Zhang Caifeng was somewhat displeased with Ling Tian's actions; it was too rough!
However, Ling Tian didn't allow her to say anything more. His strength was immense, his hands like iron clamps, tightly gripping Zhang Caifeng's wrist.
Zhang Caifeng's body involuntarily followed Ling Tian, and in an instant, they had run dozens of meters.
Just then, within the clouds in the sky, hundreds of lightning bolts of various sizes were being drawn by a force. These lightning strikes eventually converged, forming a bolt of lightning thicker than a washbasin from the thunderclouds!
"Crack!"
"Boom!"
The thick heavenly lightning descended, striking the ruins of the earth temple fiercely.
The immense force impacted the ground, directly blasting a crater more than a meter deep and nearly 10 meters in diameter.
Within the crater, all the flowers, grass, and even stones had turned to dust!
Even the Yin Sha energy accumulated underground for decades beneath the earth temple was instantly annihilated by the heavenly lightning!
At the moment of the explosion, Ling Tian felt the shockwave from behind him. Without a second thought, he reached out and pressed Zhang Caifeng to the ground, then he himself lay on top of her.
The next moment, the massive shockwave, carrying a large amount of sand and stones, swept over their heads.
Some large rocks struck Ling Tian, activating the Vajra Talismans he carried. White light flashed on his body multiple times, and Ling Tian couldn't help but let out a wry smile. This time, over ten Vajra Talismans were ruined!
The two lay on the ground for an unknown amount of time, perhaps tens of seconds, perhaps hours.
When their minds recovered from the buzzing sensation, they realized the rain had stopped, the rolling clouds in the sky had dispersed, revealing the stars.
Covered in mud and water, the two got up, feeling a sense of lingering fear.
This was truly a narrow escape from death!
Ling Tian couldn't help but smile wryly. He had gotten himself into trouble this time and almost failed.
He had used a Heavenly Lightning Talisman once before, but that was on a clear day, and its power was limited, causing Ling Tian to misjudge the true power of such talismans.
This time, Ling Tian worried that the Heavenly Lightning Talisman's power might not be enough to completely kill Luo Shentong, so he had set up a Spirit Gathering Array beforehand to gather a large amount of heaven and earth spiritual energy before using the Heavenly Lightning Talisman.
This action was akin to throwing a torch into a room filled with gas.
Moreover, it was a rainy day with thunderclouds in the sky, so the power of the Heavenly Lightning Talisman was already much greater than when used on a clear day.
These buffs, layered together, had produced such a colossal heavenly lightning strike!
Fortunately, Ling Tian had sensed something was wrong at the time and foresaw the danger, quickly pulling Zhang Caifeng away, thus narrowly escaping.
If they had run two or three seconds later, they would likely be dead or severely injured by now!
Zhang Caifeng's legs were trembling with fear. The massive circular crater before her eyes was probably only something an aerial bomb weighing tons could create!
"This... did you do this?" Zhang Caifeng asked, stammering.
"Yes, I did, but I never expected the power of this lightning talisman to be so outrageous..." Ling Tian said with a wry smile.
"That vengeful spirit should be dead by now."
Ling Tian nodded, "If that thing couldn't be killed by this, then it would have been us who died!"
The two helped each other up. Zhang Caifeng looked at Ling Tian, his clothes tattered like a beggar's from the explosion, and his exposed skin bore several abrasions.
Zhang Caifeng felt a surge of emotion, and her gaze towards Ling Tian held a different kind of brilliance.
Supporting each other, they slowly walked towards the crater created by the heavenly lightning.
Although it was dark, the two of them, one with opened Heavenly Eyes and the other with the art of Qi observation, found the darkness no obstacle.
Ling Tian looked at the center of the crater, where there was a mound of earth more than a meter in diameter!
They followed the edge of the crater towards the mound, but before they could reach it, a black hand suddenly emerged from the center of the mound!
To call it a hand was an understatement; it was more like a skeletal claw, with a bit of charred skin still attached.
Immediately after, another hand emerged, and a dark figure stood up from the mound!
The two recognized it at a glance: it was a zombie, though this zombie looked quite pathetic, its entire body scorched!
Ling Tian and Zhang Caifeng quickly retreated, holding hands. Zhang Caifeng drew her Songwen ancient sword, while Ling Tian tightly gripped his Seven Star Sword.
The charred zombie before them was Luo Shentong.
Luo Shentong's vengeful spirit, sensing the danger, had also fought desperately. At the moment the heavenly lightning descended, Luo Shentong gathered all the surrounding Yin Sha energy and concentrated it in the space above his head, forming a nearly solid shield.
This shield of Yin Sha energy was over a meter thick!
At the same time, Luo Shentong knew very well that he was a spiritual body, and such entities feared lightning the most; being struck by lightning would result in utter annihilation.
Thus, Luo Shentong controlled his vengeful spirit and directly entered the zombie body within the stone coffin.
This zombie was originally his own body, and entering and controlling it was without any hindrance.
However, doing so would make it very difficult for his soul to cultivate in the future, as his cultivation progress would be dragged down by the progress of this body.
But in a life-or-death situation, he couldn't afford to think too much!
As a result, the moment he entered the body, the heavenly lightning descended.
The thick shield of Yin Sha energy lasted less than a second before being annihilated by the heavenly lightning.
Luo Shentong's vengeful spirit also paid almost all the cultivation he had accumulated over the years, and by borrowing the body of this solidified Iron Corpse, he managed to cling to the last breath of life.
The massive explosion turned the stone walls of the entire underground space into powder, and the zombie was buried in the ground.
It used all its strength to crawl out of the ground, only to see the man and woman standing a few meters away.
"Hiss... hiss... die!"
The zombie opened its mouth wide, roaring incessantly, but unfortunately, there was a hole in its throat, and air kept escaping. After a while, Ling Tian finally understood that the creature was saying "die"!
Ling Tian looked at Zhang Caifeng.
"Caifeng, this guy said he wants to die, so let's send him on his way."
Zhang Caifeng nodded, and almost simultaneously, they thrust their swords forward.
Zhang Caifeng's Songwen ancient sword pierced directly through the zombie's throat, while Ling Tian's Seven Star Sword plunged into the zombie's abdomen!