“The waters of the Heavenly River, heed my command!”
“Summoning wind and rain, churning rivers and overturning seas!!”
As the lightning creature issued its command, a massive silver river immediately materialized in the sky.
This colossal silver river seemed to be formed from lightning itself, shimmering with a brilliant silver light.
It also resembled a projection of a great river, descending from some unknown time and space.
The moment it appeared, it exerted an immensely powerful pressure upon everyone present.
Many felt a suffocating sensation just by looking at it.
It was as if this great river posed a lethal threat to them.
Zongzheng Liuning, standing before the river, became especially tense.
His sensations were far more intense than those of the others.
It felt as though the waters of the Heavenly River were about to completely engulf him as well.
Especially when the lightning creature unleashed the two divine abilities—Summoning Wind and Rain, and Churning Rivers and Overturning Seas—it caused the river’s waters to surge towards him under its command, swarming aggressively.
The immense power contained within surpassed any ordinary lightning.
Zongzheng Liuning even felt as if he were contending against an immensely powerful Sovereign-realm expert.
Because of this, his expression turned extremely solemn.
“Good! Excellent! I’ve never crossed paths with such a formidable Lightning General before. Today, I shall have a proper contest with you!!”
“Seal-Overthrowing Seal!!”
As Zongzheng Liuning spoke, the Seal-Overthrowing Seal in his hand instantly grew to an enormous size.
In an instant, it revealed its true form—a colossal immortal mountain.
Without any hesitation, he then hurled the Seal-Overthrowing Seal directly from his hand.
Immediately after, the immensely massive Seal-Overthrowing Seal charged straight into the vast Heavenly River.
“Boom!!”
A thunderous sound erupted in the sky, causing everyone below the Immortal Emperor realm to experience temporary deafness.
The collision’s noise seemed to possess an incredibly powerful, enchanting force, leaving countless people in a daze.
Only those at the Immortal Emperor realm and above could barely maintain their composure.
They alone could clearly perceive the situation in the Nine Heavens above.
The colossal Seal-Overthrowing Seal and the expansive Heavenly River collided, generating enormous splashes.
The splashing water scattered in all directions, dissolving everything in heaven and earth.
Even the residual lightning energy and the dark clouds of the heavenly tribulation originally present in the sky dissolved upon contact with these water droplets.
More importantly, Zongzheng Liuning felt that the rainwater from the sky was also dissolving his body.
The vast Heavenly River seemed to contain a special law everything it touched would dissolve.
Even Zongzzheng Liuning’s Seal-Overthrowing Seal was being eroded.
And the lightning creature, utilizing the waters of the Heavenly River to unleash Summoning Wind and Rain and Churning Rivers and Overturning Seas, maximized the power of these two divine abilities.
In just an instant, Zongzheng Liuning felt precarious, as if caught in a storm.
He had encountered many opponents before, but this was the first time he had faced one who overwhelmed him so completely from the very start of the battle.
Fearing that the waters of the Heavenly River might damage his Seal-Overthrowing Seal, he instantly recalled it.
Then, his expression grew even more solemn.
Although the lightning creature had only used two divine abilities, Zongzheng could already sense how extraordinarily difficult it was to deal with.
Especially the waters of the Heavenly River, which contained a tremendously powerful dissolving force capable of melting anything.
If Zongzheng Liuning were to be surrounded by those overwhelmingly powerful river waters, he would likely dissolve directly within the Heavenly River itself.
Therefore, Zongzheng Liuning felt an intense sense of crisis.
Simultaneously, he felt an urgent sense of urgency in his heart; he wanted to end this battle quickly. Only by doing so could he ensure his own safety and guarantee his survival through this heavenly tribulation.
Because of this, his gaze directly locked onto the lightning creature, which stood nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety-nine zhang tall.
He had no way to deal with the waters of the Heavenly River; that vast, mighty river left him feeling helpless and without recourse.
He couldn’t subdue or control these waters.
But against the lightning creature before him, he still had confidence he could fight it, after all, it was just a single entity.
Hence, Zongzheng Liuning hesitated no longer. Ignoring the waters of the Heavenly River, he headed straight for the lightning creature.
“Seal-Overthrowing Seal!!”
“Smash it for me!”
Zongzheng Liuning’s combat method was very simple: use his brute strength to smash relentlessly.
The Eight-Nine Heavenly Art he cultivated granted him immense power far beyond ordinary people. Coupled with the Seal-Overthrowing Seal, his brute force could crush everything.
Therefore, he believed that as long as his Seal-Overthrowing Seal landed solidly, it would definitely injure the lightning creature, or even destroy it.
After all, he was now far, far more powerful than when he was at the Quasi-Sovereign realm.
Back then, he wasn’t afraid of Sovereign realm experts. Now that he had grown stronger, overwhelming those ordinary Sovereign realm experts shouldn’t be a problem at all.
Thus, he still had a certain amount of confidence in his own strength.
However, just as his Seal-Overthrowing Seal hurtled towards the lightning creature, the creature made a move no one had anticipated.
Without a moment’s thought, it raised the nine-toothed rake in its hand and, with all its might, raked it directly against Zongzheng Liuning’s incoming Seal-Overthrowing Seal.
Instantly, two terrifyingly powerful forces collided.
“RUMBLE!!”
A booming sound, echoing throughout the entire world, erupted. Their collision caused the whole world to tremble.
At the very center of the impact, countless black holes appeared; under the sheer force of pure power, even space itself shattered.
This time, let alone cultivators below the Immortal Emperor realm, even many Immortal Emperor powerhouses felt their heads swell and their primordial spirits seemed on the verge of splitting.
They simply couldn’t withstand such immensely powerful shockwaves from the battle.
Those with weaker strength weren’t even qualified to observe the fight.
Within the Immortal King realm, only Ye Wushuang could continue watching the battle in the Nine Heavens above.
And at this moment, Ye Wushuang was also exceptionally focused.
He felt that the fighting style of the lightning creature in the Nine Heavens was becoming increasingly familiar, more and more reminiscent of figures from the legends he knew.
This also sparked a sense of anticipation within him. He wanted to know if this lightning creature was indeed the Marshal Tianpeng from his knowledge.
If it truly was Marshal Tianpeng, then Ye Wushuang might just find a way back.
As for Ye Wushuang’s thoughts, no one else knew.
Everyone’s attention was now fixed on Zongzheng Liuning and the lightning creature.
At that moment, Zongzheng Liuning couldn’t help but gape, stunned by the lightning creature before him.
“You… you actually used pure physical strength to withstand a blow from my Seal-Overthrowing Seal! How can you possess such terrifying power?!”
“Are you truly a creature born from the heavenly tribulation, or are you some cultivator who has achieved mastery in cultivation?!”
The fighting method employed by the lightning creature was completely different from what Zongzheng Liuning had imagined.
How could a being formed from lightning possess such terrifying strength?
