Volume 1, Chapter 11: A Shoulder Full of Security

“Crackle... crackle... crackle...!”

A dazzling purple divine light, as fierce as a wild python, coiled around him. In the next moment, the air began to warp, and an even more frenzied current than that in the alley appeared in Chen Tianming’s palm.

“Damn! What the hell is this crackling thing?”

“What kind of light is this? Why is it so blinding? Ah! My eyes... my eyes hurt so much.”

“He’s a Gu master. He’s actually a Gu master? This kid is a thunder Gu master,” Liu An thought, feeling as if the sky was collapsing. At over twenty years old, he had only become a trainee wood Gu master by chance.

But the man before him was a so-called ‘Thunder Gu Master,’ reputed to possess the strongest killing power in the world.

The gap between them was like heaven and earth.

As the saying goes: If you haven’t entered the Gu world, you see me as a frog at the bottom of a well gazing at the moon; if you have entered the Gu world, you see me as a tiny speck floating, shaking the sky.

That was exactly how Liu An felt now. He saw the man before him as a god of war descending from heaven, death’s aura deeply enveloping him.

“Die, all of you!” Chen Tianming said with fury. “Gu technique—Palm Thunder.”

He raised his arm, palm facing upward.

At this moment, Chen Tianming was like an invincible general on the battlefield. The thunder dancing in his palm were like disciplined soldiers who, at the general’s command, fearlessly charged toward the enemy.

His palm pressed down lightly, his gaze icy and merciless.

A curved lightning bolt leapt from his palm, shooting rapidly toward the area where Liu An and the others stood!

The lightning arcs struck the ground and then rebounded swiftly, scattering in all directions.

The powerful electric currents whipped at their bodies like thick, heavy whips.

Boom! Boom!

As a trainee Gu master, Liu An hastily condensed his Gu technique to counterattack, but in his panic, he couldn’t focus enough to control the Gu insects properly.

He could only watch helplessly as the purple lightning arcs shot toward him, followed by a heart-wrenching scream!

Ah! Ah! Ah!

Everyone present was hit hard, writhing in pain as they lay on the ground, foaming at the mouth and convulsing violently.

It looked as if they were struggling to breathe.

Having unleashed Palm Thunder twice fully today, Chen Tianming now felt dizzy and disoriented. The intense vertigo battered his mind like crashing waves. Were it not for his strong will, he would have collapsed long ago.

The purple arcs within the observation pavilion had vanished, replaced by a lingering stench of burnt flesh in the air.

Clenching his teeth, he picked up a sharp wooden stick from the ground and slowly approached the convulsing figures.

Chen Tianming knew well the truth of the saying: if you don’t eradicate the roots, the weeds will grow again in spring.

The people on the ground twitched, their bodies charred black like lumps of coal, no longer bearing the arrogant airs they had moments before.

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