Techniques and Dao

Chapter 119 Clash of Immortal Staffs
The air was sweltering, and the rainforest was humid.

Although Hua Sheng's Taoist robe had dried several times, it was immediately soaked by the rain. Hua Sheng simply stopped caring about it and searched for Lei Zhenzi in the air.

Now, the fifth sister of the Shadowbreakers is practically a novice in immortal arts. Although he doesn't know the reason, things have come to this. If he were to run around with the fifth sister of the Shadowbreakers, there would be no way to escape Lei Zhenzi's pursuit.

As for his understanding of Lei Zhenzi, Hua Sheng only vaguely recalled some fragments of the legends about the Investiture of the Gods. He only knew that after Jiang Ziya conferred titles upon the gods, Lei Zhenzi achieved sainthood in his physical body.

After all, more than two thousand years have passed, and logically speaking, Lei Zhenzi's official position and cultivation level could have changed several times. Hua Sheng had no idea what his current cultivation level was like.

According to the legends of that time, Jiang Ziya once appointed Xin Huan, who wielded a pair of thunder chisels, as one of the twenty-four righteous gods of the Thunder Department, known as "Thunder God." This Thunder God was killed by Lei Zhenzi with a single blow in a previous battle.

Even Lei Gong could be defeated by Lei Zhenzi's blow, so if Lei Zhenzi were to actually use his magic, it would be at least at the Lingxiao level, and I'm afraid I'm in grave danger.

What troubled Hua Sheng even more was that when he and Mieying ran into Lei Zhenzi, the latter only inquired about it as a "routine matter." Now that Mieying's second sister had caused trouble for him, he might as well run away.

If there is direct resistance, wouldn't that be "obstructing official business"? In serious cases, it's not impossible for it to be defined as "assaulting an official".

Although Hua Sheng had never understood the official positions and departmental divisions of Shengping Ning, he knew that if he offended even one or two officials from the Ministry of War or the Ministry of Justice, someone like him, a mere "ant," would likely suffer greatly.

Thinking of this, and remembering that he couldn't leave Mieying behind the waterfall for too long, Huasheng decided to first lure Leizhenzi away from this "dangerous area" where Mieying could easily be exposed. Once he was rid of Leizhenzi, he would find a way to come back and take Mieying away.

Fortunately, Lei Zhenzi's pair of wind and thunder wings were particularly conspicuous in the gloomy sky, and Hua Sheng quickly spotted him. He made a hand seal and used the Fire Control Explosion Technique, and a fireball flew out from his palm.

With a loud bang, a firework exploded in the sky.

This commotion immediately caught Lei Zhenzi's attention. As soon as Hua Sheng's position was exposed, thousands of bolts of lightning struck him. At this moment, the iron hoop around Hua Sheng's neck flashed, and flame patterns appeared on his Taoist robe.

After the Battle of Qiankun, Hua Sheng discovered that the Victorious Fighting Buddha's magic weapon was not just for show. When he put it on and wielded the golden cudgel, it was truly equivalent to a hundred years of cultivation. He felt extremely light and agile, and amidst the lightning and thunder, Hua Sheng tumbled and dodged rapidly through the air.

However, Lei Zhenzi's Wind and Thunder Golden Cudgel was no ordinary weapon; with a single swing of the immortal cudgel, lightning would pour down incessantly.

There is less and less space to dodge in mid-air.

Hua Sheng originally intended to lure Lei Zhenzi away from this area, but upon appearing, he himself was trapped in the electric cage.

Lei Zhenzi seemed absolutely certain that Hua Sheng would fall into the electric net. He shouted from the air, "A mere mortal dares to act so presumptuously."

Seeing that there was nowhere to escape, Hua Sheng gritted his teeth and used his golden cudgel to block the lightning above, trying to tear a hole in the electric grid that would allow him to get out.

When the Ruyi Jingu Bang (the magic staff) comes into direct contact with an electric current, a tingling or numb sensation immediately occurs in the hand.

It was able to withstand it just now, could it be that Lei Zhenzi's current has become stronger?

Hua Sheng felt an intense soreness all over his body, and his vision went black for a moment. When he regained his senses, he found himself losing his balance and falling rapidly. He quickly steadied himself and realized that he had been careless and underestimated Lei Zhenzi's lightning.

Hua Sheng was startled and broke out in a cold sweat.

Fortunately, I came to my senses in time, otherwise I would have definitely given in.

The Golden Cudgel is made of divine iron from the bottom of the Milky Way. Even as a magical artifact, it can only weaken the high-voltage current of the lightning at most, and cannot completely resist it. It would not be surprising if Lei Zhenzi's lightning just now had tens of millions of volts.

If it weren't for his cultivation level, the iron golden hoop chain, and the Taoist robe from the Taoist Academy protecting his physical body from this high-voltage current, he would have been annihilated and turned into charred remains long ago.

Hua Sheng ducked down and lowered his flight altitude, hiding among the branches of a large tree.

But the electric current behind him seemed to have eyes, immediately chasing after him and chopping down the big tree.

Seeing that his hiding place was destroyed, Hua Sheng flew into another tree. This time, he did not hide among the branches and leaves, but used his wall-penetrating technique to hide inside the tree's heart.

With a loud bang, the tree was struck by lightning, and the entire tree immediately burst into flames.

The flowers, unable to bear the heat inside the tree, had no choice but to escape.

After that, no matter how he dodged in the rainforest bushes, the electric currents that fell from the sky always followed him, and the lightning that struck from both sides kept him running for his life.

We must not stand idly by and wait to die!
Hua Sheng grew anxious. He couldn't even shake off Lei Zhenzi, so how could he possibly take Mie Ying Xiao Wu away?

In a moment of desperation, Hua Sheng glanced at the golden cudgel in his hand and immediately came up with a plan.

He leaped from the bushes, steadying himself in mid-air. Grasping his golden cudgel in his right hand, he beckoned with his left finger towards the rainforest below, shouting, "Hurry, hurry, as the law commands!"

In the rainforest, a colossal tree, its roots and all, was uprooted by a profusion of flowers. With another incantation, the tree's branches and leaves instantly fell away, leaving only the thickest part of its trunk.

The tree trunk hissed, and the trunk, which had been soaked by the rain, became extremely dry. The moisture inside the trunk had been completely evaporated by the blooming flowers.

He then used the thick tree trunk as a giant stick, lifted the tail with his left hand and thrust it forward. After the lightning struck the tree trunk, the current could not be conducted to Hua Sheng's palm.

After all, Lei Zhenzi's magical power was immense; the lightning bolt sheared off about a third of the thick tree trunk. The top of the trunk was instantly charred black.

At the same time, Hua Sheng swung the golden cudgel in his right hand and shouted, "Ruyi Jingu Bang! Grow longer and longer!"

The size of the golden cudgel immediately increased rapidly, instantly transforming into the height of a skyscraper, and then slammed into the riverbed below with a loud bang.

As soon as the enormous golden cudgel landed, countless bolts of lightning were drawn to it like a magnet. Hua Sheng laughed loudly, "Let's see how my towering lightning rod fares!"

The lightning net, which was originally so dense that it blocked out the sun, suddenly turned into a funnel shape and tightly wrapped around the golden cudgel!

Thousands of electric currents surged into the river along with the golden cudgel, and a group of strange, electric-numbed fish immediately floated to the surface.

With the lightning gone from mid-air, Lei Zhenzi's door was suddenly wide open.

Taking advantage of the split second, Hua Sheng lunged forward and used his left hand to forcefully ram a thick tree trunk into Lei Zhenzi!
Seeing that the tree trunk was already in front of him in the blink of an eye, Lei Zhenzi had no choice but to swing his Wind and Thunder Golden Cudgel to defend himself. The ordinary tree trunk was naturally no match for the Wind and Thunder Golden Cudgel, and a crack the size of a bowl immediately split open in the middle.

Just as the thick tree trunk was about to be smashed to ashes by the Golden Cudgel of Wind and Thunder, Hua Sheng shouted:

"Come on! Ruyi Jingu Bang! Take it back!"

The Ruyi Jingu Bang, which had been standing on the riverbed, suddenly rose from the ground and contracted, flying rapidly towards Hua Sheng!
Using the powerful momentum from flying off the ground, Hua Sheng caught the golden cudgel with his right hand and smashed it down on Lei Zhenzi with all his might.

Lei Zhenzi hadn't expected this move, and before he could dodge, the Ruyi Jingu Bang was already in front of him. He forcefully used his Wind and Thunder Golden Cudgel to block the fierce Ruyi Jingu Bang.

With a deafening roar that shook the heavens and the earth, Lei Zhenzi felt his hand go numb and could no longer hold on.

The Wind and Thunder Golden Cudgel flew out of Lei Zhenzi's hand!

Lei Zhenzi was shocked to see the Golden Cudgel of Wind and Thunder being knocked away.

"You're quite something!"

But Lei Zhenzi was, after all, a battle-hardened celestial general. Although his magical weapon was knocked away, he immediately switched hands and punched Hua Sheng in front of him.

Hua Sheng's combat experience was no match for Lei Zhenzi's. He won his first move but before he could unleash a second, Lei Zhenzi's fist was already at his chest. He tried to block with his arm, but Lei Zhenzi's fist was longer than his arm, and the force was like a tidal wave!

Hua Sheng was thrown to the ground as if ejected by the impact, her body crashing into a cliff.

After a loud crash, the cliff was split open by the impact of the flower, and half of the hillside slid down.

Hua Sheng swiftly leaped out of the mud, twirling his golden cudgel with a flourish. He thought to himself, "Now that Lei Zhenzi has lost his Wind and Thunder Golden Cudgel, and I have the golden cudgel to protect me, I at least have a chance to fight to a draw."

There's no need to be afraid of him now; just lure him to chase after you.

Hua Sheng immediately made a hand seal and chanted, "Hurry, hurry, as the law dictates..."

Before he could even get up and ride the cloud, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure out of the corner of his eye. Upon closer inspection, his heart sank.

The figure turned out to be Xiao Wu, the pink-haired assassin.

Xiao Wu, with her hair down, was curled up like a shrimp, her hair bowed and trembling with each movement. It turned out that when she was hit by Tian Jizi's fist and fell, she had just happened to crash into the cliff where she was hiding by the waterfall.

"Damn it! I fell right here!"

Hua Sheng thought to himself, "I'm doomed! Now our hiding place is completely exposed!"
Lei Zhenzi's voice echoed from mid-air: "You brat! Where can you escape to!"

Immediately afterward, a bolt of lightning struck towards Mieying, and Hua Sheng rushed towards him in a moment of panic. He caught Mieying in his arms, and with a violent explosion, the entire mountain was split apart by the lightning.

Mud mixed with gravel splashed everywhere!

Hua Sheng and Mie Ying were thrown back by the blast. He held Mie Ying tightly, afraid that Xiao Wu, who didn't know any magic, might injure Mie Ying's body without any defense.

The two fell to the ground in each other's arms, and the continuous impact caused them to roll for a while before stopping.

As soon as he stopped, Hua Sheng immediately braced himself on the ground with his palms and looked back at the sky to search for Lei Zhenzi's figure, wary of a second round of lightning descending from the sky.

He needed to react quickly; if there was still lightning, he would have to carry Shadowless away to his death.

Just as he was looking around for Lei Zhenzi, a gentle female voice suddenly came from beneath him.

"Could you please... get off your teacher?"

Hua Sheng quickly turned around and discovered that the person he was pressing down on was none other than the Immortal Master Qingmiao, who was wearing a dark blue Taoist robe.

A mix of shame, embarrassment, and excitement welled up inside her, and Hua Sheng almost burst into tears.

"Immortal Master Qingmiao! We've been waiting for you for so long!"

Without saying a word, Master Qingmiao shoved Hua Sheng aside, and only then did Hua Sheng realize that a bolt of lightning was striking from behind.

Instead of dodging, Master Qingmiao raised his palm to meet the lightning, attempting to catch the current with his bare hands.

In an instant, the Qiankun Ring on her wrist emitted ten thousand golden rays, flew out of her hand, and blocked the palm of the Immortal Master Qingmiao and the lightning bolt.

The Universe Ring spun rapidly, and with a loud bang, the lightning was returned in full, sent flying back into the sky!
(End of this chapter)