Fang, Tao Zhun voluntarily splits it into hundreds and thousands of Blood Shadows that scatter and fly away simultaneously.

Some Blood Shadows fly into the distance, some dive underground, scattering in all directions, each seeking a way out.

Lei Jun, now a well-known figure, is someone Tao Zhun had heard of, aware that although his strength is formidable, his Divine Skills involved cultivating the Destiny Star God and following the path of Corporeal Life Mastery.

To a great extent, he can also be regarded as a high-level Martial Tao expert.

If it’s a fight to the death, I definitely have no chance. But if it’s about escaping for life, these two opponents may not be able to keep me...

Hmm?

The Blood River Sect Elder Tao had just turned to this thought when suddenly everything in front of him went dark.

Silently, a massive amount of Mysterious Thunder appeared, forming a black Lei Hai that surrounded him from all sides, even engulfing the entire valley.

The Mysterious Thunder was dark and calm, but its explosion was as fierce and unyielding as the brilliant Yang Thunder.

The Blood Shadows possess strong erosive power, adept at contaminating others’ Mana.

But now, facing these Mysterious Thunders, the Blood Shadows were unable to break through and were instead blasted apart in large numbers by the Mysterious Thunder.

Simultaneously, the Mysterious Thunder, like a tenacious blight, did not release the wisps of blood light even after they scattered, but continued to entangle them.

Tao Zhun was greatly shocked and had no choice but to recondense and form the Blood Sea again, barely able to resist the black Lei Hai.

However, just at that moment, the black Lei Hai underwent another change.

Within the Lei Hai, five giant Talismans formed a black Talisman Array that silently revolved.

From the black ocean, a black dragon emerged with its head raised, silently roaring.

Seeing that black dragon, not only was Tao Zhun once again startled, but even Lu Fang, who was about to attack the Blood Sea again, slowed his steps involuntarily.

He slowed down, but Lei Jun did not.

The silently roaring black Mysterious Thunder Dragon plunged into the Blood Sea.

The Blood Sea surged violently, with the Thunder Dragon writhing within. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

The erosive power of the Blood River is indeed strong, constantly stripping away the black "scales" from the dragon’s body.

But as the Mysterious Thunder exploded, the black Thunder Dragon kept growing, making up for any loss.

The black "scales" eroded by the blood water floated in the Blood Sea for a long time without disappearing, instead turning into numerous black strands that continued to expand. Under the control of the black Mysterious Thunder Dragon, they began to bind the formless vast Blood Sea.

Eventually, the Blood Sea became increasingly restrained in its actions.

Tao Zhun even discovered in horror that it became difficult to re-divide into Blood Shadows.

If divided, each Blood Shadow would be entangled with a large amount of silk-like Mysterious Thunder.

Is this the Yin Thunder Dragon...? Lu Fang observed this scene. While shocked, he also experienced a moment of enlightenment.

He was acquainted with Shangguan Sheng and had heard from him firsthand about the battle near Green Stone Island. In that battle, Lei Jun had killed Qi Shuo, the High Merit Elder of the Yellow Sky Sect, by manifesting a black Thunder Method.

Now it was clear that Lei Jun’s Mysterious Thunder had matured even more.

Like Tang Xiaotang, he had condensed his own unique Thunder Method into an entirely new Dharma of the Taoist Sect!

Indeed, another prodigy from the Celestial Master Mansion.

At the Seventh Layer of Heaven Realm, to possess two great Dharmas simultaneously!

It must be because of his unique Root Bone Physique... Lu Fang sighed in admiration.

This encounter was indeed timely.

If not for an opponent like Tao Zhun, it’s doubtful Elder Lei’s second Dharma would have been forced out.

Lu Fang was even somewhat eager to get in touch with Shangguan Sheng to share this astonishing discovery of the day.

However, Lu Fang was, after all, an experienced military veteran. Though initially surprised, once he recognized Lei Jun’s capability, he immediately stepped forward again to assist.

With Lei Jun’s Yin Thunder Dragon being so miraculous, Lu Fang was also measured in his actions, no longer fixated on killing Tao Zhun but instead aiming to capture the Blood River Sect Elder alive.

Tao Zhun, on the other hand, was almost driven to despair.

In such a situation, he couldn’t even perform the Blood Sea Nirvana.

Ultimately, Tao Zhun was captured alive by Lei Jun and Lu Fang!