My version of Heavenly Dao is too old, so it's full of bugs.

Chapter 252 The Nascent Soul stage here is too outdated!
In the densely built-up, wasteland-style Rust City, Rust University is a true architectural anomaly. Not only does it lack any buildings taller than three stories, but it also occupies the city's only recreational plaza.
—Although this so-called square is just a wasteland without any greenery, it is still considered a luxurious area in Rust City.

Especially since there are no obstructions here, it's like a huge atrium where you can see the sky outside the city. So many cultivators in the city choose to stroll around here after get off work.

And today,
A terrifying surge of power suddenly rose from the tranquil campus.

Suddenly, a cultivator who looked like an iron can made a move and punched the rusty college student away!
Those who can become university students in Rust City are all ancient Nascent Soul stage experts with lifespans exceeding a thousand years!
Why would anyone attack them here?

The surrounding citizens instinctively wanted to watch the spectacle.

However, the Nascent Soul cultivators from the Rusty University, sensing the threat, simultaneously released their auras, forming a powerful storm that slammed into the onlookers.

"Who dares to be so insolent at my Rusty University?!"

boom! !

Under the pressure of the Nascent Soul cultivators' cultivation, many onlookers coughed up blood on the spot, and those with weaker cultivation were directly knocked away and severely injured.

When gods fight, mortals suffer.

Although Li Wei and the Nascent Soul cultivators in Rusty City are still a long way from becoming immortals, to ordinary cultivators they are almost like gods—monsters beyond the imagination of most people.

If they were to get involved in such a battle, it would be a catastrophic disaster for ordinary cultivators. Therefore, the ordinary cultivators who were watching the spectacle all chose to flee.

Li Wei walked against the flow of people, approaching the main gate of Rust University under the respectful gaze of the security guards.
He looked at the Nascent Soul cultivator he had knocked unconscious with a single punch and frowned, saying, "The Nascent Soul cultivators at your school seem a bit weak."

Fortunately, I had just stopped exerting myself.

Otherwise, if he accidentally killed this cultivator, Li Wei would be in a difficult position to explain himself.

The Nascent Soul cultivator at Rusty University was furious upon hearing this: "Insolence!!!"

A steel giant, at least three zhang tall, suddenly emerged from the void and teleported directly to Li Wei, then unleashed a powerful punch.

"Die!"

The [Nascent Soul Killing Move - Rust Core], crafted with the immortal techniques of Rust University, instantly reached its maximum output. Then, the steel limbs implanted in the body through countless modification surgeries also activated, unleashing a terrifying power like a tsunami.

Late stage of Nascent Soul, only one step away from the peak of Great Perfection!
but,
Still too weak!!
The mirror image didn't even use lightning magic; it simply waved its hand lightly with the power of its dual demonic bodies copied from Li Wei. The steel mechanical body that the Iron Rust City cultivators were so proud of was suddenly sent flying backward and began to disintegrate in the air. A large number of surface components shattered, and even the body couldn't support it.

Steel shattered, giants collapsed.

The surging atmosphere in the Rusty University suddenly became suffocating!
How can it be? !
The Nascent Soul is already one of the most powerful forces in the Bewitching Forbidden Land, how could it be killed so easily?
Could the newcomer be a Nascent Soul cultivator?!
Li Wei's strength shocked those rusty college students, but in reality, he didn't even use his full strength.

He felt the power emanating from his fist and said with some doubt, "The combat strength of the cultivators here seems to be problematic!"

Although his cultivation level was at the late Nascent Soul stage.

However, that steel giant didn't have a single attribute, let alone a peerless one.
While the limbs integrated into the body through modification surgery have their merits, the materials used simply do not meet the strength required for a Nascent Soul level.

Even his core of power was filled with a pristine beauty that had not yet been tainted by advanced immortal techniques.

Their immortal cultivation techniques are too outdated!
Cultivation requires burning resources!
To gain immense power, one must absorb a massive amount of potions or sufficiently powerful spiritual objects to enhance one's essence, and only then can one use one's own inherent potential to generate powerful attributes!
Especially cultivators who practice the path of steel machinery rely heavily on immortal techniques and resources.

Otherwise, how will you create an energy core, upgrade combat weapons, and complete physical modifications?
But this is a forbidden place of bewitching illusions.

The immortal cultivation technology of Rust City was inherited from the Heavenly Dao 5.0 era, and was already lagging behind the outside world.

In addition, resources are scarce in the forbidden area, so the cultivators of the Rust University cannot even make the most of these outdated immortal techniques. When many Nascent Soul cultivators advance, they have to do their best just to buy the cheapest and most cost-effective items. Where would they get the money to buy more expensive top-tier equipment?
Even if they have the money, they can't buy it.

This resulted in the cultivators here being incredibly weak.

Even though everyone has updated to the same version of the Heavenly Dao, due to the backwardness of cultivation techniques and resources, they cannot even reach the average combat power that Nascent Soul cultivators in the outside world should have.

So let alone a monstrous talent like Li Wei, anyone from outside at the same cultivation level could probably beat them up!

Brush brush!
The Nascent Soul cultivators from Rust University mobilized in full force, led by Zheng Youlan, the top-ranked female cultivator at the Great Perfection of the Nascent Soul realm, and arrived before Li Wei.

"With your cultivation level, fellow Daoist, you should be warmly welcomed in my Rusty City! Why then did you treat our fellow Daoist so harshly?"

Is this person an anomaly from Rustwater City, or a freak from Misty City? Why have I never heard of such a powerful figure before? Are they coming here so openly to invade?
A series of questions arose in Zheng Youlan's eyes, and she couldn't help but become extremely vigilant.

Li Wei smiled slightly as he manipulated the mirror image, then suddenly rushed forward and brought all the Nascent Soul cultivators of Rusty City into his attack range with a single punch.

Even with her good temper, Zheng Youlan couldn't help but show a hint of anger at this moment: "Fellow Daoist, aren't you being far too arrogant!"

With her Nascent Soul Great Perfection cultivation, Zheng Youlan has begun to make initial contact with the power of laws. The spiritual power in her body has also begun to be imbued with the laws, achieving a qualitative change. She is only one step away from entering the Divine Transformation realm.

For cultivators, the presence or absence of the blessing of laws makes a qualitative change. Although she has only just begun to come into contact with the laws, she is not someone a mere mid-stage Nascent Soul cultivator can easily fool.

On Zheng Youlan's rusty face, her eyes burned like torches.

Then, her arms opened like flowers, revealing the blazing energy core beneath.
—【Mechanical Law Twenty-Eight—Rust Dissolution】Activated!
[Nascent Soul Killing Move - Earth-Eroding Heaven-Opening Technique]!!

start!!!
Zheng Youlan's body suddenly turned pitch black, swallowing all the light around her. Countless iron filings spread from the void, causing everything to rust.

Even the spiritual energy killing move unleashed by Li Wei's mirror image was forcibly transformed into a huge iron block in mid-air, and patches of rust began to appear on the mirror image's body, gradually being transformed into a mechanical form.

Zheng Youlan's eyes widened in shock. This person actually still retained his original physical body?!

"You're not from our Forbidden Land of Mist?!"

Crack! !
A bolt of purple-gold lightning rose from Li Wei's body, instantly piercing through the rust and erasing all the laws of the mechanical path. The power of heavenly lightning is inherently restraining the mechanical path, and in addition, Li Wei also possesses the laws of lightning. Even without actively activating the power of the laws, he can become the nemesis of these rust cultivators simply by relying on the magic power that has undergone a qualitative change by being tainted by the laws!
As the rust on Li Wei's reflection dissipated, he transformed into a black shadow and suddenly appeared within a nascent soul.

"Thunder is coming!!"

Countless purple-gold lightning bolts surged forth like a tide, engulfing everyone.

The massive spiritual power brought by the Nine Nascent Souls, coupled with the terrifying number of lightning attacks, allowed Li Wei's output capabilities to be maximized in an instant.

In the blink of an eye, the people of Rust University suffered thousands of blows!
Just as everyone was preparing to fight back, the lightning that was wrapped around them suddenly withdrew and transformed into lightning pythons, which coiled around them menacingly.

"I have a one in a thousand chance of instantly killing the keyword! If any of you dare to resist, I can't guarantee what will happen next!"

Even though the Nascent Soul cultivators at Rusty University had long since transformed themselves into metal bodies through their mechanical cultivation, they still couldn't help but feel a chill at this moment.

That damn guy!

There are actually legendary "instant kill" keywords?

Isn't that a peerless attribute that can only be obtained at least at the Golden Core stage? How many resources would he have to spend?!
Seeing all his students fall, the city lord of Rust City, who was also the principal of Rust University, could no longer sit still.

"enough!"

An aged yet powerful roar resounded throughout the heavens and earth. An old man with white hair and beard, exuding an aura of decay, appeared before Li Wei and then grabbed him with one hand.

"Whoever you are, you're all staying here this time!!"

"is it?"

Li Wei's mirror image smiled slightly, took out the Thunder Department Inspector's token from his pocket, and threw it over.

When Lord Chu of the Rusty City saw the object wreathed in lightning, he thought it was some kind of hidden weapon and instinctively dodged it.

With a clang,
The inspector's token fell to the ground.

Li Wei laughed heartily: "Senior, do you not even remember the Thunder Department of the Heavenly Court?"

A moment of disbelief flashed in the eyes of the rusty college students standing nearby.

Heavenly Thunder Department?

It's a really old name.

Since the Forbidden Land of Bewitching Souls was sealed off, the cultivators living here have only seen this name in updates to the Heavenly Dao and in history books.

Although many people have escaped into or mistakenly entered the forbidden area over the years, the vast majority of these people are evil spirits and heretics who cannot survive in the outside world. Beings like the Thunder Officials of the Thunder Department and the Divine Officials of the Immortal Mansion have never been here before, and they have no reason to be here.

Therefore, Li Wei is the first divine official to enter this place in both versions!

Chu Zeng's body had frozen in shock. He lowered his body almost reverently, knelt down, and held the Thunder Department Inspector's token in his hands, examining it closely—he was certain that this metal did not belong inside the Bewitching Forbidden Land.

The array power it contains has completely surpassed the existing immortal techniques in the Bewitching Forbidden Land.

Vaguely,
Chu once sensed that there was an extremely large system of laws behind this Inspector Token.

The Way of Thunder governs life and death.

This is the tribulation lightning system that surrounds the heavens and earth!

Overwhelmed with complex emotions, the Lord of Rust City suddenly turned around and bowed deeply to Li Wei: "Lord Chu Zengcheng of Rust City greets Inspector Li!"

(End of this chapter)