Chapter 722: Chapter 722

Lightning flashed and thunder roared as one bolt after another struck down, sending a powerful shockwave through the air and lifting a vast cloud of dust.

A tea time later, thunder clouds churned and surged, coalescing into gold, red, blue, yellow, and green arcs of electricity. The five-colored thunder clouds swirled; then they morphed into a gigantic Five-Colored Thunder Tiger, its body covered in arcing electricity, as it dived down from the sky.

A loud roar of a beast filled the air, and a multitude of red fireballs emerged from the void, heading straight for the Five-Colored Thunder Tiger.

The dense red fireballs hit the Five-Colored Thunder Tiger one after another, causing its enormous body to burst apart, a tremendous surge of five-colored lightning shooting up into the sky.

"It has only attracted a single Five-Colored Divine Thunder; your companion’s Purity of Bloodline is quite low! Without your help, it probably wouldn’t have had a chance to break through to the sixth rank."

Before long, a deep beastly roar resounded, and a Golden Flame Lion covered in scars flew out from the lightning, with multiple terrifying wounds and exposed white bones visible.

"Let it consume this top-grade Enlightening Pill, and its Purity of Bloodline might be able to rise to five."

Shen Long tossed a top-grade Enlightening Pill into the air with his right hand, sending it flying towards the Golden Flame Lion.

Another Golden Flame Lion let out a deep roar. The scar-covered Golden Flame Lion opened its mouth, allowing the Enlightening Pill to fly in and swallowed it.

The Golden Flame Lion’s body glowed with a blinding golden light, its body trembling slightly. After a short while, it spoke, "Thank you."

"You have just advanced to the early stage of the sixth rank, and your Purity of Bloodline is close to five. If your rank were any higher, even the top-grade Enlightening Pill wouldn’t be able to help you."

A top-grade Enlightening Pill was merely a boost. If it were a sixth-rank middle-stage Golden Flame Lion, the top-grade Enlightening Pill would be useless.

"My master is an Alchemist; he can concoct top-grade elixirs. By serving my master, you may be able to go further,"

Shen Peng said, his face beaming with pride.

"We are willing to serve you, Your Excellency. May we ask what Your Excellency wishes us to do?"

The other Golden Flame Lion spoke up.

"Is there any powerful restriction around here? A place capable of killing you, or any powerful beings, or unique treasures?"

"What is a restriction? What are unique treasures?"

The Golden Flame Lion asked in turn.

It hadn’t received a complete education in cultivation knowledge and didn’t understand what a restriction was.

Shen Peng patiently explained what formations and unique treasures were, to help the Golden Flame Lion understand.

"I don’t know where restrictions are, but I know of several formidable beings. My original nest was seized by them, and my elders were wiped out protecting us. There is a kind of fruit in my original nest, eating it makes weathering the tribulation much easier,"

the Golden Flame Lion said.

"What Divine Skills do they have? What is their Dharma Nature?"

Confusion clouded the Golden Flame Lion’s face.

Shen Peng patiently explained Dharma Nature, causing the Golden Flame Lion to have an epiphany. It then said, "Their Dharma Nature is that of a spider. The webbing they spray is capable of piercing through my elder’s bodies."

"Spiders? That is indeed rare. Lead us there! Have your companion enter the Qinglian Map to heal first."

Shen Long ordered, summoning the Qinglian Map. Shen Peng led the injured Golden Flame Lion into the Qinglian Map.

This was part accommodation and part hostage.

Not long after, Shen Peng flew out of the Qinglian Map and said, "I have settled it inside. I fed it a five-thousand-year-old Blood Cloud Mushroom to help with its healing."

The Golden Flame Lion knelt, bending its front limbs in gratitude, "I am indebted to Your Excellency for not despising me. From now on, wherever you command me to go, I will not go the opposite direction."

"You may address me as Your Excellency. Lead the way! I don’t have much time to waste."

"Yes, Your Excellency. Please climb onto my back, and I will take you there."

The Golden Flame Lion said.

Shen Long and Shen Peng leapt up, landing on the back of the Golden Flame Lion.

With a fierce flap of its golden wings, the Golden Flame Lion stirred up a gust of hot wind and flew high into the sky, leaving the area.

An intense blue river surged, its surface exploding and water splashing everywhere.

Wu Lang burst out from the bottom of the river, his right arm missing, his expression one of panic, as if he had encountered something terrifying.

A deafening dragon roar sounded as a multitude of blue water spears formed in the sky, heading straight for Wu Lang.

Wu Lang paled in fright and quickly conjured up a blue shield, which rotated wildly around him.

The dense blue water spears struck the blue shield, emitting a series of muffled sounds; void fluctuations arose, and a massive blue Flood Dragon’s claw appeared above Wu Lang’s head, crashing down on him.

The blue Flood Dragon’s claw slammed down on the blue shield, sending it flying backward, hitting Wu Lang and sending him crashing to the ground with a heavy thump.

Before he could even stand up, countless streams of blue mist emerged from the void, transforming into a thousand-zhang-long blue Flood Dragon.

Its thick tail whipped Wu Lang’s body, instantly reducing him to a pile of mush, while his Nascent Soul flew out from his body.

The blue Flood Dragon spit out a blue light, covering the Nascent Soul, sweeping it into its mouth, and swallowed it down, consuming the remains and then leaving the place.

A rolling expanse of lush green mountains where lightning flashed and thunder roared in the high sky, and thick silver bolts of lightning struck down, turning a radius of a thousand li into a Sea of Thunder.

The Golden Flame Lion stood atop a peak, gazing at the distant thunderclouds, eyes filled with awe.

Shen Long sat on the back of the Golden Flame Lion, his expression indifferent.

After Shen Peng entered the Refinement Void Phase, he was able to assist Shen Long with many things.

It wasn’t long before the lightning dissipated.

"Let’s go! Shen Peng has already dealt with two Three-Eyed Golden Luo Spiders,"

Shen Long instructed.

"Yes, Your Excellency,"

The Golden Flame Lion responded and flew towards the distance.

Soon after, it landed on a piece of charred ground where Shen Peng stood next to the charred remains of two giant spiders, each with three eyes and several terrifying bloody holes in their heads, completely devoid of life.

Not far away was a huge cave, its destination unknown.

Shen Long collected the corpses of the two Three-Eyed Golden Luo Spiders, and the Golden Flame Lion flew into the cave; after a short while, they arrived in a hundred-acre-sized underground cavern.

In the lower left corner of the cavern stood a blue fruit tree, thirty feet tall, hung with dozens of oval-shaped blue fruits with some green patterns on their surfaces, naturally formed.

"Water Green Berry Fruit!"

Shen Long’s eyes filled with joy as this Spirit Fruit, which took 18,000 years to grow, could enhance one’s ability to withstand the Thunder Method for a certain period after consumption.

For Spirit Insects, Spirit Beasts, and Spirit Birds attempting to break through to the sixth rank, consuming a Water Green Berry Fruit would make it easier to pass through the Heavenly Tribulation.

"It’s this very fruit. We were the ancient guardians before they took over,"

The Golden Flame Lion spoke.

Shen Long nodded, moved forward, and carefully harvested all of the Water Green Berry Fruits, setting up a Formation, and with the aid of treasures, transplanted the Water Green Berry Fruit tree.

"Master, I performed a Soul Search on the Spirit Souls of the Three-Eyed Golden Luo Spiders and discovered that they had been to a certain place with powerful restrictions where they lost two companions,"

"Let’s go, we hope it’s the control nexus,"

Shen Peng flew onto the back of the Golden Flame Lion, which carried them away from the area.