Chapter 666 - Ruoxue, Wait for Me!
“Damn it! Sure enough, these Thunder Fire are being scattered around during nightfall!”
There weren’t many stars in the pitch-black night. The sky looked extremely misty while a blazing silhouette dashed around the outskirts of the thunder ridge with a lump of Thunder Fire behind him, which looked like the Netherworld Ghost Flames in Soul-Seizing Valley as it swam over.
Not only here, but also the whole thunder ridge was filled with Thunder Fire. These Thunder Fire fluctuated up and down while swaying left and right, making them looked like ghosts which were loafing around. There was no pattern as to how they flew. When looked from afar, they resembled countless malicious spirit roaming around the mountains, making them look extremely dreadful.
Jiang Yi was somewhat flabbergasted.
He couldn’t locate any thunder stones. Last time, he was able to locate them very easily. Wherever there was Thunder Fire, there would be thunder stones. Perhaps, this might be due to the enormous thunder array or another cause. However, this time, the Thunder Fire was roaming around the mountains. How was he going to search for the thunder stones? Besides, he wouldn’t dare to use his divine senses to scan this area as he would face a tragedy if there were any Thunder Fire within the mountains!
Therefore, he had also become a wandering soul as he wandered around the desolate pitch-black mountains. He had no idea where he should go. Therefore, he could only evade those Thunder Fire apathetically while waiting for dawn to arrive.
Fortunately, the Thunder Fire wasn’t very fast. He was able to evade them at any point of time using the instant shift once he entered the Union of Heaven and Man state. After a while, he no longer needed to use his instant shift. He would be able to evade them easily as he could determine the trajectory the Thunder Fire were floating towards in advance.
“Oh right… I could head over to the thunder mountains to take a look. Perhaps, there might be an eruption of thunder stones there?”
Jiang Yi recalled the ten thunder mountains that stood erect like fingers, and he turned spirited instantly. Those thunder mountains were able to erupt thunder stones out. What if they could spurt thunder stones out during the night as well?
Swish!
He turned into a roaming dragon as he flew towards the east side directly. There would be Thunder Fire wandering around constantly around the mountains. However, Jiang Yi was as agile as a bird, and those Thunder Fire had no way to get near him.
Fifteen minutes, 30 minutes… 1 hour!
Jiang Yi arrived at the vicinity of the thunder mountains. He looked towards the thunder mountains while standing above a small mountain peak, and his face revealed a trace of agony.
The ten thunder mountains stood towering ahead of him in a lofty manner. Lumps of Thunder Fire were nearby the thunder mountains, causing them to be bright as snow from the illumination.
Four of the thunder mountains had thunder stones covering their grounds, and it should be spurted from the thunder mountain. The problem was… Jiang Yi didn’t dare to go over and pick them up because there were simply too many Thunder Fire nearby the thunder mountains.
“Wait for dawn to arrive?”
Jiang Yi stared at the pearl-like thunder stones that were sparkling on the ground covetingly. There were at least two thousand of those stones on the ground. However, he could only covet them helplessly.
“Eh? There are two thunder stones there!”
Jiang Yi swept his eyes around and discovered two beams of light at a desert dozens of miles away from the first thunder mountain. With a tap of both his foot, he shot over like a divine rainbow.
“Indeed, they are thunder stones!”
Jiang Yi descended. Although there was Thunder Fire wandering around the desert, there were very few of them because they were quite far away from the thunder mountains. He quickly stored them away and started searching in the vicinity. The thunder stones that erupted from the thunder mountains could be spurted very far away, and it just so happened that he could collect them one by one.
He turned himself into afterimages as he searched the vicinity, and 15 minutes later, he managed to find dozens of thunder stones. He gazed towards those deserts behind the mountains before darting there rapidly as he searched the areas far away from the thunder mountains.
“Eh? There’s actually another thunder ridge behind the thunder mountains?”
When Jiang Yi was about ten miles behind the ten thunder mountains, he saw a desolate mountain range. He grew joyous inwardly when he saw there was a lot of Thunder Fire wandering within the mountain ridge.
The thunder ridge was his territory. The wider the thunder ridge was, the more thunder stones there were. He would be able to exploit more of it as well.
Jiang Yi circled around the thunder mountains once and gathered whichever thunder stones that could be collected. He had managed to get hold of over a hundred thunder stones. Almost all the thunder stones that erupted from the thunder mountains were in the nearby vicinity of the thunder mountains, and there were too many Thunder Fire there. Therefore, Jiang Yi didn’t dare to get near it.
“When dawn arrives, the Thunder Fire would vanish. I will immediately head in to collect all the thunder stones before entering the thunder ridge to excavate more thunder stones.”
Jiang Yi sat down a distance away from the thunder mountains as he made his decision. There were lesser Thunder Fire in this vicinity. Occasionally, there would be a lump of Thunder Fire floating by, and he would just need to evade them prematurely.
Since he was seated in a meditative position and was idling, he gazed at the tall mountains that reached beyond the clouds and was lost in thoughts. He recalled what happened in the Sky Thunder City and the Gods Bestow Tribe. While he was recalling what had happened… his thoughts started to float out to the East Imperial Continent that was outside Sin Island.
A beauty emerged within his mind. While he was in a daze, he felt an afterimage appearing before him. A pair of sentimental and clear eyes gazed at him while she cried out softly, “Jiang Lang, Jiang Lang…”
Unknowingly, tears were streaming down Jiang Yi’s face. He had immersed himself within endless grief and longing. Because of fear and fright, his body had also started to tremble slightly. He buried his head within his knees while his hands grabbed onto his red hair as he whimpered silently.
Men shouldn’t shed tears easily.
Never was Jiang Yi a frail person. However, tonight, he was isolated within the wilderness that was on foreign land. He couldn’t help but feel somewhat empty and would unavoidably indulge in various thoughts.
He remembered a person he didn’t dare to think of, Su Ruoxue!
Su Ruoxue was brought to the East Imperial Continent by Ji Tingyu. The reason why Jiang Yi never dared to think of her was that once he did so, he would panic, be afraid, be in distress, and would feel heartbroken.
Ji Tingyu was his nemesis since she teleported together with Su Ruoxue to the East Imperial Continent. What would happen to the two beautiful ladies once they appeared within the East Imperial Continent that was filled with experts? Would they be kidnapped by others? Would they be forced upon? Would they be killed? Was Su Ruoxue still alive? Was she suffering from an endless amount of hardship?
Jiang Yi didn’t know. It was the unknown that he had no knowledge that would cause him to panic and be afraid. The reason why he didn’t dare to think of it in the past was that he was afraid of being flustered, causing him to lose his calm. When that time came, everyone would have to die.
“Ruoxue, Ruoxue, Ruoxue…”
He grabbed his hair with both his hands while he roared gloomily. That roar was like a wild beast’s roar that would cause a person’s heart to palpitate. At this very moment, killing intent spread out from him, and the air around him had stopped flowing.
After a long time…!
He hissed out a long breath only as a lump of Thunder Fire had floated past as it lit up the surroundings. His pair of eyes had also become cold as he cast his gaze towards the west. Suddenly, he used his strongest strength to howl out, “Ruoxue, wait for me! You must persevere. I will continue to grow stronger and even stronger. I will definitely kill my way back to the East Imperial Continent! Martial Arts Hall, I swear that if I don’t uproot you, I will stop being human—I will stop being human!”
The howl was sky-shaking as it caused the spatial zone to fluctuate slightly from the vibration. The howl resonated out to the surroundings as it echoed back through the thunder ridge continually.
Jiang Yi heart became a lot more comfortable after howling out for a few times. His complexion turned tranquil before instant-shifting away. He evaded those Thunder Fire that were floating over as he continued to stare at the thunder mountains in a daze.
“Uh…”
He stared at the ten towering thunder mountains blankly. Those Thunder Fire in the vicinity had started to turn slightly misty. He seemed to have caught onto something vaguely, but when he started pondering about it, his mind blanked out.
“Union of Heaven and Man!”
He was struck upon by inspiration as he entered the Union of Heaven and Man state. He placed all his attention onto the thunder mountains as the vague feeling he caught onto turned more and more intense. He seemed to have caught onto an opportunity from the vague feeling. A kind of opportunity that allowed him to comprehend dao patterns.